Lin Xia regained her senses and looked at her own soul body in a daze.
"Where did my power go?"
Having finally gained the power to save his daughter, was it all just a pipe dream?
Liu Chen lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Give up! You have no chance to turn the tables. Within the Human Emperor's Banner, no one can disobey me."
Lin Xia refused to believe in superstitions and refused to believe that she really couldn't break free.
But the facts are clear: she was powerless against the shield.
They could only watch helplessly as Liu Ruyan was refined into cups of corpse oil.
Bai Ya, with a coquettish laugh, repeatedly forced her to drink the contents back.
Lin Xia still couldn't do anything.
Liu Ruyan had long since stopped moving, hanging motionless in the air, seemingly in a daze.
Due to the effects of the pain amplification spell, physical pain is not much worse than that of the soul.
Under this double torment, Liu Ruyan had long been driven mad.
While Liu Ruyan appears to be the one suffering the most, Lin Xia is actually the one in the most pain.
On the surface, Lin Xia is the most special one.
After joining the Human Emperor Banner, he was never targeted by Liu Chen.
Instead, they used the pretext of imprisonment to completely protect her.
But in reality, the mental torment Lin Xia suffered was no less than that of others, and may even have been more severe.
The daughters of the Liu family all inherited Liu Chu'an's cold-heartedness and ruthlessness.
So, while they might feel grief watching their own sisters suffer torture, they are more likely to feel fortunate that it wasn't them who were being tortured.
Liu Chu'an cares about his wife, Lin Xia.
He didn't care too much about whether his daughters lived or died.
Lin Xia is different; she genuinely loves her daughters.
Seeing her daughter, whom she had pampered and raised with all her heart, being treated like a dog by Xiaochun.
The resentment in her heart was something that others could hardly understand.
Fortunately, Liu Chen ignored everyone and instead said to Liu Chu'an, "Patriarch Liu, have you ever considered that this world is a huge deception?"
Even someone as shrewd as Liu Chu'an was a little taken aback by her seemingly random remark.
What do you mean by that?
Liu Chen waved his hand casually: "It means exactly what it says. The so-called apocalypse and the awakening of superpowers are all lies created by humans."
Liu Chu'an immediately denied it as a conditioned reflex: "Impossible, how could such a thing happen?"
If it weren't for a major upheaval in the world, how could they have awakened as superhumans?
A ninth-tier superpowered individual could easily overturn rivers and seas, move mountains and throw peaks.
Before the apocalypse, this would have been considered a god-like figure.
Who could create such a powerful being?
Moreover, it was a disaster that affected the entire planet Earth.
Liu Chen countered, "Did you ever consider that cultivators might actually exist?"
Liu Chu'an was speechless when asked the question.
If it weren't for Liu Chen's appearance, he would never have imagined that cultivators existed.
"But that's impossible. Even you couldn't do that."
If we're talking about using a town as a testing ground, perhaps a powerful cultivator could do that.
But to include the entire planet Earth, to awaken superpowers in humans, and to evolve from wild beasts into alien beasts, that's just ridiculous!
Liu Chen gently shook his head: "No, that's not how it is."
"As long as one's cultivation level is high enough, using the entire Earth as an experimental field is not difficult."
According to Liu Chen's estimation, successfully breaking through to the Void Refinement stage would grant him the power to destroy small planets.
If it's a breakthrough to the Integration Stage, or even the Great Ascension Stage.
Using a planet for experiments might not be impossible.
Seeing how confidently he spoke, Liu Chu'an became somewhat suspicious: "You've discovered something amiss?"
Liu Chen looked at Liu Ruyan, who was hanging from the Soul Refining Flame, and a faint smile appeared on his lips: "Using sea beasts and humans as sacrifices is the method that demonic cultivators like the most!"
Although it was just his guess, it was probably pretty close to the truth.
Liu Chu'an clearly realized something; her expression shifted, and a sense of fear welled up in her heart.
If what Liu Chen said is true, then wouldn't that mean...?
Was everything I did, all the power I gained in the mortal world, just a dream?
In reality, will they ultimately become nourishment for others?
Who on earth could have such a vicious plan, using the entire planet Earth as a sacrifice?
"Damn it, how could they do something so inhumane?"
Looking at the indignant Liu Chu'an, Liu Chen sneered, "Completely inhuman? That's still better than your Liu family."
After all, they didn't use their own son as an experiment.
"Besides, if you had that kind of power, wouldn't you have done it?"
Liu Chu'an instinctively wanted to say no.
Looking into Liu Chen's dark eyes, he couldn't bring himself to say the words he was about to speak.
Liu Chu'an couldn't help but imagine it.
If I had the power to manipulate the entire planet Earth at will.
Would he do something like this to become stronger?
The more Liu Chu'an thought about it, the more terrified she became, and her face grew paler and paler.
Because he realized that he could indeed do such a thing.
He said he couldn't do it simply because he didn't have the power to!
Seeing that he was speechless, Liu Chen looked down on him even more: "You have the heart of a thief but not the guts. Sigh, you have disappointed me too much!"
Liu Chu'an trembled with anger.
Liu Chen always managed to infuriate him with just a few words.
Even though he was recently beaten, scolded, and humiliated by Xiaochun, he never really got angry.
But he forced himself to suppress his temper and wanted to have a proper talk with Liu Chen: "If someone really wants to control the world, what do you plan to do?"
Liu Chen calmly said, "Kill him, and no one can control me."
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