Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

Three Forks Mountain, a badger's maze, the hideout of the Skinning Family.

"Kill them all!!!" Cai Nianxiong led dozens of Fiend Realm guards into the Badger's Den maze, launching a fierce attack all the way. They captured and killed all members of the Skinning Clan they encountered along the way, whether they were mortals or cultivators. Anyone who dared to resist was killed.

The entire Skin-Peeling Family is surnamed Dai, making them a rare pure-blooded family in the world.

Because they possess the bloodline left by the ancient gods, they refuse to marry outsiders, mainly in order to maintain the purity of the ancient god's bloodline. In this way, almost every generation within the Skin-Peeling Clan will produce a genius cultivator who awakens the bloodline, but of course, the price is also very high.

That means out of hundreds of newborns, there might be only one, and the rest are basically freaks, deformed, or mentally retarded. These defective products will grow up to be the fuel for the family's bottom line, sacrificing everything for the family.

Such geniuses are indeed amazing. They can reach the Devouring Fiend Realm at the age of thirty. With such talent, they are top-tier geniuses in the entire Five Turbid Evil World. Unfortunately, pure-blood families almost all have a fatal flaw: they are all extremely fragile and do not live long.

He will inevitably die at the age of thirty due to the backlash of the ancient god's bloodline, even if he has enough lifespan, it will be useless, he will still die a violent death.

Unless he breaks through to the Poison-Eating Realm by the age of thirty and takes control of the hidden power of the rules within his bloodline, he will surely die.

This resulted in all cultivators over the age of thirty dying within the Skin-Peeling Clan, leaving them with virtually no foundation.

However, the family's top leaders are indeed very strong, each of them being a top-tier genius.

Below the top level, there are no mid-level elites, only the bottom level.

Meanwhile, the lower class consists entirely of deformed, freakish, and mentally challenged individuals who completely obey the orders of the family's upper echelons.

Cai Nianxiong led the most elite group of personal guards under Cai Guozhong, enjoying the best resources, the best equipment, and the best magic and physical techniques. They were well-coordinated and highly trained. Once they formed a battle formation and charged into the enemy ranks, it was tantamount to slaughter.

Even though the Skinning Clan has hundreds of members, there are many geniuses at the Devouring Fiend Realm who can join forces to fight off enemies.

But in the end, they were just a motley crew, and they were somewhat powerless to resist the army's encirclement and suppression.

There is a difference between the martial arts world and the battlefield.

"Mother, Mother~~~" Cai Nianxiong searched everywhere for his mother. When he found her, he saw that she was extremely thin, confused, and in a daze. She was dressed in servant's clothes, with rough hands, a withered face, and sparse hair, looking like an eighty-year-old woman.

"What's going on? What's wrong with my mother?" Cai Nianxiong called out for a long time, but Madam Cai remained motionless, her eyes glazed over, like a puppet, and did not react at all no matter how Cai Nianxiong shook her.

The commander of the personal guards stepped forward and examined her for a moment before saying, "Young master, the lady has been struck by the Puppet Soul-Capturing Technique. This is a technique specifically designed to control people. It can suppress a person's consciousness and forcibly control their physical body."

"Those afflicted by this technique will have their consciousness trapped deep within their brains. They will be able to sense everything in the outside world, but they will be powerless to do anything about it. They will be like bystanders, only able to watch their bodies act according to their master's commands."

"If you are injured in this way in a short period of time, as long as the treatment is timely and you take some time to recover, you will be fine."

"But judging from the lady's appearance, she has been under this spell for a long time, and her consciousness has probably been greatly affected. Even if we manage to break the spell, her consciousness may not be able to return. Moreover, her body has been drained of its essence and blood due to years of labor, and now she is deficient in both qi and blood and will not live much longer."

Cai Nianxiong was so anxious that tears were about to fall: "Stop talking nonsense, give me the Longevity Pill, the Longevity Pill, the Longevity Pill!"

The commander of the personal guards took out a bottle of longevity pills and handed it over.

