Molten Rock Star Field, Molten Rock Emperor Star.
Even with Ender's rise, his ten star systems have developed rapidly, and a few planets have surpassed the Molten Rock Emperor Star in development. However, as the Emperor Star of the Molten Rock Empire, it remains one of the most prosperous planets in the Star Domain.
For this very reason, the Royce Family also has estates and industries on the Molten Rock Emperor Star, and Gabriel Royce, who holds the financial power of the Royce Family, resides on this planet.
Inside a magnificent estate on the Molten Rock Emperor Star.
Varrio Royce walked quickly along the wide corridor of the estate, his face grim, scaring away many Family members and servants along the way.
Bang!
As soon as he arrived at his father Gabriel's room, Varrio pushed open the door and shouted, "Father! Mother she..."
Gabriel, whose consciousness was mostly in the Virtual Universe, dealing with investments and financial approvals, turned around, his gaze stern as he looked at his son, saying, "Get out! Knock!"
"Yes."
Varrio's voice stopped abruptly. Under his father's stern gaze, he obediently exited the room and reclosed the door.
Thump thump.
The room door was knocked.
"Come in," Gabriel looked at the door, his voice much softer.
Varrio pushed the door open and entered the room, then quickly went to his father's side and said, "Father, Mother has been arrested by three Domain Rank members of the Family, do you know?"
"I know," Gabriel said calmly, "Your Eleventh Uncle informed me before the arrest."
"Know?" Varrio looked incredulous and asked, "You knew and still let him send people to arrest Mother?"
"Otherwise?" Gabriel retorted with an indifferent expression.
Looking at his father's calm expression, Varrio shouted in disbelief, "Mother, she's your wife!"
"Precisely because she is my wife, she was arrested by the Family's Concealed Guard," Gabriel's voice was somewhat cold. "Compared to your mother, the Kutluo Family is about to disappear."
"The Kutluo Family is about to disappear..." Varrio looked shocked and asked, "Father! What exactly are you saying? Why would the Kutluo Family disappear?"
"Before you came, I had already sent the Family's Concealed Guard, leading some escorts, to wipe out most members of the Kutluo Family," Gabriel said coldly.
"My uncles and grandfathers..." Varrio felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his mind immensely impacted.
His own father had actually given the order to wipe out his mother's Family; he had never expected this.
He knew his father wouldn't joke, because his father's character was to do what he said. Since he said he would wipe out the Kutluo Family, then he really would wipe out the Kutluo Family.
"I said a long time ago, do not try to do things in the name of the Royce Family, and do not do things that violate the laws of the Molten Rock Empire."
Gabriel said coldly, "The Kutluo Family not only did it, but they also used my and your mother's names to seize the property of the Royce Family. This is absolutely intolerable!"
As the one in charge of the Family's finances, he valued Family property greatly and would never allow outsiders to covet it!
Varrio's eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth, "Even so, you can't..."
"Your uncles and grandfathers are fine," Gabriel's tone softened a little.
Varrio heard this, his face showing surprise, and asked, "Really?"
"Of course," Gabriel said, "They listened to my advice and did not participate in those troublesome matters of the Kutluo Family, so I naturally would not harm them."
"That's good, that's good." Varrio breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought his father had truly ordered the killing of his uncles and grandfathers.
"Is there anything else?" Gabriel asked.
"Mother she..." Varrio asked, "She should be fine, right?"
"Mm." Gabriel nodded and asserted, "She will be fine."
"It's good that she'll be fine." Hearing his father's reply, the last remaining stone hanging in Varrio's heart also fell.
"I suppose you're done with your business. Since there's nothing else, go back and Cultivate well," Gabriel said. "My talent is ordinary among my brothers, so my demands for you won't be too high. As long as you can enter the Molten Rock Secret Realm, that's enough."
"Molten Rock Secret Realm..."
Varrio had a headache, because his talent was indeed not good.
He was now nearing a hundred years old. Compared to the Stellar Rank's lifespan of 10,081 years, he had only completed one percent of his life's journey.
But if compared to those in the Molten Rock Empire's Stellar Training Camp, his nearly hundred years of age were already over the limit. And if compared to the legendary Eleventh Uncle, the difference was even more immense.
