Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 192: Severing All Ties

"A father like you, who can’t even control his own heart? A father who would strike down his own daughter? Do you really think your relationship needs me to sow discord?

How shallow is that bond? How pathetic and laughable? It only proves that your love for your daughter isn’t deep enough, isn’t real.

If you had great willpower and conviction, how could you be so easily deceived?

No wonder a man like you was controlled by the energy of those so-called crimson, frenzied Hidden Dragon Shackles, becoming a puppet, a walking corpse! How laughable! How tragic!"

As Ye Tianling spoke, he took another step forward. "You want to kill me? Come on! Do it! If I so much as frown, my name isn’t Ye Tianling!"

"Brother, don’t provoke Father. Father... he has his reasons. Father, Brother is just seeing red because he cares so much about me. He’s just speaking in anger, please don’t take it to heart..."

At that moment, Long Tianmo was still desperately trying to mediate between the two.

Ye Tianling’s body trembled.

His heart trembled along with it.

"Do you see this, Long Fengyang?!

You may not consider me your son, and you may think I’m a failed, defective product, but it’s a fact that you are my father! You’re scum, a coward who doesn’t dare vent his hatred on his enemies, taking it out on his own family instead! If you were anyone else, I, Ye Tianling, would stop at nothing—even if it meant mutual destruction—to kill you a thousand times over until not even your soul remained!

But you are Long Fengyang. Even if you disown me, I will not raise a hand against you.

At least, not this time. Not in front of Tianmo. It’s not because I care about you; it’s because I care about her, and I don’t want to cause her any more pain.

But after this, the bond between us as father and son is severed. We are finished!"

Ye Tianling glanced at Long Tianmo again. He ultimately suppressed his boundless, raging killing intent and forced the words out, one by one.

Long Fengyang nodded faintly. "I never planned on acknowledging you. If you still possessed your Divine Blood, I would have extracted it to empower Tianyu or Tianmo. But now, you don’t even have that. Your very existence will only draw the endless hatred of the Four Great Dragon Clans."

"For the honor of the Four Great Dragon Clans, a defective product like you has no right to live. You were a failed experiment, a flawed creation. Calling you ’defective’ isn’t an insult; it’s a statement of fact."

"Furthermore, because you were born from the Essence of a Void Body, you can never enter the Void Realm. You lack the Celestial Dao’s qualification for ’Stepping into the Void’!"

"Without that qualification, you have no Life Chart or Qi Fortune to speak of. Your smooth sailing so far was likely just the lingering protection from the Divine Blood you once had."

"I wasn’t going to say all this. I had intended to give you a quick, clean death to spare you the pain."

"But since you’ve taken the initiative to sever our father-son relationship, I might as well tell you everything."

"As for attacking Tianmo, while I was under some influence, I was not completely controlled by the Hidden Dragon Shackles."

"In my view, a daughter who feigns obedience while acting in defiance deserves to be taught a lesson."

"I just didn’t expect Tianmo not to fight back... That’s fine too. Let her go to the Ancestral Dragon Abyss and keep Tianyu company. If they die, they die together."

Upon hearing this, Ye Tianling was so furious he felt his eyes would split from their sockets.

He desperately wanted to succumb to his rage, to enter a demonic state and obliterate Long Fengyang with a single punch, to make him see clearly whether he, Ye Tianling, had any Ability! To see if he was truly defective!

He wanted even more to unleash some heaven-defying technique to prove he could absolutely step into the Void Realm and shove the truth right in Long Fengyang’s face.

But he held back.

He held fast to the Little Dragon Girl’s words, clearing his mind and gradually suppressing the Demon Heart that threatened to surge within him.

’Right now, Long Fengyang is stubborn, ruthless, and inhumane. He’ll only ever believe in himself.’

’And I, Ye Tianling, haven’t even stepped into the Sword Spirit Realm yet.’

’To talk about my future accomplishments now, no matter how certain I am, would just be seen as empty boasting.’

’Even those closest to me would think I was just bragging about those "small" goals.’

"Heh."

Ye Tianling laughed. It was a sorrowful, desolate laugh.

It was also exceptionally sarcastic.

