“You little bastard, how dare you harm Young Master Han Jue and kill members of the Han Clan? I’ll make sure you die right here!” Several Elders from the Han Clan surged forward from the audience. Their bodies radiated powerful pressure, and each step they took shook the ground beneath them. They came at full force, their auras creating a massive pressure that caused some participants to back away instantly, their faces pale. No one dared to interfere. Everyone knew—when the Han Clan Elders moved, there would be no compromise. Only absolute punishment, swift and deadly. Yet, in the face of that overwhelming pressure, Xiao Tian did not retreat. He showed no tension, no sign of preparing to fight. He simply let out a faint snort—cold, yet clear enough to be heard by those approaching. “I don’t know whether I’ll die here or not,” he said slowly. Then, he raised Han Jue’s body higher, pulling the strangled neck forward—right toward the Elders preparing to charge. “But one thing’s c

The Vice Head of the Han Clan gave a signal, and all members of the Han Clan immediately followed him. They left the territory of the Thousand Star Heart Villa in silence, but everyone could still feel the lingering pressure hanging in the air. Moments after their departure, the Elders who had held back for so long finally dared to speak. “Vice Head,” one of them asked quietly, “are we really going to let that boy go just like that?” The old man didn’t stop walking. He kept moving forward, but his voice came out cold and heavy. “To offend the Han Clan is to invite death.” He let out a soft snort, but his words cut like a blade. “Of course I won’t let him go. For now, we return. The Thousand Star Heart Villa is not a force we can touch. But once that boy leaves the Villa, his life will belong to us.” --- The Villa Master of the Thousand Star Heart Villa looked over all the participants still standing in the plaza. His gaze swept across each face, still tense and filled with res

“I heard that you also possess the bloodline of my Xiao Clan. I don’t know where you came from, daring to carry our name—and the same bloodline.” His tone turned sharp, as if something long suppressed was beginning to surface. “As the strongest of the younger generation in the Xiao Branch Clan, I’m familiar with many youths from the Xiao Clan’s main family. But I’ve never heard your name. And even if there were someone with the same name, no member of the Xiao Clan’s main bloodline would ever join a petty competition in the Starry Sky Realm. Their stage is the galactic core, where cultivators from across the Universe gather.” He lifted his chin slightly, then declared with conviction. “So, as the strongest youth of the Xiao Branch Clan, I challenge you to a duel!” Immediately, everyone in the plaza turned their eyes toward Xiao Tian. Not a single person wanted to miss his reaction. The challenge had been made openly, and its target was the young man who had just shattered all the

Fortunately, the protective formation created by the Head of the Thousand Star Heart Villa still held firm. Even though the energy from the explosion was enough to crumble a small mountain in an instant, the formation showed no signs of cracking. Without this protection, many spectators with low cultivation would have been destroyed by the undampened energy shockwaves. However, most of the crowd's attention wasn’t focused solely on the power of the two young men fighting within the formation. The most astonishing part was actually the ground of the plaza itself. Despite being struck by the overwhelming assaults of two cultivators far beyond ordinary strength, the plaza floor remained intact. There were no cracks, no dust stirred. Everything stayed clean and calm. This was no coincidence. It proved one thing—the strength of the Thousand Star Heart Villa was far beyond what anyone had imagined. The structure and material of the plaza were not something that could be destroyed by just

The Villa Master did not answer immediately. His eyes remained fixed on Xiao Tian, who continued to ascend into the sky, and with each step, a lotus of thunderfire appeared beneath his foot, forming a staircase not of this world. “My daughter, that is no ordinary step. Look closely. Each of his steps forms a thunderfire lotus as a foothold. That… that is a technique mastered perfectly by only one person in the history of the Xiao Clan—His Majesty, the Supreme God, Xiao Jian.” His voice grew firmer as he continued. “In the main Xiao Clan, only four or five people have ever been able to learn that technique. But none of them ever perfected it. According to official records, when His Majesty Xiao Jian used this technique, he once destroyed thousands of stars and killed billions of cultivators scattered among them. With that technique, Xiao Jian was acknowledged as the most powerful galaxy ruler in all of history.” His words spread quickly, like a storm rippling from one side of the a