Wind Crane City was in complete chaos.

  No one had expected Xia Li to kill his way back—and in such an overwhelming manner, slaughtering Xuan Dan Sect disciples like a demonic cultivator, brutal and violent.

  Before the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

  A Xuan Dan Sect disciple fled here. He looked at the old man sweeping the entrance, about to open his mouth to beg for help...

  Someone suddenly flew in from behind, pressing his head directly into the ground. As the attacker's arm shook, his skull exploded—utterly gruesome.

  "Xia... Senior Xia, greetings. I didn't expect you'd actually dare to do this."

  The old man sweeping at the entrance cupped his hands toward Xia Li. Xia Li raised his head and glanced at him.

  It was Elder Sun, the Myriad Treasures Pavilion's alchemist and manager.

  Though he was one of Myriad Treasures Pavilion's people, he hadn't betrayed Xia Li. Their cooperative relationship had been quite harmonious.

  "Help me pack up everything in the Myriad Treasures Pavilion."

  Xia Li wasted no words. He'd severed one of Myriad Treasures Pavilion's regional manager's arms and robbed him of a huge fortune—he'd already torn faces with them.

  Since that was the case, why should he be polite?

  Just rob them directly!

  "But there are still two Foundation Establishment cultivators inside..."

  Before he finished speaking.

  From the top of the tower-like Myriad Treasures Pavilion came a massive explosion.

  Xia Li had directly teleported plasma grenades onto their heads using the phase ring. This tactic was practically a dimensional strike against low-realm cultivators.

  This was also why Xia Li had several storage rings but still chose to purchase Earth-tech storage rings—the storage function was actually secondary.

  "Now there aren't."

  Xia Li's voice was cold and flat, making Elder Sun feel quite unfamiliar.

  Though he hadn't met Xia Li many times, Xia Li had generally been a well-mannered person, even somewhat timid and accommodating, willing to actively yield.

  How long had it been?

  Less than three full days, and Xia Li had returned with dramatically increased strength—killing Golden Core cultivators like slaughtering dogs—and even his personality had undergone a massive change.

  Had he joined some demonic upper sect and been force-fed cultivation?

  "I'll prepare immediately!"

  Elder Sun dared not resist, much less invoke their past relationship. Xia Li not killing him was already showing consideration for old times.

  Afterward, Xia Li departed directly to continue hunting Xuan Dan Sect disciples.

  Elder Sun immediately transmitted a message to Grand Manager Huang at the rogue cultivator marketplace, telling him to prepare everything and deliver it personally.

  Though Xuan Dan Sect had led the previous action against Xia Li, Myriad Treasures Pavilion and the Rogue Cultivator Alliance had also done wrong. The higher-ups would most likely continue targeting Xia Li.

  Since they had already become enemies, Xia Li wouldn't be polite. Rather than being killed and then robbed, it was better to obediently hand over their wealth in exchange for their lives.

  After this...

  The Xuan Dan Sect disciples knew they were outmatched. Some called for reinforcements, others fled for their lives, but sadly they had all missed the optimal escape window.

  Now, even scattering to flee was merely becoming targets for Xia Li.

  Wind Crane City, atop a certain tall building.

  Xia Li stood there, holding the Star Gleam sniper rifle, quietly waiting for bullets to load.

  【Tracking Bullet loading complete】

  Bang!

  Xia Li fired directly. Tracking Bullets had weaker power—Foundation Establishment could easily block them—but against Qi Refining cultivators, they were virtually guaranteed kills.

  Xia Li had now eliminated the remaining five Foundation Establishment cultivators. So what if he let the remaining twelve Qi Refining cultivators run first?

  Over ten seconds later...

  The Heaven Chip reported the result.

  【Target eliminated.】

  Another bullet had already loaded. Xia Li fired directly.

  Tracking Bullets could hit targets up to 100,000 meters away, though at that distance, they might only be lethal to mortals.

