Watching Chen Qingfeng fall, the scene of Ye Lan crying out in grief, Chen Lan clenched his fists. He hadn't experienced it, yet he had.

"Isn't it infuriating? Your parents didn't want you, they wanted your brother. The entire family's glory was earned by you alone, yet all these people are thankless wolves. Look, is there anyone willing to stand up for you? You're just a clown, Ye Lan," the Heart Demon sneered as it approached Chen Lan.

"No, Ye Lan is Ye Lan, and I am Chen Lan," Chen Lan shook his head and said.

"Then when you see these people, do you hate them? Do you want to kill them?"

"I don't hate them, nor do I want to kill them, because these people have nothing to do with me!" Chen Lan spoke coldly.

Even if he was the reincarnation of Ye Lan, so what? Now he is called Chen Lan, and he is not Ye Lan at all; he is a new life.

"Is that really the case?" the Heart Demon sneered, allowing the scene to continue.

...

"Master, go, I'm begging you!"

Chen Qingfeng was knocked to the ground, barely alive. Ye Lan cried out in desperation, only hoping Chen Qingfeng would leave him and get away from this place.

"Don't kill Chen Qingfeng. The one above him will not let us go. Just send him away." At this moment, a Taoist Saint spoke, waving his large hand to send Chen Qingfeng thousands of miles away.

"Since the Ye Family has no objections, then send Ye Lan to the lower realm and let him fend for himself," another Taoist Saint said.

"Heh... Hahaha, ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!"

Suddenly, Ye Lan lowered his head with a cold smile, which slowly turned into laughter. The laughter was unbearably harsh, and everyone frowned as they looked at him.

"I never imagined, after doing so much for the Ye Family, I ended up like this, all of them thankless wolves!" Ye Lan looked resentfully at his parents and that brother of his!

Seeing Ye Lan's resentful eyes, Ye Tianhai and his wife shuddered. This son of theirs was much stronger than them.

On the contrary, the little boy stood there, chest puffed out, looking at Ye Lan with arrogance, ungrateful and purely a thankless wolf!

"From today onward, my last name won't be Ye; it's Chen, with the name Lan. I will sever all ties with the Ye Family." Ye Lan's smile gradually faded, and he lowered his head in desolation, murmuring.

As his voice fell, the sky suddenly rumbled with thunder, echoing his words.

"If there is a next life, I will turn the world upside down to kill you all. I will make every one of you know and fear the name Chen Lan!"

"Arrogant!!" a Taoist Saint shouted coldly, striking Ye Lan, sending him plummeting into the lower realm!

The scene abruptly stopped here.

And Chen Lan had already lost sight in both eyes, his mouth constantly repeating two words.

"Chen Lan... Chen Lan, he had long decided on this name. So I was not reincarnated, but I have always been alive, never dying. I am Chen Lan, also Ye Lan, and there was never reincarnation; from start to finish, it has always been me!"

Chen Lan was bewildered. He originally thought Ye Lan was his past life, a cycle of reincarnation leading to him, but from Ye Lan's words, it was clear he had long considered the name Chen Lan.

Appearing at the parents' doorstep also provided an answer, as coincidentally, that family bore the surname Chen!

But how could it be that simple, with so many bearing the surname Chen, why was it precisely that family?

"After watching, do you still harbor resentment?" the Heart Demon spoke.

Chen Lan slowly looked up at the Heart Demon. He didn't know if he had resentment or where such resentment stemmed from. His current mood was complicated because he was somewhat unsure of his identity.

Was he Chen Lan or Ye Lan?

So chaotic, so chaotic!

"Hate, that is Ye Lan's issue. Anger is also Ye Lan's issue. And I am..." Chen Lan stopped abruptly, confused.

"So, your implication is you're not Ye Lan and don't intend to take revenge?"

On hearing this, Chen Lan finally realized, looking intensely at the Heart Demon: "Revenge! Why wouldn't I take revenge? I am both Chen Lan and Ye Lan. I can't tell the difference, but I don't want to. I am Chen Lan now, was Ye Lan before. They showed me no mercy, so why should I have feelings!"

"But they are your parents and once were your family. Do you want to kill them?"

"Kill, they never were my parents. They are unworthy to be my parents!"

"And your brother?"

"Him too."

Swayed by the Heart Demon, Chen Lan's anger and resentment intensified. He wanted to kill, ascend to the Desolate Celestial Realm, and slaughter those people, kill them all.

The entire Desolate Celestial Realm was guilty; they all deserved to die, every last one!!

Chen Lan slowly lowered his head, his eyes fierce, gradually losing control.

If he completely lost himself, he would become nothing more than a slaughtering demon, with killing eyes, never-ending!

"No, I can't, though the Ye Family is guilty, the Eight Holy Lands are guilty, but not everyone in the Desolate Celestial Realm is guilty!" Chen Lan murmured, thinking of his grandmother.

The old woman who had searched for him for tens of thousands of years, not everyone in the Desolate Celestial Realm was guilty.

"I think I've found the answer." Chen Lan lifted his head to look at the Heart Demon, slowly standing up.

"I am Chen Lan, also Ye Lan. Not everyone in the Desolate Celestial Realm is guilty, and those who are, I will chop down together. If I were to annihilate the Desolate Celestial Realm, I would be no different from them."

On hearing this answer, the Heart Demon remained silent, gradually dissipating.

The surrounding environment disappeared again, finally revealing an old man. Looking at this old man with white hair and a long beard, Chen Lan slightly frowned and cupped his fists in greeting: "Predecessor Thunder Emperor."

"Hmm? You know me?"

"This is Thunder Emperor Hall, the final trial. The one appearing must be you," Chen Lan said calmly.

"You are quite clever. Aren't you afraid of mistaking someone else's identity?"

"If I got it wrong, I'd apologize, but I didn't get it wrong, did I?"

"Haha, interesting. I am indeed Thunder Emperor. I'm here for the final trial, to ask you one question."

"Predecessor, please speak."

"What do you think the Dao is?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Lan was stunned, falling silent.

What is the Dao?

Is there a definition for this?

"Some say the Dao is natural, born of nature, the laws of heaven and earth, the ultimate destination of all things, destiny, the end point. Some say the Dao is to live according to the arrangements of the Heavenly Dao, not to defy destiny. There are various views, countless and strange."

"This is a question many spend their life searching for an answer to. Some spend their whole lives never finding their own Dao, never understanding their own Dao. What do you think the Dao is?"

Hearing these words, Chen Lan slowly clenched his fists. What nonsense destiny, what Heavenly Dao arrangement, they are all nonsense!

Everything has its own path to follow. No one needs to listen to another or adhere strictly to the path dictated by others!

The Dao has no definition; everyone has their own Dao, or rather, the Dao is the person!

Suddenly, Chen Lan lifted his head and looked at the Thunder Emperor, speaking each word distinctly:

"To hell with destiny, damn the arrangements of the Heavenly Dao. By smashing all enemies, that is my Dao!"

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