[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme":3,"chapter-pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-chapter-114":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1391293,1845,"Chapter 114: The Madness of Xia Tianming","pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-chapter-114",114,"\u003Cp>They turned their heads to look at Xia Tianming, their eyes filled with undisguised disgust and contempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to Xia Tianming’s former identity as the Emperor’s Son, they dared not openly curse him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no doubt they cursed him thoroughly in their hearts. Someone who would abandon everyone for power—what else could such a person be but a scourge?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor Xia is wise!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor Xia is the wisest ruler of our time; we swear to follow him to the death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast majority of uninformed citizens knelt on the ground, bowed their heads, clasping fists, and shouted to express their loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Tianming, seeing this, couldn’t help but smile smugly. He turned around to look at Xia Tianming, the meaning in his eyes unspoken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Tianming watched Xia Tianming’s shameless demeanor, and he fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never imagined that Xia Tianming could be so brazen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, he was engrossed in cultivation and had no idea what his half-brother was thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After so many years, he thought he understood Xia Tianming somewhat. Seeing him shoveling blame, shamelessly reversing right and wrong, truly left him speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you really... have no sense of propriety or shame?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Xia Tianming spoke, his voice not loud, but enough for Xia Tianming to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Propriety and shame? Are such things useful, can they help me secure the Emperor Xia’s throne, or make you obediently go die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Tianming sneered, speaking in a voice only Xia Tianming could hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xia Tianming, you are truly foolish. This world is all about the survival of the fittest. Do you know what your ways are in my eyes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Disgusting to the point of making me want to vomit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re just luckier, possessing the innate emperor body of the Great Xia bloodline, with no hindrances on your cultivation path, raised as the future Emperor Xia since childhood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But what about me? I don’t have the innate emperor body; my cultivation speed is not even a tenth of yours. When you became a Martial Sovereign, I was still just a small Profound Tier Martial Saint.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why? Tell me why? I’m better than you in both civil and martial arts, merely because you’re lucky to have the envied innate emperor body, I have to be your foil?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know, every time I heard you tell Father that your ambition lay in the peak of Martial Dao and not in ruling the Empire to become Emperor Xia, I truly felt like vomiting!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Tianming, increasingly agitated, turned his back to the ministers, his face twisted and hideous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know what I’m thinking?\" he snarled, glaring at Xia Tianming, \"A waste like you, lucky from birth, do you deserve it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The position of Emperor Xia will never be occupied by someone like you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since Father would not agree, I had to figure something out myself. Luckily, you’re stupid. When I said Father had harmed himself in closed-door cultivation, you foolishly ran here alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Tianming sneered, stepping forward, suddenly unleashing the momentum of an Earth Tier Martial Sovereign Seventh Layer, exciting cheers from the ministers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, there’s no point in talking to you. It’s good that you’re here. I’ve fantasized countless times about killing you, but I hadn’t yet secured the position of Emperor Xia and didn’t dare offend those old folks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you came to this competition for the Emperor Xia’s throne on the Emperor Dragon Platform yourself, perfect... Now, I can openly and wantonly kill you before everyone, finally tearing you apart with my own hands, hahahahaha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Tianming’s hands brimmed with black light, causing two twin halberds to appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body shivered, the outer layer of the Emperor’s Robe fell off, and Xia Naiwu carefully took it and put it aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His laughter was manic, sinister, making Xia Tianming and Xia Feng both frown involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grandfather, it turns out the current Emperor Xia is a lunatic.\" Xia Feng sighed, helping Xia Tianming remove his broad blue robe, then looked up at Xia Tianming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Things not gained through rightful means will eventually have to be returned one day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honestly, thinking of having a blood relation with someone like you feels a bit disgraceful. You should really look in the mirror and see, do you have the semblance of a sovereign at all, just a clown filled with negative emotions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xia Feng’s expressionless words, Xia Tianming, who always held himself high above others, was suddenly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He expected Xia Tianming might retort or curse him, but he didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a grudge between them spanning hundreds of years, but for Xia Feng to insult him, what was that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xia Feng, is it? I’m talking to your grandfather; do you have a place to intervene?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Tianming’s eyes turned sinister, looking at Xia Feng, speaking word by word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By relations, you should call me second uncle... Xia Tianming, haven’t you taught him how to respect his elders?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old fart.\" Xia Feng rolled his eyes, shaking his head unwittingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Xia Tianming shrugged, then smiled and patted Xia Feng’s head, giving him an approving glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Tianming was dumbfounded for two seconds, then his anger turned into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, alright, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, isn’t that right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter, you can show off now, but after I kill your grandfather, I’ll show you the tortures passed down in the Great Xia Empire for tens of thousands of years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Idiot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one in response, still shaking his head, was Xia Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This single insult of \"idiot\" made Xia Tianming clutched his chest, trembling, his gaze toward Xia Feng growing more vicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng smiled, a look of indifference fixed on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Toward the man before him, he felt no goodwill. His family living tremblingly in Xingyu City was all thanks to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the previous conversation, he had figured it out. Xia Tianming is extremely arrogant, yet extremely insecure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why he acts so manic, so conceited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wants everything Xia Tianming has, having been envious of him since childhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus he schemed and conspired against Xia Tianming, even daring to take action against the current Emperor’s Son, knowing it was a capital offense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after obtaining everything, he became extremely inflated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same goes for Xia Naiwu; Xia Feng can see it. These two are carved from the same mold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Incapable of hearing a word of opposition, everything must go their way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To defeat people like them is simple: utterly disregard them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Feng’s indifference, coupled with two casual insults toward Xia Tianming, instantly struck his deepest insecurities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... will not die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Tianming squinted slightly, taking a deep breath, uttering words most venomous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will not let you die; furthermore, I will use heavenly materials and earthly treasures to nourish your body, spirit elixirs to strengthen your flesh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will live on, Xia Feng, I will keep you alive...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enough, my grandson is right; you indeed have a mental issue.\" Xia Tianming stepped forward, wielding the Qingxue Sword, pointing at Xia Tianming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The feud between us should end here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>```\u003C\u002Fp>",1182,"2026-06-05T22:57:42.809Z",1,"novelbin.me","57ef391632fd3067de1580a0c5799c7bdbb82927895de8ab0477e5bb7e74b7d1","pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-chapter-115","pursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-chapter-113",634,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpursued-by-the-top-grade-saintess-after-engageme-cover.jpg"]