Status: Updated to Chapter 973: Nothing But A Bunch of Lesser Demons
Introduction:
[The Return of the Almighty] + [Supreme Overpowered Thrills] Three years ago, on his wedding night, Ye Chen was framed and conspired against by his fiancée. She had his spine extracted and his corpse discarded in the wilderness, but fortunately, he was rescued by the peerlessly stunning Xue Ji. His master slew a True Dragon and forged a new dragon spine for Ye Chen! Three years later, Ye Chen pushed his master down and was chased down the mountain, returning for bloody revenge with a relentless killing spree! To cure the Dragon Blood Poison within his body, he sets out to conquer nine peerless senior martial sisters!
Read Txt versions of novels on Aixia E-books. To download and share more e-books, please visit Traditional Chinese: https://ixdzs8.tw; Simplified Chinese: https://ixdzs8.com, E-mail: support@ixdzs.com
Chapter 1: Pushing His Master and Getting Chased Down the Mountain
"I am your master! How dare you act so wildly!"
"Stop right now! Don't..."
In the icy cave of Kunlun, Xue Ji—hailed as the number one ice-cold beauty in the world—was pinned down on an ice bed by her apprentice, Ye Chen.
Her peerless, frost-covered face turned crimson with shame and fury.
"Master, I really can't take it anymore! My body feels like it's about to explode!"
"Please forgive this disciple..."
Ye Chen's eyes were bloodshot. The muscles across his entire body bulged violently, and his veins stood out like a wild beast out of control.
Even the ice house built from millennia-old profound ice could no longer suppress the raging Dragon Blood within him!
He lost the last shred of his reason and completely spiraled out of control.
Pinning his master's hands down, his body—burning as if scorched by raging flames—pressed directly against her.
"Rebellious disciple, how dare you!"
"Shut your mouth, mmph..."
Xue Ji tried to resist.
Unfortunately, against her berserk apprentice, she was powerless.
Two hours later.
This violent tempest finally came to an end.
Xue Ji lay limp on the ice bed, her hair disheveled and her clothes in disarray.
She had been completely conquered by her apprentice!
Having calmed down, Ye Chen hurriedly apologized.
He never expected that in his frenzy and loss of control, he would actually push his master!
To think the power of the Dragon Blood was this terrifying!
"Shut up! Say no more!"
"Consider this your reward for helping me break through my shackles; I'll spare your wretched life!"
"Get down the mountain. Once I recuperate for a while, I'll be ascending."
Xue Ji said with shame and anger, her voice already hoarse.
What she hadn't expected was that, through this incident, she had miraculously broken through a bottleneck that had eluded her for years!
"If Master ascends, who is going to treat my Dragon Blood Poison?" Ye Chen asked worriedly.
Only his master could help him suppress the Dragon Blood Poison inside his body.
Three years ago, an on-the-verge-of-death Ye Chen had been rescued by Xue Ji, who kept him breathing by a thread and brought him back to Kunlun.
To save him, Xue Ji went deep into the dragon veins of Kunlun and hunted down a True Dragon.
She drank its dragon blood, harvested its dragon bones, pulled its dragon tendons, and rebuilt a brand-new dragon spine for him!
The dragon spine quickly fused with Ye Chen perfectly, activating his physical potential and making everything he studied yield twice the result with half the effort.
In a mere three years, his martial arts cultivation reached its ultimate peak.
The only drawback was that the dragon blood flowing through his body would occasionally cause Ye Chen to go mad and lose control.
"Go find your nine senior sisters. They are no ordinary mortals; they can help you cure the Dragon Blood Poison."
"You must hurry. If the Dragon Blood Poison isn't cured, you'll explode and die before you turn twenty-five." Xue Ji warned coldly, returning to her former icy demeanor.
Ye Chen suddenly understood. So it was cured through *that* method?
If his senior sisters were unwilling, things might get a bit tricky.
"Also, don't forget what Master told you before: go kill someone for me."
