Lin Qianyu Doubts Life

Gan Long stared at the disappearing Xu Changqing and fell silent, murmuring to himself, "He's changed, he's become truly unfamiliar."

He remembered when Xu Changqing fought him back then, their blood was boiling, their passion ignited, and their eyes were filled with ferocity and ambition.

Now, seeing Xu Changqing again, his hair was white, his gaze was as indifferent as a stagnant pool. Even knowing that Saints were present around him, he remained incredibly calm, as if he didn't care.

"I don't know what happened to turn his hair white," Gan Long sighed. He actually held great admiration for Xu Changqing.

Back then, in his youthful arrogance, upon seeing that the wife his Holy Land was to ally with was married to a Mortal Body, he became furious and targeted Xu Changqing everywhere.

However, he didn't kill Xu Changqing or anything, he just wanted him to face reality.

"Is he the one who defeated you back then?" Lin Qianyu emerged from the void, her face filled with intense battle intent as she looked at the disappearing Xu Changqing.

Gan Long nodded without hesitation and said, "Back when he was in the Dragon Transformation realm, he had already entered the Eight Prohibitions domain. With the physique of a Mortal Body, he defeated many powerful individuals and killed several King Bodies and Divine Bodies."

He still remembered that Xu Changqing's son was beaten half to death and came crying to him for help.

"If nothing unexpected happened, he has already entered the Divine Prohibition domain," Gan Long stated.

"You're saying his saber techniques surpassed mine? And his physique is still a Mortal Body?" Lin Qianyu looked at Gan Long with a somewhat cold gaze. This was preposterous.

As everyone knew, a Mortal Body's cultivation speed was extremely slow. It took months or even years just to open up the Sea of Suffering.

Moreover, to enter the Divine Prohibition? That was absurd!

"Why don't you go and find out for yourself?" Gan Long shrugged. He couldn't be bothered with people from the Eternal Star Domain.

"Hmph, I hope he can satisfy me." With that, Lin Qianyu activated some secret technique, transforming into a brilliant streak of light and vanished into the void in an instant.

"Don't worry, I guarantee you'll be satisfied," a mysterious smile appeared on Gan Long's scarred face.

The opponent knows the opponent best.

The Eternal Star Domain was vast, comparable to the Big Dipper. However, technological items were visible everywhere. Even in the forests, the Eternal Star Domain had erected silver, blue-glowing colossal pillars connecting to the sky, covered in dense runes.

Xu Changqing flew at full speed to the sky above a boundless sea. With his hands behind his back, he stood quietly on the azure surface of the sea. The sea breeze ruffled his white hair, and his black robe billowed in the wind.

He didn't look thin; his build was just right. If he wore white, he would undoubtedly be a handsome and elegant god. Coupled with his white hair, he would look like an immortal descended to earth.

But unfortunately, he wore a black robe, making him look more like a demon.

At this moment, a blue light figure began to sprint rapidly across the calm sea surface. The sea was instantly torn apart by the supersonic speed, creating a parting effect. Waves several thousand meters high rose, as if covering the sky.

"Fellow Daoist from Burial Emperor Star, do you think you can just leave like this?" A magnetic female voice came from beside Xu Changqing.

Lin Qianyu had her hair tied in a ponytail, her eyes were watery, her delicate face was exquisite, and her slender body swayed with her movements. Her bare, tender feet stepped on the soft sea surface, causing ripples with every step.

Xu Changqing remained silent. He merely turned around and looked at the newcomer with a blank expression, not speaking, just watching quietly.

"Gan Long said you are very strong, so I want to spar with you," Lin Qianyu frowned as she looked at Xu Changqing.

She found this white-haired man to be very rude.

It felt as if someone owed him immortal gold...

"Are you prepared to be killed?" Xu Changqing said indifferently, as if he didn't take Lin Qianyu seriously.

Lin Qianyu was stunned. How arrogant! Didn't he see that she had just entered the Eight Prohibitions?

"Heh, you really don't know how to be charming. Saying such things to a great beauty like me?" Lin Qianyu suddenly smiled. Her smile was sweet, evoking a desire to protect.

"Buzz!"

