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The war between the Righteous Path and the Evil Path had come to an end, causing a sensation throughout the entire world. Long Chen's name was known to everyone, whether they belonged to the Righteous Path or the Evil Path.

Hailed as the number one person of the younger generation in Suzhou, he was only at the Peak of Blood Condensation, yet he could sweep through the Tendon Transformation realm and even slay those who had Awakened their Dao.

The Evil Path was in an uproar. In this war, their combat power had been unprecedented, with several times more Disciples than in previous years.

Five people who had Awakened their Dao had appeared. This generation was hailed as the strongest generation of the Evil Path, and they had originally thought they could crush the Righteous Path.

However, when the Old Monster Ghost Eye brought back the remnants, the entire Evil Path was stunned. Out of over twenty thousand Disciples, only about five hundred had returned.

As for the five who had Awakened their Dao, three had perished. Yin Luo, known as a peerless Genius of the Evil Path who only appeared once in a millennium, had actually had one of his legs chopped off.

This news shocked the Evil Path to the core. They simply could not believe the result. After detailed inquiries, they finally learned the full story.

The name Long Chen made the Disciples of the Evil Path tremble with fear. Especially those who had returned alive from the battlefield; they would shiver all over whenever they heard the name Long Chen.

Long Chen's strength felt like a massive boulder pressing down on the hearts of the experts of the Evil Path. The upper echelons of the Evil Path even held an Advanced meeting specifically for Long Chen.

All the experts of the Evil Path voted unanimously that Long Chen could absolutely not be left alive, otherwise, he would inevitably become a major threat to the Evil Path.

They sent Long Chen's name and image to various forces of the Evil Path, listing him as a must-kill target for the Evil Path.

At the same time, they reported it to the higher-ups. After all, such a figure had appeared, and the higher-ups had to be informed so they could devise a solution.

After all, Long Chen was a Disciple of the Xuantian Branch. Such a powerful Disciple would surely be protected like a treasure. Attempting an assassination was simply wishful thinking; relying on the power of the higher-ups was the most reliable method.

After suffering the humiliation of losing a leg, Yin Luo, with the help of his Sect, grew a new leg.

Although his external injuries had healed, the humiliation Long Chen had left him with drove him nearly insane.

Yin Luo was hailed as a once-in-a-millennium Genius of the Evil Path. He had never encountered an opponent among his peers; even others who had Awakened their Dao found it difficult to withstand ten moves from him.

Possessing the ability to challenge those of a higher level, he had been humiliated by a brat only in the Blood Condensation realm who had chopped off his leg. This insult nearly drove him mad with rage.

After his injuries recovered, Yin Luo immediately went into seclusion, releasing a statement that the day he came out of seclusion, he would personally take the heads of Long Chen and Mo Nian.

As for the commotion between the Righteous Path and the Evil Path, Long Chen did not care at all. At this moment, he was rushing toward the Phoenix Empire, preparing to reunite with his family.

However, Long Chen was not alone; accompanying him were Aman, Chu Yao, Tang Waner, and Little Snow.

Originally, Tang Waner had not intended to return home with Long Chen. For some reason, Chu Yao had grabbed Tang Waner's hand and insisted on keeping her, leaving Tang Waner with no choice but to follow, her face blushing.

Long Chen felt that these two girls were very strange, constantly whispering something to each other whenever they thought he wasn't paying attention.

Several times, Long Chen wanted to use his Soul power to peek, but Chu Yao noticed it every time. As someone who had Awakened their Dao, Chu Yao's Soul power was not much inferior to Long Chen's.

As for Tang Waner, after absorbing the Dao Runes of that person who had Awakened their Dao, she had miraculously managed to retain those Dao Runes and had also become someone who had Awakened their Dao.

It is said that those who have Awakened their Dao carry a trace of the Luck of Heaven and Earth. After becoming someone who has Awakened their Dao, they are favored by Heaven and Earth, making their cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.

Tang Waner had also said that she felt as if she had been blessed by the power of the Heavenly Dao, and she had great affinity with the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi of the outside world.

When cultivating, she could no longer feel the rejection of the power of Heaven and Earth. At the same time, she discovered that her Wind power was undergoing a mutation, and its strength was becoming increasingly terrifying.

It could be said that Tang Waner was very lucky, because after Chu Yao killed that person who had Awakened their Dao, she had thrown the corpse directly to Ye Zhiqiu.

Ye Zhiqiu had also tried to absorb the Heavenly Dao Runes of that person who had Awakened their Dao, but unfortunately, she failed. The Heavenly Dao Runes entered Ye Zhiqiu's body, stayed for a moment, and then disappeared.

Additionally, someone had tried to absorb the Heavenly Dao Runes of the person who had Awakened their Dao that Aman had killed, but they had also failed.

Three people tried, and only Tang Waner succeeded. This showed that to seize the Luck of the Heavenly Dao, one needed to possess a certain amount of Luck oneself; otherwise, one had no qualification to retain that portion of Luck.

Luck is something mysterious and ethereal, but it seems to truly exist, secretly influencing some events.

"Hey, hey, what are you two whispering about? If there is something sad, say it out loud so everyone can have a laugh," Long Chen said with some dissatisfaction.

Long Chen and Aman walked in front, while Chu Yao and Tang Waner rode on Little Snow, following far behind. The two of them would occasionally whisper and chuckle, emitting laughter like silver bells.

Hearing Long Chen's complaint, Chu Yao giggled without saying anything, but Tang Waner spoke up: "Long Chen, you bad guy, we have happy things to talk about. Should we say them out loud and make you sad?"

