Chapter 164: Qingyun Heavenly Pride, Wuchen Shocked

Empress Linyao is fully refining the remaining Imperial Source within her body.

Four of the five Imperial Sources have already been refined.

Mighty Dao power flows around her.

Her Imperial Realm aura has reached its limit.

She is only one step away from breaking the shackles and ascending to immortality.

Boom!!!

The powerful aura impacts every corner of the main hall.

Not far away, Wuchen nodded in satisfaction.

Not bad, Linyao is about to become an immortal as well.

At that time, they will be able to sweep the Wasteland Martial with two immortals working together, suppress the Chaotic Flow Star Domain, and fly to a higher realm with the might of the Wasteland Martial.

Meanwhile,

The magnificent venue of the Heavenly Pride Grand Assembly.

At this moment, order has been fully restored, and the heavenly prideful ones have ascended the dueling platform again to compete.

However, after experiencing that incident, everyone remains fearful.

Challenges are allowed, but they must not maliciously provoke Qingyun disciples.

Otherwise, the Great Emperor's wrath will leave countless corpses.

That is no joke.

No, challenges are not allowed either!

They are absurdly strong.

Don't you see? On the two dueling platforms where Shi Hao and Lin Bai stand, no heavenly prideful one dares to challenge them.

One punched and killed the third-ranked heavenly prideful one from the Five Regions Heavenly Pride Ranking.

The other suppressed the Buddhist Kingdom's Buddha Son with just a few sword strikes.

Who would dare to go up and humiliate themselves?

Shi Hao and Lin Bai helplessly spread their hands.

There's nothing we can do; invincibility is always lonely.

On the other side of several dueling platforms,

"Qingyun Sect Master's direct disciple, Hua Qianyu."

Hua Qianyu wore the attire of a direct disciple.

Gazing at the calm-faced woman ahead, she spoke indifferently.

"Mirror Moon Valley, Di Xin."

Di Xin'er finished speaking and cautiously stared at Hua Qianyu ahead.

Her beautiful eyes were filled with vigilance.

Is she also a direct disciple of the Qingyun Sect Master?

The two heavenly prideful ones earlier seemed to be direct disciples of the Qingyun Sect Master as well.

All are absurdly strong.

But since we are already on this dueling platform, we cannot retreat without fighting.

Otherwise, the news that the fifth-ranked heavenly prideful one fled without battle would spread, making us a laughingstock.

The two women activated their techniques, and mighty aura surged outward.

Di Xin'er held a sword; her plain robes fluttered in the wind, and countless icy glints burst from the blade.

The aura of the peak of the Soul Formation Realm unfolded.

"Has sword intent been perfected? Are you also a sword dao genius who practices the sword?"

"But if that's the case, then she is doomed to lose."

Hua Qianyu thought to herself, her black hair flowing to her waist moving with the wind.

"Phoenix Derivation Holy Scripture!"

Her Phoenix Holy Body instantly activated, and majestic spiritual energy burst forth.

A huge divine Phoenix phantom appeared in the void.

Clang—

It continuously roared downward, the Phoenix's entire body burning with scorching flames, like a fire Phoenix.

Di Xin'er's heart trembled, and her hands did not stop moving.

She flew forward with her sword, her clothes fluttering, and instantly arrived before Hua Qianyu.

"Lin!"

Seeing this, Hua Qianyu pointed her jade-white finger forward, and dazzling light burst out.

The phantom Phoenix in the void roared, continuously spewing scorching Phoenix flames.

Countless streams of Phoenix flames surged down, the scorching flames burning the void.

"Damn! Another heaven-defying heavenly prideful one!"

"These eight disciples from Qingyun—could they all be heaven-defying heavenly prideful ones?"

"All are top-notch; they're practically invincible. How will they fare in the upcoming Five Regions Heavenly Pride Grand Competition?"

The heavenly prideful cultivators around the dueling platform once again began to doubt life.

The last shock was still… the Qingyun disciple who used the Azure Lotus Sword.

