The atmosphere in the hall grew subtle after Sun Tianhai finished speaking.
Several elders were waiting to see how this would play out.
They all understood that the sect master was testing him.
If this kid really had a guardian, and if that guardian was stronger than them, then they would see him off politely and discuss things as if nothing had happened.
If the guardian was weaker, they would demand some spirit stones to make up for the vacancy, and letting this kid take a spot wouldn't be such a big deal.
Either way, no one would lose face.
But if there was no guardian...
Then the Ridgeline Sea Sect would not be so forgiving.
After hearing Sun Tianhai's words, Su Ji smiled.
He stood up from the chair and brushed off imaginary dust from his clothes.
"Is it because I've been too polite today?"
The moment those words left his mouth, the air in the grand hall seemed to freeze.
Sun Tianhai's face instantly darkened.
"What did you say?"
His voice carried suppressed rage.
A mere Golden Core cultivator dared to speak to him like that?
"I said..."
Su Jiu instantly understood Su Ji's intent and transformed into a streak of light, attaching itself to Su Ji.
The next second, Su Ji's figure vanished from where he stood.
In the next instant,
he appeared right in front of Sun Tianhai!
"Have I been giving you too much face?"
Sun Tianhai's pupils contracted sharply.
He reacted swiftly—his spiritual energy exploded outward, and a shockwave blasted from his body!
"You're asking for death!"
He struck a palm toward Su Ji's chest.
That palm carried the full force of a Void Refinement cultivator. The wind howled, and the air itself seemed compressed into something solid.
Su Ji drifted backward.
The palm grazed past his robes and slammed into the stone pillar behind him.
"Crack!"
The thick pillar snapped clean in two, sending fragments of stone flying.
Su Ji landed, tapped the ground lightly with the tip of his foot, and returned in a flash.
Sun Tianhai's eyes flickered with surprise.
This kid's speed...
He didn't have time to dwell on it. His hands formed seals before his chest.
"Darkwater Shield!"
A shield of condensed spiritual water appeared in front of him.
It was only then that the elders in the hall snapped out of their shock.
"Protect the sect master!"
They all struck out at once.
Multicolored spiritual light exploded within the hall.
Su Ji's figure flickered, dodging several attacks.
His gaze swept over the elders, finally landing on a long sword at one elder's waist.
"Borrowing your sword."
Before the words even faded, he was already in front of that elder.
The elder panicked and instinctively reached for the sword at his waist.
But before his hand touched the hilt,
the sword flew out backward into Su Ji's grasp.
"Thanks."
Holding the sword, he gave it a casual flick.
A blade of sword qi cut through the air.
That elder retreated several steps, his face pale.
If Su Ji had wanted to kill him with that single strike, he would already be dead.
"Get out of my way!"
Sun Tianhai roared. Spiritual energy surged wildly around him, forming wave after wave of water dragons that swept toward Su Ji.
Su Ji did not dodge.
Dark red flames erupted from the sword's edge, devouring those water dragons in an instant.
"That's..."
Sun Tianhai's pupils contracted.
This flame—how could its temperature be this high?
He had no time to think. He stamped his foot, and his entire body shot into the air.
"Since you want to fight, I'll give you a fight to remember!"
Sun Tianhai twisted midair and formed hand seals.
"Raging Sea Fury!"
The temperature inside the grand hall plummeted.
Countless streams of water appeared out of thin air, gathering into a vast ocean in midair.
That ocean surged and roared like a true tsunami, cascading down upon Su Ji.
Su Ji looked up at the sea crashing down from above.
"All flash, no substance."
"Boom!"
Dark red flames shot into the sky, rushing straight at that ocean.
Fire and water collided.
The entire hall was instantly shrouded in white mist.
"Sssss..."
The sound of water evaporating was piercing.
Within the mist, two figures crossed paths.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Dull impacts rang out repeatedly.
With every clash, a gust of wind was kicked up.
The hall's walls began to crack.
Tiles flew off the roof.
The elders had long retreated outside, each face deathly pale.
"The sect master, he..."
"Shut up!"
Lin Yuan stared fixedly at the battle inside the hall, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.
He knew Su Ji was strong.
But he never imagined this strong.
That was a Void Refinement cultivator—the sect master himself!
And he was being matched evenly by a junior?
Thinking back now, it was lucky that the man wasn't a bloodthirsty killer, or he wouldn't have survived last night.
"Boom!"
Another deafening crash.
One wall of the hall collapsed completely.
Dust rose in every direction.
Two figures burst out from the dust.
Sun Tianhai's robes were torn in several places.
As for Su Ji...
His clothes were slightly disheveled too, but he still looked completely at ease.
"Who sent you to cause trouble at my Ridgeline Sea Sect?"
"What did they offer you?"
"Whatever they gave you, I'll double it!"
Sun Tianhai panted heavily, glaring at Su Ji.
Su Ji brushed the dust off himself.
"?"
"Didn't your own elder try to scam me first?"
Sun Tianhai sneered.
"Don't take me for a fool."
"You expect me to believe Lin Yuan just grabbed someone like you off the road by chance?"
"Believe whatever you want."
Sun Tianhai's face turned ashen.
He was a dignified Void Refinement cultivator, and here he was, being pushed to this point in his own sect's grand hall by a junior?
