novelraw Chapter 703: Qin Emperor!!
Chapter 703: Qin Emperor!!
News of Qin Xuantian's slaying of Zhong Shenxi and Chou Wanhe spread like wildfire by the second day.
Upon hearing this, the vast majority of people reacted first with disbelief. How could this be possible?!? Innate pinnacle Qin Xuantian killed the Saint-level Zhong Shenxi?!? This is utterly preposterous! Chou Wanhe had stepped into the Dao of Saints for fifteen hundred years and was once the Black Sun Saint Lord whose might shook the world twelve hundred years ago. His strength was unfathomable; without a Great Saint, a Saint Lord was invincible! And yet, he too was slain by Qin Xuantian?!? How could it be! How could this possibly be!
No one dared to believe it. At least, not at first, without sufficient evidence; nobody dared to believe this news! Because it was too exaggerated! Truly too exaggerated! Any martial artist who considered themselves sane wouldn't believe it!
But as time went by, more and more information about the earth-shattering battle in Changping City on the night of October 26th reached the major powers. People found that it seemed... to be true!
Qin Xuantian truly did slay Zhong Shenxi and Chou Wanhe, the two Saints from the Sun Temple. Furthermore, it was a crushing victory achieved with absolute power; the battle process itself was incredibly straightforward!
Crushing!
Crushing!!
Like snapping dry twigs and crushing rotten wood—a complete and utter rout!
Moreover, before this, Qin Xuantian had also slain Zhuo Pingting from the Red Flower Palace and Song Yuankai, the master of the North Star Palace of the Encompass Starry Pavilion—two Semi-Saints!
Such ferocious lethality! Such terrifying power, almost inconceivable!
「October 31st!」
On the Martial Dao forum, an official post finally confirmed Qin Heng's achievements on that night in Changping!
Killing two Semi-Saints!
Annihilating one Saint and one Saint Lord!
The world was shaken to its core!
...
The sky over Changping City had been dark since October 30th. It was as if a curtain had been drawn across the heavens, obscuring the sky and blocking the light of the sun and moon.
At this time, Changping City had almost become a ghost town, with hardly any ordinary people left. The local police had mobilized days before to evacuate the residents. Even those unwilling to leave were forcibly removed, because to stay meant risking death!
The previous battles between Saints had been terrifyingly destructive, their impact so widespread that many were even considering evacuating residents from cities neighboring Changping City. The advent of the Secret Realm of Time-Space Seal might unleash even greater destruction—an outcome no one could predict!
However, there was no time left.
「It was now November 1st.」
Approaching midday.
「The site of the Battle of Changping.」
This place had once been an exhibition hall. But as the phenomena heralding the secret realm's appearance intensified, the dense Heavenly Essence nearly solidified, blasting the original hall into ruins, leaving only the outline of a battlefield.
Qin Heng and Lu Ziyi stood at the forefront, surrounded by people from the Myth Organization, led by Nine Heavens Profound Girl and the Heavenly Venerable of Thunder Sound Universal Nirvana, with Star Lord Greedy Wolf and others following behind.
A sword fragment floated in the palm of Nine Heavens Profound Girl—this was the key to opening the secret realm of the Battle of Changping! Without this catalyst, even if the secret realm manifested, it could not be opened. Unless a Saint King-level expert directly tore open a spatial gate, entry was impossible. But in this current End of Dharma Age, with no Great Saints appearing, this catalyst—this key—was the only way to enter the secret realm. Without the key, one couldn't even pass through the door.
The sun's light moved to the center of the sky; it was just a few minutes shy of noon. This was when the Yang energy between heaven and earth was at its peak. At this moment, the power of heaven and earth had a great restraining effect on the baleful energy that would erupt from the opening of the Battle of Changping's secret realm, making it the perfect time to activate it.
"Prepare to begin," Xue Qinan said, her expression solemn as she gazed at the distorting void before her. She held the sword fragment of Lord Wu An, Bai Qi, and could faintly perceive various scenes within it. Carnage filled the land, and an overwhelming aura of bloodlust soared to the skies! This place would be the battlefield of the ancient Pre-Qin era, an age where Semi-Saints were as common as clouds, Innate cultivators as frequent as rain, and Saints emerged in endless succession!
