Invincible Starts From Dao Fruit

The affairs of the world are ever-changing.

Wang Yong once had the chance to follow a promising future True Person, but he failed to recognize it, and now he can only watch and sigh, his fate vastly different.

As for the Yuanchen Chamber of Commerce.

They surely never imagined that the sin committed on a whim by a mere sixteen-year-old Duan Zhengming, which casually collapsed a private talisman making workshop with barely a notice to the Law Department,

would come back eighty-two years later to exact revenge and plunge the Yuanchen Chamber of Commerce into eternal damnation.

...

City Lord Mansion.

In the garden.

The twelve Line Leaders of the Yuanchen Chamber of Commerce, also the heads of twelve families, knelt in the garden, bound with handcuffs and shackles, their hearts filled with desolation and uncontrollable rage.

They had reviewed the promissory note.

Setting aside the absurdity of the numbers,

even the seals on the note were so crudely forged that it was an outright humiliation.

This was clearly an abuse of power, making a fake promissory note purely to disgust them.

"Xu Ning!"

"Xu Ning of Shiwu City!"

"Our chamber doesn't even have a firm foothold in the Fat City region—how could we have offended a True Person from Shiwu City?"

"Could it have been someone fleeing from Golden Corner City?"

Kneeling in the garden, the twelve Line Leaders were filled with unspeakable grievances.

The Yuanchen Chamber of Commerce's business, neither huge nor small, has always operated with open doors over the years—how could they not have offended anyone?

But unfortunately, among those they offended, there turned out to be a petty, vengeful True Person!

There was no reasoning with such matters.

At this point, their only hope was that the True Person Ye they relied on would step forward and save them.

Otherwise, catastrophe was surely imminent.

"That dog Ma Yizhen!"

"For the past decade, we've never missed a single tribute to him, yet he not only refuses to speak for us but also pushes us to such extremes!"

Duan Wenhu's heart burned with fury.

At the same time, he couldn't help but think that if only the Duan family could produce a True Person, they wouldn't have to live under others anymore.

Thinking of this, Duan Wenhu couldn't help but think of his son: "At least Zhengming is far away in Sword City, studying at Galaxy Academy. Not even a True Person would dare to touch him there. The mountains and rivers are vast, and this person may not even notice him. As long as Zhengming can become a True Person, our Duan family will still have a chance to rise again!"

For hundreds of years,

the Duan family had produced many talents, with many admitted to the University.

There were even four or five admitted to Galaxy Academy.

But, unfortunately, none of them became successful.

In this generation, there was only Duan Zhengming. It wasn't just Duan Wenhu—the entire Duan family saw Zhengming as their family's hope for resurgence.

With even one True Person, the family could at least be protected for seven hundred years. Within those seven hundred years, if another True Person were born, the family would become a stable millennia-old clan.

"A True Person!"

"Zhengming must succeed in becoming a True Person!"

Duan Wenhu tried to calm his unease and distract himself with other thoughts.

While he was deep in thought,

footsteps sounded from a distance, coming closer until they reached the garden.

"Greetings to the City Lord, greetings to the True Person!"

When Duan Wenhu and the other eleven saw City Lord Ma Yizhen walking in side-by-side with a young man, they didn't dare to look more than once and quickly bowed their heads in respect.

No one dared to speak, let alone raise their heads.

"Ji Bing, Mi Song, Jingduan Fuwu, Wujiao Bagong."

"The twelve Line Leaders of Yuanchen."

"Which one of you is Duan Wenhu? Lift your head so that Xu can have a look."

While the twelve leaders of Yuanchen Chamber of Commerce knelt uneasily, a clear voice broke the silence.

Duan Wenhu's heart quivered. He nervously kowtowed in the direction of the voice and stammered, "This junior Duan Wenhu greets True Person Xu."

Only then did he lift his head.

"Do you recognize me?"

Chen Jichuan looked at Duan Wenhu and asked.

"This—"

Duan Wenhu's heart sank. Only now did he realize that his family had offended this True Person. But as he gazed at this young True Person, he racked his brains and couldn't remember this person's origins or when or how they had offended him.

