Supernatural Insight Eyes

The fact that all the geniuses have returned from the Star River Road was unknown to Ye Qiu. After killing Di Nantian, Ye Qiu was exceptionally calm, not thrilled or excited about his ability to kill top-level celestial strongmen, nor complacent about entering the celestial level himself.

The more powerful he became, the more serene his mindset.

This deathly silent area made the current Ye Qiu seem less eccentric than before. Perhaps due to his power enhancement, he no longer harbored the overly cautious mind of the past.

Because his strength was enough to support him in facing any peril.

To have slain Di Nantian in his normal state was a feat in itself; once blackened, his power would become more terrifying, but Di Nantian did not warrant such a transformation.

"If only my bloodline power is refined a little longer, it should be enough to make my strength surpass the celestial level after blackening!" Ye Qiu’s eyes flickered, and at this thought, ripples finally appeared in his serene mind.

Ah, to surpass the celestial level, among such strong beings, he had not seen more than five on his fingers.

The phantom of the Celestial Emperor barely counted as one.

The other was the mysterious powerhouse on the Star River Road who helped him leave, a being whose students must meet the requirement of being at the level of a Dao Sovereign.

As for the others, Ye Qiu had not encountered anyone with strength likely at the level of a Dao Sovereign.

"My accumulation is too deep, along with my Heavenly Tribulation being a terrifying nine tribulations, propelling my realm to leap to the late celestial level, this news should not be hidden from the Celestial Palace."

"Especially that Celestial Emperor, whose mere phantom nearly broke my Heavenly Tribulation, he is quite likely to come and confront me directly."

Various thoughts flashed through Ye Qiu’s mind.

With his current strength, tapping into his blackening may contend with the Celestial Emperor himself, but how powerful the Celestial Emperor truly was, he did not know.

Thus, Ye Qiu had to enhance his power again to confront the Celestial Emperor with more leverage.

Therefore, refining his bloodline power was the only choice, as with his just-broken-through celestial level, it was impossible for him to break through directly into the Dao Sovereign realm.

Having made the decision, Ye Qiu planned to find a place to refine his bloodline power; naturally, he could not stay here, as it would not take long before people from the Celestial Palace would appear here to find him.

Ye Qiu glanced at this somewhat mysterious area without any attachment, ripped through the void, and left directly.

Ancestral Grounds.

A month had passed, and the bounty from the Celestial Palace for Ye Qiu had reached an almost heavenly high level. Not long after Di Nantian’s death, the Celestial Emperor awoke from cultivation and directly went to the death aura region to search for Ye Qiu’s whereabouts.

Unfortunately, Ye Qiu had long disappeared. For this reason, the Celestial Emperor used tracing back to the source, but the rules were disrupted, making tracing impossible. To find out Ye Qiu’s whereabouts, the Celestial Emperor immediately sought out a calculation expert.

When this expert attempted to calculate Ye Qiu’s location, he spat out a large amount of blood and immediately stopped, exclaiming that this child was incalculable, and if he continued, he might directly die.

Just calculating the direction Ye Qiu might head to cost him half his lifespan.

According to this calculation expert, Tian Ji surrounded Ye Qiu, making him incalculable.

Upon hearing this, the Celestial Emperor was shocked. If so, Ye Qiu was a major variable, his emergence, and growth could possibly change the position the Celestial Palace has held for tens of thousands of years.

This made the Celestial Emperor even more intent on killing Ye Qiu, and thus he searched everywhere in the direction indicated by the calculation expert.

For this reason, the Celestial Palace did not hesitate to deploy many strongmen from all its branches to search together.

The Celestial Palace’s bounty on Ye Qiu naturally sparked significant repercussion in the Ancestral Grounds, causing many Loose Cultivators and Martial Artists to joke that just spotting Ye Qiu’s shadow would make one rich, such was the astonishing bounty.

Another event occurred half a month ago when the Celestial Emperor led the strongmen of the Celestial Palace to descend upon the Southern Wilderness, a matter that then spread across the entire Ancestral Grounds.

They confronted the ancient beast clan of the Southern Wilderness, resulting in the involvement of several of the strongest ancient beast clan members, and the subsequent events were mentally shocking.

Strongmen of the ancient beast clan engaged the Celestial Emperor, who then left, with the outcome unknown.

This affair remains a topic of much discussion, as people still want to know the result of that confrontation.

However, some speculate that since the Celestial Emperor left, he might not have been able to deal with the opponent, which is why he withdrew, while others think the Celestial Emperor obtained what he wanted and left without troubling the ancient beast clan.

Only the parties involved know the truth.

With the Celestial Palace’s bounty on Ye Qiu increased to the greatest extent, people’s attention naturally turned to the Taiyi Divine Sect, for the Taiyi Divine Sect’s Saint Heirs had consecutively died at the hands of Ye Qiu, their hatred for him no less than the Celestial Palace’s.

As expected, the Taiyi Divine Sect also released a bounty on Ye Qiu, and though the reward was not as rich as the Celestial Palace’s, it was still very tempting.

Following them, the Hunyuan Sect and the Shadow Society also issued bounties on Ye Qiu, showing no intention of sparing him, as their enmity with Ye Qiu grew larger and larger.

Yet a whole month had passed, and neither the Celestial Palace nor the major sects had truly located Ye Qiu’s whereabouts.

During this time, they received numerous reports claiming traces of Ye Qiu had been found, and at first, they took them seriously, but as the messages repeatedly turned out false, both the Celestial Palace and major sects were infuriated, punishing those who lied to earn the bounty severely.

This led to those attempting to exploit loopholes to immediately retreat, lest they meet a miserable end.

At this time, the returned geniuses from the Ancestral Grounds no longer stayed within their sects in seclusion and began appearing at banquets and other events.

If it weren’t for Ye Qiu being too dazzling and stealing everyone’s thunder, these returning geniuses actually had made tremendous progress.

Take Stone Demon Lord, for instance. Before heading to the Star River Road, he had just entered the Saint Realm, yet upon returning, he had reached the pinnacle of the Supreme Saint level, just a step away from the celestial level.

The Turquoise Pool Saintess was similar, now also at the Supreme Saint height.

Even those like Lieyan Holy Son, who were not doing as well, had gone from the Returning Ruins Realm to mid-Saint realm.

In short, young Martial Artists who ventured into the Star River Road had all significantly advanced their abilities.

As these geniuses attended various activities and received much attention, initially, their moods were quite good.

But they often heard people comparing them to Ye Qiu, which made the attending talents rather disheartened.

Because no matter where they went, attending any event, people always made such comparisons, and despite their feelings, they couldn’t deny it.

For they were indeed not as powerful as Ye Qiu.

At this moment, in a certain void, starlit, Ye Qiu stood among it, surrounded by a grand formation, concealing the area he was in.

He then sat there in peace, refining the bloodline power.

Pain once again swept over his entire body.