Bang! Yun Xuerong spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying.
She crashed heavily to the ground, clutching her chest. The intense hatred on her blood-covered face made her expression look even more twisted and savage.
Impossible!
How could that trash possibly break her Water Radiance Spirit Body?
He was only at the 2nd stage Qi Refining Realm!
In all the world, no one at that level could do this.
Even Jiang Qianhe and the others, who were just about to leave, froze in place.
None of them had expected Yun Xuerong to be the one blown away.
They stared at Qin Xiu in disbelief. Maybe one person was seeing things, but the same astonishment was clearly written on the faces of members from the other two factions as well.
“2nd stage Qi Refining Realm… defeated a 6th stage Water Radiance Spirit Body?”
This completely shattered their understanding. Especially when the princess saw the blazing dragon shadows gathered around Qin Xiu’s fists, a flicker of shock flashed in her clear eyes.
The Grand Elder of the Heavenly Profound Sect was stunned at first, then flew into a rage.
“You wretch, you still dare to strike someone?!”
A terrifying aura erupted in an instant.
But the princess slowly raised her hand, her voice calm and cold,
“Grand Elder, some matters shouldn’t be judged based on one side’s story, right?”
Just moments ago, a wild guess had emerged in her heart—one so shocking she could hardly believe it.
That powerful spirit body that had stirred heavenly thunder—could it actually belong to this striking young man named Qin Xiu?
But even she wasn’t ready to believe such a bold assumption.
Because even spirit bodies, when first awakened, couldn’t unleash much power. The difference from ordinary cultivators wasn’t huge.
Spirit bodies also needed to grow—through guidance from experts, consumption of rare spirit herbs, and top-tier techniques. All were necessary.
Yun Xuerong’s spirit body had already been fully awakened. Even if Qin Xiu possessed the strongest spirit body in existence, it was impossible for a 2nd stage Qi Refining Realm to defeat a 6th stage cultivator.
The difference in cultivation realms was simply too vast.
But seeing a spirit body being beaten up—especially when the one being beaten was a disciple of the Heavenly Profound Sect—was undeniably amusing to her.
The Pavilion Master of Starseizing Pavilion also looked uncertain. In his heart, he knew: even with his ancestor’s Star Spirit Body, when first awakened, he couldn’t defeat a Five Elements Spirit Body four stages higher.
The Grand Elder couldn’t hold back, murderous intent flaring again. But Jiang Qianhe signaled him with a glance not to act rashly.
The Grand Elder didn’t understand, but Jiang Qianhe had clearly thought things through more carefully.
It wasn’t that he cared about the truth, but rather that he wanted to win over Gao Yang.
When it came to treasures, he had no confidence he could outmatch the royal family—but neither could the royal family easily outmatch the Heavenly Profound Sect.
And Yun Xuerong was Gao Yang’s cousin.
Now that Yun Xuerong had been beaten to the point of coughing blood, and the princess was stopping any retaliation, it would certainly displease Gao Yang.
Jiang Qianhe had already made up his mind—when the time came, he would seize the opportunity to help Yun Xuerong regain her dignity and, at the same time, win over Gao Yang to the greatest extent.
More importantly, he was curious: how did someone at the 2nd stage Qi Refining Realm punch through a 6th stage Water Radiance Spirit Body?
“How many spirit herbs have you eaten, you bastard?!”
Yun Xuerong screamed shrilly. Ever since Qin Xiu’s father had gone missing, for all these years, she had treated Qin Xiu with scorn.
Especially after awakening her spirit body, she believed this trash was no longer worthy of her.
When had it ever come to this—Qin Xiu dared to hit her?!
“I’ll kill you!”
Furious, Yun Xuerong rose and once again condensed a water sword to attack Qin Xiu.
Surging waves surrounded her, and in that instant, the spiritual Qi of the heavens and earth condensed into countless water droplets, forming a mighty river around her sword.
“Turn the Rivers and Overturn the Seas!”
As her sword slashed down, Yun Nishang suddenly felt the ground beneath her spin.
The entire underground water flow beneath the Yun family residence, even the stream flowing through the city, began to boil!
“I possess the Water Radiance Spirit Body. In front of me, you’re just an ant!”
The raging torrents were laced with piercing sword Qi. Every droplet that splashed out punched holes through the stone and wood of the courtyard.
The princess’s expression changed dramatically.
As expected of a Five Elements Spirit Body!
Even though it specialized in defense, water was ever-changing—once a river grew furious, it could wipe out all things.
And that technique—it was clearly carefully selected for her by the Heavenly Profound Sect.
Though it was only a top-tier Yellow Rank technique, thanks to its perfect compatibility with her Water Radiance Spirit Body, its power rivaled that of Profound Rank techniques!
The princess had to admit—even with the royal family’s top-tier inheritance, if she were also at the 6th stage Qi Refining Realm, she would need her full strength to block this blow.
This raging flood was enough to drown out any brute force built on spirit herbs alone.
Yet in the face of the deluge, Qin Xiu remained unmoved.
That tall figure stood proudly in front of Yun Nishang, fists clenched, twin dragons coiling around him as he charged straight into the surging waves.
You have your Water Radiance Spirit Body—
But I possess the Chaotic Divine Body!
“You dare look down on me with just a Water Radiance Spirit Body?!”
“In front of me, you are the ant!”
Twin dragons roared. Their cries shattered the waves.
The two fierce dragons swept through the flood. Wherever the dragon might passed, the monstrous flood split open!
The dragon shadows surged upstream, their claws suppressing the river’s flow. As they swam, their might grew fiercer, until they pierced the mist—
And right in Yun Xuerong’s vision, she saw the open maws of two enraged dragons…
ROAR!
The dragon shadows shot through her chest, the overwhelming dragon might tearing through her flesh and severely injuring her internal organs!
SPLURT!
Blood sprayed into the air. Yun Xuerong arched backward uncontrollably, and the mighty waves instantly exploded into shattered droplets…
“Cousin!”
Gao Yang’s pupils trembled.
How… how could this be?!
How could anyone at the 2nd stage Qi Refining Realm defeat a Water Radiance Spirit Body at the 6th stage?
And not just him—everyone from the Heavenly Profound Sect stood in stunned silence.
Everyone present was a figure of importance in the Great Li Empire.
They were considered geniuses by the world, yet not one of them had ever heard of someone defeating a spirit body four stages higher at such a young age!
Even holding one’s ground against a spirit body at the same level was already the feat of a peerless genius.
But this youth named Qin Xiu—
One punch roared with dragon might, parted the river, and crushed the spirit body!
Yun Xuerong collapsed in utter disgrace.
“Qin Xiu, I’ll kill you!!!”
But before she could get up, she suddenly felt a foot stomp hard on her back.
When she looked up, she saw Qin Xiu gripping her hair without mercy, fingers like dragon claws.
His other hand, wreathed in roaring dragon force, came crashing down like thunder.
“So this is all the Water Radiance Spirit Body amounts to.”
SLAP!
A blood-red handprint immediately bloomed on the other side of Yun Xuerong’s face.
“Say it. Whose spirit herbs were they?”
“Say it. How did you falsely accuse me and Nishang?”
“Say it. Who really broke off the engagement and drugged us?”
Each roar was accompanied by a harsh slap.
Yun Xuerong’s cheeks split open from the force, and she was nearly knocked unconscious from the repeated blows.