Additionally, the current Stellar Training Camp has changed from being solely invested by the Molten Rock Empire to a joint investment between the Molten Rock Empire and the Royce Family, with the Royce Family also absorbing some of the talents cultivated there.
Seeing Varrio's difficulty, Gabriel said no more and opened his mouth, "You've learned what you wanted to know. Now you can go back and Cultivate well."
"Yes, Father." Varrio nodded quickly, leaving the room as if fleeing.
Gabriel looked at his son's retreating back and couldn't help but sigh softly.
He didn't hold much hope for his son being able to enter the Molten Rock Secret Realm, because he understood his talent was indeed very ordinary.
With such talent, it would be very, very difficult to Breakthrough and become a Domain Rank with a million years of lifespan.
Because the prerequisite for becoming a Domain Rank is to comprehend a Domain; only then can one Breakthrough to become a Domain Rank, otherwise one can only become a Universe Level with a hundred thousand years of lifespan.
Gabriel put his son's Cultivation out of his mind, but when he thought of what was about to happen to the Family,
He shook his head gently and said, "It's hard to live in a big Family."
"Too many Family members will inevitably lead to parasites. We can only clean them up to minimize the harm caused by these parasites, and at the same time, we must strengthen the management of Family administration, refine the Family rules, and strengthen punishments."
Speaking of this, he sighed softly, "Big Brother is still not ruthless enough..."
"Hmm..." Suddenly, Gabriel frowned and muttered to himself, "What does Eleven mean by requiring all Family members to watch the live broadcast? Is it to warn the Family members?"
...
Ancient Jade Star, Hollu's estate.
On the vast garden lawn, tens of thousands of Family members stood. Thirty-two individuals were escorted by a group of Domain Rank members under the gaze of those tens of thousands.
When these 32 people were brought up, many Royce Family members found it incredible, because among these 32 were individuals of extremely high status, and even one was a top-level Family member.
In addition to the tens of thousands of Family members in the Ancient Jade Star estate, there was also a live broadcast in the Virtual Universe. Except for some special members, Family members not on Ancient Jade Star were all required to watch this trial live broadcast.
"That's He Yi, how was he arrested?"
"Great news, that arrogant fellow Hailute has been arrested. He's a favored descendant of Clan Chief Hollu, a Family steward."
"More than that! Erlite is also there."
"Even Ancestor Arthur is there."
Looking at the familiar figures in the live broadcast, the Family members watching the broadcast were filled with exclamations of surprise, especially those Eleven Ancestor-level Family members, which shocked them even more!
Ender appeared with Mullie in the sight of everyone and the Family members watching the live broadcast. The Family members on Ancient Jade Star had already seen the scene of Ender appearing with Mullie, but the Family members watching the live broadcast had not.
"Is that an Immortal?"
"It is said that this Immortal is Eleventh Ancestor's guard."
"An Immortal as a guard, Ancestor is truly terrifying!"
When they saw the white-maned werewolf emitting a faint Immortal pressure, with faint electrical flashes around him, they all felt a chill. This was a living Immortal, and one who stood a step behind Ender.
"Kneel!"
Among the 32 Family members, 21 were bound and were now ordered to kneel. These individuals were all Ender's descendants.
The 11 standing individuals, most of them were elders who had lived with Ender during the Kuka Planet period.
Arthur looked at Ender, his heart filled with sorrow. "Eleventh Uncle."
After several centuries, he and Eleventh Uncle met again, and it was under such circumstances.
Ender wasted no time and pronounced, "Hailute, you..."
"Eleventh Ancestor!"
Hearing his name called, Hailute looked up at Ender. When he heard the other party reading out his crimes, he felt an inexplicable panic.
"Ancestor, save me."
So, he quickly sought help from Hollu nearby. He used to be greatly favored by the Ancestor, so his status in the Family was quite high, which was also why he could do energy business.
"Alas."
Hearing his favored junior's plea for help, Hollu closed his eyes and sighed in his heart, "If only I had known this would happen today, why did I do it then?"
He remembered when Hailute was a child, he was a very well-behaved boy, but he never expected him to become like this when he grew up, perhaps due to his indulgence.
