After the Engagement Was Broken Off, I Was Pursued by Peerless Holy Maidens - Chapter 68:

Chapter 68: First Slaughter Earthly Xia, Then Annihilate Human Xia!

When Xia Feng awakened from the dream realm, he was thrilled to discover that his parents had broken through to the 1st stage Heaven-grade Martial Emperor Realm during those seven thousand years of cultivation.

He firmly believed that with just one more month in the real world, they would become true Martial Emperors!

It was a double blessing!

Strangely enough, Xia Naiwen and Huang Xiaoqian weren’t particularly shocked to see their son had reached the Martial Saint Realm.

After all, they had personally experienced Xia Feng’s dream cultivation method—it was simply too powerful.

“Son, now that you’ve become a Martial Saint, those weak imperial domains are no longer your match. What’s your next target? The Earthly Xia Domain or the Human Xia Domain?” Xia Naiwen asked.

“Hahaha… to think they’d live to see this day! My son, Xia Naiwen’s son, can now wipe out entire imperial domains with ease!” Xia Naiwen was visibly excited at the thought of Xia Feng, a true Martial Saint, personally destroying the imperial domains that had once kicked them while they were down.

“Father, not one of them will escape.” Xia Feng sneered. “I’ll go to Earthly Xia first, then Human Xia—make a full circle.”

His tone was full of disdain. It was as if he weren’t talking about the terrifying task of destroying two imperial domains but merely running an errand in the city.

Indeed, as a Martial Saint, Xia Feng no longer viewed the imperial domains as threats.

His true peers now were the holy lands of the Great Xia Empire!

Only forces that had a Martial Saint could be called a holy land.

But even among holy lands, there were distinct tiers.

Low-grade holy lands were usually established by newcomers who had just entered the Martial Saint Realm. Their power was limited, often only having one or two 1st stage Martial Saints.

Mid-grade holy lands had undergone long periods of development and expansion. In addition to multiple 1st stage Martial Saints, they typically had Martial Saints at the profound level.

High-grade holy lands were born through brutal mergers during tens of thousands of years of holy land wars. Several mid-grade holy lands would eventually combine into one upper-tier force.

These high-grade holy lands were teeming with elite experts. You’d often find Earth-grade Martial Saints among them, and sometimes even low-level Heaven-grade Martial Saints.

But the peak of them all—the Supreme Holy Lands—were the true paragons of power beneath the imperial level.

The master of a supreme holy land was always a 9th stage Heaven-grade Martial Saint. In addition to them, there would be many hidden guests, elders, and ancient monsters in slumber.

Any one of these individuals, if revealed, could terrify and shake an upper-grade holy land.

Supreme holy lands all had at least a hundred-thousand-year-long legacy. Outside the empire itself, they stood as the strongest forces.

To maintain their supremacy, these lands imposed strict measures.

For example, they would select the most promising boys and girls within the holy land and designate them as Holy Sons and Holy Maidens—who were required to pair together.

The children born of such unions were almost always geniuses—blessed with immense talent and perception.

Backed by vast resources, these children were usually candidates to become the next holy land masters.

So when it was revealed that the ten Holy Maidens had been chosen for Xia Feng, the ten holy land masters were not pleased.

Tradition was not something to be broken lightly!

“Earthly Xia Domain, Human Xia Domain—you’d better wash your necks and prepare yourselves!” Xia Feng shouted as he soared into the sky.

His speed was now seven to eight times faster than it had been during his half-saint stage!

That meant he could reach the Earthly Xia Domain in just one day!

…

At that moment in the Earthly Xia Domain, Emperor Xia Di was pacing nervously within the grand hall, his expression troubled. Every few steps he let out a sigh.

“Your Majesty, that Reverse-Blood cultivator is far too strange. He actually destroyed the Heavenly Xia Domain on his own. I suspect… he may have already stepped into the half-saint realm,” an elderly official finally spoke after a long silence among the court ministers.

“I know… The Heavenly Xia Domain had five Heaven-grade Martial Emperors including Emperor Xia, yet they were wiped out. Our Earthly Xia Domain has only four. If that brat comes knocking… how are we supposed to defend ourselves?” the emperor said bitterly.

Ever since learning that the Heavenly Xia Domain had been annihilated by Xia Feng, he hadn’t eaten or slept well.

It was, after all, the three Xia imperial domains that had ordered Xia Feng’s death back then.

Now that the Heavenly Xia Domain had been destroyed, it confirmed that Xia Feng was someone who bore grudges and repaid them viciously.

So who was next?

Earthly Xia? Or Human Xia?

Even the strongest of them had already fallen. What hope did the weaker ones have?

He had even considered abandoning the Earthly Xia Domain and fleeing south with the main army.

But knowing the temperament of the current Great Xia Emperor, such an act of cowardice would likely earn him a punishment even crueler than being killed by Xia Feng himself.

“Perhaps… we could negotiate with him,” the white-haired elder said after a moment of hesitation.

“Your Majesty, when the Celestial War Empire was destroyed by the ten great war generals, you did not join in. Technically, we haven’t formed a blood feud with the Reverse-Blood bloodline yet.”

“The only thing we did was follow the former emperor’s command and send Han Sen to cripple that boy.”

“There is a grudge, yes, but it’s not as deep as the one with the Heavenly Xia Domain. I suggest, when facing such an unstoppable force, we should apologize and offer compensation—perhaps some mid-grade dragon crystals and—”

“Rubbish! Absolutely not!”

Before the white-haired elder could finish, a furious voice rang out. A burly 8th stage Heaven-grade Martial Emperor stepped forward and cut him off.

“We are an imperial domain. Why should we grovel before some Reverse-Blood brat? What does he count for? He’s just a beast! And you think he destroyed the Heavenly Xia Domain alone? What a joke!”

This general was thickly built and full of disdain, his tone laced with vulgarity as he belittled Xia Feng.

“No one actually saw what happened. But I’d bet anything that he didn’t destroy the domain alone—he probably got someone else to help!”

“Ma Kai, what do you mean by that?” Emperor Xia Di asked, his eyes flashing with thought.

“Your Majesty,” Ma Kai cupped his fists, “we don’t need to fear that brat. Consider this: from the Heavenly Xia Domain to our location, a Martial Emperor could arrive in three days. But it’s already been eight days!”

“What does that tell us? It tells us that this Reverse-Blood beast doesn’t have the strength to come after us!”

“If he were truly a Martial Saint, he would have wiped us out right after dealing with the Heavenly Xia Domain!”

“I strongly doubt his victory is real. He might not have even been the one to destroy the Heavenly Xia Domain at all!”

Ma Kai grew more agitated the more he spoke. He spat on the ground and then turned to the white-haired elder and the surrender faction, cursing loudly, “You dogs! You’ll bring ruin to the nation!”