Ancient Godly Monarch - Chapter 667

Chapter 667: Darkshadow Sovereign

The three ascendants of the Ouyang Aristocrat Clan died while the kin of Ouyang Kuangsheng possessed absolute power. None in the Ouyang Aristocrat Clan raised any hints of objections. After which, the grand wedding between Ouyang Kuangsheng and Jiang Ting proceeded, but the atmosphere was somewhat awkward after so many incidents happened earlier. However to both Ouyang Kuangsheng and Jiang Ting, they already had no regrets.

If it wasn’t for the fact that Qin Wentian brought experts here today, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Back then when Ouyang Kuangsheng befriended Qin Wentian, it was simply because he found Qin Wentian interesting and had outstanding talent. He would never have expected that there would be today. He didn’t say the word ‘thanks’ because for the matters between men, as well as he knew that Qin Wentian treated him like a brother, there was no need to say the word at all. Hence, Jiang Ting was the only one who thanked Qin Wentian.

After the banquet, the representatives of the various powers respectively departed, relaying the news of what happened back to their sect. Very swiftly, the news of what had happened circulated around the entire Azure Continent.

After the banquet, Qin Wentian also bid farewell to Ouyang Kuangsheng as he led his forces straight towards the Azure Emperor Palace.

The transcendent power Azure Emperor Palace of the Azure Continent, personally led men and headed to a boundary that was a 100 miles away, taking the initiative to express their willingness to be allies, allowing the reunification of the Azure Emperor Palace. Such initiative made people sigh in admiration to the decisiveness of the original palace lord of the Azure Emperor Palace.

Based on the prowess exhibited by Qin Wentian in the Ouyang Aristocrat Clan, that has already determined the decision of the Azure Emperor Palace. By taking the initiative to welcome Qin Wentian’s forces, the others in Grand Xia would still say that their actions indicated that they were open to the alliance. If they waited for Qin Wentian to storm through the Azure Emperor Palace, everyone would know that they submitted due to pressure. Although either way they would have submitted, the former method could still save them some face.

Of course there was another choice. The experts of the Azure Emperor Palace could give up everything and leave, directly allowing Qin Wentian and his forces to occupy their previous territory. But by doing that, they would become the laughing stock of Grand Xia. No matter what, Grand Xia would assume that Qin Wentian was the legitimate master of the Azure Emperor Palace.

Hence to them, taking the initiative to submit was the best ending. However, since the original palace lord was able to have such foresight, it could prove that he wasn’t an ordinary person. The Azure Emperor Palaces were fated to merge into one.

When Qin Wentian stepped onto the flight of stairs, climbing up to the Azure Emperor Palace, those who had went to the Emperor Star Academy in the past to suppress him all felt extreme trepidation in their hearts. However, Qin Wentian didn’t even glanced at them, they couldn’t help but to mock themselves that right now in the eyes of this young man, their existences were already insignificant to his perspective.

In the great hall of the Azure Emperor Palace, Qin Wentian sat on the throne while Fairy Qingmei and Old Xing stood at the sides of him. They were seniors to Qin Wentian but now that Qin Wentian had officially became the palace lord and in such a formal setting, they naturally would defer to Qin Wentian. They were willing to play a supporting role to him.

The sect leader of the Mystic Moon Hall and old Matriarch sat in the seats designated for subordinates. Zong Yi of the Zong Clan, the sect leader of the Icespirit Sect, Bing Yuchan, the grand elder of the White Deer Institute and the others all sat down. Right now in this great hall, these were all important characters of the Azure Emperor Palace.

And at this moment, the original palace lord of the Azure Emperor Palace stood below as he stared at the young man on the throne while sighing in his heart. Those of the latter generations would replace the prior generations sooner or later, the changing of era was simply too fast. This demon-level character who wasn’t even thirty yet had defeated Ouyang Mutian while at the peak of Heavenly Dipper. His eyes were depthless and sharp, exuding a mysterious light that allowed no one to see through him. When facing so many experts including Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants, Qin Wentian could still remain as calm as ever. This scenario was nothing too shocking to him.

This young man has a heart like a tiger and ambition higher than the heavens. Even if he reunites Grand Xia, the play leading to that would only be a small but fascinating part of his life.

“I heard that there’s still one more supreme elder from the Azure Emperor Palace. Where is he now?” Qin Wentian’s gaze turned to the palace lord as he emotionlessly inquired. The Azure Emperor Palace was founded by the Azure Emperor after all, there would be hints of shadows resembling the hidden Azure Factions.

The palace lord started, he didn’t know what to reply. After a moment of silence, he then responded, “The supreme elder prefers tranquility, please forgive him.”

“Sure, since he love tranquility so much, it’s best that he remains hidden in the depths of the mountains forever in cultivation. It would be a torment for him if he interacts with the secular world. From today onwards, the position of the supreme elder will be taken over by Fairy Qingmei and she’s in charge of the overall administration and governance of the Azure Emperor Palace.” Qin Wentian calmly issued an order. The original palace lord’s face flashed with shock while his heart trembled, silently musing that this young man was ruthless enough indeed.

“From now on, you will be the vice sect leader, answerable to Fairy Qingmei. How about it?” Qin Wentian stared at the original palace lord Chu Lanjiang as he asked.

Chu Lanjian’s heart pounded but after a moment, he nodded in acceptance.

Although he knew this was only expected, he still couldn’t help but to sigh in his heart. As a Celestial Phenomenon Ascendant, he was actually relegated to assume the position of a vice sect leader. Among the transcendent powers of Grand Xia, he should be the only ascendant with such a low status. The other ascendants are all ancestor-level characters and had full control over their sects or clans. But now, his position was even lower than the supreme elder.

Of course, Chu Lanjiang could have chosen to leave as well. But if he truly left, it would mean that he chose to give up the sect which he spent so many years trying to groom. This was his heart’s blood, and deep in his heart there was also a hope. A hope that Qin Wentian would be able to lead the Azure Emperor Palace to far greater heights than ever before.

“Old Xing will still be in charge of the Punishment Branch. Zong Yi, Bing Yuchan, Elder Bailu, you guys will aid supreme elder Fairy Qingmei in her task of managing the Azure Emperor Palace.” Qin Wentian didn’t include Chu Lanjiang. Chu Lanjiang didn’t complain, he knew that this was only to be expected.

“Wentian, can my Mystic Moon Hall join the Azure Emperor Palace as well?” At this moment, the sect leader of the Mystic Moon Hall spoke to Qin Wentian, her words causing the hearts of everyone present to pound. Although the Mystic Moon Hall had always been fighting shoulder to shoulder with Qin Wentian, it was still an independent transcendent power of Grand Xia. This matter of joining the Azure Emperor Palace was no small matter.

Regarding this matter, the sect leader and old matriarch of the Mystic Moon Hall discussed many times and it was only after a long period of consideration did they make this decision. They knew that Qin Wentian’s ambition was to reunite Grand Xia and based on Qin Wentian’s character, he would definitely not mistreat them. After Grand Xia is reunited, power would all belong to the Azure Emperor Palace. At that time, what about the Mystic Moon Hall? Joining the Azure Emperor Palace was a sensible decision.

“Sure.” Qin Wentian straightforwardly agreed. “You and old matriarch shall assume the position of vice sect leaders as well and you will be in charge of the Mystic Moon Branch under the Azure Emperor Palace.

The sect leader of the Mystic Moon Hall started. She stared at Qin Wentian with a bitter smile on her face, “Seems like you have long foreseen our decision.”

The Mystic Moon Branch of the Emperor Azure Faction was still the Mystic Moon Hall, and they were still the ones in charge of it. This was already the best possible result.

Qin Wentian smiled as he turned his gaze onto the crowd, “For the following few days, I would have to trouble all of you then.”

“Are you preparing to slack off again?” From below, Luo Huan’s voice rang out in laughter. She was still rocked by the waves in her heart when she saw Qin Wentian sitting on the throne of the Azure Emperor Palace. This young man whom she rescued with teacher Mustang back then actually had such achievements today. Everything still felt surreal to her.

“Sis Luo Huan, you have to help me manage the resources.” Qin Wentian laughed. Right now, Luo Huan was also considered someone who had great power. He had heard that the Azure Emperor Palace was filthy rich, they had control over an auction street and many transaction grounds, marketplaces, inns and restaurants.

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The Azure Emperor Palace began their restructuring. The original members of the Azure Emperor Palace were all completely re-segregated. The Zong Branch, Icespirit Branch, White Deer Institute Branch, Di Branch all had great authority. The Punishment Branch under Old Xing naturally had great power as well. However, the information network of the Celestial Palace Branch under Fairy Qingmei had no additional manpower, they directly replaced the old information network of the Azure Emperor Palace.

There were many things to be done and it was an extreme period. But Qin Wentian was content to let things run themselves. He handed over all the troublesome matters and was exceedingly free.

As for the external world, the commotion caused at the wedding had long been festering throughout Grand Xia.

Qin Wentian returned and killed the three ascendants of the Ouyang Aristocrat Clan, forming an alliance with the Jiang Clan and controlled the Azure Emperor Palace in a domineering manner. These pieces of news swiftly proliferated around Grand Xia. After all, there were representatives from the various transcendent powers on the date of the wedding and the news spread with their return.

For a time, the entire Grand Xia was in heated discussion about this legendary young man

The Pill Emperor Hall was the one who bore the brunt of this storm. The Pill Emperor Hall wasn’t the Emperor Azure Palace. In the past, Qin Wentian had already stated that he would level it to the ground. Now that he has returned, the instant Qin Wentian led his forces to the Pill Emperor Hall there would be no more negotiations or whatsoever. Killing and slaughter would be the only thing. The experts of the Pill Emperor Hall were all filled with terror. They instantly reacted by sending experts to the Hua Clan, the Star-Seizing Manor, the Wang Clan, even to transcendent powers like the Shi Clan in Ginkou and the Yan Continent, hoping for their help.

These powers were all powers that had grudges with Qin Wentian, or powers who had something to do with the death of the Azure Emperor a few thousand years ago. Now that they are personally witnessing the rise of a character more terrifying than the Azure Emperor, they naturally had to do something.

Especially seeing how overbearing and domineering Qin Wentian was, slaying three powerful ascendants of the Ouyang Clan and snatching control of the Azure Emperor Palace. Those who submitted to him prosper while those who defied him died. If this continues, they were worried that soon, Qin Wentian would be the only voice of authority left in Grand Xia.

At the same time in Ginkou, there was another extremely fearsome power in the dark. This power wasn’t a transcendent power but none of the transcendent powers in Grand Xia dared to look down on them. In fact, they even feared them somewhat.

Today, the Pill Emperor of the Pill Emperor Hall personally came to this place.

“Why has the Pill Emperor arrived at my humble abode?” A dim beam of light shone while the Pill Emperor was instantly attracted over. The one who spoke was an old man in grey, standing with his back facing the Pill Emperor, his entire person appearing like an apparition in the dark.

“Darkshadow Sovereign, how have you been?” The Pill Emperor spoke in a faint voice upon noticing the figure with his back towards him.

A light laughter rang out, that figure turned over as his gaze shifted towards the Pill Emperor. His entire person was covered in dark grey robes, leaving only a pair of blood-colored eyes outside, appearing extremely terrifying.

“You just paid a value high enough to transact a fifth-ranked divine weapon just to look for me. What deep pockets.” That grey-robed figure sinisterly laughed. “Speak, who do you want to kill?”

“Qin Wentian.” The Pill Emperor replied. The only person who could force the Pill Emperor to hire the Darkshadow Sovereign would only be Qin Wentian. One could very well imagine how great the pressure the Pill Emperor was feeling.

“Sure, but the payment for this contract…I’m afraid your Pill Emperor Hall wouldn’t be able to afford it.” The grey-robed figure laughed.

“He’s just a character at the peak of Heavenly Dipper, even if his combat prowess can match Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants, how could it be higher than the price we paid before to kill the Azure Emperor?” The Pill Emperor coldly replied.

