Volume 1, Chapter 26: Let them understand who the true hope of the Gu family is!-Reencarnei como vilã, só quero ficar de boa, mas minha família é poderosa demais(Espere por mim com uma tigela de mingau.)

He yawned, feeling full and content, and suddenly grew drowsy.

Indeed, there is no greater pleasure in life than sleeping after a hearty meal. He swayed back to his recliner, prepared to continue his grand undertaking of lying flat. As for the loss of a world among the myriad realms or the death of a Chosen One? What did that have to do with him?

Above the nine heavens and ten earths lies a vast and ancient realm known as the "Upper Realm." Here, laws are as vast as the sea, spiritual energy flows like waterfalls, immortal lineages stand in abundance, and ancient empires coexist. A Chosen One from a mundane mortal realm, upon ascending, is merely a cultivator with a slightly higher starting point here.

At this moment, in the Eastern Domain of the Upper Realm, atop a sacred mountain suspended amidst a sea of stars, immortal light swirls and auspicious vapors gather. At the peak, a young man in black robes with a cold expression stands with his hands behind his back, gazing toward a certain direction in the endless void, his eyes churning with hatred and resolve.

His name is Gu Fan, a descendant of a branch of the Gu family. Three hundred epochs ago, because his branch possessed a secret treasure involving the origin of the universe, they were coveted by a top-tier force in the Upper Realm called the "Pantheon." Overnight, the entire family was slaughtered, blood flowing like a river. He alone, protected by the desperate sacrifices of his elders, escaped with the treasure.

Throughout these endless years, he has hidden his identity, like a lone wolf lurking in the dark corners, enduring boundless loneliness and pain, with only one thought in his heart: revenge! The Pantheon’s power is overwhelming, with countless divine lords under its command and ancient Immortal Kings presiding over it. With his own strength alone, he would have no hope of revenge in a lifetime.

But he knows he has one final hope—the legendary true source of the Gu family, the "Main Lineage" that transcends all heavens and myriad realms. According to the family’s oldest records, all branch lineages, no matter which universe or epoch they are scattered in, originate from the same place. That is the holy ground of the family, the root of all Gu descendants. If he could return to the Main Lineage and borrow its unfathomable power, the mere Pantheon could be wiped out with a flick of a finger!

Not long ago, he narrowly survived a venture into an epoch ruin and unexpectedly obtained the incomplete inheritance of an ancient Heavenly Emperor. His strength surged, and he stepped into the realm of a Divine Venerable, making him a formidable expert even in the Upper Realm. More importantly, from the fragments of the Heavenly Emperor’s memory, he found a vague coordinate—an ancient beacon spanning countless dimensions, pointing directly to the legendary ancestral land of the Main Lineage!

"Father, Mother, clansmen... wait for me! I, Gu Fan, will surely bring the heavenly might of the Main Lineage to flatten the Pantheon and use their divine blood to pay tribute to your spirits in heaven!"

Gu Fan’s eyes hardened, and he hesitated no longer. He produced a simple jade boat, the final foundation of his branch, a supreme treasure capable of traversing dimensions. He poured all his cultivation and divine sense into it. The jade boat emitted a soft hum and transformed into a streak of light, crashing directly into the void and vanishing.

Dimension traversal is an extremely perilous journey. The turbulence of space-time acts like steel blades, constantly slicing at the jade boat’s protective barrier. The storms of nothingness sweep in, seemingly intent on returning everything to chaos.

Gu Fan sat cross-legged, his face pale, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, but the conviction in his eyes grew firmer. The harder the path to the Main Lineage, the more it proved the transcendence and greatness of the Main Lineage itself!

I do not know how much time passed; perhaps an instant, perhaps ten thousand years.

"Boom!"

The jade boat shook violently, as if it had shattered an invisible barrier. Gu Fan’s spirits lifted; he knew he had arrived! He put away the cracked jade boat and looked around, unable to contain his eagerness. However, the scene before him struck him like a lightning bolt, leaving him completely stunned.

