Qin Heng clashed with Miyamoto.

Following the escape of the Grandmaster of Transcendence whom Qin Heng had released, the news spread quickly throughout the world, causing countless Martial Artists to tremble with fear and awe. Those who had originally planned to join forces with a few friends to gang up on Qin Xuantian were scared out of their wits, simultaneously filled with immense relief that they had not made their move. Otherwise, they would have been done for!!

To kill an Innate Grandmaster with a single palm strike, although it was an Innate Grandmaster of the secular world, was still an earth-shattering event, even in the hidden Martial Dao circles!! Since the fall of the Divine Province a hundred years ago and the cataclysm that befell Huaxia, many Grandmasters had died in the chaos of war, but there had never been a record of an Innate Grandmaster perishing! Miyamoto was the first Innate Grandmaster to fall in a hundred years! And Qin Xuantian was the first person in a hundred years to slay an Innate Grandmaster!

This piece of news spread like a storm throughout China's Martial Dao realm, stunning innumerable people. Of course, many found it unbelievable. An eighteen-year-old Grandmaster, killing an Innate with a single palm! No matter how one heard it, it sounded like a myth, too fantastical to believe and too shocking to accept. Even though this Qin Xuantian had once killed Hong Tianshu with a palm, single-handedly annihilated the Golden Buddha Temple, and even crushed the Sun God's son to death—this was still a completely different concept from killing an Innate Grandmaster. It was especially different from suppressing one with a single palm strike!!

Because, to be Innate is to be non-human! Simply by stepping into the Innate Realm, Martial Artists underwent a profound transformation. They connected with the heavens and the earth, their Inner Strength metamorphosing into True Qi, their marrow becoming like frost, and their blood like mercury. They possessed tremendous power in every move! They were fundamentally different from Martial Artists below the Innate level. Even without practicing any Divine Skill, they could easily suppress all other Grandmasters with their Innate body alone!

And yet, Qin Xuantian had actually killed an Innate Grandmaster!

Incredible! Unthinkable!!

Since the Tang Dynasty, the world had entered an age of Dharma decline. Spiritual Energy had nearly run out, the wonders of antiquity were no more, and all sorts of Spiritual Medicines ceased to exist. Consequently, it became increasingly difficult for Martial Artists to achieve Innateness. Especially in the last hundred years, stepping into Innateness was called the "Gate of Heaven Ascension!" No one had ever thought that an Innate Grandmaster would fall. Even when facing a modern military, while an Innate Grandmaster might not be victorious, they would still have a chance to escape. But now, one had been killed outright! It was said that Qin Xuantian crushed his head with a palm, without giving him any chance to fight back!!

In an instant, the entire Huaxia Martial Dao realm fell into a deathly silence. Although many people simply did not believe that Qin Xuantian could be so powerful, they couldn't help but see this meteoric young Grandmaster in a different light.

「...」

「Encompass Starry Pavilion, South Dipper Star Palace.」

Hong Guchen broke through his seclusion. His True Qi soared into the sky, and his long howl resounded for ten miles. It caused the clouds to churn and winds to surge, and even the Starlight echoed in response, shining brilliantly! Amidst these extraordinary phenomena, this tall, handsome young man clad in a starry Robe stood with his hands behind his back. He walked on air as if a true Star Lord had descended, appearing above the South Dipper Star Palace. His True Qi shone like starlight, condensing into divine brilliance behind him, elevating his aura to its utmost, as if he had leaped from the Mortal World to the nine heavens, undergone a complete transformation, and ascended to immortality!! Within that starlight, there lurked an intense aura of death, as if behind the luminescence hid a world of demise. Merely touching a trace of it meant losing one's life, forever plunging into the abyss!

Upon witnessing these extraordinary phenomena, everyone from the South Dipper Star Palace was overjoyed, looking up at the sky with extraordinary delight. Some even trembled with excitement!

