ADAPTED FROM THE WEBCOMIC YI REN ZHI XIA
THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION.
ALL ACTIONS AND ABILITIES PERFORMED SHOULD NOT BE IMITATED
LYU'S FAMILY MANSION
He's just a wretched animal that must be killed.
This wretched animal killed his younger sister,
my sister!
Will you speak or not?
Great-grandpa.
How did it go?
This kid erased all of his memories that are related to Gong Qing
and Sinister Pleasure.
You may go upstairs first.
Lyu Liang, you're pretty stubborn, aren't you?
Hurry up and hand over Zhang Xilin's and Tian Jinzhong's memories.
What exactly are the Eight Supremes about?
Back then, you escaped from the Lyu family
and sought Sinister Pleasure's protection.
You betrayed your clan.
Your crime is worthy of death.
However,
as long as you tell me the clues
related to the Eight Supremes,
I'll spare you.
Great-grandpa,
I escaped from the family in the first place
because someone
framed me for killing Lyu Huan.
All these years,
I've been through plenty of things
and told a lot of lies.
However, I never lied when it came to my little sister's death!
Lyu Huan's death
has nothing to do with me!
I watched over you as you grew up.
I know your character well enough.
Even if you did kill Lyu Huan,
I'm sure you didn't do it on purpose.
I didn't kill her!
To be honest,
I wish that you weren't the culprit.
Every drop of blood from our bloodline,
even if it's from a ridiculous guy like you,
I do cherish them with all my heart.
I hope
you can hand over your memories of the Eight Supremes to me.
I will make you a member of the Lyu family again.
Great-grandpa.
Are you willing to tell me
everything you know?
I am.
However, Great-grandpa,
can you
answer me a question?
Go ahead.
I saw Double Quan Palm
from Tian Jinzhong's memories.
Great-grandpa,
why does Soul Whisperer
resemble Double Quan Palm so much?
What have you seen?
That's the deepest secret of the Lyu family.
Now, you're all grown up.
It's time for you to know.
Thank you, Great-grandpa.
Lyu Liang.
I thought you wanted to know the relationship
between Double Quan Palm and Soul Whisperer?
Great-grandpa?
I'll tell you about it right now.
This is the deepest secret of the Lyu family.
You have to keep it.
Lyu Huan,
where exactly are you?
I'm sorry.
I have no way to seek the truth now.
NDT
NDT Express has experienced massive delivery mishaps lately.
Their customers are dissatisfied with their service.
As an established delivery company,
do they actually have their customers' interests at heart?
Miss, NDT customers are waiting for responses to the recent delivery mishaps.
Do you have any comments?
This incident has impacted the company's reputation negatively.
The company has decided to halt its operation for three days.
Chulan?
Yes, Xu San?
We're in a meeting. Can you be serious?
Where were we just now?
The company's operation will be halted for three days.
This is great.
Xu San,
I've been insulted and reprimanded by our customers for the past few days.
And now, I can finally take a break.
Alright. Meeting dismissed.
Chulan, Baobao, stay here.
Xu San, what will we be having for lunch?
Seafood? Or BBQ?
It's my treat.
The company told me to investigate the cause.
I've decided to let you and Baobao proceed with the investigation.
Xu San,
I'm the champion of the Outsider Martial Arts Contest.
But here I am, delivering parcels for you.
Besides,
it's an issue with the company's system.
We aren't programmers.
How can we investigate this case?
The system is fine.
Someone hacked into our system from outside
and stole vital intel.
Anyway, I've said it before.
This has negatively impacted our reputation.
The higher-ups are paying close attention to this.
You two better not drop the ball.
But how can we investigate the case?
I found you two a helper.
She'll contact you guys.
Can I take a look?
Ms. Bao,
that's not edible.
It's so hard.
TEMP OF NDT NORTHEAST CHINA, GAO ERZHUANG,
HAS SENT YOU A FRIEND REQUEST
Is this the helper Xu San mentioned?
ACCEPT
Temporary employee
Gao Erzhuang?
Is it a girl?
I'VE ALREADY TRACKED DOWN
THE IP ADDRESS AND LOCATION OF THE HACKER.
