Above the Upper Limit

Su Yan made her move, instantly incapacitating several members of the Yelu family.

Her current strength had reached the late-stage Grandmaster level.

There was still some distance to go before becoming a Martial Sovereign.

However, Su Yan wasn’t afraid of the Yelu family’s ancestral elder.

Although the opponent was a genuine Martial Sovereign,

this Martial Sovereign was simply too old.

Now at the age of 120,

it was practically certain he didn’t have many years left to live.

Su Yan was afraid he might die of old age before she could act, so she struck first.

Outside the conference room door, elderly figures filed in one after another.

Each of them possessed the strength of a Grandmaster.

Their gazes toward the Yelu family members were as if they were looking at the dead.

One of the elders, tears welling in his eyes, said,

"Brother Shan, I’ve come to avenge you!"

The other elders poured in like a tide,

carrying out a one-sided massacre of the Yelu family.

At this moment, the Yelu family

only had their three remaining elders at the Grandmaster level.

The only one who could still put up a fight was their ancestral elder.

But this Martial Sovereign was simply too old.

Facing over a dozen Grandmasters from the Devouring Heaven Club,

he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

He knew the Yelu family was finished.

He just never imagined it would end like this.

By now, the Yelu family headquarters had been completely slaughtered by the Devouring Heaven Club members.

The final battle in the conference room was nearing its end.

One by one, the Yelu family members lost their lives in terror.

Their immigration plans,

their dreams of a better life,

their fantasies of family revival—

all turned to dust in this moment.

In the end, only the ancestral elder remained in the entire Yelu family.

Su Yan had never attacked him,

and the elder hadn’t made a move either.

For him, the timing of his strike no longer mattered.

The fall of the Yelu family was inevitable.

Seeing that every last member of his family had perished,

the elder slowly rose to his feet, preparing for the final battle of his life.

But Su Yan simply looked at him with a faint smile.

"We won’t kill you," she said.

"After all, someone needs to bury the dead."

With that, the Devouring Heaven Club members departed one after another.

The Yelu family elder stood amidst the wreckage of the conference room, his mind blank.

In the corridor outside,

Su Yan’s icy voice echoed one last time before she left:

"Upload the footage of the battle—especially the part where the Yelu family used the Star-Swallowing Technique—online."

Her command lingered in the conference room,

ringing in the ears of the 121-year-old Martial Sovereign.

Slowly, he sat back down in his seat,

closed his eyes in desolation,

and never opened them again.

A few minutes later,

shocking news exploded across all major media platforms in Great Xia.

The entire internet was in an uproar!

For a time, it even overshadowed the news from Kunlun Mountain.

...

At the same time,

in the ancestral lands of the Kunlun Remnants,

a system notification

roused Chen Feng from unconsciousness.

[Congratulations on achieving the Mentor milestone.]

[Fourth disciple has annihilated a top-tier family.]

[Reward: 300 points of Qi and Blood for the master.]

Chen Feng groggily opened his eyes.

What was going on?

At first, he was completely baffled.

Staring at the system prompt in his mind,

he couldn’t make sense of it.

His fourth disciple had wiped out a top-tier family?

His mind flashed to the hunched figure of Su Yan.

"Auntie Su Yan destroyed a top-tier family?"

"What the—did the system glitch?"

"Or did some senior citizens’ club take out a square-dancing granny troupe?"

But that wasn’t the important part.

Chen Feng soon noticed something even more shocking.

Another system prompt appeared:

[Reminder! The Qi and Blood rewarded by the system cannot be repurposed!]

Checking his stats:

[Martial Rank: Peak Warrior]

[Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms – Realm: Unity of Heaven and Man]

[Tathagata Divine Palm – Realm: Unity of Heaven and Man]

[Heavenly Cripple Kick – Realm: Unity of Heaven and Man]

[North Darkness Divine Skill – Realm: Unity of Heaven and Man]

[Qi and Blood: 1100]

Originally at 800,

his Qi and Blood had now risen to 1100—

100 points above the Kunlun Mountain limit.

Chen Feng was stunned.

Even the rules of Kunlun Mountain couldn’t strip him of his Qi and Blood.

Did this mean

that the next time Kunlun’s gates opened,

he could unleash a crushing blow on everyone who entered?

Before he could celebrate,

Chen Feng realized something was off about his current situation.

"Where am I?"

Looking down, he saw

his wrists and ankles shackled,

with thick chains connected to the stone wall behind him.

Memories of his last moments before blacking out resurfaced.

Zhang Bowen’s relentless fists pounding into him,

ending with him being mercilessly frozen.

The thought of Zhang Bowen sent a chill down Chen Feng’s spine.

Even with his Qi and Blood now exceeding Kunlun’s limits,

he had no confidence in defeating Zhang Bowen.

That man was simply too formidable—

terrifyingly so.

Not only did he master numerous top-tier techniques,

but his comprehension of their realms was also incredibly advanced.

From their clash of martial domains during the fight,

Chen Feng could clearly sense that every technique Zhang Bowen used

had reached the eighth realm—Peak Mastery.

Most importantly, the man knew too many techniques.

His speed, defense, and offense were all flawlessly coordinated.

"No wonder he’s Great Xia’s most wanted, with a billion-yuan bounty."

"Rumors say he’s lived over 300 years."

"Who knows if he ate some divine herb or cultivated some forbidden art."

Chen Feng sighed inwardly.

Now fully alert,

he carefully surveyed his surroundings.

It was a massive stone chamber,

completely empty except for the chains binding him.

To his right was a stone door,

but from his angle, he couldn’t see outside.

Chen Feng channeled his Qi and Blood,

then abruptly yanked at the chains with all his might.

BANG!

The chains strained taut with a deafening clang,

digging painfully into his wrists and ankles.

Inspecting them, he found not even a scratch.

"Alright, that was naïve of me."

"Guess Zhang Bowen doesn’t make rookie mistakes."

The noise seemed to have alerted someone outside.

Footsteps approached,

and soon a slender young girl walked in.

"You’re awake!"

"Are you hungry? Would you like some water?"

Chen Feng looked up.

Before him stood a girl in ancient-style robes,

her long hair cascading to her waist.

Her fair skin and delicate features were striking,

but her slender frame hinted at frailty.

Then he noticed her eyes—

beautiful peach-blossom eyes that should have been lively,

yet held no light at all.

She was blind.

Hearing her crisp, youthful voice,

Chen Feng couldn’t help but feel the contrast was jarring.

"This is one of the Kunlun Remnants?"

"I thought they were supposed to be dangerous and xenophobic."

"Since when do prisoners get treated this well?"

"First thing she asks is if I’m hungry?"

Before he could ponder further,

a system notification chimed in his mind.

[Detected 100% compatibility with "Seven Extremes Qin."]

[Name: Gu Qianqian.]