True Villain of Chaos

Five years ago, the most amazing genius of the Qingyan Dynasty left the top Sect of the Domain, the Scarlet Heaven Holy Land. 

Everyone was shocked when the reason was made known to the world.

...

Jiang Hou became the Holy Son of the Holy Land after 3 years of being there, and deservedly so. 

He was gentle and easy going, and didn't make things difficult for anyone in the Holy Land due to his identity before becoming the Holy Son or due to his Identity as one.

 And most of all, he was a true genius, no doubt that anyone deserved to be the Holy Son if not him. 

However, not everything was rosy. 

When the Holy Lord of the Holy Land brought back a young man and a young lady back as his only direct disciples, these disciples turned Jiang Hou's shook his person vigorously. 

Jiang Hou's Master was the Great Elder of Chi Tian Holy Land, Venerable Jian Wushuang. This is a powerful Half-step Saint King Realm expert, and was at the helm of the Holy Land alongside the Holy Lord, who broke through to the Great Saint Realm in his recent outing.

Of course there are Saint King Supreme Elders and some Quasi-Emperor Ancestors who are Sealed in the Holy Land's Forbidden Area.

The two disciples, Ye Chen and Lin Qing'er, whom Venerable Qin Bailong brought back, were actually childhood sweethearts. 

Jiang Hou was attracted to Lin Qing'er the first moment he saw her. He made every effort to please her.

 He also proposed to the Great Elder and Holy Lord to make her the Holy Maiden, much to Venerable Qin's delight. 

Then came the endless pursuit and unmindful flattering. Jiang Hou stopped putting his mind on cultivation and pursued infatuation, which he called love. 

The higher-ups thought it was just a momentary thing, seeing that the Holy Son fell in love for the first time. They made no effort to stop it. By the time they tried to stop it, things had gotten out of hand.

Lin Qing'er made it clear that she wasn't interested in Jiang Hou, but she never rejected any of his gifts. These gifts she would then share with Ye Chen, whose rapid progress in cultivation were due them. 

In the space of three and a half years, the once glorious Holy Son became "licking dog" in the mouths of both the disciples and some elders in the Holy Land and even in the whole domain.

 While the Holy Maiden had become 'virtuous' in people's hearts, Ye Chen was believed to be more deserving to become the Holy Son.

Jiang Hou never commits any of these 'talks' to mind. He was determined to conquer love with flattery and unmindful acts. Whoever got in his way, he'd have them beat up, if he couldn't beat them alone, his followers and lackeys would act together with him.

This continued until, "Senior Brother Jiang Hou! I want to challenge you to a duel. If I lose, I am willing to give up my Saint Grade Medicinal Pill, the Soul Nourishing Pill", said Ye Chen after he won the championship in the Holy Land's Grand competition that year. 

The Grand Competition is held once every ten years. 

There is a ranking for the Best Hundred, the Best Fifty, the Best Thirty, the Young Elites, Young Prodigies, and Heavenly Prides. Those who make it to the Top 5 are called Heavenly Prides, Top 6th to Top 10th are Young Prodigies. Young Elites make up for the top 11th to top 20th, and so on.

To qualify to challenge the Holy Son, You must be at least a Heavenly Pride, even if you're the least of the Heavenly Prides. Regardless of the Realm difference, as long as the challenger is confident, it is within the Sect's Law provision that he can challenge the Holy Son position.

The Holy Son himself also enjoys the benefit of declining the Challenge for at most three times from the same person, and 2 challenges from 2 persons. After which he has to accept the challenge no matter what.

"What? Ye Chen actually challenged the Holy Son? But he is one Great Realm lower than the Holy Son. How dare he be so presumptuous?!!!", someone exclaimed.

"What's so strange about it? You must know that Ye Chen is a true Genius to be able to top the List of Holy Land's Geniuses in just a few three and half years of joining the sect", another reasoned.

"Nevertheless, the Holy Son is the Heir of the Jiang Family after all. It is not just for show. Just because he is confused at the moment doesn't mean he is a soft persimmon", still another argued, obviously one of the few remaining supporters of the Holy Son in the Holy Land.

