163: Chapter 163 It's not that I'm too strong, it's that you're too weak.

"Hmm? Sister Qinglian, you're awake?"

Xu Jinhuan's mind immersed into his Immortal Platform, coming to the side of the sleeping beauty, the Azure Lotus Empress, and gently taking her soft, boneless hand.

This Empress had returned to her crystal coffin to sleep, heal her injuries, and restore her strength ever since he had given her a harsh lesson last time.

"Mhm."

The Azure Lotus Empress nodded slightly, her voice somewhat weak. "The Laws of the Heavenly Dao have undergone earth-shattering changes, and a power transcending the human dao domain has appeared. Have you ascended to the Immortal Realm?"

A pair of bright, beautiful eyes stared at Xu Jinhuan, filled with curiosity.

"Yes."

Xu Jinhuan nodded in admission. "That's right. This is the Endless Immortal Domain, known as the End of the Heavens, a vast world that even Immortal King giants cannot traverse in their entire lives."

Hearing this, the Azure Lotus Empress smiled bitterly. "Heh, you really are a complete Prodigy. In just a few months, you've accomplished what I couldn't do in a lifetime."

This proud Empress, who once commanded the winds and clouds in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces and suppressed an era, now had a visibly dejected mood.

Noticing the change in the person before him, Xu Jinhuan rubbed the Empress's head, his finger sliding along her flawless jawline and gently tilting her chin up.

"It's fine. Being able to go over a dozen times on the first day was already very impressive."

"Hmph, always so improper!" The Azure Lotus Empress spat softly and turned her head away, her face flushing. She understood the man's words, recalling those uncontrollable and shameful memories.

Even though she had clearly cried, this guy had been even more excessive. He was truly a beast!

However, after being teased like this, the gloom in the Azure Lotus Empress's heart indeed lessened quite a bit.

Recalling her previous words, Xu Jinhuan asked curiously, "By the way, Sister Qinglian, what did you mean when you said the Heavenly Dao rules here felt familiar?"

Hearing this, the expression on the Azure Lotus Empress's face froze. "Yes, why do I feel a sense of familiarity here? Just why?!"

Suddenly, she fell into a frenzy, shaking and hitting her head forcefully; even Xu Jinhuan's attempts to stop her were in vain.

Finally, the Azure Lotus Empress's eyes were filled with blankness. "I can't remember. I only know it's very familiar, but I can't remember anything else..."

"It's okay. If you can't remember, don't think about it. Just focus on healing."

Xu Jinhuan gently caressed the beauty's face, and a strand of diluted Eternal Power was injected into her body, causing the rampaging Empress to settle down completely.

The sleeping beauty returned to her loyal crystal coffin.

Looking at that sweet, sleeping face, Xu Jinhuan already had an answer in his heart.

"It seems Sister Qinglian's original body likely came from the Endless Immortal Domain. As a top-tier Great Emperor who could suppress an era in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, she would be a titan capable of dominating a region even in the Endless Immortal Domain. This Chaos Azure Lotus has quite a background..."

Shaking his head and setting aside the doubts in his heart for now, Xu Jinhuan's consciousness returned to his body, and he looked towards the west.

There, a streak of light pierced through layers of space, turning into a cute and charming boy standing before Xu Jinhuan.

A power erupted from the boy that far exceeded the two previous grey-robed elders—thousands of times stronger, almost a different level of being.

Feeling the terrifying pressure around him, Xu Jinhuan showed no fear. Instead, he stared at the boy with great interest.

"Finally here. I didn't expect the kind soul this time to be a 'Ginseng Fruit' with an 'Easter Egg Skin'. Interesting!"

Although the Qian Family Old Ancestor didn't know what 'Easter Egg Skin' or 'Ginseng Fruit' meant, the light in the other party's eyes still gave him a bad premonition.

But the lingering power in the surroundings indicated that this young man's strength was at most at the Peak of the First-tier Heavenly Immortal realm, still some distance from the Second-tier.

Thinking of this, the Qian Family Old Ancestor's confidence finally returned a bit.

But he didn't act rashly. Instead, he looked at Xu Jinhuan with some wariness and questioned:

"Hmph, playing tricks. Speak! Who exactly are you? Which power is behind you?!"

"If you don't speak, this seat will send you down right now to be buried with my 367th-generation great-great-grandson!"

