The Divine Son Position! None but Prince Jiuge Is Worthy!

Everyone's gaze was drawn to Qin Jiuge in the scene.

They all wanted to see whether this former Second Sequence could successfully break through.

If Qin Jiuge truly succeeded, his strength would become the undisputed number one!

Before everyone's incredulous eyes, Qin Jiuge in the scene threw back his head and let out a long howl, its sound shaking the surrounding lands.

As the howl rang out, the aura emanating from Qin Jiuge continued to rise!

In merely a few breaths, Qin Jiuge's aura had soared to an astonishing level.

Then, as though a barrier had been shattered, Qin Jiuge's aura surged explosively once more!

The watching Qin Family members instantly realized that Qin Jiuge had truly broken through the barrier and advanced to the Dharma Aspect Fifth Layer!

They could tell that Qin Jiuge's breakthrough this time had encountered no stagnation whatsoever, as natural as water flowing into its channel!

Looking at Qin Jiuge, who had successfully broken through, the watching Qin Family members could not help swallowing.

Terrifying—far too terrifying!

Dharma Aspect Fifth Layer at eighteen!

One had to know that even Qin Lang, the genius universally acknowledged by the Qin Family as appearing only once every five hundred years, was currently no more than at the Dharma Aspect Third Layer!

This breakthrough had directly put Qin Jiuge two minor realms ahead of Qin Lang!

This was the confidence that allowed Qin Jiuge to enter the Secret Realm alone, wasn't it?

Several Elders continuously flattered Qin Hai.

"Brother Hai... congratulations! This Divine Son Competition will probably soon draw to a close. The Divine Son Position belongs to none but Prince Jiuge!"

"That's right. Dharma Aspect Fifth Layer at eighteen—his strength can absolutely crush everyone. No one can possibly be Prince Jiuge's match anymore!"

"Our lineage should finally hold its head high for once!"

"Once Prince Jiuge becomes the Qin Family Patriarch, our lineage will have good days ahead!"

Among the crowd, some Elders chose to congratulate Qin Ming instead.

"Vein Lord, you raised a fine son! Jiuge is such an outstanding young talent; your contribution is no small thing! To have taught such an exceptional son..."

"Indeed. We originally thought that taking second place would already be good enough, but now it seems—what second place? Our lineage is number one! Prince Jiuge is the Divine Son!"

Facing the Elders' congratulations, Qin Hai and Qin Ming were all smiles, though their words remained modest. "He's only passable. We only just found out ourselves—this brat... he hid himself deeply..."

"The results aren't out yet. Deciding that Jiuge is the Divine Son already is still a little premature. Let's wait until the competition is over."

The joyous mood of the First lineage immediately displeased several Elders from the Second lineage, where Qin Lang belonged.

The competition was not even over, and they were celebrating already?

Although the strength Qin Jiuge had displayed was astonishing, he was alone after all. Moreover, the Profound Fire Divine Body he possessed was simply not on the same level as Qin Lang's Nine Dragon Divine Body!

Some of the more hot-tempered Elders of the Second lineage directly snapped back, "Even if Qin Jiuge is now at the Dharma Aspect Fifth Layer, he's alone. Who will emerge victorious is still uncertain!"

"That's right. Prince Qin Lang and his followers have eaten and lived together for years; their coordination is seamless. A mere two minor-realm gap means nothing!"

"Can't blame anyone but Qin Jiuge for being too arrogant! If he had brought followers into the Secret Realm, even Prince Qin Lang would have found it troublesome. But now... hard to say!"

"Exactly. Prince Qin Lang possesses the Nine Dragon Divine Body, a divine body second only to the Chaos Body! Fighting above his realm is no difficult matter for him!"

"Qin Jiuge has nothing more than a Mystic Fire Body. So what if his realm is a little higher? Against the Nine Dragon Divine Body, it will still be useless! Don't get smug yet. In a moment, Prince Qin Lang will show you with his strength who the true Divine Son is!"

Qin Hai and Qin Ming did not care in the slightest about the Second lineage Elders' retorts.

After all, they knew that Qin Jiuge did not possess a Mystic Fire Body at all, but rather the Chaos Body combined with Twin Pupils!

Such a combination could be called unique in the entire Sky Profound Continent.

Never mind being two realms ahead of Qin Lang—even if he were two realms behind, he could still fight!

"Look, what is Qin Jiuge doing?"

A cry of alarm interrupted the clamor of the Second lineage Elders.

Everyone turned toward the screen and saw that Qin Jiuge, having completed his breakthrough, had not rushed to hunt Fierce Beasts. Instead, he took out a strange herb.

Then, with a flicker of his body, Qin Jiuge appeared atop a cliff not far away.

Once atop the cliff, Qin Jiuge held the herb in his right hand as spiritual power erupted around his body!

Driven by his spiritual power, hazy ripples began spreading around the herb.

"What is he doing? Instead of hunting Fierce Beasts at a time like this, he takes out a herb?"

"Could he have suffered some hidden injury during that breakthrough and wants to regulate his breath?"

"That can't be right... wouldn't taking a Pill be faster and better?"

"No, that's Beast Luring Grass! It has an extremely powerful attraction to Fierce Beasts! Judging by the quality of that Beast Luring Grass, it can probably attract every demonic beast below the Dharma Aspect Realm!"

Among the crowd, someone who recognized it cried out in alarm.

At those words, everyone shuddered.

What was Qin Jiuge planning by taking out such a herb?

Among the crowd, a disciple spoke with a tremble in his voice. "He... he isn't planning to lure all the demon beasts within a hundred li over here and wipe them out in one fell swoop, is he?"

The others were utterly horrified upon hearing this.

Qin Jiuge was far too arrogant!

He actually intended to draw in every demon beast within a hundred li at the Dharma Aspect realm and below?

What kind of confidence was that?!

One had to know that although this was a trial Secret Realm, and the powerful demon beasts had all been slain by the Qin Family's great experts, there were still quite a few late-stage Dharma Aspect demon beasts within it!

Even if the range was limited to a hundred li, there absolutely could not be only one late-stage Dharma Aspect demon beast!

Although Qin Jiuge had now broken through to the Dharma Aspect Fifth Layer, it was absolutely impossible for him to kill more than two late-stage Dharma Aspect Fierce Beasts at once!

In fact, even a single late-stage Dharma Aspect Fierce Beast would be enough to leave the current Qin Jiuge severely depleted and stripped of his ability to fight.

They believed that Qin Jiuge knew this as well.

Yet he had still done it.

Using a single stalk of Beast Luring Grass to stir up such a shocking commotion—was he confident, or simply conceited?

Qin Manyu's eyes flickered as she watched Qin Jiuge in the image.

The Qin Jiuge of this life really was completely different from the one in her previous life.

In her previous life, before the Divine Son Trial, Qin Jiuge had dug out her Supreme Bone and thrown her out of the Qin Family like garbage.

But even though she had not witnessed it with her own eyes, she knew that in her previous life, Qin Jiuge had employed no small number of schemes and underhanded methods to win the Divine Son Competition.

But in this life...

Qin Jiuge had actually used Beast Luring Grass directly, preparing to claim the Divine Son Position in such an open and aboveboard manner?

It seemed that he truly was different from the Qin Jiuge in her memories!