Such a Push-Over?

The Chen Family? Chen Yunxuan?

The Blood Shadow Sect Master furrowed his brows. Was there really a great family like the Chen Family in the Northern Domain?

"Hm?"

"Third layer of the Transcendent Realm?"

"Such a young age, and he's already reached this level?"

Suddenly, the Blood Shadow Sect Master realized that Chen Yunxuan had actually reached the third layer of the Transcendent Realm.

To have achieved such a level of cultivation at his age, he had to be an extraordinary genius.

Yet how had they never heard of him in the Northern Domain?

"What? He's actually at the third layer of the Transcendent Realm?"

"No wonder he's so strong. But he doesn't look that old to me."

"He looks a few years younger than I am, but my cultivation..."

"There's always someone better, and the heavens are beyond the heavens."

Chen Yunxuan's cultivation left the Blood Shadow Sect disciples stunned. After all, at his age, most people considered it remarkable just to break through to the True Qi Realm.

Reaching the Transcendent Realm was beyond anything they could imagine.

In their minds, there couldn't be many sixteen- or seventeen-year-olds in the Transcendent Realm across the entire Northern Domain.

But why had they never heard of this Chen Family?

With the Human Ranking now revealed, it was a turbulent time. The Blood Shadow Sect Master no longer dared to act as recklessly as he once had.

After all, just because he hadn't heard of any powerful Chen Family in the Northern Domain didn't mean there wasn't one elsewhere.

What if Chen Yunxuan was a disciple of some great family who had come to the Northern Domain to gain experience?

"Chen Yunxuan, you're exceptionally talented. Across the entire Northern Domain, there probably aren't many with your gifts."

"But the gap between our strength is still vast. How about I have a few Transcendent Realm elders spar with you?" the Blood Shadow Sect Master said with a smile.

Hearing this, Chen Yunxuan still shook his head.

Even if every Transcendent Realm cultivator in the Blood Shadow Sect joined in, it wouldn't make for a worthwhile spar for Chen Yunxuan.

"They're not my opponents."

"You're the one I want to fight." Chen Yunxuan gazed at the Blood Shadow Sect Master with unwavering resolve.

Seeing the determination in Chen Yunxuan's eyes, the Blood Shadow Sect Master furrowed his brows slightly. Where did this confidence of his come from?

"Boy, what an arrogant thing to say!"

"You may have some talent, but you're still only at the third layer of the Transcendent Realm."

"Am I, a man at the ninth-layer peak of the Transcendent Realm, not worthy of being your opponent?"

The Blood Shadow Sect elders couldn't accept Chen Yunxuan's words. No matter how talented he was, his cultivation level was right there for all to see. How could he still dare to be so arrogant?

"You really aren't my opponent."

"I don't mean to look down on you," Chen Yunxuan said helplessly.

The more Chen Yunxuan insisted, the more arrogant he seemed to everyone else. And this wasn't looking down on them?

"Hahaha! Now I really want to see what you, a so-called genius, can do."

With that, the elder moved to teach Chen Yunxuan a lesson, but the Blood Shadow Sect Master stopped him.

"Master, he's provoked us to our faces. Why are you stopping me?" the elder demanded angrily.

"Calm down. I don't think the boy is deliberately provoking us."

The Blood Shadow Sect Master's uncharacteristic behavior left everyone baffled.

The other party had come right to their door to issue a challenge. In the past, the Sect Master would have flown into a rage by now.

Why was he so composed this time?

They had no idea what was weighing on the Blood Shadow Sect Master's mind.

With the Human Ranking now revealed, it was a turbulent time, and Chen Yunxuan's origins were shrouded in mystery. They couldn't afford to offend him lightly, or it could spell their doom.

"Since you insist, then let me have a proper spar with you."

"But don't worry. It's only a spar. I'll hold back," the Blood Shadow Sect Master said with a smile.

"I hope you... give it everything you've got. Otherwise, there's no point in sparring."

What?

Give it everything he'd got?

This kid...

