Chapter 101: Strike at the Heart! The Final Value of the Nascent Soul Ancestor!
True Lord Lieyang had completely lost his mind!
His Dao heart shattered, his cultivation spiraled out of control — to a Nascent Soul Perfection cultivator, this was a torment ten thousand times worse than death!
He had only one thought left — to drag down the little bastard who ruined his name into hell with him!
“Boom——!”
The crimson-golden flames no longer remained ordinary energy but transformed into the “True Flame of Severance Fire,” imbued with the Law of Destruction! It was his final strike, fueled by burning his Nascent Soul essence!
The sky above Qingyun Sect was instantly dyed into a sea of fire!
Mountains, rivers, vegetation, buildings — everything warped and vaporized under the terrifying heat! The Sect Protection Array vanished in an instant, not even a wisp of smoke left behind.
Disciples on the square didn’t even have time to scream before feeling their very souls ignite!
It was over.
This time, it was truly over!
Yao Yue’s stunning face drained of all color. She didn’t care if Qingyun Sect perished — but she couldn’t afford not to care about herself! In front of this world-ending strike, her cultivation wasn’t even enough to qualify as cannon fodder!
Yet, at the very heart of that sea of despairing flames, the figure everyone thought doomed beyond salvation… made a move that almost shattered Yao Yue’s Dao heart.
He took out the Amplifying Conch Horn and cleared his throat.
“Cough, cough!”
“Family members, don’t panic! Sit down, this is standard procedure!”
Chu Feng’s voice was still steady, still… infuriatingly casual.
“The moment to witness a miracle has arrived!”
He spread his arms, a smile brighter than the sun spreading across his face as he shouted toward the firestorm that could incinerate all things:
“Get ready — it’s time to harvest the crops!”
Har… harvest the crops?
Harvest your sister’s crops! We’re about to die!
Yao Yue felt like she was going insane. She swore, if she survived this, she would pry open that man’s head to see if it was stuffed with spirit stones instead of a brain!
But the next instant, she could no longer speak.
Because what appeared before her eyes was even more unbelievable than True Lord Lieyang’s self-detonation!
“Wumm——!”
An invisible ripple spread out from Chu Feng’s body!
Immediately after, above the site where the Qingyun Sect’s protection array had been, an enormous phantom formed out of billions of golden threads — emerging from thin air!
That phantom wasn’t a treasure, nor a formation — it was… it was a massive, sky-covering Financial Report?!
Assets, liabilities, shareholders’ equity, cash flow… incomprehensible yet grand words flowed slowly across the glowing sheet.
At the very top of the report, a number flickered wildly, radiating brilliance brighter than the sun — “Total Market Value of the Group”!
“Wh–what the hell is that?!”
A visiting Sect Master forced out his last breath to exclaim in horror.
“I hereby declare!”
Chu Feng’s voice echoed across heaven and earth:
“The Ascension Group’s ‘Corporate Luck Shield’ — officially activated!”
“All shareholders who purchased the ‘Guardian Sect War Bonds’! Your faith, your greed, your investment — at this moment, will become our strongest shield!”
“In the name of the Group! By the power of capital! We defend our shared assets!”
The words had barely fallen when—
“Boom——!”
The colossal “Financial Report” phantom burst into dazzling golden light!
Every disciple who had purchased the bonds — regardless of location or cultivation level — felt an inexplicable connection form with that glowing report!
Their heartbeats, their desires, their feverish greed for tenfold returns — all transformed into invisible streams of power, surging madly into the report!
The numbers behind “Total Market Value” skyrocketed at a speed the naked eye could hardly track!
At the same time, the annihilating True Flame of Severance Fire crashed down!
On one side — the ultimate destruction fueled by a Nascent Soul expert’s life and dignity!
On the other — the surging torrent of capital, fueled by the greed and dreams of tens of thousands of “greenhorns”!
It was a confrontation unseen in all the history of cultivation!
“Rumble——!”
The moment the two forces collided, there was no earth-shaking explosion, no deafening blast.
The raging True Flame of Severance Fire poured in like a stream into an endless black hole — and was completely… absorbed by that enormous “Financial Report” phantom?!
What’s more — after absorbing that vast energy, the “Total Market Value” number shot up another massive leap!
“…What the hell…”
Someone muttered in a dazed stupor.
The entire world fell silent.
The sea of fire vanished. The sky cleared once more.
On the high platform, Chu Feng stood immaculate — his clothes unwrinkled, not even a strand of hair out of place.
Opposite him, True Lord Lieyang’s withered body fell from the air like a broken puppet, hitting the ground with a dull thud.
He wasn’t dead —
But his Nascent Soul had turned completely to ash, his mighty cultivation dispersed to nothing.
Now, weaker than an ordinary old man, his cloudy eyes held only endless emptiness and confusion.
He was defeated.
Defeated absurdly. Defeated incomprehensibly.
He hadn’t lost to any mighty expert, nor to some peerless divine art.
He felt… he’d been eliminated by the very era itself.
Looking at the pitiful wreck of a once-dominant figure, everyone fell silent.
Kill him?
The thought flashed through countless minds.
But Chu Feng merely shook his head.
He walked up to True Lord Lieyang, looking down with a gentle, businesslike smile that made even Yao Yue’s skin crawl.
“True Lord, don’t be discouraged.”
“Though your ‘Chief Guest of Honor’ business capability has been phased out by the market, your value as a ‘Premium Asset’ is only just beginning to shine.”
He turned toward the petrified “family members” and “media friends” below, and solemnly declared in the tone of a revolutionary product launch:
“Family members, I’m delighted to announce that our Ascension Group has successfully broken through the technological barrier of ‘New Energy’!”
“From today onward, our Group will officially launch — the ‘Perpetual Motion Spirit Stone Generator · True Lord Lieyang Memorial Edition’!”
“Henceforth, all our Group family members’ cultivation, pill refinement, and artifact forging — all spiritual energy consumption — will be covered by him!”
“He shall dedicate the rest of his life to fueling the glorious rise of our Group!”
Chu Feng paused, his smile radiant as ever:
“Everyone — let’s welcome our new employee with applause!”