There was no supreme divine palace spanning the universe as he had imagined, no towering stone pillars wreathed in grand dao runes, and certainly no gate-guarding gods whose auras shook the heavens. Before him was nothing but an ordinary, perhaps even somewhat dilapidated, courtyard.

The courtyard was small, planted with a few common peach trees, with miscellaneous items piled in a corner. In a small pond, a few koi swam lazily. An old servant in coarse linen clothes was holding a broom, slowly sweeping up fallen leaves, his movements so sluggish he looked as if he might fall asleep at any moment.

And on a recliner in the center of the courtyard, a young man who looked no older than seventeen or eighteen was sprawled out, sleeping soundly, a trace of crystalline drool even hanging from the corner of his mouth. Beside the young man stood two women. One, dressed in white as snow, had a cold, ethereal temperament like a goddess of the nine heavens, yet she was carefully trimming the young man’s fingernails. The other, in a purple dress, was graceful and peerless, her brow carrying a natural imperial majesty; yet, she was meticulously peeling grapes, placing the translucent fruit into a dish, ready for the young man to eat upon waking.

A small black dog, half a meter tall, lay at the young man’s feet, wearing a very ordinary-looking collar, basking lazily in the sun.

This... this is the Main Lineage of the Gu family? This is the holy ground he had exhausted everything and risked his life to return to?

Gu Fan’s mind went blank. His divine sense swept over them. That old servant’s aura was as restrained as an abyss, unfathomable! Those two women—one possessed sword intent that pierced the sky, a natural dao bone; the other carried imperial destiny, noble beyond words—either one, if placed in the Upper Realm, would be enough to be the saintess of an immortal lineage!

Yet now, one is acting as a servant, and two are acting as maids? And that young man lying on the chair, seemingly devoid of any cultivation, like a mortal—he was undoubtedly the young master of the Main Lineage of this generation!

An indescribable sense of absurdity and overwhelming fury surged into Gu Fan’s heart.

Degeneracy! This is utter and complete degeneracy! Has the Main Lineage rotted to such a degree?! Possessing such powerful servants and such peerless maids, the heir of the Main Lineage is actually a good-for-nothing who only knows how to indulge in pleasure and lacks any ambition!

No wonder, no wonder the Main Lineage had no reaction when his branch was wiped out! It was not that they did not know; it was likely that they had already lost the backbone and the spirit to cross the ages and protect their branches!

In an instant, Gu Fan mentally constructed a history of the Main Lineage’s decline. The light of hope in his eyes rapidly turned into bone-chilling disappointment, finally transforming into a sorrowful sense of responsibility: "If not me, then who?"

No! The glory of the Gu family cannot be cut short in the hands of this wastrel! I, Gu Fan, bearing a blood feud, wielding the Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance, and having returned after countless hardships, did not come here to watch the Main Lineage sink this low! Since the Main Lineage has rotted to the core, then I shall personally tear down all this decay and rebuild it!

He took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and stepped forward. The terrifying pressure of the Divine Venerable realm, like a tsunami, rolled toward the entire courtyard! He wanted to give these numb people a show of force, to make them understand who the true hope of the Gu family is!

However, the pressure, capable of crushing a star system, vanished without a trace the moment it entered the courtyard, as if a stone had been dropped into the sea, not even causing the fallen leaves on the ground to stir.

Old Fu, who was sweeping, did not even lift his eyelids. Ye Qingxian, trimming nails, and Ji Ruxue, peeling grapes, merely glanced at him indifferently—a look as if they were watching... a clown.

Gu Fan’s face instantly turned the color of pig liver. He felt like a brute who had used all his strength only to strike a cotton ball, feeling incredibly frustrated and ridiculous.

"I, Gu Fan of the Gu family branch, have returned to the Main Lineage!"