Free Web NovelChapter 814: Chapter 68: Heaven and Earth are Separated
Even though Tian Anping himself did not seek help, after causing a major disaster, he was fully rescued by the Da Ze Tian Clan.
To protect him, the Tian family even risked a bloody battle between two aristocratic families with the Liu of Fufeng, which showed the value of Tian Anping. freewёbnoνel.com
"What happened in the end?" Jiang Wang asked.
"Tian Anping’s Golden Form and Jade Marrow were shattered, four Starlight Holy Towers were destroyed, and he was demoted to the Inner Mansion Realm. Moreover, he was sealed for ten years, confined to Daze County. Within these ten years, he was not allowed to break through his cultivation level or leave the county. Given his cultivation and the ten years within the limits of a mortal’s life, he was to atone for killing Liu Shentong."
Yan Fu sighed, "This year, it’s already the ninth year."
Without reaching God Arrives, it is all in vain. Only in the Divine Arrival Realm can one truly break the limit of life, maintain the Golden Form and Jade Marrow, aging be defied, and cultivation not decline until death.
Since ancient times, among cultivators, one in ten thousand could break through to the Divine Arrival Realm. Each one endured great hardships.
The difficulty of returning to a higher realm after being demoted is almost exponentially increased. Ordinary people, whose Golden Form and Jade Marrow are shattered and four Starlight Holy Towers destroyed, would almost never rise again. But for Tian Anping, a ten-year seal was also imposed.
This shows just how terrifying this man was.
"For such a supreme genius, not progressing in cultivation for ten years is indeed a terrifying torment," Jiang Wang sighed and added, "But compared to Liu Shentong who is already dead, this is already fortunate enough."
The one Tian Anping killed was not an ordinary person. He was a direct descendant, a prodigious figure of the Liu of Fufeng.
He could not avoid paying a price.
"Who could say otherwise?" Yan Fu said, "To save Tian Anping’s life, the Tian family paid a heavy price, losing a massive amount of resources, to the extent that when the Family Head of the Tian family welcomed back Tian Anping, he said, ’I do not know whether having you in the Tian family is fortune or misfortune.’"
Listening to Yan Fu’s narrative, Jiang Wang once again pictured the scene of Tian Anping’s appearance in the Seven Stars Valley.
Dressed in thin clothes, hands and feet bound, chains dragging on the ground.
Calm, painful, indifferent, crazy.
He was like a being that embodied all contradictions.
Yan Fu continued, "But the Family Head of the Liu Family only replied with one sentence— ’If Liu Shentong could be brought back to life, what harm would it be for the Liu family to give up these things!’ leaving the Tian family speechless."
Saving the person but losing the territory, both are gained. Saving the territory but losing the person, both are lost.
No amount of resources can produce a supreme genius.
A massive amount of wealth can only delay the decline of the Liu Family, but one Liu Shentong could potentially lead the Liu Family back to its peak. The importance of which is self-evident.
What exactly Tian Anping and Liu Shentong were fighting about, since it was only the two of them together before the battle, and after Liu Shentong died, Tian Anping never mentioned it, resulting in no one knowing the reason to this day.
But the incident of Tian Anping killing Liu Shentong, for both parties involved and even for their respective families behind them, was a lose-lose outcome.
Since then, the Liu of Fufeng has never recovered, and the Da Ze Tian Clan, in atonement for Tian Anping, has almost bled itself dry.
No wonder there is a load of resentment towards Tian Anping within the Tian family.
A normal person would never make such a choice.
In nearly ten years, only one, Wang Yiwu, intended to forcibly kill Zhongxuan Sheng to compare. Yet Zhongxuan Sheng lives well, and even with the support of War God Jiang Mengxiong, Wang Yiwu was also banished from Linzi and demoted to a death camp for three years.
As the blood feud turned into a public sentence, Tian Anping ultimately did not pay with his life. Is this unfair to the Liu of Fufeng?
For a prodigy like Tian Anping, being demoted from Divine Arrival all the way to Inner Mansion, and forbidden to break through for ten years, is this too harsh on Tian Anping?
Different people might have different answers.
But there was one thing everyone understood clearly. If no one had intervened back then and let the two families continue their bloody battle, the one that would have definitely been destroyed was the Liu Family of Fufeng.
"I have met Tian Anping," Jiang Wang said solemnly, "He is indeed a fearsome person."
