The Birth Of The Unrivaled Ruler

5.

"S-so he is the slave who ruined our master’s proposal?"

"Isn't he supposed to be completely unable to cultivate?"

No one dared to act yet. They could only gossip among themselves about Yao Chen's sudden appearance.

"Yin'er, how is your condition?"

A faint smile finally appeared on Shi Yin's face. "From the very beginning, I started to realize... You were never trash. From the way you helped me train, even showing me things I had never seen before... Who exactly are you?"

Yao Chen gave her a warm smile. He descended from the sky while casually waving his hand.

Swoosh!

A golden-black barrier instantly materialized, enveloping Shi Yin’s body.

"I will answer you after I finish absorbing his cultivation... Yin'er, stay inside the barrier."

"Absorb the young master’s cultivation? Just who do you think you are? When our lives are threatened, there is only one choice... Death!" The three elders of the Giant Demon clan lunged forward at lightning speed.

The moment they arrived right in front of Yao Chen, they unleashed a barrage of powerful punches.

Yet, Yao Chen merely tilted his body slightly to dodge one strike, while both of his hands simultaneously blocked the other two attacks.

Thud! Thud!

"Kill me? Your capabilities are far too shallow..."

BOOM!

Yao Chen executed a sideways flip, delivering a devastating kick that sent one of the elders flying until he crashed heavily into the wall.

"And as for the two of you..."

Splat! Splat!

Sharp, golden-black energy tendrils erupted from Yao Chen’s body like piercing ropes, impaling themselves straight into the chests of the two elders before him.

"Th-this..."

"Absorb!"

"Arrghhh!" The two elders shrieked in agony, experiencing a level of pain they had never felt before in their lives.

Slowly, their bodies began to wither and dry up, until nothing was left but frail, brittle bones.

Thump!

"Mid-stage Soul Dao!"

His cultivation base instantly broke through once again. This came as an absolute shock to Huang Li, who was witnessing Yao Chen’s terrifying method of cultivation.

"H-how can you use the deviant techniques of the Demon clan?!"

Scratching the back of his head out of habit, Yao Chen appeared to ponder for a moment.

"Which Demon clan are we talking about exactly? In my past life, I slaughtered thousands of Demon clans across every corner of the continent... I've actually forgotten whose technique this belongs to."

"I-impossible! Stop spouting nonsense! Do you actually think you are some kind of God?!" Huang Li snapped back in sheer exasperation.

Taking a deep breath, Yao Chen suddenly smirked.

"A God? A Demon? To me, they are both the same."

Swoosh!

Grab!

Huang Li could only widen his eyes in disbelief. Why hadn't he been able to track Yao Chen’s blinding speed?

"W-what are you trying to do?!" Huang Li panicked even more as he felt his aura, cultivation, and entire energy pool being violently sucked into the vortex of Yao Chen’s palm.

"What a pity. Your blood comes from a rather pure lineage of the Heavenly Demon clan... To leave it unutilized would be a terrible waste. And to think your cultivation is only at the Grand Dao stage... Your life is truly beyond saving!"

Crack!

Everyone's eyes widened in horror. Even Shi Yu and Shi Yin swallowed hard as they watched Huang Li’s entire body turn into a pile of skeletal remains within a matter of seconds.

BOOM!

Simultaneously, fueled by Huang Li’s pure Heavenly Demon blood and immense cultivation, Yao Chen’s own cultivation soared, breaking through to the **Three-Star Grand Dao** stage.

### Cultivation Realms:

1. Initial Dao

2. Mid Dao (One to Five Stars)

3. High Dao (One to Five Stars)

4. Soul Dao (One to Five Stars)

5. Grand Dao (One to Five Stars)

6. Master Dao (One to Five Stars)

As the plot progresses, it is safe to say that the journey ahead is still very long.

*

"Ya-Yao Chen..." Shi Yin muttered, a trace of fear in her voice.

Yao Chen realized his lapse in control and closed his eyes. When he opened them, he looked at the members of the Shi clan who had begun to gather and crowd around him.

"All of this trouble was caused by me. This loss could not be avoided... Yao Chen apologizes for the disaster that has befallen the Shi clan." He bowed his head deeply.

