The Ten Great Sects have all arrived!
The news spread much faster than Li Sifan had imagined.
"Young Master Qing, there's a Formation in the back mountain. If you don't wish to be disturbed by these people, I can immediately order someone to activate the Formation and transport you and Her Highness the Princess away from Qingcheng Sect," Li Sifan revealed truthfully.
"It's fine to meet them, lest they disturb my wife's Cultivation."
Qing Chen wished for more people to come, and the stronger, the better. This way, the quality of the wife-doting rewards he received by protecting Han Qingyue's Cultivation would also increase exponentially.
With the Undying and Imperishable Body, plus a hundred-thousand-year-old Nine Nether Undying Dragon, Qing Chen truly didn't put the Ten Great Sects of a small Great Han Dynasty in his eyes.
'Where exactly does this guy get the confidence to face the Ten Great Sects alone? Not to mention, the people who came are more than just the Ten Great Sects.'
Sect Leader Sun Ji didn't believe that a Divided Soul Realm Cultivation alone could support Qing Chen's arrogance.
As Qing Chen passed by Sect Leader Sun Ji, he suddenly stopped and reminded him, "Sect Master Sun, think carefully about what I said earlier. Some opportunities, once missed, are truly missed."
"…" Sect Leader Sun Ji remained silent, but in his heart, he was quite disdainful of Qing Chen's words.
He didn't believe that the majestic Tian Jian Sect had fallen to a point where it needed to rely on pledging allegiance to someone like Qing Chen to survive.
Seeing Qing Chen's figure walk away, Sect Leader Sun Ji quickly followed.
He wanted to see how Qing Chen, with only Divided Soul Realm Cultivation, would contend with the various forces.
Zhao Tianyou and Li Sifan followed closely behind…
They arrived outside the Gongfa Pavilion.
Qing Chen looked up to see dozens of Flying Swords already crowding the sky above Qingcheng Sect, drastically reducing visibility. The scene was grand and extremely oppressive, like a doomsday scenario.
Fortunately, Li Sifan knew in advance the purpose of these people's visit, otherwise, he truly would have mistaken tomorrow for Qingcheng Sect's memorial day.
"Oh! Sect Master Sun? You still like to sneak away as always." An old man stood at the bow of a ship, looking down at the crowd, and after noticing Sect Leader Sun Ji, he teased him.
"…" Sect Leader Sun Ji couldn't be bothered to respond to him, his attention entirely on Qing Chen.
The old man also didn't plan to waste all his time on Sect Leader Sun Ji. After sensing Qing Chen's presence, he exclaimed, "So young, yet able to reach the Divided Soul Realm, a Prodigy, an unparalleled Prodigy!"
Upon hearing these words, the Sect Masters of various Sects, one after another, transformed into streaks of light from their cabins and quickly appeared at the bow of their ships.
Before coming, they only knew that Qing Chen and another female had top-tier talent, but they hadn't heard that Qing Chen, at the age of eighteen, had already entered the Divided Soul Realm!
Their determination grew stronger: no matter what, they had to pull Qing Chen into their own faction.
More and more people thought this way, and the scent of gunpowder in the air became extremely thick.
"This person, our Haoyang Sect wants him!"
"Your Haoyang Sect has a lot of nerve, daring to snatch someone from our Tianshui Sect?"
"This child's talent is exceptional. Neither your Haoyang Sect nor Tianshui Sect is as qualified as our Zhenghai Sect to guide him!"
"Stop spouting nonsense. If you're not convinced, fight me first. If you can beat me, then we can talk about snatching people!"
…
The atmosphere grew increasingly tense. Seeing their own Elders and Sect Master-level figures drawing their swords, the accompanying Disciples also took out their weapons, just waiting for a command to start fighting!
Seeing so many forces and powerful individuals on the ground fighting fiercely and tearing off their masks to contend for his allegiance, Qing Chen felt quite pleased, to say the least.
However, getting back to the main point, Qing Chen didn't think highly of any of these forces.
If they were to submit to him, then it might be acceptable.
