Situ Nanlie held the Eighth Grade Profound Weapon, the Crimson Scale Battle Axe. With a full-force strike, he could cleave mountains and sever rivers. Even a powerhouse at the Fifth Step Heavenly Ladder Realm could only avoid its edge.
Yet the king of the Situ Clan caught the battle axe one-handed, pinching its blade between two fingers as though he had barely exerted any strength. Each finger was like an iron pincer; no matter how immense the force Situ Nanlie unleashed, he could not shake the king of the Situ Clan's fingers in the slightest.
Bang!
The king of the Situ Clan snatched the Crimson Scale Battle Axe from Situ Nanlie's hands, stepped forward, and sent Situ Nanlie flying with a single palm strike. He walked toward him step by step and said, "When I was the king of the Situ Clan, I spent most of my time handling the clan's trivial affairs and had no leisure to cultivate martial arts. Yet over these past three years, bedridden by illness, I suffered great setbacks, great falls, great endurance, and great enlightenment. In the end, I actually comprehended the final step of the Heaven-Man Realm."
"Sometimes, perhaps one truly needs to undergo the great tribulation of life and death before one can comprehend the Dao."
Situ Nanlie crawled up from the ground, fell to his knees, and said in terror, "Big Brother, Big Brother, I was wrong! I know I was wrong! Please spare me..."
The king of the Situ Clan walked before Situ Nanlie. The aura of the Heaven-Man Realm completely suppressed him as he said, "Speak! Who exactly is the person behind you? Tell me, and I will spare your life."
Situ Nanlie struggled for a long time. Looking into the king of the Situ Clan's cold, stern eyes,