I, the Lord of the Fifth Throne, am the source of all things!

"Xiao Lian, hurry up and wash the clothes. You'll be working in the fields with us later."

At that moment, a woman's voice came from behind Duanmu Lian.

Upon hearing this voice, Duanmu Lian immediately came to her senses, feeling a pang of melancholy memories.

He turned his head and saw that the surrounding environment was a rather retro-style courtyard house.

Not far away, a familiar woman was feeding the chickens in the fence with some leftover rice and broken corn.

The other person was none other than his mother from his previous life.

"What about him?"

Duanmu Lian's eyes, as calm as a dead person's, turned to a little boy playing alone on the ground with a round card.

The other person was his younger brother.

Seeing her brother looking at her, the man's eyes lit up, and he stood up with a grin, calling out to the woman who was busy at work:

"Mom, I'm going out to play with my classmates!"

After saying that, without waiting for a response, he dashed out the door and disappeared.

Looking at the woman whose eyes were full of doting love and helplessness towards the little boy, Duanmu Lian felt a pang of nostalgia.

Yes, that's the kind of environment he grew up in.

Even if it was a pre-ordained fabrication, this was indeed Duanmu Lian's original past life.

He was simply sharing this past life experience with his soul; there was nothing wrong with that.

"Snap—!"

Just as Duanmu Lian was lost in thought, reminiscing about the past, a crisp slap rang out on his head.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man appeared behind him, withdrew his hand from Duanmu Lian's head, and said in an impatient and commanding tone:

"Your mom told you to do the laundry, are you deaf? If you don't finish, you won't eat, and you'll have to come work in the fields with us on an empty stomach!"

"The pain felt inside the scenes is also very realistic."

Ignoring the man beside her, Duanmu Lian reached up and touched her head, feeling the pain, and muttered to herself.

Seeing the motionless little boy in front of him, the man frowned and kicked him in the buttocks.

Duanmu Lian remained motionless, ignoring the man's kicks, punches, and scolding.

He had been lucid the whole time, or rather, he was lucid the moment he saw the people who appeared there.

This is his interior space, reflecting his inner world, a blank world where he can do whatever he wants.

"Let's say goodbye to this past that's no different from anything else."

Duanmu Lian, who had been knocked to the ground, stood up. Feeling the pain from the beating, a cold, indifferent smile appeared on his youthful face, but his eyes were filled with utter emptiness and ruthlessness.

In an instant, the black-haired boy turned into a blue-haired, blue-eyed boy.

Before the middle-aged man beside her could show any shock, Duanmu Lian swept her leg out with a side kick.

Pfft—!

In the blink of an eye, the man next to her had his legs kicked away from the knees, or rather, broken by the kick.

Within the inner realm, it depends on one's own self-awareness.

Duanmu Lian believed that she should have the strength to break the opponent's legs, so she was able to do so.

"Aaaaaah, guh ...

The man, whose legs were broken and who had been kicked away, fell to the ground, about to let out a bloodcurdling scream.

But before he could utter a few more cries, Duanmu Lian stomped hard on his mouth, silencing his piercing screams.

"Please die quietly. I will allow you to remain in my memory, but not here."

Ignoring the screams of his mother behind him, who was paralyzed with fear, Duanmu Lian raised her right hand and made a grasping motion. Then, countless light particles gathered, converged, and reconstructed into a strangely shaped weapon.

It's called a weapon, but it looks more like a traffic signal device on the road.

However, it was made into the shape of an axe using this as a template.

As the 'signal axe,' a divine weapon specifically for filial sons, appeared in Duanmu Lian's hand, a murderous intent began to surge from his heart, stirring up an incredibly fierce storm of lightning in the surrounding landscape.

Under the murderous intent that drastically altered the entire interior world, the faces of the woman not far from Duanmu Lian and the man at her feet began to turn deathly pale.

"【Matteroyo (Please wait)】"

Just then, a distinctly mechanical voice rang out from the signal axe.

Upon hearing this sound, Duanmu Lian raised the signal axe in her hand high.

That unwavering, resolute killing intent materialized at the edge of the axe, unleashing a terrifying ferocity that seemed capable of splitting the entire world in two.

Faced with this terrifying display, fear seeped into his very bones, causing the man at Duanmu Lian's feet to struggle frantically, slightly shifting the foot covering his mouth so he could finally shout:

"...Stop, stop! Wait a minute, Xiaolian, calm down! I'm your father!!!"

"【イッテイーヨ (It's time to go.)】"

Duanmu Lian remained expressionless, offering no reply or sound, her gaze indifferent as she watched the familiar landscape crumble before her under his power.

