The Burial Tower of Immortals buries the heavens, the earth, and all the immortals.

The Great Zhou Dynasty, among the hundreds of dynasties in the Great Wilderness, ranks last.

Her cultivation level, when placed among the emperors of various dynasties, would rank in the middle.

However, her grand ambitions were not yet realized, so she has always kept a low profile.

Having no other choice, she told Qin Changye this today, intending to frighten him and force him to submit.

However, the next moment, she did not see the shock and fear she had expected on Qin Changye's face.

Even Qin Changye's face showed a hint of disappointment: "So your true cultivation level is only the fourth level of the Imperial Martial Realm. Well then, listen carefully, I can fight someone at the fifth level of the Imperial Martial Realm."

The Empress was stunned by his unhurried words, and then shook her head with a cold smile.

Above the Emperor Martial Realm, each level is an insurmountable barrier.

Even those exceptionally talented individuals can only fight at most one level higher than their opponent.

Being able to fight across two levels is extremely rare, truly a top-tier prodigy.

As for Qin Changye's wild claim that someone at the King Martial Realm could fight against someone at the fifth level of the Emperor Martial Realm, it was something that had never been seen or even heard of before.

"It's fine for young people to be a little reckless, but being too reckless is not good; it'll make them a laughingstock!"

The Empress shook her head slightly.

Qin Changye didn't explain anything, and directly unleashed the first step of the "Seven Steps of Heaven and Earth," the "Close at Hand, Distant Horizon."

He instantly closed in on the Empress.

Then, he punched the Empress in the chest.

Facts always speak louder than words.

Qin Changye's punch contained immense power, instantly shattering the air, distorting space, and sweeping away the disdain on the Empress's face.

She could sense that Qin Changye's punch was very heavy, so heavy that she had to take it seriously.

Completely subconscious, she swung her arm to block in front of her.

boom!

A heavy thud rang out as Qin Changye's fist slammed heavily into her arm.

The force, indescribable in words, finally made her realize that Qin Changye wasn't just spouting nonsense, but speaking with facts.

Qin Changye's punch was much harder than she had expected!

She felt her arm was so painful and numb, her bones felt like they were about to crack, and her body kept moving backward.

"You are absolutely the most amazing young person I have ever seen in my life, without a doubt!"

After finally managing to stop her retreating steps, the Empress looked at Qin Changye, her beautiful eyes instantly showing extreme seriousness.

At this moment, she felt immense regret. When Qin Changye first emerged, she didn't want to be talked about by the public, so she didn't kill him without hesitation, leaving behind such a troublesome future.

Qin Changye, of course, did not refute the Empress's assessment.

Not only the Empress, but even Qin Changye, who had lived two lives, was certain that he was the most amazing young man, without exception.

Seeing Qin Changye's second punch coming, the Empress no longer hesitated. She leaped into the air and smashed a large hole in the top of the Golden Palace, standing hundreds of feet in the air.

"Very well, this Golden Palace is too small to fight freely. Let's have a good fight on the palace grounds."

Qin Changye also took to the air, reaching a height of several hundred feet, and stood facing the Empress.

It can be sensed that the Empress's cultivation level is only at the fourth level of the Imperial Martial Realm, but the enhancement of her demon fox physique makes her combat power far exceed that of an ordinary fourth level Imperial Martial Realm cultivator, and at least comparable to an ordinary fifth level Imperial Martial Realm cultivator.

"They're out!"

At this moment, outside the Golden Palace, Xiu'er and the others who had been waiting for a long time, as well as countless onlookers, all looked up eagerly.

Several hours have passed since Qin Changye provoked the Golden Palace alone, and there has been no major disturbance.

The onlookers were initially worried that Qin Changye would be easily killed or subdued by the Empress as soon as he entered the Golden Palace.

In hindsight, they were overthinking it.

The battle between Qin Changye and the Empress seems to have only just begun.

Swish!

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Empress drew a snow-white longsword, clearly indicating that she was also a sword cultivator.

She naturally saw the dense crowd of onlookers below, and she had already decided that she would swiftly kill Qin Changye in front of everyone.

Let the irrefutable facts tell them who the unshakeable master of the Great Zhou Dynasty is!

And those who dare to oppose her will die a terrible death!

Whoosh!

She unleashed a sword strike, but the snow-white sword light did not rush directly towards Qin Changye. Instead, it rose against the current, condensing into a snow-white sword cloud high in the sky.

As time went by, this snow-white sword cloud grew larger and larger, more and more vast.

After a few breaths, snowflakes began to fall.

One piece, two pieces, countless pieces...

