Great Villain: Starting by Humiliating the Son of the Heavenly Fate Chapter 334: The Incredibly Furious Mo Hao

The spatial channel closed rapidly, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Below, the terrain that was once flat had morphed into a massive crater, large enough to become an ocean if filled with water.

Meanwhile, Jiang Chen had returned to his human form from his dragon-human hybrid state and lay pallidly on a protruding boulder. Fervently ingesting pills, he worked to restore his combat power.

In truth, Jiang Chen only seemed to be in a miserable state; he was actually doing exceptionally well.

This was because he had absorbed all the qi and blood energy from the seven Transcendence realm cultivators, including Steward Ma, thereby gaining a significant boost to his cultivation base.

With a mere thought, he could amplify his power even further.

He feigned this weakened state solely to gauge Mo Hao's reactions.

"Jiang Chen!" Mo Hao's words were tinged with gritting resentment as he glared with wide eyes.

Jiang Chen squinted, furrowing his brows. "Didn't I tell you to go find my master?"

"Is this how you betray my expectations? Do you even realize? I almost died," he said, his voice filled with both disappointment and frustration.

"Jiang Chen!" Mo Hao roared, his anger boiling over. "Ahhhh! Don't you dare prevent me from flexing in the future!" He genuinely wanted to kill Jiang Chen on the spot, but hesitated. Jiang Chen was too damn strong, and who knew what other tricks he had up his sleeve?

"Flexing? What does that even mean?" Jiang Chen asked, his face etched with surprise and confusion.

"You don't need to know! Stay out of my affairs from now on!" Suppressing the anger welling up inside him, Mo Hao shouted hoarsely.

"What?" Jiang Chen's expression swiftly changed from surprise and confusion to anger. "You're telling me to stay out of it? Do you have any idea how dangerous that situation was just now? I saved you, and you think I'm meddling?" He looked at Mo Hao as if he were a complete stranger.

Seeing the unfamiliar look in Jiang Chen's eyes, Mo Hao's heart skipped a beat.

Blinded by extreme rage and almost losing his senses, he had believed that Jiang Chen was deliberately stopping him from acting pretentiously.

However, as his anger subsided, he wasn't so certain anymore.

Given the dire circumstances, it made sense for Jiang Chen to become desperate and resort to extreme measures.

Nevertheless, Mo Hao's caution towards Jiang Chen had now escalated to its peak.

In addition, he no longer desired any association with Jiang Chen.

Since meeting Jiang Chen, Mo Hao had lost two chances to grandstand, and even a single opportunity to act subtly pretentious was spoiled by Jiang Chen's master.

To Mo Hao, Jiang Chen and his master seemed like ill omens!

Should he fail to distance himself now, misfortune would plague him for this lifetime and possibly the next.

"Jiang Chen!" Mo Hao leveled his finger at him, "From this moment, we go our separate ways!"

"Never interfere with me again!" he bellowed, spittle scattering in the air.

"Mo Hao, are you out of your mind!?" Jiang Chen propped himself up, staring at Mo Hao in disbelief.

"Don't follow me, you jinx!" Mo Hao unleashed another roar, then morphed into a ray of light, soaring into the distance.

"Mo Hao!! The spatial node is unstable; the demon race is on the verge of another invasion. Don't act rashly!" Jiang Chen called out, extending his hand as if to restrain him.

Yet, Mo Hao ignored him and disappeared over the horizon.

'This guy!' Jiang Chen mused, 'He's getting dangerously close to the point of turning against me.'

'If I keep overtly stopping him from acting pretentiously, he'll surely start suspecting that I've uncovered his secret and have been deliberately blocking him.'

'Moving forward, I'll be more flexible. If it comes to a direct clash, then so be it. Should we turn into enemies, I'll need to tread carefully to avoid triggering any backlash from the Heavenly Fate, which could cause unforeseen, drastic changes.'

'Now that I think about it, his heaven-defying trump card really is to gain strength through pretentious behavior; he even acknowledged it himself just now.' With that thought, he rose and flew toward a cluster of weak cultivators that his divine sense had pinpointed.

He had deliberately spared these individuals, aiming to transform them into pawns through the Ten Thousand Soul Seed Secrets, thereby bolstering the resistance against the demon race's invasion.

