After slaying Violet Centipede and Nine Swords True Person, Qing Chen remained unruffled. Leading a group of Battle Hall disciples, he went on to Blackwood Island's territory and killed several Foundation Establishment cultivators and over a hundred Qi Refining Stage disciples.
Once this was done, Qing Chen did not linger. Reeking of blood, he returned to Earth Jade Island.
Everything on the island was as usual.
He returned to his own Celebration Cloud Peak and considered his next move.
News of Nine Swords True Person's death caused an uproar on Earth Jade Island, but no one suspected Qing Chen, nor could anyone possibly have suspected him.
According to the understanding of cultivation in the Gouwu Sea, no Foundation Establishment cultivator, however heaven-defying, could pose any threat to a Golden Core True Person.
Apart from the finest Dao Soldiers, only a Golden Core True Person could slay another Golden Core True Person.
After all, "Once a golden core is swallowed into my belly, my fate is mine, not Heaven's." This was an ironclad law of the cultivation world.
Golden Core True Persons wielded true essence, a power several times stronger than even a False Core cultivator's "crystallized magic power."
What was more, they could wield magic treasures of boundless might, beside which spirit artifacts were little more than children's toys.
Before long, news of Purple Centipede True Person's death spread as well.
Blackwood True Person of Blackwood Island had already fallen earlier to the combined forces of Wan Hun, Yuji, and Budong, the three True Persons.
Everyone speculated that, apart from the Impermanence Sect, only the Three Corpse Demon Sect could have struck against Nine Swords True Person.
Upon hearing this news, Qing Chen wore an indignant expression. He gathered the Battle Hall disciples and slaughtered many of the Impermanence Sect's