From the chaotic sea of ​​stars, it began to wreak havoc on all the heavens.

"Mystic Ice Dragon Soars, Break!"

With his feet touching the ground, Qin Sheng propelled himself forward, his Sky-Slaying Blade flashing out diagonally. A magnificent blue ice dragon, accompanied by a hurricane, grabbed at the Comet Finger Force, freezing it into ice crystals before shattering it into countless ice shards.

The ice dragon's power remained undiminished, continuing to spread towards Xiahou Zun, as if the space itself had been frozen.

"He has mastered the profound mysteries of ice and wind to a higher level than the minor level. How is that possible? How exactly did he cultivate them?"

Xiahou Zun was greatly surprised. As one of the three great prodigies of the Tianwu Domain and highly regarded by their teacher, the Void Gate Master, Xu Huang, Xiahou Zun would naturally not underestimate him.

He has only been a Spirit Sea Realm expert for a little over a year, yet he already possesses strength comparable to, or even surpassing, the five young giants.

It is truly shocking.

"Pointing at the sky and drawing on the ground!"

With a burst of finger energy, Xiahou Zun drew a circle in front of him with his index finger, creating a spatial ripple barrier that blocked the blue ice dragon.

The blue ice dragon's destructive power was extraordinary; the moment the spatial ripple barrier was formed, it shattered into ice crystals.

Even with most of its power depleted, the Xuanbing Dragon Soar still possessed astonishing power, requiring Xiahou Zun to break through it with a full-force finger strike. His expression immediately turned solemn.

"Good, no wonder even your teacher, Emperor Xu, values ​​you so highly. I didn't expect your strength to have progressed to this level. I'm afraid even Xiao Chuhe, who is also one of the five great youths, would definitely not be your match. However, the battles between geniuses in the Tianwu Domain are often the most brutal. A slight mistake can lead to a huge loss. Next, I will use the move that was originally intended to defeat Bai Wuxue. If you can't withstand it, then admit defeat early."

Upon hearing this, Qin Sheng secretly shook his head. His mastery of ice and wind techniques had already reached fifty percent.

The ice dragons released at their peak state consist of five heads.

Just now, with only one, Xiahou Zun was already struggling to withstand it.

His opponent could no longer be a match for him.

"bring it on."

Qin Sheng knew that the other party was a person with extremely strong self-esteem, and considering that they were now fellow disciples, he didn't try to undermine his confidence like he had done with Sikong Sheng and Mo Yan. He said calmly.

"Star Core Finger".

Upon hearing this, Xiahou Zun stopped talking nonsense, took a deep breath, and his true essence surged like a flood that had been released, one wave after another.

His right index finger emitted a dim starlight, with scattered halos spreading out, like a candle flame in the darkness.

With a nod, a terrifying gravitational pull from the star core was created out of thin air, as if countless threads were binding Qin Sheng and pulling him over.

"The extreme wind!"

Qin Sheng remained expressionless, completely ignoring the gravitational pull of the star core acting on his body and true essence. He swept his blade horizontally, and the boundless blade energy transformed into a whirlwind, not only disrupting and excluding the star core's gravity, but also breaking through Xiahou Zun's star core finger force, shattering it into dust.

"They actually broke my Star Core Finger so easily."

Xiahou Zun was completely moved.

You should know that even Bai Wuxue couldn't easily break through his Star Core Finger; it would require paying a huge price.

call out!
Xiahou Zun was, after all, one of the five young giants. Although Qin Sheng was strong, he wasn't strong enough to be easily defeated by Qin Sheng with low-level profound martial arts techniques. He stomped his foot on the ground.

Approaching Qin Sheng at ultra-high speed.

Bang bang bang. The two instantly clashed at close range. After hundreds of moves, Xiahou Zun realized that he could not defeat Qin Sheng.

Xiahou Zun finally unleashed his strongest attack, the Void-Breaking Finger at its eighty percent power.

Although the Void-Breaking Finger is a low-level profound martial art, its power is more than ten times that of other low-level profound martial arts of the same level because it contains spatial profound meaning, making it comparable to mid-level profound martial arts.

One point is that the golden finger force almost completely ignores spatial distance.

If it were someone else, they would probably have no choice but to tough it out.

However, Qin Sheng also comprehended the intermediate-level profound movement technique, Wind and Thunder Transformation, which contains the profound meanings of wind and thunder.

Just as the Void-Piercing Finger was about to strike him, with a whoosh, Qin Sheng transformed into a hurricane carrying lightning and vanished from his spot. He reappeared behind Xiahou Zun, wielding his blade. Black lightning pierced through Xiahou Zun's protective aura, and the superior-grade sword, cleaving through the air, pointed directly at Xiahou Zun's throat.

It stayed on his neck.