“Azure Emperor? How can the price of his assasination be compared to Qin Wentian? Qin Wentian is someone who eventually retreated safely after killing disciples of the Royal Sacred Sect in the Royal Sacred Region. The price for killing him is at the very least a hundred times higher compared to the price paid for the assassination of the Azure Emperor. You best consider it carefully.” Those blood-colored eyes bored into the Pill Emperor, causing his heart to violently tremble. It was as though only now did he finally understand exactly how terrifying that young man was!

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Translator’s Note:

Darkshadow Sovereign controls the Shadow Pavilion which appeared before in Chapter 293

Chapter 668: Reenactment of History

The Pill Emperor left the Shadow Pavilion with disappointment in his heart.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to kill Qin Wentian. Back then when he witnessed those terrifying experts descending and then referring Qin Wentian as their young master, in addition to the strength Qin Wentian showed when he returned and even more so after the price asked for by the Darkshadow Sovereign, the Pill Emperor truly understood how great the threat Qin Wentian represented. The Pill Emperor Hall had a very high probability of being destroyed.

However sadly, he really couldn’t afford the price to assassinate Qin Wentian. Even if he sold everything of his Pill Emperor Hall, he still wouldn’t be able to afford it.

From this point, he understood that Qin Wentian was a hundred times more dangerous in the heart of the Darkshadow Sovereign compared to the Azure Emperor.

The news of the Pill Emperor visiting the Darkshadow Sovereign was an absolute secret where no one knew of it. However after this, the Pill Emperor Hall in the Moon Continent spreaded a piece of news. The Pill Emperor Hall was willing to submit to Qin Wentian, and didn’t mind making a public apology. In fact, they are even willing to pay any price as compensation.

The instant this news circulated around, it caused the entire Grand Xia to be in an uproar.

The Pill Emperor Hall was actually willing to compromise to such an extent. As a transcendent power of Grand Xia that stood at the peak of the medicinal world, the Pill Emperor Hall was actually okay to apologize and even provide compensation. One could very well imagine how great their fear of Qin Wentian was. No matter if this a tactic to delay time or a sincere request, the instant this news spread out, the Pill Emperor had no more prestige and face left.

However, Qin Wentian evidently didn’t have any hints of wanting to amend their relationship. The Azure Emperor Hall issued a statement, telling the ascendants of the Pill Emperor Hall to bring Luo He and the important characters of their sect to outside of the Azure Emperor Palace and kneel down in apology before committing suicide. That was the only way the Pill Emperor could continue to survive as an independent power in Grand Xia.

When the statement was issued, the whole of Grand Xia could deeply feel the arrogance of Qin Wentian. They also understood his attitude. There was no way Qin Wentian would forgive the Pill Emperor Hall.

No matter how much the Pill Emperor Hall apologized or how many treasures they took out for compensation, it was all useless. He would never forgive them. This point was already clear from the fact back then when he was younger, he dragged the demon sword for a hundred thousand miles and even fed the sword with his blood to split apart the Pill Emperor Hall. From that, one could already tell how deep his obsession to destroy the Pill Emperor Hall is. If this debt of hatred wasn’t avenged, how would he have the face to wed Mo Qingcheng?

This matter is not yet concluded. And just after the Azure Emperor Hall issued the statement, several silhouettes descended from the sky, paying a visit to Qin Wentian in the Azure Emperor Palace.

If people outside knew the identities of who these men were, they would be so shocked till the point of speechlessness.

These new arrivals were all characters from the transcendent powers. Among them were the old ancestor of the Shi Clan from Ginkou, the old ancestor of the Wang Clan from the War Continent, old ancestor of the Hua Clan from the Moon Continent, Swordlord of the Yan Continent, Sect Leader of the Skydemon Sect of the Demon Continent, Manor Lord of the Star-Seizing Manor… These experts were all at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm and such a terrifying formation of characters was sufficient to cause anyone in Grand Xia to quake in fear.

However today, they came all at the same time to pay a visit to Qin Wentian.

Qin Wentian didn’t appear. Within the Grand Hall, the person receiving them was Fairy Qingmei.

“After so many years, Fairy Qingmei is even more beautiful compared to the past.” The old ancestor of the Shi Clan smiled. He was an extremely ancient expert.

“After so many years you actually aren’t dead yet? Isn’t it interesting that you hid yourself for so long just to claim hegemony of Grand Xia?” Fairy Qingmei laughed. The old ancestor didn’t mind, it was a well known fact that those with higher talents like Jun Yu had all already left Grand Xia when they were at the Heavenly Dipper Realm. For these people who stayed in Grand Xia to lord over a region, although they stood at the peak here, they knew very well in their hearts that it was tremendously difficult for them to breakthrough any more. Hence, they were all willing to stay in Grand Xia, protecting their clan or sect hoping one of their juniors might develop into a powerful character that was even more outstanding compared to them.

“Why isn’t palace lord Qin present?” The old ancestor of the Wang Clan radiated an intense sharpness from the center of his brows. Today, they were here to discuss something with Qin Wentian. Who would have thought that this young man would be so brazen to this extent? So many ascendants gathered to meet with him yet he wasn’t present?

“Palace lord Qin is busy with some other things and he isn’t in the sect now. We beg for all your forgiveness.” Fairy Qingmei smiled.

“Even if he is busy, how can it be that he is so busy till the point where he didn’t even have the time to see us?” The Swordlord of Yan was the leader of the Swallow Swordsmen and was extremely powerful. This was why he had the title Swordlord, lord of all swords.

“Didn’t I already say that our palace lord is currently not in the sect?” Fairy Qingmei was still smiling on the surface yet her heart was extremely cold. These people came here with ill intentions, how could it be anything good when all the ascendants of the transcendent powers in Grand Xia came by together at the same time?

“Haha, palace lord Qin’s intentions are obvious to all. Returning to Grand Xia in such a domineering manner, slaying the three ascendants of Ouyang Aristocrat Clan, absorbing the Azure Emperor Palace, and recruiting the Mystic Moon Hall. It’s clear that his ambition is to rule the entire Grand Xia.” The old freak of the Skydemon Sect exuded a strange presence as he snorted in a glacial manner. After which, the gazes of everyone landed onto Fairy Qingmei as though they wanted to read her mind from her eyes.

If Qin Wentian truly had the ambition to rule over Grand Xia, they would destroy Qin Wentian by forming an alliance together. For thousands of years, other than that time when they fought the Azure Emperor, only Qin Wentian posed enough of a threat to make them ally together once more.

Fairy Qingmei’s heart grew even colder upon hearing these words. Back then the scenario that happened to the Azure Emperor seemed to be playing out once more on Qin Wentian. These people were banding together once again.

“I don’t know what my palace lord is intending but as for ruling supreme alone over Grand Xia, don’t all of you have the same idea as well?” Fairy Qingmei swept her gaze over everyone. There was not one of the transcendent powers who didn’t wish to rule unchallenged over Grand Xia. However, although they wanted to, not one of them had sufficient strength to do so.

“Hehe, Fairy Qingmei, your temper is still the same as ever.” The old ancestor of Shi Clan laughed. Beside him, the perception of the Wang Ancestor gushed out, wanting to sweep through the entire Azure Emperor Palace.

Fairy Qingmei frowned, “What are you doing?”

“He is really not present here.” The Wang Ancestor had an interested expression on his face. He stared at Fairy Qingmei and continued, “Qin Wentian left the Azure Emperor Palace so easily? Is he not afraid that the power he just founded might be destroyed?”

“Are you threatening the Azure Emperor Palace?” Fairy Qingmei’s eyes bored into the Wang Ancestor’s as her countenance grew increasingly sharp. The Wang Ancestor had no fear at all, he matched gazes with her as the atmosphere in the great hall got increasingly heavier.

“Even if you are threatening us, what does it matter?” Fairy Qingmei laughed as she continued, “Palace lord Qin left; but evidently, firstly, he didn’t expect all of you would pay him a visit together. Mobilizing such strong characters truly indicates that you look up to him. Secondly, it’s naturally possible for all of you to destroy the Azure Emperor Palace, bathing this place in blood. However, don’t forget how Ouyang Mutian died, and in addition to that, you should know the age of our palace lord Qin. From what I know some among you may have grudges with the palace lord. But other than the Pill Emperor Hall, the grudges of the rest of you aren’t at that level where one between you must die yet. But if the Azure Emperor Hall is really destroyed… you all best consider the fact if it’s worth the storm of blood of the revenge that would follow after offending a character who could kill a Celestial Phenomenon Ascendant at the age of twenty eight.

Weren’t the words of Fairy Qingmei a threat as well? Her meaning was very clear. You all can destroy the Azure Emperor Palace but when you act, if you don’t manage to kill Qin Wentian, you best be prepared for the consequences.

The ones present here were all old freaks, how could they fail to understand what Fairy Qingmei was saying? However, the Swordlord coldly spoke, “From what I inferred, does it means that it’s impossible for us to meet with Qin Wentian?”

“It seems so.” Fairy Qingmei flashed a charming smile. Qin Wentian was everything to the Azure Emperor Palace. They naturally needed to guard against the alliance of others that wanted to deal with him.

“Then we have to trouble you to relay a message to palace lord Qin. With his talent, Grand Xia is too small for him. He best not stir up a storm in Grand Xia and as for matters of the past, as long as palace lord Qin is willing to forego the grudges, we are all willing to make compensation.” The old ancestor of the Shi Clan smiled before adding, “He better not interfere in the matters of Grand Xia.”

“Sure, I will relay your message to him.” Fairy Qingmei replied.

“In that case, we shall bid our farewells then.” The old ancestor of Shi Clan stood up as the others mirrored his actions. An instant later, they turned and departed, vanishing from sight completely. But there was a lingering echo in the air, “This Qin Wentian is so arrogant, wanting to meet him yet we can’t even meet.”

Fairy Qingmei stepped out of the great hall as several silhouette appeared around her. All of them stared in the air as cold smiles appeared on their faces. These band of old freaks truly did move fast, forming an alliance so quickly together.

“If we insist on reuniting Grand Xia, I’m afraid these people would adopt the same method to deal with palace lord Qin as how they dealt with the Azure Emperor back then in the past.” Coldness flashed in Old Xing’s eyes.

“Thus, we must warn Wentian to be more cautious and not to fall into the same trap as the Azure Emperor did back then. Also, we must be careful of those powers hiding in the shadows.” Fairy Qingmei’s eyes also shone with the same coldness. It was clear that she remembered what happened to the Azure Emperor. If it wasn’t for that person in the shadows, the Azure Emperor wouldn’t have died.

“Wentian is more outstanding in comparison, history won’t be reenacted.” Although Old Xing was extremely respectful towards the Azure Emperor, he couldn’t help but to admit Qin Wentian’s talent was higher, much more dazzling compared to the Azure Emperor back then. This was why he could cause such a commotion the instant he returned and even made the Pill Emperor Hall compromise to such an extent, forcing the ascendants of the other powers to band together in an alliance.

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The Moon Continent of Grand Xia, it was still as luxurious as ever.

The Pill Emperor Hall was situated within the Moon Continent. And right now, the topic of conversation everywhere in Grand Xia revolved around the Pill Emperor Hall because Qin Wentian had returned.

The Pill Emperor Hall was a towering structure so tall that it seemed as though it could touch the clouds. Hence, even from very far away, one could clearly see the Pill Emperor Hall. And every time the people of Moon Continent saw the great hall that was split into two by Qin Wentian, they would sighed with admiration at his deeds. The Pill Emperor Hall didn’t rebuild that great hall because they wanted it to remind themselves of that humiliation.

Recently, Shu Ruanyu’s heart was extremely perturbed. She had already broken through to Heavenly Dipper and had an extraordinary status in the Shu Clan. Although she didn’t marry Yang Fan of the Star-Seizing Manor, she no longer cared about it. Not only that, every time she recalled back to that scene in the past, she realized that she no longer hated Qin Wentian as much.

