Chapter 3549 - Give Us Death

Because of the lingering problem, the former valley lord didn't immediately blast off. Instead, the ship stopped near Myriadpath Valley’s entrance. He turned and looked back, seeing the members of the Three Exalted Houses gathering there. They didn't continue to give chase. Behind them, more and more myriadpath disciples and saints gathered, even those who had been in seclusion.

"Jian Qingfeng, Li Tianming, Suishen Jiguang, and Suishen Xiyue! Go ahead and leave, why don't you?!" the silver-haired Qitian Xiao roared, standing with the leaders of the Three Exalted Houses. He glared at the ship with his divine sword raised high. "Qitian Muyue! Bring over the plants of House Qingchuan!"

All cultivators present, including those from the Three Exalted Houses, seemed puzzled. But Tianming grimaced when he heard the words. Tears began welling up in the former valley lord's eyes.

Tianming knew that it wouldn't be any trouble for him to leave with the Suishen siblings, former valley lord, and the Grand Myriadpath Ruins. However, the thousand members of House Qingchuan were still in captivity. There was no way he could rescue them, not with how tightly House Qitian watched them. They had become bargaining chips.

The Three Exalted Houses had ushered the current events into action, so they held the initiative. There was no way Qitian Xiao would allow Tianming to leave with the ship that he had desired for so long. Instead, he had his hostages dragged out into public, all of them chained and bound. Qitian Muyue was beside them, controlling the chains.

After being used as nothing but food by House Qitian, few, if any, elites remained in House Qingchuan. All of them were withered and deathly thin. The two million cultivators of Myriadpath Valley had just heard about their fate, and now, soon after the revelation, were able to personally see their sorry state. It was indisputable proof of House Qitian's torturous treatment of House Qingchuan!

The cultivators grew really uncomfortable at the sight, wondering whether they would one day end up like that. House Qitian's myriadpath source beasts consumed other lifebound beasts, while House Yumo needed to end worlds to refine starblood. Many cultivators were flesh and blood, and also had lifebound beasts of their own. They were no different from the victims of those two houses.

The entire area was silent apart from heavy sounds of breathing and Qitian Xiao's sadistic laughter. "Jian Qingfeng, do you see this? There's only a thousand of your people left. They've all been reduced to mere fodder and brought here. If you have the balls, leave with the Grand Myriadpath Ruins right now. I don’t mind killing all of them to show everyone how traitors end up! Go ahead! Leave!"

Qitian Xiao pulled out a middle-aged man in black from the crowd.

"Uncle Hei!" Everyone from House Qingchuan murderously glared at Qitian Xiao. Jian Qinghe, Qitian Xiao's daughter, desperately struggled as tears rained down her cheeks.

"Hahaha... Qitian Xiao, you're afraid! Kill me? So what! I'm not afraid of death! I'll be able to laugh nonstop in the halls of the underworld as long as I get to participate in the doom of House Qitian!" Uncle Hei said, eyes filled with nothing but contempt for Qitian Xiao.

"Come on! What's taking you so long? You won't be alive for long, either. All you can do is watch while Li Tianming makes you his little bitch! House Qitian’s already committed all those atrocities, so what's wrong with adding one more name to your list?"

Uncle Hei's expression was completely without fear. His face was lit with a vindictive smile, fully prepared to die as he was. He wouldn’t let Qitian Xiao experience even the slightest bit of joy at seeing him cower before his death. He would make sure House Qitian's reputation suffered for it.

"Qitian Xiao, are you a coward? You already killed your wife and crippled your master and father-in-law. And now you're using hostages to threaten a young genius you're afraid of, coward! You might as well give us death and get it over with. Keeping us alive with your empty threats will only make all of Myriadpath Valley look down on you," Uncle Hei nonchalantly said.

"House Qingchuan, Listen up!" Uncle Hei pointed at Qitian Xiao's nose. "Do you see this? He's afraid! The more fearful he is, the bigger our victory will be in the end. Our deaths here will have made all of our suffering meaningful! Let's all be buried alongside these Qitian animals! If they can't use us against Li Tianming, they're nothing more than crippled cowards that’re waiting for Li Tianming's reckoning!"

Sparks of hope and purpose surfaced in the dim eyes of the Qingchuans. Their unified aura was stunning to behold. How much suffering had House Qitian inflicted upon them for them to hate House Qitian so much?

"Come! End me, you pathetic case of a failed abortion!" Uncle Hei pointed at himself, mocking Qitian Xiao nonstop.

Qitian Muyu didn't let his father do the deed. He stepped ahead and slashed at Uncle Hei, who welcomed it with open arms without fear or resistance. He would set the example for the rest of his brethren!

"We all only have one death. If my death will cut out the cancerous tumor growing in the Million Mundi, it’ll have been worth it!" Death was a relief. Death was venting! Why would he fear it?! Millions witnessed him welcome death with open arms without a single complaint or grimace. His laughter didn't stop even as the swords stopped flashing.

"Three Exalted Houses, my death will mark your doom!" Those words would forever echo in the nightmares of everyone from the three houses. When the slashes stopped, people couldn't hear anything apart from their own heartbeats.

Everyone in the Three Exalted Houses looked at each other. That murder seemed to have the opposite desired effect. The thousand Qingchuans clenched their fists tight as they watched the depressing sight, but their hearts all burned with a desire for vengeance. They more than welcomed the same fate!

House Qingchuan could be said to have suffered one of the worst fates imaginable. None of them were able to escape it from the moment of their birth. Every time they opened their eyes, all they saw were myriadpath source beasts munching away at their limbs, only to leave them alive for them to grow back.

They had persisted for so long without accepting their defeat all for the sake of vengeance! Faced with the choice of living in hell or dying and helping Tianming avenge them, the choice was obvious. Uncle Hei had already made his choice, and now it was their turn! The myriadpath source spirits turned their proud gazes at the panicking Qitians.

"Come, give us death!" they chanted in unison.

"Every single drop of Qingchuan blood is a sword that will end House Qitian!"

"Blood for blood!"

Their angry fervor spread to the other cultivators in Myriadpath Valley and someone yelled, "No matter whether or not House Qingchuan is a fourth exalted house, they don't deserve to be treated as beast food! The Qitians don't deserve to be considered human!"