You don't want me to merge.

Crossing boundaries and engaging in deadly battles has always been regarded as an important criterion to evaluate the prowess of the heavens' proud individuals.

Below the Heaven Mending Realm, crossing a few realms to slay enemies can be hailed as a heaven's pride. For example, if one crosses realms from the early stage of the Nascent Soul Realm to the later stage, they can be considered a heaven's pride in their own domain.

If one can cross three or four realms to kill enemies, they would be deemed as top-tier heaven's pride and become the rising star of a prominent sect.

This is the significant criterion to evaluate a heaven's pride, but it does not apply to Quasi-Saints.

Because at the Quasi-Saint realm, one can be considered the ruler of a domain, an actual existence at the pinnacle, capable of establishing their own sect.

News of Quasi-Saints crossing realms to kill enemies is rarely heard of. After all, the gap between Quasi-Saints and Saints is immense, akin to the heights of heaven and earth.

As for the news of Saints slaying Great Saints, it is even scarcer. There are not many instances in the myriad realms where this occurs, and each one of them is an existence worthy of being recorded in history books.

Now, let's see what Chen Xia is up to.

He, a Saint, is chasing and killing four Great Saints!

Moreover, he is suppressing and attacking them, and there is even the momentum to slay the first Great Sage.

"Turtle, such a scene is rare to behold. It's truly astounding, isn't it?" Wu Saint exclaimed, gazing at the fierce battle ahead.

"That's why I consider Chen Xia to be the number one heaven's pride in the myriad realms. None of the heavens' prides can compare to him," Wang Yangzi stood within the water curtain barrier, chuckling.

"Indeed, I share the same view," Wu Saint echoed.

The fierce battle ahead continues. Tian Kai Great Sage, after all, is a Great Sage, not easily slain. After falling to the ground, he also unleashed his true fire, directly utilizing his original secret technique. The armor on his body transformed into a towering figure, engaging in a head-on clash with Chen Xia's immortal sword.

Boom!

The two collided.

Spiritual energy rippled, causing birds flying millions of miles away to tremble and fall to the ground, and mountains and trees to bend under the sudden gale, with rivers flowing backward.

Chen Xia's figure retreated thirty feet, and the immortal sword hummed, seemingly filled with excitement.

The towering figure of the Tian Kai Great Sage retreated dozens of miles, falling into the mountain and forest, with a faint sword mark on his armor.

The difference in strength is evident.

The red-dressed girl in the sky nodded, offering rare praise, "Indeed, he is the heaven's pride who beheaded half of the Golden Lotus Great Sage, a heaven's pride worthy of absolute dominance. If nothing unexpected happens, the Tian Kai Great Sage can hold on for at most three more hours."

Such battles with a clear difference in power usually don't last too long.

The Tian Kai Great Sage clearly anticipated this outcome. His gaze flickered as he surveyed his surroundings, seeing that the other three Great Saints were unable to lend a hand. He immediately suppressed his aura and sought a breakthrough.

"I'll give you one last choice. Leave now, and I won't pursue it," Chen Xia said calmly, holding his sword.

His words were so indifferent that he seemed to not care about the Tian Kai Great Sage at all, treating him like a weak stray dog to be driven away.

Indeed, Chen Xia had only come to save Wang Yangzi and had little desire to engage in battles at the border of the Heavenly Rain Realm. He neither wanted to assist the boundary nor make enemies with the Heavenly Rain Realm.

For him, the current boundary held no attachments worth reminiscing.

The Tian Kai Great Sage gritted his teeth. Reason told him he should silently leave, as one would rather leave a green mountain than risk running out of firewood. But the pride of a Great Sage would not allow him to bow down to a junior, to a Saint.

Thus, the Tian Kai Great Sage uttered the most regretful words of his life.

"A mere Saint, uttering arrogant words without consequences? Hmph, even if you don't hold me accountable, I will hold you accountable for your wrongdoing. How dare you speak such words! Watch as I slay you!"

Chen Xia remained silent for a moment, then uttered a single word.

"6."

Tian Kai Great Sage had truly never experienced a beating like this before.

The broken Immortal Sword was almost laughed at, but with a resounding sword cry, countless sword intents converged at the fractured blade, forming a hilt with the power of three million flying swords, revealing the former might of the Immortal Sword.

