Everyone stared at the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's compound, now a field of ruins. Not one person dared step forward. The Seven Great Powers had ruled the Violet Thorn Great World for countless years. No matter which region a cultivator came from, those seven powers were towering mountains no one dared challenge.
Ever since Duan Linchuan had advanced to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land had shone brighter than the sun at its zenith.
No one had ever dared slaughter disciples of one of the Seven Great Powers so openly.
Qin Huaian hovered above the former site of the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's compound, dressed in a simple green robe, a warm smile on his face.
Had they not seen it with their own eyes, no one would have imagined that this approachable-looking young man had reduced the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land's compound in Immortal Inquiry City to rubble in mere dozens of breaths.
Of the more than ten thousand disciples inside, none had survived except those quick enough to flee. Above the broken walls and shattered tiles lingered the fading aftershocks of Immortal Essence Power and a faint smell of blood.
Qin Huaian saw that cultivators from more than half of Immortal Inquiry City had gathered around the ruins.
"I'm sure you all know me," he said calmly. "So I won't introduce myself."
"The Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land has hunted me since I was weak. Over the years, I don't know how many disciples of our Yellow Mountain Sword Sect have died at its hands."
"Those disciples weren't even immortals. Most hadn't reached the Body Integration Realm. Yet to threaten me, the Heavenly Treasure Sacred Land shamelessly went after those low-level disciples."
"They struck first, so they can't blame me for striking back. That