"Take your chance before I change my mind about sparing your life, and get moving now." Xue Ji said coldly once more.
"Master, I haven't forgotten."
"Take care, I'm heading down the mountain!"
Ye Chen kowtowed to show his gratitude and quickly slipped away, lest his master truly change her mind.
Now that his cultivation was complete, his very first task upon returning was to make the Zhao Family pay in blood!
He would never forget the scene of having his spine extracted on that day!
Three years ago, on the wedding day of Ye Chen and Zhao Tingting, the young miss of the Zhao Family.
The Zhao Family poisoned the drinks, causing everyone in the Ye family clan to lose their mobility.
Anyone with direct Ye family bloodline had their spines forcibly ripped out alive by the Zhao Family!
The Zhao Family wanted the spines of the Ye family members for only one reason: the Ye family bloodline was special and possessed extraordinary aptitude.
Obtaining the spines of the Ye family members for their own use would grant them even more powerful talent!
Unable to move due to the poison coursing through his body, Ye Chen watched helplessly as his father was flayed and his spine extracted by the Zhao family members, dying on the spot!
Meanwhile, his mother bit her tongue and committed suicide to avoid being humiliated by the Zhao family!
Every single clansman met a tragic end right before Ye Chen's eyes.
Consumed by hatred, his eyes cracked at the corners and wept blood.
Yet, his body refused to obey; eager to slay the villains, he was utterly powerless to turn the tide!
"Ye Chen, trash like you wasting your spine on Young Master Sun is hardly a waste."
"Using the spines of the Ye family to nurture our people will make the Zhao Family the strongest family in Jiangbei City!"
Draped in bridal red, Zhao Tingting stepped on Ye Chen's face, her eyes filled with vicious triumph.
"You surnamed Ye—you who everyone called a genius—look at you today!"
"With your spine, my cultivation will easily reach the next level, hahaha!"
"Beg for mercy from me right now, and this young master might just install a dog's spine in you so you can live the life of a cur. Hurry up and beg for my pity!"
Sun Sheng from the Zhao Family, the top family of Jiangbei City, spat a mouthful of phlegm onto Ye Chen's face and laughed out loud!
The look he gave Ye Chen from his lofty perch was as if he were looking at a stray dog!
"It's just death, how could I ever grovel to survive!"
"You pair of scumbags, you'll get what's coming to you sooner or later!"
There was not a trace of fear in Ye Chen's eyes—only endless hatred.
"Still running your mouth? Then your whole family can go reunite in the underworld!"
Zhao Tingting smiled viciously, using a sharp blade to slice open Ye Chen's back inch by inch, cleanly extracting his entire spine!
The piercing, bone-deep agony distorted Ye Chen's face.
Yet, he gritted his teeth and didn't utter a single sound, right until he was on the verge of death.
Zhao Tingting presented the complete spine to the young master of the Sun family.
Then, wielding her blade, she prepared to finish him off completely.
Fortunately, at that moment, his beautiful master appeared in the nick of time and rescued him.
Yet the Ye family had been wiped out overnight...
Two days later.
Jiangbei City.
The old ancestral home of the Ye family was now a ruin overgrown with weeds.
Today was the three-year anniversary of the destruction of the Ye family!
Dad, Mom, and all members of the Ye family clan—Ye Chen had returned!
The blood debt owed by the Zhao family must be paid in blood!
After lingering for a long time, Ye Chen turned to leave.
"Help! Help me!"
Suddenly, cries for help echoed from a distance.
That voice sounded remarkably familiar to Ye Chen!
He instantly flashed toward the direction of the voice.
Amidst the broken walls, inside a dilapidated room that had yet to collapse, three ruffians had driven a disheveled young woman into a corner.
The woman's face bore a horrifying, shocking scar.
"Bitch! What are you screaming for? Shut the hell up!"
"For a hideous monster like you, the fact that we're lowering ourselves to have some fun with you is your honor!"
"If you don't want a beating, obediently submit to us!"
