Chapter 106: Who in the World Does Not Know You

During the month Jiang Xuan spent in closed-door cultivation, information about this battle spread as if it had grown wings, reaching the surrounding regions and countless nations across the Eastern Wasteland: a cultivator named Jiang Xuan had fought the demon race's great power, the Old Peng King, for over a thousand rounds, ending only when the Old Peng King was forced to cough up three drops of true blood.

In just a few days, Jiang Xuan's name shook countless Eastern Wasteland cultivators, spreading across the entire Eastern Wasteland and expanding toward the entire Northern Dipper Great Land; many people now knew that a cultivator named Jiang Xuan intended to horizontally suppress an entire generation's Heaven's Prides.

From then on, Jiang Xuan's name was known to everyone under heaven, unknown to no one.

The Golden-Winged Old Peng King — that was an Eastern Wasteland generation's overlord, his status equal to the Holy Lords of the major Holy Lands and the Family Heads of the Ancient Aristocratic Families, a truly peerless great power standing at the very peak of the Eastern Wasteland.

Yet he was forced by a member of the young generation to hand over Golden Peng true blood.

Without a doubt, the more widely the news spread, the more people would come to know it.

Henceforth, on the Emperor Road Contention, the young generation would find it hard to even glimpse his back; this is no exaggeration — Jiang Xuan's draw with the Old Peng King will cause his name to spread across the entire Northern Dipper Great Land.

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"Have you heard of a youth named Jiang Xuan? He blood-battled the demon race's peerless great power, the Golden-Winged Great Peng King, for over a thousand rounds, the two sides almost evenly matched."

"I've indeed heard such news; they say that battle darkened the sun and moon and split open the Heavenly Vault — surely this isn't just a storyteller's tale? Rumor has it that Jiang Xuan is merely a sixteen-or-seventeen-year-old youth; how could he fight the Old Peng King, who has dominated the Eastern Wasteland for years, to a draw?"

"That battle was witnessed by hundreds of thousands with their own eyes; would I lie to you?"

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This was the sound of discussion in a wine house, and discussions like this were happening simultaneously in countless places, instantly spreading across the entire Eastern Wasteland.

In a stone gambling workshop not far away, two youths and a big black dog were also discussing this topic.

"It's too explosive; Jiang Ge is getting more and more ferocious, Ye Zi — even a peerless great power like the Old Peng King could do nothing to Jiang Ge, forced to cough up essence blood." A sturdily built youth spoke excitedly, his face flushed red.

Another youth, tall and slender yet equally heroic, spoke: "Inconceivable; whether back home or here, Jiang Xuan has always been the most outstanding person."

Ye Fan recalled Jiang Xuan's past deeds; faced with any predicament, he always broke through danger with ruthless means and wisdom beyond ordinary people, as if in his presence no difficulty or peril was a problem anymore.

"Kid, is the Jiang Xuan you speak of a youth who often wears a green robe?" The big black dog's dog face flickered with doubt, thinking of that youth who broke the Purple Mountain's forbidden restriction and allowed it to be unsealed from the Divine Source.

"Black Emperor, you know Jiang Ge?" Pang Bo asked suspiciously; could this big black dog actually know Jiang Ge?

"I've seen that person once; he's terrifying." The Black Emperor rarely spoke without his usual nonsense; in his memory, only the Wushi Great Emperor could be this overbearing — this youth frightened him, giving him the feeling of encountering a natural enemy.

"Those countless sources of yours were given by that Jiang Xuan? Kid, since you can't break through the Four Extremes anyway, why not give them to Ben Huang? Ben Huang will pass on the Black Emperor Classic to you."

"Scram; if I can't break through the Four Extremes, I'd rather take these sources and feed them to a dog than give them to you!"

The Black Emperor's dog face lit up with joy.

"Too crazy; that Jiang Xuan practically poked a hole in the heavens!"

"No way; are you sure this news is true? The Golden-Winged Young Peng King seized by the neck by Jiang Xuan and unable to move? The Eastern Wasteland demon race young generation's strongest Heaven's Pride can't withstand a single grab from Jiang Xuan? The Old Peng King battled him for thousands of rounds with no victor, forced to trade true blood for his descendant's life?"

