The moment the Righteous Qi shattered, it began breaking apart at an even more alarming speed. In almost an instant, it collapsed completely.
Ye Xiwen's Sovereign Sword Intent did not lose any momentum. After shattering all of Yan Buyi's defenses, it abruptly withdrew and came to a stop just in time.
Yan Buyi's back was soaked through. His eyes were filled with shock. Although he had prepared himself long ago, when that moment truly arrived, he discovered that he was not as unafraid of death as he had imagined.
The gap between himself and Ye Xiwen had already grown to an unimaginable extent—far greater, at the very least, than he had anticipated.
As for Gu Shiying, what truly astonished him was Ye Xiwen's control over his strength. It had completely reached the realm of effortless command, able to release and withdraw at will.
This strike could directly crush Yan Buyi's Confucian Path incarnation, so its immense power went without saying. Yet, at the crucial moment, when the difference was no more than a hair's breadth, Ye Xiwen had been able to rein it in completely.
That was even more terrifying than his ability to unleash such attack power.
It had already reached an inconceivable level. More importantly, Ye Xiwen had only just condensed his divine kingdom. His future achievements were immeasurable.
Gu Shiying even had the urge to slice Ye Xiwen open and study him. They were both human—how could the difference between them be so vast?
The Confucian School was, after all, an orthodoxy developed by humanity. Although many Grandmasters of other races had been enlightened by the Confucian School's great teachings and cultivated Confucian methods, the majority still had humans as their foundation.
This was also one of the fundamental reasons Ye Xiwen and Gu Shiying had been