Daqin Zhentiansi

The first to arrive were those few peak Martial Grandmasters from Wei who had been briefly held back by the guards!
They witnessed the Water Moon Sword Master turn to ashes, and were horrified, but with the arrow already on the bowstring, they unleashed a desperate counterattack!
One man's fist, like a giant hammer, carrying earth-shattering, yellowish-brown energy, slammed towards Zhang Yuan's head.

The Sect Master of the Earth-Splitting Fist Sect!

One person's palms flew, conjuring countless icy palm prints that froze the space.

Mysterious Ice Monster!
The last figure was strangely blurry, and a pair of poisoned hooks in his hands were like a venomous dragon's scissors, aimed straight at Zhang Yuan's throat.

Bloodhook!
Zhang Yuan didn't even glance at the powerful punch from the Earth-Splitting Fist Sect.

With a casual flick of his left hand, it was as if he were brushing away dust from his sleeve.

brush!
The movements were gentle, yet they stirred the power of mountains and rivers!

The sect leader of the Earth-Splitting Fist Sect felt as if his fist energy had crashed into an invisible, towering mountain wall!

The condensed aura crumbled, and a tremendous backlash surged forth instantly!

He watched in horror as his arm twisted, shattered, and burst apart like rotten wood!

Then the chest, and the head!
It was as if an invisible giant hand had wiped him from the world, leaving only a cloud of blood mist and the pure energy that nourished the heavens and earth.

Facing the overwhelming barrage of icy palm prints, Zhang Yuan opened his mouth and let out a soft shout: "Zha!"

The true words of Confucianism!

The tongue resounds like thunder, carrying the righteous spirit of Confucianism and Taoism, as well as the majesty of the divine!
Follow your words!
The countless palm prints that were powerful enough to freeze steel and suppress spiritual consciousness melted away instantly as if they had encountered the blazing sun, leaving not even a trace of mist!
The old monster Xuanbing groaned, blood flowing from his seven orifices, as the cold energy within his body uncontrollably rebounded.

He instantly froze himself into an ice sculpture with a frozen expression, then shattered inch by inch! Another beam of pure light shot into the sky!

The vicious double hooks were already three inches from Zhang Yuan's throat!
A bloodthirsty ecstasy flashed in Bloodhook's eyes.

Zhang Yuan didn't even turn his head.

He pointed his right hand out in a sword-like gesture, seemingly casually pointing to the side.

point!
Before the fingertips even touched the hooks, those vicious hooks, tempered with countless deadly poisons and capable of easily severing the protective aura of a grandmaster, shattered inch by inch as if they had encountered the hardest divine metal in the world!

The malevolent energy and the attached divine soul imprint that had gathered on the hook blade evaporated instantly, like snow under the scorching sun!

The ecstatic joy on the old man's face instantly turned into extreme fear, and his entire body, along with his shattered weapon, turned to ashes.

In that instant, everything fell silent.

Zhang Yuan's power stunned all the martial artists and cultivators who rushed towards him.

"Die!" A hoarse and tyrannical voice boomed from afar!

Elder Yu Yan of the Heavenly Pill Sect stood in mid-air, his hands forming a hand seal, and a huge phantom of a pill furnace burning with eerie purple flames pressed down on him!
"boom--"

Before the flames even arrived, a wave of intensely toxic heat, scorching the soul and burning the body, had already swept over them!

Cao Zixun, the Shattering Star Sword of Taixu Sword Pavilion, hovered in mid-air. The ancient longsword behind him hummed as it was drawn from its sheath. Even before the sword light appeared, the sharp sword intent, as cold as falling stars, had already enveloped the entire carriage!
The Taoist Guiyu of the Myriad Tribulations Talisman Sect threw out three blood-red talismans. The talismans transformed into three dark red chains that pierced through space, carrying the power of tainted souls and wrapping around Zhang Yuan's head!
Lore!

Martial artists launched a powerful attack, while cultivators surrounded them!

The ambush just now was only the beginning. The real killing move will come from the actions of every expert with the strength of a Grandmaster!
"Buzz!"

A subtle, almost negligible spatial ripple spread out less than three feet directly above the carriage!