Although Long Chen pretended to be dissatisfied on his face, he felt a weight lift from his heart. Chu Yao did not feel dissatisfied because of Tang Waner's presence, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Long Chen was also strange. How could Tang Waner, that mischievous girl, chat so happily with someone like Chu Yao, who was not very talkative and even a bit shy? It made Long Chen feel somewhat incredible.

Aman suddenly said: "Brother Long, let's speed up. My stomach is about to thunder; I'm so hungry I'm dizzy."

Ever since Aman woke up, he had been eating desperately, feeling like he was going to starve to death. He didn't care about the meat; as long as it was edible, everything in everyone's spatial rings had been eaten by Aman.

Even so, Aman's stomach continued to growl, like a drum beating, making people both shocked and amused.

"Aman, I ask you, that day your whole body changed color, what exactly was going on?" Long Chen asked.

That day, Aman's skin had turned red in an instant, and his whole being was like a Vicious Beast Awakening. The will that erupted from him made even Long Chen feel a burst of fear.

"I don't know either. Anyway, as long as I get angry, I will awaken a strange energy, and that energy is very powerful."

"But once I use that energy, I immediately get hungry to death. Usually, when Master is not around, I don't dare to use that power, because I'm afraid I'll really starve to death," Aman said with some distress.

Listening to Aman's account, there was a strange energy hidden in his body. According to Aman's understanding, that energy was not in his body, but in the depths of his Soul.

However, this conclusion was guessed by Long Chen, because Aman couldn't explain the source of that energy at all.

Every time he used this energy, Aman would be hungry enough to go crazy for several days and keep eating.

His stomach was like a bottomless pit; nothing could satisfy his hunger. This period would last for several days. Once, Aman went hunting alone and encountered a Fourth-Rank Demonic Beast. In a life-and-death moment, he used that power.

As a result, he killed the Demonic Beast, but he almost starved to death in the mountains. In the end, he even gnawed on the bones of the Demonic Beast until nothing was left to survive that period of hunger.

Thinking of that time, Aman had a look of fear on his face, because hunger really makes people go crazy. That was a torture even more unbearable than cruel punishment.

Especially since Aman's body was special, without the support of Spiritual Qi, he relied entirely on the power of his Physical Body to fight. Once there was no food.

Every cell would reflexively demand energy from Aman, and Aman's energy came from food. When all his cells were frantically demanding food from Aman, the level of hunger Aman felt was unimaginable to others.

Before meeting Long Chen, Aman had also endured hunger and didn't think much of it, but as his body became stronger, he couldn't bear the hunger.

It wasn't that Aman's endurance had become worse, but that his body's needs were becoming greater and greater, ordering him to keep eating.

Fortunately, their pace was extremely fast, and they soon reached the border of the Phoenix Empire. After traveling for another period, the Imperial Capital was ahead.

When Long Chen entered the Imperial Capital, the entire city was suddenly in an uproar. Everyone came out to welcome Long Chen.

Long Chen also saw many familiar faces. Fatty Yu, Monkey, and others were among them, hugging Long Chen with joy.

Long Chen also greeted them with a smile, but he was in a hurry to go home to see his parents, so he agreed to drink with them later.

Taking everyone with him, he rushed home. Having been away from home for more than half a year, seeing the familiar gate, Long Chen couldn't help but feel a sourness in his nose.

The gate had been repainted, and the courtyard walls had been whitewashed. The entire Marquis's Mansion was brand new, completely different from the dilapidated state when he left.

Just as Long Chen was about to push open the gate, he heard his mother's dissatisfied voice:

"Chen'er is back, I want to pick him up, but you won't let me, insisting that I wait for him to return. Can't you let us mother and son meet sooner?"

"Since you saw Chen'er at the border, you are relieved, but I haven't seen him yet. This is a classic case of the well-fed not knowing the hunger of the starving."

Just as his mother's voice fell, Long Tianxiao's deep voice came with a hint of wry laughter: "I am doing this for your own good. After all, there are too many people, and it's a bit inconvenient."

Creak!

The gate was pushed open, and Long Chen finally saw the figure he had been thinking about day and night. He couldn't help but tremble and call out:

"Mother."

Originally, Madam Long was complaining to Long Tianxiao, but when she suddenly heard Long Chen's voice, her body trembled. She hurriedly turned her head, and seeing her son's figure, she could no longer hold back her tears, which streamed down her cheeks.

"Chen'er."

Long Chen hurriedly ran to his mother, hugged her, felt a sourness in his nose, and couldn't help but cry: "Mother, your child is unfilial."

Although Madam Long was not Long Chen's biological mother, Long Chen knew that he had always been her emotional sustenance, no different from her own son.

His departure this time had been a huge blow to Madam Long, so seeing her this time, Long Chen's heart was also full of guilt.

"Good child, don't cry, it's good that you're back. Come, let Mother see if you've lost weight," Madam Long gently stroked Long Chen's cheek.

Seeing Long Chen away for more than half a year, the youthfulness on his face had disappeared, replaced by firmness. Madam Long couldn't help but sigh: "Good! Chen'er has grown up and become a real man. Mother is very happy, but Mother is also very heartbroken. You must have suffered a lot during this time."

"Alright, alright, let's talk inside. There are guests," Long Tianxiao reminded.

Madam Long noticed that there were others present. She hurriedly wiped away her tears and greeted everyone to enter the house.

The first thing Aman said when he opened his mouth was that he was starving to death. Long Tianxiao hurriedly ordered people to prepare food and at the same time notified the Imperial Palace's royal chefs to come and help, because everyone knew Aman's appetite.

Entering the room, Long Chen held his mother's hand, and suddenly his expression changed. He looked at his mother carefully, his eyes full of surprise.