Chapter 6296: You Are the Reason For This Sword Wound

Chapter 6296: You Are the Reason For This Sword Wound

Despite feeling conflicted, Jie Tian tightly gripped the Devourer Scepter and slowly approached his mother one step at a time.

Jie Tianran stared intently at Jie Tian with deep, unreadable eyes.

As if she had sensed something, Jie Tiannian somehow mustered the strength to turn around and look at her son. Her eyes were vacuous, a huge contrast to how she was before. Her vitality had completely dried out, making her as good as a walking corpse.

Faced with his mother’s gaze, Jie Tian halted his footsteps. His lips quivered.

“Why? You can’t bear to kill her?” Jie Tianran asked.

Jie Tian’s breathing hastened. He tried his best to calm himself, but he couldn’t control his physical reactions and emotions. His eyes reflected his raging emotions—sadness, panic, and fear.

He tightly gripped the Devourer Scepter, but his flickering eyes and hastened breath made his hesitation clear. In the end, he gritted his teeth, turned to Jie Tianran, and said, “Grandfather, my mother gave birth to me. I want to know what wrong she has committed to deserve death.”

Jie Tianran replied, “Not only did she aid Chu Feng’s escape, but she also gave your cultivation resources to Chu Feng. Are those not enough reasons for you?”

“But...”

Jie Tian still wanted to say something, but Jie Tianran interjected, “All that matters when it comes to devouring bloodlines is your interests. You don’t need sentiments. You shouldn’t spare anyone who threatens your interests. Those who achieve great things are not bound by such cheap sentiments. Close kin are often the ones who are the greatest hurdles to your success, let alone those who turn their backs on you. How can I believe that you won’t let me down if you can’t even do this much? Tian’er, I have high hopes for you.”

Jie Tianran’s eyes began to flicker as if he was making a decision too.

Jie Tian understood the nature of his gaze. Thus, his flickering eyes slowly hardened as he killed his emotions one by one, leaving only determination behind.

He slowly raised the Devourer Scepter.

“Hm?” Jie Tian’s gaze suddenly narrowed.

“That bug dares to return here?” Jie Tianran was both angered and elated. He turned to Jie Tian and said, “Tian’er, this is your chance to surpass the Ruler’s Bloodline.”

With a wave of his sleeves, Jie Tianran vanished together with Jie Tian, leaving Daoist Starseizer, Jie Shanxian, and Jie Tiannian lying on the floor. Unfortunately, the three of them were incapacitated.

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The Seven Realms Sacred Mansion’s forbidden land was protected by a powerful sealing formation. Even ordinary Heavenly Dragon World Spiritists would struggle to breach it.

Yet, two figures riding on a cloud were swiftly descending on the formation—Long Zhuoyan and Chu Feng.

Chu Feng looked grim and nervous.

His mother should be imprisoned here according to his intelligence, but he was afraid that his intel was wrong and his mother wasn’t here. He was also worried that his mother was here but had suffered a terrible plight.

In the end, a figure appeared in Chu Feng’s line of sight.

Countless chains extended from all directions to shackle a woman.

The woman was truly beautiful. She had an ethereal face that didn’t seem to belong to this world and an immortal-like disposition, but her face was pale and she was unconscious.

She was none other than Chu Feng’s mother, Jie Ranqing.

Chu Feng’s emotions were on the verge of running amok seeing his mother close up, but Long Zhuoyan said, “It’s a trap.”

“A trap? Big sister, can you save my mother?” Chu Feng asked.

Long Zhuoyan was unfathomably powerful.

He had once come here with Old Cat, but the latter couldn’t breach the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion’s formation and was forced to escape. In contrast, Long Zhuoyan easily breached the formation and brought him to its most secure forbidden land.

In Chu Feng’s view, Long Zhuoyan had the power to rescue his mother.

“It’s all a trap, including your mother,” Long Zhuoyan said.

Chu Feng was confused.

“That’s a fake. Your mother isn’t here,” Long Zhuoyan clarified.

“It’s a fake?” Chu Feng was astonished, for he didn’t find anything amiss with his Heaven’s Eyes.

“Yes, it’s an extremely dangerous trap, a forbidden formation from the Immemorial Era. Did the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion obtain an Immemorial Era’s legacy?” Long Zhuoyan said.

“There’s no way to say for sure. Elder, is there anything beneath the formation?” Chu Feng asked.

“No, we are already at the deepest part of this forbidden land. Could your mother be imprisoned elsewhere?” Long Zhuoyan asked.

“That could be possible,” Chu Feng replied.

Long Zhuoyan suddenly narrowed her eyes. With a wave of her sleeves, she unleashed her spirit power outward.

A split moment later, a piercing explosion echoed.

By the time Chu Feng registered what was going on, countless thick chains had already extended from all directions to coil around Long Zhuoyan’s spirit power. The chains were so powerful that it warped her spirit power.

Long Zhuoyan clenched her jaws. She was struggling despite her overwhelming strength, and she looked to be in pain. That was how powerful the formation chains were.

Through the chains, Chu Feng saw two figures in the sky slowly approaching them. They were Jie Tianran and Jie Tian.

“Chu Feng, you have finally brought your backing here? It’s a foreign face. Someone from the Ancient Era? Hoh, to think that you would work with someone from the Ancient Era. It looks like you’re also an unscrupulous individual.”

Jie Tianran’s attention was on Long Zhuoyan, knowing that she was the greater threat here. However, his vigilance was quickly replaced with confidence as he became certain that Long Zhuoyan was not feigning it.

“Jie Tianran, where’s my mother?” Chu Feng questioned.

“How dare you question me in such a tone? Do you think I’ll let you leave? You couldn’t have escaped from the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion if not for the fact that I didn’t want to release the seal on my suppressed spirit power.”

Jie Tianran looked at Chu Feng with fire seething in his eyes. He felt humiliated just thinking about how the latter wrecked havoc in the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion that day.

Worst of all, Chu Feng had utilized the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion’s formations against itself. That was the day he made up his mind to change all the formations left by the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion’s ancestors regardless of the cost.

He was determined to be in complete control of the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion. Never again shall an outsider use the Seven Realms Sacred Mansion’s own powers to wreak havoc on its grounds.

“Chu Feng, you won’t have a third chance. I won’t let you leave this place. It’s time for you to return your Ruler’s Bloodline to its rightful owner,” Jie Tianran said.

“Where’s my mother?” Chu Feng continued asking as if he was deaf to Jie Tianran’s words.

“Hah...” Jie Tianran suddenly burst into laughter.

Looking at Chu Feng, he suddenly had an idea—an idea that could plunge Chu Feng deeper into pain

“Chu Feng, do you know what I fear the most? I don’t fear you coming after me. I’m only afraid that you would go into hiding, especially in the Ninth Galaxy. That would render me helpless against you. Fortunately, you aren’t predisposed for greater things. You are tied down by your emotions. All it took was a simple ploy for me to tie you down to the world of cultivation.”

Those words shook Chu Feng.

“I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll let you die a knowing death.”

Jie Tianran pulled up his shirt to reveal his upper body. Despite his advanced age, his body remained toned and muscular.

However, Long Zhuoyan and Chu Feng’s gazes were drawn to his left chest, where a sword wound lay. It had been there for many years, but it refused to heal.

“You are the culprit behind this sword wound.”