Ch. 175 - The Road to Creation

"Where there are people, there will be conflict," Chi Qianxue said calmly. "Those two guys are called Chi Yang and Chi Xing."

"Chi Yang used to be the strongest contender for the position of the clan's chosen."

"If I hadn't brought back the news of the Spring of Life, he might have beaten me to it."

"Oh, so he holds a grudge against you?" Xu Zimo chuckled and shook his head. "That’s troublesome. Excessive tolerance is pointless."

"The best solution is to kill him outright."

Chi Qianxue rolled her eyes at him and replied, "We’re from the same clan. Unless it’s absolutely necessary, there's no need to fight to the death."

...

Watching Chi Qianxue’s figure fade into the distance, Chi Xing looked at Chi Yang in confusion and asked, "Brother, why did you defend her just now?"

"Why haven’t you figured it out yet?" Chi Yang said with some frustration. "She’s not the same person she used to be. She’s now the Saintess of the Chi Imperial Clan."

"Just in terms of status, we’re already beneath her."

"So what? Does she really dare kill me?" Chi Xing asked curiously. "Brother, don’t you hate her?"

"Hate her? I wish she were dead right now," Chi Yang said coldly. "Some things are fine to think about in your head or do behind the scenes, but don’t go shouting them out loud. You've followed me for so long. Why are you still so childish?"

Chi Xing went silent for a moment, then said, "I just can't take it. Now that she’s become the Saintess, this is our last chance."

"If she completes the Ancestor’s inheritance, then she'll be completely untouchable."

"I know. I won’t make a move unless I’m absolutely certain," Chi Yang chuckled. "But now the opportunity has come, hasn’t it?"

"You mean that man beside her?" Chi Xing’s eyes lit up as he quickly caught on.

"Exactly. Think about it. If the Saintess of our Chi Imperial Clan is rumored to have an improper relationship with some mysterious outsider, how would the clan handle that?" Chi Yang said with a faint smirk. "The power of rumors is terrifying. Once this news spreads throughout Sky Pond City, the clan won’t ignore it."

"I'll start spreading it quietly right now," Chi Xing said eagerly.

Chi Yang nodded. "Also, let those few people in the clan know. They're all eyeing the Holy Son’s position too, there’s no way they’ll pass up this chance."

"And tell Chi Yu as well."

"Chi Yu?" Chi Xing shouted when he heard the name. "Right! How could I forget that battle maniac? He’s a die-hard supporter of Chi Qianxue."

"If he hears that she’s involved with another man, he’ll rip that guy apart."

Watching Chi Xing rush off to spread the rumor, Chi Yang let out a few quiet laughs and murmured, "Sorry, little brother, you’ll have to take the fall for this one."

...

Chi Qianxue brought Xu Zimo to a secluded courtyard.

She said plainly, "You’ll stay here from now on."

Xu Zimo walked into the courtyard, which had three rooms.

Beside it grew a purple-grain tree, its fallen leaves now dry and piled thick on the ground.

Walking over the leaves, each step gave off a crisp crunching sound.

Opening the door, the room looked very clean. Though it clearly hadn’t been lived in for a while, someone had been regularly cleaning it.

After watching Chi Qianxue leave, Xu Zimo returned to his room.

At this moment, his cultivation had reached the peak of the Paragon Meridian Realm. Next, he only needed to gather the Black-Gold Energy, perfect the world within him, and he could reveal his True Fate and break through to the Imperial Meridian Realm.

For a long time, Xu Zimo had been cultivating his past life's technique: Grand Sovereign Freedom Codex.

This technique focused on the past and the future. But when the Primordial Chaos Bead carried Xu Zimo across the river of time, it allowed him to forge a True Fate World inside himself,

He realized the path he had taken before was just the surface of the vast river of fate.

Later, by using the World Pearl and Primordial Chaos Bead to condense his True Fate World, Xu Zimo fully abandoned his former cultivation method.

Now, he had stepped onto an entirely different path.

“The Path of Creation!”

A path never walked before, a martial road so far-reaching that even Grand Emperors had never touched it.

There were no guides, no precedents.

Xu Zimo had no idea what lay ahead. He was like a pioneer trudging forward into the unknown, daring to do what others wouldn’t even imagine.

The True Fate World within him ran as usual, built upon the foundation of the Primordial Chaos Bead.

The River of Fate imprinted all things within it, but his internal world was still eerily silent, virtually no lifeforms existed.

Xu Zimo understood: this world was still incomplete and couldn’t yet support life.

...

In a remote courtyard within the Chi Imperial Clan, loud rumbling sounds echoed from inside.

Chi Xing walked in and saw a shirtless youth with a massive boulder strapped to his back, training hard in the courtyard.

The terrifying part wasn't just the boulder, it was the iron rings on his wrists and ankles.

Those rings were gravity rings, engraved with gravity formations.

Once activated, the formations applied pressure throughout the body.

At this moment, all four of the youth’s gravity formations were active. Despite the burden and the weight on his back, he showed no fatigue, his movements were full of power and momentum.

"Chi Yu, training again, huh?" Chi Xing walked in and said with a smile.

"If you’ve got something to say, say it. Don’t waste time," the youth looked up and replied coolly.

"It’s nothing major. I just overheard some rumors in the clan about Chi Qianxue and thought you’d want to know," Chi Xing said with a grin.

"What about Qianxue?" The youth furrowed his brows and dropped the boulder from his back.

Boom! The ground dented slightly under the impact, dust flying up.

"I only heard this from others, but they said Chi Qianxue brought a man back with her. The two of them went into her room and didn’t come out for a long time." Chi Xing smiled slyly. "And when that guy finally did come out, his clothes were messy. Tsk tsk, society’s going downhill fast. No morals anymore."

"You all just can’t stand her being the Saintess, so now you want to drag her down," the youth snorted and glared at Chi Xing. "Your brother sent you, didn’t he?"

"No, no, I just felt it wasn’t right and wanted to let you know," Chi Xing said quickly. "You love Chi Qianxue so much and treat her so well, but in the end she..."

Chi Yu chuckled coldly, reached out and grabbed Chi Xing by the throat with one hand. Spiritforce surged from his body as he said softly:

"I’ll go see that man myself. But don’t think others are fools. You want to use me as your blade? You're not worthy."

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