Now, his name shook the entire Grand Xia, causing such a huge commotion the instant he returned, transforming into the idol of countless people in Grand Xia. Regarding this Shu Ruanyu would even imagine what would have happened if back then when Qin Wentian kidnapped her, something happened between them. She would often stare in the mirror, admiring her own appearance. Since she was the girlfriend of Yang Fan, Shu Ruanyu naturally could also be considered a beauty as well. But back then when that fellow kidnapped her, he didn’t even have the slightest intention of acting inappropriately towards her.

When she thought of this, Shu Ruanyu couldn’t help but to be angry. She also didn’t know why would she felt this way. Maybe it was because Qin Wentian was simply too famous now…hence when she stared at the great hall in the Pill Emperor Hall that was split into twain by him, Shu Ruanyu involuntarily recalled these memories.

“What a handsome fellow.” At this moment, her apprentice sister beside Shu Ruanyu spoke. Shu Ruanyu couldn’t help but to scold out loud, “Love-struck fool.”

“Ruanyu, that guy is really very handsome. Look at his demeanor and the focus in his eyes. He seems to be staring at the Pill Emperor Hall though.” That person who spoke continued, staring at the young man not far away from them. However, it seemed as though that in the eyes of the young man, the Pill Emperor Hall was the only thing that mattered to him. The other people here didn’t exist.

“Love-struck fool.” Shu Ruanyu scolded once more in her heart. After which, she turned and stared at the young man the other party was talking about and upon her glance landing, she had no way to shift it away again. Her left palm covered her mouth as a feeling of incredible astonishment painted her countenance.

It’s him, he has returned!

Shu Ruanyu’s heart pounded. Is he going to the Pill Emperor Hall?

Staring at the surroundings of the young man, she could see that he was all alone.

Shu Ruanyu’s heartbeat quickened. Was he going to do what he did in the past? Barging into the Pill Emperor Hall all on his own?!

Her heart and mind was in total chaos, there was even a hint of worry in her eyes. Under her gaze, Qin Wentian walked step by step towards the Pill Emperor Hall and reached the bottom of the ninety-nine step stairway, stopping there as he inclined his head, staring at that towering structure that is the Pill Emperor Hall!

Translator Note: Qin Wentian kidnapped Shu Ruanyu in AGM 299.

Chapter 669: Judgement Day

Before the Pill Emperor Hall, a young man in white stood with his hands clasped behind his back, staring at that towering structure.

Those who passed by all stared at him as a faint smile appeared on their faces. Was this yet another junior of the younger generation that worshiped the Pill Emperor Hall wanting to join them?

And at this moment, at the entrance of the Pill Emperor Hall, some figures appeared and one of them pointed his finger at Qin Wentian, “No one is allowed to linger at this place, please leave as soon as possible.”

Qin Wentian calmly stared at them. After which, he continued on his path, ascending up the stairs step by step.

Pill Emperor Hall, he was here.

“IMPUDENT!” The disciples of the Pill Emperor Hall all radiated a cold intent, dashing towards Qin Wentian as power at the peak of Yuanfu erupted forth.

“BOOM!”

Qin Wentian’s foot heavily landed on the ground as those who rushed him were all slammed onto the stairs by an unknown force as they coughed out a few mouthfuls of blood.

“There’s someone barging into the Pill Emperor Hall!” A voice roared in anger. An enraged expression appeared on the faces of these people. Barging into the Pill Emperor Hall was a crime punishable by death!

The spectators all watched as hints of interest glinted in their eyes. There was actually someone who dared to barge into the Pill Emperor Hall. Didn’t he want his life?

Only Shu Ruanyu had great waves in her heart as she watched Qin Wentian ascend the stairs step by step. Indeed, just like in the past, he was planning to barge into the Pill Emperor Hall alone.

In the Pill Emperor Hall above, a silhouette soared through the air. Even before he arrived, a thunderous voice already echoed out, “WHO DARES TO BE SO IMPUDENT? KILL WITH NO MERCY!”

The voice of this person who spoke was filled with killing intent. An instant later, the expert arrived but at the instant he saw Qin Wentian, his entire body stiffened as his countenance paled.

He began to tremble involuntarily as though he was witnessing an inconceivable scene.

He has returned, Qin Wentian is back.

Once, before Qin Wentian departed, he left behind a single statement. The day when he returns shall be the day of judgement for the Pill Emperor Hall.

And was today, the day of judgement?

Their scouts were obviously keeping a close watch on the Azure Emperor Palace. Fairy Qingmei and the other experts were still in the Azure Emperor Palace yet Qin Wentian actually appeared here at this moment? Did he intend to destroy the Pill Emperor Hall with his strength alone?

The few experts beside him had also saw Qin Wentian before. And the instant their eyes landed on him, they were so frightened that they were shaking with fear. This young man had left too deep an impression on them. Once, they witnessed from afar that Qin Wentian used the demon sword and slashed apart the grandest great hall of their Pill Emperor Hall.

And now, he is back. Not only that, he was also many times stronger compared to back then. Now, he didn’t even need to borrow the power of the demon sword to kill the ascendant of the Ouyang Aristocrat Clan, Ouyang Mutian. He used the most domineering manner to crush Ouyang Mutian so completely and his cultivation base was only at the peak of Heavenly Dipper.

He led his forces and slew three ascendants of the Ouyang Aristocrat Clan, showing no mercy. He then led his forces to the Azure Emperor Palace where the then palace lord personally went to welcome him, submitting voluntarily to him.

“Could it be…” The crowd suddenly thought of a possibility as their hearts thumped even harder.

Such a young-looking silhouette that could strike fear in the heart of an expert from the Pill Emperor Hall…In the entire Grand Xia, there was only one person.

“Qin Wentian!” The crowd suddenly recalled a name, as their eyes gleamed with sharpness. Was that white-robed figure Qin Wentian? He has finally returned, barging up the Pill Emperor Hall alone.

Qin Wentian didn’t notice the reactions of the crowd. He continued his way up, one step at a time. Everywhere he passed by, a storm of sword qi was manifested.

BOOM!

A step landed, sword intent was birthed. Momentarily, the expert in the sky above Qin Wentian felt the pain of ten thousand swords piercing his heart as his countenance turned as pale as paper.

BOOM!

Yet another step landed, the faces of the experts in the air were completely devoid of blood as their hearts pounded with terror. Despair flashed in their eyes and after that, their bodies fell from the air, slamming onto the stairs before rolling down. They were already dead.

“They died!”

The people below gradually increased, as their hearts started palpitating. This young man who has returned was truly more terrifying than before. So terrifying that everyone could feel their guts wrenching.

He continued upwards, but this time around, none dared to block his path. However, the experts in the air from the Pill Emperor Hall increased as the combined might of their auras pressed down.

Astral souls, astral novas, everything was unleashed, transforming into a maelstrom of destruction that spiralled towards Qin Wentian.

“KILL HIM!”

A voice shouted as the maelstrom gushed forth. Terrifying black-colored currents of destructive energy streams manifested, ravaging everything in this space.

“How fearsome.” The hearts of the crowd shivered. The Pill Emperor Hall sent out the vast majority of their experts, wanting to exterminate Qin Wentian.

However at this moment, they only saw the white-robed figure inclining his head. Qin Wentian then stretched his palms out and at the center of his palms, a resplendent light flowed there with enough power to bypass the destructive maelstrom, and enough power to seize stars and pluck down the moon.

In the air where the experts of the Pill Emperor Hall gathered, a gigantic terrifying palm imprint shining with resplendent light appeared and slammed down towards all of the experts there.

BOOM!

A thunderous rumbling sound rocked this space, it was unknown how many of the experts standing there still survived.

“How powerful!”

“His strength has actually grown so much.”

Although right now, the entire Grand Xia was filled with the rumors of Qin Wentian, when these people personally witnessed his might, hints of disbelief filled their hearts. After all, Qin Wentian was only twenty eight, the strength he had at this age was simply too heaven-defying.

After clearing the trash, Qin Wentian soared up into the air. He was as serene as ever, and didn’t say a single word from the start till now. Yet, both his eyes seemed to contain a strange magical power in them and for people who could see his eyes, they all felt their minds rumbling from the power.

The survivors started retreating. As Qin Wentian soared higher into the air, the further they retreated.

At this instant, that young man was like a demon god. Nobody dared to confront him.

Qin Wentian soared up to the platform at the top of the stairs and stepped into the Pill Emperor Hall as he stared at the countless faces in front of him

Among the experts present, Luo He was actually present as well.

The Luo He now stared at Qin Wentian as her heart went numb. Back then when Qin Wentian slaughtered his way into the Pill Emperor Hall, wielding the demon sword as he killed whoever blocked his path, Luo He already knew that she had committed an irreparable mistake. Once, when she faced Qin Wentian, she had the attitude of a senior facing a junior and had never even once looked directly at him even after he became the top ranker of the Heavenly Fate Rankings.

However a few years later, when she heard Qin Wentian’s name again she realized to her shock that she, Luo He, already needed to look up to that young man of the junior generation.

And just like this instant, the white-robed figure casually stood there alone. But everyone in the Pill Emperor Hall was trembling from the terror they felt.

What a fearsome influence was that? Only Qin Wentian alone would be able to accomplish this, able to cause such fear in the hearts of experts from the Pill Emperor Hall, there would never be another.

“Luo He.” Just as Luo He was sighing in regret, that white-robed figure turned to her and coldly spoke. “You actually still have the face to live on?”

“Everything I did was for the sake of the Pill Emperor Hall.” Luo He drew in a deep breath as she stated. Back then, she had given a chance to Mo Qingcheng. But now in hindsight, that choice she had give to Mo Qingcheng in the past was truly ridiculous.

“Qingcheng is already a fifth-ranked alchemist.” Qin Wentian faintly remarked. His words were like a thunderbolt from the blue going off in the mind of Luo He, filling her heart with so much impact that even her breathing was no longer regular.

Her countenance paled, her disciple of yesteryear, the disciple whom she sacrificed to feed the evil skeleton has actually became a fifth-ranked alchemist now, a rank which only the Pill Emperor himself reached. Wasn’t this an irony?

She didn’t doubt Qin Wentian’s words. With Qin Wentian’s current status and strength, there simply wasn’t any need for him to deceive her.

“It’s I who has let Qingcheng down, she is really an excellent disciple. Other than the matters regarding you, she has never disobeyed me before.” Luo He sighed.

“Qingcheng has never mentioned you or the Pill Emperor Hall to me before.” Qin Wentian calmly continued, “Just based on the things you did to her in the past, you already deserved death. But when in Chu, if it wasn’t for you, Qingcheng might have already died. Maybe this was the reason why she didn’t know how to face this, you have saved her life before after all. If not for this, with Qingcheng’s current status in the Royal Sacred Region, it’s already more than sufficient to destroy ten Pill Emperor Halls.”

“So, I won’t kill you. Just destroy your own cultivation and be a mortal.” Qin Wentian stared at Luo He. Right now, Luo He felt an indescribable feeling in her heart. Just with Qingcheng’s status alone could destroy ten Pill Emperor Halls?

“Aren’t you too confident?” A voice rang out. In the air, constellations manifested. The Pill Emperor and the ancient elder of the Pill Emperor Hall appeared.

Qin Wentian didn’t look at them, he still kept his gaze trained on Luo He. “This is already the best opportunity I can give you if you wish to repent. Don’t make me act myself.”

Luo He remained silent. At the corner of her eyes, there was actually a drop of tear streaking down. Nobody could understand Luo He’s current feelings. It was her who personally destroyed the most outstanding disciple the Pill Emperor Hall ever had. In the past, she originally had the chance to allow Mo Qingcheng to marry Qin Wentian. If she really had chosen that choice back then, she didn’t even dare to imagine how radiant the Pill Emperor Hall would be today.

But sadly, everything was destroyed by her.

Her pride and her conceit had destroyed all of this.

