The Earth won't allow someone as awesome as me to exist!

The Tang family has always been domineering in their actions.

Without exaggeration, the Tang family calls the shots in the entire Dragon City.

Perhaps compared to those top martial arts families, the Tang family is nothing in the entire Dragon Kingdom, but in this small territory of Dragon City, they are all-powerful.

The search for the divine fruit would normally take some time, even with the help of a feng shui master. But now that the divine fruit is right in front of us, how can we just let it go?

In Tang Shun and Tang Yu's view, the divine fruit was already theirs for the taking.

But at that moment, a dangerous aura swept in.

A giant python suddenly emerged from the mountains. As if it had gained intelligence, it pounced on Qin Chuan first. This was because the divine fruit on Qin Chuan's body had an exceptionally rich spiritual energy, which easily attracted some spirit beasts.

Qin Chuan made no move, merely glancing at the giant python.

The next moment, the giant python seemed to sense something, its huge body trembled, as if it had realized that Qin Chuan was no ordinary person, so it turned around and pounced on the Tang family.

"Hold!"

Tang Shun cursed angrily and, along with many martial artists from the Tang family, confronted the giant python.

About ten minutes later, the giant python had clearly failed to subdue the Tang family members, so it could only slink away.

Tang Shun and the others were in a terrible state. This kind of intelligent giant python was quite powerful, but unfortunately, the Tang family had many experts on their side.

But when they chased away the giant python and came to their senses, Qin Chuan was nowhere to be seen.

"Fuck fuck fuck..."

Tang Shun roared in anger, "They actually let that bastard escape while we were dealing with the giant python!"

Tang Yu's expression changed: "Dad, what do we do? I've been searching for this divine fruit here for days, even consulting a feng shui master, and it seems like it's all going to benefit someone else?"

"Master Wang, can you find that kid?" Tang Shun immediately looked at Master Wang.

"I'll give it a try..."

Master Wang tried to use the compass in his hand, but the needle wouldn't move. He could only shake his head and say, "The other party is obviously no longer at Sword Mountain."

If Qin Chuan is still in Sword Mountain, Master Wang can use the compass to locate the divine fruit.

However, once they leave this area, even the most top-tier magical compass will be unable to locate Qin Chuan.

"asshole!!!"

Tang Shun's aura surged skyward, filled with murderous intent: "Don't let me see him, or I'll kill him without hesitation!"

The Tang family's trip was essentially a waste of time.

They spent a fortune hiring a feng shui master, but ended up getting nothing in return.

Tang Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Dad, we must find this bastard and make sure he has no place to stand in Longcheng!"

If it were in Longcheng, the Tang family would have no problem taking it over.

Tang Shun's concern was that the other party was not from Longcheng. Once they left Longcheng, they would no longer be under the control of the Tang family.

Seeing Tang Shun's angry expression, Master Wang knew it wasn't the right time, but he still reminded him, "Mr. Tang, my mission was to find the divine fruit. Now that the divine fruit has been found, my mission is complete."

Tang Shun's face darkened, but it was still not advisable for the Tang family to completely sever ties with a feng shui master like Master Wang.

"Don't worry, you won't be shortchanged by a single penny!"

He silently kept this loss in his heart, vowing that if he ever encountered this bastard again, he would make him pay a hundredfold!

Little did they know that the appearance of this giant python had saved their lives; if Qin Chuan had intervened, Tang Shun and the others would have been dead without a doubt.

However, Qin Chuan considered these people nothing more than ants, and he didn't even bother to make a move.

"Let's go back to Kyoto first; the formation is about to dissipate."

A year ago, Qin Chuan set up an array to suppress his cultivation level, which allowed the spiritual spring to last for about ten months. Now it has lasted for a year, which is quite good. He needs to hurry back now, since his younger sister is still in the capital.

Next, the liquidation process began.

……

That year, nothing earth-shattering happened in the martial arts world.

Of course, throughout the year, the entire martial arts world continued to focus on the love-hate relationship between the Tribunal and Qin Chuan.

Since the Tribunal issued the Zodiac Decree a year ago, and the Black Pig of the twelve zodiac signs was killed by Qin Chuan's sword intent, there has been no news of it since.

The dark web remains bustling with activity.

"It's been a year, why haven't we heard anything yet?"

"Does anyone know if Qin Xian is dead or not?"

"Yes, it seems like he's been missing for a year. The last time he disappeared was at most six months, and that was after the Earth Martial Arts Alliance destroyed it. Now a year has passed, and he's completely gone."

"Could it be... that Qin Xian perished completely in that battle where immortals perished?"

"..."

Countless people are speculating that Qin Chuan may be dead, and the battle a year ago is known in the martial arts world as the Battle of Immortal Fall.

After the Zodiac Decree was issued, everyone thought they would soon witness the battle between the Tribunal and Qin Chuan, but nothing happened.

Looking back a year ago, the events that occurred every now and then shocked the martial arts world.

But now?

The martial arts scene remained uneventful for a year, and everyone felt a bit lonely.

Jinling.

Shen Wangshu, an ordinary person, has entered the second realm in just one year by cultivating at the Cloud Top Villa.

Don't think that the second realm is a low level. You should know that even some young geniuses usually only enter the third realm around the age of twenty.

However, Shen Wangshu only used it for a year; she only relied on the Spirit Gathering Array and did not consume any spirit tea.

The reason Ye Nantian didn't take the spirit tea wasn't because he was stingy, but because Shen Wangshu needed a good foundation. If she took the spirit tea from the beginning, even if her cultivation level improved, she probably wouldn't have much combat power.

"Elder Ye, a year has passed, and the three zodiac animals, the Moon Rabbit, the War Dog, and the Town Ox, are still here without taking any action?" Shen Wangshu asked in confusion.

Yes, these three zodiac signs haven't left yet; they've stayed at the Cloud Top Villa and settled in right there.

Fortunately, these three zodiac signs did not take any action during the year, and remained completely separate.

Not everyone in the Tribunal hated Qin Chuan, and they came from various countries, including China. With the entire martial arts world watching them, they naturally dared not kill innocent people indiscriminately.

"Their target is Mr. Qin and the resources he possesses, so there's no need for them to take any unnecessary actions."

Ye Nantian was not surprised by this: "But you, you have already entered the second realm in just one year. Looking at the martial arts world, there are really not many people who can do that."

Looking back on the past year, Shen Wangshu felt somewhat dazed, never expecting that he had already become a second-realm martial artist.

Only after becoming a martial artist did she realize just how vast the gap was between herself and Qin Chuan—a chasm she could never cross in this lifetime.

"Qin Chuan...where did you go?"