This is a dark secret room, with many torture instruments placed inside. In the center of the room, there is a wooden frame, on which a pale and terrified young man in white clothes is tied up.

  "This...this..." Dong Qi looked at the torture devices in the secret room, his face turned white.

  "Who was it, who did I offend?" Dong Qi was terrified, "They actually destroyed my Xue Long Shan." His original arrogance and overbearing attitude were completely gone, replaced by fear and terror.

  The soldiers in the corner of the room stood silently on guard.

  Suddenly——

  Rumble, the stone gate opened, and a woman and a beast-skin boy walked in. This made Dong Qi even more puzzled and uneasy, as he didn't recognize these two people.

  "Princess." The guard soldier said respectfully.

  "Get out." Wei Chi Xi Yue ordered.

  "Yes." The soldier immediately left and the stone gate closed once again.

  Wei Chi Xi Yue and Ji Ning both stared at the man tied to Xing Jia's frame, looking terrified and disheveled. The siblings had seen intelligence about 'Dong Qi' multiple times before, and his appearance was deeply etched in their minds.

  "Winter seventh!" Ji Ning's eyes flashed with cold light.

  "It was you, it was you, it was you who destroyed my home, killed my father, and drove my mother to despair." Wei Chi Xi Yue's eyes reddened in an instant, and she directly picked up a ladle beside her, scooping up the flowing silver liquid from the basin, and splashed it directly onto Dong Qi's body.

  Ahhh~~~ A scorching silver liquid splashed onto Dong Qi's body, and he instantly let out a blood-curdling scream. His neck stretched out extremely long as he wailed in agony, his face deathly pale like paper.

  After coming to his senses a bit, he cried out in a loud voice: "Spare my life, spare my life!"

  Ji Ning's eyes also turned red.

  Everything, everything originated from this despicable young master in front of me, this hateful guy, this contemptible little beast! But it was this hateful little beast that caused his own parents and the parents of his cousin to die prematurely. The hatred for his parents will not be shared under the same sky!

  "Ow, ow, spare my life!" Winter Seventh wailed miserably.

  "Hurt?" Ji Ning picked up a branding iron-like artifact beside him. He walked over, "This has just begun, Dong Qi, don't be impatient, slowly enjoy."

  "No, no, no..." Dong Qi felt his heart tremble. He let out a mournful cry. However, the interior of this punishment chamber had an array formation seal, and outsiders could not investigate.

  Ji Ning directly applied the branding iron-like treasure to it, and the yuan force was transmitted into the treasure. Suddenly, a hissing sound was heard as the branding iron treasure was applied to the tattered skin of Dong Qi's entire body, emitting smoke. When the branding iron treasure was lifted, a flame pattern appeared on Dong Qi's skin, and the flame pattern seemed to stir up the heavenly power.

  "Ah, ah, ah. Painful, painful!" Dong Qi's entire body was trembling, the flame pattern seemed to be burning his whole body, the repeated sensation of being burned alive made him want to collapse.

  "Rest assured, these are just some of the punishment methods of my Great Xia royal family. You've only experienced two so far. I won't let you die easily. I'll prepare the Spirit Dan and cure you time and again, making you experience all the over 10,000 kinds of torture in the Great Xia dynasty. Let you know what pain is, what regret is!"

  Dong Qi's winter had collapsed, more than 10,000 kinds of cruel punishments? Just two kinds had almost driven him mad.

  "What have I done to offend you? Where did I offend you? You've got the wrong person." Dong Qi was on the verge of tears.

  Rumble. The school gate opens once again.

  A snow-white big dog walked out from outside, and then the stone gate closed.

  "Do you still recognize me?" Bai Shuizhe's eyes were also filled with a fierce glint as he stared at Dong Qi.

  "What's Bai Shui Ze?" Dong Qi's eyes widened, memories from the depths of his mind began to surface. A scene from decades ago started to emerge in his mind, it was a tall and majestic man and a loving couple, the pregnant wife was truly beautiful, her temperament was rare, and her pregnancy added an air of mystery, which had captivated Dong Qi's heart back then.

  Then he gave an order and Yu Tong and Shui Yi took action.

  "Remember now?" Ji Ning said coldly, "That couple back then were my parents."

  "It was my father that you killed back then." Wei Chi Xi Yue became even more crazily grief-stricken, her father from her childhood who doted on her excessively, those broad shoulders as wide as a mountain, that loud and clear laughter, appeared in her dreams time and time again, he was the father she loved most dearly, and also her gentle mother.

  Ji Ning and Wei Chi Xi Yue were both staring at Dong Qi.

  In winter, seven hearts feel cold at the bottom.

  "Yu Tong and Shui Yi were also killed by you?" Dong Qi asked in a trembling voice.

  "Right." Ji Ning nodded, "Now it's your turn, mastermind,"

  "My junior brother's methods were too light, he only used the Heart Scorched Technique to torture those two." Wei Chi Xi Yue gritted her teeth, "Those two are dead and that's it, but what about you, the mastermind? You will experience all of Daxia's over 10,000 forms of punishment, by then you will be almost dead. I will put your soul into the 'Heartfire Furnace', making your soul suffer torture every night, letting you endure the sin of being tortured for thousands and tens of thousands of years."

  Winter's eyes were all dull and lifeless.

  Ji Ning looked at her cousin on the side, although she also hated extremely, wanted to torture her to death and scatter her soul, but compared to her cousin, she was still far behind.

  "Sister, tormenting his soul for ten days and nights is enough." Ji Ning transmitted her voice, "There's no need to let a despicable person make you sink in hatred for thousands of years."