She was the sinner of the Pill Emperor Hall. She committed atrocities, letting down her disciple, that young women whose beauty could stun Grand Xia.

“Fine.” Luo He’s countenance dimmed before she abruptly laughed.

“Luo He!” Upon hearing Luo He’s answer, the Pill Emperor shouted. Yet he only saw Luo He smiling at him, “I, Luo He…truly has no face to continue living on.”

After speaking, a terrifying destructive energy swirled in her palms, manifesting an incomparably scorching flame. After that, she violently slammed her palm into her body as that destructive flames began combusting. Luo He spat out a mouthful of blood but she was still smiling, staring at Qin Wentian. “I might have made a mistake but still, I had once truly treated Qingcheng as my own disciple, sparing no expense to nurture her, assuming a master’s responsibility.”

“To me, becoming a cripple is something even more terrifying than death.” Luo He was still smiling before she collapsed. She could only use her life to atone for her mistake.

“Luo He!” The countenance of the Pill Emperor paled. His rage towered up into the heavens as he rushed Qin Wentian.

However at this moment, Qin Wentian finally moved. He resembled a stream of light that dashed forward in a certain direction as streams of sword qi ravaged this space. Showers of sword-light rained down only to see his palms slamming out, causing reverberations in the air as everything before him was completely destroyed.

“WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING?!” An incomparably gigantic fiery palm imprint shot down from the sky, grabbing towards Qin Wentian.

Qin Wentian lifted his palms and struck out in defense. The resplendent light enveloping his palms was terrifying to the extreme. A rumbling sound echoed out as the palm imprint was destroyed. Qin Wentian continued flying forth, resembling a great roc and a short instant later, he appeared before the embedded demon sword.

“I’ve returned.” Qin Wentian stared at the demon sword, stretching out his fingers and slicing them lightly on the edge of the sword, allowing his blood to drip onto it. In an instant, the demon sword began to shine with a brilliant light.

“You hate that the heavens are too low? In that case, I shall bring you with me as I break through the skies and battle against immortals and demons of the nine heavens!” Qin Wentian roared. He then inclined his head and gripped the sword tightly, soaring up into the skies. His blood flowed to every part of the demon sword and only stopped after he reached a height of a thousand meters above ground!

Chapter 670: Destruction of the Pill Emperor Hall

The blood-soaked demon blood radiated a crimson screen of light about a hundred-feet wide as a towering demonic qi rushed up into the skies. Just the sight of the crimson glimmering sword was enough to strike fear in the hearts of the spectators who were watching from far away.

Within the demon sword, a sigh echoed out. After which, a sonorous sword hum filled the air as the intensity of the sword might grew stronger in accordance to the brilliance of the light screen.

A few years ago, this white-robed young man transformed into a primordial great roc and used the demon sword to split the Pill Emperor Hall apart. After which, he left the sword embedded here yet no one else had succeeded in pulling it out. Now, he has returned and the act of him using his blood to feed the sword seemed as though he wanted to awaken it.

Such a scene caused everyone spectating outside to be deeply shocked. Shu Ruanyu dumbfoundedly watched the scene play out, as terrifying waves rose up in her heart. Without personally witnessing it, there was no way to tell how crazy this young man could be.

“STOP HIM!” The Pill Emperor howled. He and the other ascendant sped towards the direction where Qin Wentian was at.

They were filled with extreme trepidation towards Qin Wentian. There was no one like the Pill Emperor who had experienced personally the events of that year. There was also no one else other than him who knew of the terrifying power in the shadows that was supporting Qin Wentian. If it wasn’t for the return of Jun Yu back then, they truly weren’t willing to antagonize Qin Wentian. This was why they were willing to make a public apology and pay any price to settle the conflict and hatred between them. Sadly…Qin Wentian completely had no wish for a peaceful settlement.

The Pill Emperor was naturally afraid. A few years ago, Qin Wentian needed to transform into a primordial great roc before he could unleash a might equal to the peak of Heavenly Dipper, fighting against them with the demon sword. But right now, Qin Wentian’s original strength without any augmentation to it was already sufficient to rival a Celestial Phenomenon Ascendant. If they allowed him to use this demon sword as well, the Pill Emperor didn’t even dare to imagine the consequences.

Two constellations hung in the air, incredibly resplendent. The constellation of the Pill Emperor was a nine-colored flame that contained immense destructiveness within.

As for the constellation of that ancient elder, it was pitch-black in color. Black flames could be seen raining down from it and the stench of death permeated the atmosphere.

“DIE!” The Pill Emperor roared as his constellation manifested a flower of nine-colored flames, shooting through the air towards Qin Wentian.

It was as though Qin Wentian didn’t even see that attack. After the thousand meter demon sword was entirely soaked in his blood, he could sense the humming of the demon sword. Other than sheer power, he could also feel its pride and arrogance.

“RISE!” Qin Wentian’s countenance was solemn. The body of the sword vibrated incessantly, as it was pulled a little from the ground. Instantly, the crimson glow enveloping it engulfed everything as a terrifying sword might rose up into the sky, slamming into the nine-colored flame flower that was shooting down towards Qin Wentian. With a thunderous boom, the flame flower shattered in an explosion of brilliant light.

“What a terrifying sword qi.” The Pill Emperor turned pale. The demon sword was still that demon sword from before. However, Qin Wentian was already much stronger compared to back then.

“KILL!” Qin Wentian’s countenance flickered. Those experts that were inching closer to the Pill Emperor Hall abruptly stopped. The towering sword might directly penetrated their bodies as they fell to the ground one by one, so weak as though they were nothing but insects.

“In my eyes, your cultivation is the same as them, ordinary and weak. What qualifications do you have to fight against the immortals and demons of the nine heavens?” A voice rang out in Qin Wentian’s mind. It was none other than the voice of the demon sword.

Back then, the Demonic Divinity Sacrificial Transformation Art was supposed to be irreversible. It was because the demon sword imparted the Immortal Vanquishing Swordplay to Qin Wentian before he could finally negate the effect of that art.

“The great dao also originated from a tiny insignificant spark of insight, let alone the immortals and demons of the nine heavens. You hated that the heavens are too low and hence you chose to remain here. But why not join and dance together with me?” Qin Wentian’s voice was solemn and respect. Yet another destructive palm imprint blasted towards his way, this palm imprint was imbued with the energy of death, crackling with black flames as it zoomed towards Qin Wentian.

“Boom!” Qin Wentian stomped in the air. The robes he was wearing completely shredded as resplendent light enveloped his body, forming something akin to an armor. His physique grew larger, resembling a fiendgod and he threw his head back and howled before blasting out with a palm as the sound of thunder rumbled in the air, smashing against the death-energy palm imprint.

BANG!

The palm imprint was completely neutralized. The crowd stared in dumbfounded amazement at the fiendgod body. Their hearts were numbed long ago, even without the demon sword, Qin Wentian’s attack was enough to neutralize the attack of an ascendant? How powerful was he exactly?

The Pill Emperor and the ancient elder both turned ashen as they stared at the fiendgod-like body. Qin Wentian’s body was shimmering with light, seemingly indestructible.

The two of them flanked Qin Wentian’s left and right while their constellation were in the center. The nine-colored flame and black-flame repeatedly shot out, aiming for Qin Wentian. The scorching temperature created, baked this entire space.

“You learnt more immortal arts?” The demon sword upon noticing the aura Qin Wentian was exuding, sounded its voice out in his mind. After which, its tone became even more lofty. “I resent that heavens are too low hence I refuse to fly. So what even if you transformed into a true fiendgod?”

The arrogance in that voice towered up the sky, as though even fiendgods had no way to control it. Them using it would only dishonored it.

“Seems like I have overestimated you.” Qin Wentian relinquished his hold on the demon sword, allowing it to sink back to the ground. He turned towards the flames of destruction barreling through the air towards him as he spoke with confidence, “Even without depending on your strength, I can still exterminate the Pill Emperor Hall. It’s only that we met each other because of fate; you hated that the heavens are too low while I desired to combat the immortals and demons of the nine heavens. If we join forces, we should be able to break through this piece of sky. What’s laughable is that you refuse to face facts. If one day when I soar up and stand at the apex of the nine heavens, why is there still a need for me to dance in the battlefield with you?”

As the sound of his voice faded, the power of Qin Wentian’s blood thrummed as strands of his hair fluttered wildly in the wind. Behind him, a manifestation of a demon sovereign appeared.

“SUMMON!”

His astral soul was unleashed. Qin Wentian inclined his head and stared at the skies only to see that instantly, an endless amount of astral light cascaded downwards. The armor of light enveloping him grew even more radiant as numerous astral warbeasts manifested, each radiating unexcelled might.

“Kill them all.”

Qin Wentian calmly commanded as his summons began to rip through the tides of Pill Emperor Hall’s experts. An incomparably sharp sword qi radiated from him, he lifted his palms and blast them outwards, opening a path using oppressive destruction, extinguishing both the flames used by the ascendants.

The experts of the Pill Emperor Hall naturally heard the words spoken by Qin Wentian earlier. They too, understood that the words spoken weren’t for them but was for the demon sword instead. That sword was alive, akin to a demon. It could actually converse with Qin Wentian.

Qin Wentian had his own pride as well. He doesn’t need the demon sword and could solo against the ascendants of the Pill Emperor Hall. Since the demon sword refused to be wielded, then when one day when he stood at the apex, why was there even a need to still bring the sword along?

As the sound of Qin Wentian’s voice faded, the sword qi from the demon sword grew even more terrifying as the whistling sound through the air got even shriller. It seems as though the demon sword had been enraged.

The countenances of the Pill Emperor and ancient elder grew incredibly unsightly. Qin Wentian’s attack was so powerful, so powerful to the extent that it struck fear in their hearts. If Qin Wentian stepped into the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, how much more powerful would he be?

“Seal of Life and Death, Conjures Death!”

The ancient elder saw that Qin Wentian discarded the demon sword. This was the first time he mounted a direct attack towards Qin Wentian using innate techniques instead of his constellation. The rays of death, imbued with immense astral energy shot down the skies, aiming right for Qin Wentian.

Qin Wentian’s palms were no longer his ordinary human flesh, but was something of incredible toughness that was filled with an overwhelming destructive power. He howled in rage and stomped on the ground, bent on suppressing all immortals and demons. Numerous incarnations of him erupted out into being, all of them attacking at the same time, shattering the Seal of Life and Death. A countless number of palms unleashed with the power of the Illusory Demonforce, shot straight at the ancient elder.

Qin Wentian’s overwhelming might came not only from the fusion of his true intents. His powerful physique and numerous Yuanfus, including the tyranny of his bloodline and high-grade immortal arts all played a part. Hence, the power generated from his attacks could said to have enough power to even topple the heavens. Ordinary peak-level Heavenly Dipper Sovereigns would never be able to emanate an aura like him. Even for ordinary first-level Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants, their auras weren’t that much stronger compared to his.

Upon facing the attack unleashed by Qin Wentian, the energy of the ancient elder’s constellation condensed in his palms as he blast them out, wanting to negate the attack. However, Qin Wentian’s figure was like an apparition, with a thought, this place became his dreamscape. The ancient elder only saw Qin Wentian dashing towards him with the Scarlet Demon Halberd.

More incarnations then appeared. The ancient elder paled. He no longer had the strength to withstand such a strike.

“Swish!” He wanted to flee yet he only saw a beam of light slaughtering its way towards him. The sounds of piercing rang out as his body directly exploded after being struck by the halberd, turning into nothingness.

That ultimate attack was so fast that it was unfathomable. The Pill Emperor initially wanted to help but upon seeing the death of the ancient elder, the Pill Emperor’s body went stiff. He drew in a deep breath. Although his strength was stronger compared to the ancient elder, Qin Wentian’s might had already completely astounded him.

Casting a glance below, those astral warbeasts had already begun their slaughter.

Blood dyed the Pill Emperor Hall red. Even the sun in the skies seemed to be dyed red, everything was as he had prophesied before. The day when he returned, would be the day of judgement for the Pill Emperor Hall.

