’With my current True Qi Fourth Layer, plus my Innate Tyrant Body, impenetrable skin, and Innate Divine Strength... I could probably kill even a Seventh Layer master in a real fight.’

Chen Xuan thought to himself.

’This world is too dangerous.’

’I have to do everything I can to strengthen and build up my hidden advantages.’

’That way, if I ever face an unbelievably powerful enemy, at least I won’t be helpless and fall into despair like everyone else.’

Smiling, Chen Xuan quickened his pace toward the Bai family.

...

At that very moment, the Bai family’s Second Elder, Bai Yuanfeng, was utterly reeling. He felt as if everything he had seen and heard that day was constantly battering his mind.

’Every single thing was just so unbelievable!’

First, an Overlord Level power in the commandery city, Iron Stone Castle, had been annihilated overnight.

Then, top experts from the Human List had been stripped naked and hung from the city walls.

And now, he had personally witnessed Chen Xuan unleash the power of a True Qi Level master. With a single palm strike, he had grievously wounded an expert of the True Qi Third Layer, sending him spitting blood as he fell from the sky and crashed hard into the ground.

’It was like a nightmare.’

’How could Chen Xuan possess such terrifying strength?’

He knew he had to report all of this to the Patriarch immediately. They also had to repair their relationship with the Twelve Alliances right away.

’We absolutely cannot continue to make an enemy of the Twelve Alliances...’

Bai Yuanfeng moved with incredible speed, bursting into the Patriarch’s residence moments later.

"Patriarch, it’s a disaster..."

In a panicked voice, Bai Yuanfeng recounted every detail of what he had just witnessed below the city walls to the Bai family’s Patriarch.

In fact, he had been out investigating at the Patriarch’s behest ever since news of Iron Stone Castle’s destruction had arrived.

He just never imagined that instead of finding details about the fall of Iron Stone Castle, he would stumble from one terrifying event into another.

"What? Top-ranking experts on the Human List, the Little Sword Immortal and the Mixed Element Hand, were grievously wounded, stripped naked, and hung from the city walls?"

The Bai family’s Patriarch, Bai Canglan, asked in utter shock and disbelief.

"It’s the absolute truth. I saw it with my own eyes. It was all Chen Xuan’s doing. That Chen Xuan is a True Qi Realm master—a True Qi Realm master in his early twenties! He also grievously wounded an elder from the Mixed Element Sect with a single palm strike and strung him up on the wall too..."

Bai Yuanfeng spoke quickly, "Patriarch, we must mend our relationship with the Twelve Alliances. We absolutely can’t let this continue. That Chen Xuan’s strength is nothing short of incredible..."

Their own Patriarch was only at the Second Layer of True Qi.

He had always been evenly matched with Luo Hongtian.

’But now that the Twelve Alliances has a monster like that, how the hell are they supposed to fight back?’

Bai Canglan’s expression shifted rapidly.

He still found it impossible to accept.

’How is this possible?’

’Could anything be more ridiculous than this?’

BOOM!

Just then, a deafening explosion erupted from the Bai family’s main gate, shaking the entire area and sending out powerful shockwaves.

"Is the Patriarch of the Bai family home?"

A voice suddenly shouted.

"Oh no! It’s him—it’s Chen Xuan! He’s here!"

Bai Yuanfeng’s face fell, and he cried out, "He’s come for the Bai family!"

"Let’s go! Go and see what’s happening!"

With his mind in turmoil, Bai Canglan immediately dashed outside.

The entire Bai family estate fell into chaos.

Nearly all the elders and elite members came rushing out.

Furious, they all converged on the main gate.

"Who are you? How dare you tear down the Bai family’s sign?"

"You got a death wish?"

"Put that sign down!"

The crowd roared.

At that moment, Chen Xuan stood tall in the Bai family’s courtyard. On his shoulder, he carried a massive sign with the three words ’Prince Xia’s Mansion’ written on it—the very sign he had just torn down.

He gazed at the crowd, a faint smile playing on his lips. "Where is your Patriarch? I have some business with him."

"Insolence! Put down our family’s sign this instant!"

An elder at the Eighth Layer of Gang Energy roared in anger.

"I can’t do that. I have to see your Patriarch in person," Chen Xuan said with a smile.

"Audacious! I said, put it down!"

The elder from the Bai family, a master of the Eighth Layer of Gang Energy, roared again. Without hesitation, he made a sharp chopping motion with both hands. His Gang Energy erupted with a WHOOSH, forming what looked like a massive, invisible hand that shot forward to snatch the sign back.

He knew full well he was no match for Chen Xuan.

That was why he had no intention of fighting him directly.

He only wanted to retrieve the sign.

But he never imagined that with a mere tremor of Chen Xuan’s aura, the two streams of Gang Energy he’d unleashed would instantly collapse and vanish into thin air. Not only that, but a sharp burst of True Qi shot toward his body like a bullet.

The elder of the Eighth Layer of Gang Energy paled, his face filled with terror.

"True Qi!"

’How is this possible?’

He scrambled to dodge.

But he was too slow.

With a sickening tear of flesh, blood sprayed through the air. The elder screamed as he was sent flying backward, crashing hard in the distance.

[...retribution points +6000!]

A line of text appeared before him.

The crowd erupted in an uproar.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, utterly shocked. They couldn’t believe what was happening.

’This Chen Xuan... he’s actually a master of the True Qi Realm?’

"Don’t blame me. He’s the one who insisted on attacking," Chen Xuan said with a light chuckle.

"Stop! Everyone, stand down!"

An angry voice roared.

The Bai family’s Patriarch, Bai Canglan, and Second Elder Bai Yuanfeng came rushing over from the distance, finally arriving on the scene.

All the masters of the Bai family quickly fell into formation behind their Patriarch.

Now that Chen Xuan was here, Second Elder Bai Yuanfeng was especially terrified. The hair on his arms stood on end, and his heart pounded with dread.

’Only he knew just how powerful this Chen Xuan truly was...’