Ender finished reading Hailute's crimes, then said coldly, "Considering your above crimes, I sentence you to death, to be executed immediately!"
"No! Eleventh Ancestor, I..."
Before Hailute could finish his sentence, Ender slightly raised his hand, and a laser beam shot out from his hand, directly piercing through Hailute's body.
"Dead! Hailute was actually sentenced to death by the Ancestor."
"And executed personally by the Ancestor."
"Something's strange, the method Ancestor used to kill Hailute just now, how is it like a laser Spear beam?"
Seeing Ender sentence Hailute to death and personally carry out the execution, the Family juniors were shocked. They didn't expect the first one to be sentenced to death, and by the Ancestor himself.
Their guess was correct; the beam of light emitted from Ender's hand was indeed a laser Spear's light attack, a capability possessed by his body.
"He Yi!"
Ender called another person's name.
"Ancestor, spare me!" He Yi, whose name was called, was a thin man with a seemingly gentle demeanor.
But it was precisely such a person who was extremely cruel, committing appalling acts of cruelty.
Ignoring him, Ender continued to pronounce, "He Yi, your nature is cruel, and your methods are even more appalling..."
"Disgusting! I never thought He Yi was such a person."
"Couldn't tell, really couldn't tell, that He Yi would secretly do such cruel things."
Upon hearing the pronouncement, most of the Royce Family members, including those watching the live broadcast, felt disgusted by He Yi's actions. They never imagined that a seemingly gentle and kind person on the surface would be secretly doing such things that made people want to get rid of him quickly.
"Ancestor! Eleventh Ancestor! Please spare me, I will never dare again, I will immediately change these bad habits." He Yi begged loudly, snot and tears flowing.
"Let you go? You'll change?" Ender said coldly, "Then why didn't you start changing from the beginning, instead of waiting until now, when you're about to face a death sentence, to change!"
"Egregious! I sentence you to death, to be executed immediately!"
As soon as his voice fell, a laser beam immediately shot out from Ender's hand, piercing through He Yi's body.
"Luhaiye."
Ender called another person's name, and then read out his crimes.
Because the crimes were very serious, not much different from the previous two, it was no surprise to anyone that this person was sentenced to death and publicly executed.
Next, the 21 juniors were tried one by one. Except for one whose crime was relatively minor, all the others were sentenced to death.
And the junior who was not sentenced to death was also filled with sorrow, because his penalty was ten thousand years in prison, to be served on Black Prison Star.
Black Prison Star, that was the most terrifying planetary prison in the Molten Rock Empire. The death rate of prisoners there was extremely high, reaching an astonishing 99%!
Although some Stellar Rank criminals were taken by the Stellar Training Camp as hunting targets, and some with strong abilities and good luck could reduce their prison time, most still died on Black Prison Star early on, unable to live until the day of their release.
"Linaya."
Ender called out again. He looked at the beautiful woman; she was Gabriel's (Sixth Uncle's) wife, and also the person with the lightest crime on this trial list.
"That's Sixth Uncle's wife!"
"I didn't expect even his wife to be implicated."
Upon seeing that the newly called person was actually the wife of Sixth Uncle Gabriel, who managed the Family's financial power, both those present and those watching the live broadcast were surprised.
And the beautiful woman named Linaya looked at Ender. She didn't feel panicked, because she hadn't committed many crimes, only being implicated by some people.
Ender pronounced, "You yourself have not committed any crimes, but your Family has committed great crimes, therefore I sentence you to one hundred years in prison, to be served on Ancient Jade Star."
After the trial ended, Ender transmitted, "I'm sorry, Sixth Aunt."
Sixth Aunt Linaya could be said to be the most innocent among the Family members tried this time, because she had a detached personality and simply did not bother with Family matters, only enjoying stirring up financial markets, which was also why Sixth Uncle and she met and fell in love.
Linaya smiled and shook her head gently, indicating that she was fine.
After trying Linaya, Ender then proceeded to try nine more Family elders. Although the crimes committed by these elders were not personally committed, they were either as backers or by condoning others.
However, because these were all elders with whom he had lived during the Kuka Planet period, Ender's sentences were only ten thousand years in prison.
By this point, 31 trial subjects had been completed, leaving only Nineteen... one person...