At the same time, Qin Xuan forcibly endured a blow from Yuanshi's true body wielding the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi.
"Bang!"
The formidable power of a Quasi-Sage slammed into him, making Qin Xuan's body sway violently.
Yet he had merely swayed once.
He still trudged forward, slowly walking toward Yuanshi.
Yuanshi's Good Corpse had been destroyed, and his true body suffered a violent backlash, causing him to spew a mouthful of blood.
His face instantly turned deathly pale, his eyes filled with utter terror and disbelief!
The backlash from the Good Corpse's death threw his aura into chaos, and his cultivation rapidly plummeted.
Watching that figure draw closer step by step, overwhelming fear surged within Yuanshi.
"You! You... what cultivation do you possess?!" he screamed, his voice twisting with terror.
Qin Xuan did not answer, nor did he stop walking.
His pitch-black eyes remained fixed on Yuanshi as he pressed closer step by step.
Yuanshi's final line of mental defense completely crumbled.
He frantically looked toward Taiqing, only to see that the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda's barrier had already shattered.
Taiqing was currently being savagely beaten by the Ancestral Witches.
He then looked toward Tongtian. Tongtian was still standing aside watching the show, with no intention of intervening whatsoever.
Despair instantly filled Yuanshi's heart.
Looking at Qin Xuan approaching him, he took a deep breath and spoke in a trembling voice:
"Qin Xuan... I will give you the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi... Let the Karma of this matter end here. How about it?"
However, before his words had even faded—
Qin Xuan's figure, along with the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler in his hand, instantly appeared before Yuanshi.
He was unimaginably fast, so fast that Yuanshi had no time to react at all!
The Hongmeng Measuring Ruler in Qin Xuan's hand gleamed with golden light, without the slightest pause.
He fiercely swung it down at the arm holding the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi!
"Sshk!"
Blood burst forth.
Yuanshi's arm was severed at once, his hand and the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi flying into the air together!
Not far away, Zhurong's eyes lit up. With a flash, he snatched the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi into his hand.
This was an excellent tool for scratching his back.
He could not leave it lying in Primordial Chaos!
Qin Xuan casually wiped the blood from the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler.
Expressionless, he looked at Yuanshi, who was convulsing in pain, his face filled with terror as he wailed miserably. His voice was ice-cold:
"Do you think I care?"
As his words fell, Qin Xuan raised the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler once more.
The next instant—
He swung it again!
"Sshk!"
Yuanshi's other arm was severed as well!
Then Qin Xuan reached out with one hand, grabbed Yuanshi Tianzun by the throat, and lifted him up.
As if talking to himself, he spoke softly enough that only the two of them could hear, yet his words carried a bone-chilling coldness:
"Tell me, should the next strike take your left leg?"
Before his words had finished, he gave Yuanshi no chance to respond or struggle.
Golden light flashed from the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler in Qin Xuan's hand!
"Crack!"
The crisp sound of shattering bones was clearly audible.
Yuanshi's left leg was severed and fell downward.
At that moment, the golden light on the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler dimmed somewhat.
But Qin Xuan did not care.
Everyone present stared at the scene before them in utter disbelief.
Yuanshi!
The first being to attain Quasi-Sagehood was actually completely unable to resist Qin Xuan!
Everyone present, including Jieyin and Zhunti in the distance, retreated one after another.
They feared Qin Xuan might go mad with slaughter and kill them along with Yuanshi.
And where was the Dao Ancestor?
Why had the Dao Ancestor not appeared yet?
Was he going to watch Yuanshi be killed?
What they did not know was that Hongjun had long since gone numb.
Originally, he had been more than happy to see Pangu's descendants slaughter one another.
But the moment Qin Xuan appeared, everything changed!
The deaths of one or two Ancestral Witches did not matter.
But Yuanshi was a Heaven-ordained Saint, and one of his Heaven-ordained disciples.
In his plans, Yuanshi still had a great use!
Yuanshi absolutely could not die!
Hongjun frantically worked the Creation Jade Plate, deducing how to resolve the situation.
Before long, black smoke began billowing from Zixiao Palace again.
Outside Zixiao Palace.
Yuanshi was now in such excruciating pain that he was nearly fainting.
His lips were pale, and he roared hoarsely, putting on a fierce front despite his inner weakness:
"I was formed from Pangu's primordial spirit and bear the merit of opening Heaven!"
The next moment, he laughed almost maniacally:
"Do you dare kill me?"
"Who would dare kill me?!"
Hearing Yuanshi's near-mad cries, everyone present gradually came back to their senses.
That was right. Who would dare kill Pangu's descendant? Who could bear that overwhelming Karma and retribution?
At most, Qin Xuan would torment Yuanshi to vent his anger. He would never truly dare to kill him.
He could not bear the consequences.
The scene once again fell into brief silence.
Everyone stared intently at Qin Xuan, waiting to see what he would do next.
The next moment—
Before everyone's shocked eyes, and under Yuanshi Tianzun's gaze filled with disbelief and absolute terror—
Qin Xuan did not hesitate in the slightest. The Hongmeng Measuring Ruler in his hand blazed with dazzling golden light as he raised it high!
Then, without the slightest pause, he viciously brought it straight down toward Yuanshi's head!
Just then—
The entire void seemed to freeze. Whether Qin Xuan and the Ancestral Witches, or the Three Pure Ones and the spectators, everyone's movements were locked in place at that instant.
Then, without a sound, Hongjun's figure appeared out of thin air, standing directly between Qin Xuan and Yuanshi:
"Enough. Stop."
Qin Xuan remained expressionless. The Hongmeng Measuring Ruler raised in his hand was held immobile in midair by an invisible force, unable to fall.
He calmly looked at Hongjun and asked:
"Hongjun, what do you mean by this?"
"When Yuanshi tried to kill my sister Hou Tu, why did you not intervene?"
Hongjun's gaze fell upon Qin Xuan, and his brow imperceptibly furrowed.
Then he said indifferently:
"This matter was indeed started by Yuanshi."
"What will it take for you to let this go?"
Qin Xuan's tone remained calm:
"Nothing!"
"Yuanshi must die today!"
Then he looked at Hongjun and said, word by word:
"Even if you can protect Yuanshi today, you cannot protect him forever!"
Qin Xuan did not give Hongjun the slightest bit of face.
The moment those words were spoken, everyone present was stunned.
Who had given Qin Xuan such audacity?!
He actually dared defy the Dao Ancestor?
Yuanshi, meanwhile, was overjoyed, malice gleaming in his eyes.
This Qin Xuan truly did not know the difference between life and death!
He actually dared defy the Dao Ancestor. Now the Dao Ancestor should make his move, right?
It would be best if he killed him outright!
The next moment, Hongjun said nothing more and displayed no further expression.
With only a light wave of his hand, he took Qin Xuan away, and both vanished from the spot instantly.
Yuanshi was ecstatic.
The joy of surviving the catastrophe even drowned out the pain in his body.
With only one leg left among his four limbs, he actually hopped about excitedly on one foot!
As for the Ancestral Witches, seeing Qin Xuan taken away, the fighting spirit on their faces instantly turned into deep concern.
They stared fixedly in the direction of Zixiao Palace.
Would Qin Xuan be all right?
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