A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1777

As the roar continued, it rumbled the earth, and eventually the heavens. The ground around them started quaking as if the roar had awakened a primal fear within it.

The roar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, and a moment later, an intense heat storm swept across the surface world.

When Tang Yun and Ye Fan turned around, what greeted them was a horrifying scene. The top of Mount Chumen looked like it was on fire, its land as red as the crimson sun. The mountain looked like it was being burned by a little sun.

"That... That can't be..." Tang Yun's face became as white as a ghost when she saw what was happening.

"What's wrong, Yun?" Ye Fan was worried. He seldom saw Tang Yun looking so worried before.

Tang Yun had a grim look on her face. "Ye Fan, I suspect that the monster that has been slumbering under the mountain is starting to wake up."

"Wait. A monster? There's a monster under the mountain?" Ye Fan was shocked.

"You didn't know about it? Your family's ancestor- Chu Yunyang-was one of the, if not the most powerful and most talented fighters of his generation and generations to come. Even the smallest part of his power is enough to keep your family safe for millennia.

"Invoke the Celestial Cloud, Iron Man, Sword of Yunyang, and even the Tang family's Cloud and Mist Sword Technique are the gifts he left for his descendants." Tang Yun spoke briefly of Ye Fan's family history but she didn't look happy. The situation was a grim one.

"What? Even the Cloud and Mist Sword Technique? No wonder I thought it's similarto Invoke the Celestial Cloud." Ye Fan finally realized the answer to the question that had been bugging him for a long time. However, that only made him more curious about the relationship between the Chu family and the Tang family. I wonder what does their most guarded technique have anything to do with my ancestor?But now's not the time to ask that question, though. Ye Fan said, "You're trying to say that this monster also has something to do with my ancestor, aren't you?"

Tang Yun nodded. "When I was little, I knew that a monster slumbers underneath Mount Chumen. The Jones family's ancestor was the monster's gatekeeper. He was also one of your ancestor's subordinates as well. After so many years, the Jones family became one of the Three Families of the Chu Sect, and they enjoy the same status as the Chu family.

"Since then, all they care about is power. They probably forgot about their ancestor's duty. They might have even forgotten about this monster as well." Tang Yun shook her head melancholically. As the head of the Chu Sect, she knew a lot more than Ye Fan about the secrets of the Three Families of the Chu Sect.

When she first heard about the monster under the mountain, Tang Yun only brushed it off as a legend, but when she heard the ancient roar and saw the fire that was destroying the mountain, she realized that the monster was no mere myth; it existed in real life.

"If the monster were to reappear, Eigetsu and everyone else will be in danger!"

Ye Fan had realized the gravity of the situation as well. If something were to happen to Mount Chumen, it would add more to Ye Fan's already bursting plate.

Tang Yun shook her head. "Not necessarily. The monster's reawakening isn't necessarily bad news for Eigetsu and the others. The Jones family's ancestors could control the monster, but his descendants have lost the skill to control beasts long ago. And without anyone controlling it, chaos will follow when the monster returns. Your men can escape when that happens," Tang Yun concluded.

Ye Fan felt more at ease after that.

Tang Yun then said, "But this is not the time to talk about that. You're badly hurt. We must leave now. You can't do anything to help them with that kind of injury anyway." She took Ye Fan and fled the mountain. A moment later, they disappeared into the night, while chaos ensued on Mount Chumen.

It was as if Armageddon had come early. Flames engulfed the sky, and cracks appeared on the ground, while a great fire charred everything on the mountain.

The phenomenon lasted for an hour. An hour of chaos later, a behemoth appeared from the ground and shot up into the sky. Everyone on Mount Chumen felt something blotting out the moonlight, and when they looked up, they saw a gigantic monster with six flaming wings floating up above.

The monster looked like sephirot, the angels of legend. The sun and moon were blotted that day, their light replaced by the holiness and majesty of God.

Countless humans were on their knees, begging for the holy sephirot to cleanse them of their sins like the fervent believers they were. All evil was pierced through by the light of God, and all darkness cowered before the holy judgment that came from the heavens.

Eventually, the people could vaguely make out the silhouette of a man standing proudly atop the sixwinged sephirot. His eyes were blue, but his pupils were golden. It was as if the man had ascended the throne and taken the reins of the world beneath him. All life existed for one reason to serve him.

Chu Zhengliang was still tortured on Mount Chumen but when he saw the person who was standing atop the six-winged creature, he shed a tear of happiness, for he knew all the pain he suffered was worth it in the end.

The chaos on Mount Chumen lasted for a night, eventually prompting Anglandur's military's interference. Millions of soldiers made their way to the mountain, and battle jets circled the sky above. Battleships were on the sea, waiting for the order to attack, and countless missiles were aimed at Mount Chumen.

The signs of a bloody battle were taking place, but fortunately, Anglandur's military made contact with Chu Sect's top brass and realized that things were under control. The events that happened the night before were just a result of civil unrest, and everything had been settled. At least, that was what they said.

Thanks to that, they prevented a bombing from falling upon them. After stopping Anglandur from attacking them, Chu Yuan stood on top of the mountain and called for an emergency meeting.

He wanted all the elders, vice Hall Masters, and the top brass of the Three Families of the Chu Sect to stop chasing Ye Fan and come back for the meeting.

Chu Yuan waited for a whole day outside the doors of Chu Sect Castle, but Tang Yun never appeared.

"Where is Tang Yun? Tell me, where is she?" Chu Yuan started shouting in hysteria, his face was contorted with rage.

Even without anyone answering him, he knew why Tang Yun hadn't shown up. Someone had reported what they saw to him earlier. They said someone noticed Tang Yun and Ye Fan leaving the mountain the night before.

Chu Yuan did not believe it when he first heard about it. He could never believe Tang Yun would leave with Ye Fan. After all, she was a mature woman who would always make the best choices. He thought she would never turn her back on him or the sect that she had spent her whole life building up.

That was why he called for the emergency meeting. He wanted to see if his pride and joy would return. She was the sect leader, after all. However, the result disappointed Chu Yuan. He waited for a whole day, but Tang Yun never showed up for the meeting.

Laughing maniacally, he spat, "Chu Tianfan! D*mn you! D*mn you to hell! You've destroyed my family, and now you're bringing my sect to ruin as well?"

Chu Yuan had been silent for the whole day, but eventually, he could not hold his fury and sorrow back anymore. In the end, all he could do was laugh, but there was no delight in his laughter. There was but sorrow and disappointment.

It was then that Chu Yuan realized that the person he had exiled had grown into a truly terrifying entity. He thought Ye Fan could never amount to anything in his life, but not only did Ye Fan imprison the head o the Chu family, but he even took the head of the Chu Sect away with him.

He intends to destroy the Chu family and the Chu Sect completely. Chu Yuan had to admit that Ye Fan was a greater strategist than himself.