[Your descendant Donna, despite being tormented from a young age, still diligently cultivates psychic powers at the Fist of the Hundred Sect, enduring silently and striving for progress. At just 9 years old, she has already reached the thirdyer of Foundational Energy. She has acquired the trait—Striving Victim.]
[Years of torment have made her more self-conscious and fearful of others'' bullying. She hesitates in everything she does. Her speed in cultivating psychic powers increases by 20%, but herbat power decreases by 10%.]
"Eh."
Ethan sighed deeply, recognizing how crucial a child''s upbringing is. If Boar Monarch Pete were still around, perhaps the ckwood elders could have raised them better.
now.
One child had it too easy, the other too harsh; both ended up with their issues. Ethan could only hope that the future would bring changes. Nichs wasn''t much of a concern; worst case, he could be sent to the Thunderfire Demon Cave or Dawn to experience real life.
But Donna, this child had been tormented for years, yet when Dennis wanted to seek revenge, she still spoke in favor of the Fist of the Hundred Sect, showing her inherently good nature.
ncing once more at the well-developed residence,
Ethan sped up time.
Soon, spring turned to autumn.
[ckwood Year 92]
[Special Event—The Great Sect War has ended!]
[The leader of Sky Sect, Wesley Daoist, has passed away. ck Tortoise''s elder, Leo, along with the sect leader Turtle Daoist, paid their respects together. The two thousand-year-old elders had a grand drink, and years of enmity between the two sects dissolved into nothing.]
After watching the screen for two hours,The entire Cloudview County, after the chaos caused by ckwood two years ago, miraculously calmed down.
Apart from the nuclear radiation that filled Sky Sect, it was as if nothing had happened. All sects and ns had withdrawn their bounties on the ckwoods.
Two years had passed, and the ckwoods were no longer pursued, even... the two great sects that had fought for decades were now showing mutual respect.
The days when ckwood builtndscapes of human corpses, when ckwood fiercely cut down twelve forces, and when they fought the top masters of Sky Sect in the great battle of Cloudview County, became the least spoken of by the people of Cloudview County.
With Dennis''s help, the descendants of the fifth generation of ckwoods were slowly growing up. The elders who were scattered abroad asionally sent back treasures, rapidly developing the family''s residence.
World peace?
No!
Ethan''s fingers tapped continuously beside the bed, and on the screen, a new message appeared.
[Your descendant Daniel, in the Thunderfire Demon Cave, has once again taken control of a faction of the Thirty-Six Celestial Warriors, the strongest being at the peak of Emerging Ability. Your family now controls twelve factions of the Celestial Warriors. Daniel joyfully sends you this message, slowly growing fond of the feeling of power, hoping for your blessing for smooth sailing.]
[Your descendant Larry, in the swamp jungle, has once again acquired a mutant beast ''Ancient Giant Chicken''. The two demon kings upying the swamp are bing increasingly wary of her. She decides to leave the swamp jungle with her mutant beast and head to the Golden Battle Forest. On the way, her mount finds an Orion fruit, and she breaks through to the mid-stage of Emerging Ability!]
[Your descendant Justin, standing on the tform of the ck Tortoise''s decennialpetition, looks at the 49-year-old youth at the peak of Emerging Ability on the stage, then at his own near mid-stage Emerging Ability strength, feeling he hasn''t courted death enough. He decides to bide his time, court death for another ten years, and then explode across the entire ck Tortoise.
He acquires the trait—Never Say Die.]
[He begins to obsess over the thrill of near-death experiences, slightly increasing his chances during such moments.]
[...]
All the descendants of ckwood are well aware that although things seem calm, there are dangerous undercurrents brewing!
He slowly opened therge map of Cloudview County.
Most of it... was marked with hostile red dots!
[Your descendants swear to you that one day, they will return to their homnd in broad daylight!]
The calmer it is, the more terrifying it bes.
Ethan doesn''t believe that the entirety of Cloudview County has truly epted the presence of ckwood, even if they were to target ckwood to curb its growth, Ethan wouldn''t be so worried, because that would be normal.
He even asked the Primordial Blood Tree, but the Primordial Blood Tree said that it wasn''t really that powerful; it was just at a breakthrough moment, able to see more of the future.
The more he thought about it, the more vignt Ethan felt.
Especially those little red dots on the map, they were so striking.
He wished he could turn all these red dots green, or white.
Just as he was pondering this.
A pop-up from Olivia appeared.
[Your descendant Olivia requests a consultation with you, Thunderfire Raging Python.]
Ethan felt inexplicably reassured and clicked on Olivia''s avatar.
Nowadays, Olivia was in the Divine Mountain, leisurely observing the mountains, rivers, andkes. In just two short years, she seemed a bit younger, while others aged, Olivia was aging in reverse.
Her organization, Dawn, spread throughout Cloudview County, could ry messages for the family, and Thunderfire Raging Python stayed by her side.
A burst of ancestral love came to Olivia.
Forebearer Cards surfaced, and Olivia knew the Forebearer had shown his powers.
Olivia quickly knelt, "Child disturbs Forebearer, please forgive me."
As Ethan typed the text for Olivia to discuss matters, Thunderfire Raging Python''s voice was deep and resonant, making Ethan miss the times when this big beast hissed, making him feel less like Voldemort now.
"Yes, Forebearer!"
Olivia''s aged face showed a hint of suspicion, "Forebearer, these past two years have been too quiet. Child can faintly feel that the two Competents who escaped two years ago will not just let things be. Child sent people to check, and their families are as usual, as if the Competent ancestor had never appeared outside the Sky Sect, nor ever failed."
"They haven''t left, haven''t formed alliances, they know our family can''t tolerate sand in our eyes, there should still be actions."
Thinking along the same lines!
Ethan took a deep breath, if it were just him, he might think he was being a bit paranoid. But Ethan, he absolutely trusts Olivia''s intuition!
"Everyone says it''s the era of my ckwood, but Forebearer, child does not wish it so. The tree that stands out in the forest is the first to be destroyed, those people will think, why could ckwood rise in a century? Without some earth-shattering secret, how could it be?"
"Just so, our ckwood does have many secrets."
Ethan nodded slightly.
Olivia was right, the secrets of ckwood weren''t just him.
There were also the Direct Death Coffin, Lord of Frenzied Blood, Primordial Blood Tree... any of which were coveted.
Now some secrets were already in front of others, ckwood was like a big piece of fat meat, countless families wanted to slowly uncover the secrets of ckwood, to devour ckwood.
"Child believes, they are lying in wait, waiting for a chance to strike a fatal blow to my ckwood!"
This time, Ethan and Olivia talked for a very long time.
But now the problem is, ckwood is now in the shadows, with major forces led by Donald, Abbot David, also in the shadows!
Even though they tricked them once at Sky Sect, Ethan still dared not rx at all.
In fact, they are very frightening.
Frightening enough to flee at the slightest hint of something wrong, to kill those Developing Skills without hesitation, and to abandon Gary without hesitation.
That day, Dawn''s assassins conveyed messages to the descendants of ckwood throughout Cloudview County, without exception, all to keep the descendants of ckwood vignt.
Ethan could feel it.
In the bright appearance of ckwood today, there were still dark clouds.
The war is far from over, only this time, the enemies of ckwood are fewer, and this time, it''s the peak struggle of Azure Cloud!
At the end of the conversation, Ethan and Olivia bothughed.
Hasn''t the family always struggled up this way over the past century?
Only this time, the enemy is stronger, more troublesome.