As Ye Xiu's voice fell, strands of stellar radiance suddenly erupted from within him, coalescing on the tip of his sword.
The faces of many people changed in shock.
In everyone's impression, Ye Xiu had never cultivated before, and was an absolute waste. He had only gone to the Tianyuan Holy Palace for a few days?
Ye Xiu had actually reached the first layer of the Stellar Force realm already!
What shocked everyone even more was that the sword technique Ye Xiu was using was surprisingly the One Word Sword, and he had similarly reached the pinnacle of perfection!
Everyone couldn't help but rub their eyes in disbelief. Damn, this must be fake!
When he sensed Ye Xiu's cultivation level, even Yue Wuya's eyes flashed with surprise. Six days ago when Ye Xiu caused trouble at the Underground Star Palace, he was only at the ninth layer of the Star System realm. In just six short days, he had broken through to the first layer of the Stellar Force realm!
It was for this reason that the killing intent in Yue Wuya's eyes grew even stronger. Ye Xiu's talent had already far exceeded his expectations. If he didn't kill Ye Xiu now, he would definitely become an obstacle in the future.
In an instant, an extremely sharp sword intent erupted, along with a bone-chilling coldness that seemed to freeze one's blood!
Sword intent, beginner level! Ice intent, beginner level!
Yue Wuya clearly didn't intend to hold back at all. With the One Word Sword technique, along with two types of intent, he would kill Ye Xiu in one strike!
Yue Wuya took a step back, then gathered stellar power in his calves with a thump, and his whole body shot out like an arrow.
The straight sword light pierced through the void, advancing in one step directly towards Ye Xiu.
At this time, Fan Tong and Ye Haotian's faces changed as they clenched their fists tightly, cold sweat streaming down their palms.
However, under the tense gazes of the crowd, Ye Xiu instead revealed an ominous smile.
"I will defeat you with one sword."
As his voice fell, with a buzz, a surge of sword intent rushed to the heavens, and at the same time, a bone-chilling coldness that seemed to freeze heaven and earth also erupted!
Phantom Steps!
In an instant, Ye Xiu's figure disappeared from his original spot.
Ten afterimages appeared.
Under countless stunned gazes, the two figures were frozen at the far left and right ends of the martial arena.
Ye Xiu's speed was so fast that many people didn't even know what had happened.
As a result, sneers broke out among the crowd.
This brat is clearly courting death, comparing swords with the Holy Son Yue Wuya?
Yue Wuya the Holy Son was a natural sword cultivator. No matter how proficient he was in the One Word Sword, he ultimately wasn't a sword cultivator.
However, just as these mocking voices rang out, the senior figures sitting at the top of the stairs like the Supreme Emperor, North Ice Star Emperor, the Emperor, Ye Haotian, Yue Guan and others all suddenly stood up, their gazes filled with incredulity as they looked at the martial arena.
The crowd was baffled.
What was going on?
They saw Yue Wuya slowly turn around, his eyes filled with utmost terror. His pupils gradually dilated, his sword dropped to the ground, and on his chest, a bloom of blood dyed his white robes crimson red.
Yue Wuya's lips trembled as he said, "You-"
Before he could finish, Yue Wuya lost his breath and heavily crashed onto the martial arena.
Ye Xiu quietly looked at Yue Wuya, disdain appearing in his eyes.
Ye Xiu coldly said, "I already said that in my hands, you wouldn't make it past one move, but you just wouldn't believe it."
In that moment, the tens of thousands of princes and sons all suddenly stood up, their gazes filled with incredulity as they looked at Yue Wuya who had collapsed in the martial arena, his blood already dyeing the ground red beneath him.
No one had imagined this outcome.
In the situation where everyone was certain of Yue Wuya's victory, with just one sword, Yue Wuya had collapsed, his heart completely pierced through!
In contrast, Ye Xiu was unharmed, without even a corner of his clothes cut off.
At this moment, everyone finally came to their senses.
Yue Wuya was dead!
The esteemed Holy Son Yue Wuya, at the peak of the ninth layer of the Stellar Force realm, possessing the Tyrant Ice Physique, and comprehending beginner level Sword Intent and Ice Intent, had actually been unable to withstand a single move from Ye Xiu.
When the crowd looked at Ye Xiu, it was as if they were looking at a monstrous beast.
How could he be so powerful!
A first layer Stellar Force realm cultivator instakilling a ninth layer Stellar Force realm cultivator!
Countless people's hearts shook violently.
In fact, very few people actually saw what really happened, because Ye Xiu's speed was simply too fast.
In that instant just now, not only did Ye Xiu execute the One Word Sword technique, he also utilized the consummate Phantom Steps.
But what made the senior figures even more astonished was that in just a fleeting moment, Ye Xiu had also displayed Sword Intent and Ice Intent, and both intent realms were at the small accomplishment stage!
That meant that at the age of eighteen, Ye Xiu had already attained:
Small accomplishment Sword Intent!
Small accomplishment Ice Intent!
This completely subverted their understanding of an eighteen year old!
For most people, small accomplishment Sword Intent and Ice Intent was only possible after thirty years old and beyond!
A look of surprise flashed through Cang Yang's eyes. She had seen everything that just happened.
The Ye Xiu who had been bullied by everyone back then had now reached such great heights, possessing an absolute domineering aura.
But her gaze soon dimmed again.
She secretly thought: Perhaps we were never meant to walk the same path. I'm sorry, Brother Ye Xiu.
At this time, Fan Tong's Blue Dragon Saber slipped from his grasp with a thud.
Ye Haotian's eyes shook even more violently.
General! The young master is not a waste! Fan Tong cried, tears streaming down his face. He had followed the General for so many years. The young master was the General's only heartache, and he too hoped to see the young master truly become an indomitable man like the General!
Ye Haotian's eyes turned red. Who could have imagined that the domineering and awe-inspiring Ye Haotian, the Commander-in-Chief who struck fear into enemy armies, would actually be sobbing with his hands covering his face!
All the repression Ye Haotian had accumulated over the years was released in this moment.
Eighteen years old, small accomplishment Sword Intent, small accomplishment Ice Intent, along with the small accomplishment Zither Intent he knew about previously - no matter which one appearing in a person would cause huge shocks, but all of them were gathered in his son Ye Xiu!
His son Ye Xiu was an unparalleled genius!
But in that instant, an aura that seemed to freeze the entire Investiture Plaza instantly surged out.
Countless people's faces instantly paled. This icy cold pierced bone and marrow.
This was the aura of a Star Emperor.
The North Ice Star Emperor!
Cang Yang looked at Ye Xiu. He had also watched Ye Xiu grow up little by little. He also didn't expect that the Ye Xiu who had been abandoned by everyone would display such astounding talent upon his return.
But when the North Ice Star Emperor's aura emerged, Cang Yang's expression immediately darkened.
The North Ice Star Emperor. Cang Yang had just opened his mouth to speak.
Only to hear the North Ice Star Emperor roar in fury, "Ye Xiu, you're very bold, actually daring to kill the Holy Son of the Tianyuan Holy Palace!"
Ye Xiu turned slowly, long sword in hand, robes fluttering, to face the North Ice Star Emperor directly.
His eyes held no apprehension.
He confronted a genuine Star Emperor powerhouse like this!
"Heh heh," Ye Xiu coldly laughed, "Trash that gets one-shotted by me still dares call himself a Holy Son?"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