Xiahou Zun was speechless, his face showing a mixture of resentment, regret, and gloom, before finally settling into a bitter smile. "I never expected you to be hiding such a mid-level profound movement technique and such a fierce mid-level profound sword move. In terms of strength, among the five young giants, perhaps only Bai Wuxue, who has been hiding the deepest secrets, is qualified to compete with you. Also, thank you."

He had a vague feeling that Qin Sheng's strength was far more than that.

At the same time, he understood why Qin Sheng had challenged him in private.

At first, he thought it was because he didn't want to lose too badly in front of outsiders.

Now it seems they knew he was always concerned about his image and didn't want him, the senior disciple of the Void Sect, to lose too badly in front of outsiders.

"Concession."

He defeated Xiahou Zun. Qin Sheng felt little emotion.

It was as if everything was meant to be this way.

Several core elders of the Void Gate who were secretly watching from a distance were shocked to see Qin Sheng defeat Xiahou Zun, but at the same time, they all showed a look of relief on their faces.

Qin Sheng's defeat of Xiahou Zun means that their Void Gate has produced another genius at the level of the Five Young Giants, and one with boundless potential and strength far surpassing the other Five Young Giants.

After losing to Qin Sheng, Xiahou Zun will inevitably reflect deeply on his defeat and strive to improve himself.

This is a good thing for the Void Gate.

After defeating Xiahou Zun, Qin Sheng resumed his previous lifestyle, spending his days studying profound martial arts and his nights honing his true essence to improve his cultivation.

As for the cultivation of magical power, it has the effect of the Fallen Heart Flame, and he is constantly tempering the magical power in Qin Sheng's body.

There is no need for further deliberate practice.

You only need to wait until you break through to the next level before going into seclusion.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. With the unique environment of the Void Gate, a massive amount of top-grade spirit stones, and the assistance of the already advanced Heaven-rank Burning Technique, Qin Sheng's cultivation level quickly reached the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

At this time, Xiahou Zun and Bai Wuxue also drew a challenge to a duel.

Qin Sheng has finally emerged from seclusion.

The location of the duel was none other than the very place where Xiao Chuhe, another of the five young giants, and Young Master Lu had their duel five years ago: Jiulong Lake.

The Void Gate is the closest to Jiulong Lake, so Qin Sheng arrived here early.

Upon arriving at Jiulong Lake, he saw many familiar faces from the Southern Domain, including Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng, both of whom had already advanced to the mid-stage of the Spirit Sea Realm.

Bingling, Yan Chihuo, and Li Daoxuan also arrived.

They all advanced to the Spirit Sea Realm.

After greeting them, Qin Sheng looked at Bing Ling. Although the two had not confirmed their relationship, they had unknowingly developed some feelings for each other. However, now was not the time for him to be in a relationship. At present, the two of them were focusing on their cultivation.

Before long, Lu Shaoyou of the Sword Sect, Xiao Chuhe, and Princess Divine Shark, all members of the Five Young Giants, along with Dugu Jue and Tantai Mingyue, who were also prodigies in the Tianwu Domain like Qin Sheng, arrived. It's worth mentioning that during Qin Sheng's seclusion, Ye Chen defeated numerous experts in the Tianwu Domain.

Furthermore, having advanced to the Spirit Sea Realm at the age of twenty-four, he has become another prodigy following in the footsteps of Qin Sheng, Dugu Jue, and Tantai Mingyue.

To the surprise of many, Xiao Chuhe displayed a strong fighting spirit as soon as he saw Qin Sheng, and his sword intent soared into the sky, causing the heavens and earth to change color.

"You want to challenge me?" Qin Sheng glanced at Xiao Chuhe and said indifferently.

"Yes, even if I didn't challenge you, you would have challenged me sooner or later. This is just happening sooner than expected," Xiao Chuhe said coldly.

"You are no match for me. If it were Bai Wuxue, then I might be interested in exchanging a few blows." Qin Sheng's attitude was as arrogant as ever.

The people of Nanzhuo Domain were already used to this.

After all, Qin Sheng has been arrogant since the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition, and he certainly has the confidence to be arrogant.

He has never failed to deliver on any of his boasts.

But that's what they think.

Others are not.

They all felt that Qin Sheng was too arrogant.

"Arrogant!" Xiao Chuhe was completely enraged. He swept to the center of Nine Dragons Lake and slashed out with his sword from a distance, bringing with him a thousand-foot blade of light.

With a snap, Qin Sheng blocked the attack without even drawing his blade. The thousand-foot-long blade of light shattered into countless ice shards.

"Since you want to fight, then I'll exchange a couple of blows with you."

Without another word, Qin Sheng swiftly moved to the center of Nine Dragons Lake. His right hand gripped the hilt of his sword at his waist, and he said calmly, "If you can withstand this move, then I will automatically concede defeat."

As he spoke, endless icy blade light gathered above Qin Sheng's head, transforming into two thousand-foot-long ice dragons.

This exaggerated scene immediately drew everyone's attention. Whether they were optimistic about Qin Sheng or not, they were all shocked by the power of his strike.

