"Heaven is on my side!"
The moment Qin Chuan saw the woman in the white dress, his heart raced, and his blood boiled with excitement.
This woman was none other than Ma Po, the master of Ma Po Cave!
Previously, when Qin Chuan had caused trouble in Ma Po Cave, he had deliberately left two strands of Qin Zi's hair behind, sowing seeds of hatred.
And now, she had come seeking revenge!
At this moment, Qin Zi felt the icy gaze of the woman in the white dress, and he shrank back, his face filled with confusion.
"Elder Sister, do… do you know me?"
The woman in the white dress flared with rage, shouting:
"You shameless thief! Not only did you steal my inheritance, but you almost ruined my grand plans! And now you dare play dumb?!"
Qin Zi's jaw dropped.
He was utterly bewildered.
He was certain he had never met this woman before. How could he forget someone so beautiful?
Taking a deep breath, he responded, "Elder Sister, I swear I've never met you. You must have mistaken me for someone else."
His expression was sincere, and his eyes clear.
He looked as harmless as a kitten.
The woman in the white dress hesitated for a moment, thinking she might have made a mistake. But then, in the next instant, she sensed a familiar aura on him—the aura of the Wuzun Body Refinement Technique!
Her eyes flashed with terrifying killing intent, and she coldly declared, "Even now, you dare to lie? Prepare to die!!"
Whoosh!
She raised her right hand and swung it down.
To her, Qin Zi was nothing more than an ant, not worth explaining to anyone. If she thought he should die, then die he would!
Boom!
A massive, crystal-clear jade hand, as exquisite as if carved from crystal, swept across the sky with unstoppable force.
"Ahh!!"
Qin Zi screamed in terror.
"Ding! The Dual-Origin Emperor Ma Po has developed killing intent toward your son. Following the principle that a father's love is as steadfast as a mountain, and a father must win, your cultivation level will rise to the Dual-Origin Emperor realm, and you will be invincible at that level!"
The system's voice echoed.
Boom!
In an instant, Qin Chuan felt a thunderous explosion in his mind. His internal world expanded wildly, undergoing a massive transformation.
Mountains and rivers.
Grass, insects, and fish.
Even the sun, moon, and stars were born within him.
In that instant, it felt as though millions of years had passed, and his internal world had fully matured!
Buzzing!
Various laws manifested in the sky of his internal world, glowing in vibrant colors, intertwining like a web, covering the heavens.
At that moment, Qin Chuan realized that the laws of the world held no more secrets for him. He could command them at will.
Simultaneously, the laws seemed to lose their effect on him. They were meaningless, for he now stood above them!
Boom!
Streams of orange-yellow energy seeped from the mountains, lakes, and rivers of his internal world, rising like smoke and forming vast rivers that gathered in the sky.
This was the power of martial fate!
These martial fate streams converged at the center of the sky, rapidly condensing into a towering, majestic figure—Qin Chuan himself.
The essence of an Emperor, the body of martial fate!
Qin Chuan had ascended to the rank of Martial Emperor!
Whoosh!
A mighty wave of Martial Emperor power surged from Qin Chuan, sending the Demon Emperor flying into the ground below.
In a flash, Qin Chuan appeared in front of the terrified Qin Zi, raising his right hand and pointing forward.
"Disperse!"
Boom!
As soon as the word left his mouth, the incoming crystal jade hand exploded into countless sparkling fragments and dissipated into the air.
"Hmm?! Who are you?"
The woman in the white dress's expression changed as she looked at Qin Chuan.
"I'm his father."
Qin Chuan cupped his hands politely toward her. "May I ask what my son has done to offend you, that you would seek his life so viciously?"
"He stole my inheritance and nearly ruined my grand plan!"
Ma Po coldly replied.
Qin Chuan certainly wasn't going to ask what inheritance she was referring to. If she mentioned the Wuzun Body Refinement Technique in front of Qin Zi, he would be exposed. After all, he was the one who had given it to Qin Zi, and he had also planted the hair.
So, he took a deep breath and said, "My son is still young and ignorant. I apologize on his behalf."
