"It's a natural Lifebound Treasure, awakened in my Soul Sea alongside my Physique and Nether Ghost Fire,"
Mo Yu replied without changing his expression.
Yan Xi's delicate brows furrowed slightly, and a trace of suspicion flickered through her crimson eyes.
"You wouldn't happen to be the biological son of the Netherworld Ghost Emperor, would you?"
Even she found it difficult to believe.
She knew very little about Mo Yu's origins.
All this time, she had assumed he was merely an orphan from an ordinary mortal family.
But now...
Could his father really be an Immortal Emperor?
Mo Yu remained calm.
"I don't know. I've never met my parents. By the time I became aware of the world, I was already alone."
A trace of pity appeared in Yan Xi's crimson eyes.
Her heart softened instantly.
"It's alright," she said gently. "You still have me."
A warm feeling surged through Mo Yu's heart.
"Thank you, my dear sister. My dear master."
With that, he stopped dwelling on the matter and shifted his attention to Qin Shou's memories.
Nearby, Chu Yuli's heartbeat quickened slightly.
That black banner...
Could Master actually be an evil cultivator?
She secretly observed him.
However, his aura felt calm and upright. There wasn't the slightest trace of the sinister, bloodthirsty energy typically associated with evil cultivators.
The anxiety in her heart gradually eased.
That would have been disastrous.
If she had escaped one wolf only to board the ship of an evil cultivator, her fate would have been even worse.
After all, evil cultivators were enemies of the entire cultivation world.
Then that Soul Banner...
It must have been seized from another evil cultivator.
Yes.
That had to be the case.
Meanwhile, Mo Yu quickly finished sorting through Qin Shou's memories.
He now knew the location of the Qin Family and the approximate times and locations of several secret realms that would open near their territory in the future.
As for information regarding Chu Yuli, however, there was pitifully little.
Qin Shou didn't even know that Chu Yuli's alias was Li Feiyu.
Still, he had managed to uncover one important clue.
One year from now, Chu Yuli—who would later become known as the Devil Venerable Li—would rise to prominence inside a secret realm located within the Heavenly Profound Domain.
Mo Yu immediately made a decision.
When the time came, he would personally bring Chu Yuli there.
As her master, collecting a portion of her opportunities and resources shouldn't be considered excessive.
Surely that would count as suppression.
Afterward, he asked the System,
"Can you locate the person who received the rebirth opportunity?"
He intended to find them and slowly suppress them as well.
[Price: 500 Villain Points]
Mo Yu's expression darkened.
He only possessed Some thousands Villain Points.
Even if he sold himself, he could only afford to check twenty times.
Still, remembering that Villain Points were effectively a bugged resource, he gritted his teeth.
"Exchange."
[Villain Points -500]
[Rebirth User Location: Heavenly Profound Holy Land]
Mo Yu froze.
The Heavenly Profound Holy Land?
Another Child of Destiny was actually in the same faction as him?
And he hadn't noticed at all?
"System, can you provide a specific name or a more precise location?"
[Price: 500 Villain Points]
Mo Yu: "..."
Black-hearted.
Absolutely black-hearted.
Even Zhou Bapi wasn't this ruthless.
Taking a deep breath, he suppressed the urge to curse and asked a more important question.
"What happens if I kill a Child of Destiny before completely plundering their Luck?"
[If you kill a Child of Destiny, the Child of Destiny will die.]
"..."
A surprisingly straightforward answer.
"What if someone else kills them? For example, if I send Chu Yuli, or hire a Tribulation Transcendence expert to do it?"
[Even one Child of Destiny finds it extremely difficult to kill another Child of Destiny.]
[Powerful cultivators sent against them will only become opportunities that accelerate their growth.]
Mo Yu nodded thoughtfully.
He had learned three crucial facts.
First, the System operated on a level above the Heavenly Dao.
Second, he didn't need to fear other Children of Destiny.
Third, nobody could casually kill him.
In summary—
He was cheating.
Since that was the case, the identity of the reborn Child of Destiny wasn't particularly important.
Once he returned to the Heavenly Profound Holy Land, the System would eventually identify them anyway.
Mo Yu crouched down and began looting Qin Shou's corpse.
The moment he picked up the storage ring, the System notification sounded.
[Qin Shou was one of the key opportunities on Chu Yuli's cultivation path. You have successfully intercepted it.]
[Reward: Soul Transformation Realm First-Layer Banner Spirit ]
[Villain Points +100]
Mo Yu clicked his tongue.
"A Soul Transformation Banner Spirit? What exactly am I supposed to feed it?"
