"You said you recognized me, didn't you?" Qin Heng's expression was indifferent as he looked at Hu Yan and sneered, "Why do you only realize it now?"

"I... I..." Hu Yan was so frightened his soul seemed to have left his body, and he trembled all over.

THUMP!

He actually knelt, prostrating himself in extreme humility!

BANG! BANG!

Hu Yan forcefully knocked his forehead on the ground, his voice shaking. "Immortal Qin, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I merely mentioned it offhandedly within my sect earlier. I never expected my fellow disciple to take it seriously and spread the word everywhere! Please spare my life, spare my life, I beg you!!"

He had watched the battle on the Huangpu Riverbank and had truly witnessed Qin Heng's strength. Qin Heng had stood aloft in the air. With a casual flip of his hand, the heavens and earth seemed to overturn, the cosmos to reverse. His terrifying power had nearly capsized the Huangpu River!

Unmatched!

Unstoppable!!

Hu Yan even felt that perhaps not even an Innate Grandmaster was a match for Qin Xuantian!!

Too terrifying!!

He could only kneel and beg for mercy; otherwise, death was certain!!

Everyone around was shocked.

They looked at Hu Yan and Qin Heng in disbelief, their faces filled with incredulity.

Qin Xuantian!

This seemingly ordinary young man, was he actually Qin Xuantian—the one who killed the Nanyang Divine Dragon with a single palm strike?!?

No wonder that incredibly powerful woman was willing to stay by his side, obedient to his every command!

So, this was Qin Xuantian!

Tianhai's Banished Immortal, a celestial being on Earth, known as Qin Xuantian—invincible unless an Innate master appears!!

"I beg Immortal Qin to spare my life!" Hu Yan pleaded bitterly, kneeling at Qin Heng's feet, all his earlier arrogance gone. "The Heart Intent Sect has just started to grow! I still have many disciples and followers to teach. I also have a wife, children, and an elderly mother; I cannot just..."

BANG!

Just then, Hu Yan suddenly felt an intense pain in his chest. Looking down, he saw a jade-white hand piercing through from his back.

Blood spurted out!

His gaze clearly saw that the hand clutched a pounding heart, bright red blood flowing like a fountain. That was... his own heart?!?

BANG!

The jade-white hand crushed the heart and then withdrew.

"AAAHH!!"

Hu Yan screamed terribly and collapsed.

His blood quickly covered the high platform, leaving him lying in a crimson pool.

Before the gates of the Golden Buddha Temple.

The high platform was stained with blood, gleaming crimson under the sunlight!

The Heartless Scholar, ninth on the Human List—dead!

Killer: Qin Xuantian's Dao soldier, An Yue!

Cause of death: Chest pierced, heart extracted!!

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The wind rustled, dispersing the clouds. In all directions, hundreds of Martial Artists stared in dead silence.

All of them looked incredulously at Qin Heng and An Yue by his side.

And at the corpse on the ground, its heart torn out!

The Heartless Scholar!

Now he truly was heartless!

This was the ninth-ranked expert on the Human List, one of the ten most powerful Grandmasters in the secular world!

And just like that, he was killed!

So nonchalant, so effortless—it was like crushing an ant, requiring no effort at all!

It was terrifying!

Qin Heng glanced indifferently at Hu Yan's corpse on the ground. "I forgot the order I just gave An Yue: to ignore your nonsense and kill you directly."

These words made the scalps of the surrounding hundreds of Martial Artists tingle.

Martial Artists possessed heightened Spiritual Sense. Among those present were powerful Grandmasters of Transcendence, who could clearly feel the contempt contained in Qin Heng's words.

Previously, he had called Hu Yan and the others ants! This wasn't an intentional verbal debasement; he genuinely saw them that way!

The peak Grandmaster, ranked ninth on the Human List! In Qin Xuantian's eyes, he was a mere ant, to be squashed effortlessly!

This changed everyone's expression. Looking at Qin Xuantian standing on the high platform with his hands behind his back, they felt as if they were gazing upon an Immortal descended from the Ninth Heaven—lofty and unattainable!

