"Pfft..."
Qin Feng almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. He was becoming more and more convinced that this was no ordinary, respectable system.
This was his own flesh and blood, his dear brother!
The system's voice was tempting. "The Supreme Bone can be destroyed and then reborn. It will grow back."
Destroyed and then reborn?!
It could regrow?!
It would be a lie to say Qin Feng wasn't tempted for a moment, but he quickly shook his head and dismissed the thought.
If he really dug out his little brother's Supreme Bone, his parents would skin him alive. The image he had cultivated for years would be shattered in an instant.
It was a classic case of injuring the enemy by a thousand while losing eight hundred of your own.
"No, I need to be alone!"
Qin Feng shook his head, pushing thoughts of the Supreme Bone aside. He returned to his small courtyard and began to cultivate.
He had thought he could finally relax for a while after getting rid of his little brother's Innate Ancestral Qi. Who would have thought the kid would defy all logic and manifest a Supreme Bone?
He had to cultivate without a moment's rest, lest he get dragged into his brother's mess and end up kicking the bucket.
In the small courtyard.
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Qin Feng sat cross-legged to cultivate, instantly entering a state of deep meditation.
Unlike his comprehension of the first heaven, the second was significantly more complex. However, the effects were also remarkably clear. In addition to an increased cultivation speed, his regenerative abilities were also far stronger than before.
At the same time, the Tianbao Gourd hanging around Qin Feng's neck began to flicker with a soft light.
It not only helped him focus his mind and prevent cultivation deviation but also solidified his cultivation at the first level of the Kaiyuan Realm and accelerated his progress toward the second level.
With the Tianbao Gourd, his cultivation speed was at least twice as fast.
"He enters meditation so quickly!"
The Tenth Ancestor, standing nearby, looked on in surprise. His estimation of Qin Feng grew even higher.
He wasn't arrogant about his potential being enhanced by a hundred-year gestation, nor was he complacent about comprehending a cultivation technique beyond the Innate level, which gave him a huge head start. He remained as diligent and hardworking as ever.
This boy has a truly promising future!
...
Spring turned to autumn, and five years passed in a flash.
Qin Feng was now eight. After comprehending the second heaven, his cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, as if he were using a cheat code. In just five short years, he had reached the ninth level of the Kaiyuan Realm, only a single step away from the Transcendent Realm.
Unlike the Kaiyuan Realm, which focused on opening the dantian and making one's body as light as a swallow, the Transcendent Realm allowed a cultivator to release their spiritual energy, enabling them to kill from a kilometer away.
At this moment—
Qin Feng was sitting cross-legged in a large wooden tub.
It was filled with a medicinal bath specially prepared for him by the Qin Family. It would help him temper his physical body and solidify his foundation—one of the many perks of being born into a great clan.
"Ugh..."
Qin Feng's brows furrowed in pain as he tried to project his spiritual energy outward.
Bang!
A dull thud echoed from within him. His body shuddered, and a terrifying torrent of qi erupted from him, sending everything in the room flying into disarray.
"He actually broke through?!"
The Tenth Ancestor, standing to the side, was dumbfounded, staring blankly at Qin Feng in the tub.
A Transcendent Realm cultivator at the age of eight! He had once again broken a record from the Archaic Era!
However, the Tenth Ancestor was only stunned for a moment before composing himself. It wasn't because he had the unflappable heart of a thousand-year cultivator, but because Qin Feng's younger brother, Qin Hao, was even more of a freak of nature.
The record for the fastest breakthrough to the Kaiyuan Realm, which Qin Feng had set at age three, had been broken by Qin Hao when he was only two.
Now, at only five years old, his cultivation had already reached the fifth level of the Kaiyuan Realm. Breaking Qin Feng's record for the fastest breakthrough to the Transcendent Realm before turning eight would be an absolute breeze.
"Neither of these brothers is normal!"
The Tenth Ancestor's confidence took a severe blow.
Compared to these two brothers, he felt like he had wasted his entire life.
