Chapter 4

Su Shangwen's words not only stunned Su Lingyun, but also left the others in the room speechless. They clearly did not expect Su Shangwen to be so shameless, refusing to apologize for his son's wrongdoing and instead threatening others from a position of superiority.

Thinking of Su Shangwen's influence in Xingcheng, everyone could not help but feel a sense of sorrow for Su Lingyun and Tang Xiu.

Even if Su Shangwen's character was despicable, the fact that he possessed tens of millions in assets was undeniable. The extensive network of connections he had built up over the past decade in Xingcheng was equally disheartening.

Just as everyone thought that the gentle Su Lingyun would surely bow to Su Shangwen, her expressionless face suddenly broke into a smile. Then, she lightly tiptoed, raised her hand, and slapped Su Shangwen hard across the face.

The sound of the slap was so crisp and loud that everyone in the living room thought their ears were playing tricks on them.

In everyone's eyes, Su Lingyun was a quiet, dignified, and gentle person, so much so that her character could be described as weak. She had always been the one who was bullied, never the one who bullied others. Yet today, she had broken her usual pattern and hit someone, and not just anyone, but the robust Su Shangwen. This left everyone speechless.

Seeing his mother hit someone, Tang Xiu, who was lying on the ground, felt an immense sense of relief and could not help but burst into laughter.

However, his joy was short-lived. Tang Xiu's body on Earth was already frail, and the sudden return of his soul, the extreme emotions he experienced, and the use of the life-draining technique, the Yuan Rending Decree, caused him to faint after just three laughs.

When Su Shangwen realized that he had been slapped by his much shorter sister, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he roared, ready to beat up Su Lingyun.

But before Su Shangwen could act, a pair of cold handcuffs fell onto his hands. Cheng Xuemei, who had been watching the scene, had already anticipated his violent outburst.

"I will take Tang Xiu to the hospital with Hu Wenxu, and Ms. Su Lingyun will come with us. The rest of you, take the relevant people in the house to the police station!" Cheng Xuemei glared at Su Shangwen with disgust, waved her hand, and concluded the day's action.

Watching Cheng Xuemei and the others leave, Su Shangwen deflated like a punctured balloon.

Zhang Meiyun had not expected a joyous banquet to end in such a tragic way.

Even though her family could easily get out of the police station, their reputation among friends, relatives, and neighbors would be completely ruined.

Su Yaning and Su Xiangfei, the brother and sister, were completely bewildered. They clearly could not understand how a simple prank had escalated to such a disastrous level.

"Jiang Xiu deliberately made things worse; he orchestrated everything." Suddenly, Su Xiangfei's mind flashed with Jiang Xiu's demonic smile and his words about continuing to play with him. Su Xiangfei screamed hysterically.

Unfortunately, no one paid attention to the hysterical Su Xiangfei at that moment.

Late at night, at Xingcheng People's Hospital.

The night was deep.

The sky was filled with shining stars, and a bright moonlight shone through the glass window, illuminating Tang Xiu's pale, thin, but still handsome face.

"Deities and demons, the universe is set, the divine and the demonic are divided. Is the lowly one divine, and the noble one demonic? Is the lowly one demonic, and the noble one divine? Yet, movement and stillness have their regularities, yin and yang are in balance, and hardness and softness are indistinguishable! Groups form, auspicious and inauspicious events occur, images and forms are created, changes are seen, and the way of yin and yang is the principle..."

Suddenly, a series of obscure and difficult words spouted from Tang Xiu's mouth, startling Su Lingyun, who was resting by the bed.

Su Lingyun thought her son had been frightened by the events of the afternoon and was having a nightmare. She instinctively wanted to wake him up.

But after a quick glance at her son's face in the dim light, she changed her mind.

Although her son was muttering obscure words, his face was unusually relaxed, and his eyebrows were curved into a crescent moon, as if he were smiling.

"Is my son reciting ancient texts?" Thinking of her son's upcoming senior year, Su Lingyun felt relieved.

The next moment, Su Lingyun's eyes widened in surprise.

She was astonished to see the stars outside suddenly become dazzlingly bright, and then form tiny points of starlight that penetrated the glass window and shone on her son's pale face. The starlight silently merged into her son's body.

A faint layer of white mist began to form around her son's body, swirling and weaving like a dream in the night.

Seeing her son's pale face gradually turn rosy and his forehead glow with a holy light, Su Lingyun slowly extended her hands to touch the white mist, wanting to confirm whether what she saw was an illusion.

But as soon as Su Lingyun touched the white mist, it disappeared without a trace.

"It seems the events of the day have given me too much of a shock, causing me to hallucinate." Su Lingyun smiled bitterly, then helped Tang Xiu adjust the blanket and lay down to rest again.

What Su Lingyun did not notice was that with the disappearance of the white mist, Tang Xiu's pale face had clearly turned rosy, and his eyelashes fluttered slightly.