Lin Qianyu stopped talking. Her previously spirited eyes turned incredibly cold, and an oppressive aura of a queen emanated from her, forming a special momentum.

A Miao Dao, longer than she was tall, appeared in her hand. Her jade-like hand gripped the hilt, and with a boom, a world-shattering saber intent instantly tore through the sky, splitting the clouds in two.

"Roar!"

A dragon's roar sounded, and a phantom Azure Dragon coiled behind Lin Qianyu. Her long ponytail stood on end, blown by the saber intent, and divine light erupted from her eyes.

Xu Changqing looked at Lin Qianyu with boredom and then asked, "Why should I fight you?"

"What benefit would I get from fighting you?"

It was baffling that she wanted to fight him for no reason.

Lin Qianyu was taken aback. Did challenging a Heavenly Pride require a reason?

She simply wanted to see if the man Gan Long spoke of was truly as powerful as he claimed.

To her, it was just a sparring session.

However, she pondered for a moment and then said, "If you win, I will follow you. If you lose, you will follow me."

Having a subordinate who could enter the Eight Prohibitions would be very cool.

Xu Changqing found it inexplicable. Was this woman a masochist? Did she want to be beaten?

"I don't want you to follow me. If you lose, give me all the resources you have – cultivation techniques, spirit stones, divine medicines, spiritual herbs, everything."

"If I lose, I will follow you, and you can take all my resources as well."

Xu Changqing said indifferently, not taking Lin Qianyu seriously at all.

His opponent was perhaps only that woman.

Or perhaps the powerhouses on the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

He didn't take any of the Heavenly Prides in the Eternal Star Domain seriously. If Dao Yi were to appear, he might pay some attention.

He truly couldn't understand why there were so many people in this world who just couldn't mind their own business.

"Good!" Lin Qianyu was instantly amused to the point of laughter. To be looked down upon by such a great beauty as a follower? This person must be gay.

She held a Miao Dao, which was longer than she was, in her jade hand. A faint luster appeared beneath her silken black robe, and her graceful figure made one's mouth water at first glance.

But unfortunately, his opponent was Xu Changqing. Peerless beauties? He had seen plenty of them long ago.

That Female Demon was even more beautiful than Lin Qianyu, and Tian Youqing, whom he had only met once, was also much prettier than her.

"Where is your saber?" Lin Qianyu frowned, looking at Xu Changqing. She had heard from Gan Long that the man used a saber.

Generally, Xu Changqing would use his saber when encountering a powerful enemy, but he wouldn't use it against someone who wasn't strong.

Once he drew his saber, it was either death or injury.

Xu Changqing's white hair fluttered as he looked at Lin Qianyu coldly. Then, he reached out and lightly gripped the void, as if grasping something, and slowly pulled it out.

Boom!

With a roar, the world was instantly enveloped in a red mist. In just a moment, Lin Qianyu felt an extremely terrifying sense of oppression.

At this moment, Gan Long, who was tens of thousands of miles away, suddenly saw the sky turn dark red and instantly understood that Xu Changqing had made his move.

Xu Changqing slowly drew his Bone Saber from the void. The milky white hilt began to appear, and the dark red blade was filled with Killing Intent, dyeing the sky red.

Lin Qianyu felt her saber trembling, as if it were afraid.

"One strike." Xu Changqing simply said calmly.

Lin Qianyu was stunned for a moment, then her face instantly turned red. She became furious, feeling that he was looking down on her.

He wanted to finish her off with just one strike?

"Arrogant!"

"Take this!"

Lin Qianyu was furious. Holding the Miao Dao in her jade hand, she raised both hands and slashed an unparalleled saber light at Xu Changqing.

The saber light was astonishingly beautiful, containing her rage. The clouds were parted, and the sea was swept by the Saber Intent, stirring up monstrous waves.

With this strike, she used all her strength, merging all sorts of Saber Technique profound meanings together, all to make Xu Changqing fall in one move.

Countless ancient characters floated around Lin Qianyu, and various runes flickered with light. Saber Intent filled the air, and the void cracked.

The unstoppable saber momentum made even the Saints hiding in the dark feel a chill, their skin turning cold.

At her full power, she could display the strength of the Eight Prohibitions.

