The battle against the Earth Sword Saint Debangsen ended, and heaven and earth fell silent.
From that moment on, Shiheng's name shed the youthful halo of a "young prodigy" completely.
Once, the world had called him an astonishing genius destined to reach the Saint Pinnacle, watching and waiting with great expectations.
Now, the Yulan Continent acknowledged only one fact-
A youth at the Saint Pinnacle had defeated a veteran Saint powerhouse who had stood tall on the continent for centuries in a head-on battle.
This was no longer talent, but solid combat strength that crushed everything.
The ancient Saints of the Yulan Continent who lived in seclusion finally abandoned their last traces of scrutiny and probing.
He had the body of a youth, yet possessed reserves and an edge that rivaled theirs.
Shiheng was no longer anyone's junior, no longer the rising star they spoke of, but a supreme powerhouse of the present age who stood among them-and inspired even greater dread.
On the battlefield, he had once slaughtered an army of three hundred thousand from the Dark Alliance with saber and sword, his cold-blooded killing shaking the continent.
Now, with his illustrious victory over Debangsen added to his record, the world had reverently bestowed a new title upon that all-crushing dominance and ruthlessness-
The Slaughter Heaven Saint.
Hearing his title was enough to know his might; at the sight of him, all races held their breath.
The Shadow Church was utterly terrified.
Repeated encirclements, repeated assassinations, and repeated attempts that exhausted all their strength had brought them nothing but crushing defeats and the deaths of their powerhouses.
By now, the Church's upper ranks had fallen completely silent. Every plan targeting Shiheng had been destroyed, and they no longer dared entertain even the slightest hostile thought. Targeting someone at the