"Since you insist on dying, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Sun Tianhai clapped his hands together sharply.
The ground of the entire Ridgeline Sea Sect began to tremble violently.
"Rumble—"
The ground outside the hall split inch by inch, countless cracks spreading like a spider's web.
Then, an overwhelming surge of spiritual energy erupted from beneath the earth.
From those cracks, deep blue water burst forth, converging and spiraling in midair, eventually forming water dragons that coiled behind Sun Tianhai.
"This is..."
Lin Yuan's face went ghostly white.
The sect master was clearly at his absolute limit now.
"Boy, to force me to use this move, you can die with honor!"
Sun Tianhai's voice boomed like thunder, echoing across the entire sect.
The water dragons behind him roared, each dozens of zhang long, radiating a pressure that chilled the heart.
"Go!"
At his command, dozens of water dragons charged at Su Ji all at once.
They wove together in midair into an impenetrable net, sealing off every possible escape route.
Su Ji stood still, looking up at the water dragons surging in from all directions.
"Tsk."
He clicked his tongue.
"Now that's more like it."
The moment the words left his mouth, the ground beneath his feet split wide open.
Dark red flames erupted from the cracks, engulfing his entire body in an instant.
Those flames twisted, swelled, and finally coalesced into a colossal fire dragon.
"Roar!"
The fire dragon's cry shook the heavens and the earth.
It opened its massive jaws and charged straight at the water dragons.
"Boom!"
At the moment fire and water met, the sky over the Ridgeline Sea Sect was dyed in two colors.
Half deep blue water light, half dark red flame.
"Sssss—"
A screeching hiss split the heavens.
The water dragons kept evaporating under the heat of the flames, turning into billowing white mist.
But their numbers were simply too many—wave after wave, relentless and endless.
The flame dragon, fierce as it was, began to show signs of fatigue under this relentless onslaught of waves.
"Hahaha!"
Seeing this, a smug grin spread across Sun Tianhai's face.
"Kid."
"Before absolute power, all your efforts are futile!"
He formed hand seals with both hands, and the water dragons' assault grew even more ferocious.
But then, abruptly, the ground around Su Ji began to tremble.
Sun Tianhai suddenly sensed something was wrong.
This wasn't caused by his own attack...
Then, the earth rose and fell in jagged, irregular surges.
An irregular, droning hum emanated from the very ground.
The tremors grew increasingly violent.
The eerie undulation brought to mind a seething sea of scorching oil deep within the underworld, or the raging magma at the planet's core being churned by some unseen, colossal force.
That rising drone grew ever clearer.
The charred surface of the earth began to slough away.
Shedding its old shell, bathed in a steadily intensifying crimson glow, the deep vibration from the earth itself became plainly audible.
The earth was chanting!
The surging spiritual energy around it cried out in unison.
It was a storm of flame forged from burning sand, the very breath exhaled by the scorched land.
It was the sword that could scatter raging wind and rain into wispy mist, the blade that could cleave through torrents rushing like muddy currents.
Were one to be struck head-on by this overwhelming, unstoppable force—be it hardened scales, starched flesh and sinew, or even a mighty barrier of protective qi—all would be reduced to ash in an instant, then utterly sundered and scattered to nothingness.
"What the hell?!"
Lin Yuan gritted his teeth hard, cold sweat rolling down his cheeks.
He was relieved about only one thing right now.
That last night, he hadn't put up a fight.
Otherwise...
He didn't dare imagine it further.
Sun Tianhai stared at that sea of fire, his expression shifting between uncertainty and dread.
He took a deep breath.
"Fine! Very well!"
"In that case, don't blame me for getting serious!"
He abruptly bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of blood essence onto the space before him.
The essence blood coalesced in midair into a blood-red sigil, radiating a strange glow.
"With my blood, I awaken the wrath of the sea!"
At his incantation.
The entire stretch of ocean began to boil.
Countless columns of water shot skyward, converging in midair into a colossal vortex.
The vortex spun faster and faster, until it formed an enormous sphere of water several hundred zhang in diameter, hovering in the air.
"Kid, this is my killing strike!"
Sun Tianhai's voice came out weakened, clearly drained by the immense cost.
"To die under this move, you ought to consider it an honor..."
Before he could even finish.
"Pfft—"
He spat out another gush of blood, his face turning deathly pale in an instant.
Su Ji's sword had already fallen.
"Heaven-Splitting Peerless Supreme Emperor Sword Art!"
Of course... that was just a name Su Ji made up on the spot.
Enough to keep them guessing about its origins for a while.
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!
+ Slow Paced + Main Character Thrives Together with His Disciples】 Transmigrated into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakens a discipleship system that reveals the tags of his disciples! Starting from scratch, he builds the strongest sect. Disciple One: Li Yingling 【Gold Tag: Genius Cultivator】【Purple Tag: Extremely Lucky】【Blue Tag: Bewitchingly Beautiful】 Disciple Two: Li Hangtian 【Gold Tag: Reincarnated】【Purple Tag: Ruthless and Decisive】【Blue Tag: Loyal and Noble】 Disciple Three: ??? 【Orange Tag: Alluring Demoness】【???】【???】 Thus, in the cultivation world, an unremarkable little sect appears out of nowhere, but little do others know that each member of this sect is a powerhouse in their own right. The book is also known as: Cultivation? It's Exactly Like This!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