Xu Changqing's white hair flew backward from the unstoppable saber intent, and his robes rustled in the wind.

He held the hilt in his right hand, the tip of the saber pointed at Lin Qianyu. Then, white light appeared in his left hand, like a focal point. He swiped his fingers across the dark red blade.

His indifferent eyes watched the terrifying saber intent attack, yet he remained incredibly calm, uttering two words: "Heaven's Will."

"Boom!"

As soon as he spoke, a beam of white divine light shot out from Xu Changqing's Crown of the Head, directly shattering the clouds and dispelling the illusion of the Bone Saber.

The world seemed to be purified. Spiritual energy ceased to exist, all impurities vanished, and the seawater inexplicably evaporated.

Xu Changqing had unleashed the Heaven's Will Saber Art, but he had not activated his physique, which had a suppressive effect on enemies.

"Ching!"

Xu Changqing slashed at the attacking Lin Qianyu. The Bone Saber cut through the sky. The next moment, the wind and waves subsided, and Lin Qianyu's saber momentum vanished, her Saber Intent returning to the heavens and earth.

She hadn't felt anything at all, not even the slightest ripple of an attack. Her long-accumulated Saber Intent and momentum had instantly disintegrated.

"Not good!"

Suddenly, her scalp tingled. The fine hairs on her delicate skin stood on end like countless silver needles. In the bright sunlight, her arms were covered in them.

She felt an extreme sense of death!

She began to flee, but that sense of death followed her.

Xu Changqing's white hair cascaded down his shoulders, his eyes filled with a playful glint. In his eyes, an endless stream of transparent sabers stood above Lin Qianyu's head, carrying the aura of a Heavenly Tribulation.

Those dense, transparent sabers were precisely Xu Changqing's Heaven's Will Saber Art, capable of severing all things, severing emotions, severing the opponent's Dao, and severing the opponent's Origin.

Lin Qianyu was now panicking. That man had only made one move, and all her attacks had vanished, inexplicably disintegrated.

She hadn't even realized the man had moved before the aura of death enveloped her.

Despite stepping into the Eight Prohibitions, she was no match for Xu Changqing.

At this moment, Lin Qianyu had lost her usual arrogance, elegance, and heroic spirit. The black robe she wore was like a qipao, but looser.

Her tender, beautiful feet pounded frantically on the azure sea surface as she sprinted, her jade legs striding continuously.

Her arms swung in rhythm with her legs as she ran wildly across the sea, occasionally taking flight.

"Sever!"

As Xu Changqing's words fell, the sea's surface instantly exploded, with monstrous waves surging. The seabed also broke apart, and endless magma shot up like heavenly pillars into the outer domain.

The scene was incredibly spectacular. The seawater parted, and red pillars erupted from the seabed. The entire world seemed to have reached its end.

Lin Qianyu was struck first. Her shoulder was severed, and her entire arm fell into the sea. A scarlet mark appeared on her neck; her head was cut off.

Her black robe also tore apart, and her fair, jade-like body was covered in dense red lines.

Her Miao Dao also snapped in an instant. Her proud saber techniques were worthless before Xu Changqing.

"Crack!"

With a light sound, Lin Qianyu collapsed. Her flesh and blood continuously fell, along with large amounts of blood. Her exquisite and beautiful face turned deathly pale, and her eyes showed a look of existential doubt.

She had been dismembered!

A snow-white skeleton lay quietly on the sea's surface, which had already been dyed red with blood.

Xu Changqing watched expressionlessly, saying with a sigh, "Even the most beautiful maiden will turn into a skeleton."

This was the consequence of seeking trouble.

However, Xu Changqing knew Lin Qianyu wouldn't die just like that. How could a Heavenly Pride who reached this level die so easily?

Even Gan Long would have life-saving methods.

As expected, after a moment, the skeleton began to emit holy light. The radiance enveloped the white bones, and light particles filled the air.

Blood floated up from the sea, and flesh and blood began to reappear. Silvery light flowed, and the holy light shone brilliantly.

Lin Qianyu reappeared. However, at this moment, she was kneeling on the sea's surface, her black hair covering her entire head, making her face invisible.

