By the latter half of the night, Chen De estimated that the time was about right.

So, Chen De lay on the ground, silently invoking the system in his heart.

He added one more attribute point to defense, and Chen De made no attempt to hide the commotion of his breakthrough.

Successfully breaking through to the Demon Qi Realm Eighth Stage, his aura surged, and the breakthrough's ripple spread out with him.

Wasn't the purpose of this to let the Shadow Wolf King see him?

As the system map's range expanded again, Chen De's eyes flashed with brilliance upon hearing the map's notification sound.

Sure enough, the Shadow Wolf King was still monitoring him. Previously, because Chen De's cultivation was not high enough, the system map's range was too small to detect it.

Now that Chen De's cultivation had broken through, Chen De could clearly see it.

The moment his cultivation broke through, the red dot representing the Shadow Wolf King clearly made a move.

Damn it, he didn't even think of escaping. As his adopted son, it didn't trust him at all.

Did it think that his Chen De's morals were just for show?

His Chen De wasn't some bad guy, yet it dared to look down on his Chen De's morals.

Did it really think that Chen De couldn't wield the Fangtian Halberd anymore?

This was simply too much!

Suddenly, Chen De thought of the spirit herbs the Shadow Wolf King had produced.

Since the Shadow Wolf King could produce five stalks, it definitely had more.

At the thought of this, Chen De's eyes turned red, and he was so excited that he couldn't sleep.

Of course, he wasn't red-eyed because he wanted those spirit herbs.

Moreover, since this Shadow Wolf King had so many spirit herbs, it must be because he had plundered a lot of demonic fat and demonic paste.

These all belonged to everyone!

Naturally, a share of it belonged to Chen De as well.

After all, his Chen De was also a part of Vortex Forest.

In that case, what the Shadow Wolf King gave Chen De was originally Chen De's own spirit herbs.

The more Chen De thought about it, the angrier he became.

What's more, Chen De was its adopted son. It had so many spirit herbs, yet it only gave Chen De five stalks, and he was supposed to thank him?

He had originally wanted to have a loving father-son relationship with the Shadow Wolf King.

Since the Shadow Wolf King didn't trust his morals and was still preying on all the demons in Vortex Forest.

Then Chen De decided to righteously eliminate his kin and, by the way, accept his inheritance.

So, Chen De unilaterally, privately, and secretly terminated his father-son relationship with the Shadow Wolf King in his heart.

This way, in Chen De's heart, there was absolutely no guilt about killing his adopted father, and he could rightfully inherit his adopted father's legacy.

After all, Chen De was a moral person, and he would not do anything against his true nature.

Let others think what they want.

After all, a benevolent person sees benevolence, and a wise person sees wisdom. People with morals and people without morals view problems from different angles.

In his previous life, Chen De read in novels that the path of cultivation, in terms of conduct, should follow one's true nature, especially for sword cultivators, otherwise, inner demons would inevitably proliferate.

Doesn't that mean his Chen De is a born cultivation prodigy?

If he cultivated the sword, wouldn't he be a peerless great sword cultivator, rarely seen in ten thousand years!

However, Chen De still preferred using a saber, as a saber is open and grand, perfectly suited for a straightforward person like him.

It was already very late, and Chen De didn't need to cultivate to increase his cultivation anyway.

So he planned to get a good night's sleep to recharge his spirit, and he didn't need to worry about safety at all.

The Shadow Wolf King had been watching from a distance, so it was very safe.

As soon as he lay down, Chen De tossed and turned, unable to sleep. He sat up, his mind filled with the word 'inheritance'.

It seemed that the Shadow Wolf King's inheritance was destined to be his!

It resonated so much with his Chen De.

No, how could that be called the Shadow Wolf King's inheritance?

There was a share for Chen De, and a share for all the monsters in the forest, but everyone's was Chen De's.

So, wasn't all of that originally his Chen De's belongings?

The treasures of the world belong to the virtuous. Was his Chen De not virtuous enough?

Putting everything else aside, his Chen De's name even contained the character 'De' (virtue)!

The Shadow Wolf King actually so domineeringly occupied what belonged to Chen De.

Before, when Chen De hadn't arrived, that was one thing, but now that Chen De had arrived, he was still occupying it.

