Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

"As expected!! I always felt that Ye Chen wasn't a good person!"

As soon as the words from the aerial image were uttered in the square, someone in the crowd jumped out impatiently.

When Ye Chen awakened the Blood River Immortal Vein, this person looked at him with extreme jealousy. Now that he had the chance, his voice was naturally louder than anyone else's.

"Just think about it! A Nascent Soul of unknown origin suddenly emerges with immortal veins and runs to the gates of the Immortal Palace shouting that he is wronged."

"They even almost framed the Flame-Suppressing Immortal Official! How can there not be something wrong here?"

Immediately, someone nearby nodded in agreement.

"That makes sense. I thought he was being very sincere just now, but now... haha, what kind of accusation is this? Isn't he just crying wolf?"

Ye Chen stood there, his mouth agape, unsure of where to begin his explanation.

The images from high above are just so incredibly realistic.

But the problem is... he had already set sail by then!

Why am I in Linhai City in the picture?

What's even more absurd is that when did I ever pick up any black ring? Don't I already have a pendant?

"wrong!"

Ye Chen suddenly looked up.

"This isn't me! I wasn't even in Linhai City that day!"

Unfortunately, the video didn't stop.

The jet-black ring trembled slightly, and then a thick mist of blood emerged from it.

After churning for several breaths, the blood mist slowly condensed into an old man. He was short, with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, and his eyes darted around. When he smiled, a mouthful of yellow and missing teeth was exposed, giving him a lewd look no matter how you looked at him.

Inside the pendant, the real Blood Elder witnessed this scene and immediately exploded.

"Bullshit! Kid! Look at yourself properly! Do you think I look like this?!"

"In my youth, I was quite handsome and dashing!"

"Who is this old ghost?! This isn't me at all!"

However, those outside clearly couldn't hear his roar.

The lewd old man in the picture was already patting Ye Chen on the shoulder, smiling with extreme satisfaction.

"Good, good, good lad!"

"When I first entered the Blood Path, I sacrificed a small town to forge my Blood Foundation."

"I didn't expect you to be even more ruthless than me, wanting to refine this entire Linhai City right off the bat!"

He rubbed his hands together.

"Promising!"

"My bloodline has a worthy successor!"

Ye Chen hesitated in the scene and said:

"But with only a few hundred thousand lives, won't that damage the foundation?"

The lewd old man laughed heartily.

"What damage to your foundation? This is Linhai City, not some ordinary mortal town. The essence and blood of these creatures, combined with my secret techniques, might even help you forge a Bloodline Immortal Vein! You'll have hope of becoming an immortal in the future!"

boom!

The entire square erupted in chaos.

"Bloodline Immortal Vein?"

"Wait! Wasn't what he just detected the Blood River Immortal Vein?"

"It matches! It matches perfectly!"

"No wonder his bloodline is so strong! It turns out he was refined from the people of an entire city!"

Just now, someone thought the video might not be credible.

But at this moment, the Blood River Immortal Vein is right here, and Ye Chen himself is right here too.

What's the point of explaining then?

Ye Chen was completely numb.

"It's fake! It's all fake!"

"I've never even seen this old man before!"

The old man in the pendant immediately agreed.

"right!"

"It's fake!"

"I'm not that ugly!"

Ye Chen was already in a state of mental turmoil, and the gazes of hundreds of thousands of cultivators around him were pressing down on him.

Among these cultivators, there were quite a few who had reached the Void Returning stage, the Body Integration stage, or the Tribulation Transcending stage, not to mention that there was also a Zhenyan Immortal Official from the Immortal Palace standing above them.

But in his mind, the old man was still cursing wildly.

In his haste, Ye Chen blurted out a sentence.

"No! Old Blood isn't that ugly at all!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the square fell silent.

Gu Qingxiao was about to speak, and had even taken half a step forward, when he abruptly stopped.

Gu Xiaolou also stared blankly at Ye Chen with her mouth agape.

The cultivators who were originally looking at the painting in the sky all turned their heads at once.

The color drained from Ye Chen's face little by little.

Finished!

Inside the pendant, Blood Elder also fell silent. After a full three breaths, a voice that sounded almost desperate finally rang out.

"you……"

"You son of a bitch..."

"Did I ask you to explain this?"

Gu Changjin almost lost his composure.

On the surface, his brows furrowed slowly, and his expression grew increasingly serious, but inside he was already laughing his head off.

Only those who have wronged you truly know how wronged you are.

This statement couldn't be more fitting for the present day.

What's even more interesting is that the remnant soul of the Blood Dao True Immortal is actually on Ye Chen!

Now that the fake has been mixed with the real one, who can tell the difference?

The aerial footage continued to shift, showing "Ye Chen" setting up a blood array with the help of the old man from the Blood Path. He quietly laid out a blood array throughout the entire Linhai City, and then as blood patterns quietly lit up, blood mist swept through the streets, devouring the life essence of everyone in the city.

Ye Chen in the picture is full of excitement.

"It is your honor to contribute to the foundation of my bloodline!"