Qin Wentian slowly descended, standing on top of the demon sword. He then spoke, “Have you considered it? If you follow me, I will never dishonor you.”

The sword hum grew even more intense as the gigantic demon sword vibrated. Large fissures continuously formed on the ground in its surroundings as an aura of destruction blasted out, forming a maelstrom that ravaged everything in this space. The doomsday of the Pill Emperor Hall is here.

“Chi…” The boundless sword qi swept over everything as a scene of complete annihilation played out. The buildings collapsed one after another, the experts within all died. This was a scene of total destruction.

Bzzz!

The Pill Emperor turned white. His silhouette instantly soared up into the skies as a void spirit boat appeared under his legs, granting him unimaginable speed. This was a speed-type divine weapon which the Pill Emperor exchanged for. Even if he couldn’t win in a battle, he could still use this to escape.

“Since you are so arrogant, I shall hold you to your words. In the future if you fail to triumph over the nine heavens, I shall slay you personally.” A similarly arrogant voice resounded out in Qin Wentian’s mind. The silhouette of the Pill Emperor had already vanished completely yet at this moment, a beam of light broke through the air and cleaved the void into two pieces. The Pill Emperor let out a scream of agony before he appeared somewhere in the horizon as his entire person was directly slashed into twain.

“Similar to how I just killed him.” The voice of the demon sword rang out once more. Qin Wentian still stood arrogantly on the sword, as calm as ever. Countless experts of the Pill Emperor Hall witnessed the two halves of the Pill Emperor falling through the air. When they glanced at the destroyed Pill Emperor Hall, their bodies involuntarily began to shiver.

From today onwards, there will no longer be a Pill Emperor Hall in Grand Xia!

Chapter 671: Threaten

Qin Wentian stared ahead. This demon sword was truly proud indeed, this was a point which he knew long ago. Back then when he tried to pull out the sword, without using his blood to feed it, it was basically impossible. This demon sword was even more arrogant than humans. Qin Wentian had never met such arrogance in humans before, let alone a sword.

“This sword is extraordinary, it should have a shocking origin,” Qin Wentian mused. If it’s origin was ordinary, how would it dare to resent that the heavens are too low?

“Don’t worry, I won’t dishonor you. However, do you intend to follow me like that in this form?” Qin Wentian asked in a faint voice. The demon sword was a thousand meters tall. How can he wield it easily?

“Although I’m willing to be used by you, I won’t initiate lending my power to you. I want to see what capabilities you have to back up the arrogant words you spoke today.” From the body of the demon sword, the sword qi seemed as though it could break the dome of heaven. A shrill whistling rang out as the terrifying destructive maelstrom expanded, ravaging this entire area. Countless experts of the Pill Emperor Hall raised their head and stared at the incoming catastrophe. There was only despair in their eyes.

An intense beam of light broke through space, Qin Wentian suddenly discovered that the thousand meter gigantic sword transformed into a smaller version of about three feet in length. A whitish glow illuminated the skies, filled with so much demonic qi that it seemed like a sword of evil.

This sword was exceptionally fiendish in nature, it shot through the air, directly piercing through the buildings of the Pill Emperor Hall that still remained standing. Wherever it passed by, everything collapsed into ruins. The entire Pill Emperor Hall was completely destroyed, becoming dust, dissipating away in the wind.

Only the blood-soaked demon sword exuding a white glow remained flying in that storm of endless dust.

Qin Wentian glanced at the demon sword as a fiendish smile played on his lips. After which he slowly stepped out, walking towards the place where the Pill Emperor died. As he approached, those lucky survivors all retreated, nobody dared to be near him. An energy of the void permeated this area, evidently the Pill Emperor has long prepared his escape route. With the void boat, if it wasn’t for the demon sword unleashing its might, Qin Wentian would have no way to catch the Pill Emperor.

Qin Wentian kept the void boat and went on to retrieve the Pill Emperor’s interspatial ring. Nobody dared to touch these things, Qin Wentian even dared to destroy the Pill Emperor Hall, who would dare to snatch the spoils of his victory? Unless someone feels that he is already tired of living.

After that, Qin Wentian moved to where the demon sword was. The light it emanated was now retracted, completely dimmed losing its luster, appearing as though it was nothing but an ordinary sword that quietly stood there, embedded in the ground.

Qin Wentian stretched his hands out and pulled out the sword. He then gazed up at the sky and with a powerful stomp, he soared upwards, vanishing completely in an instant.

“He left!”

The crowd lifted their heads, staring at that trajectory of the vanishing silhouette as the waves in their heart gradually calmed. But when their gazes returned to the destroyed Pill Emperor Hall, their hearts involuntarily started to shiver again.

The day when he returns, shall be the day of judgement for the Pill Emperor Hall. Now, the day of judgement has descended, another transcendent power of Grand Xia has been leveled flat to the ground. Two ascendants died in battle and almost all the disciples of the Pill Emperor Hall were dead, killed by the power of the demon sword.

This sword is now out in the world, controlled by Qin Wentian. Nobody knew how many storms of blood this sword would cause.

“The Pill Emperor has been destroyed, becoming history…” Even now, there were some who still couldn’t believe their eyes. Everything felt as though it was a dream.

The Pill Emperor Hall that stood tall in the Moon Continent for thousands of years had been destroyed just like this.

“Ruanyu, you knew that he was Qin Wentian?” Shu Ruanyu’s friend shivered as she asked. No wonder before this, Shu Ruanyu kept looking at him. So it turned out that this young man was none other than the person who kidnapped her before, the young man whose name shook Grand Xia.

Shu Ruanyu bitterly smiled, she could only tell herself that in this world, nothing was permanent. If back then she knew that he would have such achievements today, what would she have done differently after she was kidnapped?

More and more people gathered in front of the Pill Emperor Hall. When they stared at the once imposing structure only to see nothing but dust, they were all speechless for a long period of time.

…

The news of the Pill Emperor Hall’s destruction soon spread and shocked all of Grand Xia. The various transcendent powers couldn’t calm down. They felt a sense of threat from Qin Wentian.

Just flipping his palms was sufficient to destroy the Ouyang Aristocrat Clan, the Pill Emperor Hall and gain control of the Azure Emperor Palace. Such strength was very hard not to be feared by the various transcendent powers. After this incident, the ascendants gathered once more in an alliance as they set off to the Azure Emperor Palace, wanting to negotiate with Qin Wentian.

Soon, the Azure Emperor Palace received a piece of news. Three days later, the ascendants of the various transcendent powers will descend to the Azure Emperor Hall once more, seeking an audience with Palace Lord Qin Wentian. They hoped that this time around, Qin Wentian would give face and meet with them.

Instantly, the situation in Grand Xia became chaotic. The other transcendent powers all seemed to be in an alliance to resist Qin Wentian. This made everyone sigh as they marveled at Qin Wentian’s strength and prowess. In these few thousand years, only he had the ability to force the other transcendent powers to behave in this matter.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed. Outside the Azure Emperor Palace, the ascendants from the various powers descended once more. This time, their alliance was even stronger than the one that came to visit before.

This time around, Qin Wentian was present. Upon feeling the auras of the experts, he led Fairy Qingmei and the rest out of the palace, as his gaze landed onto those ascendants who visited.

The white-robed young man stood with his hands clasped behind his back as a simple and unadorned sword sheath was strapped behind his back. His white robes fluttered in the wind as the ascendants stared at Qin Wentian, feeling somewhat unsettled in their hearts. He was truly as young as rumored, yet he already had the power to turn Grand Xia topsy-turvy.

“A hero of the younger generation, palace lord Qin’s talent truly makes me perspire.” A voice drifted over. Qin Wentian stared at the person who spoke. He was extremely calm as he replied, “Is there any matter as to why all of you are looking for me?”

“Qin Wentian, recently because of your actions, you stirred up unease all over Grand Xia. The death of the three ascendants of the Ouyang Aristocrat Clan, the destruction of the Pill Emperor Hall, the submission of the Azure Emperor Palace. What is your true desire?” The old ancestor of the Wang Clan stated, his countenance radiating sharpness.

Qin Wentian’s eyes shifted onto him, “And what does that have to do with you?”

The Wang Ancestor’s countenance stiffened before coldly snorting, “Indeed, the young are reckless. However in Grand Xia, you still don’t have the qualifications to be so arrogant yet.

A fiend-like cold smile appeared on Qin Wentian’s face as he sarcastically stared at the Wang Ancestor. “Who do you think you are? Are you even fit to talk to me in this manner?”

“You…” The Wang Ancestor froze. He didn’t expect that after so many ascendants came here today, Qin Wentian would still be so arrogant.

“Qin Wentian.” The Shi Ancestor shouted. “The transcendent powers of Grand Xia has always lived together in relative harmony. Your actions were too over the top.”

“Too over the top?” Qin Wentian swept his glance over to the Shi Ancestor. “In that case, do you mean I should forget the things the Pill Emperor Hall did to me in the past?”

“You all are truly shameless enough.” Fairy Qingmei couldn’t bear it any more as she sarcastically remarked. In Grand Xia, it has always been a dog-eat-dog world. Which of these transcendent powers didn’t rise up to where they were by devouring countless other powers? Yet today, they actually said Qin Wentian was causing unrest to Grand Xia? If they had enough strength, they would probably do things in a more ruthless manner compared to Qin Wentian.

In addition, up till now, Qin Wentian hadn’t touched any unrelated powers. Regardless of the Pill Emperor Hall, Ouyang Aristocrat Clan, or the Azure Emperor Palace, all of these powers had a relation to him. He hasn’t even stepped on the tails of these people yet and they were already all at his doorstep.

“Don’t beat around the bush, what do all of you want?” Qin Wentian coldly asked.

“There can not be another storm in Grand Xia. Qin Wentian, given your talent why do you still need to remain in Grand Xia?” Shi Ancestor asked.

“You mean that I even need your permission to stay here?” Qin Wentian’s eyes flashed with sharpness.

The Shi Ancestor shook his head, “That’s not what I mean. We came here today to negotiate with you. There cannot be another transcendent power destroyed. I know that in the past, there were some who offended you, hence they are all willing to compensate.”

“Bully when you are able to bully, but now since you don’t have the strength to, you wish to compensate for your past actions?” The sect leader of the Mystic Moon Hall coldly laughed.

“This is already our greatest concession.” The Shi Ancestor persuaded.

“And if I disagree?” Qin Wentian narrowed his eyes, staring at the Shi Ancestor.

“Hmph, if the news I received isn’t wrong, you should be someone from Chu, that’s under the administration of the Greencloud Pavilion right? Your return this time is for the wedding between you and Mo Qingcheng. Chu Country is your hometown, where your kin and good friends are all there.” The cold voice of the Wang Ancestor rang out in the air.

As the sound of his voice faded, an incomparably violent aura erupted forth from Qin Wentian, as an intense demonic qi towered up into the skies, gushing towards the Wang Ancestor. His eyes turned incredibly fiend-like as his killing intent permeated the air.

The other ascendants all silently cursed the Wang Ancestor in their hearts. Was the Wang Ancestor trying to sabotage their efforts?

The Wang Ancestor felt his heart trembling when he felt that demonic qi as Qin Wentian turned his gaze over to him. However, he quickly stabilized himself and snorted coldly, looking Qin Wentian in his eye.

“The Ouyang Aristocrat Clan forced the bride of my brother to marry others, I killed the three culprits behind it and left the other members of the clan untouched. As for the Azure Emperor Palace, I didn’t even kill a single person at all. The only transcendent power I truly destroyed is the Pill Emperor Hall. All of you should know my grudge with them is as deep as the ocean. I didn’t even pursue your Wang Clan for the fact that your clan members tried to kill me numerous times back then. You said you are all here today to compensate for the grudges formed in the past yet now you are threatening me with my family members and closest friends?”