This was truly immoral. It seemed that the Shadow Wolf King had indeed found a way to his own demise.

When his Chen De went to righteously eliminate his kin, that would also be in accordance with the will of heaven, acting on behalf of heaven, and accumulating immeasurable merit!

Thinking this, Chen De's last bit of guilt also vanished.

After all, his Chen De's actions were righteous!

But Chen De was, after all, a moral person, and he really didn't expect the Shadow Wolf King to be such a demon.

His Chen De disdained to associate with him.

I am irreconcilable with evil!

Chen De thought, somewhat sadly yet excitedly... The next morning, as dawn was breaking, Chen De scrambled out of bed.

Although his relationship with the Shadow Wolf King was merely a superficial father-son bond, he still had to maintain appearances.

By going early in the morning, he could thoroughly demonstrate his Chen De's loyalty and filial piety in front of the Shadow Wolf King.

On the way, Chen De observed the system map while hurrying along.

Indeed, the Shadow Wolf King was still following not far behind.

Every time Chen De moved a certain distance, the red dot representing the Shadow Wolf King also moved a certain distance.

When Chen De was about to reach the location where he and the Shadow Wolf King met yesterday.

From a great distance, Chen De saw the Shadow Wolf King lying in the same spot he stood yesterday, with his eyes closed, resting.

If Chen De hadn't known that he had just arrived, he would have really thought that the Shadow Wolf King had been waiting for a long time.

But to be fair, hadn't this Shadow Wolf King also been waiting for a long time?

He had been following Chen De since he left yesterday, and had been following him until now.

However, Chen De pretended not to know, and upon seeing the Shadow Wolf King from a great distance.

He immediately showed an expression of wild joy, and his footsteps involuntarily quickened by a few points.

Just as Chen De ran to within a short distance of the Shadow Wolf King, he deliberately tripped over a stone.

Under Chen De's control, his body rolled forward, stopping just as he was about to roll next to the Shadow Wolf King.

Then Chen De scrambled to his feet, crawled in front of the Shadow Wolf King, his little tail wagging behind him.

“I'm sorry, Adopted Father, I'm late! I made Adopted Father wait!”

At this moment, the Shadow Wolf King slowly opened his eyes, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

A smile flashed across his face, but his words were somewhat of a disappointment, as if he was scolding him for not living up to expectations,

“Alas, Bu'er! You are still so impulsive, so impatient. Get up, there's no need for such formality between us, father and son.”

Chen De smiled knowingly in his heart when he heard this, he had him in his grasp.

So Chen De obediently stood up, “I'm sorry, Adopted Father! I've disappointed Adopted Father. I mainly missed Adopted Father too much. As soon as I saw Adopted Father, my heart was so excited that I made a fool of myself.”

Saying that, he also said with a trembling voice, “I, I mainly just want to show my filial piety to Adopted Father!”

“I, I dream of showing filial piety to Adopted Father!”

“I dream of it!”

Chen De's vivid performance made it impossible for the Shadow Wolf King to tell whether Chen De was truly filial or just pretending.

On the surface, he still appeared very pleased, “I am already very happy that you have this filial piety, Adopted Father is waiting for you to show your filial piety to me.”

“Moreover, Adopted Father sees that you have already broken through to the Demon Qi Realm Eighth Stage. Hmm, not bad, Adopted Father is very satisfied with you!”

“Hmm, all of this is thanks to Adopted Father's cultivation. Adopted Father's kindness to me is as heavy as a mountain.

Don't worry, Adopted Father, when I have the ability, I will definitely show my filial piety to Adopted Father.”

Seeing that the time was ripe, the Shadow Wolf King prepared to get to the main topic, “No need for later, Bu'er, have you forgotten?

Didn't Adopted Father tell you that there was an important matter to entrust to you today?

Well, your chance to show filial piety to Adopted Father has arrived!”

Chen De cooperatively showed an expression as if he had just remembered, his face full of pleasant surprise,

“That's great, Adopted Father, I finally have the chance to show my filial piety to Adopted Father! What kind of task is it? Adopted Father! Your son is already eager to show filial piety to Adopted Father.”

The Shadow Wolf King, however, said to Chen De with a strange expression...