One year later.

Ziwei Mountain, the Third Peak.

The spiritual qi from the sea drove the clouds to form a vortex, pouring into the room where Chen Zhixing was secluded, creating a grand spectacle that compelled all the cultivators on Ziwei Mountain to look up and watch.

"That direction is the Third Peak of... Heir Zhixing. Has Young Master finally broken through?"

Facing the vortex formed by spiritual qi, the expressions of the Chen Family were indescribable, unsure whether to feel joy or sorrow, just extremely complex.

It's important to know that it has been two years since Chen Zhixing last broke through.

Breaking through a minor level in two years, especially in the latter stage of the Nirvana Realm, would be a cause for celebration among these Chen Family relatives if it were any other prodigy, even the current Young Clan Leader Chen Zhaosheng. After all, the difficulty of breaking through in the Nirvana Realm even ordinary cultivators in the Chen Family who have not reached this realm, understand.

But when it comes to Chen Zhixing...

These Chen Family members found it really hard to accept!

"Back in the day, it took Young Master just over a year to cultivate from the True Self Realm to the Nirvana Eighth Layer. How can he be stalled at the Nirvana Ninth Realm for so long?"

"Indeed, consider our family's top prodigy, who used to break mirrors as easily as drinking water, yet now is held back by a minor realm for two years!"

"I hope he's not washed up..."

"Hey, keep it down, don't let outsiders hear!"

"Outsiders? Everyone on Ziwei Mountain is from the Chen Family. Where are the outsiders? Even if they hear, so what? Chen Zhixing took two years to break one realm, while Young Clan Leader Zhaosheng, upon returning home, had just broken through the Nirvana First Layer and is now preparing to break through the Nirvana Third Realm!"

"Yes, it's hard to understand what's happening with Zhixing. Could it be that breaking mirrors too quickly in the past caused an unstable foundation that's now showing as he approaches the Peak Realm?"

"Do you think Young Master still has hope to break through to the Peak Realm?"

"Peak Realm, huh? With Chen Zhixing's talent, he should still be able to break through the Peak Realm, but it might take dozens or hundreds of years to refine further. Given his extraordinary talent, as for the Ninefold Celestial Palace after the Peak, it might take him several hundred or even thousands of years to navigate that path. In the end, he'd likely end up like another Ancestor Tianyuan..."

"Does that mean Zhixing will soon be surpassed by Young Clan Leader Zhaosheng?"

"What else? Ha, remember how arrogant Chen Zhixing used to be? The Three Great Sacred Lands wanted to take him as a disciple, he didn't want it. Longevity Master personally came to enroll him, he still refused! Now, ha, he's hit a barrier on his path of cultivation. When the path to Longevity doesn't open, he only has himself to blame!"

"But I heard people say Young Master took so long to break through so he could solidify his foundation..."

"Foundation? Solidify? Hahaha! What a joke! Chen Zhixing at twenty years old reached the Nirvana Ninth Realm! What foundation could he have?"

"Exactly, the Peak Ninth Layer at twenty years old, a realm ordinary people cannot achieve in a lifetime, and Chen Zhixing achieved it in just twenty years. Such reckless mirror-breaking for appearance, what else could it be other than boasting? True stability in realm, Chen Zhixing is merely a sandcastle heaped on the coast, easily scattered. I say, our family's future should still depend on Young Clan Leader Zhaosheng. When the day comes that the Young Clan Leader breaks through to the Longevity Realm, that's when our Chen Family will be listed as the Fourth Sacred Lands!"

"You all..."

On Ziwei Mountain, because of Chen Zhixing's breakthrough, a small commotion arose.

Mostly negative emotions!

The reason for such intense negative emotions was partly because the aura of 'the greatest talent in cultivation history' around Chen Zhixing seemed to dim, changing from mirror-breaking as easy as breathing to the speed of a 'typical prodigy.' On the other hand, it also related to the intense family purge he conducted upon returning from the Northern Territory.

Over a hundred with the surname Chen were dealt with by Chen Zhixing, and in the most blood-spattered manner.

So the direct relatives of those people naturally harbor resentment towards Chen Zhixing, the executioner.

As for the consequences to the Chen Family if Chen Zhixing hadn't acted?

Sorry, they wouldn't care. Anyway, you killed my relatives, so hating you is justified.

And you say you also have the surname Chen? You're also their relative?

If you're a relative, how can you still slay relatives?

And slay a hundred of them?

Once again, reason is reason, reality is reality.

Sometimes, reason cannot be spoken in front of reality. Even if everyone knew Chen Zhixing acted out of necessity for the sake of the entire Chen Family, the fact remains that he killed their relatives. Even if they don't say it outright, they still resent him in their hearts...

Are there ways to resolve this hatred?

Of course, there are many.

But... does Chen Zhixing need to act?

As the needed mighty tree, why should he care about the hatred of parasites that cling to him, relying on him for nourishment to survive?

In the words of Young Clan Leader Chen Zhaosheng: "If these people are dissatisfied with Zhaosheng's actions, then let them die."

Then, Chen Zhaosheng advised the current patriarch Chen Tianchen, who directly expelled a dozen of the most rebellious members out of Jiangzhou, leaving them to fend for themselves.

In such a situation, the relations between Chen Zhixing and the Chen Family remain indescribable.

Third Peak.

At the first moment of Chen Zhixing's breakthrough, Chen Zhaosheng had already arrived here ahead of everyone.

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