"Hahaha! When I become an immortal, I will remember the merit I gained for Linhai City today!"

Seeing this, Gu Changjin finally "got angry".

"You bastard, Ye Chen!"

As soon as the sound faded, the temperature in the world changed instantly.

"First, sacrifice the city with blood-based evil magic!"

"Now you've come to the gates of the Celestial Palace again, trying to frame me, this celestial official!"

"This celestial official spared you earlier because you were young."

"I never imagined you would commit such a heinous crime!"

Ye Chen suddenly looked up.

"No! Celestial Official! This image is fake!"

"I can testify! Blood Elder! Come out!"

"Come out and explain yourself!"

The blood inside the pendant almost made him vomit blood.

Should I go out?

I, a remnant soul of a Blood Dao True Immortal, ran out and then told everyone.

"Yes, I am the old bloodthirsty ghost beside that kid, but I didn't teach him to slaughter a city?"

Does anyone believe that?

But we can't worry about that now.

If we don't take action soon...

Ye Chen is really dead!

The next instant, the pendant on Ye Chen's chest exploded with a bang, and blood shot into the sky.

An aged soul figure rushed out instantly and forcibly took over Ye Chen's physical body.

"Walk!"

Boom! The residual soul power belonging to the True Immortal level erupted without any concealment for the first time.

Blood Dust Taoist's pupils suddenly contracted.

"A remnant soul of a True Immortal?!"

The entire square erupted in chaos instantly.

That dispelled even the last bit of doubt.

The Blood Path Immortal Vein, the remnant soul of the Blood Path True Immortal, and everything else in the scene.

That's exactly right!

Blood Elder had no time to explain.

Ye Chen's physical body transformed into a streak of blood-red light, directly tearing through the void.

As long as we escape, as long as we survive today.

There will be other opportunities in the future!

But at the very moment the space cracked open...

Gu Changjin gently raised his hand.

"Heh, you think you can leave in front of this celestial official? How laughable!"

A wisp of crimson jade-like true flame flew out from the fingertip.

This wisp of true flame was no bigger than a bean, and it didn't even have much of a dramatic effect.

The moment Xuechen Daoist saw that ball of fire, his hair stood on end.

"wrong!"

Blood Elder screamed even more wildly.

"No! This is not the true flame that a Mahayana practitioner can control!"

He finally realized what was happening.

But it was too late; that wisp of crimson jade-like true flame was still on Gu Changjin's fingertip a moment ago.

The next instant, it landed on Ye Chen's shoulder.

boom!

The crimson escape light froze instantly, and then, the crimson glazed flames spread from a single point to the entire body.

Blood Elder roared and charged out of Ye Chen's body, his soul shadow expanding a thousand feet, trying to break free.

But the flames merely flickered, and the thousand-foot-long blood soul burned like paper.

"How could that be! I am a true immortal!"

Gu Changjin's eyes remained calm.

True Immortal?

What are true immortals compared to me?

This wisp of true flame appears to have been released by him.

The true source, however, is that external immortal who has already reached the limit of a true immortal.

A few breaths later, the blood-red light disappeared, and Ye Chen, along with the remnant soul of that Blood Dao True Immortal, turned into nothingness in the Crimson Jade Glazed True Flame, leaving not a trace behind.

The square fell silent for a moment, then countless gasps of astonishment filled the air. This celestial flame was terrifying beyond belief!

As a cultivator in the Mahayana stage, Xuechen Daoren naturally knew the gravity of the situation, and thus was the first to yield.

"Your subordinate failed in his duty and nearly brought this demon into the celestial palace. I beg the celestial official to punish me."

Gu Changjin waved his hand.

"It has nothing to do with you. Blood is innocent; it is people who are guilty."

Upon hearing this, many people around immediately showed their respect.

That very day, a strange story spread throughout the various immortal cities.

A Nascent Soul cultivator sacrificed the entire Linhai City to refine an immortal vein, and then brought the remnant soul of a Blood Dao True Immortal to participate in the Immortal Palace Selection.

They even went so far as to falsely accuse the villain, attempting to frame the Immortal Official Zhenyan.

Finally, the celestial official used a magical artifact to reveal the truth and killed him on the spot.

As for what actually happened? Nobody cares anymore.

……

Several days later, the Crimson Jade Immortal Chariot once again traveled through the sea of ​​clouds.

Gu Qingxiao and Gu Xiaolou sat obediently below.

The two glanced at each other every now and then, but neither of them mentioned Ye Chen.

At the head of the table, Gu Changjin closed his eyes and sensed the changes in the Dao Fruit.

After a moment, he opened his eyes.

"really."

The changes are subtle, but they do exist.

After Ye Chen actively intervened, provided opportunities, pushed his destiny forward, and then personally severed it, the feedback he received from his Dao Fruit was significantly less than what he had calculated.

This means... that destiny might truly be able to sustain life.

Gu Changjin glanced down at the small pot in his hand, and a smile slowly crept onto his lips.

"So it seems your little pot... is actually quite useful!"