A figure appeared without warning, more mysterious than a shadow!
It is the true form of Cao Zixun, the Shattered Star Sword of the Taixu Sword Pavilion!

His eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he abandoned the wide-range sword intent lock, concentrating all his life's cultivation into a single sword strike!
The ancient longsword "Shattered Star" in his hand was silent and unassuming, without the slightest hint of fire. A point of cold star was concentrated at the tip of the sword and pointed towards the gap in the carriage curtain with speed faster than a streak of light!

Before the sword even arrived, the sharp will contained within that cold star—capable of piercing the universe and shattering stars—had already silently torn the void apart!
The third realm of Grandmaster: Void Control!
The timing was absolutely perfect!

A cruel smile of certainty had already appeared in Cao Zixun's eyes!
This "Starfall Strike," which embodies sixty years of swordsmanship cultivation, is something even a Grandmaster of the Dao Inquiry realm would have to avoid!
Zhang Yuan, whose cultivation had reached the Grandmaster realm, looked up.

His eyes shone with a sharp light, like stars!
A low, cold snort, like ice cracking in a deep pool!

He did not draw his sword.

Zhang Yuan suddenly moved!
One fist!
The Azure Dragon Rope wrapped around the left fist, ignoring spatial distance, and without any fancy moves, directly struck Cao Zixun's Cold Star, which was condensed with the core of sword intent!

The movements appeared slow but were actually swift!

Just as the cold star was about to reach his face—

"boom!"

A dull, deafening roar, like a mountain collapsing, replaced the clanging of metal!

In an instant, the carnage swept through the town's streets and alleys!
Wherever the fist struck, the sword aura, which embodied all the sharpness and will of "Shattered Star," crashed into a truly ancient divine mountain like fragile glass.

Shattered into pieces!

The force of the punch had not yet dissipated!

It carries the immense power of Zhang Yuan, who has just been promoted to Grandmaster of Martial Arts, and the weight of the Mountain and River Gang!
Wherever the fist's energy passed, Cao Zixun's "Shattering Star" ancient sword was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and then... it exploded with a bang!
Along with his sword-wielding arm and his terrified body!

It was like being struck head-on by an invisible, primordial hammer!

"boom!"

Blood mist mixed with fragments exploded violently!

The Shattering Star Sword, which had once dominated Yangtianzhou, and its master, were completely crushed into dust by this punch!
Both body and soul are destroyed!

This is a sword cultivator at the Grandmaster Realm Level 3, the Void Control stage!

The train carriage exploded and shattered!

Zhang Yuan stepped out bathed in the chaotic divine light interwoven with crimson, dark blue, and earthy yellow!
His aura, like the rising sun, swept across the entire venue!

"Roar--!"

The roar of the dragon and elephant within his body has not yet subsided.

His gaze was as indifferent as the heavens, sweeping over the instantly deathly silent battlefield: "You petty scoundrel Wei, an evil cultivator from beyond the realm."

"You dare to block my path back to Qin?"

The chilling divine oracle pierces the very soul of every enemy!
"Kill him!" The horrified Grandmaster of Wei, his eyes bloodshot, threw a desperate punch!
Zhang Yuan didn't even look at him directly.

With a casual flick of the wrist.

A gentle flick of the sleeve, yet it seemed like the illusory shadow of a towering mountain shifting across the landscape!
"Boom!"

Meteor Fist's energy collided with the mountain!
The protective energy exploded!

The grandmaster, along with his body, was completely wiped from the world as if by an invisible giant hand, leaving only a pillar of light that shot into the sky to nourish the heavens and earth!
"Immortal Lock God! Suppress!" Daoist Guiyu roared, as blood-red talisman chains descended like a net!
Zhang Yuan didn't even glance at them, and simply said, "Break!"

Follow your words!
The true words of Confucianism are combined with the divine power of the heavens!

The Soul-Locking Chains evaporated instantly, like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun!
A bloody hole exploded between Guiyu Daoist's eyebrows, and his soul shattered!

"Burning the heavens and boiling the seas!" Yu Yan exclaimed in horror, urging the purple flames of the alchemy furnace to pour out!

Zhang Yuan loosely clenched his left hand.

"lead!"

The power of the vast mountains gathers in my palm!