Before transmigrating, he had often read novels praising the power of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
Only after entering this world did he realize the truth.
This thing was absurdly difficult to maintain.
Its refinement process was more demanding than grinding for top-tier equipment.
The maintenance afterward was even worse.
It required a constant supply of resentment and vengeful souls.
If the banner spirit were merely at his own cultivation level, he could perhaps sustain it using Spiritual Qi.
But this was a Soul Transformation Realm Banner Spirit.
Where was he supposed to find that much Spiritual Qi?
The System responded immediately.
[Banner Spirits rewarded by the System are perpetual-motion entities and require no maintenance.]
[As for ordinary Banner Spirits, it is recommended that you conduct large-scale massacres and racial extermination campaigns, using the resentment of countless living beings to forge supreme ferocity.]
Several black lines appeared across Mo Yu's forehead.
As expected of a Villain System.
It truly lived up to its reputation.
He shifted his attention toward the Human Emperor Banner.
Inside, besides Qin Shou's soul, there was another incomparably powerful spirit of an women with red hair and black eyes with red pupils and pale skin, She was radiating an oppressive aura.
A Soul Transformation Banner Spirit.
Just as the System had said, it continued to exist without any nourishment from resentment.
Mo Yu couldn't help but sigh.
The System was utterly outrageous.
The rewards he had obtained today alone far surpassed everything he had gained through years of risking his life as a Child of Destiny.
If his previous identity as a Child of Destiny merely increased his drop rate...
Then the System had effectively granted him unlimited resources.
This was no longer cheating.
This was ascending directly to the heavens.
And it felt incredible.
Mo Yu sent his Divine Sense into the storage ring.
Suddenly, a streak of light shot out from within.
---
Chaotic Star Domain.
Shattered Star Prefecture.
Qin Family.
Inside the Soul Lamp Hall, two soul lamps gradually dimmed before crumbling into drifting ashes.
"SHOU'ER!"
A furious roar exploded like thunder, shaking the entire Qin Family estate.
A figure burst out of the hall, carrying a chilling gale.
He wore black robes.
His face was gaunt.
His eyes glowed blood-red.
He looked like a malevolent ghost that had crawled out of the depths of Hell.
This was Qin Jun.
The Qin Family Ancestor.
A notorious Soul Transformation Realm demonic cultivator feared throughout Shattered Star Prefecture.
At this moment, the normally unfathomable powerhouse looked completely deranged.
"Who was it?!"
"Who dared kill my Shou'er?!"
Qin Shou was his most beloved grandson.
The heir upon whom he had placed all his hopes.
Reaching the Golden Core Realm within a hundred years might not be considered monstrous talent in the Chaotic Star Domain, but within Shattered Star Prefecture, it was more than enough to ensure the Qin Family's prosperity for another thousand years.
And now—
He was dead.
How could Qin Jun possibly accept that?
With a violent wave of his sleeve, Spiritual Power surged outward.
A massive map appeared above the Qin Family.
A glowing white marker shone upon it.
The marker represented Mo Yu's location.
Qin Jun's voice thundered throughout the clan.
"Pass down my order!"
"Even if you must dig three feet into the earth, find the murderer!"
"I want him and everyone connected to him buried alongside Shou'er!"
Before his words had fully fallen, the map suddenly exploded.
A violent shockwave swept across the Qin Family compound.
Qin Jun's expression darkened.
He immediately waved his hand, dispersing the destructive energy.
Then—
A gigantic middle finger slowly appeared in the sky.
Beneath it floated a line of massive characters.
"With skills like yours, you think you can track me?"
The provocation was so blatant that everyone within sight could see it clearly.
It was a direct slap across the Qin Family's face.
Discussions erupted instantly.
Even rival clans began secretly investigating the matter.
Qin Jun's expression became so dark it seemed capable of dripping water.
Not only had his grandson died.
The Qin Family had now become the laughingstock of the entire region.
It was a humiliation beyond words.
Worse still—
The tracking mark had been completely erased.
---
Meanwhile...
After casually casting the small spell, Mo Yu wiped away the tracking mark.
These people truly lacked imagination.
Always relying on Divine Sense marks.
He reviewed the information he had obtained from Qin Shou's memories.
The Qin Family possessed three Soul Transformation Realm ancestors.
They also had more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators.
A formidable force by any standard.
But countless people wanted him dead already.
What did one Qin Family amount to?
After pondering briefly, Mo Yu made his decision.
Return to the Holy Land.
Call for reinforcements.
Then wipe the Qin Family off the map.