An intense coldness could be felt from Qin Wentian’s words. Even if he desired to reunite Grand Xia, he didn’t intend to accomplish this by large-scale massacre and would only want the various transcendent powers to submit, returning to the state of glory Grand Xia was back then when it was a whole empire.

But now, even when he hadn’t intended to do anything to pursue the debt between him and the Wang Clan, the Wang Ancestor had already directly threatened him.

“No matter what I say today, if there’s another incident in Grand Xia. You shoulder the consequences yourself.” The voice of the Wang Ancestor was ice-cold.

“See them out.” Qin Wentian swept his gaze over to the ascendants present as he icily replied.

“Everyone, please.” Fairy Qingmei coldly stared at these people. The Wang Ancestor had actually investigated Qin Wentian’s background. In that case, it was clear that he wasn’t the only one who had these thoughts.

“Qin Wentian, are you sure you want to do this?” The Swordlord of Yan asked.

Qin Wentian just turned and departed, not bothering to reply. His actions caused the countenance of the Swordlord of Yan to turn incomparably cold. “Everyone, look at his damnable attitude, not even the slightest hint of cordiality.”

“Let’s leave.” Many among the ascendants had murder in their eyes yet they dared not take any reckless actions. They all understood that if they failed to kill Qin Wentian, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Chapter 672: Devil Statue Cliff

The ascendants of Grand Xia banded together and threatened Qin Wentian, if Qin Wentian took any action that would cause the fall of another transcendent power, they would act together and deal with him.

However, Qin Wentian had no response for them, and he also didn’t continue destroying any more transcendent powers.

However, an event of great import happened in Ginkou. Because of the appearance of the Royal Tomb of Grand Xia back then, the various powers sent their men to stand guard at the entrance. Although none of the experts they sent in before had returned, they still continued monitoring. And now, during their process of monitoring, there was a power that made no secret of their attempts to secure that place. They drove the manpower of the other transcendent powers out while also expending a huge amount of resources hiring skilled craftsmen to rebuild the ancient kingdom.

This event instantly caused many to turn their eyes onto here, and for those transcendent powers whose men were driven away sent even more experts down only to hear a piece of news that the Azure Emperor Palace of the Azure Continent was relocating to this place where the ancient kingdom of Grand Xia used to be.

And as expected, not long after this piece of news was circulated, the experts of the Azure Emperor Palace showed up and even directed the reconstruction, working hard throughout night and day.

This news instantly created a huge commotion as it spread all over Grand Xia

The Azure Emperor Palace is relocating to the ancient kingdom in Ginkou? For thousands of year, not one transcendent power had dared to do such a thing, shifting their entire base to this sacred place. The meaning behind the Azure Emperor Palace’s actions was extremely clear. The other transcendent powers could all hear what the Azure Emperor Palace wanted to say.

Relocating to the ancient kingdom only meant one thing. Qin Wentian wanted to be the Lord of Grand Xia, reuniting the nine continents back as one!

This could be considered the strongest response Qin Wentian could give with regards to the various ascendants descending onto the Azure Emperor Palace. After that day, Qin Wentian vanished, he didn’t give a clear reply to them. But from this relocation exercise, he allowed the entire Grand Xia to see his determination.

I want to lord over Grand Xia, who dares to touch my Azure Emperor Palace?

It was highly probable that after they learned of this piece of news, the various transcendent powers could no longer be at ease enough to have a good night’s sleep.

Because of Qin Wentian’s appearance, the interactions between the transcendent powers in this period was many times more compared to the interactions they had combined throughout several hundreds of years.

The news of the reconstruction of the ancient kingdom rocked the world yet not one of the transcendent powers were willing to be the first to step out and act against the Azure Emperor Palace.

They once banded together and told Qin Wentian that he better not destroy any more transcendent powers, yet they didn’t say anything regarding the reconstruction of the ancient kingdom. Now, Qin Wentian didn’t initiate trouble and was merely relocating to the ancient kingdom in Ginkou. If they obstruct him, would it completely enrage Qin Wentian? Nobody knew the answer to that.

Currently within the ancient kingdom of Grand Xia, countless number of craftsmen were busy working through the day and night. And in the space outside the ancient kingdom, there was a void boat with a white-robed figure on it, staring at everything that was happening. And other than Qin Wentian standing there, there was also Yun Mengyi.

“Reunification of Grand Xia, but the name of Grand Xia shall remain unchanged. Your wish should have already been fulfilled. As for the things I want to know, when will you tell me?” Qin Wentian spoke to Yun Mengyi.

“I won’t say anything.” A smile flickered in the beautiful eyes of Yun Mengyi as she turned her gaze, that was akin to autumn water, onto Qin Wentian. Both her hands wrapped around the arms of Qin Wentian, appearing extremely intimate as she spoke, “Unless one day, I become your woman.”

Qin Wentian furrowed his brows. With a flick of his sleeves, he shook Yun Mengyi away.

“Get down.” Qin Wentian emotionlessly stated. Yun Mengyi started, her countenance returned to normal, flashing with hints of coldness before she got down from the void boat. She stared at Qin Wentian and asked, “Am I really not attractive at all?”

“I treat you as my friend.” Qin Wentian spoke detachedly. After which, he turned and the void boat transformed into a beam of light, streaking through the skies, vanishing from the vision of Yun Mengyi in an instant.

…

In the Western Domain of Grand Xia, there was a desolate mountain range with a few anarchic cities situated there.

And in that region, there was a lonely and desolate place where the footprints of men are rarely seen. That place, was a secret realm of Grand Xia.

From ancient times, Grand Xia had countless numbers of cities that were prosperous through the ages yet given how vast Grand Xia is, there were similarly secret realms where no one had ever completely solved the mysteries within before. Many experts would enter into these secret realms, but the vast majority of the people never came back out again no matter how powerful they were. Hence, these secret realms were known as forbidden grounds.

The Devil Statue Cliff is precisely a forbidden ground of Grand Xia. It was rumored that this place was a haven for devil cultivators and there was once a extremely powerful devil that walked out from there before. There was an ancient legend of Grand Xia saying that long ago in the past, this place was formed from the result of a grand battle between an immortal and a devil. After both sides were defeated and fallen, devil cultivators swarmed the place and erected a state of the devil which led to the forbidden ground today.

From ages past, there has always been some characters who stepped into the Devil Statue Cliff. However, they only entered the boundaries and came out quickly after, they had no way to penetrate the secrets of this place. For those who took a risk and entered the depths, almost none came out alive. For those who did, all of them had gone crazy after they returned, without a single exception.

At this moment, Qin Wentian arrived at the entrance of the Devil Statue Cliff. Right now, in those calm eyes of his, hints of contemplation could be seen within.

That little lass Bai Qing had vanished in this place. It could be said that the guts of his companions were truly big, they actually even dared to roam this place. However after that, he heard that they were trapped and Bai Qing chose to remained behind so they could leave.

From then till now, there had not been the slightest bit of news about her.

To Qin Wentian, he treated Bai Qing like his own flesh and blood sister. That silly lass passed him a knife so that he could hold it to her neck, wanting to use her own life to threaten her father to let him leave the Bai Residence safely. She eventually chose to leave home because of the decision her father and elder sister made and every time he thought of Bai Qing, Qin Wentian would feel traces of heartache. Only Bai Qing would be able to cause Qin Wentian to feel such tenderness towards her.

“Little Qing…” Staring at the towering statue of the devil in front of him, Qin Wentian drew in a deep breath.

With his grand wedding day soon arriving, Qin Wentian by right, shouldn’t risk himself. Especially in this forbidden ground that was sacred to devil cultivators, it was just too dangerous.

However, the reason for him returning to Grand Xia was: firstly, because of Mo Qingcheng; secondly, to settle the reunification of Grand Xia; and lastly, to find Bai Qing.

If he couldn’t determine Bai Qing’s safety, there would always be a heavy unease in his heart.

Years ago, that lass chose to cultivate the Chaotic Art of the Devil, ignoring her own safety simply to protect and fight for him. Only when he fought against her, injuring her did she finally call out Wentian-gege as her tears flowed. These memories were all vivid in his mind. How could he forget the deep relationship between them?

The Devil Statue Cliff was vast and smaller terrifying statues of devils could be found everywhere throughout a radius of a hundred km.

Qin Wentian stared at the secret realm as a hint of resolution flashed in his eyes. After which, he stepped out and entered the Devil Statue Cliff.

A thousand-meter tall devil statue stood erect in front of him, this resembled an ancient devil that was protecting the entrance of the Devil Statue Cliff.

A raging wind gusted, Qin Wentian was clad in white and had a sword strapped behind him as he entered. The instant he stepped through the boundaries of this secret realm, he could feel strands of terrifying devil qi gushing over. In a single instant, it was as though he stepped into a world of devils. Numerous devil statues could be seen everywhere in all directions, all of them had their eyes on Qin Wentian, the atmosphere was so eerie that it gave chills to the hearts of people.

“So many entrances, each of the statues appears to be guarding one. Do they all lead to different places?” Qin Wentian stared at the statues before him as he mused. Without further hesitation he continued forward, into the depths of this place.

Very swiftly, when Qin Wentian inclined his head again, he discovered that he entered a maze with eight directions and in the air above him, there were gigantic devil statues there as well. Right now, he had already completely lost his sense of direction. He couldn’t even exit if he wished to.

Bzz, Bzz, Rumble~~!

Abruptly, devilish soundwaves resounded as they lingered on, manifesting a surge of terrifying devil might that permeated this area. Qin Wentian only felt his heart clenching. Shifting his gaze forward, there was a gigantic devil statue that shimmered brightly, as though it was coming to life. It seemed to be able to move, clouds of devilish qi surrounded it as the humming melody came from it’s mouth, permeating this space, entering into Qin Wentian’s eardrums.

That gaze filled with devilish intent glanced in Qin Wentian’s direction. Just a single glance was sufficient to cause the astral energy in Qin Wentian’s body to run amok, it felt as though a devilish will had entered his sea of consciousness, wanting to break his spirit. A boundless force gushed over as terrifying rumbling sounds resounded. Qin Wentian only felt an overwhelming pressure pressing down onto him.

In that instant, an illusion appeared before him. He felt as though all the devil statues present here were moving towards him, wanting to kill him.

Qin Wentian stepped out as a vortex of sword qi ravaged this space. The sound of a thunderous explosion rang out as a devil statue that was rushing over got destroyed.

With his second step, the earth trembled as booming sounds continued relentlessly. Even more devil statues were lacerated and with his third step, the vortex of sword qi transformed into a tempest of destruction that ravaged this entire space.

However, the devilish melody continued on and there seemed no end to the devil statues. They continued attacking, as though they would never stop.

“These are born from nothingness. With devilish thoughts in mind, a devil would be formed in one’s heart, leading to the creation of countless devils rushing at me. However, as long as my heart is clear, the devils won’t be able to suppress me!”

When Qin Wentian took his seventh step, a surge of sword intent towered up into the skies. He clasped his hands behind his back as he stared at the gigantic devil statues in front of him. Slowly advancing, no matter how powerful the statues are, they were unable to get close to him. Countless numbers of devil statues continued their attack, yet there seemed to be a forcefield of light with Qin Wentian in the center that halted their advance. This, was formed from the pureness in his heart. The devilish will won’t be able to influence him.

Qin Wentian continued his way, never stopping regardless of the resistance he faced. He chose to enter through the entrance of the largest devil statue, into the depths of this secret realm.

No matter how dangerous or mysterious this place was, as long as Bai Qing was inside here, he would definitely bring her out. If Bai Qing had fallen within, no matter who is the leader of this place, he shall spare no expense to annihilate everything.

After stepping into a new dimension, Qin Wentian’s adversaries only gotten more dangerous. In the entire space, devil statues dotted the landscape, suppressing all eight directions. Black-colored devilish qi danced in the air as the eyes of the statues opened one after another, all of them staring at Qin Wentian. Once again, a mighty and oppressive pressure bored directly into him.