Swiftly, Jiang Chen subjugated the remaining twenty Dao Palace and about a dozen Dao Comprehension realm cultivators, converting them into his tools.

Next, he activated a spatial channel, taking a roundabout route to the Bottomless Abyss.

Given that the spatial node of the Bottomless Abyss was currently highly precarious, his first task was to secure it.

He had previously commanded all cultivators above the Dao Comprehension realm in the Immortal Martial Continent to assemble in the Cave Heaven.

Mo Hao struggled to find any significant targets for his pretentious behavior on the Immortal Martial Continent.

Should he decide to flaunt his ego among mere lackeys, the rewards would be negligible at best.

Furthermore, Jiang Chen had no intention of losing sight of him for an extended period.

As soon as he had stabilized the spatial node, he would promptly turn his attention back to keeping tabs on Mo Hao!

Moreover, Jiang Chen wouldn't solely focus on stabilizing the spatial node during this period; he would also seize the chance to inventory his war spoils and bolster his combat capabilities.

Indeed, he was intent on maximizing every moment!

Shortly after, Jiang Chen reached the Bottomless Abyss's spatial node and found it quaking violently. The formation he and Nangong Wan had earlier established was already riddled with cracks.

Without delay, Jiang Chen activated his Void Tribulation Soul, fusing the souls of Shangguan Ning and Nangong Wan, and commenced the stabilization of the spatial node.

During this operation, Nangong Wan led the way, Shangguan Ning played a supporting role, and Jiang Chen focused on assessing his own war spoils.

...

Simultaneously, on the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star, an expansive purple plateau was crowned by an unimaginably immense peak.

So colossal was this peak that its visage dominated a third of the star's surface, shining with the brilliance of a radiant sun.

Known as the Purple Crest Immortal Mountain, this sacred summit served as the central hub for the Purple Crest Immortal Sect.

The Purple Crest Immortal Sect ranked as one of the two most potent powers on the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star.

Even the esteemed Northern Dipper Immortal Sect was viewed as a subordinate sect to the Purple Crest Immortal Sect!

Within this intricate hierarchical structure, the Sun Clan—where Sun Ji and his two brothers were members—stood as one of the most formidable factions in the Purple Crest Immortal Sect!

At this exact moment, harrowing cries shattered the usual tranquility of a luxurious courtyard within the Purple Crest Immortal Sect, a place that typically resembled a celestial haven.

"My sons!" A stunning woman, her face twisted and marred by tears, lamented, "Your deaths were so cruel!"

"Curse that Profound Jade Immortal Alliance! They are the reason my sons are gone!" She sounded like a vengeful spirit.

In a united effort to battle the demon race, the various authorities of the Profound Jade Immortal Domain had established the Profound Jade Immortal Alliance.

To effectively rally the immortal domain's forces, the alliance determined that influential factions should set the precedent.

Their direct descendants were to engage the demon race, accumulate military merits, and avoid giving undue protection to their family members at the cost of collective interests.

Consequently, the three Sun brothers had been sent to the Immortal Martial Continent.

"Shut your mouth!! How dare you vilify the Profound Jade Immortal Alliance! Do you wish to bring calamity upon our Sun Clan?" Sun Tianlin, Sun Ji's father, reprimanded, his face a mix of grief and fury.

Initially, his plan had been to send his three sons on a brief excursion to the Immortal Martial Continent—essentially to collect intel and promptly return to the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star.

The trip was supposed to be largely ceremonial, virtually foolproof under the watchful eyes of Steward Ma.

Moreover, with earlier dispatches like Lu Yang serving as cannon fodder and returning without ill news, Sun Ji and his brothers had set off confidently.

Who could have foreseen that, upon their arrival, they would be utterly annihilated in a single stroke!

"I don't care! You useless man, you owe me my sons, ah ah ah, give them back to me!!" The anguished woman lunged at Sun Tianlin, tearing and gnashing like one possessed.

"Someone come! Summon the cultivator army; I intend to personally lead a campaign to the Immortal Martial Continent!" Sun Tianlin, while holding his frenzied wife, bellowed with eyes red from rage.

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