Everybody knew the disdain the Xia family had for the Bai family. Now that they had shown blatant hostility and bared their fangs towards the future rising star of the Bai family, wasn't this just the Xia family courting death?
"I ensure you Ancestor Yu Sheng, that this was not something that I had planned. I would not be stupid enough to play tricks in front of you." Xia Long Da explained nervously.
Yu Sheng chuckled internally. How dare this person use his words to explain himself out of this situation? He is a person from earth, Yu Sheng's bullshit and gaslighting ability cannot be matched!
"If I personally want to target the Xia family, I could just blatantly act while feigning ignorance, can't I?" Yu Sheng coldly stated.
"Moreover, this is a member of your Xia Family attempting to kill my descendants. How else would you try to shirk off responsibility? Someone is using him to frame the Xia family?" Yu Sheng continued.
Long Da's face became ugly. He had wanted to say that he was being framed, but now that Yu Sheng had already brought it up, he could not use that excuse anymore.
Long Da knew that he was backed into a corner. He had no choice but to face Yu Sheng. "If it is a fight you want, it would be a fight you'll get!" Long Da exclaimed loudly.
Yu Sheng just shook his head while chuckling. "Fight? No. I am merely taking out the trash."
The difference between Yu Sheng and Long Da's cultivation base was too huge. If there was an easy way to defeat Long Da, wouldn't Yu Sheng use it? No need for a long drawn-out battle, just end it as soon as it starts. It is not as if the battle would be used for someone else entertainment.
Yu Sheng used Temporal Drift. He froze Long Da's time and slowly approached him. Long Da could not even resist this power. He did not even know he was frozen in time.
"Heaven's falling desolate slash." Yu Sheng murmured out. Yu Sheng wanted to contort his face in cringe, but Xiao Hei sensed his dissatisfaction and warned him to not break character.
Yu Sheng had no choice but to follow through with this ability. With the [Ancestral Dragon Tooth Blade: Longjian] in his right hand, he raised his blade towards the sky and slashed down.
A dragon's roar reverberated throughout the river of time. The people with high cultivation bases or escape abilities immediately fled the scene, back to their current time. Yu Sheng had cast [Time Warp] on them, immediately sending them back to their current time.
Long Da's body was sliced in half, ending his life instantly. [Heaven's falling desolate slash] was an ability that can slice through any material, slice through any Dao and was unstoppable.
Although Long Da's body was destroyed, he had the means to still preserve his life. His soul was utterly destroyed by [Heaven's falling desolate slash], so Long Da could not escape through his soul. All he had to do was transport his body back to the Xia Family and have someone insert a backup soul back into his body, and regain the recorded memory that was in his dead body.
Long Da's dead body still had an incredibly large amount of spacial energy left. He did not have the chance to use it at all, thus all of it was used for transporting his dead body.
Yu Sheng smirked at his futile attempt. This was the future he had seen using Xiao Hei. Long Da would have escaped from his grasp by opening a portal, teleporting away from Yu Sheng's grasp.
This time, however, Yu Sheng was prepared. Activating the anti-void displacement array, all spatial techniques outside of the array were useless in its presence. Long Da could have had a chance in winning by using spatial techniques inside the array and destroying the core, but he was dead.
Long Da's body flopped against the barrier of the anti-void displacement array, looking like a pathetic rag doll. The once high and mighty Xia Family Ancestor was now in this sorry state.
No one looked at Long Da's pathetic display for any longer than a single glance. This was the final respect they were giving to a once mighty figure.
The sounds of the Xia Family remnants were slowly dying out, as one by one, their entire entourage was slaughtered by the Bai and Wang families.
The dreadful cries of mercy haunted the many people present, worrying them that this might befall them one day if they decide to cross the Bai Family.
This was especially true for the families who had alliances with the Xia family. They all kept their head down, not looking at Yu Sheng. Would they be mocked for not standing up for the Xia family in this instance? Yes, they would. However, one's life is more important than honour and glory. This is particularly true for people who've lived a long time.
