Eternal Evil Emperor

Three days had passed since the fall of Xie Tian, the third-ranked genius of the Xie residence.

During these three days, everyone in the Xie residence had enough time to forget about this once dazzling presence.

The servants mocked and ridiculed for three days and then chose to forget about it; to survive, they had many other things to do and no time to waste on the trash that had been stripped of the Xie surname.

However, some members of the Xie family did not choose to forget, especially the younger generation.

They had been wishing they could devour Xie Tian alive for the past six years because he had greedily consumed the treasures that rightfully belonged to them.

Three days ago, this servant, Xie Tian, was someone they dared not provoke.

Three days later, after being stripped of the Xie surname, the once-blinding genius turned into a broken drum, becoming the target of everyone's beatings.

Holding their noses at the threshold of the most dilapidated courtyard in the deepest part of the Xie residence, none of the Xie family's younger members dared to enter.

They could not believe their family possessed such a filthy place, not to mention the dirty mess; what were those black stripe-like things on the ground if not shit?

Unfortunately, they did not realize that what they thought was shit was actually the Dragon Leopard timber scattered by the mad old man the night before.

"Preposterous!"

"Who would have thought that the first noble family of Yangshuo City would have such a filthy place—how could we let that get out?"

"Oh my dear mother, how much could the person who lived in this courtyard possibly shit to produce this much!"

"Heh, brothers, don't you think it's absolutely fitting for that Xie Tian to live here?"

"Haha, Second Brother speaks the truth!"

...

The one called Second Brother was Xie Bao, the second young master of the Xie family's main branch, and the blood brother of Xie Shuai, only fifteen years old this year.

Among them all, he hated Xie Tian the most. As the fourth-ranked talent of the Xie residence, his progress had been thwarted by Xie Tian's presence, preventing him from breaking through to the fifth level of brute force realm and even placing him below a rank-one servant like Chen Qiang.

He attributed all his failures to Xie Tian.

"If it weren't for you monopolizing those treasures, breaking through to the fifth level wouldn't be an issue for this young master, let alone the seventh!"

The seventh level was the late stage of the brute force realm, and within the whole of Yangshuo City, there were fewer than five people who had achieved it before the age of fifteen.

These five were the top geniuses of Yangshuo City. Xie Bao believed he should have been among them, revered by everyone, and even qualified to enter the upper echelons of martial arts cultivation. All of that was ruined because of Xie Tian.

Every time he thought of Xie Tian, Xie Bao wished he could drink his blood and eat his flesh!

Upon learning that Xie Tian had turned into a cripple, he was the first to prepare to settle scores, but he gave up for one reason—Xie Tian was still unconscious.

To exact various revenges on someone unconscious, he simply could not obtain the satisfying pleasure!

After enduring for three days, he finally brought his brothers along, determined to vent all six years of jealousy and anger today!

"Even if it's shit, I'd climb through mountains of swords and seas of fire!"

Xie Bao took a deep breath, stepped into the dilapidated courtyard, and, whether out of inattention or because his focus was entirely on Xie Tian, he stepped right into shit.

Feeling the mushy substance under his foot, Xie Bao felt a surge of nausea, unable to help taking a deep breath, but instead of fresh air, the stench filled his nostrils.

With the stifled laughter of his brothers behind him, his rage burned even fiercer. He strode through the courtyard and kicked open the decrepit door of the hall, shouting through clenched teeth, "You little bastard, come out for this young master!"

Xie Tian stood expressionlessly before Xie Bao, saying nothing.

Looking at the enemy who looked like a withered husk, Xie Bao paused in shock. Was this the same plump boy as before?

But in the next moment, a sense of strong satisfaction surged within him!

"Hahaha, Xie Tian, oh Xie Tian, you too have seen this day!"

Xie Bao swung his right hand with all his might, sending Xie Tian flying three zhang away with a slap.

Seeing Xie Bao start hitting, his companions sneaked in, smirking as they watched Xie Tian struggle to get up, taunting, "Yo, is this our third-ranked genius of the Xie residence? Why is it so hard for him to get up?"

"Damn it, after eating exotic treasures for six years, even a pig would have become brilliant. Bah! Trash!"

"A servant is just a servant, can't be propped up no matter what!"

"All those treasures that should have been ours, all wasted by you, even serving a hundred years wouldn't be enough to repay it!"

