"Red rain fell from the heavens! A Supreme Supreme has fallen!"
"Who was it? Who died? And who killed them?"
"In all of White Cloud City, only City Lord Ye Wuhen was a Supreme Supreme. Could the Supreme Supreme who fell have been him?"
Everyone had seen that shower of red rain.
There was no hiding it.
Everyone was steeped in the shock of a Supreme Being's fall.
Chu Kuangren walked down the street, listening to everyone's remarks. His face showed neither sorrow nor joy, but inwardly, he felt rather helpless.
People feared fame as pigs feared growing fat.
This time, he was going to shake the world with his name again.
He was already so handsome, yet he was also so famous and so gifted. Was this really fair to the other cultivators?
Chu Kuangren felt melancholy.
Soon, he returned to the White Jade Tower.
"Brother Chu, do you know what that oppressive aura was just now? What exactly happened at the city lord's residence?" Li Xingchen hurried over to ask. He knew Chu Kuangren had gone there for a banquet today.
Chu Kuangren nodded. "Nothing much happened. I just killed a Supreme Being."
Li Xingchen and everyone else looked utterly dumbfounded.
They wondered whether something was wrong with their ears. A Supreme Being had kicked the bucket, and that still did not count as anything major?
Wait.
Li Xingchen picked up on the key point in Chu Kuangren's words. "You just killed a Supreme Being? Brother Chu, you killed him?"
Everyone else curled their lips, finding Li Xingchen's question ridiculous. How could Chu Kuangren possibly have killed a Supreme Being?
What a joke. He was only a Nascent Soul cultivator.
"Yes."
Chu Kuangren nodded slightly, making no denial.
Everyone looked even more dumbfounded. This fellow really dared to claim it.
"A peerless Heavenly Pride really is a peerless Heavenly Pride. Even his shamelessness is unrivaled. He doesn't even need to prepare his tall tales," someone muttered.
Li Xingchen also gave an awkward laugh. "You really know how to joke, Brother Chu."
"By the way, Brother Li, Ye Lei is dead. I killed him too. I thought I should let you know." Chu Kuangren did not care whether everyone believed him. He calmly announced Ye Lei's death.
Li Xingchen's expression shifted slightly at those words. After looking at Chu Kuangren for a while, he sighed. "That's a pity. He was one of the finest cultivation geniuses around. To think he would fall before reaching his full potential."
His face showed regret, but no sorrow.
Chu Kuangren asked in surprise, "Wasn't he your friend?"
"Not really. We were both from White Cloud City and saw each other occasionally, but that was about the extent of our friendship."
"Oh, I see." Chu Kuangren understood.
"By the way, Brother Chu, why did you kill him?"
"It's a long story. You can ask your father. I still have something to attend to, so I'll head back to my room to rest," Chu Kuangren said.
Inside his room.
Chu Kuangren took out a few healing pills and handed them to Lan Yu. "You were injured in that battle. Go back and get some proper rest."
"There are still lingering effects from the Hongmeng Purple Qi in my body. I'll also need to enter seclusion for a few days to fully absorb them."
"Young Master, do you need me to stand guard for you?"
"Heh, it's fine. The Seventh Ancestor is here."
With the Seventh Ancestor around, Chu Kuangren was not worried about being disturbed.
Although the Seventh Ancestor had disappeared after the White Cloud Sword Venerable's death, Chu Kuangren knew he was protecting him from the shadows.
While Chu Kuangren was in seclusion, word gradually spread that he possessed the Yuanling Treasure Vault and had slain the White Cloud Sword Venerable.
For a time, all of White Cloud City was shaken.
"So Brother Chu wasn't lying to me..." Having just asked his father about the full story, Li Xingchen looked stunned and could scarcely believe it.
At the same time, he was puzzled. They were cultivators of the same generation, so why was Brother Chu so outstanding?
Meanwhile, the repercussions of the White Cloud Sword Venerable's death continued to spread outward from White Cloud City, reaching across the Azure Dragon Domain and even the entire Firmament Star.
Within Ziyang Valley, a Saintly Dao Tradition.
Upon hearing the news, the Ziyang Valley Prodigy, a man with rugged features, shot up from his chair. "Is this true?"