"Don't forget that Ye Chen can fight across realms. He was able to defeat a Monster at the peak of the Soul Projection Realm when he was still at the mid-stage Soul Formation Realm. Now that he has entered the peak of the Realm, his combat prowess must have greatly increased. Otherwise, he wouldn't come out to embarrass himself would he?"

"Ye Chen can fight across realms but the Holy Son can't?"

"Whatever, we're no match for either one of the two anyways. Might as well take advantage of this fight to gain insight to the Tao", someone said.

"You're right. This is a great opportunity. I've not seen the Holy Son make an all-out move before. Neither have I seen Ye Chen go all out".

"And, didn't you hear Ye Chen mentioning a Saint Grade Medicinal Pill. Where could he possibly obtain it? Is he deliberately saying that to provoke the Holy Son into a fight?", a fan of Jiang Hou pointed out

"He is a disciple of the Holy Lord, is it so difficult for him to obtain a Saint Grade Pill?", someone answered that disciple.

The disciples were discussing. Jiang Hou, who was at the peak of the Soul Projection, could clearly hear them. He thought to himself, "The cub of just a few years ago now bares its fangs at the Lion King. It's really stupid", 

His expression speaking of "Interested"

"Oh, Junior Brother, you're one great realm below me. But I will accept this challenge. But the condition you gave is too biased, isn't it? Don't talk about Saint grade Pills, even Great Saint Pills are at my disposal all the time. I just need to stretch out my hands and the pills will walk up to me on their own. But if you agree not to have any contact with Qing'er after losing, I might grant your request", he announced.

As soon as he said that, the crowd burst into an uproar

"Yes, why didn't I think of it before? The Holy Son can definitely obtain a Saint grade Pill as long as he raises his finger. Why should he condescend just because of a pill while his status is at stake?"

"Senior Brother Ye Chen, you can look down on the Holy Son in your heart, but this is too much"

All disciples, True Disciples, Inner Court Disciples, Outer Court Disciples, and some Personal Disciples all to rebuke Ye Chen.

"You must give something of equal value as the position of the Holy Son"

"Yes! I second, at least you must offer a High Grade Great Saint Level Pill", 

"A single Soul Nourishing Pill is not enough. Give 3-5 Pills, that would be fair", someone suggested.

Others quickly distanced themselves from this person, looking at him with eyes of disgust, as though looking at a fool. 'If Saint Grade or Great Saint Level Pills were so easily obtained, everyone in the world would have become a Saint or Great Saint', they thought.

"But it's not surprising that the Holy Son propose such a condition for competing"

"Yeah, right? That's definitely Holy Son-like"

On the Holy Maiden's Platform, just to the right of the Holy Son's Platform, Lin Qing'er's face turned cold, she said,

"Senior Brother Jiang, I've said you shouldn't call me Qing'er so intimately, we are not close enough", while others rebuked Ye Chen, she rebuked Jiang Hou instead. She was brutal in the manner too, not giving any face to the so-called 'Holy Son', her "Licker".

All eyes turned to Jiang Hou at this moment, in anticipation.

With smiles on his face, Jiang Hou said, "I'm sorry, Junior Sister, I'm sorry. Isn't it just to show how much I admire you? Don't be angry, don't be angry, haha"

 And their Holy Son didn't disappoint either.

"Hmph, Senior Brother Jiang, don't be unreasonable. Qing'er is not a tool to be used for a bet. If I lose, my cultivation will be broken", Ye Chen's face turned cold seeing Jiang Hou flirting with his lover.

And though he said that, he didn't really mean it. 

'What a joke, both my masters, and my family have toiled for me to have what I now have. How could I possibly give it up like that? And I couldn't possibly lose to this guy right? I might not be from a Powerful family, but everything I have now is earned through bitter cultivation. Besides, I cultivate the Emperor Cultivation Technique, and the Quasi-Emperor Martial Technique', he thought to himself.