  The effective kill range for Tracking Bullets was 30,000 meters. At this distance, Foundation Establishment cultivators flying through the air might escape, but Qi Refining could not!

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  Even Qi Refining cultivators who had taken Cloud Breath Pills for temporary flight couldn't escape!

  Next...

  Xia Li fired one shot every twenty seconds. With each shot, someone died.

  After firing twelve Tracking Bullets total, Xia Li put away the Star Gleam sniper rifle.

  【All targets eliminated】

  After completing its objective, the Heaven Chip returned body control to Xia Li. Upon recovering, Xia Li felt quite uncomfortable and covered his mouth with his hand.

  Unaccustomed...

  He was very unaccustomed to killing people, especially such violent slaughter.

  After enemies died, their blood splattered on his face, even entering his nasal passages and being inhaled into his lungs. The smell of blood rushed straight into the depths of his mind.

  The Heaven Chip in combat had a clear headshot tendency—this was the default logic when entering combat mode on Earth: always target the opponent's head!

  Even if it couldn't cause damage, disrupting the opponent's Heaven Chip could improve win rates.

  So the corpses of these Xuan Dan Sect disciples...

  Not a single one still had an intact head.

  This was combat under the Heaven Chip's control. Headshot, headshot, and more headshots!

  "Good thing... I didn't do it myself."

  Xia Li knew his combat mentality was lacking—he was prone to unnecessary mercy during bloody battles.

  That wasn't his fault, but rather habits formed growing up in an era of peace. His body instinctively rejected excessively bloody and violent actions.

  【Master, during combat you experienced feelings of reluctance 5 times, thoughts of closing your eyes 13 times, and feelings of self-blame 3 times】

  【You are correct. Please do not try to force acceptance, to avoid psychological damage】

  【The one who killed them was me, not you.】

  The artificial intelligence loaded in the Heaven Chip was becoming increasingly intelligent, because AI also learned and grew. As the Heaven Chip's performance improved, its wisdom would also become more impressive.

  "Interesting—you can actually comfort people?"

  Xia Li was somewhat surprised by the Heaven Chip's response.

  【Because you are the sole meaning of my existence. Relieving your negative psychology is also my responsibility】

  The AI loaded in the Heaven Chip—its words suddenly made Xia Li fall silent.

  You are the sole meaning of my existence.

  This was too devoted. No wonder some people risked everything to choose Open Spirit Architecture chips, allowing AI to truly develop self-awareness.

  In this era where relationships between people were mostly calculated by interests, an existence completely loyal to oneself would naturally be favored.

  Composing himself, Xia Li jumped down from the tall building and landed. The mortals and rogue cultivators around him all looked at him with reverent expressions.

  Seeing this, Elder Sun immediately stepped forward and knelt, obediently presenting a storage ring.

  Then...

  He transmitted privately to Xia Li.

  【Senior Xia, everything from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and marketplace in Wind Crane City is in here. Also, please give me a kick.】

  Elder Sun's meaning was simple: he couldn't appear too close to Xia Li, let alone having just collected Myriad Treasures Pavilion's Wind Crane City branch's belongings for Xia Li.

  "Hmph, get lost!"

  Xia Li's expression didn't change. After taking the storage ring, he raised his leg and kicked Elder Sun flying far away.

  No words.

  Xia Li walked toward the City Lord Manor. The City Lord Manor's people naturally didn't dare block Xia Li, this god of death—they had long since fled.

  The current City Lord Manor was unoccupied. After entering, Xia Li headed straight for the dungeon. In the depths of the dungeon, he found the wretched Liu Xiaoxiao.

  "You... came? You shouldn't have come."

  Upon seeing Xia Li, Liu Xiaoxiao forced out a smile with great difficulty. She was a practical woman who understood when to advance and retreat.

  Though the Liu family had been exterminated because of Xia Li, that was the Liu family's own choice.

  Xia Li was not at fault, and neither was the Liu family. Their only fault was being too weak.