Boom!

A deafening blast erupted, sending waves of mighty force instantly exploding from a spot within the crowd. The terrifying power was about to hit others when some of the cultivators of lower realms started coughing up blood.

Chu Mo fiercely slapped down, forcibly suppressing that horrifying wave of force within his own palm.

Then—

A fearsome ball of energy formed in Chu Mo's hand and ferociously slapped toward the disheveled, almost crazed-looking middle-aged man, exploding right in his face!

Boom!

This time, no one else was around!

The man's head was instantly obliterated, along with his primordial spirit; he was dead beyond any doubt.

A powerhouse of the Emperor Realm with two layers had thus been killed by the energy unleashed by his own dharma instrument—a death as frustrating as could be.

The cultivators who had narrowly escaped death cast complicated glances at Chu Mo.

If Chu Mo hadn't grabbed that ball of energy and suppressed it within his palm just now, they would likely have suffered numerous casualties by this point.

Thinking back to how they had mocked Chu Mo's failure on the heavenly road, many faces showed shame.

The several individuals from the Qin family had flickering lights in their eyes and now looked at Chu Mo with a bit of dread!

Especially Qin Xiaotian.

He had desperately begged his brother and their two senior ancestors to let him kill Chu Mo personally! Because only by doing so could he truly clear his mind and rid himself of the shadows in his heart.

In Hanging City, Chu Mo had outsmarted him far too severely!

As a result, instead of breaking through to a higher tier of the Emperor Realm, he had only advanced to the third layer of the Emperor Realm—an onset already against the odds, as could be seen from the fate of Zhuge Changfeng.

But Qin Xiaotian was too proud. Inherently an unrivaled Heavenly Genius who held no one else in regard, none of those so-called young nobles were worth his attention.

Now, although he still had the confidence to battle those of the higher tier of the Emperor Realm, and even the belief that he could kill them, he himself... was not a high-tier Emperor Realm cultivator. Additionally, his family's attitude toward him had started shifting ever so slightly.

They didn't trust him as much anymore!

He had sensed this from how his brother and the two senior ancestors had refused his repeated pleas to take on Chu Mo himself.

It was both embarrassing and infuriating for Qin Xiaotian.

Even upon seeing Chu Mo and sensing the true immortal energy still emanating from him, his brother and the two senior ancestors disagreed with him taking action. This had made Qin Xiaotian even angrier.

But now, after witnessing Chu Mo killing a cultivator of the second layer of the Emperor Realm with a single strike, he finally calmed down.

Chu Mo... was still Chu Mo!

Still that overwhelmingly powerful, formidable in battle Chu Mo!

Although it was unclear what he had encountered on the heavenly road that prevented him from breaking through to the Emperor Realm, his strength had evidently not only remained unaffected but instead had grown even stronger!

The anger and embarrassment in Qin Xiaotian's heart diminished somewhat.

But he still hated Chu Mo immensely!

Chu Mo turned his gaze toward the Qin family, then his eyes landed on the tall and handsome youth and he said indifferently, "Still want to fight?"

"Ha, killing a few nobodies and you think we'll look at you differently?" The youth spoke and glanced at Hongyue before saying lightly, "Lord Hongyue, it's not that I don't want to give you face…"

Halfway through his words, he was indifferently interrupted by Hongyue, "When have the Qin family ever shown consideration for others? A hundred thousand years ago, you dared to disrespect even a half-saint, so why care about a mere girl like me?"

"A bunch of cowards, afraid of death, have finally preserved their strength until now and think they are entitled to strut across the world, even starting to talk about face. Isn't that laughable?" The Imperial Master of Purple Smoke remarked lightly on the side.

"Purple Smoke, don't think just because you're a disciple of the Drifting Empress, I wouldn't dare to take action against you," said the Qin family youth coldly, not picking up Hongyue's thread, turning to gaze at Purple Smoke, "The Drifting Empress has long undergone Dao Conversion; you had better behave."

"What a joke, if my master were here, wouldn't you lot of scum be so scared that you'd kneel immediately?" Purple Smoke scoffed coldly.

"Kneel? Let me tell you the truth," the Qin family youth sneered in return, "Our Qin family's supreme ancestor has sealed himself with a divine object for a hundred thousand years and is about to be resurrected. Even if the Drifting Empress were to come back to life, what could she do?"

Suddenly, gasps of shock resonated all around.

Everyone's gaze toward the Qin family youth became filled with fear.

The Qin family's supreme ancestor was actually alive? He had sealed himself in the past and was now about to be resurrected?

That was shocking news!

Was the Qin family intending to unify the Heavenly Realm?

Even Hongyue couldn't help but slightly raise her eyebrows, thoughtfully looking at the young man from the Qin family.

But Purple Smoke simply laughed coldly, "Qin Xiaocang, as it happens, my master is also about to be resurrected!"

Boom!

That sent the surrounding crowd into utter shock!

Staring at the Imperial Master of Purple Smoke, with their eyes wide open.

They were not familiar with this Qin Xiaocang; the Qin family had always been low-profile and mysterious for years, seeming to have only Qin Xiaotian as the high-profile figure. But the renown of the Imperial Master of Purple Smoke was known to all!

At the level of the Imperial Master of Purple Smoke, it was almost impossible to lie.

For high-ranking Emperor Realm cultivators, lies served no purpose, as their words could actualize into reality.

So... could it be that the Empress who had lived through three lifetimes, the defiant one against the heavens... had lived yet a fourth life?

Was that possible?

Since ancient times, no one had ever heard of such a defiance against the heavens!

Could it be that the Drifting Empress had defied the heavens to the extent of living through an entire epoch?

In the Cultivation Realm, the commonly accepted length of an epoch is either 128,600 years or 129,600 years; in any case, it's just over a hundred thousand years. Other than the plants in the cultivation world with a life expectancy longer than the supreme divine medicine, it was nearly impossible for even Beast Cultivators...

But to say that the Imperial Master of Purple Smoke was lying, no one dared believe that either.

Including Qin Xiaocang, this low-profile yet exceptionally powerful high-ranking Emperor Realm cultivator. Two beams of divine light shot from his eyes as he coldly gazed at the Imperial Master of Purple Smoke, "At your cultivation level, to still lie, do you find it amusing?"

Purple Smoke's face revealed a disdainful cold smile, "Lying? If you don't believe it, just try and see."

Qin Xiaocang pondered for a moment before speaking coldly, "Even if it's true, what of it? Who today can stop me from killing Chu Mo?"

At this time, Hongyue said indifferently on the side, "Why don't you give killing a try?"

Qin Xiaocang couldn't help but sneer, "Has Lord Hongyue finally lost her patience?"

Hongyue glanced at the two youths next to Qin Xiaocang, "Qin Wen, Qin Wu. It's unexpected to meet again after parting at Nine Nether Mountain so many years ago, you seem to grow younger with age, even looking like young boys."

Everyone was slightly startled, their gazes shifting to the two handsome youths with bright eyes and white teeth, all feeling somewhat shocked.

Could it be that these two youths... were also significant figures of some kind?

At that moment, one of the youths revealed a shy smile and said, "Hongyue, it's been ten thousand years since we parted at Nine Nether Mountain. You haven't changed either, have you? Still as beautiful and charming."

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