The surging purple flames were forcibly captured and compressed into a churning ball of destruction!

Backhand—Throw!
The purple orb of destruction spun back with even greater force!

"Do not--!"

Yu Yan was completely consumed by the poisonous flames he had refined, and burned to ashes!
A massive pillar of light rose again!

"escape!"

The remaining cultivators and warriors were terrified and fled for their lives!
"You think you can escape?" Zhang Yuan pointed his fingers like a sword and struck out several times in mid-air.

"Puff puff!"

With each strike, a space collapses like a mirror!

No matter how mysterious the escape technique or how strong the defense, the escapee's body will silently explode into a bloody mist!
Several beams of pure light tore through the sky!

Finally, he surveyed the remaining Wei forces that were stubbornly resisting.

"Choke!"

The long sword "Dragon Sparrow" was drawn from its sheath with a clang!
A flash of light pierced through the long night!
Indestructible!

Nothing is immune to my cuts!

The man and his troops, along with the protective aura, were all silently severed in two like thin paper!

Where the blade flashed, only a deathly silence remained!
The town was turned into a sea of ​​blood!
One after another, beams of pure light, some thick, some thin, some bright, some dim, shot into the sky!

Each beam of light represents the fall and rebirth of a grandmaster or great grandmaster!
The blood-red light illuminated the entire border as if it were daytime, piercing through the clouds and visible for miles!

Shura field!
All those who surrounded and killed him, the Grandmaster of Wei, shattered!
Heavenly Pill Sect Jade Flame, burn!
The Myriad Tribulations Talisman Sect returned to jade, and collapsed!

Cao Zixun of the Taixu Sword Pavilion has turned to dust!

The remaining cultivators and warriors all perished under the flash of blades!
Nourish the mountains and rivers of Yongtian!

Zhang Yuan stood in the center of the blood-red scene, his black robes spotless.

His aura was vast and boundless, like a furnace of heaven and earth, and his steady and powerful eyes reflected dozens of beams of light that tore through the night.

Throughout the entire Yongtian Continent, countless powerful beings suddenly looked up, their astonished and shocked gazes fixed on the border sky stained with blood!

In this battle, Zhang Yuan single-handedly crushed the elite forces of Wei Kingdom and many renowned grandmasters of Yangtian Continent. With divine blessing and the support of the Heavenly Dao, he instantly achieved third place on the Heavenly Ranking.

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East China Sea.

The sunken dragon sinks into the deep sea.

The dark abyss of the sea was now being turned upside down by boiling killing intent and violent energy.

Thirty thousand elite Qin guards, amidst Xue Dingyue's furious roar and the chilling sound of Yuchi Changshan's chains tearing through the air, bit down like giant pincers on the "Trial Soldiers" created by the Wei Kingdom through the Tian Dan Sect.

These former prisoners of war or fierce soldiers of the Wei Kingdom have now been transformed into monstrous creatures with hideous faces, swollen flesh, and bloodshot eyes.

The violent effects of the pills drained their minds, leaving only their bloodthirsty instincts and terrifying brute force forced upon them.

They roared, wielding twisted giant axes and bone clubs, and charged forward like a runaway horde of beasts, carrying with them a dark green, foul-smelling poisonous mist.

"Form ranks! Crimson Scales Coil the Mountain!"

Xue Dingyue's roar pierced through the seawater.

The Qin soldiers moved with fluid grace, their shields layered upon each other like dragon scales, the blood-red runes on their surfaces instantly illuminating.

Ripples of energy spread outwards, forcefully withstanding the first wave of the monster's onslaught!
The spear pierced out like a venomous snake from the gap in the shield, precisely penetrating the weakest points of the armor or the monster's joints, bringing up sprays of foul blood.

"Overturning Sea Formation! Activate!" The chains in Yuchi Changshan's hands transformed into nine roaring venomous dragons, targeting the monster leaders with the strongest auras.

At the same time, low, inhuman roars rang out from his personal guards behind him!

A group of elite guards suddenly had blue scales or black armor appear on their skin, their bones cracked, and their bodies grew several feet in size!

