NOVPUBThe sprawling stars made the entire night sky sparkle.
Two young men, full of promise, sat on an especially lush tree under the starry sky.
"Fu Tian, what’s your dream?"
"Dream?
I hope one day I can break free from the fate of my birthright.
To become a true powerhouse, and then live out my life with a girl I love.
What about you, Jue Tian?"
The youth named Jue Tian smiled naively, his eyes gazing up at the starry heavens.
"I hope one day I can help our people escape this cruel fate.
To allow them the true right to choose to live on."
The youth named Fu Tian burst into laughter, "You can’t even change your own destiny, how can you help others?"
The young Jue Tian followed with a shy smile.
The night sky was very quiet, and their laughter rang out clearly.
Jue Tian quietly pulled out a letter from his pocket.
"What’s this? Which girl’s love letter did you get?" Fu Tian asked with a laugh.
"It’s from my mother," Jue Tian lifted his head, his clear eyes appearing deep and boundless.
"My father died when my mother was pregnant.
The moment I was born, my mother also died.
Fu Tian, do you know? This is the cruel fate our Heaven Clan just can’t escape.
My parents never even saw me.
They left me this letter in advance.
Though I never felt any paternal or maternal love growing up,
I can feel from the content of the letter that they really loved me, truly loved me.
But they couldn’t do it, all because of this damned fate."
Jue Tian turned around, his youthful face already streaked with tears.
"You...," Fu Tian hesitated for a moment, wanting to comfort him but not knowing what to say.
"I want to establish a golden age, giving our Heaven Clan more opportunities to make choices,
Not live like this, where even family affection is a luxury."
Jue Tian stood up, his eyes were bright and his voice was forceful, filled with undeniable determination.
"Have you ever seen your mother?" Fu Tian fell silent for a moment before finally asking.
"Does a portrait count?"
...…
On the day carrying Destiny, a torrential downpour submerged the whole world.
The path to becoming Emperor was within arm’s reach, and he and Jue Tian stood side by side.
"Fu Tian, kill everyone, let’s compete fairly," Jue Tian said as he stood ahead, entrusting his most trusted back to him.
He was covered in blood, laughing in a free and easy manner.
The shy youth under the stars had finally grown up into a man.
"No, you go. The Heaven Clan needs you."
Fu Tian smiled as he pushed Jue Tian towards Destiny, while he himself fought a lonely, bloody battle against the enemy.
He was selfish, or perhaps not entirely selfish.
He just wanted to change his own destiny.
While Jue Tian wanted to change an era, to change the fate of the entire clan.
Whether in ambition or responsibility, he couldn’t compare to Jue Tian.
...
The moment he pushed Jue Tian towards Destiny, he suddenly felt as if his whole body was radiating brilliant light.
Turns out, he too could be so magnificent.
In his life, he had also defeated certain talented disciples,
Had been appreciated and praised by certain big shots,
Had been happy to break through a Vein Gate that had stumped him for a long time,
And had even felt bashful one spring afternoon as he met a girl he liked and was caught off guard by his budding emotions.
But he’d never thought that the greatest, most relieving and joyous moment of his life,
Would be the one where he pushed someone towards Destiny.
...…
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The Divine Fire inside his body gradually extinguished, and the screams of his disciples no longer reached his ears.
Fu Tian smiled.
"Jue Tian, we created a golden age.
But human nature is truly frightening.
They exterminated the Heaven Clan and forgot their original intentions.
And because of the Heaven Clan, we were also extinguished.
This golden age, after all, was not as you and I had wished."
...…
Looking at the corpse of Ancestor Futian, Xu Zimei fell silent for a moment.
He said to Styx beside him, "Bury him.
That would be the last respect we can pay him."
Styx nodded and with a wave of his hand, the ground cracked open, revealing a hundred-meter-deep pit.
He placed Futian’s body into it.
Xu Zimei turned and left, approaching the corpse of Ancestor Juedao.
He picked up the longsword in the other’s hand.
"Heaven-slaying Sword, the Great Emperor’s True Artifact left behind by the Heaven-slaying Great Emperor."
Xu Zimei didn’t linger, accompanied by Styx, he proceeded to the treasury of Extinct Heaven Sect.
By now, the Extinct Heaven Sect had become ruins, saying there were bodies strewn all over would not be an exaggeration.
Blood mist fell from the sky, and the ground was a river of blood, the thick scent of blood permeating the surrounding air.
The treasury of Extinct Heaven Sect was in a separate grand hall.
At this moment, half of the hall had collapsed, and there were disciples still risking their lives to plunder the treasures within.
"Human nature, ah," Xu Zimei chuckled.
Next to him, Styx’s True Fate emerged, and a crimson river surged past.
All the disciples were annihilated within it, not even bones remained.
Xu Zimei took out his Storage Ring and collected all of the items within it.
He came to the center of the great hall and closed his eyes, feeling the area for a moment.
There was a Teleportation Array inside this hall, and both Xu Zimei and Styx entered it.
The Formation was activated immediately, and the scenery before their eyes changed, surprisingly bringing them into a small world.
The foundation of the Extinct Heaven Sect accumulated over several eras was certainly not limited to those in that grand hall.
In this small world, Styx was dumbfounded.
There were several resplendent palaces built, with no end in sight, with names like the Treasure Pavilion, Divine Armory, Heavenly Pill Workshop, Scripture Hall...
Within these palaces lay the foundation that Extinct Heaven Sect had accumulated over many eras.
The variety of Vein Skills alone filled Xu Zimei’s Storage Ring.
Xu Zimei was not modest, his True Fate emerged and he collected all these items into the Divine Continent.
Divine weapons, miraculous pills, Vein Skills, Secret Techniques, including many rare and unheard-of treasures.
Only after he had plundered everything did Xu Zimei leave this small world.
...
At this moment, Extinct Heaven Sect had come to its end.
Xu Zimei looked at the Purgatory-like ruins.
In the end, he asked five Immortal Ascension Boundary powerhouses to conceal themselves, while Bai Meng slowly dispersed the Demonic Qi surrounding the outer world.
The moment the Demonic Qi cleared, tens of thousands of gazes from the entire Shenghua Domain focused here.
They wanted to see the final outcome.
At this moment, whether it was onlookers nearby or those using strange mirrors to project images from the Imperial Rule Immortal Sect.
Their faces showed shock and solemnity.
Some were even scared stupefied on the spot.
Purgatory might already be insufficient to describe this place, as corpses were piled up like mountains.
"Extinct Heaven Sect is finished," that was the thought flashing through everyone’s mind.
People inexplicably watched the figure of the youth in the sky, simply swallowing hard.
Fear, awe, admiration, perhaps all kinds of emotions were present.
However, at this moment, before everyone could regain their senses, a voice suddenly exploded in the Firmament.
"Tell the people of Heaven Expanse Holy Mountain that I will descend in three days."
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