Chapter 7

Chapter 007: Madness

“Hey buddy, you think Chu Ling is back at the Chu Sword Mountain Residence? Given the time, she should have already entered the Sword Forging Pool, right?” Lu Ye mumbled to himself.

“Ding! I want to know too! Let’s take a look!”

“How do we do that?”

Suddenly, a light screen opened up right in front of Lu Ye.

The scene inside displayed exactly what was happening at the Chu Sword Mountain Residence.

“You can still use the power of the Heavenly Dao?” Lu Ye was a bit surprised.

“Ding! A tiny bit, just a tiny bit.”

Lu Ye watched the screen as it showed Chu Ling being escorted to the back mountain.

This light screen not only displayed images but also had sound.

Hearing the conversation among the three Chu family members, Lu Ye couldn’t help but burst into hearty laughter.

He knew that right now, Chu Ling was certainly not in a coma.

If someone like her, a Great Emperor who was reborn, fell unconscious from some drug, then she definitely wouldn’t qualify to be called a Great Emperor.

“Ding ding ding…”

The system chimed happily.

“Suddenly, I think it’s good that you didn’t steal the Heavenly Dao. After all, once you did, you became cold and indifferent. The current system is much more fun,” Lu Ye said, chuckling.

The system ignored him.

He had put in so much effort to get the system to steal the Heavenly Dao.

However, once the system turned into the Heavenly Dao, it wouldn’t even laugh anymore—so boring!

A group of people had already reached the back mountain.

The ancestor of the Chu family, Chu Cangsheng, was clad in a red robe today, with his white hair and beard meticulously groomed.

“We greet the ancestor!”

Everyone bowed in unison.

Chu Cangsheng nodded gently, scrutinizing Chu Ling before breaking into a satisfied smile.

“Leave it to me!”

“Yes!”

“Ancestor, may we witness the ceremony of the Magic Sword?” Chu Xiong Tian said eagerly.

The method of forging the Magic Sword was one of the highest secrets of the Chu Sword Mountain Residence; even as the current master, he hadn’t mastered it.

He wanted to seize the opportunity to fully control all the secret techniques of the Chu Sword Mountain.

Chu Cangsheng pondered for a moment.

If the Magic Sword was completed, he could step into the Breaking Embryo Realm, and with the Magic Sword, his power would make him a top-tier master even in that realm, rendering the Chu Sword Mountain Residence without any value.

“You may!”

Chu Xiong Tian was overjoyed.

“Thank you, ancestor! Thank you!”

“Shifei, come in too! You are the future master of the residence, so you should also witness the completion of the Magic Sword!”

“Thank you, ancestor!”

Chu Shifei looked a bit downcast; he really wanted to have a closer look.

Young people, with their minds full of such things, especially someone like him, a spoiled rich kid.

Three members of the Chu family: one former master, one current master, and one future master.

They led Chu Ling into the forging grounds.

In the forging grounds.

A black long sword emanating ominous mist floated above a square fire pit, radiating a chilling aura.

The black long sword had a unique design and a fierce look; it was obviously a deadly weapon at first glance.

This was the Magic Sword that took Chu Cangsheng thirty-one years to forge. On the day it succeeded, the ancestor would use secret methods to merge with the sword.

With the power of the Magic Sword, he would forcibly step into the Breaking Embryo Realm.

Chu Xiong Tian’s eyes sparkled with awe as he circled the Magic Sword in admiration, his amazement turning into fervor.

This sword was simply the ultimate desire for any sword cultivator!

Of course, this was only because their cultivation levels were insufficient, their visions limited, and their identities constrained.

“Using this kind of Magic Sword to form a pill would be pretty good,” Lu Ye commented.

He wasn’t talking about Chu Cangsheng but rather Chu Ling.

He understood Chu Ling well enough to know that, given her current predicament, she would not be in deadly danger.

The moment she was thrown into the fire pit, she would activate the **Great Slaughter Sword Canon** and refine a pill using the Magic Sword.

Sure enough.

“Begin!”

Chu Cangsheng’s voice boomed.