Even the Blood Shadow Sect Master, for all his restraint, couldn't help bristling after Chen Yunxuan had slighted him again and again in front of so many people.

"Fine. Then I won't hold back!"

The Blood Shadow Sect Master's expression darkened. Though he began taking the fight seriously, he still held back to some extent.

Seeing his opponent's attack, Chen Yunxuan furrowed his brows.

How could he be so weak?

Compared to Uncle Liu, who had once accompanied Cheng Yushu, the gap in strength was far too vast.

Chen Yunxuan didn't dwell on it. He flashed forward and drove a punch straight at the Blood Shadow Sect Master.

Boom!

With a deafening crash, the Blood Shadow Sect Master was sent flying. He was no match for Chen Yunxuan at all.

"This... how is this possible?"

"The Sect Master lost? He lost to a boy at only the third layer of the Transcendent Realm?"

"This can't be real. It absolutely can't."

"Even if he's challenging someone above his level, this is far too outrageous!"

"He's at the third layer of the Transcendent Realm, and he sent a first-layer Divine Ability Realm expert flying with one punch?"

Chen Yunxuan's effortless victory left everyone in the Blood Shadow Sect dumbstruck. They had imagined this outcome, but the person they'd expected to be defeated in one move was Chen Yunxuan.

"You... are you really only at the third layer of the Transcendent Realm?" The Blood Shadow Sect Master looked at Chen Yunxuan with even greater wariness.

The boy hadn't been boasting. The others really weren't his opponents—not even the Sect Master himself.

"That's right. I really am only at the third layer of the Transcendent Realm."

"You... are you really at the first layer of the Divine Ability Realm?" Chen Yunxuan asked, puzzled.

At these words, the Blood Shadow Sect Master nearly spat up a mouthful of blood. Someone was actually questioning his cultivation?

He actually thought the Sect Master wasn't at the first layer of the Divine Ability Realm?

"What do you mean by that?" the Blood Shadow Sect Master asked unhappily.

"Nothing in particular. It's just that some time ago, I fought someone in the Divine Ability Realm. I found it really difficult back then. I couldn't beat him."

"I thought that after breaking through one more layer, I'd be evenly matched with him. But I didn't expect..."

Chen Yunxuan didn't know that although Uncle Liu was in the Divine Ability Realm, he wasn't at its first layer.

That was what had led to this misunderstanding, making Chen Yunxuan think that his strength was only enough to contend with someone at the first layer of the Divine Ability Realm.

"No way. He could fight a Divine Ability Realm expert when he was only at the second layer of the Transcendent Realm?"

"And he said it was difficult, not that he was completely helpless."

"That's terrifying. How does he even cultivate?"

"This... I suppose this is what a genius is."

"Only today do I understand the difference between ordinary people like us and geniuses. Sigh. Even if I spent my entire life, I'd probably only be able to gaze at his back."

"Maybe I couldn't even manage that."

Everyone sighed in wonder. The Blood Shadow Sect Master was breaking into a cold sweat. Someone this talented definitely wasn't from the Northern Domain. Where had he come from?

Could he... be a Super Genius from the Central Heaven Domain?

But there was no reason for someone from the Central Heaven Domain to come to a place like the Northern Domain.

"Your strength is extraordinary. I'm no match for you."

"I admit defeat," the Blood Shadow Sect Master said with a sigh.

"I overestimated my own strength."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have come here to bother you. I was in the wrong."

"However, I'd like to ask: is there anyone nearby whose cultivation has reached the third layer of the Divine Ability Realm?"

Chen Yunxuan had already seen what a first-layer Divine Ability Realm cultivator was capable of. In his estimation, to get a real spar out of it, he needed to find someone at the third layer of the Divine Ability Realm.

"The third layer of the Divine Ability Realm?"

"Well..."

"If I remember correctly, five hundred miles from here, there's someone at the third layer of the Divine Ability Realm."

"Oh? Who is it?"

"He has no name, only a nickname: Evil Reaching Heaven."

"Just mention that name, and it'll be easy to find out about him."

Evil Reaching Heaven?

"Thank you for telling me."

"Farewell!"