The True Qi Dragon turned into a woman?!

While Qin Tian was still trying to figure it out, accompanied by the faint words of the white-haired woman, she directly vanished and transformed into a red light, diving into the Red Sword right before Qin Tian's eyes!

The trembling floating Red Sword instantly merged with the red light, then with a clang, it fell to the ground, leaving no sound at all.

Thunder and lightning in the sky vanished.

Dense clouds dispersed in an instant.

The torrential rain stopped abruptly, replaced by a clear sky with no clouds over a thousand miles.

The surrounding howling wind also calmed down, and even the corpses of Lei Taigong and others turned to dust with the fall of the Red Sword, carried away by the wind.

Everything seemed like a dream. When Qin Tian came to his senses, he found nothing but his severely injured Dan Tian Qi Sea and drenched clothes.

On the plaza of Hidden Cloud Mountain, besides him, only Qiao Zheng and Liu Yu lay fainted in the distance, not yet awakened.

Of course, there was also that increasingly mysterious Red Sword.

Originally a special Magic Artifact, Qin Tian realized it should no longer be special now.

He walked over slowly, bent down, and picked up the Red Sword.

"Indeed, there are traces..."

Looking at the flaming dragon pattern on the hilt of the Red Sword, Qin Tian pressed his lips together, thinking that this Red Sword might have gained life?

The True Qi Dragon (the white-haired woman) saved him, so he wasn't afraid at the moment. Instead, he was thinking about the white-haired woman seemingly shouting weakly but fiercely, "Save me... Void Mountain? Dragon Void Mountain? Starry Sky Mountain?"

Qin Tian heard the words "Save me" clearly, but the following three words were unclear; all he knew was something about a mountain.

"Someone so powerful still needs me to save them?"

Qin Tian couldn't figure it out, so he chose not to think about it.

"Sect Leader Qin."

At this moment, Liu Yu woke up.

Beside him, Qiao Zheng also gradually regained consciousness.

Both were completely unaware of what had just happened; they missed the thunderous, lightning-filled epic battle.

Only when they woke up did they realize they were drenched.

Looking back, when they turned their gaze to the distant podium, they were both stunned—

On the podium, on the plaza, the Elder Council and Xie Yunzhen and others were all gone!

"Qin Tian, what exactly happened?"

Qiao Zheng looked puzzled, "Where are the Elder Council members and Xie Yunzhen and the others? They attacked you, right? What's going on..."

Liu Yu glanced around and said, "Why can't we see anyone? Sect Leader, what happened after I fainted? Where are the people? You guys were at daggers drawn; it's impossible you didn't fight, right? But all I see are signs of battle, yet there is no corpse to be seen?"

Saying this, Liu Yu looked curiously at the cliff behind Qin Tian, "Sect Leader, you didn't kill them all and then throw their bodies down the cliff, did you?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Zheng was instantly dumbfounded.

Qin Tian paused, smiled, and said, "Liu Yu, do you think I have the strength to kill them all and still stand here waiting for you to wake up?"

"Well... indeed, that's quite impossible."

Liu Yu thought for a moment and suddenly found his bold idea amusing, his face apologetic, "I forgot that even just Lei Taigong from the Elder Council seems to have reached the Nascent Soul Stage, not to mention Chen Honglie and other four Elder Council experts, plus Sect Leader Xie and other Right Pulse Elders. Sect Leader, how could you possibly defeat them all? Sorry, it was just a wild guess..."

"No worries." Qin Tian smiled.

Qiao Zheng still looked puzzled, "Then, tell me, where are the Elder Council members?"

"They..."

Qin Tian scratched his head. How should he explain this situation?

Thinking it over, he realized he couldn't tell them the truth, and even if he did, they probably wouldn't believe him.

"I had a duel with Lei Taigong. I lost, put my life on the line. They lost, and they all left Qilin Mountain Sect, never to return..."

Qin Tian made up a lie on the spot, feeling somewhat helpless, "So, the result is that I won, Lei Taigong lost, and they have already left the Qilin Mountain Sect."

After saying this, there was no doubt that Liu Yu and Qiao Zheng still had unbelieving expressions; it would be strange if they believed it!

"You beat Lei Taigong?!"

Unexpectedly, this was their focus.

Qiao Zheng said, "Lei Taigong is practically a living fossil of our Qilin Mountain Sect. Entering the Nascent Soul Stage over a decade ago, which gives him the chance to live to a hundred. Even though he looks old, his combat power can be said to be the best in our Qilin Mountain Sect. Qin Tian, you really beat him?"

Qin Tian nodded, "Yes."

Seeing their disbelieving looks, he added, "Lei Taigong is in the Nascent Soul Stage, and so am I. I'm younger, hence more vigorous..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Yu and Qiao Zheng were already stunned, jaws wide open, staring at Qin Tian as if petrified!

After a long time, Liu Yu swallowed hard, "Sect Leader, you, you say... your cultivation is..."

"Nascent Soul Stage."

Hiss!

Liu Yu took a deep breath, eyes wide open, not blinking, asking, "You're joking, right? You've entered the Nascent Soul Stage?!"

Buzz!

Qin Tian didn't speak; True Qi began to gradually release around his body...

At this moment, his Dan Tian Qi Sea had returned to normal. Although the Dragon within the Qi Sea had vanished, the True Qi Nascent Soul, like a baby, in the Qi Sea, was still slowly releasing True Qi.

Accompanied by Qin Tian's continuous release of True Qi, powerful pressure repeatedly pressed down, making Liu Yu and Qiao Zheng feel somewhat strained.

With their current cultivation, they couldn't detect Qin Tian's cultivation level, as the difference in level was too vast.

But they both felt the intense oppressive strength of Qin Tian's aura, which was definitely stronger than the Late Stage and Peak of the Primordial Pill.

This alone was enough to prove Qin Tian's cultivation was at least close to the Nascent Soul Stage, if not at it.

"Now do you believe?"

Qin Tian slowly retracted his True Qi, fearing that too rapid circulation might injure the severely injured two.

"Even if you defeated Lei Taigong, would Xie Yunzhen and Ma Changqing let you off?" Qiao Zheng was still skeptical.

"Master, stop thinking about it. It's all in the past. Let's go, time to head home... Think about it, with my strength at this level, if they don't leave quickly, in a real fight later, can they survive? They are all people afraid of death."

With these words, carrying the Red Sword, Qin Tian took the lead and walked down the mountain.

Hidden Cloud Mountain, the Elder Council, became part of the past, turning to smoke.