Cai Nianxiong pinched his mother's mouth and fed her longevity pills one after another: "It's alright, Mother. I'm late. It's all my fault for making you suffer all these years. I'll take you home now."

Having given Madam Cai a chance to prolong her life, Cai Nianxiong quickly carried his mother on his back and headed outside. Gripping a double-bladed battle axe in one hand, he roared and ordered, "Damn it, kill all these freaks! Leave no one alive, not a single member of the Dai family!"

Upon hearing this, dozens of the Devouring Fiend Guards launched a fierce attack. Relying on their armor and shields, they engaged the Skin-Peeling Clan in close combat, pressing forward relentlessly and forcing the Skin-Peeling Clan cultivators into retreat, killing them one by one.

As the scene descended into chaos, Partridge Di led twenty of his Fiend Realm subordinates out of the shadows to attack Cai Nianxiong and Madam Cai. The Cai family's guards were caught off guard and could not stop them at all; their defenses were breached in an instant.

"Hahaha~~~ The time has come, brothers, charge!" Partridge Di leaped towards Cai Nianxiong, his face beaming with joy. As long as he captured Cai Nianxiong and Madam Cai, he could turn the tide and launch a counterattack. He could already picture the scene of victory.

However, a bodyguard standing next to Cai Nianxiong suddenly blocked Cai Nianxiong's way.

"A mere guard dares to block my way?!" Partridge Di's body was surrounded by purple light, revealing his true cultivation level. He charged forward with extreme domineering force, slapping the guard who was blocking his way, completely disregarding him.

However, to his astonishment, he found that slapping the guard on the head had no effect whatsoever. Instead, the guard punched him in the chest with his fist. The force of the punch sent Partridge Di staggering back more than ten feet, crashing into the rock wall and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The shockwave from the impact of the punch on the body also affected those around them. Both friend and foe were thrown backward by the shockwave. The Badger Labyrinth inside the mountain shook violently because of this punch, with large pieces of rock falling from above, and there was a scene of wailing.

"Who... are you..." Partridge Di clutched his chest, slowly getting up, blood streaming from his mouth. The punch he had just delivered contained the power of the rules of power, which forcibly entered his body, stirring his internal organs and causing him considerable internal injuries.

Cai Guozhong slowly removed his mask, a mocking expression on his face: "Partridge Di, you didn't expect it to be me, did you?"

Cai Nianxiong exclaimed in surprise, "Father?!"

Partridge wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, stared at Cai Guozhong in disbelief, and said with suspicion, "Impossible, how is this possible? I have clearly confirmed that you are in Raven Castle, how could you be here?"

Cai Guozhong chuckled, a purple light flashed in his palm, and he took out two golden maces: "Foolish, your scheme has long been seen through by Mr. Jiang. Before he left, Mr. Jiang left me three strategies specifically to deal with you."

Partridge Di was filled with shock and anger, and said with resentment, "Jiangdong, it's him again! He deserves to die! He has ruined my plans time and time again! I will kill him!"

"Stop dreaming, you have no chance." Cai Guozhong said, "You traitor and betrayer of the party, I will beat you to death today."

"Retreat!" Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Partridge Di made a decisive move and turned to flee out of the Badger's Maze. After all, as long as one survives, there's always hope. Even if one is defeated, there's always a chance if one survives; if one dies, everything is lost.

"Trying to run? The deadly trap I've laid for you today won't let you escape." Cai Guozhong sneered, "Where are your guards?!"

Dozens of assassins at the Devouring Fiend Realm stormed in from the outside, unleashing a volley of arrows that killed most of Partridge Di's men. Partridge Di, relying on his high cultivation level, withstood the onslaught and tried to break out of the encirclement. However, the dozens of assassins swarmed in, and although their attacks couldn't harm Partridge Di in the slightest, they could at least delay and restrain him.

At the same time, Cai Guozhong, wielding his golden mace, his eyes flashing with a fierce light, darted forward and chased after him, smashing a mace at Partridge Di's head.

"My lord, spare me! I was wrong!!!"

"Spare your mother my ass! Die!"