She has a cute profile picture.
I'LL SEND THE INFO AND ADDRESS TO YOU TWO.
Are you free right now?
Let's discuss it on the phone.
CHANGFENG STREET NO. 63, RRES CYBERCAFE
She is being so mysterious.
Ms. Bao,
let's go.
Gao Erzhuang wants to meet us here.
I feel like something's off.
Your seats are over there.
San recommended her.
And she's a temp like me.
I'm sure she's reliable.
No. 17.
Over here.
And then?
MS. BAO, TURN ON THE PC.
Turn on the PC.
MS. BAO, TURN ON THE CAMERA.
Turn on the camera.
Erzhuang says she wants to find someone.
"Qin Peng, 23 years old,
programmer and an Outsider.
He's the one who stole the company's intel.
I've already sent his details to you guys.
Take him to the company and interrogate him after this.
See who's the mastermind behind him."
So we just came here to turn on the PC for you?
Is that all?
That's right.
Are you too poor to surf the Internet?
Or are you still a kid?
Why must we come all the way here for a trivial matter like this?
I'M SO ANGRY!
Ms. Bao,
she's pretty capable.
But she has a terrible temper.
Zhang Chulan,
do not badmouth me behind my back!
Ms. Bao,
she is right beside us.
She can hear us.
Zhang Chulan, stop looking for me.
I'm right beside you.
What a pervert! Who is this guy?
-Who is that? -Who's this?
Here you go!
My dear lady,
it's all my fault, okay?
I don't know how old I am either.
Let me count.
Ms. Bao,
don't reveal everything to an outsider.
We don't know her.
Return the phone to Ms. Bao!
You think you're capable, huh?
Come out if you dare!
Show yourself!
Come out, Invisible Girl!
Come out!
Why are you shouting?
It's nothing.
I've already interrogated him.
That programmer named Qin Peng,
he only joined Sinister Pleasure last month.
This was the first mission he received from his superiors.
He didn't even know
that he was hacking into our company's system.
So who gave him the order?
He said he forgot.
He forgot?
He truly forgot everything.
I used all kinds of ways
to make him tell me the mastermind's name, gender, and appearance.
But he couldn't remember anything.
Could it be that it's related to Lyu Liang?
The other hackers I caught
were just like Qin Peng.
They forgot everything about the person who gave them the task.
Did someone tamper with his memory?
It should be the effect of a certain superpower.
I'll report this to our higher-ups.
You guys can stay out of this now.
-But-- -No more buts.
We already caught the suspect.
You and Baobao can take a break now.
You may go.
You should leave too.
Continue to investigate how Qin Peng's memories were wiped away.
Are you sure he's asleep?
Don't worry.
I spiked him. He'll be unconscious until tomorrow afternoon.
Ms. Bao.
It's fine as long as I don't take the pork belly.
Why do you need his glasses?
Do you have nearsightedness too?
Whenever we interacted with Erzhuang,
it felt like she was by our side.
She knew everything about us.
It was like she could see us.
However, we couldn't see her.
Xu San was the only one who could interact with her in person.
So according to my deduction,
I'm sure Xu San has a method
to communicate with her.
I've observed him for some time
and I finally found it.
This is the secret to communicating with Erzhuang.
Let me see
what Gao Erzhuang looks like.
Zhang Chulan,
you look so ugly with glasses.
You look so ugly with glasses.
I knew you weren't human!
Speak for yourself.
Are you talking to me?
Nope.
So,
are you an AR or AI?
Or are you a Pokemon?
Erzhuang,
since when you were here?
Are you hungry or not?
Nope.
Why does he look so silly?
He's pretty silly.
He's not as intelligent as me.
Erzhuang, you're actually
the central system of NDT,
right?
-Erzhuang? -So you knew everything
from the system being hacked to our info being stolen,
including the delivery mishap, right?
Handling the delivery information
is just a small part of my task.
So why did Sinister Pleasure
steal all those intel?
What's their motive?
Why should I tell you?
Erzhuang?
What's in it for me if I tell you?
What do you want?
That's tough.
What about this?
Choose your favorite dish
and describe its taste to me.
The more specific it is, the better.
You…
You're not kidding, right?
