Asura Mad Emperor

The helmet of the Valkyrie shattered, revealing her face beneath the mysterious veil.

It was an exceedingly delicate face, with enchanting eyes and long, quivering eyelashes. Her brows were slightly furrowed, showing an expression that was strikingly beautiful and startlingly heart-stopping.

She stood still amidst the void, her body radiating silver luminescence, like a blooming Divine Lotus, crystalline and glowing, sacred and noble.

Qinchuan's Long Spear was like a dragon, transforming into a streak of light, and he fiercely thrust at the Valkyrie's chest.

Just as the Chi Yue Spear was about to pierce the Valkyrie's chest, Qinchuan saw her face clearly.

He suddenly stopped.

The Long Spear in Qinchuan's hand halted half an inch from the Valkyrie's chest, unable to advance even a fraction further.

"You... you... how could it be you..."

Qinchuan was deeply shaken, waves of shock surging in the depths of his heart as he stared dumbfounded at the woman before him.

In that moment, his Dao Heart suddenly wavered.

For a million years, he had walked the Asura Path and trod upon the Myriad Realms. He believed his heart could no longer be disturbed, but at this moment, his Dao Heart was completely unsettled.

Back at Divine Severing Cliff, his Dao Heart had been slightly distracted, but it was only a brief lapse. Right now, his heart was utterly in disarray.

Qinchuan looked blankly at the woman in front of him.

The woman before his eyes clearly bore the likeness of Luo Ling'er.

Her features were exquisite, identical to Luo Ling'er's, right down to the beauty mark below her eye, without the slightest deviation.

Although a million years had passed, he had long since etched Luo Ling'er's image into his mind. He couldn't possibly be mistaken; the person before him bore no difference from Luo Ling'er.

Transmigration and reincarnation—though Qinchuan himself only bore a resemblance to his appearance from a million years ago, this woman was the spitting image of Luo Ling'er.

"How could it be you?"

Qinchuan's spear-wielding hand trembled uncontrollably as he asked once again in a quavering voice.

"Hmm?"

Confusion flickered in the Valkyrie's eyes. She couldn't understand why Qinchuan, who was about to kill her, had suddenly paused.

Nor did she understand why Qinchuan was suddenly uttering strange words like "how could it be you."

"Go!"

She let out an angry shout, her figure drifting backwards. Her silhouette flickered continuously in the void, quickly distancing herself from Qinchuan.

From a distance, the Valkyrie watched Qinchuan, her eyes glittering with a cold light, her mind filled with myriad thoughts.

In the end, she chose not to continue the battle but instead retreated into the distance.

"I am not your match now, but I have memorized you. In the future, I will certainly personally subdue you to obtain the Spiritual Pearl."

The Valkyrie tore through the void, her figure disappearing into it while her indifferent voice came from afar.

Qinchuan stood frozen in place, watching the Valkyrie's retreating figure, his heart still unable to settle: "Luo Ling'er... how can this be?"

"Young Master Qin, what happened? Why did you let her go?"

Li Kaitian and the others had completely refined the Divine Pill by now, their injuries fully healed, although Mei Qian'er's newly regrown arm still needed some time to be tempered before it could function as normal.

At this moment, Li Kaitian approached and asked softly.

"She looks very much like an old acquaintance of mine."

Qinchuan came back to his senses; he didn't explain further, merely saying so.

After a long pause, Qinchuan regained his composure.

"This matter is settled. The Great Emperors of the three ancient kingdoms have all fallen; it's an opportune time for Tianyuan Nation to consume the other three kingdoms.

Furthermore, after this great battle, many Divine Envoys from the Divine Realm have perished. The Divine Realm will surely send emissaries to the Lower Realm to seek information. Their target is the entire Divine Wilderness Continent. Seeing Tianyuan Nation and Dongju Continent together, they will likely take action again. Qian'er, you should head to Tianqing City first."

"Understood."