"Absolutely no mistake; the Yaoguang Holy Land's people experienced the scene firsthand — they have a deep grudge with Jiang Xuan, and they witnessed it with their own eyes."

"This is too crazy and terrifying; what exactly is this Jiang Xuan's origin, to force the Old Peng King to this point? If there were even a sliver of possibility, a peerless great power like him would never assume such a posture — this is simply an Arabian Nights tale, shocking and horrifying."

"Just what background does that Jiang Xuan have? Could he be a hidden-away old monster of accumulated years re-entering the world? His methods are truly penetrating through heaven and thorough!"

The cultivators in the stone gambling workshop all discussed in twos and threes; many found it hard to believe, feeling this news overturned their understanding.

The Golden-Winged Young Peng King was unrivaled in the limelight among the demon race's young generation; even the Demon Emperor's Successor, without using the Demon Emperor's Sacred Soldier, might not be his match; many Great Demons were already no match for him, and the various Heaven's Prides of the Human Race's Holy Land Families also regarded him with great wariness, believing the Golden-Winged Young Peng King would become a great enemy in the future.

Yet he was suppressed with a flip of the hand like grabbing a little chick — how could this not shake people?

If the Golden-Winged Young Peng King's defeat could still be explained as a peerless Heaven's Pride appearing among peers, with superior talent leaving all others in the dust.

But this Heaven's Pride actually fought the Old Peng King, a true colossus, to a draw — this can no longer be described as a Heaven's Pride; this is a monster genius, a demon god, inspiring awe and terror.

"Just who is that Jiang Xuan? From what great power does he come? Why does he possess such terrifying cultivation?"

"The Yaoguang Holy Land and the Ancient Ji Family once issued a warrant for him; two years ago, many cities under the two great Holy Land Families had this man's wanted portrait, a reward of over ten thousand catties of Pure Source; they said his cultivation was only between the Dao Palace and the Four Extremes — I even thought about capturing him for the reward; who would have thought in such a short time he would practically turn the Eastern Wasteland's heavens upside down."

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As the news spread, Jiang Xuan's past was gradually unearthed bit by bit by the world; though still very rough, many Eastern Wasteland cultivators now had a basic understanding of him, deeply etching the name Jiang Xuan into their memories.

"Too overbearing; this kid is truly ruthless and merciless — fresh out of the thatched cottage he dared slaughter the great figures of the two great Holy Land Families; though there's suspicion of relying on a Forbidden Artifact, placed on any one of us, absolutely no one would have such courage; when he fled far to the Northern Domain, he did two more earth-shaking things: directly splitting the Ancient Ji Family's Ji Haiyue dead with one sword, and beating the renowned Yaoguang Shengzi until he had only a breath left."

"Terrifying, truly too terrifying — meaning, during that period, his combat power had already crushed everyone in the Eastern Wasteland's young generation; even the Yaoguang Shengzi was beaten half-dead by him."

"The Yaoguang Shengzi has Great Emperor aspirations, his name shaking many Holy Land Families; his cultivation and combat power were acknowledged by everyone — unexpected that two years ago he was beaten half-dead by a peer Heaven's Pride; no wonder the Yaoguang Shengzi has been silent these two years — turns out he was recuperating; I thought he was cultivating some earth-shaking secret art!"

From teahouses to wine houses, from one great city to another, from one nation to another, a month later the entire Eastern Wasteland knew of this event.

And everything about Jiang Xuan gradually became clear; until this moment, people were shocked to discover he was actually just an ordinary mortal body.

"So what if it's a mortal body? Physique seems so insignificant at this time; even the various King Bodies and Divine Bodies — how could they achieve such feats at this age? Even the Ancient Era's unparalleled Sacred Body, or the legendary Chaos Body, could not be this heaven-defying."

"Speaking of Sacred Body, they say this life has a Sacred Body too — also strange; in this current era, this Sacred Body actually cultivated to the Dao Palace Five Heavens."

(Chapter End)