Asura Mad Emperor

The tall and muscular figure of Qinchuan, his black hair wildly fluttering and his robes rustling as if moved by an invisible wind. He held a crystalline Spring and Autumn Calligraphy Brush in his hand, with Asura Evil Qi enveloping the sky and spreading across the fields. The aura around Qinchuan was still rising, a critical moment as he was in the midst of a breakthrough into the Dao Palace Realm. The Spring and Autumn Brush cut across the void, describing the Nine Heavens with a single stroke, filling the entire sky with the golden imperial might, as heavy as a mountain, sending shivers down one's spine. The Netherworld Saintess and the Pixiu were the first to attack, eight prayer beads transforming into moon wheels flashing with cold light, howling as they approached. At this point, the Netherworld Saintess could no longer afford to spare her Lifebound Weapon; she used every method at her disposal, even resolved to completely lift the seal and risk being erased by the Dao itself, rather than fail to eliminate Qinchuan. "Roar!" The Pixiu roared, shaking heaven and earth, its claws sharp and glinting with a fearsome green light. "Boom!" The ongoing clashes of both parties generated a violent rumbling that shook the heavens and the earth, with endless divine light exploding in this moment, blindingly bright. An inconceivable number of cultivators from the Dao Palace Realm surrounded a single Martial Artist, who not only remained unscathed but even managed to make a breakthrough to the Dao Palace Realm. If word of this got out, perhaps no one would believe it. But now, it happened right before everyone's eyes. None dared to take it lightly, the strongest Divine Skills were invoked, Dao Magic pervading the entire void, where clouds of calamity billowed and Demonic Qi surged, this world was trembling! Qinchuan stood alone against them all, fighting his way down the mountainside; along the way, rocks crumbled, boulders shattered, rivers flowed in reverse, and Demon Blood stained the azure heavens. "Break!" As the group fought their way down to the foot of the mountain, suddenly, Qinchuan roared in fury. At once, his aura surged like a rainbow, a terrify killing intent soared to the skies, scattering the clouds, his whole body glowing, flashing with golden divine light. The Innate Pupils opened wide, seemingly forming golden vortexes that drew everyone into their depths. In that moment, all the cultivators attacking Qinchuan felt an immense pressure bearing down on them. "This youngster has completed his breakthrough, he's become a cultivator of the Dao Palace Realm!" exclaimed a cultivator from the Netherworld Hall in shock. However, Qinchuan had yet to exert his full force; while fending off the attacks of the group, he was actually contemplating and digesting the ramifications of this breakthrough. He had contacted the Crystal Core of this world, plunging into a certain state that awakened the slumbering Emperor Soul ahead of time and also triggered a passive breakthrough of his Physical Body to the next Realm. This first contact with the world's Crystal Core brought him a different understanding of the Dao. His entire focus was on comprehending the newly perceived Dao of the world, devoting only half his attention to combating the others. Finally. Someone noticed the anomaly in Qinchuan. "He's still in the midst of an epiphany, not yet fully awakened!" "What?" Upon hearing a cultivator say this, everyone was greatly shocked, and they observed Qinchuan closely. "Indeed, he has not used all his strength, merely relying on his innate fighting instinct to counter our attacks!" At this moment, everyone was alarmed, their looks turning to shocked stares at Qinchuan, filled with both anger and fear. Anger, because Qinchuan was being too arrogant, too dismissive. While breaking through and being attacked by a multitude, he had yet to halt his advancement but instead had fallen into an epiphany, clearly not taking any of them seriously. Fear, because the enemy was just relying on fighting instincts, yet he was still able to remain undefeated under their collective assault. "How terrifying would it be if this youngster exerted his full strength? What kind of combat power would he possess?" In fact, although Qinchuan was currently utilizing only a fraction of his fighting instincts, these subconscious instincts were accumulated by the Nine Lives Emperor Soul and were even more powerful than Qinchuan's