Location: Above the Qin Estate – Hidden Void Rift
The battlefield below continued to burn.
Explosions of spiritual energy lit the sky while Qin disciples struggled against the combined forces of the Shaw and Pei armies.
Yet far above them, hidden beyond normal perception, a silent tear in space remained open.
Inside that fracture stood a lone figure.
Qin Huaian.
His black robe moved gently in the calm void wind.
His eyes quietly observed the battlefield beneath him.
He saw everything.
The destroyed courtyard.
The wounded Qin disciples.
His father Qin Yong lying injured.
And most importantly—
His children.
Fenglan and Meiyue, kneeling under the terrifying pressure of Shaw Tianmo.
For a moment, Huaian said nothing.
His expression remained completely calm.
But the void around him slowly began to ripple.
Shaw Tianmo's Unease
Back on the battlefield, Shaw Tianmo had stopped moving.
Something was wrong.
The spiritual energy in the area had changed.
The chaotic battlefield energy was being pulled away… as if something was quietly absorbing the flow of power.
He looked up at the sky.
But saw nothing.
Still, his instincts screamed danger.
"Strange…"
He frowned slightly.
Even a 9th Realm Heavenly Sovereign like him could not locate the source of that pressure.
Meanwhile the twins were struggling to stand.
Fenglan wiped blood from his mouth.
"Why… did his pressure suddenly weaken?"
Meiyue also felt it.
The crushing force that pinned them down had become unstable.
Something was interfering with Shaw Tianmo's power.
The Void Responds
Inside the rift, Huaian slowly raised one hand.
Not to attack.
Not to release power.
But simply to touch the air.
The void energy surrounding the battlefield reacted immediately.
Invisible currents shifted direction.
Like rivers changing course.
All spiritual energy in the region began flowing toward Huaian.
Shaw Tianmo's control over the battlefield weakened further.
His eyes widened slightly.
"Someone is manipulating the spiritual flow…"
He immediately expanded his divine sense across the entire sky.
Yet he found nothing.
No cultivator.
No hidden formation.
Nothing.
That was what disturbed him most.
The Twins Stand Again
The pressure weakened enough for Fenglan and Meiyue to stand.
Their Void bloodlines reacted strongly.
Fenglan whispered:
"Do you feel that?"
Meiyue nodded slowly.
The void energy surrounding them felt strangely familiar.
Warm.
Protective.
Like something ancient watching over them.
Shaw Tianmo Attacks
Annoyed by the strange interference, Shaw Tianmo decided to end the battle immediately.
He raised both arms.
A gigantic storm of spiritual energy gathered above the battlefield.
Heaven Crushing Palm
A massive energy palm began forming in the sky.
If it fell, the entire Qin estate would be erased.
Qin disciples below looked up in horror.
Even Fenglan and Meiyue knew they could not stop this attack.
The enormous palm began descending.
The Moment Before Impact
The sky darkened.
Wind roared across the battlefield.
Just before the palm could fall—
Something changed.
The enormous energy attack suddenly stopped moving.
Not blocked.
Not destroyed.
Simply… frozen.
Like time itself had paused.
Shaw Tianmo's pupils shrank.
"Impossible…"
He could still control the technique.
But it refused to move.
As if the very space around it had lost permission to exist.
The First Step
Inside the void rift, Huaian finally moved.
He stepped forward.
His foot touched the edge of the spatial tear.
The moment his step crossed into the real world—
The frozen Heavenly Palm silently dissolved into nothing.
Not an explosion.
Not a clash.
It simply… vanished.
The void rift slowly closed behind him.
For the first time, someone finally appeared in the sky above the battlefield.
A single man.
Standing calmly in mid-air.
Black robes.
Eyes as deep as endless space.
No aura released.
Yet the entire battlefield became silent.
Even the wind stopped.
Shaw Tianmo's Realization
Shaw Tianmo stared at the figure.
He could not sense the man's cultivation.
Not even the faintest spiritual fluctuation.
That terrified him.
Because in the cultivation world there were only two possibilities.
Either the man was a normal mortal…
Or someone whose power was so high it could not be measured.
His instincts already knew the answer.
"Who… are you?"
The man in the sky looked down quietly.
His gaze moved across the battlefield.
Past the soldiers.
Past Shaw Tianmo.
Until it finally rested on Fenglan and Meiyue.
For the first time, a faint emotion appeared in his eyes.
Relief.
Then he finally spoke.
His voice was calm.
But every cultivator on the battlefield heard it clearly.
"You've both grown well."
Fenglan's body froze.
Meiyue's eyes widened.
They recognized that voice instantly.
"Father…?"