“Branch Master.” Xu Yangyi stood before Thousandedge, towering above as he gazed at his soon-to-be-dead branch master. “Didn’t you think about the price to kill me?”

Thousandedge raised his head with difficulty, his gaze carrying boundless hatred. He glared daggers at Xu Yangyi, yet suddenly began to laugh in a terribly frightening manner. “The price? How… could you garner such a thing… hehehe… HAHAHAHA!”

Following his mad laughter, his mental state unexpectedly recovered somewhat from the clutches of the Heavenly Opening Second Erosion. He glared at Xu Yangyi and sneered. “Yes… This Throne fell head first into your hands, I admit it… but what about yourself?”

“From here on out, you’re just a dog…” Struggling with great might, he propped himself up and looked at Xu Yangyi as if he wanted to devour him. Grim laughter came from between his clenched teeth. “Even a cultivator in the initial phase of drawing qi into their body will look down on you… You’re nothing more than trash that’s fallen from the cultivation world’s beautiful dream into the mortal dust…”

Before he even finished speaking, Xu Yangyi pinched both of Thousandedge’s cheeks.

“Did you know?” Xu Yangyi clenched his teeth as he laughed, “I’ve thought about doing this for a long fucking time.”

“Hehehe…” Thousandedge’s...