Erzhuang?
Look at me.
I can't even take food.
Are you not willing to do so?
I'll leave then.
Don't leave.
What does it taste like?
It's a little salty.
Is that all?
It's tender,
crispy,
and has a satisfying meaty taste.
It melts in your mouth.
It's so smooth and sweet.
What a pleasant aftertaste.
This isn't just an ordinary skewer.
It's the taste of life.
As I continue to chew on it,
I tasted its rich flavor.
It's as if I'm on the plains right now.
I see the shepherds herding their sheep
as wild horses run across the plains.
The grass bends low, the cattle and sheep, to show.
Wait.
I also taste the distant mountains and forests.
You described the taste of my lamb skewer.
That's enough.
I finally know how it feels to taste something.
I'll tell you about it then.
The intel that Sinister Pleasure has stolen
is related to the creators of the Eight Supremes.
CREATORS OF THE EIGHT SUPREMES
It contains their personal details,
date of birth, address, and so on.
Everything related to them is in it.
Why do they need it?
I have no idea why.
I got hold of another piece of news.
Sinister Pleasure has a new sect leader.
A new sect leader?
I thought they only had interim leaders before this?
It's a new sect leader,
not an interim leader.
Interim leader? New sect leader?
Make yourself clear.
That's all the info I can provide to you
for the food description you gave me.
-Goodbye. -Don't--
She just left.
Why did the sect leader of Sinister Pleasure
steal intel related to the Eight Supremes?
What secret is hidden behind the Eight Supremes?
I could've asked Grandmaster about this if he wasn't on a retreat.
But he is on a retreat now.
Who else can I ask about this?
-Hello? -Linglong, it's me.
I've missed you. It has been months since we last met.
Me too.
Who's calling you?
Who is it?
Chulan.
What? Chulan?
Why are you being so close to him?
Stay away from him!
No one in Mount Longhu
is a decent being!
All of them are dishonest.
All of them are liars!
Linglong,
tell Mr. Lu
that I met Grandmaster a few days ago.
He felt sorry.
What about this?
I'll visit Mr. Lu tomorrow
and apologize to him on my Grandmaster's behalf.
Are you saying your grandmaster wants to apologize to me?
Sure. Come then.
I'll see how your grandmaster apologizes.
Chulan.
Here's my advice.
You better not spout nonsense when you see my Grandmaster.
He's in a bad mood lately.
I know.
He had a misunderstanding with my Grandmaster, right?
It's not just that.
I don't know what's wrong
with these elderly folks lately.
He visited Taoist Fang Dongtian some days ago.
Taoist Fang passed away just a few days afterward.
I also heard
that Taoist Lu from Mount Wudang
had just passed away too.
The survivors of the Year of Jiashen are getting fewer and fewer.
But don't worry.
I'll definitely make your grandmaster happy.
I'll drink with him later.
Ms. Bao, I'll leave that to you.
No problem.
Good.
Great-grandpa, Zhang Chulan is here!
Come.
Great-grandpa, Zhang Chulan is here.
They're here?
Feng Baobao is here too.
Linglong,
entertain that lass for me.
I need to speak with Zhang Chulan in private.
Ms. Bao, let's go and play with my cat in my room.
Come on.
You do look like a member of Zhang Zhiwei's gang.
You look detestable no matter how I look at you!
Mr. Lu.
Mr. Lu,
Xu San and Xu Si told me
that the Ten Elders dared not speak
when they saw Grandmaster in the Ganbei Grassland.
Mr. Lu, you are the mightiest man there.
Only you were a match for my grandmaster.
You two were equal in prowess.
You two didn't even blink after fighting for five days and nights.
You two fought until the blue skies--
Enough!
Stop flattering me!
Your grandmaster could kill me in one blow!
I've already straightened out my thoughts.
I'm not angry at the fact that he hit me.
I'm angry that he sealed himself away on Mount Longhu
without caring for his old buddies.
Tell me.
I'm already at this age.
I…
Look at
the number of friends I have left.
Look.
These are my only friends now.
Mr. Lu,
if you're angry about that,
I can be your friend
if my Grandmaster cannot leave the mountain.
Do you want to be my friend?