Her hands held the Miao Dao, which was now broken into several pieces. The Miao Dao held special significance for her, and now it was broken.

The divinity within had vanished, as had the order and laws of the Great Dao.

It could be said that her saber would need to be re-forged.

Suddenly, Lin Qianyu felt a chill on her neck. She looked up and saw Xu Changqing staring at her expressionlessly. His indifferent gaze made her unable to muster any thought of resistance.

She looked at this man, her eyes filled with tears, endless regret, and more than anything, existential doubt.

Xu Changqing held his bone saber, placing it against Lin Qianyu's fair, white neck, and said coldly, "It's time to fulfill your promise."

If Lin Qianyu dared to show the slightest killing intent, he would kill her directly.

However, what Xu Changqing didn't know was that she currently only felt fear and regret. Her Dao heart had already shattered.

Being almost cut to death with a single saber strike, and her Dao artifact destroyed, the gap between them was unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Lin Qianyu gave a tragic smile and said, "You killed even an Eight Prohibition user with one saber strike. How strong are you? Do you still have any opponents?"

"Yes," Xu Changqing replied with a single, faint word.

If nothing unexpected happened, he would flatten the entire Emperor's Path.

His only opponent was her!

The Ruthless Great Emperor!

Lin Qianyu stopped speaking and directly took out everything from her Sea of Suffering.

Countless glittering crystals containing the Power of Five Elements, an immensely powerful Saint's trace warship, and even special herbs Xu Changqing had never seen before.

There were also piles of cultivation techniques, like small mountains. Vast ancient characters bloomed from within the mountain of books, golden runes imprinted themselves in the void, creating ripples, and boundless golden light spread out.

Dao sounds boomed, golden lotuses bloomed in the void, and various phenomena appeared.

Not only that.

There were also some mechs.

It seemed Lin Qianyu was true to her word, bringing out her entire fortune.

"My storage ring, necklace, and bracelet were all destroyed by your saber strike..." Lin Qianyu murmured, her eyes empty. She couldn't accept her defeat for the moment.

Xu Changqing remained silent. After taking the cultivation techniques, divine medicine, some precious liquids, and some crystals, he left.

As for where he was going?

Of course, back to his old business: finding secret realms and collecting cultivation techniques.

The Eternal Kingdom was a magical place, a combination of technology and Dao techniques, along with various precious liquids, worth exploring.

Lin Qianyu slumped onto the sea's surface, her face pale as she watched Xu Changqing. Her eyes held a certain emotion as she regained her senses.

She looked at Xu Changqing's tall, receding figure and his flowing white hair. For some reason, she suddenly felt Xu Changqing was incredibly handsome.

Especially the way he had sliced her into pieces, that cold demeanor had been deeply etched into her mind.

"If only... I could follow you..."

One saber strike had almost destroyed her. If the fight had continued, and Xu Changqing had gotten serious, she might not have lasted ten moves before dying.

In the distance, Gan Long saw the dejected Lin Qianyu and a smug smile appeared on his lips. He thought to himself, "So what if she's an Eight Prohibition user? Didn't she still lose?"

"To Xu Changqing, we are like flowers in a greenhouse, while he is a general who has fought in hell for three hundred years. There's no comparison."

Seeing Gan Long arrive, Lin Qianyu gradually recovered her composure. She put away her broken saber and looked at Gan Long with complex emotions, asking softly, "What's his name?"

Gan Long was taken aback. Hadn't Xu Changqing told Lin Qianyu his name?

However, he had no intention of revealing Xu Changqing's name. If Xu Changqing got into trouble, he would be the first one they'd come after.

He recalled the rumors from Beidou back then. Xu Changqing had slaughtered countless living beings while cultivating some kind of Demonic Cultivation Technique, offending many. The homes of those who had offended him were destroyed.

From newborn infants to skeletons already laid to rest in coffins, all were annihilated.

He even heard that Xu Changqing was inhumane, specifically eating people to improve his cultivation.

Therefore, many people at that time dared not speak his name, calling him Ruthless instead.

"His name is... Ruthless," Gan Long said.

ps: Damn it, my computer broke again. I need to send the hard drive to the flagship store, which will take a few more days.