"H-he just killed those demons in a way far more ruthless than the Giant Demon clan itself... and yet, he is actually bowing to show us respect?"

"J-just what is Yao Chen's true identity?"

Everyone was filled with countless questions. Yao Chen, knowing that staying with them would only bring them more burdens, turned his gaze back to Shi Yin.

"Forgive me for hiding things from you... But believe me, on this continent, no one can withstand the powerful cultivators from the upper realms who are hunting me. I, Yao Chen, do not wish to involve you all in my personal matters." Yao Chen turned around, intending to leave them behind.

However, Shi Yin quickly stepped forward to stop him.

"Wait... Then what about the Giant Demon clan? I won't force you to stay with me anymore... but what will happen to the rest of us?"

Shi Yu walked up to his daughter’s side. He didn't dare to speak up himself, considering that Yao Chen's cultivation could now be deemed the absolute highest in Bei City.

Yao Chen understood Shi Yin’s fears. He thought hard for a moment, before finally weaving an incredibly complex set of hand seals.

Swoosh!

"Blood Reversal Formation!"

An intersecting network of formation arrays suddenly manifested, blanketing the entire region of Bei City. Along with it, Yao Chen bit his own finger, drawing out a drop of his own Ancient God Blood.

Swoosh!

He placed the single drop of blood right into the eye of the formation. Instantly, the formation eye vanished into thin air.

"This is the Blood Reversal Formation. Anyone who harbors malicious intent within this city will have their body melted by the presence of the Ancient God Blood. Even a Master Dao expert would not necessarily be able to break this killing array."

Shi Yin nodded, deeply grateful to Yao Chen for secretly helping her train all this time. Though he had done it in the shadows, she knew the massive impact it had on her own body.

"Then... will we ever meet again?" Shi Yin looked at Yao Chen, her eyes filled with hope.

"If we are destined to meet, we surely will... Shi Yin, train well with this technique. And all of these techniques, I leave them to the Shi clan as my apology..."

Yao Chen touched his own forehead, transferring numerous secret techniques from the upper realms as compensation for the catastrophe that had nearly destroyed the Shi clan.

"Then, where are you planning to go?"

"WHERE ELSE DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GO?! HAVING KILLED MY SON, DID YOU REALLY THINK YOU COULD ESCAPE MY WRATH?!" A voice filled with absolute fury and vengeance thundered through the sky like rolling lightning.

An incredibly oppressive pressure, followed by violent energy fluctuations, rapidly expanded across the area. It heavily weighed down on Yao Chen’s body, feeling as though an entire mountain had been dropped on top of him.

"Th-this pressure?!" Yao Chen was profoundly shocked, and right after, he heard the agonized screams of Shi Yin and all the members of the Shi clan.

"ARRGHHH!"

"Ya-Yao Chen... M-my blood..." Shi Yin’s body, along with those of the other clan members, began to dry up rapidly.

Seeing that the blood-draining technique was actively killing Shi Yin, Yao Chen glared up at the sky, his eyes burning with raw, unadulterated killing intent.

"I AM THE ONE WHO KILLED YOUR SON! SO RELEASE THEM! AND FACE ME!" Yao Chen roared.

"Kill you? That is as easy as flipping the palm of my hand..."

SWOOSH!

A colossal, giant palm manifested from a rift in fractured space. The massive pressure spread instantly as the giant palm plummeted toward Yao Chen, sending his body crashing violently deep into the ground.

BOOM!

Once the swirling dust settled, Yao Chen managed to stand back up, though his footing was slightly unsteady.

"So you do possess some skill after all..."

Wooooosh!

An enormous, towering demon form emerged. Yao Chen was visibly shaken by the silhouette of a demon whose cultivation was likely well above the Master Dao stage.

"N-no wonder the Blood Reversal Formation didn't work..."

The giant demon cast a brief glance at Yao Chen, but his massive hand instantly lunged and gripped Shi Yin’s body in a crushing chokehold.

"Because of your beauty... MY SON HAD TO DIE! THEREFORE, GO ACCOMPANY HIM IN THE AFTERLIFE!"

BOOM!

Yao Chen’s eyes flew wide in absolute horror. Shi Yin had just died right before his eyes.

"I-I..."