"Trash will always be trash, no matter how much my Xie family tries to cultivate you, you'll never amount to anything!"

...

Xie Tian stumbled to his feet, unable to see the faces of the Xie family's young men clearly, but he knew full well that each face bore jeers and the delight of resentment.

He even heard the sounds of gnashing teeth—these people, they wanted to devour him alive.

"I have already repaid my debt to the Xie family yesterday."

Spitting out the blood in his mouth, Xie Tian thought for a moment, then raised his head and said calmly, "From yesterday on, I'm known as Xie Tian, if sirs have no other business, please leave, I need to cultivate."

Everyone thought Xie Tian would be angry, would resist, would struggle; they never expected the humiliated Xie Tian to face them so calmly, which made them even angrier.

Especially Xie Bao, who became so angry he immediately leaped forward, kicking Xie Tian squarely in the chest!

Thump!

Xie Tian coughed up fresh blood, stumbling and falling to the ground.

But the pain in his chest, how could it compare to the torment of yesterday?

Thus, this bit of pain simply could not disturb the calmness in his eyes!

"Beat him! Until he begs for mercy!"

A dozen people viciously pounced, fists and feet flying, beating Xie Tian all the way from the hall to the courtyard!

The Xie family's young men, venting all the jealousy and rage they had held for the past six years, no longer cared about the "shit" everywhere. The only thought in their minds was to beat Xie Tian to death!

"Great beating! Splendid! Take a punch from me today, and I'll return a hundred tomorrow! Xie Shuai, Xie Yun, if not for this, how could a broken body like mine ascend to the peak, how could I wash away the humiliation!"

Xie Tian, enduring immense hatred and excruciating pain, desperately covered his eyes with both hands!

Through the gaps between his fingers, he coolly observed everyone inflicting humiliation on him!

He would never forget each of these twisted faces because they were the only motivation for a cripple's cultivation!

"Damn, this kid can really take a beating!"

"What's there to be afraid of, wait for me to rest a moment, and then we'll continue to beat him!"

"Yes, kill me and I'll take the blame!"

...

"My brothers, with such amusing things afoot, how can we kill him so quickly?"

Xie Bao gasped for air as he sneered, "He has eaten from the Xie family for six years, and we've only hit him for a day; this debt isn't fair. There's plenty of time ahead, and we can deal with him every day. Hey, besides hitting, we can do other things too, like—"

Seeing Xie Bao lift a long and thick piece of dung from the ground, everyone instantly stepped back eight zhang, Xie Bao holding the dung in one hand and pinching his nose with the other, sneered, "We could also feed him dung. After all, even this dung belongs to my Xie family!"

"Ha ha, Second Brother, that's a brilliant idea!"

"The first six years he eats treasures, the next six he eats dung—no, I want him to eat it for a lifetime! How charitable!"

"From now on, I'll come here daily to relieve myself, ha ha. Watching the former genius eat his own dung, what a delight, ha ha!"

...

"Eat it, or die!"

Xie Bao coldly dropped a sentence and dangled the dung in front of Xie Tian.

Xie Tian slowly raised his head and calmly looked at Xie Bao. As he took the dung, he also took on the world's greatest humiliation!

Some people would rather die than face this kind of humiliation!

"Heh heh, what's the matter, you dare not eat it?"

Seeing Xie Tian motionless, Xie Bao drew a short blade, gleaming coldly from his waist, pressing it toward Xie Tian's throat, with a chilling laugh said, "Then die..."

Just as the blade was about to pierce Xie Tian's throat, a loud bell toll echoed from far away.

Everyone was startled and looked up in the direction of the Xie residence's council hall, silently counting the number of times the bell rang.

"Thirteen times, a full thirteen times, something big must have happened..."

Xie Bao muttered softly, yet his feet didn't dare to hesitate as he shot out of the ruined courtyard like an arrow towards the council hall.

The others, unwilling to be left behind, quickly left the ruined courtyard.

"The bell tolls thirteen, a great joy within the household, all clan members, upon hearing, gather..."

Thinking of this phrase from the Xie family's rules, Xie Tian's mind once again pictured that heart-stirring face.

He had a premonition that the bell was tolling for Xie Yun.

Because yesterday, Xie Yun had drained him of everything from the past six years.