"Father, I’m begging you, please let Brother go... From now on, Momo will listen to everything you say. I am willing to take my sister’s place and serve as a Void Body for Qianying. I’m willing to take her place and marry the Yunfan Saint Son."

Long Tianmo wept, kowtowing as she pleaded.

Her beautiful forehead was already bruised and raw from striking the ground.

She used no defenses, simply kowtowing like a mortal, begging for Long Fengyang’s mercy.

Ye Tianling was powerless to stop her.

In fact, Long Tianmo had used some kind of technique that prevented him from even getting near her.

"Half a year. I will give him only half a year. Everything in that time will depend on your performance, and your sister’s."

Long Fengyang took a deep breath and finally relented.

"Thank you. Thank you, Father."

Long Tianmo cried with relief.

Ye Tianling watched in silence, saying nothing.

"Ye Tianling, since you have chosen to sever our ties as father and son, I will announce to the Four Great Dragon Clans that you are officially expelled from the Dragon Race. From this day forward, you are unworthy of the ’Long’ surname. You are forbidden from claiming to be of the Dragon Race for your own prestige, for that would only bring shame to our clan! 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Can you do that?"

Long Fengyang’s voice was utterly cold, laced with a clear warning.

"Heh. To be honest, aside from Tianyu, Tianmo, and our two mothers, every other member of the Four Great Dragon Clans is nothing but trash in my eyes. You understand? Trash."

Ye Tianling sneered.

"Is that so? If they’re all trash, then have the guts to stop using our Dragon Race’s innate Dragon Soul Talent! Without the formidable backing of my race, you’d be hunted down and killed a thousand times over in minutes!"

Long Fengyang taunted.

"My Dragon Soul Talent was never a gift from your Dragon Race! And I, Ye Tianling, will remember what happened here today."

Ye Tianling’s tone grew even colder, more detached.

"Good. I was worried you might forget and harbor some foolish hope. Tianmo, we are leaving."

Long Fengyang said coolly.

As he spoke, he waved a hand, about to whisk Long Tianmo away.

But Long Tianmo refused his aid. She deactivated her defensive Prohibition Talisman and stumbled over to Ye Tianling.

"Brother, I’m so sorry..."

she whimpered, her broken, blood-soaked body trembling.

"I’m the one... who should be sorry."

Ye Tianling wanted to call himself useless, a failure, but he knew such words would only hurt Long Tianmo more, so he swallowed them.

"Brother..."

Long Tianmo choked on a sob, unable to say more.

Ye Tianling gently hugged Long Tianmo and patted her back. His voice was soft, yet unbreakably firm. "Half a year. Wait for me. I will return in glory as a Divine Child and help you and Tianyu defy the heavens to change your Life Charts. When that day comes, those who were once ashamed of me will regret it for the rest of their lives!"

"Mhm..."

Long Tianmo nodded forcefully.

In that moment, she believed him.

Her trust was so sincere and powerful that it made Ye Tianling’s Soul Talent tremble.

’Dragon Soul? Little Dragon Girl, how do I purge Long Fengyang’s bloodline from my body?’

Ye Tianling asked the Little Dragon Girl in his mind.

At that moment, he made a mad decision—one even more drastic than Entering Demon.

’The Soul-Slaying Dao can annihilate part of your Dragon Race Soul. The Panhuang Life and Death Dao can destroy your Dragon Race blood. Are you sure you want to do this?’ the Little Dragon Girl’s voice sounded softly in his mind.

’Will I die?’

’You won’t. As long as your will remains unbroken, I will ensure you do not die.’

’Then teach me the Soul-Slaying Dao.’

’Fine.’

...

"Brother, take care."

Long Tianmo released her embrace and walked, step by step, toward Long Fengyang.

Long Fengyang stared at Ye Tianling, his gaze frigid. It was not the look of a man who truly intended to grant him half a year.

"Long Fengyang, I’m returning your Dragon Race’s soul and bloodline! From this day forward, we owe each other nothing!"

Ye Tianling took three steps back, then stood his ground. He abruptly unleashed the Soul-Slaying Dao and the Panhuang Life and Death Killing Dao!

He was going to destroy the Dragon Race Soul and bloodline within him, severing his connection to Long Fengyang completely!