Summoning the Gods: Start by creating the Eternal Night.

Ye Zhenting covered his blood-soaked palm, his face ashen, but his eyes still gleamed with an untamed light.

He stared intently at Ye Junlin, gritting his teeth as he said, "I don't know what you're talking about!"

"I'll say it one last time, your parents died while exploring a secret realm!"

"Don't you dare spout nonsense here and tarnish the reputation of the Ye family!"

Ye Junlin's eyes flashed with even more killing intent. He was about to die, yet he still dared to be stubborn!

He didn't even glance at Ye Zhenting, but merely raised his chin slightly towards Jing Ke beside him, his tone icy and chilling:

"Bring Ye Hao over here."

"Yes, ma'am."

Jing Ke bowed and replied, then darted to the stone pillar in a flash.

He lifted the unconscious Ye Hao with one hand as if he were a chick, and with a light tap of his toes on the ground, he brought him back to Ye Junlin.

"Snapped!"

The crisp sound of a slap echoed through the courtyard once again.

Ye Junlin raised his hand and delivered a vicious slap to Ye Hao's face.

The slap was so powerful that it jolted Ye Hao awake from his unconsciousness.

"Who? Who dares to hit me?!"

Ye Hao covered his face, suddenly opened his eyes, and subconsciously let out an arrogant curse.

"My father is the head of the Ye family! You're all asking for death!"

His gaze swept over Ye Junlin, and when he saw that familiar face...

She was stunned at first, then remembered the humiliation of being slapped by Ye Junlin.

He was instantly enraged: "Ye Junlin! You piece of trash! How dare you hit me? I'll kill you!"

"Snapped!"

Another resounding slap, even harder than the last one.

Ye Hao was knocked to the side by the blow, and his cheek swelled up visibly.

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and the arrogance in his eyes was completely replaced by fear.

He finally saw Ye Zhenting's blood-soaked hand clearly, and also felt the terrifying pressure emanating from Jing Ke and Yao Li.

His body went limp instantly, and he screamed in a trembling voice, "Father! Save me! Please save me!"

"Ye Junlin! What do you want to do?!" Ye Zhenting roared fiercely, his eyes blazing with fury.

"He's your cousin! You're blood relatives! You can't hurt him!"

"Connected by blood?"

Ye Junlin seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. He slowly turned around, his gaze as sharp as a knife piercing Ye Zhenting's face.

The voice was filled with endless mockery and sorrow:

"Cousin? Blood relatives? Then let me ask you, isn't my father, Ye Zhentian, your younger brother?"

"You all share the same blood, why did you kill him?!"

These words struck Ye Zhenting like a thunderclap.

His face instantly turned even more ashen, his eyes flickered uncertainly, and his lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Ye Junlin pressed closer, stepping on Ye Hao's leg and feeling the tremor beneath his foot. He looked down at Ye Zhenting.

His tone was chilling: "Tell me! How exactly did my parents die?!"

"If you don't tell me, I don't mind letting you watch your precious son slowly turn into a cripple!"

"How dare you!" Ye Zhenting roared, his eyes bloodshot.

"Ye Junlin! If you dare lay a finger on Hao'er, I'll risk my life to drag you down with me!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

Ye Junlin's lips curled into a cruel smile as he gestured with his chin toward Jing Ke: "Cut off his legs."

"No!" Ye Zhenting let out a shrill roar.

Jing Ke's eyes were icy cold. With a flick of his wrist, the dagger flashed with a cold light and slashed towards Ye Hao's legs.

"I'll talk! I'll talk!"

Just as the dagger was about to fall, an old voice suddenly rang out, filled with endless fear and despair.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Ye Zhennan, the eldest elder of the Ye family, stumbling out of the crowd.

He fell to his knees before Ye Junlin, kowtowed heavily, and cried out in a trembling voice:

"Junlin! Please, have mercy! I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!"

Ye Junlin's eyes narrowed, and he waved to Jing Ke.

The dagger in Jing Ke's hand hovered in mid-air, its cold light flashing, but it did not fall.

Ye Hao lay sprawled on the ground, terrified out of his wits. His crotch was soaked, and he was trembling all over, unable to even cry.