On the dueling platform, feeling the scorching Phoenix flames above, Di Xin'er quickly raised her sword to block; a sword qi slashed out, and perfected sword intent erupted.

Boom!

The phoenix flame and sword qi collided head‑on; after a loud bang, they both vanished.

On the other side, on the array platform.

"Qing Yun Inner Sect Disciple, Qin Han."

Qin Han stood on the platform with his hands behind his back and said.

Hearing that, the heavenly pride opposite immediately recognized him.

The heavenly pride ranked twenty‑eighth on the Five Regions Heavenly Pride Ranking list.

When Qing Yun founded the sect and took in disciples, he once defeated Yun Meng Luo of the Yun family with a single palm, and Wang Yun of the forbidden Wang clan.

In short, it's terrifying!

This is just a Qing Yun inner‑sect disciple—what about the core disciples, the peak master's personal heir, the imperial prince, the sequence divine son?

He no longer dared to imagine further, and thus said: "Turns out it's Brother Qin Han; I, your junior, have eyes but fail to recognize Mount Tai—I didn't recognize you."

"Today I'm not fit to fight; when mountains and waters meet again, farewell."

On another platform.

"Qing Yun Inner Sect Disciple, Ning Yan."

Ning Yan stood with his hands behind his back and proclaimed his name.

"It seems the heavenly pride of the Dan Sect didn't come to the gathering; otherwise I could ask my master about the Dan Sect's current situation."

"After all, they mainly focus on alchemy, so they naturally wouldn't join this heavenly pride battle."

At the same time, on the other platforms where Qing Yun disciples were.

"Qing Yun Inner Sect Disciple, Qing Yan."

Qing Yan held a folding fan, looked ahead and laughed.

The fan in his hand was his favorite weapon.

He also kept wondering when he could found his own school, the "Fan Intent."

After that, neither spoke further; each circulated their own cultivation method.

Qing Yan brandished the fan in his right hand and, with the force of thunder, rushed forward to attack the heavenly pride.

"Qing Yun Inner Sect Disciple, Long Ao Tian."

Long Ao Tian wore his long hair loose over his shoulders, carried a great blade on his shoulder, stood on the platform, exuding overbearing aura.

"Battle!"

With a great shout, towering spirit energy surged skyward.

A mighty blade intent swept forth.

"Qing Yun Inner Sect Disciple, Luo Wu."

Luo Wu's face was like congealed jade, her spirit like autumn waters; she spoke indifferently to the front.

Without further words, the Qing Yun immortal arts circulated within her.

A vast momentum spread outward.

She stepped forward, her lithe form swaying lightly, and rushed to attack that heavenly pride.

At the same time.

Wu Chen walked out of the Cultivation Hall.

Lin Yao could break through soon; he needed to make full preparations.

The sect and the Divine Kingdom must expend all their strength to help them forge the Eternal Immortal Foundation.

"How is the heavenly pride gathering I tasked you to monitor? Nothing happened, right?"

Wu Chen merely thought and sent a message with his divine sense.

He had been staying in the Cultivation Hall all along, so he hadn't paid attention to the heavenly pride gathering.

These heavenly prides are of great use.

Hmph.

Fight, fight fiercely.

The life and death of these heavenly prides are entirely under my control.

"Reporting to my master."

"Just now a Great Emperor of Qing Yun made a move."

The scout in the dark told Wu Chen everything that had just happened.

Upon hearing that, Wu Chen's eyes lit up.

The Peak Great Emperor of Qing Yun?

Indeed, after searching high and low, it came without effort!

Immediately, Wu Chen's mighty half‑immortal realm divine sense spread out.

After sweeping over the main venue of the heavenly pride gathering, no one noticed—not even the Free and Easy Wanderer above the heavens.

"Turns out he was hiding in the void!"

"Sure enough, a Peak Great Emperor."

"What a magnificent Qing Yun Immortal Sect—just to attend a heavenly pride gathering, a Peak Great Emperor clears the way."

"Since you've come to my door, don't blame me."

Wu Chen gave a dark chuckle, then extended his senses toward the gathering's main venue.

"Huh! What's that?"