Profound Sword Peak, inside a resplendent palace.

Ouyang Xue's delicate body was bound atop a White Jade Pillar, her body covered in horrifying wounds, her clothes stained red with blood.

Standing in front of Ouyang Xue was Duanmu Ying, holding an incredibly sharp dagger that gleamed with a terrifying chill.

"Bitch, if it weren't for you recruiting that waste Ye Chen into the Celestial Flame Academy, my nephew wouldn't have died at the hands of that waste. This is all your fault." Duanmu Ying's facial features twisted slightly together, looking particularly sinister.

Screech.

Then, she swung the dagger in her hand, carving a deep wound on Ouyang Xue's beautiful face, causing blood to continuously flow out.

Ah!

Ouyang Xue's mouth immediately let out a piercing scream, her delicate body trembling violently from the pain.

"Vicious woman, stop right now, don't hurt Teacher Ouyang anymore." On the side, Ye Hao's eyes turned blood-red, angrily shouting at Duanmu Ying.

"Noisy." At this moment, an incredibly sharp Battle Sword suddenly pierced into Ye Hao's body, penetrating his entire body.

The person who struck was none other than Duanmu Shen.

His mouth was filled with a cruel expression, looking at Ye Hao as if he were viewing an ant he could squash at any moment.

Ugh.

After being pierced by the Battle Sword, a large amount of blood spurted from Ye Hao's mouth, leaving him in too much pain to speak.

"Bitch, if it weren't for Xiahou Shi wanting to spare your life, I would have killed you long ago. However, while you can escape death, you cannot escape punishment. Today, I'm going to completely ruin this face of yours." Duanmu Ying said expressionlessly, once again swinging the dagger across Ouyang Xue's face.

Ah!

A piercing scream instantly echoed in the great hall, sounding horrifying to the ear.

The once beautiful face of Ouyang Xue now had several deep wounds revealing bone, with flesh turned outward, looking extremely shocking.

For Ouyang Xue, this was simply unimaginable torment, even worse than death.

"Peak Master, Lord Xiahou Shi has arrived and wishes to see Ouyang Xue." At this moment, a gray-robed elder suddenly entered the great hall, reporting to Duanmu Ying.

This elder was none other than Duanmu Hui.

"Understood, Duanmu Shen, bring these two ants out." Duanmu Ying said in a remarkably indifferent tone, then turned to walk outside the palace.

"Ye Hao, you really want to die, don't you? Don't worry, I'll soon send you to Hell to accompany that bitch Qing'er." Duanmu Shen pulled the Battle Sword from Ye Hao's body, causing blood to splatter everywhere.

However, this time, Duanmu Shen did not give Ye Hao a Healing Elixir.

Because, soon, he would send Ye Hao on his way.

"Qing'er, soon, I'll be able to accompany you. Unfortunately, I don't have the ability to avenge you, I'm really unwilling." Ye Hao's consciousness began to blur, his eyes filled with intense unwillingness.

The woman he loved most dearly had been brutally killed by Duanmu Shen in front of him, yet he could only watch helplessly, without the ability to avenge her.

The saddest thing under the heavens is nothing more than this.

So, even in death, he could not rest in peace.

Thud thud.

Soon after, Ouyang Xue and Ye Hao were lifted out of the palace by Duanmu Shen using Gang Qi and harshly thrown in front of Xiahou Shi.

Ye Hao's body, already pierced through, had his injuries aggravated further by the throw, blood continuously coughed up from his mouth, as if he would die at any moment.

"Brother Shi, this bitch Ouyang Xue is yours to deal with." Duanmu Ying smiled slightly at Xiahou Shi.

"Ha! You are quite vicious, ruining her appearance like that." Xiahou Shi glanced indifferently at Ouyang Xue, unable to suppress a sneer, his mouth filled with a strong sense of amusement.

"Who let her recruit that waste Ye Chen into our Celestial Flame Academy? Anyone related to that waste will have no good outcome. Unfortunately, that waste already died in the Immortal Secret Realm, otherwise I would have crushed him with my own hands." Duanmu Ying said coldly, her eyes sparking with terrifying murderous intent, making one's hair stand on end.

"Peak Master, Ye Chen survived the Immortal Secret Realm and has broken into our Profound Sword Peak." At this moment, a Profound Sword Peak elder hurriedly descended from the sky, reporting to Duanmu Ying.

"What? That waste is still alive? How is this possible?" Duanmu Ying's pupils suddenly contracted, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Ye Chen is still alive, haha! I knew Ye Chen would be alright." The originally dying Ye Hao, upon hearing the news of Ye Chen's return, couldn't help but laugh, his expression extremely joyful.

"Ye Chen, you're finally back." Ouyang Xue's delicate body trembled suddenly, her eyes welling up with tears.