Even Lu Shaoyou, one of the five young giants, and Shark Princess Shark Ruoqing are no exception.

Xiao Chuhe was no exception.

"bring it on."

But as one of the five rising stars, he wasn't so depraved as to be afraid to challenge up-and-coming talents. And he was already unleashing his strongest trump card.
"Three swords that split the sea."

Three blades of light, powerful enough to split the sea, were unleashed in succession.

At the same time, Qin Sheng also swung his sword, and two ice dragons reached out to grab Xiao Chuhe.

It must be said that although Xiao Chuhe, as one of the five young giants, is the weakest in overall strength, as a swordsman, his attack power is no weaker than Xiahou Zun's, and may even be stronger.

With a single strike of the Three Sea-Splitting Blades, Xiahou Zun managed to cleave an ice dragon into pieces, a feat that required all his strength to withstand.

That's all there is to it.

The second ice dragon easily broke through the Sea-Splitting Triple Slash, which had lost most of its power.

Xiao Chuhe was unable to dodge in time and was grazed by the ice dragon. His entire body, along with the entire Nine Dragons Lake, was frozen into an ice sculpture.

With a crack, the ice crystals enveloping Xiao Chuhe shattered. He didn't attack again, but his aura clearly weakened. This was because the ice dragon had stopped spreading after breaking through his protective true essence.

To some extent, that move just now was enough to kill him.

Qin Sheng was simply holding back.

The whole audience was shocked.

A collective gasp filled the arena. It seemed no one had expected that Xiao Chuhe, one of the five young giants, would be defeated by Qin Sheng without even managing to withstand a single move.

When Dugu Jue saw this scene, there was no frustration in his eyes, only excitement after finding a new goal.

Although Tantai Mingyue maintained her ethereal appearance on the surface, her heart was already in turmoil. She was a woman who never gave up and was no less competitive than any man. Now, Qin Sheng had already made her secretly regard him as her rival.

Just then, Bai Wuxue and Xiahou Zun arrived and witnessed Qin Sheng defeating Xiao Chuhe from afar. Bai Wuxue's face was full of solemnity.

Xiahou Zun was taken aback for a moment, then his expression suddenly changed to one of realization. Two ice dragons—it seemed that, just as he had guessed, Qin Sheng had indeed been hiding his strength.

The two then engaged in a fierce battle.

Although equally exciting, it seemed less stunning in comparison to the brilliant performance of Qin Sheng defeating Xiao Chuhe in one move.

After the war, Zhi Mowen, the number one intelligence organization in the True Spirit World, announced the establishment of the Grandmaster Ranking.

It was also pointed out that Qin Sheng would be among the top five, or even top three. He was very likely to be number one.

But Qin Sheng paid no attention to any of this and continued to cultivate diligently at the Void Gate.

One year later, after his True Essence cultivation broke through to the late stage of the Spirit Sea Realm and his Magic Power broke through to the late stage of the Divine Transformation Realm, he suddenly felt a bottleneck in his Magic Power cultivation.

He knew that he needed to replenish his spiritual roots in order to break through to the Void Refinement stage.

So he left the Void Gate under the pretext of seclusion and returned to the mortal world.

As soon as he returned to the mortal world, he sensed the existence of the spirit world.

It turns out this was because his cultivation had reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. He could now ascend freely.

He happened to be in the Chaotic Star Sea at that time.

So they went back to Fairy Spirit Island first.

Seeing that old man Qingyi was still alive and kicking, he smiled.

"So you're still alive, you old codger."

"Look at what you're saying. You've only been gone for a few decades. Although I failed to break through to the late Nascent Soul stage, I'm still a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator. I can live for another hundred or two hundred years without any problem. As for you, it seems you've already advanced to the Divine Transformation stage. I should now call you senior."

Old Monster Qingyi remained as cunning as ever, bowing respectfully.

"That's perfect. Meeting me means you won't die so early. You can live for another two or three hundred years. Here are ten top-grade spirit stones, which should be more than enough for you to break through to the late Nascent Soul stage." Qin Sheng took out a wooden box containing ten top-grade spirit stones.

"Hehe, since Senior Brother Qin is so generous, then I, your junior brother, will accept it without hesitation." Old Monster Qingyi happily put away the wooden box.

"Where's Old Devil Han?" Qin Sheng casually asked about Han Li.

"You mean Junior Brother Han? The title 'Old Demon' does suit him quite well. He didn't know that he had come here to seek an opportunity and had already broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage. Unfortunately, some time ago, he left Immortal Spirit Island and used the Star Palace's teleportation array to head to Great Jin."

"Old man Qingyi said strangely."

Qin Sheng nodded. After a brief conversation, he inquired about the situation on Immortal Spirit Island. Upon learning that all the disciples he had taken in had advanced to the Core Formation stage, and that two new Nascent Soul cultivators had joined the island, he left reassured and did not inquire further. (End of Chapter)