I gain ten years' worth of cultivation every day, and even geniuses will only see my doorstep!

His Dao heart was utterly shattered. He huddled in a corner, his eyes unfocused, uttering strange hoarse sounds; he was completely ruined.

Qin Yuan didn't even glance at him before turning and stepping off the stage. He felt no pity for someone with such wicked intentions who had repeatedly provoked and plotted against him. Canceling his cultivation was already showing mercy.

If it weren't for the troublesome nature of killing someone in broad daylight, Wu Ying would already be dead.

In the other semi-final, Li Han faced off against Liu Mubai. Although Liu Mubai failed to break through, his foundation remained strong, and his numerous methods caused Li Han considerable trouble.

Li Han, a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator, was still in the late stage of his cultivation. However, with his fierce courage and even more powerful and domineering attacks, he ultimately won by a narrow margin, knocking Liu Mubai off the stage, but also suffering some minor injuries himself.

The highly anticipated final match has finally arrived.

On the arena, Qin Yuan and Li Han stood facing each other.

Li Han swallowed the pill, temporarily suppressing his injuries and the unease of his new realm. His eyes were sharp as knives, fixed on Qin Yuan. His dark silver outfit fluttered without wind, and his aloofness and domineering aura returned to him, only deeper, more refined, and with a greater sense of resolute determination.

"Qin Yuan," Li Han said, his voice hoarse, "I admit, I underestimated you before."

Qin Yuan remained calm, his gaze falling on Li Han's face, yet seemingly piercing through him to look into the distance: "You underestimate more than just me."

Li Han's pupils contracted, then he sneered: "Sharp words are useless. On the arena, only strength speaks! Today, let me see just how much you, a peak Nascent Soul cultivator, really amount to!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Han made his move! He knew that his cultivation level was unstable and that a prolonged battle would be disadvantageous, so he had to seize the initiative and unleash his strongest killing move right from the start!

"Heavenly Profound Sky-Splitting Slash!"

He pointed his fingers like a sword, and dark silver spiritual energy gathered wildly, transforming into a dazzling silver light a hundred feet long. The space around the edge of that silver light was slightly distorted, radiating a sharp aura that could tear everything apart. With the force of splitting the heavens and opening the earth, it slashed down towards Qin Yuan! This was one of his trump cards, a divine power that he had used to severely injure a peak Nascent Soul cultivator!

The power of this sword strike drew gasps from countless spectators, and even the divine senses above the clouds rippled slightly, as if making a judgment.

Faced with this terrifying attack that would put even ordinary peak Nascent Soul cultivators on high alert, Qin Yuan simply raised his right hand.

There was no grand scale, no dazzling light and shadow, just a slight bend of the five fingers, gently clenching them towards the hundred-foot-long silver light that was slashing down.

"Snap—Bang!"

It felt as if a piece of glass had been crushed.

The immense, hundred-foot-long silver light, when it was still ten feet above Qin Yuan's head, suddenly stopped as if it had hit an invisible but absolutely solid barrier. Then it made a cracking sound as it could not bear the weight, and the next moment, it shattered into countless silver light spots scattered across the sky!

Li Han was jolted violently, as if struck by a heavy blow. His face turned deathly pale, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with utter horror and disbelief. His all-out attack had been so easily...crushed by the other party?

He didn't even see how Qin Yuan made his move!

"It's my turn."

Qin Yuan's calm voice rang out. He lowered his right hand, pointed, and gently tapped in the direction of Li Han.

No spiritual light emanated from his fingertips, but Li Han felt an indescribable and irresistible terrifying power descend upon him in an instant!

It wasn't a bombardment of spiritual energy; it was more like the rules of the entire surrounding space were temporarily altered, turning into an invisible cage that imprisoned him in place, preventing him from moving even a finger!

Immediately afterwards, a tremendous force, far beyond his imagination, crashed into his chest as if the entire sky had collapsed!

"puff--!"

Li Han's dark silver outfit instantly shattered into countless fragments, his protective aura crumbled like paper, his chest visibly caved in, and the sound of bones breaking was clearly audible.

He transformed into a blurry afterimage, shooting backward at an even faster speed than he had come, crashing heavily into the arena's barrier. The barrier, which was strong enough to withstand attacks from those below the Void Refinement stage, rippled violently, almost shattering!

"Boom!"

Li Han fell to the edge of the arena, covered in blood, his clothes tattered, his breath extremely weak, and he had already fainted, his life hanging in the balance.

Sold out instantly!

A true, decisive, instant kill!

The entire training ground fell into a deathly silence once more. You could hear a pin drop.

Everyone stared blankly at the young figure on the stage, still dressed neatly in a blue robe and breathing steadily, and then at the bloodied man slumped down below the stage like a tattered sack. Their minds went completely blank.

Li Han, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, the top disciple in the lower sect, who once defeated a peerless genius at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage... just like that... was crippled by a single finger?

This is no longer a gap, it's an insurmountable chasm! It's a dimensional crushing defeat!

After a brief silence, a deafening roar and uproar erupted! Countless people were so excited they were speechless, looking at Qin Yuan as if he were a god!

Qin Yuan ignored the commotion around him. He stepped off the stage and went straight to the unconscious Li Han. Ignoring the frightened looks from the referees and medical staff around him, he reached into Li Han's tattered clothes and pulled out a dark iron piece that exuded an ancient and obscure aura.

It was cool to the touch, and its texture was neither gold nor jade. It was engraved with extremely complex and difficult-to-discern patterns.

With a slight thought, he directly stored the iron piece into his system space.

[An unknown fragment (broken piece) containing special rules and a vast origin has been detected. It can be transformed and absorbed. Confirm?]

"confirm."

[Absorbing...]

[Obtained a massive amount of primordial energy and information about the shattered rules.]

[System completeness improved...]

[Current system integrity: 80%]

[Daily automatic cultivation level increase: 160 years]

[Energy point cap and recovery speed have been significantly increased.]

[Some advanced features unlocked...]

A hint of surprise flashed in Qin Yuan's eyes. This piece of iron was indeed extraordinary, capable of increasing the system's integrity by such a large margin in one go.

It seems that Li Han's seizure of this item was not without purpose, but he probably didn't even know its true value.

At this moment, the host of the grand event seemed to wake up from a dream, and with an uncontrollable tremor in his voice, he announced that Qin Yuan had won the final championship of this year's Tianjiao Grand Event!

Generous rewards were presented, including top-grade pills, rare materials, high-level cultivation technique jade slips, and a top-grade spiritual treasure-level protective magic weapon.

Qin Yuan glanced at the items and directly fed them to the system, including the medicinal materials that were not very useful to him or were of relatively low grade, as well as the spiritual treasure.

[Absorbed a high-level spiritual object...gained a large amount of energy points and a small amount of special substances.]

[Slight improvement in system integrity...]

[Current system integrity: 90%]

[Warning: Further upgrades to completeness require higher-level or special rule items.]

90% done. Qin Yuan's heart stirred slightly; only the final step remained.

Just as he finished receiving his reward and was about to leave the central arena area, the several vast figures that had been hidden behind the glow of the sunset and the sea of ​​clouds in the sky finally came to an end.