"Ten Thousand Sources Void Universe Heaven Decree, I actually succeeded in cultivating the Ten Thousand Sources Void Universe Heaven Decree?" After lying quietly in bed for a moment and checking his body's condition, Tang Xiu was stunned, his face full of disbelief.

The Ten Thousand Sources Void Universe Heaven Decree was a mysterious ancient text that Tang Xiu had accidentally discovered in the ruins of the ancient deities and demons. This cultivation technique was passed down from the ancient era.

In the ancient era, it was said that the world was devoid of spiritual energy and filled with chaotic energy. The human race was like ants, and the heavens were ruled by the divine and demonic races, whose techniques could move mountains and seas, and destroy the heavens and the earth.

The divine race had incredibly powerful innate divine consciousness, so their techniques were mostly for cultivating the divine. The demonic race had an invincible innate physique, so their techniques were mostly for cultivating the body. Although the techniques of both races were extremely powerful, they were mutually exclusive and could not be cultivated simultaneously.

It was precisely because the techniques of the divine and demonic races were too powerful and destructive that they led to the extinction of both races, leaving only some battle traces and incomplete secret texts.

The Ten Thousand Sources Void Universe Heaven Decree that Tang Xiu found was said to be a perfect divine technique that could allow both the geniuses of the divine and demonic races to cultivate simultaneously.

After obtaining the technique, Tang Xiu was overjoyed and immediately began to study it. However, after a hundred years, he had to declare his attempt a failure.

This technique required the cultivator to start from zero in both physical and mental state, returning to the original state, which was the fetal breathing state before birth.

Not only did it require the purest initial state, but also the purest initial consciousness, which was impossible to achieve.

After a hundred years of seclusion and deep thought, Tang Xiu could not find a solution. Disappointed, he threw the Ten Thousand Sources Void Universe Heaven Decree into his storage ring like trash, without sharing it with his close friends and lovers, as he believed sharing it would be useless and might even lead them to lose control.

This decision led to resentment from his close friends and lovers, and ultimately to their joint attack on Tang Xiu, resulting in his soul being scattered and his death.

"Why did I fail to cultivate the Ten Thousand Sources Void Universe Heaven Decree in the immortal realm for nearly a hundred years, but succeeded on Earth in just one night? Could it be that the cultivation potential of this body on Earth is much better than that of the body in the immortal realm?" Tang Xiu fell into deep thought.

Soon, Tang Xiu dismissed this hypothesis.

In the immortal realm, his body, as the spoiled grandson of the head of a holy sect, had been nourished with various heavenly materials even before birth. After birth, he underwent a series of physical and mental enhancements, making him exceptionally gifted in both intelligence and cultivation potential. His cultivation speed was rapid, and his talents in alchemy, array formations, weapon forging, and talismans were also unparalleled.

On Earth, his body had been malnourished from a young age and lacked exercise due to his focus on studies. After the car accident, he often suffered minor injuries, and it was strange that his cultivation potential could be better than that in the immortal realm.

"If it's not the cultivation potential, then what is it?" Tang Xiu silently felt the threads of star power and the faint but clear vitality within his body, falling into deep thought again.

The Ten Thousand Sources Void Universe Heaven Decree required the cultivator to start from zero in both physical and mental state, returning to the original state, which was the fetal breathing state before birth.

In the ancient era, it was said that the world was devoid of spiritual energy and filled with chaotic energy.

The current Earth is also an environment with almost no spiritual energy.

Initial state, initial consciousness...

After the bloody faint, his body was completely paralyzed and out of control, which could be considered starting from zero. His soul had just returned to completeness, and his mental state was extremely pure, which could also be considered starting from zero.

With a gambling mindset, Tang Xiu decided to act. He skipped the general principles he had pondered for a thousand times and began to cultivate the first realm.

The first level of the Ten Thousand Sources Void Universe Heaven Decree: Star Tyrant Body!

"Deities and demons, the universe is set, the divine and the demonic are divided. Is the lowly one divine, and the noble one demonic? Is the lowly one demonic, and the noble one divine? Yet, movement and stillness have their regularities, yin and yang are in balance, and hardness and softness are indistinguishable! Groups form, auspicious and inauspicious events occur, images and forms are created, changes are seen, and the way of yin and yang is the principle..."

As he recited the incantation, Tang Xiu found his divine consciousness extending infinitely, eventually seeing the vast expanse of stars.

For the first time in his life, Tang Xiu felt an intimate and endearing connection to the stars, making him involuntarily want to touch and cherish them.

Almost as soon as he thought of it, his divine consciousness began to extend toward one of the stars.

As if responding to Tang Xiu's call, the star suddenly burst into brilliant light, then transformed into countless star rays that showered his divine consciousness.

After these star rays were completely absorbed by Tang Xiu's body, his divine consciousness extended toward other stars.

Gradually, Tang Xiu forgot that he was in a cultivation state and began to play a game of hide-and-seek with the stars.

"Ah..." After an unknown amount of time, Tang Xiu let out a scream and withdrew from the cultivation state.