In fact, during the days Ye Chen was inside the Immortal Secret Realm, she was constantly thinking about and worrying for him.

Because Ye Chen was her only support in this world.

If something bad really happened to him, what would Ouyang Xue do in the future?

Fortunately, the heavens had eyes, and Ye Chen did not die in the Immortal Secret Realm but returned safely.

"Hmph! I didn't expect that this waste Ye Chen's life would be so tenacious. I had already instructed the Young Master to get rid of him in passing inside the Immortal Secret Realm, yet he managed to escape." Xiahou Shi said coldly, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.

He originally thought that his Young Master Xiahou Lei could easily crush this ant Ye Chen to death.

After all, Xiahou Lei ranked in the top ten on the Hidden Dragon List. To kill Ye Chen, who couldn't even awaken his bloodline, should be a task as easy as snapping his fingers.

Yet, unexpectedly, Ye Chen still came out of the Immortal Secret Realm alive.

It seems that this waste was likely hiding in some corner of the Immortal Secret Realm, afraid of being killed by his enemies.

Otherwise, he would have already died without a burial place.

"Elder, just an insignificant ant, we can crush him with a flick of a finger. Why don't we just go and get rid of him?" The experts of the Xiahou family spoke with extreme disdain, not taking Ye Chen seriously at all.

In their eyes, a waste who couldn't awaken his bloodline, no matter how strong, couldn't be that strong.

Among them, sending anyone could easily crush Ye Chen to death.

"No need, I want to kill this waste myself, to avenge my nephew. No matter how strong his Body Refining talent is, he's ultimately just an ant who hasn't stepped into the Celestial Spirit Realm. I can slap him to death with a flip of my hand." At this moment, Duanmu Ying couldn't help but sneer, a thick teasing smile on the corners of her mouth.

Before Ye Chen entered the Immortal Secret Realm, no one knew that his cultivation had already stepped into the Celestial Spirit Realm, including Duanmu Ying.

In her view, Ye Chen's Body Refining talent was indeed strong, but his cultivation was too weak to withstand a single blow from her.

So, even if he had the luck to survive the Immortal Secret Realm and return, what of it?

Today, she was determined to dismember Ye Chen into pieces.

"He's here, it's Ye Chen, he's here."

"Huh? He actually knows how to fly through the air. Could it be that his cultivation has already entered the Celestial Spirit Realm?" At this moment, a student from Profound Sword Peak couldn't help but exclaim, eyes fixed on a figure in the sky.

This figure was none other than Ye Chen.

"Hmph! It seems that this waste broke through in the Immortal Secret Realm, but so what if his cultivation truly stepped into the Celestial Spirit Realm? In front of our Peak Master, he's just a slightly stronger ant. I really want to see what gives this waste the courage to barge into our Profound Sword Peak." To the side, Duanmu Hui couldn't help but sneer, looking at Ye Chen as if he were a dead man.

In fact, Duanmu Hui was also quite shocked by Ye Chen's cultivation speed.

He couldn't figure it out, why this waste who couldn't awaken his bloodline progressed so fast, breaking through from the True Qi Realm to the Celestial Spirit Realm in less than a year.

Even the number one genius Chu Feng of the Celestial Flame Academy didn't cultivate at such a rapid pace.

Unfortunately, no matter how fast Ye Chen's cultivation speed was, it didn't change the fact that he couldn't awaken his bloodline.

This kind of person definitely wouldn't have great achievements in the future.

Moreover, today he was going to die at the hands of Duanmu Ying.

"If I had known earlier that Young Master Duanmu Jie would die at the hands of this waste, I should have just crushed him directly outside the Celestial Flame Academy back then." Duanmu Lang coldly said, eyes fixed on Ye Chen.

You have to know, when Ye Chen first came to register at the Celestial Flame Academy, he was just a Cultivator in the True Qi Realm.

With Duanmu Lang's strength, killing him then would have been as simple as stepping on an ant.

Unfortunately, this waste last was rescued by Ouyang Xue, otherwise, he could not possibly grow to this point.

"It's not too late to kill this waste now. No matter how strong he is, he definitely isn't a match for the Peak Master. Let's just wait to watch the drama unfold." Duanmu Hui grimly laughed.

"There they are, Teacher Ouyang and Brother Ye Hao." In the sky, Ye Chen's body suddenly trembled, his eyes fixed on Ouyang Xue and Ye Hao, his face suddenly became worse than a dead person.

Especially when he saw Ouyang Xue's face, slashed with several deep bone-revealing wounds, his eyes became blood-red, his chest filled with burning rage.

He had thought that after Ouyang Xue was captured, she would definitely be tormented.

But he didn't expect that she would be completely disfigured.

This for an unmatched beauty like Ouyang Xue was the most painful torment.

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