"Congratulations to the Divine Envoy of South Dipper on ascending the Gate of Heaven Ascension! You are henceforth transformed, with a lifespan reaching three hundred years, no longer a mere mortal!"

"Congratulations to the Divine Envoy of South Dipper on ascending the Gate of Heaven Ascension! You are henceforth transformed, with a lifespan reaching three hundred years, no longer a mere mortal!"

Cheers and congratulations echoed through the mountains and valleys, soaring into the heavens and resounding through the nine skies!!

Hong Guchen stood suspended in midair, his energy stretching across the sky, laughing heartily, "Today, I have attained the Innate Realm and grasped the authority of the South Dipper! It is time for me to descend upon the Mortal World, bring down judgment, and reap the lives of the wicked!"

With those words, he shattered the sky, and in an instant, he soared hundreds of meters away. His figure flickered repeatedly, disappearing like starlight, vanishing without a trace.

Both were Innate Grandmasters. Miyamoto could at most hover in the air, but Hong Guchen, the Divine Envoy of South Dipper who cultivated an ancient Divine Skill, was capable of flight—short-distance flight at that!

"Qin Xuantian, I'm coming to kill you!" Hong Guchen's sleeves flapped as he sped across the sky, heading in the direction of Tianhai. He laughed out loud, "Your eighteen-year-old Transcendence Realm counts for nothing! I am the first peerless genius in a thousand years to step into the Innate Realm before the age of twenty!

"I possess the form of an Immortal, a celestial being descended to the Mortal World, the future Saint of Martial Dao, and even a Land Fairy! You are but trash, suited only to be my stepping stone! Hahaha!!"

「...」

Regarding the turbulent changes in the Martial Dao world and the news of Hong Guchen emerging from seclusion, Qin Heng knew about it but didn't care much. After all, even the peak of the Innate Realm was merely equivalent to the peak of Qi Refinement, and to him, they were still creatures he could squash with a slap of his hand. Although Qin Heng kept his cultivation at the peak of Qi Refinement to comprehend the Supreme Law, he possessed Eternal-level experience. He had an arsenal of myriad Divine Skills and countless methods at his disposal! Even a typical Foundation Establishment Stage practitioner would find no room for resistance before him and would be effortlessly crushed. Only someone at the higher levels of the Foundation Establishment Stage, or those who cultivated a unique and unparalleled Divine Skill, might pose a slight challenge.

Qin Heng was far too strong, truly too strong!!

He couldn't be less concerned with these ant-like matters. For him, it wasn't as good as spending time with his sister, playing games, and sharing delicious food with Song Ningran at home.

However, with Qin Heng's current public identity, peaceful times were always scarce.

In early July, Chen Qingzhu called, informing Qin Heng of a gathering to be held in Jinling. She invited the younger generation of the four great families of Tianhai to come together and enjoy several days of leisure. The organizer of the gathering was the Yang family, known as the leading family of Jinling. Moreover, Qin Heng had a cousin who would conveniently be in Jinling at the time, so he was invited to join in on the fun. As Qin Heng's secretary, Chen Qingzhu naturally relayed messages for him.

Cousin? Qin Heng furrowed his brows slightly. In his past life, his parents died early, and he became an orphan at six. He never saw any relatives come to his aid. In this life, his parents had a fortune worth billions, and it seemed he had acquired a fair share of new relatives.

Poverty turns friends into strangers, while wealth in the mountains brings distant relatives nearer—

"Alright, I will go and see." Qin Heng nodded in agreement, speaking to Chen Qingzhu on the other end of the phone, "However, I am not accustomed to traveling with others. I'll go there by myself this time. Just send me the location of the gathering."

A dragon does not dwell with snakes. Those going to Jinling this time were all from Tianhai's younger generation. For someone like Qin Heng, Tianhai's uncrowned king, to travel with them would undoubtedly cause them immense pressure. In Qin Heng's view, this wouldn't be favorable, so it would be better to go alone.

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