"Hah!"

"It seems your Duan family and the Yuanchen Chamber of Commerce have ruined and destroyed so many families over the years that you no longer remember."

"Allow me to remind you."

"Eighty-two years ago. Golden Spear Talisman Making Workshop. A forged seal. Duan Zhengming."

When Chen Jichuan mentioned the Golden Spear Talisman Making Workshop and the forged seal, Duan Wenhu still couldn't recall.

But when Chen Jichuan brought up 'Duan Zhengming,' it was as if the skies split open in his mind, and everything suddenly became clear—

"Seventy or eighty years ago, Zhengming foolishly used a forged seal to impersonate some obscure talisman workshop and embezzle funds from the Chamber of Commerce."

"When the matter was exposed, the workshop took the fall."

"Two years later, Zhengming even asked me to spare that workshop and found three other scapegoats."

The more Duan Wenhu thought about it, the clearer and more coherent the memory became.

Although he couldn't recall the name of the talisman workshop or who was in it,

now he fully understood—it was undoubtedly a grudge tied to Zhengming.

"My son!"

"Foolish boy!"

Duan Wenhu cried out bitterly in his heart. He didn't hate Zhengming for harming others; he only hated him for failing to eradicate all witnesses, leaving behind the seeds of disaster.

He was overcome with shock and fear.

This man had a grudge against his son. Would he risk angering Galaxy Academy just to kill Zhengming?

If he was determined to take revenge, how could he spare the main culprit?

"It's over!"

"The Duan family is finished!"

Duan Wenhu collapsed onto the ground, his face ashen, unable to say another word.

"Duan Zhengming is the main culprit, while all of you are accomplices."

"Rest assured."

"Xu will not let a single one of you escape!"

Seeing Duan Wenhu had remembered, ignoring the pleas and curses of the other eleven family heads, Chen Jichuan immediately swept his wide sleeve, collecting twelve wide-eyed heads in an instant.

...

Chen Jichuan stayed in Golden Corner City for seven days, executing all the direct descendants of the twelve families of the Yuanchen Chamber of Commerce, splitting the spoils from the Chamber's assets with Ma Yizhen on a fifty-fifty basis.

With everything done,

Chen Jichuan carried nearly a thousand heads and thirty thousand Spirit Crystals, taking Huang Quan, Huang Biao, and ten other disciples as they set off straight for Sword City!

...

The Galaxy Sword Sect spans two continents.

One is the Sea Continent.

The other is Yuezhou.

The two continents boast numerous major cities and Guard Cities. In the past century, another major city and eight new Guard Cities have been constructed in Yuezhou,

bringing the number of Yuezhou's major cities to fifty.

Among the ninety-eight major cities across the two continents, the central one has always been Sword City, located in the heart of Yuezhou.

This is where the Galaxy Ancestor began their rise and the foundation of the Galaxy Sword Sect's ascension.

Chen Jichuan continuously teleported from one major city to the next, paying his respects to each City Lord along the way.

Occasionally, he encountered attacks from Demon Beasts that struck the void, forcing Chen Jichuan out of the transmission channel. In such cases, he had to rely on his own legs to reach the nearest city before resuming his journey via teleportation.

With all these delays, it took him more than four months to finally arrive at Sword City.

"At last."

Chen Jichuan emerged from the Transmission Formation with Huang Quan and the others, letting out a long sigh of relief.

The journey had been filled with endless social obligations and unexpected problems.

He had been knocked out of the transmission channel seven times, twice directly clashing with Second-order Demon Beasts.

The first Demon Beast was average in speed and strength, and Chen Jichuan had killed it easily.

The second encounter was much more dangerous. It involved three Second-order Demon Beasts working together, one of which was a cloud eagle with high cultivation and incredible speed.

Chen Jichuan was at a disadvantage due to his cultivation level, and even the 'Wind Thunder All Heavens Great Escape' technique couldn't shake them off.

Ultimately, he used the 'Five Elements Escape Technique' to blend into the earth and water, along with the 'Guiyuan Hiding Method' to suppress his aura. Only then did he narrowly escape.

