Great Villain: Starting by Humiliating the Son of the Heavenly Fate

Within the vast domain of the Purple Crest Immortal Sect, a storm was brewing. In the blink of an eye, powerful figures gathered like dark clouds, forming a terrifying army of cultivators.

The Sun Clan’s movements shook the entire Prosperous Stone Immortal Star!

At the entrance to the underground chamber where the array altar stood— the gateway to the Immortal Martial Continent— tension ran high. A cultivator, his face tight with urgency, barked out orders.

"Get ready to open the spatial channel! The Sun Clan is personally leading an expedition to the Immortal Martial Continent!"

Gasps filled the air.

"The Sun Clan is making a move themselves?" someone blurted out, voice edged with disbelief.

"Of course they are! Sun Ji, the clan’s most gifted descendant, was killed there! You think they’d let that slide?"

"Heavens… It’s been tens of thousands of years since the Sun Clan launched an attack like this!"

"I just hope they don’t take their anger out on us," another muttered nervously. "We only let Sun Ji through the spatial channel because Lu Yang said everything was safe!"

"Quit panicking," someone else snapped. "If the Sun Clan wants to destroy us, nothing we say will change that. Just focus on opening the channel perfectly. If we mess this up, then we’re truly done for."

The tension in the chamber thickened. Formation masters and cultivators, their faces grim, threw themselves into their work, treating this task with more caution than ever before. They couldn’t afford a single mistake.

...

Right now, Jiang Chen was going through the spoils from taking down Sun Ji and his crew.

Not only had he absorbed a huge amount of qi and blood energy from them, but his cultivation had also taken a serious leap forward.

And that wasn’t all—he had stripped their corpses of every last spiritual plant they carried.

His collection had started earlier when he wiped out the scar-faced man and his gang. But after taking down Sun Ji, a rich young noble, his haul had skyrocketed.

Every single spiritual plant on Sun Ji was at least Transcendence-level quality—hundreds of them in total. On top of that, there were five rare Nirvana Peering-level plants.

His two younger brothers weren’t as loaded, but they still carried nearly a hundred Transcendence-level plants each.

And that wasn’t even counting the stash from Steward Ma and the others.

By the time he finished sorting, Jiang Chen had over five hundred Transcendence-level spiritual plants and five Nirvana Peering-level ones.

With all the cultivation essence my Death Calamity Dark Star Moon Dao Embryo Bloodline absorbed—plus these spiritual plants—I’ve got more than enough to push my power even further!

A surge of anticipation shot through him as he immediately put his loot to use.

Jiang Chen had just taken down seven Transcendence realm powerhouses—including one at the Late-stage and another at the Middle-stage.

Just from that alone, he had enough cultivation energy to push himself straight to the Middle-stage Transcendence realm.

As expected, a powerful surge of pure cultivation energy flooded into his body and soul, speeding up his breakthrough in an instant!

With a sudden jolt, he broke through—Middle-stage Transcendence realm!

Wasting no time, he grabbed the spiritual plants and started consuming them.

Like a starving beast, he devoured one after another, his body absorbing them at an insane rate.

A massive wave of medicinal energy exploded inside him, instantly sucked up by the Burning World Red Lotus, refining it into pure cultivation power.

His aura erupted, growing stronger and stronger without stopping.

Then—another breakthrough!

Late-stage Transcendence realm!

At the same time, Jiang Chen’s aptitude had also risen to a whole new level. It didn’t just surpass the usual Perfect Grade—it was now almost at the legendary Peerless Grade.

Late-stage Transcendence realm! A sharp glint of excitement flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes as he felt the overwhelming power surging through him.

Heh, in just a dozen breaths, I went from Early-stage Transcendence realm all the way to Late-stage.

If people knew how fast I was advancing, their jaws would hit the floor.

After a brief thought, he decided not to use the Wordless Heavenly Jade just yet. He already had plenty of Transcendence-level cultivation methods, and adding more wouldn’t make much of a difference right now.

It was better to save it for when he started training in Nirvana Peering-level techniques.

System, show my detailed stats!

A glowing panel appeared before him.

[Host: Jiang Chen

Aptitude: Perfect Grade

Innate Talent: Eternal Boundless Body

Realm: Late-stage Transcendence

Great Dao: Sword Dao, Fire Dao, Metal Dao, Wood Dao, Earth Dao, Wind Dao, Thunder Dao, Water Dao, Ice Dao, Darkness Dao (Complete), Soul Dao (Fragmented)

True Combat Power: Early-stage Nirvana Peering(-)

Cultivation Methods: Supreme Pure Creation Heart Sutra (Primordial Chaos, Main Technique), Bright Spirit Pure Heart Art, Mysterious Body Locking Primordial Technique, Falling Sun Nine Heavens Mystic Art, Titan Body Forging Ancient Scroll, Death Attraction Nine Tribulations Sword Technique, Golden Cicada Umbra Shield Skill, Ten Thousand Soulseed Art (Transcendence, Perfect-Level)...

Main Equipment: Purple Heaven Immortal Sword (Immortal Tool, Low-Grade), Fate Chasing Kite Pupils (Dao Tool, Top-Grade 8/9), Peerless Sky Piercing Sword, Purple Orchid Meteor Leaf (Magic Treasure, Top-Grade)...

Villain Value: 345,200 points

Black Heavenly Fate Value: 64,222 points

Heaven-Defying Fate Changers: Villain Eye, Burning World Red Lotus, Eternal Vows Binding Ring, Wordless Heavenly Jade, Void Tribulation Soulring, Death Calamity Dark Star Moon Dao Embryo

System Mall: Level 2]

I finally broke past the Transcendence realm into Nirvana Peering-level combat power! Jiang Chen thought. Discover hidden tales at NovelBin.Côm

Even though there was a minus sign, meaning he wasn’t quite as strong as a real Early-stage Nirvana Peering cultivator, he was still an absolute force to be reckoned with.

At the very least, someone at the Early-stage Nirvana Peering realm wouldn’t be able to kill him in a single move.

With the demon race invading, it was almost guaranteed that Nirvana Peering-level powerhouses would start appearing.

And with Sun Ji dead, his backers wouldn’t just let this go. If a young noble like Sun Ji had already reached the Transcendence realm, then his family definitely had Nirvana Peering realm powerhouses among them.

With my strength now… I can win decisively. A faint smile crossed his lips.

Just then, the spatial node ahead—constantly trembling despite being suppressed—suddenly went still.

Hm? Did the demons… give up on opening the spatial channel?

Jiang Chen’s eyebrows lifted as he quickly turned to Nangong Wan and Shangguan Ning, looking for answers.

Nangong Wan’s voice echoed in his mind, calm but watchful. "From the looks of it, they’ve stopped trying for now. But after the heavy losses they’ve suffered, I doubt they’ll just give up."

"Exactly," Shangguan Ning agreed, though her tone carried a mix of hope and wariness. "Still, considering how long they’ve been struggling to force the channel open, they might start looking for other ways."

"For now, they probably won’t make another attempt unless they’re sure it’ll work."

She added thoughtfully, "Unlike us, who only need to hold our position and guard this end, they need rare treasures like Void Suppressing Heavy Water just to keep trying."

"That stuff isn’t cheap. If this keeps up, even they won’t be able to afford the cost forever."

Jiang Chen nodded. "In that case, I’ll go find Mo Hao first."

"It’s been an hour since I last saw him."

Standing up, he ran two fingers over his eyes, and in an instant, Mo Hao’s aura merged into his Fate Chasing Kite Pupils—his vision sharpening as he prepared to track him down.