After millions of years in the library, I became an Immortal Emperor.

The long night wept blood, the rain poured down, and thunder roared, as if the heavens were raging.

But this scene did not stop the killing on this battlefield; on the contrary, it became more and more intense, with lives being lost on this land every moment.

"Boom!"

Thunder ripped through the night sky.

A small team of three fled across the wasteland, their bodies stained with blood, their eyes constantly glancing behind them, their faces filled with fear.

"Where do you think you can escape to, you little mice?"

The sound pierced the darkness and rang out in front of them.

A majestic figure, wielding a giant axe, stood before them, like a city wall, blocking all their chance of survival.

Four more barbarians surrounded them, and despair filled the faces of the three.

This barbarian squad is too strong. The leader is a barbarian at the Divine Platform Realm, and the other four are at the Core Formation Realm. The strongest of the three is only at the Core Formation Realm.

"Looks like we're going to die here."

The leader of the three was a young man in blue, not very old, not even thirty, and would be considered one of the most monstrous geniuses in the Tang Dynasty.

The same was true for the man and woman behind him.

They were all at the Core Formation Realm, and held artifacts of the Divine Power and Creation Realm.

"The only thing I lack is time. If I had more time, I would definitely fight my way into the barbarian territory like the King of Zhennan, leaving blood flowing for thousands of miles."

The young man said unwillingly, clenching his hands tightly.

"I don't want to die."

Behind him, a thin young man spoke tremblingly, while the other woman remained silent, gripping her sword tightly.

"I didn't expect to be able to hunt down three big fish. At your age and with such cultivation, you must be the so-called genius scions of aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty."

"Three people who have only recently reached the Core Formation Realm, whose cultivation levels are not even stable, dare to come here, and they don't even have a single person protecting them."

"That's just asking for trouble."

Five barbarians walked towards them step by step, watching them like cats playing with mice, as if the more fear they showed, the more excited they became.

The three stood back to back, their faces trembling.

They had no one to protect them. They originally had two elders at the Divine Platform Realm by their side, one of whom had even reached the peak of the Divine Platform Realm.

But who could have imagined that such a powerful barbarian squad would appear on this battlefield?

All those at the Divine Power Realm have entered this battlefield!

Batu!

They remembered the name of the barbarian leader of that squad; the clan elder, a peak-level Divine Platform Realm expert, had risked his life to give them a chance to live.

But soon they encountered another powerful barbarian squad.

"Die!"

A thunderclap ripped across the sky, reflecting the axe light. The three men's nerves tightened instantly; it was the barbarian at the Divine Platform Realm who had made his move.

The divine power was like a torch, pressing down on them so much that they could hardly breathe and were completely powerless to resist the axe blow.

"I'm not reconciled!"

They shouted, and the woman even closed her eyes.

But when the thunder subsided and the world returned to silence, there was no pain of being torn apart as one might have imagined; only the patter of torrential rain.

They opened their eyes to find the barbarians staring at them with utter terror. Then their heads lolled to the side, and they fell to the ground with a thud.

The same applies to the four barbarian tribes that followed.

"We survived..."

They trembled and looked together at the back of the barbarians. A young man stood there quietly. He had no sword in his hand, but an invisible sword intent emanated from his body.

The long night and the thunder seemed to reflect the entire world around him.

"Who are you?"

They were shocked.

This person is no older than them, perhaps even younger, yet his strength is far beyond their reach.

An absolute prodigy!

Qin Ming looked at the three of them, as if sensing something, and then looked towards the sky behind them, his brows furrowing.

"Walk."

He spoke, his voice low in the rainy night. The three men were startled and, seeing Qin Ming had already left, hurriedly followed.

Now, the only way to survive here is to follow him.

They traveled on, encountering several ambushes along the way, but Qin Ming swept them all away with a few sword strikes before the three of them could even see. Every strike of his sword was stained with blood.

Dressed in black cloth, carrying a sword on his back, with a branch wrapped around his waist, the branch remained unbroken even in the heaviest rain or the fiercest wind.

"Three hundred and ninety-two."

After wiping out another barbarian squad, they found a cave where Qin Ming finally stopped, and the three of them finally got a brief respite.

Finally, I was able to see Qin Ming's appearance clearly.

Despite being mentally prepared, it was still shocking.

He was younger than they had imagined.

"Bai Yun, the heir of the Prince of Cangnan, thanks you for saving my life!"

"Bai Nian of the Cangnan Prince's Mansion, thank you for saving my life."

"Bai Xun of the Prince of Cangnan Prefecture thanks you for saving my life."

The three thanked Qin Ming.

"Qin's mandate."

Qin Ming said calmly, "Just a simple name," and that was it.

The three exchanged a glance, and were all taken aback.

"You are Qin Ming, the number one person in the Great Tang Imperial Academy."

The Great Tang Academy was renowned throughout the land, and they had naturally heard of this extraordinary genius who had appeared out of nowhere. He was not even twenty years old and had already reached the peak of the Core Formation Realm. It was rumored that he had also comprehended the Dao.

I initially thought it was an exaggeration, but now it seems that it was an understatement.

This is not the Core Formation Realm, it's clearly the Divine Platform Realm!

"You actually came too."

They found it hard to believe that such a person, who should be the apple of the eye of the National Academy, would be allowed to come to this perilous battlefield in the southern border.

This is also their inherent perception of geniuses from the National Academy.

Geniuses nurtured in a greenhouse, though highly gifted, do not earn their respect, and are far inferior to those who have fought their way out of life and death.

But the person in front of me is clearly different.

The murderous aura surrounding him terrified them. They didn't know how many people he had killed, and that he had entered this meat grinder-like battlefield all by himself.

"Take a short break, then leave immediately."

Qin Ming ignored the three of them. He looked at the torrential rain outside the cave, focused his mind slightly, and said.

The heavy rain covered some of his traces, but it couldn't completely erase his trail; that barbarian squad had the means to track him down.

The three of them focused their attention and nodded.

Then they saw Qin Ming sitting cross-legged at the entrance of the cave, facing the torrential rain and thunder, and beginning some kind of unique cultivation.

A trace of sword intent emanated from him, as if he had become one with the night outside the cave. The branch at his waist swayed slightly, as if it had come to life.

"call!"

The three of them felt a strange calming down, as if a mysterious power was seeping into their bodies, soothing their wounds, and restoring their depleted energy.

They looked at the branch hanging from Qin Ming's waist, then exchanged a glance, both of them filled with shock.

"The power of life..."

This seemingly insignificant branch actually contains a tremendous life force.