Someone's arms transformed into giant claws, sweeping across and creating a vortex several feet long, easily snapping the monster that rushed in at the waist, its internal organs and broken bones exploding together with the seawater.

Some people's spines protruded and transformed into giant tails like steel whips. With a single lash, several monsters were struck as if by a heavy hammer, their bones shattered and they sank to the bottom.

Even more extreme are those with wing-like fins on their backs, which increase their speed to ghostly speed, weaving through the chaotic enemy ranks, their sharp claws precisely tearing apart the monster's throat or ripping out its heart!

The Ancestral Dragon Guard's training method: Condensing demonic bodies and gathering demonic power!
What is being displayed now is a terrifying killing method resulting from the perfect fusion of human and demonic power, surpassing even ordinary military formations!

They are the swords of humanity, and also the ferocious beasts of the deep sea disguised in human form!
On the battlefield, waves of blood surged.

Ordinary soldiers, with their iron discipline and ingenious battle formations, cut off and wore down the monster horde, gradually expanding their advantage.

Those demon-transformed guards are like sharp knives on the battlefield; every wild attack and tearing action tilts the tide of battle to one side!
The monster's roar was drowned out by the furious shouts of the army and the sound of bones shattering. The seawater had long been stained a dark red, as if the sunken dragon was truly weeping blood.

High in the abyss, the elder of the Heavenly Pill Sect, suspended in mid-air, watched as his carefully "cultivated" killing weapon was so easily torn apart by the tigers and wolves of the Great Qin. His face was twisted with disbelief and heartache.

He frantically activated his alchemy techniques, attempting to unleash the remaining monsters' potential once more, and a powerful beam of alchemical light shot down!

"You dare to cause trouble even when you're about to die!" Yuchi Changshan sneered, his figure instantly appearing in front of the elder. Nine chains erupted simultaneously, transforming into a poisonous dragon cage that imprisoned everything!

Xue Dingyue seized the opportunity and unleashed a giant tiger-headed spear wreathed in the bloody aura of the battlefield, piercing through all of the elder's defensive spiritual light!

"Do not--"

The shrill screams stopped abruptly.

The myth of "elixirs and creation" that Yangtianzhou Immortal Path once took pride in was ruthlessly crushed by the iron-blooded army and demon-transforming elite warriors of the Great Qin in this abyss of the East Sea!
The elder's body and soul were simultaneously shattered by the poisonous chains and pierced by the Blood Fiend Spear, turning into dust and energy that dissipated into the seawater, nourishing the sea he had attempted to defile.

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Outside Yuncang City.

When the massive array of ships bearing cloud-patterned flags from the East China Sea Fleet appeared on the horizon outside Yuncang City, the entire city was suffocated.

The sails, like iron-cast dark clouds, blotted out the sky and cast huge shadows.

The air was filled with a salty, fishy smell and a strong, bloody, rusty odor.

The most breathtaking sight was the view behind the fleet.

Countless specially made giant towed ships were connected to several thick iron chains, each as thick as an arm and flashing with sealing runes, at their rear!
At the other end of the chain lay the enormous carcass of a sea monster, as massive as a moving mountain!
There is a giant whale skeleton, its fins as sharp as knives.

There was the remains of an octopus-like demon, with undried purplish-black slime flowing from the broken ends of its tentacles.

There was a sea lizard dragon, clad in heavy bone armor and as large as a small mountain.

There are also serpents with dragon-like features, their scales broken yet still radiating a terrifying aura...

These colossal creatures that once dominated the deep sea are now being dragged along by cold chains, cleaving through white waves on the surface of the ocean, like spoils of war, or even more like a monument to the triumphant return of conquerors, slowly being pulled toward the direction that symbolizes the imperial power of the Qin Dynasty.

Its enormous size makes it appear from a distance like a dead mountain range drifting on the sea.

Among the massive fleet, another group of special ships stood out.

The ship carried 130,000 Qi cultivators from Penglai, their expressions complex.

As they gazed at the gradually clearer outline of the Qin Dynasty in the distance, their eyes held a mixture of relief at surviving a calamity and apprehension and helplessness in the face of an unknown future.

The Qin Dynasty's act of saving them had already been clearly priced and repaid with a massive amount of "Chaos Pearls"! (End of Chapter)