Somewhere in the mountains, a man, a woman, and a little fox were traveling on a mountainous path.

“Where are we going, Master?” Lan Yu asked curiously.

After leaving the academy, she realized that Chu Kuangren was not traveling aimlessly and seemed to have a destination in mind.

“The ruins of the Thousand Flame Valley,” Chu Kuangren said.

“The Thousand Flame Valley…” Lan Yu tried to recall. “I think I heard about it before. Is it an orthodoxy from way back then?”

“Yup.” Chu Kuangren nodded.

He planned to travel to the Thousand Flame Valley this time to obtain the Crimson Karmic Lotus Flame that He Yn mentioned. Ranked number thirteen on the list, that divine fire was extremely powerful. If he could integrate it into his Phoenix’s Flame, it would surely strengthen tremendously.

“Huh? The sky has gone dark.” At that moment, Lil Fox suddenly murmured.

The sky above them turned dark. When they lifted their heads, they noticed that it was actually a huge warship descending from the skies, blocking out the sun.

“D*mn. What’s going on?” Lil Fox exclaimed.

They quickly stepped back in a flash to dodge the warship’s descent.

Following a loud boom, the ground rumbled as the warship crash-landed. Billows of sand and dust were brought up everywhere.

“Where are you running, little missie? Give us the Fire Dragon Cloak right now!”

Just then, a cold yell sounded as several figures dashed out from the wreckage of that warship.

The person at the front was a woman with a delicate and gorgeous appearance. However, her hair was messy, and she looked very disheveled.

A few cultivators were pursuing her from behind.

The weakest of them was at least a Half-Immortal.

There was also an Immortal among them.

That woman’s cultivation level was not bad either, as she was a top-tier Half Immortal. However, she was no match for an Immortal, so she was soon caught up and critically injured by her pursuers.

Chu Kuangren ignored the situation. After all, in the world of cultivation, holding grudges and taking vengeance was too common.

However, a wisp of green smoke suddenly emerged from his Yin and Yang ring.

It was He Yun.

He gazed at the woman with an uncertain look and then said to Chu Kuangren, “Master, that woman seems to have the same bloodline as me. I suspect her to be a descendant of mine. I humbly request for you to save her, please.”

“Oh, really? What a coincidence.”

Chu Kuangren was a little surprised.

That was when the cultivators pursuing the woman noticed Chu Kuangren and the others. They immediately revealed their killing intent.

“Kill them.”

“Since they’ve seen us, let’s send them off to their deaths.”

Whoosh…

Two Half-Immortals immediately dashed towards Chu Kuangren’s party. Their source energy fluctuation erupted, enveloping Chu Kuangren and company within.

However, before Chu Kuangren did anything, a cold glint flashed in Lan Yu’s eyes. “How dare you act with such insolence before Master?! ”

She stepped forth and let out a punch.

A white punch blast emerged like a gushing tide, instantly blasting those two into a mist of blood!

“She’s an Immortal!”

The expression of the Immortal leading the pursuit changed. He did not expect to encounter Immortals here in the middle of nowhere.

He cursed himself for having such bad luck.

“We’re cultivators from the Lin clan, an ancient immortal orthodoxy. This woman is a target of ours. Please do not interfere.”

The Immortal leading the group said out loud.

‘The Lin clan?’

Chu Kuangren’s eyes lit up. “Isn’t that the orthodoxy that Lin Yan sought refuge in? Don’t you recognize them?”

His second question was aimed at He Yun. Since He Yun used to be with Lin Yan, it meant that he was also in the Lin clan back then.

“The Lin clan is an ancient immortal orthodoxy with many Immortals, but I didn’t manage to see all of them. Why are the Lin clan cultivators pursuing my descendants?” He Yun asked with a frown.

“We’ll find out soon enough.”

Not far away, the leading Immortal looked at Chu Kuangren and company, expecting them to leave right away. After all, he had just announced his identity as a Lin clan cultivator.

The Lin clan was an ancient immortal clan.

An immortal orthodoxy was considered a formidable force within Planquilon Immortal World, let alone the more powerful ancient immortal clans.

Therefore, he thought Chu Kuangren and the others to be horrified upon hearing his clan’s name and leave right after.

That was the power of being in an ancient immortal clan.

However, Chu Kuangren and company did not look like they were going to leave. On the contrary, they seemed to be talking to a remnant Immortal soul.

It looked as if they were not even afraid of them.

Upon seeing that, the Immortal’s expression turned grim.

“I’ll say this one last time. I’m from the Lin clan–”

Before he could even finish speaking, a terrifying earth-shattering aura emerged from Chu Kuangren’s body, spreading everywhere and causing the void to tremble.

That Immortal’s eyes widened in fear as he became horrified.

‘This aura… It’s far greater than mine!’

“I’m Chu Kuangren. You guys can get out of here now.” Chu Kuangren said indifferently.

Gasp!

Those cultivators immediately gasped.

Although they had never seen Chu Kuangren in person before, they knew his name well. It was no surprise that the whole Immortal World was no stranger to it!

He was a vicious man who had killed hundreds of sky-prides and wiped out a crowd of Earthen Immortals!

He had even offended a few ancient immortal orthodoxies.

As for their Lin clan, a large number of their sky-prides died in his hands.

“Chu… Chu Kuangren! It’s him!”

“H-How is this possible!”

That Immortal trembled with fear as he glared at Chu Kuangren. Then, he looked at Lan Yu and Lil Fox.

“Rumor has it that Chu Kuangren is usually accompanied by Lan Yu, a silver-haired woman, and a fox. Judging by their auras, the rumor seems true.”

“By the heavens, why am I so unlucky today? I can’t believe I’d encounter him while on a job.” That Immortal secretly complained. He would never dare to fight Chu Kuangren even if there were a hundred of him. After all, it was no different than seeking death.

“Retreat!”

He left with his men without another word.

“Are you letting them go just like that?” He Yun looked at Chu Kuangren confusingly. ‘He doesn’t seem like a kind-hearted person to me.’

“Don’t take me as some crazy mass murderer. Besides, it’s no fun killing those few mongrels. Perhaps they might bring me some fun once they return.” Chu Kuangren chuckled.

‘Killing them is just too easy.’

‘And it is pointless to do so anyway.’

By letting them go, Chu Kuangren wanted to see whether they would take any action once they got back to the Lin clan.

However, he would not mind if nothing happened as well. After all, he was just setting the pieces up. He would be delighted if it led to something else, but if nothing came out of it, he would be fine with it.

“Many thanks for saving me, Master Chu.”

That disheveled woman came before Chu Kuangren and bowed, expressing her gratitude. Seeing that she addressed him as Master Chu, it was clear that she knew who he was as the Thirteenth Master of the Hundred Academy.

“It’s nothing.”

“My child, why are the Lin clan’s cultivators coming after your life? ”

Then, He Yun, who was beside Chu Kuangren, asked.

When that woman saw He Yun, she was a little uncertain at first. However, she then exclaimed in disbelief, “You’re… Are you the Grand Forefather?!”

“Oh, so you know who I am?”

“There’s a portrait of you inside the He clan, Grand Forefather.”

“The He clan? Interesting. It seems that not only my bloodline survived, but it has even branched out into a clan,” He Yun said with a chuckle.

“Grand Forefather, I’m sorry to say this, but I’m the only survivor of the He clan now,” the woman lamented.

Upon hearing that, He Yun’s delighted face suddenly froze before he uttered angrily, “What happened?!”

“It’s all because of the Lin clan…”

Then, she told everyone everything that had happened.