He clasped his hands in a seal, and countless humming sounds erupted. A thousand blood-soaked long swords that had been prepared took to the sky, transforming into a torrent that surged into the fire pit.

The essence of the sword turned golden, mingling with the bloody aura, quickly flowing toward the Magic Sword.

The Magic Sword emitted a sword cry, and in an instant, blood light flickered, and the sword’s intent rampaged.

The bloodthirsty sword cry urged and called out.

“Offer the sword!”

Chu Cangsheng shouted.

Without any hesitation, Chu Xiong Tian directly tossed Chu Ling into the fire pit.

In that moment, Chu Ling opened her eyes, her hands forming a seal, her sword heart clear as day.

She spat out a mouthful of vital blood.

It splattered onto the Magic Sword.

The sword’s cry abruptly ceased. Chu Ling was charred black, with large areas of burns leaving her looking neither human nor ghostly, yet she moved through the fire pit and grasped the Magic Sword.

Forming a pill!

Killing!

The sky-reaching sword intent burst forth as Chu Ling let out an angry, hoarse shout.

“A sword to kill!”

Sword light erupted, transforming into a formidable blow filled with flames and hatred, piercing straight toward Chu Cangsheng.

Chu Cangsheng was taken aback.

“How is this possible!”

He bellowed, conjuring a golden jade sword that appeared in his hand, and immediately collided the two swords.

“Ding!”

The golden jade sword shattered.

Chu Cangsheng’s body was instantly pierced by the sword light.

Another sword light swept by, and a perfectly good head rolled away.

Charred black, Chu Ling barely looked human, her skin cracked and horrifying.

She turned around, her eyes filled with deep resentment as she locked onto the Chu father and son.

“Why? Why?”

“I took you as my closest family, one is my father and the other my brother. Why did you do this to me!” Chu Ling’s voice was piercing as she demanded.

Both men were momentarily stunned.

Fast, too fast?

The one they deemed useless and expendable, Chu Ling, actually killed the ancestor with a single sword?

That ancestor was a peak **Yuan Dan** realm cultivator!

“Chu Ling, how… how could you be so strong?” Chu Xiong Tian asked in disbelief.

Chu Ling smiled tragically.

How could she be this powerful?

Hahahaha, ahahaha…

At that moment, Chu Ling cried and laughed, seemingly mad.

She was so powerful because it was that person—whom they regarded as an enemy—who led her step by step to this point!

She was so powerful; what kind of foolish thing had she done!!!

Why didn’t the young master let her return?

It was clearly to shield her from witnessing the ugliness of the Chu Sword Mountain Residence, clearly to preserve her beautiful memories, clearly for her own good!!!

“I will kill you!”

Chu Ling screamed, rushing towards Chu Xiong Tian with her sword.

Chu Xiong Tian could never be Chu Ling’s match; in just two sword strikes, his right hand was severed.

One sword followed another.

Left hand, left leg, right leg.

“No!”

Another head rolled onto the ground.

Chu Shifei was so scared he collapsed on the ground, yellow liquid soaking his pants.

The devil-like Chu Ling approached him.

“Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! Chu Ling, I’m your brother!” Chu Shifei begged desperately.

Chu Ling felt sick, intensely sick.

She struck Chu Shifei with her sword, and he let out a blood-curdling scream.

She wanted to torture him!

One sword after another, she left Chu Shifei covered in wounds.

“Clearly, I loved you all so much! Why did you do this to me?”

“Why did you do this to me?”

“Clearly, I regarded you as so important!”

“Why?!!”

Chu Shifei seemed to realize he was doomed; he had also gone crazy.

“Love us?”

“Hahaha, Chu Ling, do you believe what you’re saying?”

“You don’t even love your own birth parents, yet claim to love your adoptive parents? You only love wealth and power; you only love the goodness of others towards you!”

“Do you know that after you ran away, your birth parents were tortured to death by us?”

“Chu Ling, you’re a hypocritical person!”

“You don’t love anyone, and you’re not worthy of anyone’s love!”

“I will turn into a ghost, watching you day and night, watching this idiot live in pain every day, hahahaha…”