The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"Slaughtering Blade Technique!"

Chu Xiu's expression turned serious. He drew his sword from its sheath and unleashed a strike at Kong Yuancheng's palm!

At this moment, Chu Xiu also incorporated the killing intent into the killing sword technique.

Rumble!

A deafening roar reverberated throughout the entire world!

Both Chu Xiu's sword energy and Kong Yuancheng's palm force vanished into the world!

Pedal, pedal, pedal...

Chu Xiu retreated five steps before stopping.

On the ground, there were already footprints several inches deep.

Each footprint, like a spider web, spread out in all directions, forming terrifying cracks.

"I never imagined that a Grandmaster like you could possess such formidable strength. No wonder you dared to come looking for trouble with me!"

"I'll show you right now what the true Primordial Spirit Realm is like!"

A strange light flashed in Kong Yuancheng's eyes as he spoke with his hands behind his back.

A profound and majestic aura emanated from him!

A blazing sun appeared directly overhead.

This blazing sun seemed to contain endless flames, enough to burn the heavens and the earth to ashes!

"Is this the true power of the Nascent Soul Realm?"

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow; he could feel that Kong Yuancheng was like a blazing sun.

Stepping from the Grandmaster realm to the Nascent Soul realm signifies that one's spiritual power has reached a certain level.

The spiritual power merges with the golden core, transforming into the primordial spirit.

The realm of primordial spirit, which is called the realm of true beings, cannot be merely a matter of the strength of primordial spirit power.

The greatest strength of the Primordial Spirit Realm lies in the ability to release the Primordial Spirit and empower oneself with it, giving one the power to destroy the world!

The reason why the leader of the Seven Killings organization's capital branch, Master Wuchang, could not empower himself with his primordial spirit is because Master Wuchang has been poisoned by the Three Laughs of Freedom Powder and can no longer unleash the true power of the primordial spirit realm.

The steward of the Kong family, who was just killed by Chu Xiu with a single strike, had not yet reached that level of cultivation.

Under normal circumstances, only those who have reached the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Realm can achieve this.

Below the seventh level of the Primordial Spirit Realm, the Primordial Spirit is not strong enough.

"The Blazing Sun's True Power: Scorching the Heavens and Boiling the Seas!"

Kong Yuancheng struck Chu Xiu with a palm, and the force of the palm strike created a tremendous shockwave.

This earth-shattering palm strike was like a blazing sun crushing down on Chu Xiu, trying to burn him to ashes!

"Immortal-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique!"

Chu Xiu's expression turned serious. He drew his sword from its sheath and slashed at the palm strike.

With this strike, Chu Xiu no longer held back, unleashing the full power of his perfected Immortal-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique and Immortal-Slaying Sword Intent!

Rumble!

The entire world seemed to have been cleaved in two by Chu Xiu's blade!

Kong Yuancheng's palm strike was completely powerless against the Immortal-Slaying Blade Qi!

The Immortal-Slaying Blade Qi, over ten zhang long, not only annihilated Kong Yuancheng's palm strike, but also slashed down towards him!

"how is this possible?"

"How could a Grandmaster-level martial artist like you unleash such a terrifying strike..."

Kong Yuancheng's face showed a look of horror. He couldn't believe that Chu Xiu, a Grandmaster, could have such terrifying strength. As a peak ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm, only one step away from the Dharma Aspect Realm, he actually felt the threat of death from Chu Xiu's strike!

In fact, this strike had locked him in place, leaving him no choice but to withstand it, not dodge it!

In an instant, Kong Yuancheng felt his scalp tingle. He gritted his teeth, drew his sword, and slashed at the Immortal-Slaying Blade Qi.

With this strike, he had completely integrated his primordial spirit power into the sword energy, unleashing an incomparably terrifying sword energy!

however!

This strike was utterly powerless against the Immortal-Slaying Blade Qi!

It's like an ant trying to shake a tree—utterly futile!

Rumble!

The aura of the Immortal-Slaying Blade descended.

Kong Yuancheng has disappeared outside the Kong family mansion!

A knife mark more than ten feet long appeared outside the Confucius Mansion.

The blade had carved a trench ten feet wide into the ground, and the blade's energy still raged within it, giving off an incredibly terrifying feeling.

Any ordinary martial artist who gets close to this blade mark is likely to be crushed by the blade energy within!

"My lord's divine power, my lord's divine power..."

Although the members of the Shocking Guard were ordered by Chu Xiu not to approach, they watched the battle from a distance. They witnessed Chu Xiu kill Kong Yuancheng, a peak ninth-level Yuan Shen Realm cultivator, with a single strike. Their eyes lit up with intense fervor, and they shouted with utmost awe.

"Congratulations, host. You have successfully killed Kong Yuancheng, the deputy commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who colluded with aristocratic families and acted as their lackey. You have persisted in doing positive things and have been rewarded with fifty years of Golden Core power and the Qiankun Qi Great Capture reward."

"Would you like to claim your reward now?"

The mechanical voice of the positive energy system rang in Chu Xiu's mind.

"Yes."

Chu Xiu was overjoyed and spoke to the Positive Energy System in his mind.

With the power of this golden core for fifty years, his cultivation level can be improved once again!

The Qiankun Yiqi Great Capture, just from its name, is extraordinary.

The words just fell!

Fifty years' worth of Golden Core power had already appeared in Chu Xiu's dantian. The Innate Qiankun Technique was automatically operating, absorbing and refining this Golden Core power.

In a moment.

Chu Xiu's cultivation level broke through from the fifth level of the Grandmaster Realm all the way to the peak of the seventh level of the Grandmaster Realm!

He's only one step away from the eighth level of the Grandmaster realm!

"He's reached the peak of the seventh level of the Grandmaster realm!"

Chu Xiu's eyes lit up. He could feel that his spiritual power had become incredibly strong, possibly even stronger than that of a peak ninth-level Yuan Shen Realm cultivator.

Moreover, it's not just that in terms of quantity, it's no weaker than a peak ninth-level Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

Even in terms of quality, it is in no way inferior!

After all, he has the concept of Taiyin!

The Taiyin visualization method can continuously refine spiritual power, making it incredibly pure!

Then, countless images of the Qiankun Qi Great Capture Technique appeared in Chu Xiu's mind.

The Qiankun Yiqi Great Capturing Technique is not an ordinary grappling martial art.

It is an astonishing martial art capable of capturing the primordial spirit, or even the Dharma form!

"So powerful! If I had had the Qiankun Qi Grasp Technique just now, I could have crushed Kong Yuancheng's primordial spirit with it!"

After receiving all the information, Chu Xiu was utterly shocked.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down, and on the surface, he remained calm and composed, as if killing Kong Yuancheng was an easy task.

In less than half a day.

Fang Heng walked out of the Kong family mansion, and one by one, the Kong family members were escorted out by the Jingtian Guard.

of course.

It wasn't just the Kong family members, but also maids, servants, and others.

There were well over a thousand people.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, everyone in the Kong family has been arrested."

"We discovered a large amount of gold and silver treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and house and land deeds in the Confucius Mansion."

"The total value exceeds three million taels of silver!"

Fang Heng strode up to Chu Xiu and said with a solemn expression.

"only these?"

Chu Xiu frowned and said.

Kong Yuancheng, as the Vice Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, was a truly powerful figure, but in Chu Xiu's eyes, the amount of gold and silver he possessed was still insufficient.