"Roar!"
Qin Feng stood up and let out a great shout, his released spiritual energy shattering the wooden tub.
Although he was only eight, he was as tall as a twelve or thirteen-year-old. At this tender age, he already sported a perfect eight-pack, and his entire body radiated a wild, explosive power.
The first thing he did after his breakthrough was to go find his little brother and beat him up.
His dad was my dad, his mom was my mom, and his ancestors were my ancestors, but that didn't mean I couldn't beat him up!
Over the past five years, he had often used "sparring" as an excuse to wipe the floor with his little brother, earning a massive amount of Villain Points in the process. He now had over 240,000.
But that kid truly defied all logic; fighting him was becoming more and more difficult.
Even though Qin Hao was only at the fifth level of the Kaiyuan Realm, he could make Qin Feng, at the ninth level, struggle. This made Qin Feng truly understand the terrifying power of the Great Perfection Realm—it really did make one invincible among peers.
He had asked the system about this, wondering if there was a way to reach the Great Perfection Realm. The system's answer was very simple: just buy and use a Great Perfection Realm card. The price was "not expensive," a mere one million Villain Points.
To reach that goal sooner, he'd have to start beating up his brother early and often!
"This child..."
The Tenth Ancestor rubbed his temples, already getting a headache. He knew that chaos and disorder were about to erupt again.
However, he had no intention of stopping them. The younger brother never lost heart in defeat and instead trained even harder, while the older brother, despite his victories, constantly pushed himself to improve.
It was a virtuous cycle, one the elders were happy to see.
"Eldest Young Master!"
The Qin Family disciples all smiled and greeted Qin Feng when they saw him.
But when they sensed the unstable fluctuations of aura around him, their hearts were thrown into turmoil.
You've got to be kidding!!
He really broke through to the Transcendent Realm!!
In their experience, even a genius would be at least fifteen or sixteen before breaking through to the Transcendent Realm. In the Archaic Era, that was old enough to be considered a fledgling adventurer, and the more powerful ones would already be making a name for themselves.
Yet here was Qin Feng, having achieved it at the age of eight. If they weren't seeing it with their own eyes, who would dare believe it was real?
"What a monster!"
The Qin Family disciples swallowed hard, terrified by Qin Feng's talent.
Qin Feng ignored their shock. All he wanted was to find his little brother and give him a good beating.
In the end, drawing on five years of experience, Qin Feng successfully found his little brother at the main gate of the Qin estate. He saw the little tyke sleeping on a branch of the crooked-neck tree by the entrance.
"Just as I thought!"
Qin Feng circled the crooked-neck tree, puzzled. He remembered his little brother often slept in this very tree.
If it were any other child, he would have chalked it up to simple playfulness. But with his logic-defying little brother, he couldn't help but feel that some incredible opportunity was hidden here.
The more inconspicuous something seemed, the more likely it was to be the key to a protagonist's comeback.
"Am I just overthinking this?"
Qin Feng stared for a long time but couldn't see anything special. His gaze unconsciously shifted to his sleeping little brother.
To others, it might have been a picture of peaceful innocence. But in his eyes, it looked like his little brother was seducing him, tempting him to dig out that Supreme Bone.
"My dream was to be a profligate young master, living a life of debauchery and luxury. But because of this little brat, I have to cultivate desperately just to protect myself."
The more Qin Feng thought about it, the angrier he became. He raised his hand high.
Smack!
Qin Feng's hand landed squarely on Qin Hao's little bottom. The little guy woke with a start, but upon seeing Qin Feng, he didn't get angry at all. Instead, he just called out happily, "Big Brother!"
Even if his big brother spanked him a thousand times, he still loved playing with him.
At this—
Qin Feng was panicking internally.
As everyone knows, the more heartwarming the childhood memories, the more tragic the character's eventual death. Besides the female lead, anyone who gets close to the protagonist is just asking for an early grave.
The moment the protagonist's halo activates, the King of Hell just smiles and says, "Welcome, my friend..."
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