The three men sneered and threatened.
They had been sent by someone specifically to pay a visit to this woman.
Had this ugly woman not been a famously gorgeous beauty in Jiangbei back in the day, they wouldn't have been interested at all.
"Get away from me! Don't come near me! Help!"
The woman in the corner cried out in panic, hugging her body tightly with eyes full of terror.
With her frail physique, she was utterly powerless to resist the threats of the three men.
"Hold her down for me; I'll take the first round."
"Get your phones out and record this, let everyone see this bitch's pathetic look!"
The leader smiled evilly, reaching down to undo his belt.
The other two men closed in, preparing to pin the woman down and pull out their phones to record.
Chapter 2: Childhood Sweetheart Whose Face Was Ruined
"Stop right there!"
Just at that moment, the three men suddenly felt a wave of chill wash over them from behind.
A terrifying aura of death enveloped them, making it hard for them to even breathe.
Before the leader could turn around to look, his body flew sideways, slamming into the wall with a loud *bang*.
Instantly, his body burst apart, scattering brain matter all over the ground.
He departed very abruptly, without a hint of pain.
Seeing this, the other two men turned pale with fright.
"Spare our lives! Don't kill us!"
"Zhao Tingting sent us! This has nothing to do with us, please spare our lives!"
The two men dropped to their knees with a thud, frantically begging for mercy.
Confessing without even being tortured, they ratted out the person who gave the orders.
Zhao Tingting!!
Three years later, hearing this name again instantly made Ye Chen's fury surge to the heavens!
Anyone sent by that woman must die!
Once again, he raised his hand from a distance and waved it.
The two men instantly flew sideways, slammed into the wall, and dropped dead on the spot.
Seeing this, the terrified woman in the corner was frightened yet again.
She curled her body up, shrinking into the corner and shivering, not daring to look the man who saved her in the eye.
"Ruoyi, don't be afraid."
"It's me, Ye Chen."
Ye Chen reined in his murderous aura and walked forward slowly.
He had recognized her voice: this young woman was Lin Ruoyi, who had grown up with him as his childhood sweetheart.
"Ye, Ye Chen?!"
"Is it really you?"
The woman raised her head, staring in shock at the person before her.
She saw it clearly—this face really belonged to Ye Chen!
But was this an illusion?
Didn't Ye Chen die three years ago? How could he possibly appear here?!
"It really is me, I'm still alive."
Ye Chen nodded sincerely.
He stepped forward, squatted down, and gently embraced the trembling Lin Ruoyi.
"It really is you!"
"That's wonderful, you're still alive! Wuwu..."
Feeling the warmth of the embrace, Lin Ruoyi could finally be certain that the Ye Chen appearing before her was neither an illusion nor a ghost.
He was a flesh-and-blood, living Ye Chen!
Her earlier terror vanished instantly, and tears of joy poured forth uncontrollably as she buried her face in Ye Chen's chest and wept bitterly!
"It's alright now, don't be afraid. I'm here."
Ye Chen gently patted Lin Ruoyi's back to comfort her.
Unable to stem her flood of emotional tears, Lin Ruoyi wept until she was a total mess.
After a long while, the embracing pair finally separated.
Ye Chen reached out gently, intending to brush aside Lin Ruoyi's disheveled hair and wipe away her tears.
He had expected to see that pure and cute face from his memories.
Yet once the hair was pushed aside, what greeted his eyes was a terrifying, hideous face covered entirely in scars!
"Ruoyi, your face..."
"Who did this! Who turned your face into this?!"
Ye Chen froze. Looking at the tragic state of Lin Ruoyi's disfigured face, his heart felt like it was being sliced by knives, and a towering fury ignited within him!
The former Lin Ruoyi had eyes that sparkled with charm and was utterly touching!
Yet she had been reduced to this state!
Who on earth did this?!
Murderous intent flickered in his eyes!!
Back then, the person he actually liked was this young girl.
However, not wishing to go against his parents' wishes, he had accepted the engagement to the Zhao family.
