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Just as Chen Yun was piloting his mech and wreaking havoc, Qin Le leisurely walked to the destination indicated by the bracelet artifact—although he walked slowly, the time acceleration made his actual movement speed not sluggish.

As for the spatial portion of the Great Path of Time and Space, Qin Le does not want to reveal it for the time being.

However, upon arriving at his destination, Qin Le was met with the corpses of three Chaos Beasts, and Wang Zhiheng standing beside them, holding a long sword and coldly staring at him.

"You're pretty unlucky," Wang Zhiheng said coldly.

In the actual college entrance examination, the enemy is never just the Chaos Beast—other candidates are also competitors. As long as you eliminate the opponent, you can take half of their points.

It is said that in one year's college entrance examination, by the tenth day, fewer than fifty people remained in the secret realm. This illustrates just how fierce the competition was.

Wang Zhiheng wasn't wrong to say that Qin Le had bad luck. As one of the strongest contenders for first place in this competition, his strength was among the top tier in the entire secret realm.

"Indeed, we weren't very lucky," Qin Le nodded in acknowledgment.

Although his strength has increased significantly in the past month, he does not believe that he can defeat Wang Zhiheng now—this is not self-deprecation, but rather that it is difficult to bridge the gap accumulated over twelve years of cultivation in just one month.

Wang Zhiheng stopped wasting words and charged forward with his sword drawn!

Qin Le didn't even see his movements clearly before the longsword was already at his neck—even though Qin Le had secretly applied ten times the deceleration to Wang Zhiheng and ten times the acceleration to himself, he still didn't have time to completely dodge.

however--

The sword tip pierced Qin Le's neck without any resistance or blood.

"What did you do!?" Wang Zhiheng's pupils shrank, staring at Qin Le in astonishment.

His sword seemed to have struck only a phantom.

Qin Le turned around and opened his palm. On his palm, a transparent cube slowly rotated, with what appeared to be a flowing river of stars inside.

"How about learning about the Space Immortal Path?"

In terms of direct combat strength, Qin Le is indeed inferior to Wang Zhiheng.

However, the spatial aspect of the Great Dao of Time and Space is his strongest trump card for survival—as long as the opponent cannot suppress him with absolute realm and immortal power like the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Qin Le will be invincible.

"Empty... Space Immortal Path!?" Wang Zhiheng stared at him in shock.

The news of Qin Le's comprehension of the Immortal Path of Time had already spread. But he never expected that Qin Le would also be hiding the Immortal Path of Space!

"Shall we continue?" Qin Le asked with a smile.

"I don't believe you can maintain this state forever!" Wang Zhiheng said through gritted teeth.

In his view, using the power of immortality would inevitably consume a huge amount of energy, and Qin Le's state of nothingness could not possibly last.

"Then you can wait patiently."

Qin Le tapped his bracelet nonchalantly, and the cursor reappeared. He strode towards the indicated direction—but this time, his pace was no longer slow.

Now that our spatial abilities have been revealed, there's no need to hide them anymore.

With one step, his figure was already a hundred meters away.

He wouldn't explain to Wang Zhiheng that manipulating time and space consumed almost nothing for him. Or rather, that little bit of consumption was negligible compared to the endless power of the Great Dao.

Of course, even if he told Wang Zhiheng, Wang Zhiheng wouldn't believe him.

Wang Zhiheng, unwilling to give up, took to the air and followed closely behind Qin Le.

Outside the secret realm, in the spectator stands.

Many high-ranking members of the alliance stood up in shock, including the Jade Emperor and Ye Li.

Chen Yun's mother, Su Yuning, couldn't help but pat Lin Wanrou beside her: "What kind of monster is your son?!"

She had never seen such a terrifying human being—comprehending the Dao of Immortality was as easy for him as eating and drinking.

Lin Wanrou replied with a smile, "Have you ever seen such a beautiful monster?"

"When did he comprehend the Dao of Space?"

Su Yuning decided to skip the issue of appearance—she was afraid of being jealous.

"I don't know, I didn't ask," Lin Wanrou said truthfully.

After confirming that her son was immortal, she completely let go of Qin Le's cultivation progress—since he wouldn't die anyway, let him do whatever he wanted.

Beside her, Ye Li turned to look at the Jade Emperor, her tone serious: "Jade Emperor, regarding the cooperation with the Heavenly Realm... how about we renegotiate it? I can make the decision to lower the price further."

Qin Le's speed in comprehending the Dao of Immortality forced her to reassess his value.

The Jade Emperor and other high-ranking officials were not surprised by this—Qin Le's appeal to the demon race was simply too great.

But the Jade Emperor did not immediately agree, only shaking his head: "The cooperation with the Heavenly Realm will remain as it is for now. Let's discuss it again after he ascends to heaven."

"Okay." Ye Li nodded, no longer insisting.

She understood the Jade Emperor's meaning: Qin Le was still in the mortal realm and offered no direct benefit to the celestial demon race. Lowering the price now would be detrimental to the demon race.

Only when Qin Le ascends to the Heavenly Realm and truly becomes valuable to the demon race can the terms of cooperation be adjusted to be considered fair.

After all, the two races are now allies fighting side by side, and all cooperation must prioritize the greater good—if the other side suffers a loss, it will inevitably breed resentment. The Jade Emperor would not do such a thing.

A secret realm, a dense forest somewhere.

Around Lu Qingshuang, the ground was covered with the frozen corpses of Chaos Beasts—clearly, a fierce battle had just taken place.

She suddenly turned her head, looked in a certain direction, and said coldly, "Come out."

"Wow, amazing! No wonder you're a once-in-a-century genius with 100% affability!"

Before she arrived, her voice preceded her. Immediately afterwards, a girl with black hair and red eyes slowly appeared more than ten meters away, holding a talisman in her hand.

Lu Qingshuang recognized the other person at a glance—her former deskmate, Ye Hongli.

A genius girl with a spiritual affinity of 98% was forcibly transferred from the Heavenly Court Academy to the Three Pure Ones Academy two years ago.

The reason for transferring schools... is also related to Qin Le.

When Ye Hongli first entered high school, she began pursuing Qin Le relentlessly. If it were just normal pursuit, the academy wouldn't have interfered.

Unfortunately, Ye Hongli has an extreme personality and a bit of a yandere tendency. Any girl who gets close to Qin Le will be targeted by her by any means necessary.

In the end, the college had no choice but to arrange for her to transfer to another school.

"What do you want to do?" Lu Qingshuang stared at her warily.

Even though Lu Qingshuang is stronger, she has just gone through a major battle, and she dares not say that she can definitely win.

Ye Hongli smiled: "Relax, I'm not planning to fight you. I just wanted to ask—do you know where Qin Le is?"

"Not in this area," Lu Qingshuang answered truthfully.

The bracelets issued by the academy can not only search for Chaos Beasts, but also locate fellow students from the same academy—as long as they are in the same area, they will be shown their direction. Many people, upon entering the secret realm, will immediately seek out companions to fight together.

This is permitted by the rules.

Lu Qingshuang did the same after she came in, but there were no other students from the Heavenly Court Academy in her area.

"I see..." Ye Hongli tilted her head. "Then I'll go find Qin Le. You take your time to recover~"

Before she finished speaking, she had already taken to the air and disappeared into the horizon in the blink of an eye.