In another three and a half months, the two Longevity Realm ancestors of the Celestial Saint Palace will return. For the Chen Family to stir up trouble now is nothing short of seeking their own doom!

Seeing that Chen Zhixing's expression was not feigned, Mo Qingyue hesitated for a moment before saying to him, "Why don't you go back and try to persuade them?"

"Persuade what?"

"Have them open the boundaries and not obstruct normal passage between the domain regions; this is very bad."

"I could, but the problem is, how do I return now."

"I could ask Uncle Master to temporarily open a teleportation... array for you?"

Under Chen Zhixing's kindly gaze, as if looking at a child with a cognitive disability, Mo Qingyue's face flushed red in an instant!

...

The teleportation array was impossible to use; even if the Northern Domain was willing to open it, the one at home in the Southern Domain was cut off!

Therefore, after obtaining permission from a few Celestial Saint Peak members at Bitter Water Ridge, Mo Qingyue, along with Chen Zhixing and others, finally embarked on the journey home!

Eighteen days later.

Jiangzhou, Ziwei Mountain.

The Yao Yue Immortal Ship descended vertically, docking in front of the mountain gate of Ziwei Mountain.

"Zhixing, remember what I said, make sure to persuade them to open the boundary, or else unspeakable matters might occur!"

"Don't worry, Sister Qingyue, I'll handle it."

As he spoke, Chen Zhixing had already stepped over the mountain gate of Ziwei Mountain.

"You... eh... it's the patriarch! The patriarch has returned! The patriarch has returned!!!"

"Ah, the patriarch?"

"Zhixing!"

"Patriarch, you have finally returned, you don't know..."

Dutifully avoiding these overly familiar clansmen for some unknown reason, Chen Zhixing initially intended to fly straight by sword, but reconsidering, he stepped one stair at a time up to the main peak.

As expected.

Ancestor Tianyuan was already standing there waiting for him.

"You've been let back?"

"Mm, they said there were some issues at home that required my resolution."

"It was the doing of Tao Mountain and them."

"You didn't step in to stop them?"

"Since the teleportation array shut down a month ago, the Chen Family's assets have tripled."

"Just because of this?" Chen Zhixing looked at Chen Tianyuan in disbelief: "Ancestor, you should know that no matter how fat a pig is grown, it's still a pig."

"Why should I intervene?"

"You are the family's ancestor..."

"But you are the patriarch."

The old Taoist patted Chen Zhixing on the shoulder and said softly, "As the patriarch, if you didn't care, running off to the Northern Domain on a whim with outsiders, why should I block them for you?

It's just a ruined household. If it's gone, at worst, you can rebuild from scratch; you're still young, you have plenty of time."

Chen Zhixing remained silent.

"I was wrong this time."

"Mm, and then?"

"And then... Ancestor, you know, I really, really miss someone right now."

"Who? Your grandfather?"

"No, it's Brother Zhaosheng."

"Haha, now you know regret? Too late now!"

The old man patted Chen Zhixing's head, swaying as he walked back to the rear mountain.

...

As long as the blade is sharp enough, there's nothing that can't be solved!

From the time Chen Zhixing returned home to when over forty corpses were carried down from Ziwei Mountain, it only took three days.

These three days weren't the time Chen Zhixing used to kill, but the time those people spent on their journey home.

Chen Family Ancestral Hall, Chen Zhixing sat on the steps in front of the hall, watching corpse after corpse being carried past him. Even though he had little impression of these people, a feeling of powerlessness, as if his flesh was being constantly torn away, arose in his heart.

Silence.

Restlessness.

Then...

"Chen Zhaosheng! You damn bastard, you shirked responsibility and left this mess to me! And I foolishly took it over!!!"

Roaring.

Howling.

Even scaring Little White Snake to hide in his collar, too afraid to stick its head out.

Afterward, there was a long silence.

No one knows how much time passed.

Finally, a pair of embroidered shoes appeared in front of him, and when Chen Zhixing looked up, he saw Xu Qingqing's teary-eyed face.

"Husband...."

...

Even though his hands were stained with the blood of his kin the day before.

The next day, as the patriarch of the Chen Family, Chen Zhixing still had to face people with a gentle smile.

"Patriarch Chen."

"Chen Tianjiao!"

"Haha, well now, who do we have here, isn't this our Southern Domain's pride, heard you went to the Northern Domain, when did you return?"

"I am Sunx Tingsu, currently taking over the Sunx Family, here to meet the chief."

"Eh, Old Sunx, what do you mean? This child returns and immediately commits acts of familial bloodshed, and you now address him as chief???"

"Why are you looking at me?"

"Chen Zhixing! I'll tell you straight, this business operates the same with or without your Chen Family. If you don't want to do it, hand over the array keys held by your family. Otherwise, huh, you surely know the consequences."

"Sorry, Zhixing, though your father and I are friends, there's an old saying, cutting off a person's livelihood is akin to killing their parents..."

"Chen Zhixing, what do you mean, what's your course of action, say something,"

"What are you laughing at, laughing, laughing... eh!"

"...Cyan Pheasant."

...

After the rain, it's another sunny day!

Once the boundary arrays were opened, a massive influx of population began flooding into the Southern Domain. In an incredibly short time, the once-desolate region near the Ten Thousand Mountains of the Southern Border turned into a place of grotesque prosperity.

Of course, none of this had much to do with Chen Zhixing anymore.

After personally executing the five patriarchs at the assembly of the eight great families and addressing all those who dared to obstruct the dismantling of the arrays, Chen Zhixing returned to the Chen Family. It wasn't long before news spread of the Chen Family patriarch's voluntary resignation.

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