Time went back half an hour ago.

Inside the living room of the Zhou Family old residence.

Seeing Zhou Feng walk in alone from outside with steady steps,

a heartfelt, satisfied smile finally appeared on Zhou Ting's wrinkled old face.

"Did you get the item?"

There was a hint of imperceptible eagerness in his voice.

Zhou Feng was expressionless and said nothing.

He silently walked in front of his father and stopped.

Then he slowly opened his right hand.

A pitch-black seal exuding an ancient aura floated quietly above his palm.

Zhou Ting's breath stalled for a moment.

His gaze glued tightly to the small black seal, unable to tear away even the slightest bit.

"heaven suppressing..."

"heaven suppressing..."

Zhou Ting muttered under his breath.

As if he were constantly chewing on these two words.

This old man, who always appeared calm and untroubled no matter what, showed a rare fanaticism in his eyes.

"Heaven-Suppressing Seal..."

"Hahaha! Heaven-Suppressing Seal!"

His withered hand trembled violently with excitement, almost failing to hold the celadon teacup in his hand.

"That Mr. Duan... really didn't lie to us!"

"The Divine Artifact in this ruin really is the Heaven-Suppressing Seal!"

He reached out with a tremble.

"Quick, bring the seal over and let me take a good look."

However, Zhou Feng did not move.

He just stood quietly there, meeting Zhou Ting's burning gaze, and slowly pulled his hand back.

The air in fireplaces and living rooms seemed to freeze at this instant.

Seeing Zhou Feng's reaction,

the fanatical smile on Zhou Ting's face gradually receded bit by bit.

He put the teacup on the table, raised his head, and re-examined Zhou Feng before him.

That look was as if he were meeting this son of his for the first time.

"Zhou Feng... What are you planning to do?"

Zhou Feng just looked at Zhou Ting like this.

This time, his gaze no longer held its past avoidance and awe.

What remained was a calmness bordering on indifference.

"Father."

He spoke, his voice calm.

"You have worked hard for the Zhou Family your whole life; it is time to enjoy your later years in peace."

"Let me keep the Heaven-Suppressing Seal from now on."

Zhou Ting's eyes narrowed slightly.

His scrawny body leaned back against the master armchair.

He didn't expect that his son would bare his fangs right after obtaining the Heaven-Suppressing Seal.

"Oh Zhou Feng, Zhou Feng, aren't you... being a bit too anxious?"

"I said before, the position of the head of the Zhou Family will be yours sooner or later. Why must you rush for this moment?"

Zhou Feng smiled and asked in return: "I'm rushing?"

"Five years ago, for the sake of the Clan's interests, you killed my wife and Zhou Huai's mother, and I endured it!"

"To curry favor with the Liu Family of the Imperial Capital, you forced me to marry a woman named Liu Yuru, and I endured that too!"

"That bitch Liu Yuru and her beast of a son drove my paralyzed son, who can only use a wheelchair, out of the house! And I still endured it!"

He spoke, word by word.

His tone was calm, but every word seemed filled with his anger.

"Father"

"I have endured it for a very long time..."

"Do you still think I'm too anxious now?"

Facing Zhou Feng's accusations, Zhou Ting's expression remained as usual.

He didn't even lift his eyelids.

"So what?"

He asked indifferently in return.

"Are you planning to settle accounts with me, your old father, now?"

"To avenge your dead wife and your good-for-nothing son?"

Zhou Feng's face was a sheet of icy indifference.

He simply shook his head calmly.

"I just hope you won't interfere with any actions of the Zhou Family in the future."

"And peacefully spend your remaining years."

"From now on, I will make the decisions on everything regarding the Zhou Family."

"You... should relinquish power."

Zhou Feng's voice fell.

The entire living room fell into a brief silence.

A moment later, Zhou Ting's low laughter came.

"Oh Zhou Feng, Zhou Feng, to be honest, you disappoint me greatly."

"You think that acquiring a Divine Artifact means you can control the entire Clan."

"Have you forgotten that there is still a force controlled in my hands?"

After saying that, he slowly stretched out his withered hands and gently clapped twice in the air.

The crisp applause echoed in the spacious living room.

However, nothing happened.

Contrary to expectations, not a single one of the Clan death squad members ambushed around appeared.

Inside the living room, it remained dead silent.

The smile on Zhou Ting's face finally froze.

The muscles on his face twitched. Refusing to believe it, he increased his force and clapped twice more!

It was still dead silence.

