After the Engagement Was Broken Off, I Was Pursued by Peerless Holy Maidens - Chapter 74:

Chapter 74: The Three Great Imperial Domains Are Annihilated, Xingyu City Reaps the Blessings

“We’ve survived this crisis. No one should come looking for trouble again. Let’s wait a few more days for good news from our son.”

Xia Naiwen sat cross-legged. Having just faced off against Earth-grade Martial Emperors, he had gained some insight and didn’t waste time—he immediately entered cultivation.

Huang Xiaoqian gazed in the direction of the Human Xia Domain, unable to hide the comforted smile on her face.

…

At that very moment, Xia Feng stood expressionlessly with one foot pressing down on the head of Emperor Xia Ren of the Human Xia Domain.

In front of him, the civil and military officials of the Human Xia Domain trembled uncontrollably. Not a single one dared to raise their head and look at him.

A Martial Saint to an imperial domain was like a being from another dimension—an unstoppable force. Their strongest expert, Emperor Xia Ren, was currently sprawled on the ground, vomiting blood, barely clinging to life.

And Xia Feng hadn’t even gone all out. Xia Ren had started yelling the moment he saw him:

“Reverse-blood mongrel!”

“You actually dared to show your face here?!”

“I’ll have you torn to pieces today!”

Such outrageously arrogant words.

Xia Feng didn’t tolerate any of it. The moment he released his Martial Saint aura, Xia Ren was immediately reduced to this state.

“No brains at all. You seriously couldn’t guess why I dared to come knocking?”

Xia Feng’s foot pressed harder into Xia Ren’s face, grinding it into the floor.

Cracks began forming in the palace tiles.

If it were any lesser Martial Emperor, a Yellow-grade for instance, his head would’ve been crushed instantly.

“S-Stop… Reverse-Blood Lineage… If you kill me, the Imperial Prince… The current Imperial Prince won’t spare you…”

Xia Ren struggled to speak.

“The ‘Reverse-Blood Lineage,’ huh? That’s what all three of your imperial domains love to call us.” Xia Feng sneered coldly.

“History is written by the victor. So now that we’re winning, let me ask—before my grandfather’s Imperial Physique was stolen by that old bastard, what did you call our bloodline?”

“Wasn’t it the Imperial Prince’s Lineage? Or later, the Celestial War Lineage?”

Xia Feng chuckled coldly. “Whatever. I can’t be bothered with your petty names. As for whether I dare kill you… why don’t you go ask the Heavenly Xia Emperor and the Earthly Xia Emperor?”

Before Xia Ren could react, Xia Feng’s right hand flashed with spiritual light, and a ghostly blade wreathed in purple flames appeared.

Swish!

A single slash.

Xia Ren’s head flew off and landed before the kneeling, trembling officials.

Xia Feng withdrew the blade. The demonic Purple Flame Blade dissolved into pure spirit energy.

He had grown used to killing emperors. Now, it stirred nothing within him.

He walked forward and stripped the Earthly Xia Emperor’s corpse of his treasures, Dao weapons, and storage rings.

Then, without turning his head, he spoke as he headed for the treasure vault: “Still here? What, do you all want to be buried with the palace?”

The Human Xia officials jolted awake and instantly scrambled for the exits like frightened birds.

Half an hour later, Xia Feng smiled in satisfaction.

This time, his haul was enormous. He had collected enough Dao weapons to raise the Snow Clear Sword to top-tier Dao weapon level.

As for pills and martial arts techniques? He had so many that he couldn’t even count them.

The combined foundation of the three great imperial domains was nearly equivalent to a small holy land!

He said nothing more. Flying high into the air, he summoned the Cloud Mountain Palm and brought it down coldly like a descending mountain.

The imperial palace, which stretched for kilometers, was instantly crushed. Dust and rubble erupted, and terrified citizens fled, afraid of being caught in the aftermath.

Xia Feng wasn’t a demonic cultivator. Naturally, he wouldn’t harm the innocent. After gathering what he needed, he transformed into a streak of light and sped toward Xingyu City.

The news of the three great imperial domains’ destruction would surely reach the imperial family soon. Xia Feng knew that time wasn’t on his side.

As awe-inspiring as it was to singlehandedly wipe out three imperial domains, it would only make the wrong people pay more attention to him.

He needed strength. He needed time. He needed to convert the spoils from these domains into real power—quickly.

Upon returning to Xingyu City, Xia Feng embraced his parents tightly.

Then, as usual, he dumped out dragon crystals, emperor-grade martial arts, Dao weapons, and pills, letting Xia Naiwen and Huang Xiaoqian pick what suited them.

When he heard about Wang Xiang and the trio’s attempted ambush, his pupils shrank, and cold sweat appeared on his back.

“Thank goodness, Dad… If you hadn’t thought of that bluff, and they’d taken you away, I’d have never found you again.”

Xia Feng swallowed hard, his eyes filled with lingering fear.

Even as a Martial Saint, chasing three Earth-grade Martial Emperors skilled in stealth across the vast Great Xia Empire would’ve been like searching for a needle in the ocean.

Besides cultivation resources, Xia Feng had also obtained three mid-grade dragon marrow stones.

Spirit stones came from spiritual veins. Dragon crystals came from dragon veins—an even more precious and rarer resource.

Aside from naturally forming veins, only dragon marrow could be used to artificially create them.

Low-grade marrow formed low-grade veins, mid-grade marrow formed mid-grade veins, and so on.

Right now, what Xia Naiwen and Huang Xiaoqian lacked most was the ability to absorb and refine spiritual energy.

They had the realms, but their dantian strength and absorption efficiency were low. With enough mid-grade dragon crystals, their cultivation speed would soar!

Xia Feng threw the three mid-grade dragon marrow stones toward the east, west, and north ends of Xingyu City.

Then he used his Martial Saint power to accelerate their transformation!

Two hours later, three mid-grade dragon veins were successfully formed underground!

Xia Feng wiped sweat from his brow and let out a long breath.

Forcing the dragon marrow to evolve—even for a Martial Saint—took a tremendous amount of energy.

With these three dragon veins, the surrounding spiritual veins began to shift and change as well. The quality of the ambient spiritual energy improved significantly, and the low-grade veins around the city began to evolve toward mid-grade veins!

Within a few months, it was likely all the veins would naturally ascend one tier.

The residents of Xingyu City watched with blazing eyes. Gazing up at Xia Feng in the sky, their pupils were filled with admiration and fervor.

Xia Feng had singlehandedly changed the entire cultivation environment of Xingyu City.

Before this, most of them could only hope to reach the Martial King Realm.

But now, with the environment transformed, some of the talented among them might one day become Martial Venerables!

“This is a blessing—Xingyu City is truly blessed!” several clan heads exclaimed with emotion.

“To have such a young master… we’re unbelievably fortunate. I thought I’d never get anywhere in life, that all the good spiritual grounds were occupied by upper and supreme sects. But now, we finally have our own!”

“For the first time in my life… I actually believe I might break through to Martial Venerable!”

Some, who had long lost hope in their cultivation path, wept tears of joy.