Forget about it.
Your cunning nature would have landed me in trouble
if I were several decades younger.
Enough. Just tell me.
What do you need?
I truly came here just to visit you.
I brought you some supplements too.
May you live for 100 years.
Shut up!
I'm already 110 years old!
Do you still wish for me to live for 100 years?
Then, may you live for 200 years.
Good.
Tell me.
What do you want to ask?
You're so straightforward
that I became too embarrassed to ask.
Initially, I wanted to ask you
about the Jiashen Calamity.
But I know you won't tell me about it.
That's why I wish to know
if you can tell me about the Eight Supremes instead.
Speaking of the Eight Supremes,
it all started with the 36 Thieves.
Ms. Bao,
you don't play with cats like that.
Come.
Is it that simple?
Ms. Bao, why were you guys looking for great-grandpa?
Did something happen to the company?
Let me try.
This is the name list of the 36 Thieves.
You're very close with the Feng family.
I'm sure you know Feng Tianyang, who is Feng Zhenghao's grandfather.
I've also witnessed their family technique,
Dispatch of Detained Spirits.
Feng Tianyang offered this name list to Wang Ai's family
when they captured him.
Infinite Heavenly Talisman
was imparted to me
by my buddy, Zheng Zibu, before he died.
But back then,
the so-called Eight Supremes,
it was just a name.
We had no idea
what the abilities were like.
Chulan,
in the Outsiders' world,
an ability can only be referred to as a supreme
after at least 100 years of polishing
and passing down.
However, these eight people
actually produced the Eight Supremes overnight.
I'm sure there's a catch to it.
In order to extract the truth about the Eight Supremes
from Feng Tianyang,
many well-established figures
gathered at that place.
Initially, they thought
they could easily extract the truth
just by interrogating Feng Tianyang.
However, no one expected
that all the elders
PHYSICIAN MIAO JIANG
would fail the interrogation.
The previous Chief Celestial Taoist,
your grandmaster's master,
was there as well.
He tried to persuade the rest
to stop the interrogation.
However, they wouldn't hear him out.
I shall not conspire with shallow beings like you all.
Farewell.
You!
They spent half a month interrogating him,
yet they couldn't find out
where the Eight Supremes came from
and what the truth was.
In the end,
they only got the name list of the 36 Thieves.
Back then,
only nine out of the 36 Thieves
managed to survive.
I wrote their names on the last page of the name list.
Those nine people
mastered the Eight Supremes.
Nine people?
But weren't there only eight supremes?
Initially, there were nine of them.
Eight of them mastered their supremes.
And they also gave a name to their supremes.
The last one was trying his best to invent a supreme.
So did he manage to invent his own supreme?
It was Wu Gensheng.
WU GENSHENG
Wu Gensheng's skills
were already incomprehensible.
His technique was on par with the Eight Supremes.
It's because
he was the number one martial artist in the world back then.
Doesn't that make him as powerful as my Grandmaster?
Wu Gensheng?
Is Wu even a valid surname?
Wu Gensheng is a nickname he gave himself.
No one knew what his real name was.
He was a madman.
He said he was born from the celestial root.
He had no worries, doubts,
temperaments, roots,
past, or future.
Even his skills are things of their own without any recognized source.
Some people
said that he was born from a corpse.
Some people said
he was an illegitimate son who was abandoned by a noble family.
What made people notice him
was his position as the sect leader of Sinister Pleasure
after the seat
had been vacant for centuries.
Since then,
those madmen
had a leader.
The sect leader of Sinister Pleasure?
What?
It's nothing.
You see, our company's system was hacked a few days ago.
After our investigation, we found out that the mastermind
was the new sect leader of Sinister Pleasure.
He even stole intel
related to the Eight Supremes from our company.
Something's wrong.
Wu Gensheng vanished
after the Jiashen Calamity.
His whereabouts were nowhere to be found.
After that,
every leader
of Sinister Pleasure
only dared refer to themselves as interim leaders.
No one ever dared refer to themselves as the sect leader.
Could it be that he has made a return?
What?
I was just saying.
How old is he then?
He's several decades older than me.
I think he should be dead by now.
I do wish that he's still alive.