He only came to his senses after hearing the mechanical sound of the signal axe in his hand.

“Xiao Lian.…” ×2.

Hearing the pleading cries from behind and at her feet, Duanmu Lian slowly lowered her head and slowly lowered her axe.

Seeing this, both the man and woman's eyes lit up, thinking that their beloved sons had changed their minds.

but......

“It says, ‘You can get on.’ ”

Their wishful thinking was met only with such indifferent and cold voices.

Duanmu Lian's eyes showed no human emotions, but rather a terrifying and twisted aura belonging to the demonic path.

"I...I'm your father! You can't treat me like this!!!"

As if sensing Duanmu Lian's unwavering resolve and complete lack of remorse, the middle-aged man strained with all his might, shouting and pleading with the loudest voice he could muster.

However, Duanmu Lian showed no childlike emotions whatsoever, and swung her signal axe amidst the man's horrified screams.

*Thud* — *Boom!*

When the seemingly toy-like signal axe struck the man, not only was the man cleaved in two, but the entire world before him was also split in two.

Finally, starting from the slit that had been cut open, the entire world suddenly cracked open with countless dense fissures, causing it to disintegrate into fragments and disappear into nothingness.

Now, the world that reappears before Duanmu Lian's eyes is a pure white blank, devoid of any other color.

A world of utter pallor.

There was no darkness, no light, no chaos, no nothingness, only a blank space more dead than death itself.

"Yes, this is a true reflection of my inner self."

Looking at the eerie white expanse before her, Duanmu Lian's signal axe also vanished.

He nodded in satisfaction, then easily escaped from the inner world and woke up.

Looking around at the peach orchard filled with peach trees, which was imbued with innate spiritual energy, Duanmu Lian took a deep breath and regulated her inner energy and spirit.

After stretching his muscles, he opened the chat group.

[Duanmu Lian]: @Hell Yuanhai, I've found some free time here, are you free there?

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Chapter Sixty-Five: The Void Path, the Fear of Great Powers

Now that Duanmu Lian has begun cultivating the "Divine and Demonic Thought," she is about to officially enter the first stage of "Thoughts."

First, he needs to find a powerful soul to refine his mind.

The souls of those who are extremely good or extremely evil are 100% stronger than the souls of ordinary people.

However, before that, Duanmu Lian planned to recoup the profits from her previous investments.

[Hellish Yuanhai]: Haha, I'm free, of course I'm free! Friend, you're very welcome to come to my place.

【Mebius】: @Duanmu Lian, I have established myself on the Mu Continent. The Herrscher of Reason is expected to appear in a few years. If you have time, please come and visit me.

[Tokisaki Kurumi]: @Mebius, sorry, I've booked the group owner's time for the rest of the time. Our deal isn't over yet.

[Wind Clan Warrior]: My current strength is enough to go on an adventure in the Wind Clan. I plan to go to the sea first to get my hands on the Ultimate Boundless Qi Technique.

[Ding! Group member Hungry Wolf sent 'Whirlwind Iron Fist', 'Netherworld Fist', and 'Monster Corpse x64' to group owner Duanmu Lian]

[Garou]: After mastering the Hokuto Shinken and Nanto Seiken, my strength has improved a lot. I haven't obtained the monster cells yet, but I've killed a lot of monsters recently, and I've given their corpses to the group leader.

Those in the chat group who had dealings with Duanmu Lian all briefly chimed in.

Everyone in the group has either done business with Duanmu Lian or been invested in by him.

They helped each other, and their relationship was quite friendly and harmonious.

【Duanmu Lian】: @Hell Yuanhai, I need to go over there for a bit now.

[Duanmu Lian]: @Hungry Wolf, what's your strength now? These monster corpses vary in strength.

[Garou]: I'm not entirely sure right now, but I've managed to kill a 'Demon' level monster with all my might, and I'm evenly matched with Suiryu, the guy whose martial arts I stole. However, I couldn't beat that old man, Bomb.

Since mastering the Hokuto Shinken and Nanto Seiken, Garou's strength has increased considerably.

However, he himself doesn't have a clear understanding of just how strong he is.

Therefore, we can only compare ourselves to other strong competitors.

In the One-Punch Man universe

The Hero Association categorizes monsters into four types based on their strength, the damage they cause, and the level of threat they pose, from highest to lowest: God, Dragon, Demon, Tiger, and Wolf.

God: A crisis that could lead to the extinction of humanity.

Dragon: A crisis that could lead to the destruction of several towns.