The City Lord appeared calm on the surface, but inside, his heart was a churning sea of turmoil. Few were willing to cultivate the Heartless Dao; while it was powerful, it required the erasure of all human emotions and desires. The City Lord knew that, given his innate talent, he would never reach the threshold of an Immortal Emperor, which was why he had gambled on switching to the Heartless Dao. Only by cultivating the Heartless Dao could he compensate for his lack of talent. As for the loss of all human emotions and desires once he succeeded... he did not care. As long as he could become stronger and ascend to a higher realm, he was willing to pay any price.
To abandon his current path and start over with the Heartless Dao would take a great deal of time. The City Lord did not want to wait, so he looked for a shortcut. While others sought to prove their Dao by killing their wives, he chose to prove his by killing his kin. All relatives—parents and children alike—were included; he would kill them all to purge himself of all emotion. Since he began practicing the Heartless Dao, the results had been remarkable: the bottleneck that had trapped him for years had finally begun to loosen. Overjoyed, the City Lord pursued the Heartless Dao with even greater fervor. Every resident and relative in the city had to die. Not a single one would be spared.
From time to time, the City Lord would order his men to seize people and throw them into the dungeon, where he would kill them with…
Chapter 889