You could hear a pin drop.

This head of the Zhou Family, who had been resourceful and calculating his entire life, finally let his expressionless face sink completely at this moment!

Looking at his father's deflated expression, an unprecedented sense of exhilaration surged in Zhou Feng's heart!

In this lifetime, he had always lived under the shadow of this man, and every step of his had been clearly arranged.

And today, he finally won!

"Don't waste your effort anymore."

Zhou Feng's voice was icy, devoid of any emotion.

"I took care of all the people you arranged long ago."

"Oh, as a side note, the entire families of my eldest and second brothers have also been 'invited' over by my people."

"The entire old residence is filled with my people."

Having said that, following suit, he also clapped his hands gently.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

As soon as his voice fell, dozens of figures dressed in black instantly emerged from the shadows around the living room!

They were like phantoms, completely silent.

An icy killing intent radiated from every single one of them!

One of them strode to Zhou Feng's side and respectfully knelt on one knee.

"President, it's almost time. The portal in the garden is about to open!"

Zhou Feng nodded in satisfaction.

"Proceed according to plan."

He waved his hand and then looked at Zhou Ting.

"Find two people to'support' the old man and head to the portal."

"Yes!"

Immediately, two men in black stepped forward, walked up to Zhou Ting, and made a "please" gesture.

"Old man, please."

Zhou Ting's expression was as gloomy as water.

He violently flicked his sleeve, swatting away the hands extended by the two men in black, and let out a cold snort.

"I don't need your support!"

After speaking, he slowly stood up. From beginning to end, he didn't even glance at Zhou Feng again, and with heavy strides, walked straight out the door.

At this moment, inside the garden of the Zhou Family old residence.

All members of the Zhou Family, regardless of gender or age, had been gathered here by this point.

Most of them had been forcibly brought over early in the morning.

No one told them what on earth had happened.

Everyone's face was filled with confusion and unease, whispering to each other and discussing animatedly.

When they saw Zhou Ting walking out of the villa with a gloomy face,

the eldest and second sons of the Zhou Family hurriedly stepped forward to support him from both sides.

"Father! What on earth is going on here?"

"Has Third Brother gone mad? He captured all of us here!"

"What on earth is he trying to do?!"

Zhou Ting just kept a gloomy face and said nothing.

Zhou Feng followed closely behind, walking out of the villa.

With an icy gaze, he swept across all the Zhou Family members present and spoke concisely.

"Donghai City is about to face a beast tide."

"I have already set up a teleportation array leading to a safe area in the garden."

"If you want to survive, obediently cooperate and enter in an orderly manner."

As soon as these words were said, the crowd instantly exploded into an uproar!

"What?!"

"A beast tide?!"

"Are you kidding me! Is this beast tide so severe? We have to relocate the entire Clan?!"

"Then what about our Zhou Family's numerous properties in Donghai City? Are we just going to abandon them like this?"

Hearing this, the eldest madam of the Zhou Family immediately rolled her eyes at her brainless husband.

"People are about to be gone, and you're still worrying about those few properties?!"

Just as everyone was discussing animatedly and panic was spreading,

in the center of the garden, a huge teleportation array that had been set up long ago suddenly lit up with dazzling light!

Complex runes soared into the sky, and a vortex radiating spatial fluctuations slowly formed.

However, before Zhou Feng could give the order for people to enter,

that newly formed teleportation vortex suddenly twisted violently!

A figure took a step ahead and walked out from the other end of the teleportation array!

Zhou Feng's brow instantly knitted into a knot.

Someone coming out from the other end of the teleportation array—

this point was completely beyond his expectation!

Soon, everyone saw the appearance of the newcomer clearly.

That was a middle-aged man wearing a black kimono with a slender Katana hanging at his waist.

His face was ordinary, but his eyes were as sharp as a falcon's.

Zhou Feng's gaze couldn't help but condense.

People from Sakura Country?

Why would there be people from Sakura Country on the opposite side of the teleportation array?!

Before he could speak,

the middle-aged man's sharp gaze swept across everyone present and finally landed on Zhou Ting.

A rather amiable smile actually appeared on his solemn face.

"Yo, Mr. Zhou Ting, long time no see."

"Is the plan going smoothly?"

At this moment,

a brilliant smile blossomed once again on Zhou Ting's gloomy old face.

He slowly opened his mouth, his voice not loud, yet clearly transmitted into the ears of everyone present.

"Mr. Saito, naturally everything is going smoothly!"