Ever since Xie Tian was beaten out of the hall, a mad old man had stood by the window of the inner room, indifferent to everything happening in the ruined courtyard.

When Xie Tian accepted the so-called Dragon Leopard Pill, the old man's ancient eyes squinted slightly.

When everyone dispersed upon hearing the bell, he smiled.

But now, when he saw Xie Tian deliberately pushing the Dragon Leopard Pill into his mouth, the old man's eyes narrowed.

"Ah, enduring hardship to avenge humiliation, such ruthlessness. You are so ruthless to yourself, I wonder how ruthless you will be towards the Xie family..."

A silent sigh rose in the heart of the mad old man.

After a long moment, he touched his nose and muttered to himself with a worried frown, "Even though the Dragon Leopard Pill is extremely foul and aids in the cultivation of barbaric strength, it's such a stinky thing to swallow..."

The so-called Dragon Leopard Pill was foul-smelling and even worse tasting.

But Xie Tian finished it bite by bite. After eating it, he found his desire to cultivate more urgent than ever; he desperately wanted to amplify today's experiences a hundredfold and return them to those people.

He stood up and went inside the room. In and out, Xie Tian appeared unchanged, but he felt it himself. After this humiliation, his Xie Emperor mental method's first layer of Xie Kill had made great progress.

The Xie Emperor mental method didn't require practice but was solely related to one's state of mind.

The progress in the Xie Tian Heart Method was not due to the humiliation by others, but because he had a new insight on the path of evil.

When he chose to swallow the Dragon Leopard Pill, the power of his mental method surged, and he even felt an inexplicable flow of energy circulating around his body.

Xie Tian, who was just beginning his path of cultivation, was unaware that in the lands of Wanzhou, no cultivator in the realm of barbaric strength had ever touched upon the mental method.

The mental method was a profound existence, and for him to feel it without having broken through the first layer of the barbaric strength realm was even more rare.

However, Xie Tian's breakthrough was imminent, because he had consumed the Dragon Leopard Pill.

The Dragon Leopard Pill was a key ingredient in the supreme medicinal pill for the barbaric strength realm, the Dragon Leopard Pill.

Not many in the world could afford the Dragon Leopard Pill, but the Dragon Leopard Pill was quite common.

No one dared to directly consume the Dragon Leopard Pill because despite its great use, its taste was intolerable for anyone.

But Xie Tian had eaten it, just like the legends—if one couldn't even swallow dung, how could one endure the hardships of cultivation; if one couldn't swallow dung, how could one avenge today's humiliation? He ate it with this relentless determination.

At first, there was no reaction, but when he prepared to practice the Mixed World Bull Demon Power, a fierce burning sensation arose from within his stomach, quickly spreading throughout his body!

Bearing the intense pain from the burn, the image of a demon bull appeared in Xie Tian's mind.

The demon bull's horns reached for the sky, and visible waves of energy emanated from the hooves, winding up through the calves, thighs, waist, chest, neck, head, converging at the horns...

As the waves emitted, heaven and earth trembled!

This was the first technique of the Mixed World Bull Demon Power—Bull Demon Shudder—tempering the outer skin.

With a crack, the astonished mad old man had to push his dislocated jaw back into place!

Over three thousand years ago, he too had practiced the Mixed World Bull Demon Power alongside his lord, taking a month to learn the first technique. And now, in his eyes, Xie Tian, trying for the first time, had succeeded!

However, Xie Tian, having lost 99% of his yang energy, was in a bad state.

Xie Tian, gaunt and barely human in appearance, had all his skin burst from the successful Bull Demon Shudder, making the mad old man's scalp tingle!

But compared to the hardships of the previous day and the searing pain caused by the Dragon Leopard Pill, what was a little bit of pain to Xie Tian?

So there was not the slightest intention to stop, his cultivation continued!

"Bull Demon Sky!"

"Bull Demon Tower Charge!"

...

Three hours later, the Xie family members joyfully dispersed from the council hall, while Xie Tian in the ruined house collapsed heavily to the ground.

The mad old man walked out leisurely, looking at the ruthless man who had just broken through to the first layer of the barbarian strength realm, and from his bosom, he took out a second book, as shabby as pickles, tossing it beside the ruthless man.

"My dear mother," he muttered, "three hours for the Mixed World Bull Demon Power to reach great success? I'd better go look for more Dragon Leopard Pill..."