These snowflakes look no different from ordinary snowflakes, yet each one contains the supreme sword intent.

It not only fell on Qin Changye, but also on the people Qin Changye cared about most, such as Xia Xiuer.

She was convinced that the sword intent contained within the snowflakes falling on Qin Changye might not be enough to send him directly to hell, but it was enough to send Xiuer and the others to hell.

She also knew very well that Qin Changye was a person who valued loyalty and righteousness.

The deaths and dissipation of Xiu'er and the others would disturb Qin Changye's Dao heart.

As a sword cultivator, once one's Dao heart is disturbed, the sword in one's hand will also become chaotic.

just.

Having lived through countless battles, Qin Changye was more than just a veteran; he saw through the Empress's intentions at a glance.

"Trying to disrupt my Daoist resolve? Wishful thinking!"

Qin Changye directly unleashed the fourth move of the "God-Slaying Sword Technique," slashing the blazing sun with his sword.

The vast sword light rose against the tide, forming a huge blazing sun that instantly evaporated the falling sword intent snowflakes and even the huge sword intent cloud in the sky.

Clean, efficient, simple, and straightforward!

The Empress was stunned: "What kind of swordsmanship is this? How can it be so...abnormal?"

"This is my self-created 'God-Slaying Sword Technique'."

Qin Changye looked back at the Empress and continued, "Would you like to test its power?"

Having said that, without waiting for the Empress's reply, he slashed out with his sword.

This time, he unleashed the sixth move of the "God-Slaying Sword Technique," the Sword Slaying the Holy Emperor!

The Empress was shocked. She had thought that the previous sword strike was Qin Changye's all-out attack, but now she realized that the next sword strike would be even more powerful.

She dared not be negligent. While holding her snow-white longsword horizontally in front of her, she crushed all the few protective talismans she had left.

Amidst the lightning and thunder, the protective light emitted by several amulets, like giant tortoise shells, blocked her way.

However, when faced with Qin Changye's sharp sword light, it was as fragile as layers of white paper, and was repeatedly cut to pieces.

boom!

The sharp sword light, with almost no reduction in power, continued to slash down, striking the Empress's snow-white longsword fiercely and unleashing a deafening roar.

A few breaths later, when the aftershocks of the explosion had completely subsided, all the onlookers eagerly turned to look.

To their astonishment, they saw that the Empress's dragon robe was stained crimson with blood.

With a single sword strike, the difference in skill was immediately apparent.

The Empress's defeat seems unstoppable!

"After today, the Great Zhou Dynasty may truly change hands!"

Many onlookers also expressed their feelings with great conviction.

Hundreds of feet in the air, the Empress's face was icy cold. She couldn't remember how many years it had been since she had been injured.

"Now, if you commit suicide on the spot, I might show mercy and spare those who came with you as a rebel. Otherwise, today I will risk everything to unleash my ultimate trump card and slaughter you and all the rebels!"

The Empress stared at Qin Changye with icy eyes, issuing her final ultimatum.

Qin Changye beckoned to the Empress, signaling her to unleash her ultimate trump card, and even said with some anticipation, "I hope your so-called ultimate trump card is really something, otherwise killing you like this would be too easy and too boring!"

The empress gritted her teeth and began chanting incantations again.

As she spoke, countless snow-white runes, seemingly materialized, emerged from her mouth and then, as if imbued with consciousness, hurtled toward the imperial mausoleum in the west of the city.

Qin Changye showed no surprise.

As everyone knows, the imperial mausoleum in the west of the city, although it belongs to the Zhou family, is of particular importance to this Empress Ye.

Not only did they dispatch the most elite imperial guards to protect it, but on the fifteenth of each month, they would also take time out of their busy schedules to enter the imperial mausoleum and stay there for the entire night before leaving at dawn the next day.

It is no exaggeration to say that the imperial mausoleum was the Empress's most cherished taboo.

The night Qin Changye destroyed the Sixth Prince's residence, he used this very point to lure Ren Pingsheng and others to wander around the imperial mausoleum, thus drawing the Empress away from the mountain.

Qin Changye had long suspected that there were unknown secrets in the imperial tomb. If the Empress had any ultimate trump card, it must be inextricably linked to this imperial tomb.

Boom boom boom...

Soon, when these materialized runes traveled a hundred miles and landed above the imperial mausoleum in the west of the city, the mausoleum, which had been silent for many years, suddenly emitted a series of deafening explosions.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, thirteen coffins, emitting a blinding red light, rose slowly from the Great Zhou Imperial Mausoleum, like the sun breaking through the morning mist...