The Ye and Zhao families were originally family friends.
The Ye family never expected that the people of the Zhao family were actually beasts in human skin, ultimately falling victim to their poisonous plot...
"It was Zhao Tingting!"
"She splashed sulfuric acid on my face and ruined me!"
"She even severed my Achilles tendons, turning me into a cripple!"
"My mom and dad were also murdered by the Zhao family!"
Lin Ruoyi cried out tearfully.
Mentioning the Zhao Family filled her eyes with endless hatred!
That day three years ago.
Just as Ye Chen was about to be killed by Zhao Tingting, it was Lin Ruoyi who stepped forward to protect him.
She fought desperately to block Zhao Tingting, buying a few extra minutes so that Ye Chen had the chance to be rescued by Xue Ji.
Afterwards, a furious and exasperated Zhao Tingting used a sharp blade to sever Lin Ruoyi's Achilles tendons!
As if that wasn't enough, she grew jealous of Lin Ruoyi's beauty and splashed sulfuric acid to disfigure her!
Ruining her face without killing her was meant to make Lin Ruoyi live on in agony as a monster.
Over the past three years, if not for kind-hearted people secretly helping her, a cripple like Lin Ruoyi would certainly have starved to death on the streets long ago!
"Again with Zhao Tingting! She deserves to die!"
"Everyone in the Zhao Family deserves to die!"
Instantly, Ye Chen's anger blazed to the heavens, and an icy murderous intent enveloped his entire body.
Only now did he notice that Lin Ruoyi's feet hung limply—she was indeed crippled.
He clearly remembered that it was Lin Ruoyi stepping forward that gave him a chance at survival.
He never expected that vicious woman Zhao Tingting to take such brutal revenge on his savior!
"Don't worry, Ruoyi, I'll make Zhao Tingting suffer a miserable death!" Ye Chen promised in a deep voice.
He was going to make Zhao Tingting experience that exact same agony!
"Are you planning to take revenge on the Zhao Family? No, don't go!"
"Hurry up and leave this place, never come back!"
"If the Zhao Family finds out you're still alive, they won't let you off!"
"Run! Hurry up and run!"
Lin Ruoyi suddenly said with worry, desperately trying to persuade Ye Chen to leave.
Knowing how vicious the Zhao family was, if they found out Ye Chen was still alive, they would definitely hunt him down to the last!
She also wanted to ask Ye Chen to take her away from here as well.
Yet the words stopped at her lips, too afraid to be spoken aloud.
In her current state, how could she possibly drag Ye Chen down with her!
"No, I'm not leaving."
"My return this time is precisely to settle accounts with the Zhao family."
"Ruoyi, don't be afraid. Once I deal with the Zhao family, I'll cure your face and your legs."
Ye Chen comforted her.
Then he picked Lin Ruoyi up and carried her out of the dilapidated house.
"You mustn't go after the Zhao family!"
"How could you possibly be a match for the Zhao family all by yourself!"
"Listen to me, hurry and leave this place."
Lin Ruoyi pleaded with tears in her eyes.
Her concern for Ye Chen came entirely from the bottom of her heart.
She simply didn't know that the man holding her had already undergone a qualitative transformation and possessed the strength to stand proudly at the pinnacle of the world!
"Ruoyi, the me of today is no longer the me of the past."
"Trust me, the Zhao Family is doomed."
Ye Chen promised in a deep voice, carrying Lin Ruoyi away.
In the face of Lin Ruoyi's repeated pleas, his attitude remained steadfast and resolute.
Ye Chen found a nearby hotel and settled Lin Ruoyi in.
Afterwards, he left the hotel to attend to other business.
Today was the wedding of Zhao Tingting from the Zhao Family and Sun Sheng from the Sun Family.
To his surprise, after three years, that pair of scumbags were still entangled together.
Ye Chen was going to deliver a grand gift to the Zhao Family!
Once the grand gift was delivered, it would spell the end of the Zhao Family!