Hearing that all the Great Emperors of this land were dead, Li Kaitian and the others felt a jolt of shock. Soon after registering this fact, they promptly departed.

The Valkyrie didn't tear through the void to return to the Upper Realm, instead she fled towards the south.

Leaving Divine Demon Island, the journey south was bound by perilous seas with no Spirit Mountain Islands in between.

This woman must have come from Nanchi Continent.

As Qinchuan pondered where the Valkyrie had come from, he dove towards the bottom of the sea.

"Young Master Qin!"

The injuries of the four Divine Beasts from the Azure Water Cave Dwelling were not yet clear.

When the Valkyrie appeared, all four of them had acted to stop her, each had been hit by an azure-feathered arrow.

The third eye of the Three-Eyed Toad was struck by an arrow and completely burst open; the Azure Dragon's claw was fractured; the two-headed Purple Jiao had one of its heads severed by an arrow; and the bald fierce beast in human form met the worst fate, its abdomen pierced through, leaving a basin-sized bloody hole, and was now at death's door, barely clinging to life.

"Young Master Qin!"

Originally, everyone had some regrets about getting involved in this matter.

But after witnessing Qinchuan's fierce battle with the Valkyrie from the bottom of the sea, everyone understood the terrifying might he possessed and now dared not harbor any strange thoughts.

"Hmm."

Qinchuan nodded, glancing over the four from the cave dwelling.

The subtle thoughts in everyone's heart were crystal clear to Qinchuan.

"This Divine Pill is enough to heal your injuries, take it immediately," Qinchuan said as he took out four Divine Pills and tossed one to each of the four.

"This is the latter part of the Refining Heart mental method; once your injuries are healed, you may look at it yourselves." Qinchuan's Soul surged as four streams of Spiritual Soul Divine Sense entered the four's Divine Senses.

"Thank you, Young Master Qin!"

The four expressed their thanks once again.

They had stirred up such a commotion, summoning so many Sea Beasts to control the 'Seal Heaven Exterminate Earth Great Formation,' all for the sake of obtaining the latter part of the Refining Heart mental method.

With the complete Refining Heart mental method, they would have enough strength to break through to the Great Emperor Realm, and perhaps even aspire to reach the legendary God Realm.

"With Young Master Qin being so strong, should we submit and follow him?"

As they saw Qinchuan's figure getting farther and farther away.

At that moment, the old Three-Eyed Toad's eyes shone brightly as he looked at the remaining three and asked.

"This may not be appropriate," said the Azure Dragon, shaking its head: "Although Young Master Qin is strong, we dominate our own territories in the sea, enjoying our freedom. To submit and follow a human might invite ridicule from other sea creatures of our kind."

Sea Beasts are quite different from land Fierce Beasts.

Many terrestrial Fierce Beasts follow the Human Race, but in the undersea world, those who follow humans are few and far between, and might even be the subject of laughter among their kind.

"The Azure Dragon makes sense, we're on the verge of becoming Great Emperors; to follow someone else now might invite mockery from our own kind," said the Purple Jiao, who had lost one of its heads, now a single-headed one, also speaking up.

"Fine! First, let us heal our wounds!" said the Toad as he finally swallowed the Divine Pill bestowed by Qinchuan.

"Hm? What potent medicinal strength."

The Divine Pill transformed into a surge of medicinal power in their mouths, and they all suddenly felt a wave of relief, accompanied by a crackling sound.

Their injuries were rapidly healing, even the Azure Dragon's severed claw and the Purple Jiao's severed head were slowly regrowing.

"Such a powerful Elixir!"

"Could this perhaps be… a Divine Grade Elixir?"

The four were shocked and exchanged glances.

"To give out top-grade Divine Elixirs so freely! If we follow Young Master Qin, wouldn't we be able to gain even greater benefits in the future?"

Thinking this, the four began to harbor thoughts of following him.

But by the time they looked again, Qinchuan's figure had disappeared.

They had had several chances to change their lives, but had never seized them; this last opportunity too, just slipped by them.