High above the firmament, a streak of sword light tore through the sky, heading straight for the Shen Clan’s Ancestor.

“Hmph! Playing tricks! Do you really think you can kill me? Do you think I’m trash like Shen Wande? Shen Family Secret Technique—Eight Desolations and Six Unities Sole Reverence Palm!” the Ancestor sneered.

BOOM!

He raised his hand, grasping at the sword light from across the void.

WHOOSH!

A colossal bronze palm manifested, covering half the sky. Like a hand that could prop up the heavens, it crushed down upon the sword light.

BOOM! BOOM!

A terrifying rumble shook the Shen Family estate to its foundations.

“How… how is this possible…” The Martial Artists from Dongshan City stared with wide-eyed disbelief.

The power of that palm imprint was comparable to the peak of the Golden Core Stage. A peak Golden Core Stage Martial Artist was considered a true powerhouse in Dongshan City!

“Hmph!”

However, his attack was blocked. The Shen Clan’s Ancestor furrowed his brow, his eyes narrowing as he realized something. “You are a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator!”

BOOM!

Dongshan City erupted. A Nascent Soul Realm cultivator! The Shen Clan had actually provoked a cultivator of the Nascent Soul Realm!

“Correct.”

High in the sky, a black-robed Qin Heng floated in the void. With a single step, he transformed into a streak of light and descended.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

From within the Shen Family estate, several clan elders leaped out, forming a line in front of the Ancestor and Shen Xiaobei.

“Shen Wande! You colluded with outsiders to annihilate the Shen Clan!” the Ancestor roared, his fury soaring. “You are a traitor to the Shen Family! I will execute you today!”

“Ancestor! Kill him!” Shen Xiaobei sneered.

“Ancestor, be careful! He might be hiding his true strength!”

“Ancestor, run!” the Shen Clan elders cried out in alarm.

However, the Ancestor showed no sign of retreat.

BOOM!

He once again activated the Shen Family’s mountain-warding formation, and a surge of spiritual light enveloped Dongshan City.

“Kill!” the Ancestor bellowed furiously.

At that moment, every Martial Artist in Dongshan City held their breath.

“Ants,” Qin Heng smirked contemptuously, raising his hand and pointing toward Dongshan City. “Slice!”

HUM!

With a low hum, a gigantic, violet-red sword of lightning materialized. It tore through the void, descending with world-destroying momentum.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Throughout Dongshan City, every single building within the Shen Family’s compound collapsed into dust. Whether they were Shen Family guards or members of other families, everyone was slammed to the ground, so utterly suppressed they couldn’t even twitch a finger.

“Ah! This can’t be happening!”

“Ancestor, save me!”

“Save me!”

Wails of despair rose and fell.

The Shen Clan’s Ancestor’s pupils shrank in absolute terror. He turned to flee, simultaneously summoning a defensive Spiritual Artifact to shield himself and Shen Xiaobei.

“Die.”

Qin Heng’s expression was impassive. With a flick of his finger, the massive violet-red lightning sword slashed down. It moved faster than the speed of sound, arriving in an instant.

BOOM!

Everything was obliterated. Dongshan City’s most illustrious Shen Clan, extinguished in a single moment.

The Shen Clan was annihilated.

The Martial Artists of Dongshan City witnessed it all, so frightened they felt their insides turn to water.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

Almost everyone collapsed to the ground. The scene of the Shen Family’s utter destruction was now permanently seared into the minds of every Martial Artist in Dongshan City.

In the span of a single thought, the Shen Clan had been destroyed. Dongshan City’s number one family was erased from this day forth. The mighty Ancestor of the Shen Clan hadn’t even left a corpse behind.

Everyone gasped, looking towards the sky in terror.

High above, Qin Heng still stood, his hands clasped behind his back. His robes fluttered, and his black hair danced wildly in the wind, giving him the appearance of a banished immortal.

“Who are you!”

“Why did you annihilate my Shen Family!”

“What did my Shen Family do to deserve this!”

The enraged roars of the Shen Clan’s Ancestor echoed across the land, causing all the Martial Artists within the family estate to tremble.

At this moment, the martial arts world of Dongshan City was in a state of utter shock. The Shen Family was destroyed, supposedly by a young man and woman. Who in the world were these two?

“Who are you!” the Shen Clan’s Ancestor stared at Qin Heng, his eyes practically bursting with rage.

