Chapter 98
Su Zhou spoke blandly, and the guardian turned and bowed, then departed.
He vanished like a fading shadow of mist.
At that very moment, the woman slowly awakened. Her entire body was bound by the laws, not even qualified to make a sound.
Looking at little Hao’er not far away, and the tall, imposing man beside him, her whole body began to tremble.
The scene of the Mo Clan drenched in blood was vivid before her eyes—the cave heaven destroyed, the entire clan annihilated.
And the chief culprit of it all… was the child right in front of her.
With a mere thought, Su Zhou released her bindings.
“Su Hao!! You little beast! You grew up in the Mo Clan!!”
“You ate the Mo Clan’s food, drank the Mo Clan’s water! And now you’ve brought about its destruction!”
“You’re nothing but a beast!! I should have killed you back then!!”
The woman screamed and cursed madly.
Su Zhou’s brow furrowed slightly, and the next moment…
A terrifying force pressed down.
Crack!!
The woman’s entire body was slammed into the ground by the dreadful force, her bones shattered by the immense pressure.
“Ahhhhhh!!!” Agonizing pain made her cry out in torment.
“Hao’er!! Hao’er! I’m your aunt!!”
“Hao’er! Save me! Hao’er!!”
In an instant, the woman began begging loudly for mercy.
But little Hao’er stood up.
Such a small child, looking at the howling woman, showed a flicker of pity in his eyes—but even more so, a deep, indescribable emotion.
“No.”
“Auntie, you’re wrong… I didn’t eat for nothing.”
“My clansmen fought for the Mo Clan for years, even died on the battlefield. We owe you nothing…”
On Su Hao’s tender face was a terrifying calm.
“Clan Leader Grandpa, let me do it…” he turned back and looked at Su Zhou.
Su Zhou nodded, and all the pressure vanished.
Then, little Hao’er dragged a large blade—one much bigger than himself.
Step by step, he walked toward the woman.
“Su Hao!! You can’t do this, Su Hao!!”
“I’m your aunt!! Your uncle died to save your mother!”
“Hao’er!! Hao’er!! Don’t you remember? I treated you the best! And your little brother, think of your little brother!”
“He always played with you, don’t you remember!”
At this moment, the woman was consumed by the fear of death.
She couldn’t believe that the child she once dug the bone out of… now held her fate in his hands.
But Su Hao showed not a shred of mercy in response to her pleas.
Dragging that heavy blade, he brought it down!
“Su Hao!! My son won’t forgive you!!” The woman wailed.
Then, from Su Hao’s chest, the Supreme Bone exploded with divine power, enveloping the blade—and directly obliterated the woman.
At the final moment of her fading consciousness, she heard Su Hao’s young but resolute voice:
“I will take back my bone with my own hands!”
“The same way it was taken from me… I will take it back!”
She collapsed in a pool of blood. And Su Tian, who had just rushed over, arrived just in time to witness it.
A child that young should never have to shed blood…
But this was Su Hao’s obsession—it had to be done by him!
Once that obsession passed, Su Hao sat on the ground, laughing and crying alternately.
Originally, the Su Clan of Canglan had been kept in the dark by the Mo Clan. The Mo Clan planned to slaughter them all after the Heavenly Chosen Tournament.
But now that the Mo Clan was destroyed, Su Tian had returned with the surviving clansmen.
And from Su Tian’s words, Su Zhou finally learned why, despite Mo Jian surviving, the mission was still marked as complete—
Because that Mo Tianli… never had the ability to reproduce…
“It’s just a pity that bastard escaped. He showed no reaction to the clan’s destruction. A cold-blooded monster!” Su Tian said indignantly.
But Su Zhou only smiled faintly. “His life belongs to Hao’er. He can’t run, nor can he escape…”
In Su Zhou’s hand, a thread of karma quietly emerged.
This was a matter of clan vengeance—how could he not have left a contingency? When the guardian arrived, Su Zhou had not only implanted the Nether River Dao Scripture into Huaxu Ran…
He had also left a trace of karmic imprint on Mo Jian.
In the future, if he wished to find Mo Jian, it would be as easy as reading his palm.
At this moment, Mo Jian was located in a realm of void, similar in structure to the Su Clan’s Void Tree.