"Absolutely. Red rain fell over White Cloud City, and the White Cloud Sword Venerable is indeed dead. Many cultivators in White Cloud City also witnessed Chu Kuangren slaying him, so that should not be fabricated either."
"How is that possible..."
"They say he only managed it by using Hongmeng Purple Qi to forcibly raise his cultivation. But even so, it's shocking enough."
Only then did the purple-robed young man feel a little better.
So he had used purple qi.
But no matter what, it was undeniably true that Chu Kuangren had slain the White Cloud Sword Venerable. In that regard, he was already far behind him.
"I never imagined Fellow Daoist Chu possessed such ability. I willingly concede my inferiority. In time, I shall certainly sit down with you to discuss the Dao."
The White Lotus Sect Saintess suddenly made this public statement.
Many cultivators felt jealousy souring their hearts when they heard it.
The White Lotus Sect Saintess was one of the world's foremost prodigies, and her beauty was unrivaled. Who knew how many male cultivators dreamed of her as their ideal lover?
They had never seen her show any man such favor before.
Yet this time, she had actually spoken out for Chu Kuangren and openly admitted that she wanted to sit down with him to discuss the Dao.
This gesture broke the hearts of countless male cultivators.
"Hmph, he only slew the White Cloud Sword Venerable by relying on external aid, not his own strength. What is there to be proud of?"
The Qingyun Dynasty's Third Prince also spoke out. Chu Kuangren had wounded his elder brother, so he already disliked him. Naturally, he would mock him.
But the Mystic Heaven Sect could no longer sit still in the face of this mockery.
"If you're so capable, why don't you go kill one?" declared Nangong Huang, the Mystic Heaven Sect Daoist and Chu Kuangren's foremost admirer.
"Our eldest senior brother's talent dazzles past and present. That's why he could absorb Hongmeng Purple Qi and slay a Supreme Supreme! Anyone else-a certain prince, for instance-couldn't do it even if you gave him ten strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi."
His second greatest admirer, Murong Xuan, also joined in the mockery.
Faced with these barbs, the Qingyun Dynasty's princes spoke out one after another.
A war of words erupted between the two Saintly Dao Traditions.
"It's a fact that he slew a Supreme Supreme. Our eldest senior brother is unrivaled throughout heaven and earth. Whether you acknowledge it or not, that remains a fact."
"Oh my, unrivaled? What big words. Anyone who didn't know better would think your eldest senior brother had already become an Emperor."
"Our eldest senior brother is a young Emperor. His becoming an Emperor is only a matter of time. Unlike that crown prince of yours, who couldn't even withstand a single strike from our eldest senior brother's sword. He has no hope of it in this lifetime."
"Bullshit! The crown prince defeated six Saintly Dao Traditions in succession. Their Daoists couldn't even withstand a single punch from him. He's the one who's unrivaled!"
"Hmph, your crown prince is formidable? That's only because I was in seclusion when he came. Otherwise, there would have been no need for Chu Kuangren. I could have ended his undefeated march myself!" Yuan Hong of the Wanfa Sect declared.
"I've now broken through to the Void Insight realm! If he has the guts, let the Qingyun Crown Prince fight me again!" Fang Tian of the Wuxing Sect also declared.
What had originally been a war of words between the Qingyun Dynasty and the Mystic Heaven Sect gradually spread throughout the Azure Dragon Domain, with prodigies from all the major Saintly Dao Traditions joining in.
Finally, the Qingyun Dynasty issued an imperial edict.
Its gist was as follows.
Princess Linglong of the Qingyun Dynasty wished to choose a Dao companion, so a Tournament to Find a Spouse would be held. The winner would become the Qingyun Dynasty's imperial son-in-law.
The edict caused an uproar throughout the world.
After all, the Qingyun Dynasty was a Saintly Dao Tradition. Becoming their son-in-law would bring enormous benefits.
Resources, cultivation methods, connections-what would one lack?
This was a chance to ascend to heaven in a single step!
Moreover, rumor had it that Princess Linglong of the Qingyun Dynasty was one of the world's greatest beauties, scarcely inferior to the White Lotus Sect Saintess.
Marrying her would mean an endless bounty of romantic bliss.
Beauty, power, wealth, resources...
Everything one could wish for.
In an instant, cultivators from across the world headed straight for the Qingyun Dynasty!
Even some Heavenly Prides from Saintly Dao Traditions were tempted.
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