Upon seeing this, Ye Zhenting's face turned ashen. He abruptly turned to Ye Zhennan and shouted sternly, "Ye Zhennan! How dare you say that!"

"Patriarch! I can't just stand by and watch the Ye family fall apart like this! I can't just watch Hao'er be crippled!" Ye Zhennan raised his head, his face full of tears and despair.

"Now that things have come to this, what is there that can't be said? The sins we've committed can't be hidden any longer!"

He took a deep breath, his gaze fixed on Ye Junlin's cold face, and with a choked voice, slowly recounted the truth of what happened back then:

"Junlin, back then... your parents did go to the secret realm, but they didn't die in an accident."

"We heard they obtained a low-level cultivation technique in the secret realm! When this news reached the Ye family, everyone went crazy!"

"A Rank Earth cultivation technique! In our Qingfeng City, even a high-grade Rank Profound cultivation technique is extremely rare, let alone a Rank Earth one!"

Ye Zhennan's voice carried a hint of fanaticism, which was then replaced by intense fear.

"The family elders will discuss and decide that your parents should hand over their cultivation techniques and contribute them to the family."

"But your parents refused. They said that the technique was an evil one, and if it were handed over to the family, it would be a disaster for the Ye family."

Finally, your parents secretly left the Ye family when no one was looking.

"and then?"

Ye Junlin's voice was eerily calm, but his clenched fists betrayed the raging fury within him.

"And then..." Ye Zhennan's voice grew softer and softer, as if he dared not continue.

"Tell me quickly, and then what?" Ye Junlin roared at Ye Zhennan.

"Then no one in the family believed that it was an evil practice. They thought that your parents wanted to cultivate it alone and were unwilling to contribute it to the family, which is why they chose to defect from the family."

"So the patriarch led several of our elders, along with a dozen or so top experts from the family, to catch up with those who had left the Ye family."

"Later we forced them to hand over the cultivation technique, but your parents said they had already destroyed it!"

"None of us believe what your parents say, so... so..."

Ye Zhennan's body trembled violently, and he dared not say any more.

"So, you killed them, didn't you?" Ye Junlin's voice suddenly rose.

The killing intent in his eyes was almost tangible. "For a mere Earth-rank evil cultivation technique, you'd kill your own family! Are you even human?!"

"Yes! We killed them!" Ye Zhennan could no longer hold back and burst into tears.

"We were foolish for a moment! The temptation of the Earth-rank cultivation technique was too great! We were blinded by greed! We deserve to die!"

He kowtowed heavily, his forehead striking the cold ground with a dull thud.

"King's Landing! I know I was wrong! I really know I was wrong!"

"I'm willing to give you all my savings, I'm willing to give you all the properties under my name! Please, spare my life!"

"I can also recommend you to be the head of the Ye family! From now on, the entire Ye family will listen to you!"

"The head of the Ye family?"

Ye Junlin seemed to have heard the most ridiculous thing. He slowly raised his foot and kicked Ye Hao aside.

His icy gaze swept over all the Ye family members present, his voice like it came from the deepest hell, carrying a chilling aura:

"The head of the Ye family? He's nothing but a load of rubbish! I, Ye Junlin, disdain being the head of this family!"

"For the sake of a cultivation technique, you're willing to kill your own family, hire assassins, and eliminate any potential threats!"

"You wolves in sheep's clothing, you don't deserve to live in this world!"

His gaze, like a biting cold wind, swept across everyone's face. Wherever it passed, everyone instinctively stepped back, their eyes filled with fear.

Ye Junlin slowly raised his hand, his fingertips pointing at everyone present, each word resounding like thunder:

"Not a single member of the Ye family who participated in the killing of my parents will escape!"

"A blood debt must be repaid in blood!"

I'll count to three.

"If you don't step forward, or if you want to resist, don't blame me for disregarding blood ties and slaughtering the entire Ye family."

"three"

"two"

"one"

"It seems you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin."

"Since that's the case..."

The moment the words fell, a terrifying killing intent swept through the entire Ye family mansion like a tsunami!

Jing Ke and Yao Li unleashed their full power, their mid-stage Void Realm aura crushing down like a mountain.

This instilled a sense of fear of death in all the Ye family members present!