“How interesting…”
“The Supreme Academy is actually residing on a Void Tree.”
—Inside the Supreme Academy—
Mo Jian stood in the depths of a grand palace.
Before him stood a man, his eyes glowing with double pupils.
“From today onward, you are my disciple. One day, you will challenge the heavens!”
“Suppress all enemies—anyone who walks out of my Supreme Academy… shall be a Supreme!”
“What is your aspiration?”
The man asked, his voice booming like a great bell, causing the surrounding space to tremble.
“I…” Mo Jian touched the bone on his chest.
All the memories from earlier flashed before his eyes.
“I want to kill someone…”
“To kill someone?” The man frowned.
Anyone who enters the Supreme Academy is a peerless talent, each with towering ambitions.
To suppress a world.
To create an eternal dynasty.
To carve out a unique path through history…
But to kill a person?
He had never heard such a goal.
This Mo Jian carried both Dual Pupils and the Supreme Bone—two incredible phenomena. Could he really have such a petty ambition?
“Yes… to kill one man!”
“His path… is deeper and farther than the Path of Invincibility!”
Mo Jian looked toward the heavens. As if through a fraternal connection, his double pupils briefly pierced the fabric of time and space.
He saw a familiar figure… walking a certain road.
As for vengeance…
Perhaps someday, he would take care of it in passing…
“Your enemy’s path is even deeper than the Path of Invincibility?” The man laughed heartily.
“The Path of Invincibility has returned… yet you are no less than any other!”
“If your enemy is so mighty—good! Good! Good!!”
“A golden age has arrived. In the future, you shall represent this academy and suppress the living world!”
“Even the Path of Invincibility shall not contain you!!”
—Aboard an airship—
Huaxu Ran had already awakened. He looked at his hands, somewhat lost.
“To bathe in the blood of my kin… and walk the Supreme Dao…”
The grand voice he heard earlier kept echoing in his mind.
“Yan’er.”
“Yes! Seventh Young Master, I’m here!” A rather attractive young woman swayed her waist as she stepped out.
“How long have you been with me?” Huaxu Ran asked softly.
“Three years.”
“I remember… your ancestors had Huaxu blood.”
“Yes,” Yan’er nodded obediently.
“Good.” Huaxu Ran sighed sentimentally, then reached out and gently stroked her charming face.
“Then… help me cultivate!!”
Suddenly, his palm tightened—
Bang!!
In an instant, beauty turned to skeleton, her head exploded like a watermelon.
Immediately, an inexplicable power surged from deep in his soul.
It flooded through his body.
That feeling of overwhelming power—He let out an involuntary moan.
He now felt incomparably powerful—even against that terrifying figure who had reopened the Path of Invincibility earlier, he dared to fight!
“Hahahahaha!! It’s real! It’s real!!”
“This isn’t a dream! I actually inherited this power—bathed in the blood of my kin!”
“Hahahaha!! Excellent!! Before the imperial path, I walk alone!”
“If just one kill brings me such power… my dear kin… prepare to aid my cultivation!”
Huaxu Ran laughed maniacally as he looked toward the direction of his clan.
He didn’t even realize that deep in his pupils… was reflected a demonic grin.
Deep within his soul, waves of power fed back.
This was the echo from borrowing power via the Nether River Dao Scripture.
The condition for him to borrow power… was the slaughter of kin.
The more of his bloodline he killed, the more power he would be permitted to borrow.
Once tainted by the Nether River Dao Scripture, once tasted that power… there was no turning back.
Now that Huaxu Ran had taken the first step, his fate was sealed—he would become Su Zhou’s puppet.
But before that…
“Let’s have a good show. If the Huaxu Clan’s first sequence ends up my puppet… won’t that be fun?”
Su Zhou said with a playful tone.
Ever since the Mo Clan was destroyed, the mysterious Su Clan’s name had begun to spread.
Everyone believed that terrifying clan must be a hidden aristocratic family—perhaps even an imperial clan.
No one would imagine that the Su Clan of this remote domain had such depth and strength.
With Su Nan reopening the Path of Invincibility, the younger generation of the Su Clan became even more motivated.
They all longed to surpass the Dragon Gate and enter the sequence, but none succeeded—
Until a seemingly talentless clansman stepped onto Dragon Gate Peak…