"Master, the Lin clan really came. They tried to force us to leave. I already gave them a lesson they won't forget. Beat them up good. Left them crawling away with faces full of dust."
A day later—
"Master, the Lin clan came again. This time, they didn't try to take the land by force. Instead, they came to discuss letting our Lin family return to the main clan. But my father refused. He said unless the one who crippled him abolishes his cultivation, he'll never agree to return. They left—furious."
Another report followed shortly.
"Master, you won't believe it! The Lin clan brought Lin Langtian to apologize! He actually knelt before my father in public and admitted his fault."
Over the next six months, Lin Dong continued updating Ye Feng on the shifting tensions between the Lin family in Qingyang Town and the main Lin clan in the imperial capital.
After crushing the Lei and Xie families, the Lin family rose to dominance in Qingyang Town, becoming its unchallenged giant. Their name echoed far and wide. More importantly, a series of strange changes reshaped the terrain around Qingyang. Rich vitality flowed through the land, and the Lin residence began emitting a faint light—an aura tied to the legendary Chaotic God.
The phenomena attracted attention not just from local powers but also from the imperial family of the Great Yan Dynasty. At first, some fools tried to seize the Lin compound by force—only to be slaughtered mercilessly by Lin Dong's Buddha's Wrathful Lotus. One attack was all it took to silence any thoughts of conquest.
Three months passed. No one dared touch the Lin family's compound again. No one… except the Lin clan from the imperial capital.
They tried force. They failed miserably.
Then, they turned to softer tactics—pleas, negotiations, and finally, persuasion. In desperation, they sent Lin Langtian to personally kneel and apologize to Lin Xiao.
Lin Langtian, once hailed as the pride of the Lin clan, had crippled Lin Xiao during the ten-year clan gathering. He was the very reason Lin Dong had begun his path of cultivation, the root of his pain and motivation.
Ye Feng raised an eyebrow at the report. "Did your father accept the apology?"
"No," Lin Dong pouted. "If it weren't for my father stopping me, I would've shown him a taste of Buddha's Wrath again."
"Lin Dong," Ye Feng said calmly, "forgive him when you can."
"Master... are you really letting him off that easily? He crippled my father."
"Of course not," Ye Feng's voice turned cold. "That man is arrogant, ruthless, and scornful of the branch families. He has never treated them as equals. Let him kneel—not for a day or two, but for seven days and seven nights."
"Seven days? Too short. Make it a month," Lin Dong scoffed.
Ye Feng chuckled. "Very well. A month it is. If he lasts, allow the Lin clan to settle around Linjiashan. That's my order."
"Yes, Master."
"Also, I've heard rumors of a relic about to appear in the Tianyan Mountain Range."
"That's right. It's expected to open in thirty-one days."
"Perfect. We'll pay it a visit once we're done here."
A pause.
"Master… are you planning to take Lin Langtian as your apprentice?" Lin Dong asked cautiously.
Ye Feng's gaze turned sharp. "Why ask?"
"I just thought… with his talent…"
Lin Langtian had always been proud—too proud to ever bow his head. Yet today, he knelt. In the original timeline, he would have never accepted Lin Dong surpassing him. He was consumed by pride, unable to admit failure, unable to let go. In the end, that pride drove him to obsession and ruin.
But today, something had changed.
Lin Langtian was a genius. By ten, he had begun cultivation. At twelve, he broke through the ninth stage of body tempering and reached the Earth Yuan Realm. At fifteen, he stepped into the Heaven Yuan Realm. By twenty, he harmonized the Yin and Yang of Yuan Qi and formed a Yuan Pill—a feat that made him one of the rare few in the Great Yan Dynasty to do so before thirty.
A few years ago, he faced Lin Xiao during the clan's ten-year gathering. With the inner clan elders' silent approval, he crippled him publicly and razed Lin Dong's home. If not for Lin Dong's plot armor—or rather, his own outrageous luck—Lin Langtian would have been the undisputed prodigy of the Tianxuan Continent's eastern region.
But Ye Feng, the transmigrator, knew the deeper truth.
A powerful soul named Master Mu resided in Lin Langtian's body—someone he encountered after falling from a cliff. That soul had guided him to greatness, becoming the foundation of his success.
In other words, Lin Langtian wasn't just a genius—he was a son of fate.
Unfortunately, he had the misfortune of clashing with someone who had even greater luck.
Ye Feng's divine eyes peered into the void. At the base of the mountain, Lin Langtian stood tall in a green robe, long hair fluttering in the wind, his posture elegant and composed. A calm breeze brushed past him, yet behind that serenity was an air of superiority.
And a hidden flame of pride.
But Ye Feng saw more. He saw the golden light of fate swirling around Lin Langtian—rare, divine, and blazing. Most mortals only carried black, white, or yellow fate. Purple belonged to nobles and generals. Red was reserved for princes and kings.
But gold?
Only the chosen few bore such luck.
Lin Langtian was one of them.
Lin Dong, on the other hand, had the rare trinity: purple, gold, and silver. The heavens themselves had written him into a tale of miracles.
"Lin Dong," Ye Feng said slowly, "revenge isn't just about breaking your enemy. It's about breaking what they care about. Lin Langtian's pride is everything. Make him beg the branch family. Let him live his life under their shadow. That is the most painful punishment you can give him."
Lin Dong's eyes flashed. "Master, I understand."
But he didn't know the real reason for Ye Feng's move.
In the original timeline, Lin Langtian's downfall was inevitable. But if Ye Feng altered that story—if he bent fate itself—he knew he'd be rewarded.
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