own strength at this stage. The Netherworld Saintess also perceived something amiss at this time, her gaze at Xiang Qinchuan filled with horror and shock. "You... you... you're a Divine Wilderness native?!" She was a person from the Upper Realm and had finally detected a clue about Qinchuan. Members of the Upper Realm had already penetrated the Dao Palace Realm, progressing from the Spirit Martial Realm to the Dao Palace Realm. In fact, it wasn't about making a breakthrough but merely lifting a seal. Therefore, when people from the Upper Realm lifted their seal, they didn't experience any new enlightenment. But Qinchuan's case was clearly a breakthrough, not the lifting of a seal. Breakthrough. This indicated that Qinchuan was a bona fide native of the Divine Wilderness. "No, that's not right!" The Netherworld Saintess thought hard and immediately discarded her conjecture. "If he were a person from the Divine Wilderness Continent, how could he know about Heaven's South, or the Titan Ancestral Tribe and the Mend Heaven Sect?" "Could it be that when he came from the Upper Realm, he was only at the Spirit Martial Realm?" She was now engulfed in confusion. "Who in the world is this kid?" She would never guess that Qinchuan was someone who had undergone Nine Lives Reincarnation. Qinchuan was still in the midst of his epiphany, too preoccupied to address the Netherworld Saintess's doubts, as his aura continued to soar. Soon enough, his aura rose from the early stage of the Dao Palace Realm to the intermediate stage. "Dao Palace Realm, intermediate stage, already!" All cultivators were solemn. "This child's face-to-face breakthrough across two ranks is truly horrifying." Among them, Xiao Fengyu, Xiao Changfeng, and the Ten Absolute Holy Maidens, who had entered this secret realm with Qinchuan, were even more shocked. Just a few months ago, Qinchuan was still at the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Martial Realm. And now, in just a few short months, he had reached the intermediate stage of the Dao Palace Realm, while they and their colleagues were still at the early stage. This even further cemented their determination to eliminate Qinchuan. Since they had already offended him, they definitely couldn't allow him to grow stronger. Just then, a disciple from the Netherworld Hall suddenly exclaimed in alarm. "No, his breakthrough signs haven't stopped!" "He's still breaking through?" The many cultivators, while besieging Qinchuan, also shockingly discovered that after reaching the intermediate stage of the Dao Palace Realm, his aura hadn't halted and was continuing to breakthrough. "What kind of freak is this kid, breaking through an entire great rank in one go?" Everyone's hearts were filled with immense shock. However, compared to the shock brought about by Qinchuan's consecutive breakthroughs, everyone was more concerned about another issue. "This world only allows martial artists of the Spirit Martial Realm to enter, and even if they break through inside, they are only permitted to reach the intermediate stage of the Dao Palace Realm. Forcibly breaking through the intermediate stage of the Dao Palace Realm, he will surely be erased by the rules of this world!" At this time, the Netherworld Saintess also looked at Qinchuan in wonder, "What is he trying to do?" But she quickly realized, stopped fighting, and called out in her delicate voice, "Everyone stop, let him breakthrough!" Hearing the Netherworld Saintess say this, everyone understood her intention. This world only allowed for the existence of those up to the intermediate stage of the Dao Palace Realm. Once someone broke through to the late stage of the Dao Palace Realm, they would suffer the merciless extermination of the world's rules. If Qinchuan really stopped at the intermediate stage of the Dao Palace Realm, with the terrifying combat power he had shown, it would indeed be difficult for them to deal with him. But he, oblivious to his own peril, wanted to force his way into the late stage of the Dao Palace Realm. They no longer needed to take action—the power of the rules would suffice to eradicate him. In that instant, all cultivators withdrew their Divine Skills and did not attack Qinchuan any further, watching him anxiously. Even the Pixiu seemed to understand the Netherworld Saintess's words at this moment; its golden fur fluttered as it stood majestically in the void, its eye-like, bell-large pupils intently fixed on Qinchuan.