Swoosh! Less than ten seconds after Yaoguang departed, two figures rushed into the room of the family head, Shangguan Jinlong, one right after the other. As they looked at the corpse of Shangguan Jinlong, shock and horror flooded their eyes.0

Compared to the heads of other families, Shangguan Jinlong had actually seized his position by killing his own second uncle. The internal details of that struggle were complex, but the reason Shangguan Jinlong held his seat so securely and commanded their total support was entirely due to his staggering Martial Dao talent and his violent methods. He ruled the family through fear rather than virtue.0

He understood that the other branches of the family held their own hidden agendas. Therefore, after becoming the head, he never relaxed his cultivation. He remained entirely focused on becoming a unified martial paragon, condensing a Flawless Body so he could live for over a hundred years.0

But now Shangguan Jinlong, a man who rose to power through sheer force, had been beaten to death by someone using those same methods! This scene deeply shook the two martial paragons from the branch family who had rushed to the scene.0

Gazing at the figure that...1