The Xia Family members were all killed. Now it is time to destroy whatever remains and claim all the rewards. Yu Sheng knew he had to kill every single of the Xia Family's members. Anyone who shares the blood of Xia would have to perish.
He did not want someone millions of years down the road to harm his family in the name of vengeance. Such is a typical plot for a main character. He knew he was the villain in this case, but what of it?
This world is ruled by the strong and the strong rule over the weak. Yu Sheng knew that his ideologies had changed ever since he arrived in this new world and had gotten his new memories.
He knew by earth standards, he would be scorned and called a hypocrite, a person who had gotten corrupted by his powers and would one day face retribution.
Yu Sheng disagreed. He had only done what was necessary in this new world. On earth, no one force is enough to cover the entire sky with one hand, thus everyone must play by the rules set by the people.
In the Myriad Heaven Domain? Everyone will scoff at you for being naive in this dog-eat-dog world. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. If he doesn't kill the innocent and slaughter the entire Xia Family, it will one day come back to bite him.
To protect his current lifestyle, friends and family, Yu Sheng would do whatever it takes. He had already left his morals when he gained his new memories.
The one-sided battle against the Xia family was over.
Yu Sheng looked towards the terrified guests and asserted to them. "The celebration is over. I would like to thank everyone for coming to celebrate my return to this world."
Everyone knew the hidden meaning behind Yu Sheng's words. They all cupped their hands and left one by one. The only people left were the Wang family and other families who were either affiliated or had alliances with the Bai family.
Wang Wu Ling was not afraid of Yu Sheng. Neither was she shocked to see how powerful Yu Sheng was. She knew that the person she admired the most was powerful.
Wu Ling was however surprised at how scheming Yu Sheng was. She did not hate this side of him but instead was glad that she managed to see this side of him instead. She was elated that Yu Sheng had allowed her to see this side of him, perhaps hinting that he wanted her to warm his bed?
Wu Ling shook her head internally. She dare not attempt to warm his bed lest she wanted to be found dead the next day, scorched and poisoned to death.
All she could hope was for Yu Sheng to approach her first.
Shen Huang giggled mischievously as she looked at the battlefield in front of them. She knew that he husband had planned this entire charade out for all to see so that he could have an excuse to destroy the Xia Family.
Did he have it all planned out immediately after awakening? She remembered that Yu Sheng had asked her for a celebration. Had he already thought up such a devious scheme right from the beginning?
Yao Lan too was amazed at Yu Sheng. All this did was just further their respect and amazement of Yu Sheng.
Now it was time for Yu Sheng to rake in the spoils of war. There was a reason why Yu Sheng decided to go for the Xia family after he regained his memories. There was something in the Xia Family that could help save the life of his child.
Yes, Yu Sheng had two children. One was with Shen Huang, and the other was with Yao Lan.
However, never bring up the topic of children in front of Shen Huang, unless you want to face the full brunt of Shen Huang's unbridled rage.
Shen Huang had given birth to a vegetative egg. No matter what they tried to do to save it, the egg showed no signs of reviving.
Even after inviting her mother, the Ancestral Phoenix, they could not save the egg. Shen Huang was depressed for millions of years, refusing to bear another child as she was afraid that there was something wrong with her body and would bear another vegetative egg.
Even after being reassured by Yu Sheng and her other sister-wives, she adamantly refused, and would occasionally sob in front of her unborn child, apologizing to it for giving it an unhealthy body.
This was always something that irked Yu Sheng, so he researched many different ways to save it. Scouring ancient books and passages for information, Yu Sheng matched the vegetative egg and its behaviour with a legend that predates even him.
Yu Sheng had come to a conclusion as to what the egg truly was and decided to one day siege the Xia Family.
The vegetative egg contained a primordial cosmic phoenix.