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However, he quickly regained his composure. He didn’t blame Qin Li. After all, Qin Li didn’t know the truth. To her, he was just a stranger, so it was natural for her to not immediately feel any connection to him.

Ye Xuan took a deep breath and shifted his gaze to the entrance of the Shattered Heaven dungeon. Soon, the Shattered Heaven would open, and within its depths, he would reveal the entire truth to Qin Li!

—

Qin Xian and Qin Li stood side by side, chatting while waiting for the Shattered Heaven dungeon to open. Most of the talking was done by Qin Li, while Qin Xian simply listened. Normally, Qin Li wasn’t a talkative person. 

In front of others, she was always reserved, even cold at times. However, when she was with Qin Xian, it was as if she became a different person, with endless things to say.

Aunt Mo, standing nearby, watched the young girl’s smiling face and couldn’t help but feel emotional. Perhaps it was only in front of the young master that Miss Qin truly smiled and acted like a carefree eighteen-year-old girl.

—

The teleportation array flashed continuously as waves of professionals arrived. By now, nearly a million professionals had gathered in the Hengjiang region, all eager to take on the Shattered Heaven dungeon. 

Many of them were elite talents from noble families and top guilds.

—

At that moment, a graceful figure appeared in the sky above the Hengjiang region, immediately drawing everyone’s attention. A stunningly beautiful woman descended, captivating the crowd with her presence. 

Her features were exquisite, like a painting come to life. Dressed in a long white gown that couldn’t hide her alluring curves, she wore a perfectly polite smile, embodying the manners of a noblewoman. 

Her aura was powerful, and it felt as though she was born to be noble and untainted by the mundane world. 

In the hearts of those around her, a sense of inferiority arose, as if simply stepping closer to this beauty would be a desecration.

—

From afar, Qin Xian noticed the beautiful woman, and his expression turned serious as he recognized her.

“Junior Qin, it’s been a while,” the woman said with a smile, her eyes shining as if they held the stars.

Qin Xian narrowed his eyes slightly but returned the smile. “Senior Chu…”

This beautiful woman was Chu Junzhuo, an SSS-level rare class Saintess Empress, currently level 31. She was also the president of the student council at the Imperial Academy and two years older than Qin Xian. 

In her first year after awakening her class, she had reached level 20, by the second year she hit level 27, and by the third year, she had risen to her current level of 31. 

At the time, she had set a record for the fastest leveling in the academy—though that record had since been broken by Qin Xian.

More importantly, Chu Junzhuo came from a terrifyingly powerful background. She was a member of the Chu family, one of the empire’s top noble clans. 

Her grandfather, Chu Sitian, was one of the five legendary-level experts in the empire—a level 85 War God who had guarded Changyuan for 300 years, keeping the abyssal demons at bay.

Chu Junzhuo, as Chu Sitian’s beloved granddaughter, held a status nearly equal to Qin Xian’s. While the two didn’t interact much during their time at the academy, they held a mutual respect for each other. 

Chu Junzhuo was one of the few people who made Qin Xian feel a bit of pressure, though only a small amount.

—

“President!”

“Senior Chu!”

Several noble students from the Imperial Academy greeted her, but Chu Junzhuo paid them no mind, her focus solely on Qin Xian. In that moment, it felt as though the world only contained the two of them, as if no one else was worthy of her attention. 

To her, Qin Xian was the only one qualified to speak to her, the only one in the same league. As for everyone else… they were merely ants.

“Junior Qin, you’ve grown even stronger, haven’t you?” Chu Junzhuo’s eyes sparkled as she carefully observed Qin Xian, her smile growing brighter. 

She could sense that even though Qin Xian’s level hadn’t increased, his strength had grown several times more formidable since they last met.

Qin Xian smiled but said nothing, his thoughts unreadable behind the mask of his expression, “Senior Chu, you didn’t come all this way just to make small talk, did you?”

Standing nearby, Qin Li glanced at Chu Junzhuo, a flicker of hostility flashing in her eyes. She didn’t like Chu Junzhuo… not one bit.