Although he was furious that the Shen Family had been annihilated, his reason told him the man before him was a Nascent Soul Realm expert—and an incredibly formidable one at that.

Such an expert… he is surely a devil incarnate. I cannot provoke him. I must not provoke him!

“Heh.” Qin Heng gave a cold smile, his gaze sweeping over the survivors. “You want revenge? You’re far from worthy.”

His tone was calm, but the sheer arrogance in his words made the hearts of many Martial Artists present pound in their chests.

Too audacious! Too arrogant! To look down on everyone here with such disdain was the height of presumption.

“You’ve gone too far!”

“Do you think you’re really that strong!”

“How dare you run wild in the martial arts world of Dongshan City!”

“You’re not welcome in Dongshan City!”

“Our martial arts world will not allow you to act so atrociously!”

“You’re courting death and will surely pay the price!”

A torrent of angry curses erupted. The martial arts community of Dongshan City was incensed, vowing to take down the invader Qin Heng, even if he was in the Nascent Soul Realm.

“You are Qin Xuantian!” a soft voice suddenly called out. A man in a white robe and a silver crown stepped forward, his expression dark and his face contorted with rage. “I already know what happened here. You exterminated the entire Shen Clan. Your crimes are punishable by death!”

This was Shen Hongfei, the second master of the Shen Family and a direct descendant of the clan.

“So what if I did?” Qin Heng’s expression was indifferent as he glanced at Shen Hongfei. “Never mind a trivial Shen Family like this one. Even the Shen Families of Southeast Province, Jiangbei Province, and the Southern Ocean Islands combined wouldn’t provide enough bodies for me to kill.”

He spoke with calm composure, not a hint of boasting in his voice.

The martial artists and common folk of Dongshan City knew full well that the Shen Family’s roots ran deep and their power was vast. They were backed by more than one Nascent Soul Stage expert.

However, Shen Hongfei was briefly stunned before he burst out laughing.

“Preposterous! Do you really think you’re a god!?”

“Mr. Shen, even if this Qin Xuantian is in the Nascent Soul Realm, he can’t possibly have the power to annihilate the entire Shen clan network, can he?”

“The Shen Family is protected by Nascent Soul experts! Even if they are only in the early Nascent Soul Stage, the family’s deep foundation is not something an ordinary Nascent Soul Realm cultivator can challenge!”

“This kid is unbelievably arrogant!”

The spectating Martial Artists murmured amongst themselves, all feeling that Qin Heng had severely over-reached.

“Qin Xuantian, stop posturing! You can’t possibly annihilate my Shen Family!” Shen Hongfei, the family’s second master, glared at Qin Heng, his teeth clenched in anger. “Do you think you’re invincible just because you could wipe out our branch? You’re wrong! So very wrong!”

As his voice fell, Shen Hongfei’s hand shot up. He crushed a jade pendant hanging from his waist and recited an incantation, “Disciples of the Shen Family, report to the estate at once! Hurry!”

BOOM! BOOM!

Outside the Shen Family estate, an earth-shattering explosion ripped through the air as a massive flying boat appeared overhead. The vessel was dark red, its hull carved with dense runes that emanated a terrifyingly malevolent, blood-soaked aura.

This was a war fortress.

Fashioned by the Ancestor of the Shen Family himself, it possessed the power to annihilate any expert below the late Golden Core Stage. It had once been used to conquer the seas beyond Dongshan City, where it had destroyed thirteen gargantuan sea sharks.

“The Ancestor is summoning us! Sons of the Shen Family, gather quickly!”

“By order of the Ancestor, assemble at once!”

“What is that thing? It looks like a war fortress!”

“This is bad! Is this the Shen Family’s trump card? Are they going to kill all of us!?”

For a moment, the Shen Family members were thrown into disarray.

“Hmph! A bunch of fools! You don’t even recognize the Ancestor’s war fortress!”

“We’re just Martial Artists, how would we recognize a war fortress? But this ship is indeed strange… I can feel a strong martial aura of iron and blood…” a group of Martial Artists exclaimed in wonder.

Shen Hongfei, however, merely sneered. “Idiots,” he mocked. “As if you could possibly fathom the depths of our Ancestor’s power!”

With that, Shen Hongfei looked up at the war fortress, knelt with utmost reverence, and cried out, “Ancestor! I beg you to emerge from seclusion and see justice done for the Shen Family!”

BOOM!

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