Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

”Yang Xiao, I bet you didn’t expect to see us here.”

Before Yang Xiao could speak, one of the two men spoke up.

”I certainly didn’t.”

”There’s a lot you didn’t expect. Today, I’ll finally let everyone know that it was your Yang Family who wronged us, not I, Yang Hou, who wronged the Yang Family!”

”That’s right, and me, Yang Songg.”

These two were none other than Yang Hou and Yang Songg, who had previously betrayed the Yang Family.

They had joined the Purple Sun Sect together and, through their own strength, become Core Disciples.

”The Yang Family wronged you? It seems you’ve thrown in your lot with the Ye Family. Otherwise, how could you say something so shameless?”

Yang Xiao shook his head.

”You, how did you know...?”

Yang Songg blurted out before clamping a hand over his mouth.

’So it’s true.’

This, however, came as a bit of a surprise to Yang Xiao.

Glancing at Ye Chengzong’s ashen face in the crowd below, and then at Yang Hou, who was staring at Yang Songg as if he were an idiot, a suspicion couldn’t help but form in Yang Xiao’s mind.

’Could these two be the Ye Family’s hidden gambit for the Inner Sect competition?’

”Ye Chengzong, if you think these two clowns are enough to defeat me, then you’re bound to be disappointed.”

Ye Chengzong didn’t respond.

But Yang Hou spoke up, ”Yang Xiao, stop spewing nonsense! We have nothing to do with Young Master Ye. We came up here to settle old scores with you. We haven’t forgotten what your Yang Family did to us brothers back then!”

”The way you say that, it sounds as if the Yang Family deeply wronged you. Weren’t you the ones who chose to leave?”

Yang Hou sneered. ”That’s right, we left on our own. Because following your Yang Family leads nowhere! Watch closely. I’ve already reached the strength of the Innate Realm Second Level!”

As his voice fell, a green aura erupted from Yang Hou’s body.

It was the clear sign of an Innate True Qi protective barrier.

”I can’t believe it, Yang Hou is already at the Innate Realm Second Level. When he first joined the Sect, he was only at the Ninth Layer Martial Master. To reach the Innate Realm Second Level in just half a year is incredible.”

”No wonder he left the Yang Family. If I could make that kind of progress, I’d leave too!”

”That’s right. Such talent is rare, even among the True Disciples.”

...

For a moment, Yang Xiao was taken aback that everyone actually thought Yang Hou was in the right.

But on second thought, wasn’t this just how the world worked?

The strong are revered.

Strength is supreme.

As long as one could become powerful, what did betrayal and treachery matter?

Others only care about the results.

Not the process.

”Yang Hou, you think you’re so great for reaching the Innate Realm Second Level in half a year? Then take a look at me, Yang Ying!”

Suddenly, at that moment, Yang Ying roared from below the stage.

”You? You’re just a Yang Family servant, and a one-handed one at that. How strong could you possibly be?”

Yang Hou laughed contemptuously.

The others also looked on mockingly. After all, Yang Ying’s missing hand made them look down on him, and they were curious to see what this cripple had to say.

”I am a Yang Family servant, and I’m five years younger than you. But even with all your effort and the Ye Family’s resources, you only managed to reach the Innate Realm Second Level. But I... I am already at the Peak of Innate Realm Third Layer!”

Yang Ying sneered, and the aura around him suddenly erupted.

It directly suppressed the aura of the distant Yang Hou.

”Peak of Innate Realm Third Layer! He really is at the Peak of Innate Realm Third Layer! And from the looks of it, he doesn’t even seem to be twenty years old.”

This time, even the Elders on the high platform were stunned.

If the twenty-four or twenty-five-year-old Yang Hou breaking through to the Innate Realm Second Level as a Core Disciple was somewhat unusual...

...then Yang Ying’s achievement was what truly astonished them.

Moreover, many sharp-eyed observers scanned over the other seven adopted sons of the Yang Family.

They were shocked to find that these seven...

...had all stepped into the Innate Realm.

Among them, even the weakest had reached the Innate Realm Second Level with a stable foundation—far stronger than Yang Hou, who had just entered the Innate Realm Second Level and still had the faint scent of Spirit Medicine clinging to him.

More importantly, the seven of them seemed to form a single entity, and a terrifying Evil Qi surged within their bodies, making the onlookers’ blood run cold.

It was very peculiar.

And frightening.

’Is this the true strength of the Yang Family?’

Seven juniors in the Innate Realm, one Martial Arts Grandmaster Level expert—and that Martial Arts Grandmaster Level expert had taken down Ye Zongling when he was still at the Ninth Layer of Innate Realm.

Now that he had broken through, how much stronger would he be?

And then there was the Yang Family’s Young Master standing on the stage, who had achieved a Physical Innate body and whose aura should have also broken through to the Innate Realm.

Most importantly, he was only sixteen years old.

And he possessed such terrifying talent as a Pharmacist.

The Yang Family had truly left them speechless with shock.

”Sect Leader...”

Ruan Tianyang wanted to say something.

But Lin Nantian shook his head and gave Ye Lingtian a subtle glance.

That one glance was enough for Ruan Tianyang to understand.

Lin Nantian’s stance.

Although the Yang Family’s strength seemed to have exceeded their expectations, the Ye Family was different.

In the past, the Ye Family had only one old ancestor, the Sect’s number one expert with a noble status, plus a First Elder at the First Layer of Martial Arts Grandmaster.

Though prominent, they had other factions to contend with, such as the Sect Leader’s lineage. But now, the Ye Family had gained another Martial Arts Grandmaster expert.

Furthermore, the third generation’s Ye Chengzong had the qualifications of a Junior Sect Leader.

The winds of the entire Elder Council had shifted.

Once the winds in the Elder Council shifted, the winds in the Purple Sun Sect had to shift as well.

Even Lin Nantian, as the Sect Leader, had to adapt.

Now, the Yang Family and the Ye Family could be considered mortal enemies.

Naturally, Lin Nantian had to make a choice.

Compared to the Ye Family, which was at the height of its power, the Yang Family’s performance, no matter how good, just couldn’t measure up.

Taking a step back, even if the Yang Family’s strength was equal to the Ye Family’s, they were still outsiders. The Ye Family, on the other hand, were descendants of the Sect’s founding patriarch.

They were different.

’It seems the Yang Family’s fate is sealed.’

Ruan Tianyang sighed inwardly.

His gaze, however, couldn’t help but turn to the stage, where forty to fifty people now stood—nearly half of all the Core Disciples.

Then there were Yang Hou and Yang Songg.

Both had broken through to the Innate Realm.

Besides them, there were five others.

They too had unexpectedly broken through to the Innate Realm.

A total of seven people.

Yang Hou was the strongest.

Therefore, even though Yang Ying’s strength had shocked him, Yang Hou, thinking of the Ye Family’s promises, shamelessly ignored him.

Instead, he turned to Yang Xiao and said with utter shamelessness, ”Your Yang Family not only hindered my cultivation but also senselessly killed nine of my sworn brothers. Today, I will get justice for them!”

”Yang Xiao, die!”

Yang Hou, Yang Songg, and the other five Core Disciples in the Innate Realm lunged forward almost simultaneously.

Killing intent instantly filled the stage.