"A fine kill! A delightful kill! Di Lin has been relying on his identity as a previous generation elder's disciple to act cockily in the academy. I have long found him an eyesore."

"The overlord title is not misplaced. After the battle, Xiang Shaoyun's status in the academy has finally stabilized. From now on, who would dare belittle him for cultivating nine powers?"

"Sure, he looks strong now. But we still don't know about the future. However, Xiang Shaoyun seems to have comprehended the profundity of powers. His talent is truly scary."

"Well done, Overlord. You're the strongest. Us brothers respect you the most!"

...

Around the arena, praises rang out without stop. Winner takes all. That would never change. If Xiang Shaoyun was the one killed in this battle, the praises would go to Di Lin instead.

After personally killing Di Lin, Xiang Shaoyun did not feel any joy. Rather, he had a heavy mood. He had grown up with Di Lin, and he had once viewed Di Lin as a brother. It was a feeling that couldn't be easily erased.

Because of that, Di Lin's act of betrayal and snatching his lover, Xia Yunxi, caused him an insane amount of pain. Many times, he had imagined killing Di Lin. But now that he had turned it into reality, his heart ached, and his various emotions were in contradiction with each other.

As he stepped off the arena, the Overlord Legion members surrounded him. They wanted a celebration, but when they saw Xiang Shaoyun's ghastly expression, they shut their mouths.

"Overlord, are you fine?" asked Tang Longfei. He had the closest relationship with Xiang Shaoyun here.

Waving his hand, Xiang Shaoyun replied, "I'm fine. Let's return."

The others did not dare to say anything. They did as told and returned to 1 Dragon Villa with him. After returning to the villa, Xiang Shaoyun went into his cultivation room without saying anything. Everyone thought he had suffered severe injuries and did not dare to bother him.

Tang Longfei was forced to send everyone away, telling them to wait for Xiang Shaoyun to leave his seclusion before deciding on any further actions. The Han Clan sisters also came to visit, but they were also sent away by Tang Longfei.

...

Deep inside the elder's residential area, Di Lin's corpse had arrived before Situ Mingyu.

Looking at the corpse, a slight trace of displeasure appeared in his eyes as he muttered, "Killed even after using the Emperor Eruption Pill? What an embarrassment."

Despite his words, he still personally placed Di Lin's severed head back on the headless corpse. A bottle of spring water appeared in his hand as he poured the water onto the cut on the neck.

The water had a miraculous effect. As it exuded a heavy aura, it shone with an almost holy radiance as it wrapped around the wound on Di Lin's neck. After an unknown amount of time, the head and the neck actually rejoined. Not even a scar was left. This was a sight that could shock anyone.

What miraculous spring water was it that could even reattach a severed head without leaving as much as a scar behind? It was most likely a saint-grade, or even a god-grade, spring water.

"Wake up!" Situ Mingyu shouted as something else appeared in his hand. He slapped it onto Di Lin's forehead, sending an indescribable force into Di Lin's head.

After a while, something seemed to have happened within Di Lin's skull, and his eyes opened. It was quite an eerie sight.

"W-Where is this?" Di Lin asked blankly.

"Haha, my son. I'm your father. I’ve finally found you a perfect body. Although the body is somewhat damaged, you will be fine after a bit of recovery," said Situ Mingyu in excitement.

"Y-You're my father? H-Have I really revived?" asked Di Lin with a confused look.

"Of course. I have some soul spring water here. Take it. After nourishing your soul power and fully fusing with this body, you will return to being the energetic youth you once were," said Situ Mingyu with joy.

The Di Lin before him was no longer the same person. Situ Mingyu had replaced his soul with his son's.

Situ Mingyu once had a son named Situ Yaotian. He was incredibly talented, and similar to Di Lin, possessed an eight-star physique. The only difference was that he did not possess a unique elemental physique, so his original body was slightly worse than Di Lin's. Even so, that did not stop him from quickly becoming a young prodigy.

Unfortunately, during his breakthrough into the Heaven Battling Realm, an accident occurred and claimed his life. His body was destroyed, and even his soul was near complete destruction. Fortunately for him, his father, Situ Mingyu, arrived in time and rescued his soul.

Over the years, Situ Mingyu had been thinking of ways to revive his son. Ultimately, he had set his sights on Di Lin, who had joined the Dragon Phoenix Academy. Di Lin bore some resemblance to his son, and the two also had eight-star physiques with an affinity to the flame element. Thus, he decided to use Di Lin's body for his son's resurrection.

To give his son a better starting ground after his resurrection, Situ Mingyu planned to nurture Di Lin until he reached the Sovereign Realm. Unfortunately, Di Lin had failed in his match against Xiang Shaoyun and was even killed. Thus, Situ Mingyu was forced to bring forward the resurrection plan.

Although the circumstances weren't as good as he had planned, he was still happy that his son was alive again. He was willing to do anything for this. However, things were not as simple as Situ Mingyu thought.

Di Lin's soul had not completely dispersed yet. A remnant had still remained within his head, and after Situ Yaotian's soul had entered, the two souls had fought each other for control.

Di Lin's soul had the home advantage. Although he had just suffered a major defeat, the remaining soul power was beyond Situ Yaotian. Thus, Situ Yaotian had his soul devoured instead.

If Situ Mingyu knew the truth, he would probably spit blood in anger. The one speaking was, in fact, still the same Di Lin. However, he had inherited part of Situ Yaotian's memories, resulting in some changes to his soul. The changes had resulted in the appearance of a Di Lin that was scarier than before.

Old bastard, so you had accepted me as a disciple and accelerated my cultivation due to the bad intentions you harbor? Fortunately, I have great luck, and my soul was able to remain in my head. Otherwise, I would never have found out about this old bastard's plan. Hah, looks like not even the heavens want to take me to the realm beyond. In the future, I will rule the world. Xiang Shaoyun, I will ensure you suffer a miserable death. And you, old bastard Situ, you dare harbor bad intentions against me? You deserve death as well! thought Di Lin.