The death of Sima Qingshan, the Last Great Emperor, left a heavy mark on the history of Stone Ridge Mountain.
Because:
He was the first unlucky bastard to be ground to dust, with his flesh and blood devoured by wild beasts.
Even his marrow had been boiled into soup and eaten clean by the fish and shrimp in the mountain streams.
The tens of thousands in the New Realm had also been completely subdued after Chu Qing brutally blasted him apart.
Most people had only one thought:
Even if Chu Qing gave them no path forward, they would still follow him.
Because:
This young man was simply too brutal.
As martial artists, the more brutal and powerful someone was, the more secure they made others feel.
They liked that.
Beside the Cold Pond:
Yue Manlou, the Martial Arts Outsider, looked at Chu Qing with a face full of admiration.
"Great Lord Qing, your methods are far more formidable than mine."
"I'm a Martial Arts Outsider, yet after tangling with him for so long, I still couldn't take him down."
"But you killed him in just a few moves."
Chu Qing smiled but said nothing.
If it had been before, he would never have been able to kill Sima Qingshan.
Because:
The other man's strength had simply been too great.
Fortunately, he had improved rapidly during this period.
Whether it was the Great River Method or Mountain Peak, he had completed their cycles.
On top of that, he had all kinds of titles empowering him.
His combat strength had soared by leaps and bounds.
"Great Lord Qing, these are the things that unlucky bastard carried on him."
Yue Manlou brought out three boxes.
Inside the first box was a pearl.
"This is a Water-Avoiding Pearl!"
"It can part water. It seems