In the mid-winter festival of the Afure Cloud sect celebration: every true disciple celebrated their spirit-fruit and breakthrough, it was the most beautiful moment for true disciples. But Lu Chen, an outer discipline with broken roots, was receiving punishment, and humiliation from the elders and other true disciples. Everyone was celebrating the beautiful night of light for the year. But Lu Chen was on his knees in the mud inside the courtyard. His hands were weak and shaking as he scrubbed the stone steps with a worn-out brush.Wei Feng said cruelly."You lower, trash! I can still see my reflection’s shadow in that grime!"With a heavy silk boot, made with expensive silver thread slammed it down onto Lu Chen’s hand. The bad man ground his fingers into the frozen stone. Lu Chen gasped as pain shot up his arm heavily. He clenched his teeth, refusing to cry out because he was afraid of more punishment. He knew from experience that a scream would only make Wei Feng press you harder tha

Gao Hu screamed as his face instantly paled. The Qi he had spent three years cultivating—the very life force in his blood—began to flow through the whip and into Lu Chen’s palm."Stop... please... let go...". “Stop what?”!. Lu Chen shouted. Gao Hu fell to his knees, his skin wrinkling, his hair turning grey in a second. Lu Chen felt a rush of energy. It was intoxicating. The energy, a very small energy from a Body-Refining Level 3 disciple was like a drop of water in an ocean.He let go of the whip. Gao Hu slumped to the ground, unconscious and every energy of his spiritual power was drained. He wasn't dead, but he was lying there without spiritual energy, totally empty. Lu Chen stepped over the fallen trash and walked past him out of the room. The sun was rising gradually, its shadows coming up over the Afure Cloud Sect ceremony ground.He whispered, "The High Heaven Emperors took everything from me, the wind had changed for me. I'll start by taking their world.” The bell of the

The blue light on Zhao’s hand was instantly sucked into Lu Chen’s skin. Zhao’s eyes went wide. He tried to pull his hand back, but it was stuck to Lu Chen’s chest like it was trapped there."My... My Qi! Where is it going?!" Zhao screamed. His face began to change. His plumpy, healthy skin turned grey and wrinkled. The energy he had spent fifty years gathering was being eaten by the Chaos Root in seconds. "You took my family's life," Lu Chen said, looking into Zhao’s dying eyes. "So I will take yours. Every drop that remains." In a final, desperate gasp, Elder Zhao turned into a pile of dry skin and bones, crumbling to the floor. The great Elder was gone.Then Elder Mo backed away, his face pale with horror. "The Chaos Devouring Root... it woke up. The High Heaven Emperors told us that this power was a myth!" "The Emperors told you a lot of lies," Lu Chen said, stepping over the ashes of Elder Zhao. "Like the lie that I was weak."Elder Mo raised his staff, a blinding golden light

The Item: The Void-Severing Dagger.The Power: It didn't cut flesh; it cut through Qi and spiritual shields."A weapon that eats energy, just like me," Lu Chen whispered, a dark smile crossing his face. He didn't wait. He opened the jade bottle and swallowed the Heavenly Dew in one gulp.Immediately, his body felt like it was being rebuilt from the inside to the outside. The violent, messy energy he had taken from the monsters began to smooth out. It turned into unstoppable power. His skin became tougher, and his senses became sharper. He could hear the heartbeat of a bird miles away. [Image: Lu Chen standing in the glowing cave, holding the black dagger, with his eyes glowing violet.]The cave began to tremble. The treasure had been the only thing holding the spiritual balance of this area together. Now that Lu Chen had taken it, the walls were cracking. “Oh…”"The Heavens keep leaving gifts for me," Lu Chen said, tucking the dagger into his belt.He felt a new level of confidence.

In the Training Ground, Lu Chen did not teach them how to use magic. Instead, he taught them the secrets of the Void.He showed them that they didn't need big, flashy explosions to win. He taught them how to move silently and strike when the enemy didn't expect it.In the old sects, everyone fought to be the best. In Lu Chen’s sect, the students worked together. Two weak people fighting as one were stronger than one strong master.For those with a broken spirit root, Lu Chen showed them how to pull energy from the earth and the air around them, rather than from inside their bodies. At first, in the training ground, the students stumbled. A young boy named Xiao dropped his wooden sword crying "I can't do it, I am just a beggar." “Yesterday, you were a beggar. Today, you are a seed. Tomorrow, you will be in a forest." Lu Chen walked over and picked up the wooden sword. He handed it back to the boy. After months of training, the change was clear. The people who used to walk with th