RUMBLE~

A particularly immense devil statue activated and came to life. It directly leapt down from the cliff and jumped onto Qin Wentian. It punched out with its fists, manifesting a terrifying monster that rushed towards Qin Wentian.

Qin Wentian’s palms shimmered with brilliant light, he blasted out in defense and with a thunderous boom, the monster shattered. His palm then utilized boundless force as he grabbed the air, causing the devil statue to explode into pieces.

BOOOM!

The earth trembled as the two sides of the mountain cliff began shaking. A boundless devilish might pressed down on everything, activating each and every devil statue here as they slaughtered their way towards Qin Wentian.

“If becoming a devil myself is the only way out of here, then I shall become a devil.” Qin Wentian’s physique grew increasingly larger as the amount of demonic qi towered up into the skies. A moment later, numerous incarnations of himself appeared in the air, each of them glowing with light, illuminating this space as countless numbers of palm imprints covered the skies, breaking through and destroying everything.

Qin Wentian advanced forward with large strides, picking up speed and dashing ahead. He wanted to see exactly how mysterious and terrifying the secrets in the Devil Statue Cliff were.

Chapter 673: Worship of Ten Thousand Devils

Qin Wentian traversed into the depths of the Devil Statue Cliff. The devil statues seemed never ending, constantly launching attacks at him in a frenzy. Qin Wentian swept over all of them as he continued on his way.

He eventually came to a sealed valley and over here, there were countless devil statues standing guard. There didn’t seem to be a sky in this dimension when he glanced above, perhaps an indication that even the sky cannot suppress the devil arts. There was only a gigantic towering devil statue in the middle of the air, as though it was standing watch over everything.

“BOOM!”

Qin Wentian’s heart pounded, the devilish qi in the air grew even more intense to the extent where he felt like breaking down.

Abruptly, the devilish melody grew louder in Qin Wentian’s mind. In the stone walls in front of him, a silhouette glimmering with a bloody devilish light appeared. This was a fearsome devil phantom, his eyes stared at Qin Wentian, as though he wanted Qin Wentian to sink within their depths.

And at the instant this phantom appeared, the sealed pathway opened up. Only by passing through there would he be able to continue ahead.

The sound waves continued, a boundless devilish light shone on that devil statue as a monster seemed to crawl out of the statue’s face, transforming into a beam of light that shot directly towards Qin Wentian. When nearing, a punch of incredible power was lashed out, penetrating through the void.

This punch radiated a supreme devilish qi that could dominate and break through everything.

Astral energy circulated frenziedly in Qin Wentian’s body. His physique grew larger as he stomped harshly on the ground, manifesting numerous incarnations as they all blasted out with their palms that contained enough power to seize the constellations from the heavens.

The terrifying sounds of explosion rocked the air yet the fist of that monster still continued blasting towards Qin Wentian, nothing could stop it.

Resplendent light cloaked Qin Wentian’s body as he smashed his fist together with that monster. In that instant, he could feel that there was overwhelming amounts of devilish might within that desired to ravage his inner organs as it seeped into his body.

“BOOM!”

A loud sound thundered out, Qin Wentian was forced backwards and the impact jolted him so much that he coughed blood. He touched the traces of blood leaking from his mouth as he shifted his hands onto the sword behind his back. A brilliant light flashed as the sword was unsheathed. Qin Wentian sliced his fingers lightly upon the blade, dying the demon sword red as the humming of the sword echoed in the air.

“Bzz!” A terrifying storm of sword qi swept out as the demon sword expanded, transforming back to its thousand meters size. The power blasting out turned the devil he was fighting against into dust.

Qin Wentian dragged the demon sword as he slowly advanced forward. A boundless sword intent then descended from the heavens, blasting into the devil statues ahead. The devilish melody grew even more intense yet right now, Qin Wentian howled in anger as he slashed out with his gigantic sword. Instantly, a boundless force pressed down on everything, lacerating everything that obstructed him. The devil statue lifted its large palms in defense, but as the demon sword horizontally slashed out, the devil statue turned completely into dust.

Qin Wentian continued on, staring at the entrance. Within it, he could feel a devil might so powerful that it caused his heart to tremble. The devil statue here was much more realistic, it resembled humans and even had humanoid facial features. It felt as though this was a true devil which turned into a statue after staying here over tens of thousands of years.

The demon sword transformed again back into the smaller version, Qin Wentian brandished it as he headed towards the entrance, entering yet another dimension. In this instant, his gaze stiffened as his heart pounded violently.

The endless devilish melody rang out through the air, causing even one’s soul to shiver in tandem to the rhythm of the music. A towering black-colored devil light mixed with red illuminated this space that was the central core area of the Devil Statue Cliff. In the surroundings, there were millions of statues that emanated rays of light which shot towards a sacrificial altar in the center.

“…!” Qin Wentian’s heart trembled intensely. These statues all seemed to be on a pilgrimage, worshiping the devil king. In that central area, a blood light shot up, breaking through the dome of heaven, summoning black rays that descended onto the sacrificial altar.

The sacrificial altar was enveloped completely by that light and there seemed to be a blurry silhouette of a statue of a devil king within. Around it, countless blood-colored devil phantoms was stationed there, and the devilish melody they were humming seemed to be a hymn to the devil king.

At this moment, one of the blood-colored phantoms turned. A single glance from it caused Qin Wentian’s body to be out of his control. A terrifying devilish might then instantly drilled into his sea of consciousness.

“Bzzz!”

The instant the devil phantom moved, Qin Wentian felt that he was mired in Mara. In this blood-soaked space, there was nothing but devil intent. A fearsome blood-colored palm imprint blasted onto him, jolting him so much that it caused him to cough out blood.

“Is that a kind of celestial phenomena?” Qin Wentian mused as he felt a sense of helplessness. There was actually such an unfathomable force hidden deep within the Devil Statue Cliff. These statues all seemed to be giving sacrificial offerings trying to summon something.

Qin Wentian who was knocked onto the ground was now staring at the devilish light in the sky. That glow resembled the glow of a Celestial Phenomenon Ascendant’s constellation and at this instant, a bloody blade manifested as it slashed out with blinding speed and crushing force, aiming for his heart. Qin Wentian could only despair, he didn’t have the capabilities to dodge this strike.

“Puchi…” The devil blade pierced into him as his blood splattered out. Qin Wentian’s countenance turned bloodlessly pale, he thought that he would be able to accomplish many things here, finding Bai Qing, or taking revenge for her… But this instant, to his absolute dismay he discovered that he wasn’t as strong or powerful as he imagined himself to be. In this world, there were simply too many forces which he still couldn’t resist, too many forces much more powerful than him.

A flame burned in Qin Wentian’s heart, an ever-strengthening flame. However, he knew that he was going to die. He could only leave all his remaining hopes and wishes to Di Tian.

Fresh blood dyed the ground where he was on red. Qin Wentian’s consciousness started fading as everything got blurry. The blood on the ground stayed there for a long time, as though incapable of being dried. Instead, it felt that the aura of the blood itself was controlling itself to flow back into him, nourishing his heart, giving and protecting his one last strand of lifeforce.

“Why am I still not dead yet?” From his blurry consciousness, Qin Wentian could feel that he was still alive. That white flame in his heart appeared once more and it seemed to have the power to preserve his life. Even if his heart was attacked, it could still protect it, allowing him not to die.

However, the injuries he sustained now were different. That devil blade was embedded in him as a terrifying corrosion force was trying to erode his heart and steal his life away. The devilish power of this sword was now contending against the power of the white flame in his heart.

This confrontation lasted a long time but nobody at that sacrificial altar seemed to have noticed him. The devilish melody still permeated the air, it felt as though the statues here were trying to complete an ancient ritual.

After several days, Qin Wentian faintly sensed that the melody was dissipating. Silence returned, and he could feel that he was still alive. In fact, there even seemed to be someone who had already pulled the blade out from his heart.

He tried his best, wanting to regain consciousness so that he could clearly see what was happening. Right now, he could only faintly sense a blurry silhouette beside him.

This silhouette was clad in black-colored devil armor and was emanating a terrifying aura. Her face seemed to be somewhat familiar, bright and beautiful yet it flashed with traces of devilish intent, making it seem as though she was the descendent of a devil king.

After this, Qin Wentian felt the softness of her body against him as she lifted him up and carried him away. That black-colored devil armor seemed to meld perfectly together with her, unable to isolate the feeling of flesh on flesh but despite its thinness, it still gave off a mighty sense of imposingness.

After which, Qin Wentian could feel himself soaring through the air.

Everything seemed like a dream, somewhat illusory and surreal to him.

When he finally awoke from this dream, Qin Wentian tried his hardest to open his eyes. The bright sunlight blinded him, Qin Wentian narrowed his eyes slightly as he blinked rapidly, trying to adjust to the sunlight.

Beautiful white clouds drifted across the skies, the devilish melody has long ceased.

Around him, he could hear whispers of others followed by a loud laughter. “Is this fellow so afraid that he knocked himself out even before stepping into the Devil Statue Cliff?”

“Devil Statue Cliff!” Qin Wentian abruptly sat up as his heart pounded intensely. He took a look at his own body, only to see that his robes were all torn and tattered as numerous wounds could be seen. However, the wound in his heart had already closed up, Qin Wentian knew that terrifying bloodline of his contained a super strong recovery ability.

Shifting his gaze to his side, the demon sword quietly laid beside him. It appeared like an ordinary sword now, with not the slightest bit of strangeness to it.

“What happened?” Qin Wentian murmured, everything seemed like a dream. Yet, he knew that that was no dream. Whatever happened in the Devil Statue Cliff was real.

Who was that blurry silhouette he sensed? Was it she who saved him?

Stretching his hand out, Qin Wentian gingerly touched his own face. It felt as though there were tears that dried there, leaving stains behind…could they have been from that female silhouette who appeared then?

Qin Wentian lifted the demon sword before standing up and turning his gaze ahead. He was at the entrance of the Devil Statue Cliff, he must have been sent out by someone.

In this desolate land, a harsh wind gusted by, fluttering whatever remained of his robes. Qin Wentian stared at the white clouds above the Devil Statue Cliff, everything appeared so calm and serene yet there was only chaos in his heart. He was thinking back to the scenario before he fainted.

There was a towering devil statue in the middle of the air, exuding a light beam that shot up the skies. Where did that thing originate from?

“Little Qing, was it you?!”

Qin Wentian mumbled, that gentle frame of that black-robed figure, that expression of tenderness and warmth in those eyes. Although everything was blurry, it still felt exceedingly familiar to him. Was that person Bai Qing?

Qin Wentian had no way to know the truth, he only knew that he didn’t have enough strength to make another attempt to barge into the Devil Statue Cliff anymore. In that location where the sacrificial altar was, he had no way to resist the devil phantoms there.

“You should know what happened right?” Qin Wentian placed the demon sword in front of his as he inquired.

The demon sword didn’t reply. It was as dim as ever and had no luster to it, abiding by its promise of not lending its strength voluntarily to Qin Wentian. It would only be a spectator, watching Qin Wentian accomplishing what he said he would.

“Senior, is this person an idiot? He’s actually speaking to his sword?” A young woman spoke to a guy standing beside her, as she stared at Qin Wentian in a strange manner.

“Maybe he’s so frightened that he slipped into a daze.” A young man mocked. A row of young-looking males and females stared at the torn and tattered clothes of Qin Wentian and the dumbstruck expression on his face as all of them laughed and treated him like an idiot.

Qin Wentian appeared as if he hadn’t heard that. Abruptly, a terrifying glow erupted from his body shooting up the skies. An instant later, the glow enveloped him entirely as he took out a clean set of clothes and wore them. He was still staring at the Devil Statue Cliff ahead as he sighed in his heart. Now, he could only hope that that lass Bai Qing was safe and sound.

The void boat appeared, Qin Wentian stood on it as it directly shot through the air, breaking into the void and disappearing completely.