Immortal Qin!

"AH! NO! NO! AAAAHH!!"

At that moment, Zheng Qianhua suddenly screamed in horror, scrambling to escape. He stumbled and fell into the forest, scared out of his wits. Even Hu Yan had been killed in one blow; his own death was certain!

He could only flee!

If he didn't, death was certain!

"Go," Qin Heng glanced at An Yue and said indifferently.

Ants like Zheng Qianhua, not even at the Transcendence Realm, didn't require his intervention. An Yue could handle it.

Qin Heng then sat down cross-legged again, his eyes slightly closed, completely disregarding everyone else, like an Immortal God entering meditation, detached from the world.

He sat in the same place, but the way others looked at him was now completely different.

Previously, people had only seen him as a rich second-generation heir, flaunting a beautiful bodyguard—hardly worth mentioning.

Now, their gazes were filled with fear, amazement, resentment, and jealousy—a complex mix of emotions.

But not one person dared to speak.

They feared disturbing the meditating Immortal Qin and bringing disaster upon themselves!

A single palm strike killed Hong Tianshu!

He ended the life of the ninth-ranked expert on the Human List amidst laughter and conversation!

He was simply a god of slaughter!!

「Meanwhile.」

Inside a meditation room at the Golden Buddha Temple.

The lamplight flickered, and on a low table lay a Go board.

An old, bald monk with white eyebrows and a white beard, wearing a yellow monk's robe and a red kasaya, his face kind and benevolent, was playing Go against a young man in a yellow tracksuit.

The young man looked to be sixteen or seventeen, very handsome, with long, slender eyes, sword-like eyebrows slanting upwards towards his temples, and a faint, confident smile on his lips.

His pupils were golden. In the dim room, they shone brighter than the lamplight, like two miniature suns illuminating the darkness from within his eyes.

"Master Kong He, your mind seems uneasy," the young man said, making his move. He gently shook his head with a chuckle. "I'm about to capture this large group of yours. A gentleman doesn't go back on his moves, and I trust a great monk wouldn't either."

"Divine Son Huangfu, please don't jest with this old monk," Kong He said, gently shaking his head with a sigh. "Qin Xuantian comes with such overwhelming force. I hadn't anticipated his strength would be so formidable. Moreover, our Abbot is currently overseas on a pilgrimage, so my heart is truly uneasy."

In the meditation room, the lamplight flickered faintly, as if it might extinguish at any moment.

"The Golden Buddha Temple has a thousand-year heritage and was once ranked among the top ten in southern Huaxia. Now, it has truly fallen into decline," the young man stated bluntly. He gently placed a stone, once again blocking an escape route for Kong He's pieces. "As long as you agree to my previous request, Master, I can help you kill Qin Xuantian."

"But... Divine Son Huangfu, Qin Xuantian's strength is exceedingly formidable. If no Innate masters emerge, I fear no one can contend with him!" Kong He shook his head helplessly and sighed. "Even you, Divine Son Huangfu, I'm afraid..."

"A joke!" the young man sneered. "I, Huangfu Taiyi, am the Sun Temple's foremost Divine Son in a thousand years! I inherited the name 'Taiyi' and received the ancient Divine Skill, the 'Sun God Holy Scripture.' I became a Grandmaster at fifteen! Now, not yet eighteen, I am already approaching the Innate Realm. Once Spiritual Energy resurges, I will undoubtedly step into the Saint Realm and be invincible! As for the current Qin Xuantian, a mere trifle—I could crush him with one hand!!"

The Sun Temple, ranked second among the hidden sects of Southern China's Martial Dao world, possesses an incredibly ancient heritage, dating back to antiquity!!

"In that case, many thanks, Divine Son Huangfu," Kong He said, releasing a long sigh of relief. He placed a Go stone with a smile. "As long as you can kill Qin Xuantian, Divine Son Huangfu, the Sutra Pavilion of our Golden Buddha Temple will be open for your perusal."

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