Published: January 7, 2025
Qin Chen challenged numerous strong experts from Tian Gong, and emerged victorious each time, creating a sensation.
Moreover, according to investigations, among these experts, there were quite a few half-step heaven venerables—twenty-one to be exact.
Someone had counted; a total of twenty-one half-step heaven venerables entered the battle arena to fight against Qin Chen. This was an astonishing number. Although it was certain that there were still hidden half-step heaven venerables who did not show up, the fact that all twenty-one half-step heaven venerables were defeated by Qin Chen further sparked discussions.
Of course, the most shocking news came from the half-step heaven venerables themselves.
That was, during the battles when Qin Chen defeated these half-step heaven venerables, he had utilized the source of time.
The source of time, after all, is one of the top treasures in the world.
Whoosh! Under everyone's watchful eyes, Qin Chen soared through the sky, disregarding the many powerful figures, and headed straight for his palace.
"The source of time, no wonder this person’s cultivation has risen so quickly and his strength is so terrifying."
"With the source of time, one can master the avenue of time and become invincible among peers. Even someone as strong as Elder Black Feather would have a hard time resisting."
"Although we don’t know how much comprehension Qin Chen has regarding the source of time and how well he controls the avenue of time, just relying on this source of time alone makes it difficult for him to find an opponent at the earth venerable realm."
A group of people looked at Qin Chen’s departing figure with envy.
Yes, envy.
Fortunately, Qin Chen was a disciple of Tian Gong. If he were in the outside world and others learned that he possessed the source of time, it would definitely lead to fierce competition. Even heaven venerables would covet it, resulting in intense battles, and even supreme beings would be tempted.
However, after this battle, Qin Chen had thoroughly conquered countless strong experts in the Headquarters Secret Realm. They were convinced; without any external treasures to aid him, he defeated all half-step heaven venerables with his earth venerable cultivation.
They accepted his appointment as the acting vice hall master!
Back in his palace, Qin Chen finally let out a sigh of relief.
After four consecutive days of intense battles—1,521 matches—he hadn’t rested for a moment. Even someone as strong as Qin Chen felt a bit fatigued.
However, this fatigue did not stem from his body, but rather from his spirit.
“Qin Chen, you revealing the source of time like this is rather reckless. Such a precious thing, even I am tempted. You are just asking for trouble,” said the Primordial Ancestral Dragon from within the Heaven and Earth Creation Jade Plate.
With Qin Chen's current strength, he didn't need to expose the source of time to defeat some half-step heaven venerables. Even without activating his chaotic dragon soul or transforming into a true dragon, just relying on the chaos power within him was sufficient to defeat those half-step heaven venerables.
Qin Chen’s actions perplexed the Primordial Ancestral Dragon.
The source of time was too precious; exposing it in unnecessary situations was simply courting trouble.
Qin Chen shook his head and replied solemnly, “You don’t understand.”
Indeed, the Primordial Ancestral Dragon didn’t understand.
The purpose of Qin Chen challenging all the strong experts from Tian Gong was not to seize contribution points, but to identify the spies from the Demon Tribe.
“One hundred thirteen in total, among them, seven are half-step heaven venerables.”
Qin Chen felt a heaviness in his heart.
This was the number of Demon Tribe spies he had identified during the battles—over a hundred of them. Moreover, out of the twenty-one half-step heaven venerables, seven were actually spies from the Demon Tribe, making up one-third of the total. This ratio was too high.
Furthermore, Qin Chen knew that this was definitely not the full extent; there must be more among the attendants.