I'll make you the furnace and the cauldron, so you can refine Yin and Yang and prove the Great

"Master?"

Noticing her distraction, Li Hanshan's voice came from behind, tinged with inquiry. His palm remained firmly against her back, his pure yang energy flowing like a gentle stream, never ceasing.

The sect leader didn't turn around, and said softly, "There are two streams of energy. One from the south, and one from the western region. Both, like me, are attempting to break through to the Dao Integration stage."

Li Hanshan was taken aback: "Three people attempting to break through to the Dao Integration Realm at the same time? Why all at this moment?"

"Because of the secrets of Heaven," the sect leader said slowly. "The difficulty in reaching the Dao lies not in breaking through it, but in 'seeing' it. The laws of Heaven are usually ethereal and intangible, separated by a layer of heaven. Even the strongest at the peak of the Void Refinement stage cannot see or touch them; they can only try to grasp them with a vague sense—and nine out of ten attempts will fail."

But things are different today.

"The Immortal Alliance gained a new Dao Integration Realm expert, and the Heavenly Dao was shaken once; I attempted to break through a second time, and it was shaken once more. The gate of the Heavenly Dao was repeatedly knocked upon, and the light of the laws shone through the cracks in the gate. The secrets of Heaven have never been so clear—those two old monsters came because they smelled this light."

"With the three of them charging forward simultaneously, their energies clashing, the laws will manifest even more thoroughly." She paused, "At this time, the chances of successfully breaking through to the Dao Integration Realm are several times higher than usual."

Li Hanshan blinked: "That's a good thing."

"It's indeed a good thing." The sect leader nodded, a faint smile curving his lips. "The more chaotic the heavenly secrets become, the less likely those three from the Immortal Alliance will be to pinpoint my location. This is Heaven itself providing cover for me."

"Let's continue."

"good."

The two strands of energy, now tightly intertwined again, crashed heavily against the threshold once more.

-

Outside Yuheng Palace, the sky brightened and dimmed three times.

For the past three days, the sky over the entire Central Continent has never truly darkened. The direction of the Yinquan Sect glows with a faint blue light, the direction of the Western Regions burns with a deep crimson, but deep within the Myriad Spirits Secret Realm—there is no light.

There was no sound at all.

The quieter it was, the more terrifying it seemed. The divine senses of the three Dao-Merging Grandmasters swept across the sky above the Myriad Spirits Secret Realm more than once, but each time they were like mud oxen sinking into the sea, unable to retrieve anything. That ancient ruin, sunk deep within the secret realm, was like a bottomless pit that swallowed everything.

-

The process of the impact was far longer and more grueling than imagined.

On the first day, the sect leader's spiritual power rose layer by layer under the infusion of pure yang energy, and her dantian swelled like a full moon. Her soul was immersed in the warm current where yin and yang energies converged, and every inch of her meridians rejoiced, but she dared not become complacent—her last failure was due to a moment of weakness.

The next day, the "door" was already clearly visible in her perception—the outline of the door, the texture of the door, and the narrow crack on the door. She sat cross-legged in front of the crack, polishing her spiritual power again and again, like a patient craftsman, grinding all the energy in her body down to just the sharpest line.

And the person who was supporting her was always there.

These days, Li Hanshan only goes out and doesn't come in. He's like a stake driven into the earth, firmly anchored behind her foundation of cultivation. No matter how she struggles or tries to break free, her pure Yang energy doesn't waver even once.

The sect leader sometimes even had the illusion that it wasn't her attempting to break through to the Dao Integration stage.

It was the two of them who were attempting to attain the Dao.

The third day...

Something went wrong on the third day.

The problem lies with Li Hanshan.

The combination of Yin and Yang, three days and three nights of conjoined union, is an experience even a saint couldn't withstand. Moreover, the sect leader's lineage's cultivation method is the ancestor of all Yin-Yang techniques in the world—the more she immersed herself in the cultivation method, the more naturally she exuded something that could drive any man mad.

That was the instinct of the technique reaching its deepest level, the natural law of yin and yang attracting each other, and had nothing to do with his own will.

Li Hanshan is not a saint.

He was simply more patient than the average person.

But on the third day, at a certain moment, his mind relaxed slightly, and his body moved uncontrollably a few times, as if possessed.

Inside the gauze curtain, the sect leader's voice suddenly rose eight octaves:

"Li Hanshan!"

"Disciple is here!" Li Hanshan was startled and stopped abruptly.

"What...what were you doing just now?!" The sect leader's face was flushed crimson, almost bleeding, and he even forgot to refer to himself as "this one." His voice was a mixture of embarrassment and anger. "Is this the time to do something like this?!"

Her shoulders were ramrod straight, and her ears were flushed red all the way down to her neck. That blush, in the thin light of the gauze curtains, was more dazzling than any radiant glow.

Li Hanshan opened his mouth, wanting to explain, but then felt that explaining would only make things worse. He paused for a moment, then honestly said, "Disciple...disciple knows his mistake."

The sect leader took a deep breath, then took another deep breath.

"It's all because Master is too beautiful, this disciple couldn't control himself..."

"You! You still dare to say that!"

The sect leader blushed again.