From Ping'an County to the Divine Capital.

Throughout this journey, Xiang Qianqiu was unavoidable. It could be said that he was involved in many of Chen Yuan's events over the years and was also a major source of unease in Chen Yuan's heart.

Therefore, after comprehending the rules, the first thing he wanted to resolve was not the Buddhist sect, nor pacifying the world, but completely settling this grievance.

Step by step into the trap, experiencing hardships, he could be considered to have achieved his wish.

Xiang Qianqiu, nailed to the void, was no longer able to control his body and primordial spirit because the God-Slaying Spear targeted the primordial spirit.

Once the primordial spirit was destroyed, even a celestial being descending would be helpless.

The vitality of his physical body rapidly began to dissipate, and the divine light within his primordial spirit slowly dimmed at this moment. He wanted to open his eyes, but his eyelids felt as heavy as a thousand catties.

As if a stone was hung on them.

Chen Yuan stepped through the void, and in an instant, he arrived in front of Xiang Qianqiu. He looked down at this man who he once regarded as a great enemy and had declared to give him only one year to cultivate, his face without joy or sorrow.

All the pleasure had already been thoroughly vented before. Now, there was only quiet peace of mind. Countless chaotic currents of the void permeated this layer of the void.

The imprint of Emperor Taizu of Chu returned to heaven and earth after delivering that spear strike.

If he wanted to summon it again, he would have to stimulate the God-Slaying Spear with his own essence blood. Of course, this consumption was extremely huge, not at all less than his previous great battle with Xiang Qianqiu.

As for the power, it was self-evident.

The former number one on the Heavenly Ranking, now a Sixth Realm Immortal, had no power to resist at the moment Emperor Taizu of Chu made his move, and could only wait for death like an ant.

He even wondered if he hadn't received the gift from Taizu back then, if the Destiny Altar hadn't reacted because he encountered a fatal danger.

Would the one nailed to the void now be him instead?

"Xiang Qianqiu."

Chen Yuan uttered three words indifferently.

And these three words, in Xiang Qianqiu's ears at this moment, were no less than a thunderclap from a clear sky. Hearing this familiar voice, he used his last bit of strength to forcibly prop open his eyelids. Chen Yuan's blurred figure gradually solidified in his eyes.

The once arrogant Xiang Qianqiu was gone. The previously invincible double pupils had also disappeared without a trace, replaced by the black-brown pupils of a normal person.

Unexpectedly, Xiang Qianqiu's eyes at this moment did not have resentment or unwillingness, as if he had abandoned his hatred and turned into the same calm eyes as Chen Yuan.

It seemed that he had finally let go.

"You...won."

"It's really not easy to hear those words from you."

Chen Yuan smiled.

He and Xiang Qianqiu had actually only met a handful of times, but each time was memorable. There was no arrogance or madness. No, to be precise, he had never shown such an arrogant expression.

All along, it was confidence that everything was under control, the calmness of possessing great power, and... the madness of losing control just now.

Now, it had turned into calmness.

"Winner...takes all...that's all...you won...just...won, nothing...wrong to admit, hehehe..." A distorted smile flashed across Xiang Qianqiu's face.

"At this time, you can still laugh?"

"I...am mocking myself...hundreds of years of planning...abandoning everything...but...but still not a match for you, the Child of Destiny...Looking back on my life...it's really ridiculous."

"Child of Destiny?"

Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow and slowly shook his head:

"There is no such thing as a Child of Destiny. I was able to get to this point by trading my life for it. To attribute everything to destiny, then where do you place my past life-and-death struggles?

I...have never believed in fate. I believe that humans can conquer nature."

"Humans...can conquer nature!...makes...sense."

Xiang Qianqiu blinked, expressing agreement with this sentence.

"Regret it?"

Chen Yuan asked faintly.

Xiang Qianqiu was silent for a moment, recalling his life. Born into nobility, entrusted with imperial destiny, he was originally going to become a generation of emperors, ruling the world.

But in the end, everything was buried because of the Immortal Realm.

In fact, thinking about it now, when he came out of the blow of the destruction of Great Chu, he had already become somewhat insane. It was just that it wasn't revealed externally, but he possessed a crazy heart.

After accepting the inheritance within the secret realm of the Xiang family and learning that the most powerful force in the world was his enemy, he was very desperate at first.

Even Taizu couldn't quell the Immortal Realm and could only fall sadly. How could he, a former mediocre crown prince, possibly do it?

Perhaps it was because his heart was really firm, or perhaps he wanted to go crazy. After carefully studying the life and past of Taizu, he truly regarded Taizu as a guiding target.

When heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person, it must first embitter his heart, exhaust his muscles and bones, and starve his body. He attributed everything to heaven's tempering of him.

And he was going to rely on his strong belief to be reborn from the ashes.

He couldn't be considered a success, at least, before Chen Yuan rose, he was considered a success. Relying on the powerful foundation of the Xiang family and his own amazing talent.

He walked the path of martial arts step by step, breaking through several realms, verifying his original heart, and finally...comprehended the rules. But in fact, the closer he got to the end, the greater the pressure in his heart.

Over the past hundred years, he had thought of countless ways, but none of them succeeded. In the end, he could only place his hope on his unborn child, forcibly extracting bloodline and pouring it into his body.

It was so that one day, the other party's physical body would be fully formed, and with a strong foundation and two fully formed physical bodies, he could directly pass the most difficult hurdle of physical sanctification.

In the beginning, he remembered that Xuanling was still very happy, feeling happy for giving birth to the direct son and grandson of the Xiang family. After all, reaching their realm, it was already very difficult to give birth to offspring.

The treasures of heaven and earth that Xiang Qianqiu searched for her were enough to show his love for this unborn child, but gradually, some of his abnormalities were discovered by Chen Xuanling.

Finally, taking advantage of one of his outings, she escaped the Xiang family's secret realm.

He ordered the pursuit of Chen Xuanling in a fit of rage, but...when he saw Chen Xuanling again, she had already given birth to that child and given it to someone else.

At this moment, at this time, his mind was constantly recalling the scene of Chen Xuanling kneeling in front of him, begging him to spare the child's life.

But after waiting for a long time, he remained indifferent. Chen Xuanling...also proved her determination with death.

Now that his momentum was gone and he was about to fall, he could face his own heart. At that time, he was indeed touched, so the event of not disturbing Wu Daozi for twenty years occurred.

However, that was only a momentary compassion. Fundamentally, he still asked Monk Xuyan to keep an eye on Wu Daozi. After Xiang Lingtian became unusable and could not help him achieve physical sanctification, he still had to continue his original plan.

And in the end, he ended up in such a situation.

It had to be said, he felt that he was quite pathetic. It seemed that he had not succeeded in doing anything he wanted to do. He was still the high-handed and low-skilled Crown Prince.

"A little."

Rolling memories were reflected in front of him, Xiang Qianqiu looked at Chen Yuan and smiled.

"It's a pity, regret is useless."

"Yes, there is no medicine for regret in this world."

Xiang Qianqiu sighed.

"Anything last words you want to say?"

"Yes."

"You should know what I want to ask."

Chen Yuan stared at Xiang Qianqiu. After saying so much, what he was after was not just simple emotional venting at the end. He wanted to know what Xiang Qianqiu's plan was.

To use it as a reference to break through the physical Saint Realm.

He also wanted to know Xiang Qianqiu's understanding of the Immortal Realm. The general trend had been set, and the Immortal Realm was ultimately an unavoidable enemy. He hoped to understand the Immortal Realm from all aspects.

And as a descendant of Emperor Taizu of Chu, there must be some records.

"I know."

Xiang Qianqiu smiled, his eyes becoming brighter, as if he was experiencing a final burst of vitality, with a huge change and difference from the half-dead state just now.

Chen Yuan also smiled. Sometimes it was really easy to talk to smart people.

"Telling you the method is not wrong. First, from the inside out, break through the physical body, condense the inner world, and then break through the Sixth Realm of the Primordial Spirit. In this way, the inside and outside are connected, and heaven and earth are united."

"Must they be broken through at the same time?"

"No."

Xiang Qianqiu took a deep breath:

"When the physical body first enters the Saint Realm, the rules are incomplete. It is best to delay the breakthrough to the Sixth Realm of the Primordial Spirit for some time, as long as the inner world is not yet completely integrated.

Once the rules of the inner world are completely integrated, it will be difficult to connect with the outer world."

"Anything else?"

"I don't know what method you will use to forcibly break through the Sixth Realm of the physical body, but I have made some preparations. The Xiang family is hidden in the Nine Dragons Mountain Secret Realm in the Southern Border.

And within those nine mountain ranges, I buried nine dragon veins. The original plan was to devour your bloodline, and then use the nine dragon veins, using heaven and earth as a furnace and the aura of the dragon veins as fire, to completely push the physical body to its peak.

You...can also devour my bloodline and use this method to break through. This is a path that I have explored for many years and feel is the most promising."

Chen Yuan nodded, indicating that he understood.

