93: Chapter 93 The Venerable One? A Battle Beyond the Heavens!

After the ten thousand soul banner devoured the Tianque Holy Land, Shen Qingyuan stood with his hands behind his back, his azure robes motionless amidst the Devilish Qi.

He looked down at the Holy Land beneath his feet, which had already turned into a dead zone, his eyes without a ripple.

"Let's go."

He turned around, preparing to leave.

However—at this very moment!

An aura terrifying to the extreme suddenly erupted from the depths of the Tianque Holy Land!

That aura was cold, tyrannical, and filled with killing intent, like an evil ghost crawling out of the Nine Nether Hell, making one's hair stand on end!

"Rumble—"

The entire world was shaking violently!

The blood moon phenomenon in the sky had not yet dissipated, and at this moment, another even more sinister blood moon emerged from the Void Realm!

That blood moon was larger and brighter than any of the previous ones, emitting a light so blinding that it made one unable to open their eyes!

The aura of sorrow and desolation became even more intense, as if the heavens and earth were weeping!

"This is..."

Shen Qingyuan paused his steps, slightly raising an eyebrow.

He turned around, his gaze falling upon the dim space deep within the Tianque Holy Land.

There, space was crazily twisting and collapsing!

A pitch-black crack slowly tore open, like an invisible giant hand, forcibly ripping space apart.

From within the crack, a figure walked out.

It was a middle-aged man, dressed in a robe as black as ink, with a cold and stern face, eyes as sharp as a hawk, surrounded by faint black mist, his aura as deep as an abyss.

But unlike the Great Sage Xuanming, this person's aura was even more terrifying!

A Quasi-Emperor!

And at the Peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm!

An existence just one step away from ascending to the throne of the Emperor Realm!

Shen Qingyuan's expression remained calm, "You must be the Venerable Lord that Tianque spoke of, right?"

The Venerable Lord had locked onto Shen Qingyuan from the very beginning.

In those sharp eyes, there was nothing but fury.

"Your Excellency, you have gone too far!"

His voice was hoarse, yet it exploded between heaven and earth like a thunderclap, causing the space within a radius of ten thousand li to tremble slightly.

"You should not have destroyed this Venerable One's Tianque Holy Land!"

Shen Qingyuan, with his hands tucked into his sleeves, floated lazily in the high sky, his gaze falling on the Venerable Lord, the corners of his mouth curling into a slight arc.

"Your Tianque Holy Land?"

He chuckled softly, his tone dismissive, "I was wondering, in just a few thousand years, how such a massive Holy Land could be born; so it turns out you were supporting it from behind."

The Venerable Lord's face darkened, the fire of anger in his eyes burning even brighter.

The Tianque Holy Land was something he had supported single-handedly, costing him countless efforts!

Over the thousands of years, he had secretly provided the Tianque Holy Land with resources, Cultivation Techniques, and Medicinal Pills, and even personally stepped in to help them eliminate dissenters, which allowed the Tianque Holy Land to rise step by step from a small Sect to one of the top Holy Lands in the Eastern Wasteland!

But now—all of this was destroyed!

The Holy Land was destroyed, the Saint Kings, Great Sages, and Saints had all fallen, the foundation was completely devoured, and not even the ordinary Disciples had survived!

Thousands of years of effort, gone in an instant!

The Venerable Lord's voice was low, yet it revealed a killing intent repressed to the extreme.

"This Venerable One wants to see exactly how much strength you have to make you so arrogant!"

Before his words had even finished, he took a step forward!

With this step, the entire world trembled!

The Void Realm collapsed, time twisted, and even the Laws of the Dao appeared briefly disordered under this step!

A Quasi-Emperor pressure, terrifying to the extreme, erupted from him, like the heavens collapsing and the earth sinking, crushing towards Shen Qingyuan!

Wherever it passed, space shattered, Spiritual Qi was annihilated, and everything was ground into powder by that pressure!

Shen Qingyuan remained with his hands tucked in his sleeves, standing lazily in place.

That Quasi-Emperor pressure, which was enough to crush a powerhouse of the Saint King Realm, was like a gentle breeze against him, not even lifting a corner of his clothes.

The Venerable Lord's pupils constricted slightly.

"You have some skill."

He snorted coldly, no longer testing, and raised his hand to strike with a palm!

This palm strike, seemingly casual, carried the power to destroy heaven and earth!

Wherever the palm wind passed, the Void Realm completely collapsed, revealing a pitch-black Void Space, and even light was devoured!

Shen Qingyuan finally moved.

He raised his hand, his slender fingers lightly flicking in the Void Realm.

"Bang!"

With a soft sound, that heaven-destroying palm wind was actually shattered directly by his flick!

The energy storm swept in all directions, and the mountain ranges within a radius of ten thousand li instantly turned into powder!

The ruins of the Tianque Holy Land were completely leveled by this shockwave, and those Disciples who were paralyzed on the ground didn't even have time to scream before they were swallowed by the energy storm, leaving no remains!