  Tortured for seven thousand years, ten thousand years, in fact, the hatred of the late moon will also be immersed for thousands and thousands of years.

  Tormenting others is also tormenting oneself.

  "My hatred has long been deeply rooted. Brother, don't bother with me." Yu Chi Xi Yue's eyes were even crazed and distorted.

  Ji Ning's growth process, first had parents' guidance for over a decade, then followed by the guidance of Dian Cai Xian Ren, and also good brother Mu Zi Xiao, so Ji Ning's heart has not yet been distorted.

  While Wei Chi Xi Yue, after her parents' death, she had long been alone and suffered enough hardships. Those hardships were something she didn't even want to recall. Even when brought back to the capital of Daxia by her uncle, she remained aloof. Only when facing her cousin could her heart warm up a bit.

  ……

  The winter is very cruel.

  After being tortured by the punishment for more than three months, he finally died, and his soul was also taken into the 'Heart-Fire Furnace', where it was tormented for another month. In the end, it was Yan Wang who took action, although Wei Chi's Heart-Fire Furnace was carried with him, ordinary people couldn't kill his soul through the treasure. But Yan Wang could do it, and he annihilated Dong Qi's soul.

  "Ji Ning, you often accompany Xi Yue. In the past half year, she has vented out most of her hatred in her heart. If she continues like this, she will completely become demonic. You accompanying her more can also make her gradually walk out from hatred." Yan Wang personally spoke with Ji Ning, and Ji Ning naturally remembered it in his heart.

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  Late autumn.

  In the highest part of the sky above the capital of Daxia, there was a faint gray void. Suddenly, a huge passage opened up in the dark void, and the passage had a faint golden light. A large number of black armored soldiers flew through the air in rows. Behind these black armored soldiers were groups of black armored cavalrymen riding on heavenly horses. Further back, there was a massive black dragon coiled and twisted, its aura overwhelming and incredibly powerful. It pulled a huge chariot emitting golden light, with lanterns hanging from it, and on the chariot sat a man in a black robe.

  The man in black had an ancient face, his eyes were like thunder and lightning. Wherever his gaze fell, the sky and earth seemed to split apart.

  His majesty made the surrounding soldiers' hearts tremble with submission.

  Behind the celestial chariot, there were also batches of black-armored warriors riding on warships, which were all over a hundred feet long, but compared to the celestial chariot, they were far inferior. It's worth noting that the Black Dragon was as long as ten thousand feet, and the celestial chariot was not much different from the Black Dragon.

  "Whoosh."

  The emperor went on an inspection tour with 9,999 guards.

  Only to see this team flying directly downwards, flying straight towards the Tianmang Temple. On the top layer of clouds and mist above the Tianmang Temple, there were already large groups of fairy maidens and soldiers kneeling down. The weakest among these fairy maidens and soldiers were at the Yuanshen level, but being able to serve the "Great Summer Emperor" up close was also their great fortune.

  "We greet Your Majesty." A towering two-headed demon immediately knelt down and shouted loudly.

  Suddenly, the many celestial maidens and military officers behind him all knelt down: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

  The black dragon dragged the celestial chariot down.

  A large number of black-armored soldiers who were surrounding the celestial chariot also quickly dispersed and stood in various places.

  "Hmm." The man in black robes walked down the celestial steps, taking only two steps before arriving at the imperial throne not far away. He sat high on the throne, looking down and ordered, "Pass on the order, let Qi Wang come over."

  "Yes." The twin-headed demon directly obeyed.

  The man in black robes sat high on the throne, his gaze swept away, and pierced through layers of cloud and fog obstructions, the entire capital of Dashan was under his observation.

  He stands high above, he is the emperor of this vast world, the true absolute ruler!

  However, his gaze had long been cast across the Three Realms, and he rarely stayed in the Great Xia Dynasty's world.

  "Decades ago, the underworld of the three realms was suddenly attacked, and the six paths of reincarnation collapsed. However, the enemies who launched the surprise attack disappeared without a trace." The Emperor in Black Robes murmured to himself, "The Underworld is where the souls of the three realms go, it's extremely important, and its defenses are also very strict. The Ten Halls of Yama Kings and that Cui Fu Jun are all pure Yang True Immortals, each one is exceptional. Even the Buddhist Land's Dizang is stationed there to guard it. The Underworld has many other old guys... their powers are extremely formidable, but they were attacked and didn't even have the power to resist, the six paths of reincarnation were destroyed in an extremely short amount of time. It's not even clear who destroyed them, or which side these people were on, all of this can't be investigated. Even existences like my Master can't investigate it."

  "This hidden power in the dark is formidable and terrifying, its first move was aimed at the Six Paths of Reincarnation."

  "It seems that the three realms are about to fall into chaos." The Black Emperor's eyes held deep concern.

  The Three Realms' Great Upheaval is truly terrifying.

  In the endless ancient past, Pangu opened up heaven and earth, that was the Primordial World. Later, when the Primordial World shattered, the Three Thousand Great Worlds and the Myriad Small Worlds appeared. It can be seen how terrifying this great upheaval is.

  "Every great upheaval gives birth to a true hero." The Black Emperor gazed down at the Great Xia Imperial City, where it was said that heroes emerged in times of chaos. In the Three Realms, powerful beings were often born during great turmoil and catastrophes.

  "This is the first Immortal Conference after the Six Paths of Reincarnation were broken, and some of those who are about to be born as heroes might appear at this conference." The Emperor in Black Robes thought to himself.

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