Just the rise of the sword intent caused mountains to crumble.

Chen Xia held the sword in his right hand, while a gray-white hue manifested in his left hand. He snapped his fingers in front of him, and the timeline materialized, appearing as a slender river with glimpses of the past, present, and future within.

According to the future scenes displayed, he would slay Tian Kai Great Sage in the fifth hour.

Chen Xia's expression remained calm as the gray-white hue on his left hand grew more pronounced, solidifying into a substance resembling ash-white. He reached out directly toward the slender river in front of him.

He firmly grasped the present with his palm and pulled towards the future.

He wanted to forcefully accelerate using his extraordinary powers, bringing the scene from five hours later into the present, truly crossing the timeline to kill his enemy!

The Immortal Sword in his hand also began to emit a gray-white temporal color. The surrounding scene slowed down more and more, but it did not stop; it continued to progress slowly.

Leaves sprouted into trees, and birds flew away from the sky.

It seemed like the past.

But it was actually the future.

Tian Kai Great Sage moved slowly; his eyes widened with a look of horror. He felt his blood flowing from the inside, followed by immense pain, as if he had been slashed by a flying sword, and his blood began to splatter.

Sword marks kept appearing, and blood danced wildly.

He looked confused, unable to comprehend the current situation. He just felt an inexplicable fear, witnessing the terrifying aspect of Chen Xia, who had comprehended the Time and Space Dao.

With such extraordinary powers, it's no wonder he can rival sword cultivators and even surpass them in terms of threat.

High above the sky.

The girl in the red dress raised her eyebrows with astonishment and exclaimed, "His mastery and understanding of the Time and Space Dao are unexpectedly formidable. It seems that I was mistaken before; the outcome will be determined soon."

The Shanshui Quasi-Emperor remained silent, only opening his Shanshui Umbrella and shielding himself from the bright sunlight.

The passage of time gradually accelerated, returning to normal.

However, Tian Kai Great Sage never returned to normal. His left arm was shattered, his body covered in bloodstains, his armor broken, and even his Dao heart was trembling. At this moment, he no longer possessed the arrogance of a Great Sage.

And there was a Heavenly Sword placed horizontally at his neck. One strike and it would be a fatal blow.

Chen Xia held the sword, saying calmly, "You are even weaker than I imagined. Quite disappointing."

He forcefully manipulated time, and this strike was about to descend.

The three Great Sages around them had pale faces because they knew that once Tian Kai Great Sage died, they would not be far from death themselves.

Clang.

The sound of the sword strike echoed.

The Shanshui Umbrella suddenly appeared, and an old man in white robes stood in front of Tian Kai Great Sage, whispering to Chen Xia.

"Although I am just a mediocre Great Saint in the Heavenly Rain Realm, I am still bound by the fortunes and opportunities of my realm. I cannot allow you to kill me so easily. Now that he has suffered a great loss and learned his lesson, I hope Chief Chen can let him go."

Chen Xia lowered his immortal sword and frowned, saying, "Do you old man also like to make a last-minute appearance?"

"Hehe, Chief Chen, if you don't use your killer move, there's no need for a last-minute appearance," the white-robed old man chuckled lightly and glanced coldly at the Tian Kai Great Sage.

"Get lost."

The Tian Kai Great Sage didn't dare to linger and quickly fled.

"Tsk, you really don't give me face," Chen Xia shook his head gently. Two other figures appeared beside him.

Embodiment and Dao Essence.

The Shanshui Quasi-Emperor furrowed his brow, lightly tapping the handle of the Shanshui Umbrella with his finger. The leaves on the umbrella swayed with a hint of mountain and water, and he asked in a deep voice, "What do you mean by this, Chief Chen?"

Chen Xia chuckled and said, "In my hometown, there is a saying: Three mediocre craftsmen can surpass a genius like Zhuge Liang. Don't ask me if Zhuge Liang enjoys it or not, I don't know either. I just wanted to tell you."

"The title of Quasi-Emperor doesn't necessarily hold sway in front of me."

His expression turned serious, and he asked in a deep voice, "Are you also unwilling to join forces with me?"