“I will stay here. Besides, what I had done before this....” a regret mixed with rage could be seen within the eyes of Ye Xiaobai before he continued.

“..I really want to make everyone in the family proud and recognize me. But instead, I’m the one who made my own family suffer my own doings and yet, they forgave me.”

Because of this that he decided to give all of his capabilities to amend for his mistake. And of course, someone already noticed this and manipulate this for the sake of both Ye Xiaobai and another person.

-

“Uncle, what do you want me to do?” the day before, Ye Xiaobai got asked by Ye Canghai personally. He found out that his uncle asked about his experiences during his journey outside the city. Of course, he had known about the real intention behind Ye Xiaobai doing and because of that, he wanted to make him feel that his mistakes will be forgiven through a plan.

“Well, there is this person that Uncle wants to become your brother.” Said Ye Canghai. Then he continued, “Your father agreed to it but you are the only person that still not know about this.”

“What does that mean?” Ye Xiaobai never knew that such a day will come but at the same time, his heart felt restless and he could not say a word. ‘Will this be good or bad?’

The reason behind his nervousness was because he realized that the so-called ‘brother’ of his must be adopted and when his Uncle had said that his father agreed, Ye Xiaobai’s face became brighter.

“Of course that will depend on something. You still have a material from them and a large batch of spiritual powder right?” Ye Canghai asked about this.

“Because the person that Uncle spoke of does not have a body anymore. Therefore, we prepared an artifact that The Goddess left and planned to use it. But the requirement to use the artifact really made us think to ask you. This is another reason why I call you here.”

-

That scene still fresh in his mind. Then a large and warm energy filled his body which acted as a protective barrier from another energy outside.

“This is getting dangerous. Son, why don’t you go out and wait?” Ye Guhan worriedly suggested that Ye Xiaobai wait. But to that suggestion, Ye Xiaobai just said, “No, Father. I will stay here. And look, there is also someone who insisted on staying here.”

Then he pointed to a young girl. ‘So she is the daughter of the mayor. I only see her when she was about four and after that, I went outside. To think that she...’

He left the discussion to the higher ups aka his parent and the patriarch. But that was for Ye Xiaobai and as for Ye Shui, he had to maintain the current condition because the altar needed someone like him to operate.

“Uhm, sorry. If I’m not wrong then you must be the patriarch of this family, right?” asked someone. This made Ye Shui shivered but he still calmed himself.

From the sound, he could know that it belonged to a woman but then another voice sounded. “Alice, don’t disturb him!” a male voice could be heard by him but he did not know whether to reply or just ignore it.

“But now the Ye family experienced a decline. Even though their cultivation only dropped to this extent but most of their techniques were gone now! And only this artifact which I created long ago still exist.” Pouted Alice.

‘What are they talking about?’ fortunately, this was the last process which needed him to stabilize the altar. Other than that, he had to check Ye Yingyuan to make sure that no side effects would harm him.

“But we need to make him leave otherwise the Heaven Restriction will target him.” Alice then explained her reason for speaking like that.

“So it also targets anyone who stands in its path? How domineering.” Manstein then looked upward as if the existence that he had looked for was there. They felt the pressure increasing along with the energy which filled the entire hall.

And then this situation increased its effectiveness further because many people got to see Heaven Restriction.

This time, the one in trouble would be the mayor himself. Li Dian had to lead those people out to make sure that no one became the victim to the Heaven Restriction. But he still took a glance inside because his daughter went inside again after she took a step out.

He clearly remembered his daughter talked about many things which made him hard to believe.

-

“Father, today I understand. I feel that my way of doing things until now can’t be considered good but is there a solution for this?”

That was the day two months ago. There was a big change in the mood of his daughter and not only that but someone visited him during that same day.

“Looks like someone has some happy moment.”

A sound vibrated through the place where he currently was. But Li Dian knew that person from the sound she produced. Then he used his sense to detect the person and then looked at a certain direction.

“Oh, who else dare to enter this mansion other than you Madam Ye.” Said Li Dian and he showed his smile. Then a figure appeared from the place where he looked and a woman with purple clothes walked towards him.

“Well, what do you say about your daughter now? Is she happier now?” asked Yu Feng. Li Dian raised one of his eyebrows while folding his arms.

“Obviously you know about it.” Li Dian felt that this discussion should be done as fast as possible because he already grasped the main topic.

“No need to say about it.” Li Dian paused before continuing, “I know what to do. Alright, six years from now I will marry my daughter to your family. Satisfied?”

When he saw the eyes of Yu Feng shone for a moment, he thought that this was the best. But everything changed when she said, “Who wants to talk about marriage? I come here to have a chat with you. But because you already determined to do it then I will accept it happily.”

