Chapter 1 Rebirth

  A cup of tea's work, one by one, people fell down, all were knocked out with a single punch.

  Bang!

  Chen Xuan's fist plunged into a martial artist's chest, pulling out the entire heart. The martial artist stared foolishly at Chen Xuan holding his own heart, and fell to the ground unwillingly.

  Bang!

  Another person's head was blown up, and fresh blood and flesh were scattered all over the ground. The sound of broken limbs cracking and bones being crushed echoed, and an arm was crushed by Chen Xuan.

  Chen Xuan's current physical body has reached an extremely terrifying realm. Chen Xuan picked up a steel knife and slashed at himself with all his might, but couldn't even scratch the surface; one punch was equivalent to tens of thousands of kilograms, and the flesh and blood of ordinary people couldn't withstand Chen Xuan's fist. Until now, Chen Xuan still hasn't exerted his true strength, completely relying on physical power to fight.

  At this time, a middle-aged man named Wu Peng took action. He saw that the martial arts disciples of his own family were not even able to withstand one move from Chen Xuan's hands and he was shocked too.

  One palm faced Chen Xuan and slapped over, the power of the Ninth Rank was indeed different. The palm had not arrived, but the palm wind had already reached the front of Chen Xuan's body.

  "Hop!"

  Fists and palms collided, Chen Xuan retreated two steps back, Wu Peng retreated four or five steps. Only then did Wu Peng realize that the words of the young man who had escaped were true - Chen Xuan was really terrifying. He himself was a ninth-grade cultivator, yet his sneak attack hadn't even injured this kid.

  Up until now, Chen Xuan had not even used the long knife on his body, yet he had already killed off all of Wu's disciples and martial artists. Looking at the scattered flesh all over the ground, Wu Peng felt a chill run down his back. Wu Peng was no stranger to killing people, and he had never killed in small numbers either. But this kind of brutal slaughter was still something he had never seen before - not a single one of the dead bodies was intact.

  "Wasn't it also your masterpiece when you last snuck up and slapped me in the chest?"

  Chen Xuan's face was gloomy as he spoke to Wu Peng across from him.

  Recalling that he almost died at the hands of his opponent, Chen Xuan's body burst forth with murderous intent. He drew out the horse-slaying knife bound to his back and gritted his teeth, "Today, I will avenge that palm strike from that day."

  "Big words don't cost much, that day didn't kill you, today I'll kill you once and for all, today you're not so lucky."

  He finished speaking and another palm came flying towards Chen Xuan.

  "Overwhelming Palm..."

  With a whoosh, Chen Xuan dodged to the side, and his palm struck the wall of the alley, causing the two-story high wall to collapse with a loud crash.

  When he thought of his arch-nemesis, Chen Xuan did not have the urge to kill him immediately, but instead wanted him to suffer a fate worse than death, in order to vent the resentment that had been pent up in his heart. This was also a lingering resentment that the original owner of this body had harbored before his death. If he didn't find an outlet for this resentment, Chen Xuan wouldn't be able to achieve perfect fusion between his soul and body. He needed a way to vent this resentment thoroughly.

  "Cutting Wind!"

  One sword cut off Wu Peng's left shoulder, and with a hiss, the left shoulder fell to the ground. The wound on his left shoulder gushed out blood, dyeing half of Wu Peng's body red. He took out a hemostatic pill and swallowed it.

  "You little beast, you've actually reached the ninth rank of the Post-Heaven realm. This time, our Wu family is finished."

  Another knife chopped down on Wu Peng's right shoulder, his right shoulder thudded and fell off, Wu Peng was almost in so much pain that he fainted.

  "I didn't think I wouldn't be killed that day, but today this place has become your burial ground!"

  Chen Xuan came before Wu Peng, saying with a resentful tone.

  "You little beast, you can kill or slaughter as you please. I regret not slapping you harder earlier."

  "Want to die? It's not that easy, I want you to suffer endless pain and torture before dying. You haven't been stingy with ambushing the Chen family's disciples all these years, have you? Today, I'll collect all the interest in full."