Evening arrived.
The Emperor Hotel was bustling with noise and excitement.
The Zhao Family was now a first-tier family in Jiangbei City, thriving at the peak of their power.
To show off their prestige, the Zhao Family held this wedding with extraordinary grandeur.
All the elite families of Jiangbei City came to show their support.
Before the wedding ceremony even began, Zhao Tingting, dressed in a white wedding gown, had already appeared at the venue.
With exquisite makeup, she was dressed to dazzle.
The neckline of her wedding gown plunged straight to her waist, revealing an alluring, voluptuous figure that had the men present drooling.
Just at that moment, a glass bottle suddenly flew in from the entrance of the main hall, heading straight for Zhao Tingting's forehead.
Before she could react, the glass bottle shattered, and the liquid inside splashed all over her face!
The next second, her skin began to corrode instantly.
What had been splashed onto her face was sulfuric acid!
Chapter 3: The Doom of the Zhao Family
"Ah!"
"Help me!!"
Clutching her face, Zhao Tingting shrieked hysterically, frantically trying to look for help.
Seeing this, the entire hall instantly erupted into an uproar.
The guests below were shocked—what on earth was happening?
Several staff members rushed forward, but, flustered and at a loss, they had no idea how to handle it.
"Which bastard did this?!"
Zhao Tingting shrieked in fury.
Her exquisite face was corroded by the sulfuric acid, leaving a bloody mess of flesh, and one of her eyes was blinded.
This woman, who considered herself the number one beauty in Jiangbei City, was now disfigured.
This was her retribution!
Yet previously, the universally recognized number one beauty of Jiangbei City had been Lin Ruoyi.
Out of jealousy, Zhao Tingting had inflicted vicious methods to ruin Lin Ruoyi's face.
Even today, on the day of her grand wedding, she had deliberately dispatched thugs to defile Lin Ruoyi just so she could revel in her malice.
"It was me."
From the entrance of the main hall, Ye Chen answered calmly.
Hearing this, Zhao Tingting, her face covered in blood, immediately raised her head and glared angrily toward the entrance.
The guests turned around as well.
Seeing a figure standing at the entrance, everyone wondered curiously: who was this?
Soon enough, someone recognized him—wasn't this that kid from the Ye family, Ye Chen?
Yet wasn't this kid supposed to have died three years ago?
How could he possibly show up here again?!
"It's you!!!"
Seeing Ye Chen's face clearly, Zhao Tingting's expression turned to sheer shock.
She was more surprised than anyone else as to why Ye Chen was alive and standing right here!
This was impossible—the kid had his spine extracted, how could he possibly still be alive?!
Watching Ye Chen appear like a ghost, she was filled with terror and unease.
At the entrance, under the gaze of everyone's eyes, Ye Chen walked slowly into the hall.
Slung across his shoulder was a colossal object.
A coffin!
Prepared specifically for the Zhao Family.
The heavy coffin seemed as light as a feather on Ye Chen's shoulder.
Sensing an incomparably terrifying aura, the guests hurriedly retreated to both sides, clearing a path.
Carrying a coffin to someone else's wedding was unmistakably an act of coming to cause trouble!
"Ye Chen! Are you human or a ghost?!"
Up on the stage, Zhao Tingting stared through her single good eye, recognizing Ye Chen's face in absolute disbelief.
"You tell me, you bitch."
With a wave of his hand, Ye Chen struck her across the face from afar.
*Crack!*
With a crisp slap, Zhao Tingting's entire body flew sideways.
Accompanied by several blood-stained back teeth.
She crashed heavily onto the floor.
Now she could be certain that the person appearing before her was most definitely alive.
The guests were all scared frozen in place, not daring to draw a breath.
"Cough, cough..."
"You surnamed Ye, why are you still alive!"
"This is impossible, impossible!"
Coughing up blood, Zhao Tingting sprawled in a pathetic heap on the ground.
Her eyes were filled with absolute terror.