Lin Qian gazed at Yun Lianbu before him, and the aura within his body gradually surged, filling the entire ice cave with the majestic presence of imperial power.
The previously busy figures all temporarily halted their tasks, kneeling before the supreme emperor in reverence.
The golden-yellow imperial soul power, though not fully manifested, still exuded an overwhelming and peerless aura, dominating the world.
The imperial soul power burned intensely, igniting the imperial robe within Lin Qian's body, which enveloped him in a fiery display.
Twelve layers of soul radiance did not emit blinding light, yet they were incredibly striking, deeply shocking Yun Lianbu in front of him.
Beside him, Yun Yunyan covered her mouth in astonishment, letting out a soft gasp, clearly frightened by the soul radiance emanating from her son.
The brilliance in Emperor Lin's eyes flickered as he looked at Lin Qian with disbelief. The child, who had once been unable to awaken his martial soul, had now shocked them to this extent.
"It's truly a pity. In the past, I only broke through to the Awakening Realm after twelve rounds of Nirvana. During the Nirvana Realm, my soul power was too stable, preventing any further rounds beyond the twelfth," Lin Qian, bathed in the fiery flames of the imperial robe, spoke calmly as he gazed at Yun Lianbu.
"Impossible! No human has ever achieved more than ten rounds of Nirvana!" Yun Lianbu shook his head repeatedly as he looked at the soul radiance surrounding Lin Qian, completely unable to believe what he was witnessing.
Boom!
Scarlet-gold thunder roared out from within Lin Qian's body, resembling a thunder dragon descending upon the world, coiling around his left arm with crackling sounds and emitting a low, rumbling thunder.
A pale-blue icy aura silently emerged, making the already frigid surroundings even colder, swirling around his right hand in a hazy manner.
Two sword-shaped core artifacts floated in Lin Qian's palms, with eighteen components split into two sets. They hovered on either side, respectively infused and melted by the scarlet-gold thunder soul power and the pale-blue icy soul power.
Weapon Armament.
The black sword engraved with golden thunder patterns was firmly grasped in Lin Qian's hand, held horizontally before him as he stared straight at the sword's edge. "This sword, the Thunder Night Sword, is the martial soul I inherited from my father, and..."
In the next moment, a long sword with a snow-white blade covered in blue clouds was held in Lin Qian's right hand. He swung it backhanded, its tip pointed directly at Yun Lianbu's throat. "This is the Cloud Sword from your Yun family, the martial soul I inherited from my mother!"
One on the left, one on the right! One black, one white! One thunder, one ice!
The appearance of both swords completely erased any semblance of pride Yun Lianbu had left to boast about.
Twelve rounds of Nirvana—unprecedented, unheard of.
Twin martial souls—unparalleled in the past and unmatched in the future.
Yun Luotian's talent and potential were a joke in comparison to Lin Qian, utterly outclassed.
"My father and mother were destined to be together. How else could they have given birth to a son like me?" Lin Qian sneered as he looked at Yun Lianbu before him, adding fuel to the fire.
Lin Qian's words were like a sharp knife, piercing Yun Lianbu's heart.
Destined to be together? Why was it Yun Yunyan and Emperor Lin who were fated? Why not her?
"Kill!" Yun Lianbu's eyes turned red, and she suddenly launched a frenzied attack. Her emotions overwhelmed her, and she had completely lost her sanity.
Lin Qian easily grabbed her by the throat with one hand.
The maddened Yun Lianbu had completely forgotten that she had long been subdued by Lin Qian, unable to exert her full strength.
"When my father and mother arrived, I finally learned that you were the one, Yun Lianbu." Lin Qian looked at her with utter disdain. "Back then, my parents trusted you so much when they secretly returned to the Central Region, yet you betrayed them, nearly causing their deaths. How can you live with your conscience?"
Recently, while he had been staying with his grandparents, Yun Rong had told him many things, including this incident.
At that time, his parents, upon returning to the Central Region, had secretly entrusted Yun Lianbu, believing they could rely on her to find out the situation within the Yun family.
Who would have thought that the very person they trusted would turn around and betray them?
The elite members of the Yun family had all been mobilized to capture them and bring them back to the Yun household!
Lin Qian's grip tightened bit by bit, and the icy soul power flowed from his palm into her body.
The imperial robe had vanished, and the weapon armament had been dismissed. Dealing with Yun Lianbu did not require his full strength.
He had already given his mother, Yun Yunyan, a chance to breathe, so there was no need to maintain his near-full power stance.
As her body gradually froze, her life force quickly drained away.
Yun Lianbu's eyes widened, filled with unwillingness.
Yun Yunyan had grown up with her, and their relationship had always been good. But deep down, she knew that she was the true eldest daughter of the Yun family.
Yun Yunyan, on the other hand, was merely the daughter of her grandfather's sworn brother, and her mother was only from a collateral branch of the Yun family.
Yun Yunyan's title as the eldest daughter of the Yun family was merely an empty one.
But Yun Yunyan had picked up a dirty, ragged boy. Back then, she had been openly disdainful of him.
After all, not only was this boy foolish, but his background was unclear—he was obviously a wild child.
Yet Yun Yunyan had still taken good care of him. What a ridiculous show of kindness.
But who could have imagined that the foolish boy was not foolish at all? His strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, shockingly so.
Even in the Central Region, he had a distinguished reputation as a prodigy.
Yun Lianbu had gradually become infatuated with him, but by then, he had already promised himself to Yun Yunyan.
She had gone mad with jealousy. She couldn't understand how Yun Yunyan, with her inferior bloodline, could have such high potential.
Why did the wild child Yun Yunyan had picked up become such an extraordinary prodigy?
She wanted to destroy Yun Yunyan.
The young master of the Jiang family, who loved to torment pampered women, had been informed of everything by her. She had incited him to propose marriage.
When the two of them eloped and returned, she had reported everything, hoping to ruin this despicable pair!
But why were they so lucky? How did they manage to escape?
And how had their son grown so terrifyingly powerful while she was about to die at his hands?
Slap!
At that moment, Emperor Lin suddenly grabbed Lin Qian's wrist, slowly shaking his head at him. "Qian'er, let go."
Seeing this, a glimmer of hope and joy flashed in Yun Lianbu's eyes. She hadn't expected Emperor Lin to save her.
Since his father had spoken, Lin Qian could only nod gently and release his grip.
Yun Lianbu collapsed to the ground, raising her head with joy to look at Emperor Lin, only to be met with cold indifference.
"I know your intentions, but my wife is Yun Yunyan," Emperor Lin said coldly as he gazed at Yun Lianbu. "What did she ever do wrong? Why did you have to harm her and destroy her? I also know it was you who orchestrated the Jiang family's proposal behind the scenes."
Hearing this, Yun Lianbu's eyes filled with despair. She couldn't understand how Emperor Lin knew when she had been so careful.
"My son's hands shouldn't be stained by your filthy blood. As the husband of the woman you sought to harm, I will show no mercy!"
As Emperor Lin finished speaking, his soul power surged, and Yun Lianbu's body exploded into a cloud of blood!