The Imperial City.
With a wave of his hand, the Human Emperor slew four Demon Sages, utterly cowing everyone present.
Many had heard of the Human Emperor's fearsome reputation, but had never witnessed the might he displayed in battle.
Now, however.
They had seen it firsthand.
Two sword strikes had slain two Demon Sages.
Of the remaining two, one had been pinned to death, while the other had been crushed without the slightest chance to resist.
Such strength.
Was simply terrifying beyond belief.
Boom!!
The formation shattered, and Shen Hong's mangled corpse plummeted toward the ground.
Qin Shujian was also covered in blood, but compared to Shen Hong, he had won an overwhelming victory.
At this sight.
The expressions of the Imperial Court's experts remained unchanged.
Since Qin Shujian had already slain Du Chengwu, his killing Shen Hong now was hardly surprising.
Landing on the ground.
Qin Shujian stripped the Battle Halberd and Storage Ring from Shen Hong in full view of everyone.
Only after putting everything away.
Did he rise to his feet in satisfaction.
Refining an expert at sainthood peak would certainly yield a generous amount of life source.
However.
Qin Shujian still had some moral boundaries.
Besides, he had already made a fortune by seizing the Prefecture-Guarding Dao Artifacts of Falling Moon Prefecture and Wu'an Prefecture in this battle.
Once he refined those two Dao Artifacts.
The Origin Sect's advancement would be all but guaranteed.
But—
Qin Shujian looked toward the Human Emperor, some misgivings stirring within him.
Under these circumstances.
Great Zhao's prestige would undoubtedly soar to its zenith. If the Origin Sect advanced, what would this Human Emperor think of it?
As for that matter.
Qin Shujian quickly suppressed those thoughts.
Now was not the time to consider it.
Whether the Origin Sect should advance,