"Why do you want the Soul Infant Sect destroyed? Did the Soul Infant Sect have some grudge against you, Father?" Chu Feng asked.
He was surprised because he hadn't expected his father to warn him about how dangerous the Soul Infant Sect was, only to then order him to wipe them out.
However, he felt that his father must have his reasons for assigning him this task — and the most likely reason was that the Soul Infant Sect was his father's enemy.
"The Soul Infant Sect has no grudge against me whatsoever. It's simply that the Soul Infant Sect is an evil cult. Do you know why they're called the Soul Infant Sect?"
"It's because every member of the Soul Infant Sect uses the souls of newborn infants for their cultivation. The longer the Soul Infant Sect exists, the more innocent infants die at their hands. Therefore, the Soul Infant Sect deserves to be destroyed," Chu Xuanyuan said.
"They really do deserve to die." What Chu Feng hated most was those who preyed on the weak and helpless — let alone… a faction that harmed innocent infants.
Just think about it: these were vibrant new lives that had just entered the world. They hadn't even had the chance to experience its wonders, hadn't even begun to know it, and yet they were already being slaughtered by these people. How utterly cruel.
"The Soul Infant Sect does deserve to be destroyed, but there are many factions throughout the world that use sinister cultivation methods. Eradicating them all would be extremely difficult."
"So I want you to destroy the Soul Infant Sect. Removing this evil from the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm is only the first reason. There's a second reason — and this one is the key," Chu Xuanyuan said.
"Please tell me, Father," Chu Feng said earnestly.
"The Chu Heavenly Clan also uses rather extreme methods to cultivate talented juniors of the Chu Family. This method involves assigning missions to the juniors and having them complete those missions."
"From what I know, there are many missions available in the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm."
"So don't be fooled by the fact that the Chu Heavenly Clan resides in the Upper Realm — there are also members of the Chu Heavenly Clan in the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm, and they are mostly juniors."
"But the Chu Heavenly Clan has a rule: any junior of the Chu Heavenly Clan who dares to enter the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm and take on missions forfeits the clan's protection. Even if their life is in danger, no member of the Chu Heavenly Clan will intervene."
"In other words, once Chu Heavenly Clan juniors are inside the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm, whether they live or die depends entirely on themselves."
"And in the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm, the highest-ranking and most difficult mission of all is the destruction of the Soul Infant Sect."
"However, to date, no junior of the Chu Heavenly Clan has ever successfully eliminated the Soul Infant Sect. On the contrary… many elite juniors of the Chu Heavenly Clan have lost their lives because of it."
"As time went on, the Soul Infant Sect no longer feared the Chu Heavenly Clan. After all… they had killed so many of the clan's geniuses and gotten away with it unscathed," Chu Xuanyuan said.
"Did the Chu Heavenly Clan deliberately let the Soul Infant Sect exist? Simply to… train the Chu Heavenly Clan's juniors?" Chu Feng asked.
"You're correct. A faction like the Soul Infant Sect may run rampant in the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm, but if the Chu Heavenly Clan wanted to destroy them, it would be nothing more than a trivial matter."
"The reason they haven't destroyed the sect, and instead keep sending Chu Heavenly Clan juniors to challenge the Soul Infant Sect, is because they hope that one day, a junior of the Chu Heavenly Clan will be able to wipe them out."
"After all, ever since the Soul Infant Sect mission was created, not a single junior of the Chu Heavenly Clan has ever completed it," Chu Xuanyuan said.
"Father, I understand your intentions now," Chu Feng said — and he truly did.
Destroying the Soul Infant Sect was a mission that no junior of the Chu Heavenly Clan could complete.
And if Chu Feng managed to do it, it would be a resounding slap in the face to the Chu Heavenly Clan. After all, Chu Feng had been deemed a worthless trash who lacked the Heavenly-level bloodline, and he had been stripped of the family name.
"There is an age requirement for destroying the Soul Infant Sect — juniors over the age of forty are not permitted to take this mission. As for your age, Feng'er, you have more than enough leeway, since you're not yet thirty."
"But you don't need to go to the Chu Heavenly Clan to formally accept the mission. Just do it directly — after all, in name, you are no longer a member of the Chu Heavenly Clan."