The Qian Family Old Ancestor was just old, not stupid. The aura of an ascender on this young man hadn't even been fully washed away, yet he could kill two First-tier Heavenly Immortal Peaks. This simply defied common sense.

The only explanation was that he was a descendant secretly nurtured by some Great Sect, and someone was helping him in the shadows.

Before finding out the young man's background, the Qian Family Old Ancestor didn't want to act blindly.

Now it was Xu Jinhuan's turn to be displeased.

A Ginseng Fruit should have the awareness of a Ginseng Fruit. Just honestly be harvested and contribute your Origin; don't waste time.

"Enough nonsense. Have you eaten?"

"?"

This sudden question left the Qian Family Old Ancestor a bit confused. Was this kid about to soften up? Was he greeting him?

"This seat holds the dignity of a Heavenly Immortal and has long since fasted for countless ages. Why would there be talk of eating?"

"Haven't eaten? Then eat a strike from my sword!"

In the next moment, Xu Jinhuan took the initiative. Countless Azure Lotus Dao Flowers bloomed on his body, and a rain of Holy Light spread and expanded, suddenly enveloping hundreds of millions of miles of space and time.

At the same time, his forehead glowed, and the Green Lotus Sword Intent throughout his body was released without reservation. Countless Azure Lotus petals transformed into Sword Qi, weaving into mysterious patterns and carrying immeasurable killing power. They covered the Blue Skies to the Yellow Springs, jointly surrounding and attacking the Qian Family Old Ancestor.

A sky full of sword rain poured down, sweeping towards the Qian Family Old Ancestor. The scene was incredibly spectacular, like a towering tsunami crashing towards a lone boat in the vast ocean, capable of overturning and destroying it at any moment.

Looking at the shocking waves before him, the Qian Family Old Ancestor's face turned ashen, terrified to the extreme.

This was an offensive powerful enough to heavily wound a Third-tier Heavenly Immortal!

Even as strong as he was, if he were slightly careless before this torrential sword rain, he would fall on the spot!

At this moment, all the power the Qian Family Old Ancestor had accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years erupted, attempting to withstand the Azure Lotus sword rain.

Countless Immortal Dao visions were projected by him: a Kunpeng covering an unknown number of hundreds of millions of miles of the sky, a Vajra Divine Ape boiling with Battle Intent, an army of hair-raising souls from Hell... Every method he had mastered in his life was used by the Qian Family Old Ancestor, but all were in vain.

The Kunpeng was easily pierced by the Azure Lotus petals, the Vajra Divine Ape was pierced and shredded by the sword rain, and the army of souls turned directly into nothingness before the Sword Intent... Upon the first exchange, the Qian Family Old Ancestor was completely suppressed, his life hanging by a thread!

He wasn't given a single moment to breathe.

Immediately after, Xu Jinhuan's large hand suddenly reached out, rapidly enlarging and grasping through the air, clutching the desperately resisting Qian Family Old Ancestor in his palm, continuously crushing and ravaging him.

Immortal light constantly bloomed from the Qian Family Old Ancestor's body, and even his immortal soul erupted with brilliant light and soaring flames, trying to struggle and escape. Yet he was shocked to find that his struggles couldn't even budge the large hand.

The gap between the two was like a grain of rice compared to the bright moon, or a mayfly compared to the clear sky!

"How is it possible? How can you be so strong?!"

Seeing all his resistance crushed, the Qian Family Old Ancestor let out a shocked roar, his heart terrified to the extreme.

Xu Jinhuan's expression remained calm. "Is there a possibility that it's not that I'm too strong, but that you're too weak?"

After speaking, his Void Realm hand, enlarged millions of times, exerted force, and a tooth-aching crushing sound rang out.

Poof!

A mist of blood erupted, and broken limbs exploded and splattered in all directions. The Qian Family Old Ancestor, who had spent several hours rushing here, died at Xu Jinhuan's hands in a single encounter, his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, his bones ground to dust.

That precious Third-tier Heavenly Immortal Origin also fell into Xu Jinhuan's hands.

"This Origin should be enough for me to Cultivate to the Great Saint Realm."

(Happy New Year, foster fathers! I've already created a new folder and will release a new book in a couple of days. Foster fathers, please don't scold me anymore, T_T~)