Up to now, he had already become a cultivator of both the Inner Mansion and Divine Skills. Reflecting on that Tian Anping he had encountered back then, the Tian Anping whose cultivation was confined below the Outer Building, he still found him terrifying.
Logically speaking, now within the Inner Mansion Realm, regardless of who it was, should have the confidence to compete.
However, the terrifying pressure that Tian Anping imparted to him was something he had never felt even from Hai Zongming in the Outer Building of the four environments.
Even if suppressed for ten years, such a person might not necessarily have stopped progressing.
But after the Inner Mansion came the establishment of the Starlight Holy Tower, he was beaten back from the Divine Arrival Realm, and the Star Tower was established early, Divine Skills determined early... What else could he do?
Jiang Wang couldn’t figure it out, but somehow felt that Tian Anping must have his own methods... methods that normal people couldn’t conceive of.
When the ten-year period was up, perhaps they would know how Tian Anping had spent those years.
Yan Fu apparently did not intend to continue discussing Tian Anping. He finally drank the wine in his hand and then said, "With Liu Shentong assassinated, the Liu Family of Fufeng can no longer see their future. Even so, our ancestor had not decided to break off the marriage. The Da Ze Tian Clan paid such a heavy price, and as relatives through marriage to the Liu family, our ancestor also made efforts. But the problem lay with Xiu Zhang’s brother."
"Liu Xuanhu?" Jiang Wang became curious, "Is he also a genius?"
"Quite the opposite!" Yan Fu explained, "When Liu Shentong died, he was only ten, just having adjusted his body and started his cultivation. With the resources of the Liu family, guidance from strong figures, he established both Small Zhoutian and stepped into the Tongtian Environment within just one year. But now, nine years have gone by, and he remains in the Tongtian Environment. At the Heaven and Earth Gate, he was blocked for eight years."
Jiang Wang said, "Perhaps this precisely shows that his Heaven and Earth Gate is indestructible and his potential is tremendous..."
Yan Fu shook his head, "Wang Yiwu stayed in the Tongtian Environment for so long, but did anyone call him mediocre? The true nature of the Heaven and Earth Gate can be discerned. The fact proves that Liu Xuanhu just can’t break the barrier between Heaven and Earth, stuck in front of the Heaven and Earth Gate. Such a person, even with the support of the Liu Family of Fufeng’s generational heritage, can absolutely not possess God-Comes Power Level."
Each top aristocratic family has a similar heritage passed down.
For example, the old master of the Zhong Xuan Family, Zhongxuan Yunbo, relies on the family heritage of the Zhong Xuan Family, possessing God-Comes Power Level with peak Outer Building cultivation.
If without these methods, when Zhongxuan Futu died, Zhongxuan Mingshan died in battle, and Zhongxuan Chuliang had not yet become a murderer, then the Zhong Xuan Family of that time would have fallen into the abyss.
Of course, the current Zhong Xuan Family, with two marquises in the family, is infinitely glorious.
There’s not much to say about Zhongxuan Mingguang, and Zhongxuan Minghe is average. But from the younger generation, Zhongxuan Zun has stolen all the brilliance of his peers, and Futu’s son Zhongxuan Sheng also refuses to be outdone, obtaining the top Divine Skill of Law of Heaven and Earth within the Inner Mansion Realm, his future is hopeful.
Returning to the issue of the Liu Family of Fufeng, Liu Xuanhu, the younger brother of Liu Shentong, simply lacks the talent necessary to support the family. The Liu family, in order to continue their legacy, will inevitably have to change the heir.
A top aristocratic family inherits not only the name and position but also extraordinary power concentrated in one. Adoption practices just don’t work.
Whoever holds extraordinary power holds the position and power.
The real world is just that cruel.
As powerful as the Zhong Xuan Family, once Zhongxuan Chuliang rose to power, they could only establish another mansion.
But if no one from the lineage of Zhongxuan Yunbo could uphold the family business and maintain the God-Comes Power Level, then it would be Zhongxuan Chuliang who would take control of the family.
Marquis of Ding Yuan is, of course, very good, but how can he compare with the hereditary and irreplaceable Marquis of Bowang?
As Yan Fu spoke to this point, Jiang Wang had already completely understood.
With such a background as the Yan Family of Bei County, the only match for Yan Fu could be the legitimate daughter of a prestigious family. Once Xiu Zhang’s branch becomes a collateral line of the Liu family, they naturally no longer have the status to marry into the Yan family.
This was not subject to change by Yan Fu’s own will.
That’s why he said that, with his background, his own marriage was something he could not decide for himself.
