With Zheng Qian dead, the lightning now enveloped Zheng Yi.

"No!!!"

Unlike Zheng Qian, Zheng Yi’s face was now filled with terror.

He felt excruciating pain wrack his body. Through the crackling lightning, he stared at the cold, indifferent face of the young man.

Suddenly, his mind flashed back to the first time he had met Li Yang.

It had all started with a Seven-Colored Orchid Fruit. He had investigated Li Yang, and upon confirming he had no powerful backing, he’d decided to cripple him.

The conflict between Li Yang and him—and his father, and his grandfather—had raged on ever since.

Now, his grandfather and father were both dead at Li Yang’s hands, and he was about to join them.

’If I had known, I never would have provoked Li Yang.’

In the final moments of his life, Zheng Yi was finally filled with regret.

Everything that was happening was because of that Seven-Colored Orchid Fruit, because of that single sliver of greed he’d had back then.

It was that one moment of greed that had doomed the Zheng family to utter ruin!

But it was too late for everything.

A moment later, all traces of an aura vanished from Zheng Yi’s body.

The Zheng family was annihilated.

The onlookers watched without a trace of sympathy.

They were all Cultivators, and every Cultivator had a family. They all worried about their loved ones being targeted by other Cultivators.

After all, to an ordinary person, a Cultivator was like a superhero. A normal human stood no chance against one.

Attacking a Cultivator’s family was a line that all of them despised and condemned.

"Li Yang."

Seeing that Zheng Qian and Zheng Yi were dead, Zhang Guolin smiled. "Now that your strength has reached such a level, how about we hold a celebration?"

Li Yang shook his head. "Not right now. I want to head back to Coastal City first."

Hearing this, Zhang Guolin smiled. "Right. Family comes first. We can talk about the celebration later."

Li Yang was indeed anxious to see his family.

He had panicked the moment he heard his parents were in trouble.

’I obtained so many treasures in the Relic Space this time,’ Li Yang thought to himself. ’I can use them to raise Mom and Dad’s strength!’

With the resources he now possessed, he could easily help both Li Guohai and Zhao Rou become King Level Cultivators!

"Time to go home!"

Li Yang boarded a jet and sped toward Coastal City.

...

He had killed Zheng Hu, exited the Relic Space, and two hours later, returned to the Celestial Origin Palace.

During those two hours, news of Li Yang reaching the Peak of King Level had already spread like wildfire.

「An airport in Jing City.」

Zhao Qianxing and Zhao Kun disembarked from their plane.

Zhao Qianxing’s expression was still a bit gloomy. Li Yang had broken through to King Level. Even if Li Yang’s relationship with the Zhao family was poor, Zhao Rou and Li Guohai didn’t refuse contact with them.

Zhao Qianxing believed that, by using them as an opening, it was only a matter of time before Li Yang formed an unbreakable bond with the Zhao family.

But then, Li Yang had suddenly died—killed in the Relic Space.

For him, this was a complete disaster.

’Now that Li Yang is dead, will our previous attempts to get close to him anger the Zheng family?’

BZZZ...

He turned on his phone and found it flooded with missed calls and messages.

"What’s going on? Why are there so many calls?" Zhao Qianxing murmured with a slight frown.

His phone had been on airplane mode during the flight, so he couldn’t receive any calls.

He opened his unread messages to see what was going on. As he read, his pupils contracted, his eyes widening in utter shock.

Zhao Kun, who was beside him, had the same reaction.

"Li Yang reached the Peak of King Level... killed Zheng Hu in the Relic Space... killed Zheng Qian and Zheng Yi at Celestial Origin Palace..."

Zhao Kun’s face was a mask of disbelief, as if he thought he was seeing things.

Beside him, Zhao Qianxing stared blankly at the message, murmuring, "The Zheng family... has been wiped out." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The mighty Zheng family, a source of worry for him for decades—a family with one King Level and one Celestial Level member—had just been single-handedly destroyed by Li Yang.

And Li Yang now possessed the strength of a Peak King Level Cultivator, having even defeated the second-strongest person on Earth!

After staring blankly for a moment, Zhao Qianxing suddenly yelled, "Quickly! Back to Coastal City! Now!"

He was frantic. He knew exactly what being the second-strongest person on Earth signified.

As the words left his mouth, his eyes filled with immense regret once more.

The moment he heard Li Yang was dead, he had chosen to flee Coastal City, afraid of incurring the Zheng family’s wrath.

And now, having just arrived back in Jing City, he gets the news that not only is Li Yang alive, but he has utterly destroyed the Zheng family!

’Before,’ he thought, ’I kept telling myself that if I had another chance to choose, I would definitely side with Li Yang and not make the same mistake.’

But when the choice actually presented itself, he had chosen wrong once again.

Even with his usually unshakable composure, Zhao Qianxing wanted to slap himself across the face.

’Why couldn’t I have just held out for a few more hours?’

’If Li Yang finds out that we bolted from Coastal City the moment we heard he was "dead"...’

’Li Yang was already unhappy with me and the Zhao family to begin with.’

Now, Zhao Qianxing felt the distance between the Zhao family and Li Yang had grown even wider.

...

「Coastal City.」

Li Guohai and Zhao Rou were at home.

"Yangyang said he’ll be back soon," Zhao Rou said with a smile.

They didn’t know the full story behind the car accident. Li Yang hadn’t gone into detail with them.

Li Guohai smiled. "Yangyang is so powerful now. He won’t run into any danger."

As they were talking, Li Yang had already arrived back at their residential complex and was on the phone with Zhou Yao.

The Zhou family had received the news about Li Yang being "killed" earlier, but they hadn’t told Zhou Yao.

As a result, Zhou Yao was completely unaware of what had happened.

But afterward, when the news came that Li Yang had revealed his Peak of King Level strength and killed Zheng Hu, the Zhou family became ecstatic.

"Li Yang, I have the weekend off. How about I come to Coastal City to see you?" Zhou Yao said cheerfully over the phone.

"Okay, I’ll come pick you up," Li Yang replied with a smile.

After they talked for a little longer, he looked toward his apartment, pushed the door open, and went inside.

"Dad, Mom."

A smile graced Li Yang’s face as he saw his parents.

Out in the world, he lived the life of a Cultivator, but only at home could his heart find true peace.

...

"Dad, Mom, that’s what happened. But Zheng Qian and Zheng Yi are dead now, so that potential threat is completely gone." Li Yang didn’t hide the truth, explaining the situation to his parents.

"Zheng Qian and his people were behind the car accident, and now they’re all dead..."

A look of clear shock was visible on Li Guohai and Zhao Rou’s faces.

They were, of course, very familiar with Zheng Qian. After all, he was the reason Zhao Rou had been kicked out of the Zhao family, and he was also the reason Zhao Qianxing had refused to help when Li Guohai was dying of cancer...