A clear light gleamed in Qin Heng's eyes. His Divine Sense had already permeated the secret realm, beginning its search for the realm's core origin. For him, the various secret treasures contained within the Battle of Changping's secret realm were of little significance and limited use. The most crucial among them should be the core treasure of this Secret Realm of Time-Space Seal. It contained a portion of the power of spatio-temporal origin, which could enhance his comprehension of the Supreme Law.
HUM!!!
Xue Qinan activated the power of the sword fragment, connecting with the increasingly distinct secret realm. Their auras instantly linked, causing the void to tremble and ripple. Soon, a luminous gate, over ten meters tall and four to five meters wide, materialized.
"Let's go!"
The members of the Myth Organization were long prepared. The moment the light gate appeared, they transformed into streaks of light and flew inside, entering this secret realm imprinted with traces of time from over two thousand years ago!
「The ancient Pre-Qin era, the late Warring States period—the time of the Battle of Changping!」
The others reacted quickly, all following suit, no one wishing to be left behind. To them, this period over two thousand years in the past was a vast treasure trove. Whether Cultivation Techniques or weapons, all were precious. Bringing back even a single item would be a resounding victory!
In just a few seconds, only Qin Heng and Lu Ziyi remained before the light gate.
"You're not in a hurry?" Lu Ziyi looked at Qin Heng with some puzzlement. "In an era more than two thousand years ago, although Saint Kings no longer walked the mortal world, many treasures of equivalent rank still existed. There's a definite chance of obtaining them."
Saint King-grade treasures—that was Lu Ziyi's goal. For a successor of an Ancient Divine Sect like her, even Great Saint-level treasures held little allure.
"What I intend to take, no one else can obtain," Qin Heng said with a smile and walked into the light gate.
The origin of the Secret Realm of Time-Space Seal involved a profound level, requiring at least the Returning to Empty Realm to perceive. In terms of cultivation realms on this world's Earth, that was equivalent to the Saint Emperor level. He simply had no competitors.
You're that confident? Lu Ziyi felt a sense of wonder. The more contact she had with Qin Heng, the more unfathomable he seemed.
After stepping through the light gate, Qin Heng clearly saw overlapping scenes of light and shadow, as if time itself were flowing backward, intent on sending him thousands of years into the past. In reality, this was all an illusion. Under the perception of his Immortal Emperor-level Divine Sense, the truth was that he had fallen into a small fragment of a Time-Space Seal. This fragment existed independently of time and space, incapable of affecting any world. If the vast river of time were a flowing current, then this Secret Realm of Time-Space Seal was like a tiny droplet accidentally splashed from it.
In this "journey across time," there was effectively no concept of time passing.
After an unknown period, Qin Heng felt his body dip slightly as his feet touched solid ground. The sensation was firm; he was on land. He looked around and saw a vast expanse of sky and earth, stretching boundlessly to his left and right. Only wilderness met his gaze. Yet, before and behind him were arrayed armies, likely numbering in the hundreds of thousands on each side. Their Evil Qi surged to the heavens, seeming powerful enough to shatter the firmament!
Was this the middle of two battling armies?
"Who goes there!" the leading general from one side bellowed, eyeing Qin Heng with some trepidation. "State your name!"
This man was too strange! It was as if he had appeared out of thin air! Even he, Lord Wu An of Great Qin, a peak Saint, hadn't sensed the slightest precursor to his arrival. This was definitely no ordinary individual!
Qin Heng turned his head to look. He saw that this army bore the grand "Qin" flag; its soldiers were strong, its horses fierce, its momentum like a rainbow. The general who had shouted earlier was clad in black armor, his face stern and square, but his gaze was chilling, radiating a palpable killing intent. Under Divine Sense perception, his Divine Soul was almost entirely steeped in blood—he had slaughtered countless individuals!
A peerless God of Slaughter! Bai Qi!
"Are you Lord Wu An himself?" Qin Heng looked towards the general and said calmly, "You may call me... Qin Emperor!"
"Audacious!" Bai Qi roared in fury upon hearing this. His eyes turned bloodshot as he glared at Qin Heng. His aura surged violently, like an awakening primordial beast, causing the very heavens and earth to roil dramatically!