Chapter 608 - 339: Tracing Back to the Source, Clear Wind and Bright Moon

Seeing the mountain of documents, Father Miao’s face turned deathly pale, and even Mrs. Miao’s forehead was beaded with sweat.

Every family has its share of relatives, after all.

Ever since their daughter became Zhao Rui’s woman, their two already powerful and influential families had grown even more arrogant.

Whether they meant to or not, all they had to do was mention they were some relative of Miao Miaomiao’s, and no one would dare look down on them.

This was a world where the Martial Dao reigned supreme. No one dared to gamble on whether Miao Miaomiao would protect her own. If they offended one of her relatives, all it would take was a little pillow talk from her, and at best, the offender would lose their life. At worst, their entire family would be annihilated.

Under such circumstances, who would dare to object?

With so many relatives in the Miao Family, it was all too easy for a few rotten ones to appear.

Miao Miaomiao swept her gaze over everyone present and said in a low voice, "Don’t think you can get lucky. I’ll be searching your souls in a moment. I won’t listen to any excuses. If you make me unhappy, I’ll return the favor."

"Miaomiao, they are, after all, your..."

"Committing evil deeds in my name? What kind of relatives are they? What, they get to enjoy all the benefits while I carry the infamy?"

At these words, Father Miao and Mrs. Miao were left speechless. They sighed and said, "We’ll do as you say."

"Brother, you can’t just stand by! No matter what, you’re still her father..."

"That’s right, Sister-in-law! We were wrong! We’ll accept our punishment. We’ll turn over a new leaf from now on."

The entire living room instantly erupted into an uproar.

Miao Miaomiao’s beautiful eyes narrowed, and a wave of Divine Soul Power instantly filled the living room.

Everyone immediately fell dead silent.

Miao Miaomiao said no more. With a wave of her hand, guards immediately entered and dragged the guilty parties out.

No matter how much they begged for mercy, she didn’t show the slightest hesitation.

"My status is enough to bring you all wealth and prosperity. If you’re still not content and try to bully others, to live by the law of the jungle..."

Miao Miaomiao left her sentence unfinished.

But everyone knew what she meant. They all rose to their feet and voiced their agreement.

Throughout the entire process, Zhao Rui watched from the sidelines without saying a word.

Only after Miao Miaomiao had finished did he smile and say, "We are all family here. Some of you are even Miaomiao’s elders. You should support her and protect her reputation."

"That is how a family can prosper long-term and produce generation after generation of talent."

"Everyone must think of the long term. The cosmos is vast, and the path of the Martial Dao is long. Don’t sacrifice the greater good for trivial gains."

As Zhao Rui’s voice fell, everyone hurriedly knelt on the ground, proclaiming their vow to obey the Great Emperor’s decree.

Even Miao Miaomiao’s parents prepared to kneel.

But Zhao Rui waved his hand, and a wisp of divine light appeared, stopping them.

But everyone else, without exception, fell to their knees.

"Father-in-law, Miaomiao is a bit tired. I’ll take her to rest now."

With that, Zhao Rui helped Miao Miaomiao to a bedroom upstairs.

Watching the two of them leave, everyone present collapsed back into their seats as if completely drained of strength.

They all stared at each other blankly, but not a single person dared to utter a word of complaint.

Because anyone who might have wanted to had already been taken away.

They had originally planned to stay at the family home for a few more days, but after this incident, Zhao Rui and Miao Miaomiao felt uncomfortable. After two days, they returned to Lin City.

After returning, Zhao Rui didn’t remain idle. He summoned members of his own family, and even the Qin Rui family.

He declared his stance and rooted out those within the families who bullied others and committed evil deeds.

Naturally, actions of this magnitude couldn’t be kept secret. The various major powers all began to inquire about what had happened.

When they learned that Zhao Rui was purging his own family, their expressions changed in alarm.

They all hurriedly gathered their own family members and began a great cleansing of their own.

They had no choice but to clean house.

Emperor Zhao had taken action against his own kin; how could they dare not treat this with the utmost seriousness?

If one of their family members were to incur public wrath and word of it reached Zhao Rui’s ears, it wouldn’t be a problem for just one or two individuals.

It would be a catastrophe for the entire family.

Thus, across the entire Blue Star, a vast and mighty movement to "encourage good deeds" began.

From top to bottom, whether in government or in the Martial Dao Sects, an air of righteous integrity instantly took hold, and everything felt renewed.

When Zhao Rui heard this news, he was stunned for a moment. He never expected that a single action of his would cause such a massive stir.

’Indeed, the higher you stand, the greater your power. Your every action is inextricably linked to the secular world.’