Published: February 25, 2025
“Wretched beast, you’re still pretending until now!” Dantai Xuanzhong roared heart-wrenchingly. “I treated you like my own son, but what about you? You killed me on Huangfu Ancient Mountain yesterday during the hour of Shen!”
“Wretched beast, didn’t you expect this? The heavenly net is vast and loose yet nothing escapes it. You didn’t anticipate that I left a remnant soul in the Sovereign's Holy Seal!”
“Guchong, kill him for me!”
Hearing this, Huangfu Guchong was about to strangle Tan Yun when Tan Yun burst into tears and choked, “How could Yun'er not know your kindness? How could I possibly kill you!”
“Do you know? Before noon yesterday, I left the sect with Guan Xuanqi!”
Tan Yun said in deep sorrow, “I wasn’t even in Huangfu Sacred Sect during the hour of Shen yesterday. Someone must have impersonated me and killed you…”
At that moment, Tan Yun cried.
He thought of Dantai Xuanzhong’s death and memories of nearly forty years of meticulous care after entering the Inner Sect filled his mind.
He could feel the kind of affection from Dantai Xuanzhong that he could only find with his parents and grandparents.
“You’re facing death and still dare to argue!” Dantai Xuanzhong shouted, “Do you know what my Dantai Family is?”
“I’ll tell you, everyone from the Dantai Family is a master of disguise!”
“My disguise technique has reached a peak level in the eyes of the world. If someone disguised themselves as you, would I not be able to see through it?”
“Tan Yun, you scum, just die!” Dantai Xuanzhong roared like thunder, “Guchong, kill him!”
“And also kill Guan Xuanqi, who colluded with this beast!”
At that critical moment, before Tan Yun could speak, Guan Xuanqi suddenly waved his right arm, and a burst of spiritual power conjured an image in the air.
“Old Sovereign!” Guan Xuanqi knelt in mid-air, shouting, “The memory image can’t be fake!”
“Please look! It doesn’t matter if I die, but the Sovereign is someone you nurtured, if you kill the wrong person, won’t it hurt you?”
At Guan Xuanqi’s shout, Dantai Xuanzhong finally fixed his gaze on the memory image.
His eyes could no longer move an inch.
In the memory image, he saw Guan Xuanqi telling Tan Yun that they should set off to Dragon Cloud Sect, and then Tan Yun and Guan Xuanqi flew out of First Immortal Valley, passing through the Holy Gate, and less than a noon hour later, they had already flown out of Huangfu Sacred Sect!
Later, Tan Yun and Guan Xuanqi flew towards Dragon Cloud Sect in the rain…
Guan Xuanqi knew that Dantai Xuanzhong’s remnant soul was about to dissipate, so he quickly manipulated the memory image to skip frames, and in just half a moment, the image stopped at this very moment!
“Guchong, quickly let go of Yun'er, I was really mistaken about him!” Dantai Xuanzhong shouted urgently.
“Yes, Master!” Huangfu Guchong released Tan Yun, and at that moment, Tan Yun was already in tears, “Senior, Yun'er will definitely avenge you!”
“Yun'er swears to shred the scum that impersonated me into a thousand pieces!”
Tan Yun’s heart ached; he truly did not expect this middle-aged man, who regarded him as his own, would leave him.
“Yun'er, good child!” Dantai Xuanzhong hovered in front of Tan Yun, crying with relief. He wanted to reach out to touch Tan Yun but found he could no longer reach him.
He was clearly crying, yet no tears fell, “Yun'er, I’m sorry… truly sorry, I wronged you.”
“Senior…” Tan Yun choked back tears.
“Yun'er, don’t cry.” Dantai Xuanzhong’s originally ethereal figure grew even fainter, he hurriedly said, “Yun'er, my time is short, there are some matters I must entrust to you.”
“You say… you say.” Tan Yun clenched his fists, his eyes filled with sorrow.
“Yun'er, Huangfu Yu is a woman.” Dantai Xuanzhong’s tone grew increasingly urgent, “Her name is Dantai Xian'er, and she is my only daughter.”
Tan Yun was taken aback; he never expected that Huangfu Yu, whom he had called brother for over twenty years, was actually Dantai Xuanzhong’s precious daughter!