  Another knife cut into Wu Peng's body.

  Chen Xuan chopped at non-vital parts, so he won't die for a while.

  "You little beast, if you have the guts, come and kill me quickly. See if I'll even frown."

  "I'd rather die than let you die comfortably."

  Another knife cut into Wu Peng's body.

  "Ah!"

  Wu Peng let out another loud cry.

  "I beg of you, just kill me quickly."

  At this time Wu Peng pleaded.

  "Are you afraid? When you kill me, will you think about how you'll be afraid too?"

  Chen Xuan sneered.

  "I beg of you, just kill me quickly."

  Wu Peng is no longer as spirited and proud as he was back then, now he's no different from a dead dog.

  Chen Xuan slashed Wu Peng's body with one knife after another, and Wu Peng had already become a bloody mess. Even his relatives wouldn't be able to recognize him if they came over.

  After killing Wu Peng, Chen Xuan felt that his body seemed to have lightened a lot. Yes, the resentment in his body was gone.

  This resentment has been suppressed in Chen Xuan's heart since then, and it wasn't until today that this resentment was completely dissipated. Chen Xuan felt his soul clear up, and the master of this body fully accepted him.

  He put the knife back in its sheath, and Chen Xuan walked out of the alley, heading home. In less than half a time unit, there were over ten corpses lying in the alley.

  Back at the family's doorstep, two months have passed.

  The two gatekeepers saw that it was the young master of the mansion who had returned and hurriedly went forward to greet him.

  "You're back, young master."

  Chen Xuan nodded at the two of them and walked towards his own home.

  Through the layers of courtyards, Chen Xuan returned to his long-absent small courtyard.

  "Ling'er, I'm back."

  Chen Xuan shouted.

  At this time, a young maid ran out of the courtyard.

  "Master, you've finally returned! The mistress and master have been searching for you every day these past few months. I'll go tell the mistress now."

  Ling'er ran out after finishing speaking.

  He had just killed someone and there was still some blood on his body, Chen Xuan didn't want his parents to see it, so he rushed back to his room and changed into a new set of clothes, washing up briefly.

  At this time, someone was heard walking towards his own courtyard, Chen Xuan pushed open the door and walked out of the house.

  "Dad, Mom, I'm back."

  Chen Xuan saw his parents had arrived at his own courtyard.

  Chen Xuan's mother went up and held Chen Xuan in her arms, looking left and right to see if her son was injured.

  "Mom, I'm fine, son is back now."

  Only when her child said it was okay did Chen Xuan's mother let go of him.

  "Kid, how did you end up staying out for so long? I heard from the young man who escaped back to the Wu family that you killed the young master of the Wu family in the Sunset Mountains. The Wu family has spread the word that they will strike and kill you as soon as you return to avenge their young master. Recently, the Wu family has been sending people to wait for your return in town. You didn't run into anyone from the Wu family this time, did you?"

  Chen Xuan's mother said with concern.

  "No."

  Chen Xuan didn't want his parents to know about the Wu family's sneak attack, so he didn't tell his mother.

  Chen Xuan's father saw Chen Xuan return safely and a smile also appeared on his face.

  "Come on, kid! Xuan'er just got back, let him have a good rest!"

  "There's no need to rush, and by the way, your grandfather told me that when you return, go visit him, he has something to talk to you about."

  Chen Xuan's father continued.

  "Alright dad, I'm going over now."

  "There are still three days until the coming-of-age ceremony, so don't go out for these few days."

  "I understand, Father. I won't go out for a few days. And Father, there's something else. You've come to see me tonight, and I have some things to discuss with you."

  "Uh-huh, you go to your grandfather's place first, and come back home for dinner tonight."

  "Dad, mom, then I'll go to grandpa's place."

  After finishing speaking, Chen Xuan walked towards the courtyard where his grandfather lived. Along the way, he met various servants and martial instructors who all greeted him one by one. Chen Xuan nodded in response to each of them. They had heard the news from the Wu family that Chen Xuan had killed the young master of the Wu family, and their attitude towards Chen Xuan had clearly changed, with a hint of reverence added to it.