The others in the surroundings stared at the departing view of that silhouette as they gulped down a mouthful of saliva. Staring at that terrifying glow earlier, their faces had all turned pale as they perspired cold sweat. In that instant earlier, they could sense that if that young man wanted to kill them, he could do it as easily as flicking a single finger, in a totally effortless manner!

Chapter 674: Greencloud Sovereign

In the ancient kingdom of Grand Xia, there were several ruins and debris stacked up. The craftsmen followed the instructions of Yun Mengyi and went about constructing the ancient kingdom, working so hard that they went without sleep. Eventually, the ancient kingdom of Grand Xia once again regained the majesty it had thousands of years ago. However, there was one thing that’s different in comparison; this place was now filled with the vitality of people, as though it was a sign of the rise of the new Grand Xia.

Grand Xia, was about to enter a new era.

The other transcendent powers of Grand Xia didn’t come to make trouble. During the relocation of the Azure Emperor Palace, the other transcendent powers were strangely silent. This silence was like the silence before the storm, making people feel that they were biding their time for an all out eruption in the future. Would the situation create the rise of a new legend or repeat the history of the then Azure Emperor? Nobody had the answers.

Through these days, outside the ancient kingdom, there would occasionally be a silhouette in grey robes that resembled an ordinary old man. He would stay for a few days studying the imposing ancient kingdom before he disappeared. But Qin Wentian did not know of the existence of this man despite him leaving the astral warbeasts he summoned to act as his eyes here in the ancient kingdom and in Chu.

Recently, the situation in Chu was anything but calm. The main reason was naturally because of Qin Wentian’s return as well as the date of his grand wedding getting increasingly closer. More and more people started surging to Chu’s Royal Capital, preparing to attend the wedding of Qin Wentian and Mo Qingcheng. The Emperor of Chu, Chu Wuwei, had long issued the orders to get the entire Royal Capital to prepare for their banquet. After all, who didn’t want to see the young man who killed the Imperial Emperor of the Greencloud Imperial Empire in a single strike?

During this period of time, Mo Feng and Mo Yu were both extremely highly regarded, there would be floods of their good friends coming to find them everyday, asking about the stories of Qin Wentian. That event in the inn that day circulated wildly around and that single sentence of Qin Wentian summoning the Imperial Emperor to see him in seven days made him the idol of countless youngsters.

That lass Mo Yu wasn’t shy at all, constantly boasting and exaggerating the details. And as for Mo Feng, he was less willing to join in, he would rather bring Ling Yue around, roaming the streets of Chu.

Today, Mo Feng and Ling Yue walked together hand in hand in the Royal Capital of Chu. The two of them had officially started dating and stuck together like glue everyday.

“Mo Feng, in the future when you marry me, would you hold a wedding for me as grand as the one brother-in-law is holding for sis Qingcheng?” Ling Yue smiled lightly, teasing Mo Feng.

Mo Feng rubbed his head, before replying in a somewhat depressed manner, “Ling Yue, I will do my best to give you a wedding that would make you satisfied, but if I want to surpass brother-in-law…It will be too difficult. After all, brother-in-law is simply too awesome.”

“Hehe.” Ling Yue hugged Mo Feng as she gently smiled, “I was teasing you, as long as you treat me as nice as this forever, it’s already sufficient for me. Brother-in-law has the accomplishments he had today because he underwent many trials and faced a lot of danger. Although I hope that you would be stronger, I don’t want you to throw yourself recklessly head-on into danger as well. If you can spend more time accompanying me, I will already be very happy and satisfied.” Lin Yue gave a self-deprecating laughed as she continued, “Mo Feng, do I sound very selfish? Wanting you to marry me in a glorious manner, yet I’m saying that I don’t want you to get stronger.”

“Nope, isn’t this because you love me?” Mo Feng had a silly-looking smile on his face. Ling Yue blushed and instantly followed up, “Idiot, who is in love with you?”

After speaking, she turned and broke into a small jog and Mo Feng hurried to catch up with her.

“Miss.” At this moment, a silhouette abruptly appeared, blocking Ling Yue’s path. Ling Yue stared at the row of figures which appeared an instant later as she opened her mouth slightly in surprise as her eyes lost her luster.

“Has father came to Chu?” Ling Yue asked.

“Lord wants to see you.” The man in the lead nodded. Ling Yue could only sigh. After which, she turned and looked at Mo Feng with a bitter smile on her face, “Mo Feng, you return first okay?”

“Ling Yue…” Mo Feng was extremely reluctant to do so.

“Don’t worry, let me go chat with my father.” Ling Yue smiled.

“Lord said to bring young master Mo Feng along.” The man in the lead spoke again, his words causing Ling Yue and Mo Feng to start. They exchanged glances, there was a trace of nervousness in the beautiful eyes of Ling Yue but she only heard Mo Feng replying, “That’s great. Ling Yue, let me go together with you to meet uncle.”

Ling Yue hesitated for a moment before lightly nodding her head, “Okay…”

“Let’s go little miss, the lord is in the Drunken Wine Inn.” The man in the lead led the way, causing Ling Yue and Mo Feng to feel a little weird. To think that Ling Yue’s father was actually at the Drunken Wine Inn, the place where the source of the commotion was from.

Right now, the Drunken Wine Inn was more lively than ever, as customers flooded the place after the event that day. However, the third level was exceptionally silent.

Mo Feng and Ling Yue both were somewhat nervous when they walked up the stairs. And when they stepped into an elegant room, Ling Yue’s beautiful eyes stiffened. She naturally saw her father, but in the room her father was not alone. Her grandfather was there as well. Not only that, they were also accompanied by a figure clad in black.

The black-robed figure casually sat there, emanating an imposing might. His eyes were incredibly sharp, as though they possessed the ability to see through the hearts of people.

Ling Yue’s heart clenched. She immediately bowed to the black-robed figure as she greeted, “Ling Yue pays her respect to the Sovereign.”

As someone of Greencloud Pavilion, Ling Yue naturally would know who this person in black was. This man was none other than the ascendant who rose up in recent years, the Greencloud Sovereign who forced old man Greencloud away. The Greencloud Pavilion wasn’t as placid as Qin Wentian, he was strict and ruthless, following the philosophy of “those with me prosper and those against me must die.” Ling Yue was naturally extremely frightened of this man. Normally, she wouldn’t have much of a chance to see the Greencloud Sovereign, and she never expected that he would actually come to Chu today personally.

Mo Feng trembled slightly. Sovereign? This was the Greencloud Sovereign of the Greencloud Pavilion?

“Mhm.” The Greencloud Sovereign nodded. The him who had always been extremely severe revealed a smile at this moment yet his smile contained an oppressive feel to it. His gaze landed on Mo Feng as he asked, “Are you Mo Qingcheng’s brother, Mo Feng?”

“Yes.” Mo Feng nodded in reply. He was as nervous as Ling Yue.

“Not bad, you seem quite compatible with Ling Yue.” The Greencloud Sovereign laughed, his words causing Mo Feng to silently heave a sigh of relief. He then added, “Thank you Sovereign.”

“No problem, I’m here in Chu today because I wish to meet with your brother-in-law. Are you able to pass on this message to him?” The Greencloud Sovereign replied.

Mo Feng started. Earlier, Qin Wentian domineeringly slayed the Imperial Emperor of the Greencloud Imperial Empire, before telling the survivors to relay the news to the Greencloud Sovereign. After that, the Greencloud Sovereign didn’t came for revenge and everything seemed to be at an end. Yet right now, the Greencloud Sovereign actually appeared here today although he didn’t appear to be here for revenge from his current mannerisms.

“My brother-in-law isn’t in Chu. I have no way to contact him.” Mo Feng replied.

“No problem. In that case, help me to relay this news to your sister. If your brother-in-law doesn’t show up within three days, I will personally pay a visit to your sister.” There was still a smile on the Greencloud Sovereign’s face which made Mo Feng confused about his actual intentions.

“Okay, I will let my sister know about this.” Mo Feng nodded his head.

“Go on then. Ling Yue will remain behind to accompany her father.” The Greencloud Sovereign casually stated. Mo Feng glanced at Ling Yue and upon seeing her nodding her head, he turned and departed from the inn.

After Mo Feng returned, he immediately told Mo Qingcheng of this matter.

Mo Qingcheng was in her courtyard and her eyes flashed with suspicion after hearing what the Greencloud Sovereign wanted to do. She glanced at a silvery roc that was summoned beside her. These astral warbeasts were able to continue existing indefinitely until the astral energy within them dried up and through it, Qin Wentian could know everything that happened. Hence, he knew of the matter regarding the Greencloud Sovereign’s arrival.

This caused Qin Wentian to be bewildered. Maybe, it was because the Greencloud Sovereign knew that Mo Qingcheng would definitely have a method to contact him hence he made Mo Feng convey these words to Mo Qingcheng. However, he couldn’t discern what the Greencloud Sovereign wanted.

Given the Greencloud Sovereign’s status in Grand Xia, the news regarding the ancient kingdom reconstruction should already be known to him. But Qin Wentian didn’t know if the Greencloud Sovereign had communicated with the Wang Ancestor and Shi Ancestor before this.

But regardless, since the Greencloud Sovereign already appeared in Chu, Qin Wentian would go and meet with him. Because other than him, there was no one here who could suppress the Greencloud Sovereign if push came to the shove.

Two days later, Qin Wentian returned to Chu.

The Mo Residence became lively at his return once more. That little lass Mo Yu started bugging her brother-in-law once again and it took quite some effort before Qin Wentian managed to placate her.

Right now in the courtyard, only Qin Wentian, Mo Qingcheng and Little Rascal remained.

“The Greencloud Sovereign has been waiting for you; I wonder what are his intentions?” Mo Qingcheng spoke.

“No matter what his intentions are, I will know as soon as I head over there.” Qin Wentian smiled.

“Wentian, you have to be careful.” Mo Qingcheng kept feeling something was wrong, she sensed that the Greencloud Sovereign was up to no good.

“Don’t worry. No matter how powerful the Greencloud Sovereign is, he won’t be able to stop me if I wish to leave.” Qin Wentian spoke confidently. In addition, how strong could the Greencloud Sovereign be? At the very most, maybe the other ascendants of the various transcendent powers would be there but he was confident that he would be able to retreat safely. As long as he isn’t dead, he believed that the ascendants wouldn’t dare to act rashly.

Qin Wentian’s silhouette flickered as he soared through the air. When he neared the inn, his powerful perception extended outwards, enveloping this entire area.

The inn was extremely lively, unending streams of people entered and exited it. However, the third level of the inn seemed to be exceptionally quiet. Qin Wentian could sense the presence of a black-robed figure and this man, seemed to be the strongest individual here. He was at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.

Other than him, the cultivation bases of the rest could all be seen by him.

“Could it be that the Greencloud Sovereign is not here for revenge?” Qin Wentian mused. At this moment, the eyes of the Greencloud Pavilion suddenly opened, gleaming with sharpness. From the third level of the inn, his gaze pierced past space as he stared in the direction where Qin Wentian was in.

Qin Wentian knew that the other party had already sensed his presence. With a leap, his body leapt to the third level of the inn as his eyes landed on the Greencloud Sovereign and the others that were present.

“Brother-in-law.” Ling Yue called out. Qin Wentian lightly nodded, after which he turned to the Greencloud Sovereign, “What’s the purpose of you wanting to meet me?”

“Actually, it isn’t because I wanted to meet with you.” The Greencloud Sovereign smiled. And at the instant as he spoke, an old man sweeping the ground outside the inn suddenly threw down his broom as he inclined his head. He was clad in simple clothing and had no aura whatsoever, completely resembling an ordinary old man. However at this instant, his gaze turned incredibly terrifying.

Immediately, astral light cascaded downwards as a constellation covered the skies, enveloping the entire Drunken Wine Inn within. Those passersby were all stunned into shock as they saw the sudden scene, their hearts pounding in terror.

They stared at the constellation which was in the form of an ancient astral tree. Numerous incomparably huge vines wrapped around this entire space, writhing as they moved, instantly locking the entire inn within their embrace!