"Ever since I was young, my elder brother taught me martial arts. Even now, as I stand among the ranks of Qingyun, he remains the brother I respect the most. Now that he has been slain, I must avenge him!" Lei Tianhu declared.

"Granddaughter, do you know who killed his brother?" Chen Youyu asked Qin Lan.

"I don't know!" Qin Lan shook her head. Even though Ye Chen was the prime suspect, she hadn't witnessed it with her own eyes and she was unwilling to say it, so naturally, that meant she didn't know.

"Lei Tianhu, my granddaughter says she doesn't know, what do you think?" Chen Youyu asked.

"Haha!"

Lei Tianhu's face fluctuated between cloudiness and clarity before he burst into angry laughter.

By himself, King Xiao had nothing to fear from Lei Tianhu. However, given that the chaotic era's three kings were united as one, with King Xiao backed by a War King and another Chaotic Era King, Lei Tianhu was deeply wary.

"You may leave. The person you're looking for isn't here!" Chen Youyu waved his hand dismissively, a gesture that forcibly ushered out Qingyun List's elite. It was indeed a domineering act by King Xiao.

"King Xiao, don't be too arrogant. Even if you three kings of the chaotic era rank among the Qingyun, there are still those stronger than you in this world!" Lei Tianhu pointed at Chen Youyu. "A few days later, at the Peak Group meeting of top experts, I shall defeat you in front of all and see you fall from the top twenty of the Qingyun!"

"Anytime you wish!" Chen Youyu responded indifferently.

"Hmph!"

Lei Tianhu gave a cold laugh and then cradled his brother's body in his arms, disappearing into the distance with great leaps and bounds.

"A step spans thirty feet, a jump rises thirty-three feet, is he even human?" Qin Lan said somewhat dazedly.

Although Qin Lan was of noble birth, witnessing a powerhouse like Lei Tianhu still sent a shiver through her, for the abilities displayed by such a figure were truly formidable!

"My dear granddaughter, I fear your beloved is in trouble!" Chen Youyu said.

"Hm?"

"This Lei Tianhu is a peerless martial artist, ruthless and vindictive, certainly one to avenge any grudge. If he finds out your beloved is the culprit who killed his brother, this man would go mad and do everything in his power to exact his vengeance!"

"What, what should we do then?" Qin Lan panicked. "Great-grandfather, I know you're unmatched under the heavens, you must save Ye Chen!"

"Haha, why worry?" Chen Youyu smiled knowingly. "The more exceptional that young man performs, the harder it will be for Lei Tianhu to kill him as he wishes…"

The battle at Skywatch Pavilion did not cause much stir among the world's warriors, but Ye Chen's performance made some pay attention—those who silently watched him, some wishing him well, others wishing him dead!

...

After slaying the Gu King, Ye Chen inexplicably absorbed Fang Ruolan's Lifeblood Essence and mysteriously fell into a trance.

Three days later, at Liu Shihua's residence.

Ye Chen remained unconscious, his soul seemingly wandering the vast emptiness, leaving only his physical body.

In fact, while Ye Chen appeared to be in a coma, he was actually trapped in a miraculous cycle of reincarnation.

Experiencing a hundred life cycles, witnessing the vicissitudes of life and death.

Shattering!

Remolding!

Life!

After countless cycles of destruction and rebirth, Ye Chen finally gained vague enlightenment, and the illusion that had captivated his mind finally shattered.

"Beauty fades, heroes wane, a song of turmoil in a chaotic era!"

In the silent room, Ye Chen gently spoke and then slowly opened his eyes.

"Is this my intuition, the creation from the depths of destiny?"

Ye Chen sat up and leaned against the headboard, and inexplicably, his eyes were filled with the vicissitudes of life and death!

"Fang Ruolan wanted to kill me for the Gu, so I ripped off the mask and completely subdued her Lifeblood Gu King!"

"Unexpectedly, destiny played tricks on me, and it ended up being a breakthrough after destruction! I subdued the Gu King and devoured Fang's essence blood, which allowed me to successfully refine this Gu King!"

"As the clouds poured forth and the water flowed in its channel, I leaped into the later stage of Grandmaster! But, my greatest opportunity doesn't stop there!"

"My soul wandered, experiencing a hundred lifetimes, in which I devoted myself to martial arts; a hundred lifetimes of practicing martial arts brought my understanding to a peak! Although I'm now in the later stage of Grandmaster, my true combat power absolutely surpasses my own realm!"

Refining the Gu King was not Ye Chen's true fate; his destiny lay in those hundred cycles of reincarnation!

"In that cycle of reincarnations, I practiced martial arts through hundred lifetimes, each time cultivating to the later stage of Grandmaster was equal to completing one lifetime!"

"With these hundred lifetimes of martial arts experience, even though I am in the later stage of Grandmaster, I can unleash the combat power of a Grandmaster Peak!"

"Once I use the Secret Technique that drastically enhances my strength, how strong will I be?!"

At this thought, Ye Chen's spirit surged, and he exuded an invincible elegance.

"I hope the time I was unconscious wasn't long, and I haven't missed the Peak Group of top experts. That will be the place for my fame to rise!"

The boundless ambition in Ye Chen's heart and his immense strength filled him with the idea of battling the heroes of the world. He now fully understood why the Three Kings of Chaos dared to intimidate the heroes with their own strength—it was confidence in their own power, an indescribable domineering aura!

"Now, even if I encounter the supreme Grandmasters of the Qingyun List, I have the confidence to fight them and to enter the Qingyun List in the strongest manner!"

"I just wonder if the South Sea Dragon King will come. Even though I am now unprecedentedly strong, facing this old Dragon King, I dare not claim victory lightly!"

Ye Chen and this martial giant had an agreement for a battle. It was precisely the oppression from the invincible South Sea Dragon King that turned the pressure into a driving force for Ye Chen to continuously improve.

The South Sea Dragon King saw the potential in Ye Chen and wanted to use him as a stepping stone, but wasn't Ye Chen also planning to use his power to reach the pinnacle of existence?!

"..."

"Opportunity arrives, fate descends."

"One step to heaven, transform into a dragon!"

"Unexpectedly, I've leaped to become the strongest among men!"

At this thought, Ye Chen couldn't help but beam with radiance; he had merged with the Gu King, undergone an unimaginable transformation, and after a hundred lifetimes of dedicated practice, he had become incredibly powerful.

Ye Chen had a premonition that if he were to burst forth with all his power, it would definitely be a Qingyun List-level combat power!

It is extremely difficult to achieve Grandmaster level, but martial artists have long lifespans, and over the long course of time, who knows how many such people there might be. But among them, only forty-nine are listed on the Qingyun List, indicating the immense strength of those on the list!

The existences on the Qingyun List, every one of them a champion of their own right, renowned across the world. Even a Land God wouldn't dare to disregard them lightly!

"Heaven-sent serendipity, inexplicable fate, life is so unpredictable!"

Ye Chen had been struggling to break through the later stages of Grandmaster. However, fate descended, and instantly he had taken a huge step forward, a difference that truly makes one sigh!

However, that state of being caught in reincarnations is quite marvelous, even somewhat inconceivable. Even though Ye Chen had refined that Gu King, it should have only led to ascension to the later stages of Grandmaster at the most—how could it include cycles through a hundred lifetimes?

The Gu King had made Ye Chen complete, but what happened to Fang Ruolan? Who brought him back here? It seems that many things had happened after he fell unconscious, Ye Chen silently pondered.

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