Qin Xiao's arrival instantly drew the gaze of everyone present.
"Your... Your Majesty!"
A group of palace maids fell to their knees, trembling violently.
"We have disturbed Your Majesty! Please punish us!"
Such was imperial power—the absolute authority of the emperor, reigning supreme above all.
Even though Qin Rumeng was the one stirring up trouble, these palace maids could only swallow their grievances in silence, fully aware they still might face punishment from Qin Xiao.
The few maids whose flesh had been torn open by the whip frantically kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Qin Xiao's gaze swept over them. Crisscrossing whip marks covered their bodies, leaving them drenched in blood—a truly gruesome sight.
A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and a bone-chilling killing intent made everyone present shudder in fear!
"Causing a scene before the palace hall and bullying My people... Are you looking for death?"
Startled, Qin Rumeng met Qin Xiao's gaze. She jumped in fright and involuntarily stumbled two steps back.
Those eyes were utterly terrifying!
Cold and ruthless, brimming with endless killing intent and brutality!
However, that look vanished in a flash.
Qin Rumeng thought she must have been seeing things.
But upon feeling a dampness between her legs, her previous fear instantly morphed into extreme humiliation and fury!
"Qin Xiao!"
Her shrill voice suddenly spiked, piercing the night sky.
She had wet herself!
She had actually been scared into wetting herself by Qin Xiao!
An unprecedented rage boiled within her chest. With bloodshot eyes, Qin Rumeng glared viciously at Qin Xiao.
"Qin Xiao! How dare you glare at me? You've grown a lot of nerve!"
She practically roared those words.
The long purple whip in her hand cracked through the air, coiling like a venomous snake. If Qin Xiao's response displeased her in the slightest, the whip would strike him in the very next second.
"A wild dog from the countryside will never be presentable, even if he becomes the emperor! To think you would yell at me over a bunch of lowly servants!"
"Qin Xiao, I will give you one chance. Kneel down and apologize, and I will let bygones be bygones!"
"Otherwise..."
Crack!
The long purple whip transformed into a streak of purple light, brushing right past Qin Xiao's cheek before striking the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.
Seeing that Qin Xiao didn't even try to dodge, a smug smirk crept onto Qin Rumeng's lips.
Qin Xiao remained silent as a system notification chimed in his mind.
Ding! Congratulations to the Host for triggering a Divine Imperial Choice!
Option One: Kneel down and apologize, adopting a lowly posture to beg for Qin Rumeng's forgiveness. Reward Title: The Most Useless Emperor in History!
Option Two: How dare she provoke Us and beat Our palace maids? Strike back with a heavy fist to uphold imperial dignity! Reward: Supreme Heavenly Emperor Technique!
Qin Xiao chose the second option without a moment's hesitation.
Compared to apologizing, he much preferred letting his fists do the talking!
A wave of anticipation coursed through Qin Xiao's body, and his massive, sandbag-sized fists were already itching for action!
The surrounding atmosphere was terrifyingly silent!
Everyone was waiting for Qin Xiao to bow his head.
Because that was how it usually played out.
As long as Qin Xiao lowered his head, knelt down to apologize, and offered up rare treasures, the matter would be resolved.
Off to the side.
The soldiers and generals standing behind Qin Xiao all wore extremely grim expressions.
Lu Fengxian's face was brimming with murderous intent, and the hand gripping his Sky Piercer Halberd trembled slightly.
He was simply waiting for a single word from Qin Xiao.
With just one command, he would instantly sever Qin Rumeng's head from her shoulders!
Jia Xu frowned, a flash of deep disgust passing through his eyes.
"So this is the family of the King of Qin? Greedy, selfish, and utterly ignorant!"
"Instead of currying favor with a world-renowned Great General like the King of Qin, they suppress him at every turn!"
He had long heard rumors that Qin Xiao led a miserable life at home.
Seeing it now, the reality was even worse than the rumors suggested.
This wasn't just suppression; they were clearly trying to torment Qin Xiao to death!
However, this was Qin Xiao's family affair, and it was not his place as a subordinate to intervene.
"I just hope the King of Qin won't be blinded by these meaningless familial ties..."
Jia Xu sighed, a look of deep concern surfacing in his eyes.
If Qin Xiao were to yield and apologize at this moment, he would become the greatest laughingstock of an emperor in the entire world!
"Qin Xiao! What is the meaning of this? The Second Princess is speaking to you!"
Before Qin Rumeng could say anything else, her maidservant, Xiaoye, who was standing nearby, couldn't hold back and loudly reprimanded him.
Standing with her hands on her hips and her head held high, she barked in a bossy, arrogant tone:
"Hurry up and kneel down to apologize to the Second Princess! Otherwise, Her Highness will never forgive you..."
But before she could finish her sentence.
"Urgh!"
Xiaoye cried out in pain as her toes left the ground.
An afterimage had flashed before everyone's eyes, moving at an unimaginable speed.
Qin Xiao was now lifting her by the neck with a single hand, his fingers slowly tightening their grip.
"Cough... cough, cough..."
Xiaoye struggled desperately, clawing at Qin Xiao's hand in a futile attempt to pry it open.
"What's this? A lowly servant actually dares to threaten Us?"
"Who gave you the audacity!"
Qin Xiao's eyes gradually turned a bloodthirsty crimson as his grip tightened.
Crack! Crack!
The sickening sound of bones fracturing filled the air!
Xiaoye's face turned completely purple. Her eyes rolled back into her head as sheer panic consumed her.
"Second Princess, help! Second Princess, save me! Sob..."
Never in her wildest dreams did she expect that Qin Xiao, the man who used to let everyone walk all over him, would suddenly become so utterly terrifying!
"Qin Xiao! How dare you!"
Qin Rumeng finally snapped out of her daze. She lashed her purple whip viciously at Qin Xiao's face, attempting to stop him.
"Hmph!"
Qin Xiao scoffed coldly and effortlessly caught the whip with his free hand.
He completely ignored Qin Rumeng. Instead, he looked down at Xiaoye with absolute contempt.
"A lowly palace maid guilty of treason and insulting her sovereign... The penalty is the execution of your entire nine familial clans!"
"But don't worry. Very soon, your parents, brothers, and sisters will all be sent down to keep you company!"
Xiaoye was scared out of her wits. Her eyes widened to their limits, staring at Qin Xiao in pure horror. She wanted to beg for mercy but couldn't articulate a single word, only managing to let out muffled whimpers.
"Sob... No... Please don't... I beg you..."
Tears streamed down her cheeks like pearls from a broken string.
A tidal wave of regret consumed her heart, making her wish she could viciously slap herself!
How could she have been so incredibly stupid!
To actually act so arrogantly and domineeringly right in front of Qin Xiao!
Not only was she going to die, but she had also dragged her entire family down with her!
But unfortunately for her, there was no cure for regret in this world.
Without a shred of hesitation, Qin Xiao snapped Xiaoye's neck. Then, like tossing out a piece of trash, he casually flung her body aside.
Thud!
Xiaoye hit the ground heavily, entirely devoid of life.
Qin Rumeng's eyes went wide as her eye sockets instantly turned red. Tears rolled down her face as she shrieked:
"Sob! Qin Xiao! You... why did you kill her? Why?! Don't you know she was my personal maid? She grew up with me since we were children; we were like sisters!"
"And yet you killed her! I will never forgive you even if I die!"
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
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ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