‘What!?’ inside Li Dian’s heart, he felt that this woman had played him. “Then what is the purpose of you coming here?”

“Of course to tell you about the movement from the sects outside. The surroundings city reported several disciples from various sects started to enter their city. Each sect has their own interest and purpose and yes, the competition for Stone Door Inscription now finally begin.”

This made both of them turned silent. There were numerous cases where this competition turned from worse to worst situation possible.

-

Remembered those days made him worry and at the same time, Li Dian glared with his reddened eyes.

But then the energy from every place in the city merged into one and focused on one place. Even everyone could see it with their own eyes due to the massive dense energy that accumulated from the surroundings.

“Not good, this time even the accumulated energy wanted to restrict you!”

Alice prepared her countermeasure when this also happened. Manstein looked at that energy calmly as if this entire scene was none of his concern.

‘Hmm, this kind of Heaven Restriction should appear only when an outsider with the strength equivalent to a Nirvana Body stage but why did this happen to me?’

This made him question himself whether the world still alert of any outsiders or the world already detected him and waiting for him to emerge with his own self. Manstein then ordered, “Now Intelligence Assistance Device, show me the record of Heaven Restriction and the solution to fend it off!”

This Heaven Restriction would bind the person’s physical body and soul to restrict their growth potential in that world. Manstein thought that in this world, those outsiders surely faced this too.

-Finding the records within the stored data-

-Found 104 files related to ‘Heaven Restriction-

“Open.” Then Manstein saw the projection of blue screen in front of him and all the information about Heaven Restriction that recorded by Alice was all there.

“Hah, as expected.” After Manstein found the exact information he wanted, he sighed. It was because the requirement was the same as he expected.

“Well, no other way than to do it myself. It says that the tribulation and retribution are arranged by the heaven and it shall judge those who are worthy to take it. Hm, let me bet on something.”

Manstien then used all of his knowledge. Started with Natural Flow Sync, he felt the chaotic state of the environment all around him. This energy then formed some kind of micro-sized chains which launched themselves toward him.

But then Manstein released a certain kind of energy directly from his soul. Alice then worriedly remind him, “Don’t use that! I already tried that but still unsuccessful so what are you doing!?”

But Manstein believed in himself. Once he determined to do something, he would do it fully without turning back or retreat. ‘If my conjecture is true, then....’

“Oi, tell them to leave now otherwise I’m not responsible for anything that may happen here,” Manstein warned Alice instead. He hoped that no one would be in a radius of the entire hall because that place definitely will be destroyed.

‘This is the only thing that I can do for now.’ Manstein could not lose his connection with nature while using Nature Flow Sync. But he still sensed another presence other than Ye Yingyuan and Ye Shui.

“How am I supposed to warn them? There is that good technique...” while she kept watching the two who had to stabilize themselves, there was also a person who still remained here.

Then she used her own technique to make an appearance. She saw that some people looked at this young person with worry.

“You all better get out from here before those energies descend.” Alice appeared all of a sudden in front of them. They surprised but then Ye Guhan asked, “Who exactly are you?”

“Hmm, how should I say it? You all better get out from here, especially that girl! She still had a lot of potentials you know.” But her way of talking was still the same when she reached the top of this world and that made some people unhappy.

“I don’t like your way of speaking!” intercepted Ye Xiaobai. He had this irritated feeling when he heard someone speaking that way. But maybe both of them was in the wrong since they had that kind of habit.

“Just quickly leave, all of you! Don’t worry about them because I will take care of it.” What Alice said was true. She had a method that allowed them to escape because of the number she could bring was limited.

“But how will sister do it?” then Li Ling asked with her eyes focused on her.

“As long as you all are not here then I can do it for sure,” Alice answered and then looked at both the place of Ye Yingyuan and Li Ling. She furrowed her brows because what she had seen really amazed her.

“Just quickly leave. The Heaven Restriction started to detect anyone from the strongest cultivation to the weakest one and that was why you all should leave.”

“Then do you someone that know about him, that soul?” Ye Guhan then asked for the last time. He did not fully believe what she had said but there was no other option to take.

“Yes, yes! Just leave. And I’ll make sure that the boy and the old man leave here in one piece.” Alice then promised them. Then all of them reluctantly left.

“Now what!?” Alice could only follow the instruction from Manstein because she had to. Then Manstein chuckled in a soft voice before releasing the condition that his soul currently in. Then all of the already dense energy poured down towards him.

“You take them and get out from here!” that was the only thing Manstein could say. ‘I have to grasp it even if it just the smallest part of it.’

Then Alice used her hand gesture to summon a circular symbol from the altar’s floor. This symbol then shined and placed themselves below Ye Yingyuan and Ye Shui before disappearing together.

“Here comes the storm.” Manstein felt like the entire world now opposed him but he had to fight for what he wanted.