Luckily, his mastery of the 'Daluo Heavenly Sleeve' was exceptional, allowing him to tuck Huang Quan and the others into his sleeve to prevent casualties.

The journey had been complex and perilous—only something one who had experienced it could understand.

Fortunately, they finally reached Sword City.

"Is this the True Person Xu Ning of Shiwu City?"

As Chen Jichuan was reflecting on the hardships of the journey, someone suddenly approached and inquired.

Chen Jichuan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a white-robed Qi Refining cultivator walking toward him.

"Indeed."

Chen Jichuan nodded.

"It truly is True Person Xu!"

"I am Meng Pu, a Deacon of the Record Department in the Government Affairs Office. I've been waiting here for you for some time."

Meng Pu introduced himself and presented a document stamped with the official seal of the Government Affairs Office.

Chen Jichuan couldn't understand the document.

But before departing, he had received guidance from Fann Jinren and Zhang Ziming. Along the way, various City Lords had also mentioned details about Sword City's divisions and affairs, so he wasn't completely clueless about Sword City.

At least he knew that Sword City had the 'Ten Halls and Two Prefectures,' the Galaxy Sword Sect's twelve highest institutions.

Among them was the Government Affairs Office, which oversaw administrative matters across the hundred cities of both continents.

For newly-promoted True Persons like Chen Jichuan, their arrival at Sword City would also be documented by the Government Affairs Office before duties were assigned based on their interests and more specific circumstances.

After verifying the document, Chen Jichuan said to Huang Quan and the others, "You all go to the Galaxy Academy and look for Huang Jiao, Huang Liang, and the others. I'll join you later."

Under Chen Jichuan's instruction, twenty-eight formal disciples operated in different capacities and were known among Shiwu City's cultivators as 'Prison Mountain's Twenty-Eight Sons.'

Of these, Huang Quan, Huang Biao, and ten others remained close by his side.

Another group of ten were still studying at Ning City University, primarily at the Early and Middle Stages of Qi Refining.

The last eight disciples had successively advanced to the Late Stage of Qi Refining and, being under seventy years of age, were eligible to join the Galaxy Academy and had gradually made their way to Sword City.

The first of them had already been in the Academy for twenty years.

With these eight disciples having lived in Sword City for over a decade or two, Chen Jichuan and his group wouldn't feel completely unfamiliar upon their arrival.

...

The ninety-eight major cities under the Galaxy Sword Sect shared similar sizes and scales, but the arrangement of arrays and street layouts were tailored to local conditions.

Each city also had its own unique characteristics.

For example, Ning City.

Due to its proximity to the coast, many buildings featured sea beast motifs, which left a refreshing impression.

Meanwhile, Fat City.

Famed for its abundant production of celestial tea, its architecture often incorporated tea trees, tea flowers, teapots, and teacups into its designs, earning it notoriety far and wide.

Sword City, as the foremost principal city of the Galaxy Sword Sect, was characterized by its omnipresent features of swords, from sword artifacts to sword-shaped buildings.

Even the bricks paving the streets bore intricate sword-shaped patterns.

This style was unique to Sword City within the entire Galaxy Sword Sect region.

As Chen Jichuan followed Meng Pu to the Government Affairs Office, he couldn't help admiring the scenery, finding it to have a unique charm.

Standing in such a city, one couldn't help but feel like a sword, either unsheathed or sheathed, radiating a constant edge—be it revealed or restrained.

The sensation was unmistakably extraordinary.

For a thousand years, the Galaxy Sword Sect had been resisting the Demon Beasts, enduring wave after wave of attacks. Despite immense pressure, they had established one city after another, securing their foothold across the two continents. Yet the Galaxy Sword Sect remained relentless in its advancement.

"The Spirit of the Sword."

A sharp blade is honed through grinding.

The Galaxy Sword Sect is now like a blade being ceaselessly tempered by the endless Demon Beasts. As long as it doesn't break, it will only grow sharper.

Until the day all of the Demon Race is vanquished.

...