Cultivation: I Have a Skill Level Panel

BOOM!

A Palm Seal, seeming to carry the force of millions of tons of seawater, collided violently with a giant fist of fire that shot upward like a meteor defying gravity!

The collision instantly unleashed a terrifying, world-shaking force. In that moment, the void trembled from the violent explosion, and a visible shockwave swept out in all directions.

The ground for hundreds of yards around seemed to collapse, pressed down by an invisible force. The terrifying aftershocks blasted outward, utterly obliterating the surrounding trees.

The Spiritual Martial Cultivators who were too close were all swept away by the aftermath, forced to retreat again and again!

"That’s Zhao Changhong, ranked 86th on the Hidden Dragon List, and the other one is Xiao Chen, ranked 89th, whose fame has been soaring recently!"

"What’s going on? Why are two True Martial Powerhouses from the Hidden Dragon List fighting?!"

"It’s a long story."

"They say it all started because of a woman..."

A thousand zhang away, someone who had managed to steady themselves spoke in horror, staring at the terrifying fluctuations of battle in the distance.

In the next instant, Xiao Chen erupted with a terrifying Fiery Flaming True Essence. The surrounding air distorted, scorched by the horrifyingly high temperature. Immediately after, the burning flames condensed in his hand, forming a Flame True Essence Spear!

"Extreme Flame Spear!"

In a flash, Xiao Chen leaped into the void. Wielding the spear that pulsed with terrifying flame power, he swept it toward Zhao Changhong like a fire dragon mowing down an army!

Zhao Changhong’s expression changed slightly. With a wave of his hand, a flash of light appeared. A Defensive Spiritual Artifact, glowing with silver light, thin as a cicada’s wing yet incredibly hard, materialized before him.

SHIIING!

A tyrannical force erupted.

Immediately after, a cold glint flashed in Zhao Changhong’s eyes.

He thrust his hand up, gathering a terrifying amount of True Yuan in the void. He then unleashed the vast True Yuan, which tore through the air like a colossal mountain hurtling toward Xiao Chen!

At the same time, Xiao Chen’s expression remained unchanged. A flicker of fire danced in his eyes as he clenched one hand into a fist. An ice-blue flame appeared around it, radiating both a bone-chilling cold and a scorching heat that could burn through the void. It was truly terrifying!

He then threw a punch wreathed in the ice-blue flame. Its powerful momentum was like a volcanic eruption as it blasted toward his opponent!

BOOM!

A terrifying explosion erupted, and the violent blast made the surrounding void tremble like a raging tsunami.

The next moment, the two flickered across the void, their terrifying collisions seemingly shattering space itself. The shockwaves of their True Yuan blasted one massive hole after another in the clouds above!

The sheer force of their battle was like a boulder dropped into a calm lake, sending out endless ripples!

In the next instant, Xiao Chen’s extraordinarily sharp combat awareness—far beyond that of an ordinary person—allowed him to seize a fleeting opening his opponent revealed.

In a flash, Xiao Chen threw a punch that struck the air, and the space around it seemed to be incinerated by the terrifying flames.

A dazzling light flashed between heaven and earth. The terrifying fist of fire, like a meteor streaking across the sky, instantly burned through hundreds of yards of space and slammed viciously into his opponent’s chest.

A monstrous, fiery force struck Zhao Changhong, gravely injuring him in an instant. His chest was immediately charred by the terrifying flames, and his entire body was sent flying backward and down like a cannonball.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen showed no intention of letting him go. A flicker of fire, as brilliant as the sun, flashed in his sharp eyes. His tyrannical aura seemed powerful enough to scorch the heavens.

The terrifying Fiery Flaming True Essence around him coalesced into a Fiery Flame Spear that shimmered with firelight. Its might was astounding. It then shot fiercely toward the falling Zhao Changhong.

The terrifying beam of fiery light burned through layer after layer of the void. Like a flaming meteor, it pierced through Zhao Changhong with unstoppable force, pinning him brutally to the ground below.

Immediately after, the flame spear erupted in a terrifying explosion. In that instant, fire shot to the sky, and the horrifying flames incinerated the surrounding void, burning everything in the vicinity to ash!

’It’s all over...’

Xiao Chen floated in the void, his long black hair drifting as if in a windless space.

With a profoundly complex look in his deep, resolute eyes, he gazed at the place where Zhao Changhong had fallen.

His eyes held both the relief of having avenged a great wrong and the calm of a matter finally settled.

He suddenly felt a bit dazed.

Closing his eyes, the scenes from ten years ago seemed to play out before him as if they were yesterday.

’That beautiful woman, bound to me by a marriage contract, viciously trampled on my dignity. She threw herself into another’s arms without a second thought, teaching me the true meaning of reality.’

’Then again, it made sense.’

’Back then, my cultivation had already fallen to the Spiritual Martial First Layer, while he was a renowned True Martial Realm powerhouse, backed by the colossal Zhao Race and their Tongxuan Truth True Monarch.’

’And I was nothing more than a fallen genius from a family in some remote region.’

’Any woman would probably know how to choose, right?’

’In a way...’

’...perhaps I should even thank Zhao Changhong.’

’If not for the immense, mountain-like pressure he placed on me, my Dao heart would never have become indestructible. It allowed me to endure the soul-scorching agony of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire.’

’I survived countless terrifying crises that teetered on the brink of life and death.’

’If Zhao Changhong had never appeared, how would I have ever met that Master in the Jade Pendant—the one I respect so deeply, so mysterious and ancient, whose insights are as vast as the heavens themselves?’

’How could I have ever achieved what I have today?’

’It’s all over now.’

’The iron pass of a long journey is behind me. Now, I take the first step on a new path.’

All at once, Xiao Chen felt as if he had sublimated. Vaguely, he felt a shackle that had been sealed within his heart for ages suddenly shatter.

He opened his eyes, his gaze incomparably brilliant and dazzling as it looked toward the horizon.

’One day,’

’I will see what Master spoke of.’

’I will leave the Eastern Profound Domain, step beyond the Celestial Essence Continent, and journey into the vast, boundless, starry sky.’

Xiao Chen’s resolute gaze seemed to pierce through layers of the void, seeing all the way to the end of the world.

His entire being radiated a vibrant life force, like the morning sun rising from the darkness of night.

BANG!

After this moment of enlightenment, Xiao Chen’s cultivation once again advanced by a Small Realm.

"Hiss! Xiao Chen actually defeated Zhao Changhong."

"More importantly, Xiao Chen actually killed him."

"But Zhao Changhong is a direct descendant of the Zhao Race."

"Do you think the Zhao Race will let him get away with it?"

"Heh, are you fucking stupid? Xiao Chen is backed by the Profound Celestial Sect. Who in the Eastern Profound Domain would dare touch him?"

"The Ancient Nether Sect would dare..."

"You motherfucker, no shit they would."

A middle-aged Cultivator with a wispy mustache and sharp, glinting eyes cursed at him.

A thousand zhang away, the surrounding crowd was abuzz, utterly shocked that Xiao Chen, with his True Martial Fourth Layer cultivation, had killed Zhao Changhong—a man who ranked higher than him on the Hidden Dragon List.

However, Xiao Chen was oblivious to the crowd’s discussion.

Xiao Chen hovered in the void, preparing to head toward the Supreme Secret Realm.

But a familiar voice called out from the distance.

"Brother Xiao!

It’s been a while! I never expected you to have grown so much. Truly remarkable!"

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