To put it nicely, it's submission; to put it bluntly, it's no different from being a running dog.
As he pondered this, a bold idea couldn't help but arise in Qing Chen's mind.
So he said, "If you all find this difficult, why not listen to my suggestion?"
"Oh! What is your brilliant idea?" Someone became interested and asked curiously.
The next moment, everyone's gaze focused on Qing Chen.
"Since it's difficult, why don't all of you make a Heavenly Dao oath and pledge allegiance to me?" Qing Chen offered what he considered to be the best solution.
As soon as these words were spoken, silence. There were tens of thousands of people present, yet it was as quiet as a graveyard in the dead of night.
No one had expected Qing Chen's brilliant idea to be that all Sect forces should bow down and submit to him.
They didn't know whether to call this young man confident or foolish.
Sect Leader Sun Ji, who was nearby, also sighed and shook his head, feeling that Qing Chen was overly arrogant. Because his starting point was too high and his Cultivation path had been too smooth, he had become inflated to an almost pathological degree.
He simply didn't understand the iron rule that there are always people beyond people, and Heavens beyond Heavens.
"Arrogant! You want us to submit? Even if your talent is high, you don't have the ability to do so now!"
"It seems that after entering the Sect, his Heart-Nature will need to be thoroughly refined. Being so arrogant makes it easy for trouble to arise."
"I thought he would propose some brilliant idea. What a waste of effort!"
…
No one took Qing Chen's words seriously, all thinking he had lost his mind to say such absurd things.
Qing Chen had expected this.
In an era where the strong are revered, how could mere words be enough?
He activated his Sacred Body.
The Ten Thousand Swords Sacred Body took effect, and Sword Intent surged like a flood.
After binding the Ten Thousand Swords Sacred Body, Qing Chen also awakened a Divine Ability that allowed him to use all the Divine Swords under Heaven for his own purposes.
With a single thought.
The people of Tian Jian Sect were the first to notice something amiss. The long swords tucked into their scabbards at their waists suddenly became restless, no longer stable.
"Hey! My sword!"
Before they could react, those swords had already left their scabbards and flown out.
Afterward, more and more swords uncontrollably unsheathed, but without exception, they all flew towards Qing Chen.
Qing Chen stepped on a Flying Sword, rising a hundred zhang directly. Behind him, ten thousand swords floated in the air, forming a towering wall that covered the sky. The sharp edges of the swords slowly lowered, locking onto the various factions.
Seeing their own swords being used by someone else, with their blades pointed at themselves, those Sword Cultivators felt very uncomfortable.
At this moment, someone shouted, "Sacred Body! This is the number one Sacred Body of the Sword Dao, the Ten Thousand Swords Sacred Body!"
"What! He, he not only possesses a Heaven Rank top-grade Spiritual Root, but he has also awakened a Sacred Body!"
"Heaven is too biased towards him, isn't it!"
"Envy! I'm so envious!"
Even these Prodigies from various Sects, who were usually accustomed to being envied by others, couldn't help but feel envious after learning that Qing Chen not only possessed a Heaven Rank top-grade Lightning Spiritual Root but also awakened the number one Sacred Body of the Sword Dao. Their Dao Hearts showed signs of collapsing.
The talent Qing Chen possessed pressed down on these Prodigies, making them feel breathless, as if an invisible large hand was clutching their throats.
"Are these enough qualifications?" Qing Chen asked the crowd.
Some remained silent, while others stammered for a long time, unable to utter a complete sentence.
In the current situation, even if they truly felt Qing Chen wasn't qualified, they wouldn't dare to easily say it out loud, fearing to offend him and incur his resentment.
'A Sacred Body isn't enough?'
Qing Chen originally didn't want to reveal the Nine Nether Undying Dragon, his trump card, too early, but now that the arrow was on the string, he had no choice but to release it.
He was just one step away from subduing a dozen forces. How could he give up now?
You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a cub. Qing Chen still hoped to subdue these forces early, let the dust settle, and get his wife-doting rewards.