"You vile woman, how dare you deceive me!" Li Chen glared at Chu Yanran, his eyes filled with hatred.

The Earth is about to fall into turmoil, and when the ancient families emerge, there will undoubtedly be competition for resources!

Yanran International is a financial empire, controlling endless resources, a massive pie that everyone wants a piece of.

Li Chen led a group of powerful figures out, not just to take a piece of the pie, but to seize the whole thing!

But all the effort was in vain; the pie had already changed hands, plunging Li Chen into a frenzy, nearly driving him mad.

"Li Chen, are you angry, feeling that all your efforts were in vain, desperate to kill?" Chu Yanran said. "Come on, kill me then!"

Chu Yanran looked at Li Chen, her own son, continuously provoking him with the intent of seeking death!

"Death?" Li Chen looked at Chu Yanran, smiling with a chilling indifference. "You secretly undermined me, ruining my plan. Death is too cheap for you!"

"I've become hopeless, seeing through life and death. You can't threaten me anymore!"

Ye Chen was wounded by the Heavenly Dao, about to die, leaving Chu Yanran utterly despondent, abandoning all hope!

At this moment, she only wished for death, to leave this world and reunite with Ye Chen underground!

"Chu Yanran, do you know? Some things are worse than death!" Li Chen said.

"Ha!" Chu Yanran scoffed with disdain.

"I killed the old woman, slaughtered those in the manor. Don't you think I'm worse than a beast, hating me deeply?" Li Chen said.

"Yes, I regret giving birth to you, letting you commit these atrocities, you beast!" Chu Yanran cursed at Li Chen.

Li Chen killed the old lady, which caused Chu Yanran heartache and sudden remorse!

Li Chen, after all these years, had become cold-blooded, not the Xiao Chenchen she knew!

There was no more familial bond between them, only overwhelming hatred!

"You think my nature changed, cold-blooded, crazy... not your son anymore?" Li Chen smiled with a dark charm.

"Yes!" Chu Yanran hated.

"This time you're right, I'm not your son!" Li Chen said, licking his teeth with a defiant posture.

"Miscreant!"

"Didn't you understand?" Li Chen didn't get angry but laughed instead. "I said it just now, I'm not your son!"

"You..." Chu Yanran suddenly changed her expression, her body trembling.

"Finally figured it out?" Li Chen said. "I'm not your son; he was already killed by me!"

"No!" Chu Yanran had suspicions, but upon hearing Li Chen's words, her face drastically changed, nearly breaking down.

"I am the one who took your son away, crushed his soul, and he's completely gone!" Li Chen laughed like a demon. "I severed my past life and occupied your son's body!"

"You feel connected because this body belongs to your son, but the soul is me!" Li Chen said. "That's why, even after killing so many and imprisoning you, I remain guilt-free!"

"You, you killed my son, residing in his body?" Chu Yanran couldn't believe it.

"What else?" Li Chen said.

"Ah!" Chu Yanran looked at Li Chen and suddenly screamed, almost hysterically. "You are my son's master, yet instead of teaching him, you killed him?!"

"How do you know I didn't teach him?" Li Chen said coldly. "Your son is the Heavenly Destitute Star; I disregarded clan objections and took him as my disciple!"

"I taught him cultivation and Dao all these years, poured everything into him. Isn't that teaching?"

"Then why did you kill him?" Chu Yanran looked at Li Chen, tears streaming down.

Li Chen had changed entirely after returning, committing many wrongs, leaving Chu Yanran repulsed.

But Chu Yanran never expected that the Li Chen before her wasn't her son!

The real Li Chen had died horribly, and this was merely a shell, a host!

However, since this person was both Li Chen's master and deeply fond of him, why kill him and take his body?

"Because he was disobedient!" Li Chen said coldly. "Your son was the Heavenly Destitute Star; I saved his life, taught him, and yet he showed no gratitude, which infuriated me. In a rage, I killed him!"

"How was my son disobedient enough to make you want to kill?" Chu Yanran asked heartbrokenly.

"I told him to return to you, to seize your assets, and he refused!" Li Chen said. "Moreover, he not only refused but argued with me, demanding I leave you alone!"

"I taught him for so many years, and he wouldn't come close to me. Doesn't that merit death?"

"What!" Chu Yanran was shocked again, never expecting the truth to be like this!

"However, even killing him wasn't enough to quell my anger!" Li Chen said. "Your son was the Heavenly Destitute Star, a powerful Taoist body, so I took over his body! Moreover, the clan is set to enter the mundane world; I need to establish a foundation for them to thrive… hence I left the ancient family and found you!"

"All this for money? Is it worth it?" Chu Yanran, understanding everything, was heartbroken.

"In cultivation, wealth, land, companions, and teachings are indispensable; wealth comes first, is it not worthwhile?" Li Chen laughed coldly.

"My son!" Chu Yanran cried out in anguish. "Your moral corruption, utter lack of conscience, aren't you afraid of retribution?"

The "Li Chen" before her was the epitome of evil, deserving divine punishment!

"With merely these actions, am I deemed morally corrupt, utterly unconscionable?" Li Chen said.

"You still intend to do more?" Chu Yanran said, filled with hatred.

"Of course!" Li Chen said. "You're even more despicable than your son for transferring all your assets to others. I will make you regret it!"

"You beast, you killed my son, killed my mother-in-law, I'll fight you to the death!" Chu Yanran, filled with overwhelming hatred, wished to break free from chains and perish together with Li Chen.

"With what will you fight me?" Li Chen laughed evilly. "Your cultivation is sealed by me, your body constrained by me, how will you fight me?"

"With your moral decline and lack of humanity, someone will eventually come for you!"

Known as the Phoenix Lady, standing at the pinnacle of the secular world, Chu Yanran had seen it all.

But never, ever, had she experienced anything like this!

Thinking of her wrongly killed son, her brutally murdered mother-in-law, all the deeds of the person before her, Chu Yanran was driven to madness!

"Are you suffering beyond words, nearly going insane?" Li Chen looked at Chu Yanran with a cruel smile. "Hold on, what's coming will drive you even madder!"

"What are you going to do?" Chu Yanran's face changed with fear.

"I will make you suffer, unable to seek life nor death!" Li Chen approached Chu Yanran, his presence full of violent aura.

"You, stay back!" Seeing Li Chen approaching, Chu Yanran seemed to know his intent and began to panic.

"A year ago, I took over your son's body. Since then, I've been contemplating: now that I occupy your son's body and have forcefully defiled you, what will your reaction be? Now, realizing this moment, I am quite pleased!"

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