"But this is just what I have explored. There is no precedent. If you have other methods, you can also choose, or combine them. If possible, I still hope that you can succeed and reproduce the glory of Great Chu."

"My surname is Chen, and my country is named Yan."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. In any case, you are still a descendant of the Xiang family, a descendant of Taizu. Replacing Chu with Yan...is also good...Great Chu is ultimately in the past."

Xiang Qianqiu's eyes were somewhat relieved. He was about to die, so he could only comfort himself like this. It was just a pity that he had devoted his life to Great Yan without success.

"What about the Immortal Realm?"

Chen Yuan continued to ask.

Xiang Qianqiu was silent for a moment:

"Whether you believe it or not, in fact, the Xiang family does not have many records about the Immortal Realm. Perhaps there is not much difference from what you know.

Back then, Taizu only left a sentence."

"What sentence?"

"The Thirty-Three Heavens of the Immortal Realm."

"The Thirty-Three Heavens?"

"Yes."

"What does it mean?"

"I don't know. The record in the ancient books is that the Thirty-Three Heavens of the Immortal Realm are beyond human power. Immortal Sects of the world cannot all be trusted. If future generations have any achievements, remember, lure immortals to the lower realm and then kill them!"

Chen Yuan frowned deeply. There was not much information in this sentence, but it was definitely not little. At least, judging from the literal meaning, there seemed to be a problem with the Immortal Realm.

Otherwise, Taizu would not have said to lure immortals to the lower realm and then kill them.

"The power of the Immortal Realm is very strong. Even if you now have an Earth Immortal expert behind you, you cannot be an opponent. Rashly attacking it will only be a complete failure.

Now that you have achieved great power, it is best to stabilize it again. Wait until both the physical body and the primordial spirit have entered the second level of the Sixth Realm, and the Human Emperor's national destiny is upon you, then you will have the confidence to confront them.

All of these are my plans from back then. Believe it or not, it's all up to you."

Xiang Qianqiu continued.

After saying this, the time for Xiang Qianqiu's final burst of vitality seemed to have reached its limit, the momentum on his body fluctuating high and low, and the primordial spirit began to gradually collapse.

Chen Yuan regained his senses, looked at Xiang Qianqiu with a grimace, and frowned:

"Our grievances will all be settled after your death. If there are any last wishes, considering that you just said these things, as long as they are not excessive.

I will try my best to fulfill them."

Xiang Qianqiu laughed wildly:

"My wish is to reestablish Great Chu, let my Xiang clan return to the peak of the human world, and destroy the Immortal Realm, the culprit, to avenge my ancestors who fell for the Xiang family.

If you can do these things, then I will have no regrets."

"After your death, I will spare the Xiang clan in the Nine Dragons Mountain Secret Realm, but it is impossible for me to accept them."

"It doesn't matter anymore. After my...fall...the Xiang family...will no longer have a chance to rise again...Whether you kill them...destroy them...all depends on your heart.

As long as you do not die and your descendants are endless, my...Xiang family...will always still be there!"

Xiang Qianqiu roared. The killing intent of the God-Slaying Spear that enveloped his whole body could no longer be suppressed. It was as if it was drilling into his bones, bringing endless pain.

Perhaps this tragic torment was also where Xiang Qianqiu's retribution lay.

"Be on your way, Emperor of Great Chu."

Chen Yuan took a deep breath, without any other thoughts. With a thought, the power of the God-Slaying Spear surged, its power instantly soaring, directly shattering Xiang Qianqiu's physical body.

The bursting blood also turned into a bright red blood bead.

Only one sentence still echoed in the void.

"Although I die...I have no regrets...Chen Yuan...remember...it is not that you relied on your own strength to win against me...it is that I...lost to myself...Ah ha ha ha ha....

Hahahaha..."

Xiang Qianqiu's primordial spirit completely exploded, its aura disappearing into the chaotic currents of the void, its soul returning to heaven and earth.

Former Crown Prince of Chu, Chen Yuan's father, Xiang clan leader Xiang Qianqiu...fell here!

Chen Yuan's gaze remained calm. The joy brought by the demise of a great enemy gradually disappeared, replaced by his attention shifting to the wisp of destiny left behind after Xiang Qianqiu's fall.

The Destiny Altar in the depths of his consciousness slowly trembled, and the azure destiny in the void turned into a swimming dragon, spiraling and directly drilling into his spiritual consciousness.

At the same time, a new opportunity quickly surged into his heart.

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It's finally over. I feel it's okay, and it's considered the limit of my writing skills.

It's not too much to ask for a monthly ticket now, right?

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