Wu Gensheng!
I have to kill you myself!
You're welcome to try it anytime.
Ms. Bao,
Linglong, let's have a hotpot.
Zhang Chulan.
Didn't you say you were going to drink with Grandpa?
I have to drive later.
Cheers.
Come.
Let's drink.
Mr. Lu.
The Eight Supremes have now resurfaced.
Zhou Sheng imparted Qimen Manipulation to Wang Ye.
Zheng Zibu imparted Infinite Heavenly Talisman to you.
INFINITE HEAVENLY TALISMAN
And you've imparted it to Zhang Lingyu.
Feng Tianyang's Dispatch of Detained Spirits
were used by both the Feng and Wang family.
These three supremes
have been made known to the world.
However, there are five other supremes that haven't been made known.
Duanmu Ying's Double Quan Palm.
Ma Benzai's Divine Forge,
Gu Jiting's Daluo Dongguan,
Ruan Feng's Six Vault Immortal Thievery,
and my grandfather's Qi Apotheosis.
What are these five supremes about?
After those eight people mastered the Eight Supremes,
they only revealed the names of their supremes
to one other.
As for their abilities,
even they didn't know.
Mr. Lu,
back then, capable martial artists like you
could be found everywhere in the Outsiders' world.
Why are the eight of them the only ones who mastered the Eight Supremes?
I did hear this from Feng Tianyang before.
They mastered the Eight Supremes
in a place called the Valley of 24 Terms.
He said
that there were once deities who made their ascensions there.
And they left behind a mysterious qi formation.
A qi formation?
That's right. Through man's manipulation,
the flow of qi is altered
and superpowers can be accessed.
He said the Valley of 24 Terms
could defy fate,
revive the dead,
even help one to ascend to deityhood.
Revive the dead?
Mr. Lu,
does such a magical place truly exist?
Why don't you bring me there?
I don't know where it is.
Elderly folks like us
searched the entire world for it.
But we couldn't find the Valley of 24 Terms.
Forget about us.
Even a resourceful and powerful company
like NDT
couldn't find the place
after decades of research.
I think
Feng Tianyang made up that lie
so that he could survive.
If that was a lie he made up,
how could there be eight people
mastering the Eight Supremes at the same time?
Mr. Lu, let's drink.
Come.
By the way, Mr. Lu,
didn't you say
they used everything they could to interrogate Feng Tianyang?
So why didn't they use the Lyu family's Soul Whisperer on him?
Forget about it.
The Lyu family hadn't invented the Soul Whisperer
before the Jiashen Calamity.
They didn't have Soul Whisperer back then?
So when did they invent Soul Whisperer?
Boy, here's my advice.
You better stop meddling with the Lyu family's affairs
if you wish to live.
This wretched animal killed his younger sister,
my sister!
PROGRESS TO REVEALING THE TRUTH AT 70%
LYU'S FAMILY MANSION
Something is off with the Lyu family.
They're suspected
of breaking the Outsiders' regulations many times.
However, NDT couldn't find any direct evidence related to them.
You guys have to practice caution.
This yard is so grand.
It's much larger than Doggy's village.
Of course.
This is the Ten Elders' territory after all.
It's so late.
Why aren't they sleeping?
Mr. Lyu?
What happened?
Where's Lyu Liang?
Great-grandpa!
I'm scared!
Great-grandpa!
I'm scared!
Useless fool!
You couldn't master the Soul Whisperer!
How dare you scream in agony!
I'm scared!
-Great-grandpa! -What kind of place is this?
I'm scared!
Come. Let's check it out.
I think I've seen this somewhere before.
This belongs to Lyu Liang.
Where is he then?
I saw him
being captured by the Lyu family myself.
This is an important memory that belongs to your grandfather and me.
It holds the truth behind the Jiashen Calamity.
But I'm the only one who can open it.
PROGRESS TO REVEALING THE TRUTH AT 80%
The sect leader is here.
Everyone stands in line
to welcome our new sect leader.
Everyone,
I've retrieved the core intel related to the Eight Supremes.
Would you like to join me
in recreating
the true Sinister Pleasure?
SECT LEADER OF SINISTER PLEASURE