"Hmph! Just because he's young doesn't mean he can act recklessly. And a mere apology doesn't absolve him of responsibility!"
Ma Po sneered.
"Then what do you propose?"
Qin Chuan narrowed his eyes and asked.
"Since I'm here today, I won't be leaving so easily. Let's make a deal… have your son cripple his own cultivation, and I'll spare his life."
Ma Po spoke coldly.
"Aren't you being a bit too domineering?"
Qin Chuan frowned.
"Hehe, you call this domineering? If I were in my prime, I would have killed him on the spot! What could you possibly do then?!"
Ma Po sneered again, "Although you are now a Dual-Origin Emperor, you still don't have the right to bargain with me."
Qin Chuan took a deep breath, his tone growing cold. "It seems you were quite the figure in the past. But no matter who you were, right now, you're just a Dual-Origin Emperor."
"You dare to defy me?"
Ma Po chuckled, her tone teasing.
"Do you think equal cultivation means equal strength? Let me tell you—being at the bottom of Dual-Origin is still Dual-Origin, and being at the peak is also Dual-Origin. As for me… killing you would be effortless!"
"Then let's give it a try!"
Qin Chuan swung his hand, and the power of the Martial Emperor exploded from him, soaring into the heavens like a god awakening, overseeing the world.
He sneered inwardly.
You're at the peak of Dual-Origin? Well, I'm invincible at Dual-Origin!
"You wish to die? I'll fulfill your wish!"
The woman in the white dress coldly responded, and with a flick of her right hand, her sleeves fluttered as brilliant beams of light enveloped her.
Whoosh!
Endless gray-white runes condensed from the heavens and earth, swirling around her and forming terrifying seals.
These seals quickly transformed into giant gray-white serpents, surging toward Qin Chuan.
Hiss! Hiss!
The giant serpents twisted and coiled in the sky, their gray-white cursed runes enough to make anyone's skin crawl!
"In the face of absolute power, demons and devils alike will be obliterated!!"
Qin Chuan's eyes gleamed sharply as he raised his right hand. The heavens roared in response, as if the entire cosmos moved in sync with him. Even the sun, moon, and stars revolved around his power.
"Break!"
With a single punch, he tore through the void, and the laws of heaven and earth flickered like a multicolored web, threatening to collapse the sky itself!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One by one, the giant serpents formed by the cursed seals exploded in mid-air, and the unstoppable force of his punch surged toward Ma Po.
"Cursed Barrier!"
Ma Po waved both hands, summoning a pure white shield in front of her. Runes flickered on its surface like stars, shining brightly and seemingly indestructible.
Yet when Qin Chuan's overwhelming punch landed, cracks immediately formed on the shield, and all the runes shattered.
Rip!
Ma Po was sent flying, her clothes torn apart, fluttering in shreds like butterflies in the wind.
However, just as her most vulnerable parts were about to be exposed, a holy light descended, obscuring them.
Whoosh!
She gracefully flew back several meters before waving her hand to conjure a robe of energy that covered her body.
However, a trail of blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.
"I'll remember today's events. Mark my words… and as for your son, next time I see him, I will kill him!"
Ma Po wiped the blood from her mouth, then turned away. Her body dissolved into countless runes, vanishing into the heavens.
"I'll be waiting."
Qin Chuan said calmly.
Want to kill my son? I'd welcome it!
Ma Po was a powerful figure rebuilding her cultivation, rapidly leveling up. Each time she leveled up and came back to kill Qin Zi, wouldn't that be helping him progress too?
At this moment.
Everyone stared blankly at the white-robed figure in the sky, feeling as though he was bathed in radiant light, like a god!
A Martial Emperor!
This was a true Martial Emperor!
In the distant crowd, among those from the Lu family who had come to watch, their faces had turned pale with fear, cold sweat pouring down their backs.
And just then, someone shouted in surprise, "Look! The Demon Emperor and the Jiao Dragon… they've fled!"
The crowd looked over.
All that remained were two large craters in the ground. The Jiao Dragon Quasi-Emperor and the Demon Emperor, who had been smashed into the earth, were nowhere to be seen.
They had fled, leaving only dust in their wake.