The Venerable Lord's face darkened.

Although this palm strike was just a test, he had used fifty percent of his strength.

Yet this young man before him had actually neutralized it so casually?

"Who exactly are you?"

There was a bit more gravity in the Venerable Lord's voice.

Shen Qingyuan did not answer, only looking at the Venerable Lord, the corners of his mouth curling into a slight arc.

"We can't really fight here, shall we go up to the sky?"

The Venerable Lord was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Fine."

Before his words had even finished, the two looked up at the sky simultaneously.

The next moment—both figures disappeared at the same time.

---Above the Nine Heavens, within the starry sky.

This place had already left the scope of the Cangxuan Great World and entered the endless Void Realm.

Stars were densely packed like grains of sand, the Milky Way spanned the horizon like a piece of silk, and in the distance, nebulae were slowly rotating, emitting magnificent and mysterious light.

Two figures stood facing each other from afar in the starry sky.

Shen Qingyuan had his hands tucked into his sleeves, his azure robes fluttering slightly in the Void Realm, his demeanor still lazy.

The Venerable Lord stood with his hands behind his back, his black robes fluttering, surrounded by faint black mist, his aura as deep as an abyss.

Between the two, there was a distance of several hundred thousand zhang.

But that invisible killing intent, had already shrouded the entire starry sky.

"This Venerable One has cultivated for thirteen thousand years, seen countless Prodigies, and killed countless powerhouses."

The Venerable Lord spoke slowly, his voice echoing in the starry sky, "Yet I have never seen a character like you."

He paused, a flash of coldness in his eyes: "It's just a pity that you have provoked someone you shouldn't have."

Shen Qingyuan raised an eyebrow: "Someone I shouldn't have provoked?"

The Venerable Lord did not answer, only raising his hand and lightly grasping in the Void Realm with his slender fingers.

A pitch-black longsword appeared out of thin air in his hand.

The sword body was long and slender, with dark golden runes faintly flowing along the blade, emitting a heart-palpitating pressure.

An Emperor Weapon!

And not an ordinary Emperor Weapon!

It was the sword used by the Great Emperor Yuanlian back in the day—the tianyuan sword!

"Back then, I competed for the Emperor position with the Great Emperor Yuanlian, but I was one move short and failed on the verge of success."

The Venerable Lord stroked the sword body, a flash of reminiscence in his eyes, "But looking at it now, so what if Yuanlian became an Emperor? He has now turned into a speck of dust, while this Venerable One is still at the Peak of the world!"

Speaking of this, a look of complacency appeared on his face, "Even this Emperor Weapon that Yuanlian was so proud of has now fallen into the hands of this Venerable One."

He looked up, staring at Shen Qingyuan, his eyes filled with cold killing intent: "Today, I will use your blood to sacrifice to this tianyuan sword of mine!"

Before his words had even finished, he took a step forward!

His figure appeared before Shen Qingyuan like a ghost, the tianyuan sword thrusting straight at his throat!

This sword strike was fast to the extreme.

A full-force strike from the Peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm was enough to pierce stars and tear apart the Void Realm!

Shen Qingyuan shifted his body to the side, narrowly avoiding this sword strike.

The sword edge brushed past his ear, cutting off a strand of hair.

The hair drifted in the Void Realm, ground into powder by the residual Sword Qi.

"You dodged it?"

A trace of surprise flashed in the Venerable Lord's eyes.

This sword strike of his, seemingly simple, actually contained the full power of the tianyuan sword.

Back when he competed for the Emperor position with the Great Emperor Yuanlian, it was precisely with this sword strike that the Great Emperor Yuanlian defeated him.

For ten thousand years, he had been studying this sword strike, having comprehended it to an extremely deep level.

Yet this person before him had actually dodged it?

"You have some strength."

The Venerable Lord sneered, turning his wrist, and the tianyuan sword slashed out horizontally!

The sword light was like a piece of silk, sweeping across the Void Realm; wherever it passed, stars shattered and the Void Realm collapsed!

Shen Qingyuan retreated violently, while simultaneously raising his hand to strike with a palm!

"Boom—!!!"

The palm wind and Sword Qi collided with a roar, exploding into a terrifying energy storm!

Stars within a radius of tens of thousands of li were swept up by this storm, instantly turning into powder!

In the starry sky, a huge area of nothingness appeared.

Shen Qingyuan retreated a few steps, stabilized his figure, and looked down at his palm.

On his palm, a shallow sword mark was clearly visible, blood seeping out and dripping into the Void Realm.

"Is the Quasi-Emperor Realm really still not enough?"

His expression was very calm.

After all, he was only at the Quasi-Emperor Realm cultivation level, and the Venerable Lord was also at the Quasi-Emperor Realm cultivation level; with no gap in cultivation, it was naturally not so easy for him to deal with.

But he was not panicked; he had the System, how could he be scared by a mere Quasi-Emperor Realm?

If the Quasi-Emperor Realm is not enough, then [become] an Emperor!