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

The jade bed deep inside the cave is more than twice as large as the stone bed in the Jade Balance Palace.

Layer upon layer of restrictions were imposed, isolating the inside from the outside.

The candlelight had long since gone out, leaving only the faint glow of the array patterns flickering in the darkness, like a pool of starlight rippled by the wind.

-

At first, the sect leader put on airs.

She was the master, the leader of the Hehuan Sect for hundreds of years, and a newly promoted Dao Integration expert in the Central Continent. Even though it was just the two of them on the jade bed at this moment, and even though some things were not the first time, she still instinctively maintained that shell of identity—her back was straight, her chin was slightly raised, and her breathing was slow and even, as if what was happening at this moment was a solemn seclusion, and nothing else.

But that shell didn't last long.

Pure Yang energy surged into her meridians through their clasped palms, merging with the increasingly vast and profound Yin energy within her body after merging with the Dao—

The sect leader's breathing became erratic.

She broke through to the Dao Integration stage.

With that step, her Yin-Yang body underwent a transformation. Every strand of spiritual energy within her meridians was entwined with a silver-white law pattern. As Yin and Yang harmonized, the tingling and warmth that returned was deeper and more expansive than ever before, like rivers flowing into the sea, layer upon layer, endless and continuous.

Li Hanshan also noticed it.

He exclaimed "Eh!" and then felt a surge of joy.

After his master broke through to the Dao Integration Realm, the pleasure of dual cultivation was several times better than before. Yin and Yang complemented each other perfectly, and the power flowing back was incredibly pure, both strengthening his cultivation and making every pore of his body feel comfortable.

"Master," he chuckled softly in her ear, "your attainment of Dao...this disciple is truly fortunate to have benefited from it."

"...Shut up." The sect leader's voice was low and hoarse.

"Concentrate on practicing your internal energy."

"Yes, yes, concentrate."

-

The cave was so quiet that you could hear each other's heartbeats.

The sect leader remained restrained throughout.

She gritted her teeth, gripped the quilt beneath her tightly, her nails almost digging into her palms. Even in the most pleasurable moments, even when the warm waves surged higher and higher, almost completely overwhelming her senses—she didn't utter a sound.

She is the master.

He is the sect leader.

She couldn't show that pathetic side in front of this little brat.

Li Hanshan noticed this restraint, but instead of being disappointed, he found it quite delightful.

The sect leader, who had held a high position for centuries and whose emotions were never revealed, was now in his arms, doing the most unladylike thing with the most dignified expression—that fragile composure, that blush that burned from the roots of his ears all the way to his neck, those eyes that were clearly brimming with tears, yet still forced to glare at him...

interesting.

So funny.

"Master." He suddenly stopped his cultivation, looking at her with a smile, "Are you tired? Why don't you take a rest?"

The sect leader's chest heaved violently a few times as he glared at him, forcing out two words through gritted teeth:

"continue."

"Okay."

-

The two took a break along the way.

The sect leader, wrapped in a brocade quilt, sat on the edge of the bed with her back to him, trying to restore her usual long and even breathing. Li Hanshan, on the other hand, leaned lazily against the headboard, casually talking to her about sect affairs.

"Master, how far do you intend to fight this battle?" he asked.

"To relieve the siege of the Yinquan Sect and blunt the Immortal Alliance's advance, that's all." The sect leader's voice had returned to its usual coldness, as if she weren't the one who had just been gritting her teeth and refusing to utter a sound. "The Immortal Alliance is powerful, with three Dao Integration Realm experts in command. If we really fight to the end, no one will come out on top. This battle is for the Central Continent to see—to let everyone see clearly that the Hehuan Sect has two Dao Integration Realm experts; they are not a soft persimmon that anyone can crush."

"Understood, that's enough." Li Hanshan nodded, then smiled, "Then Master must return soon."

"...Why?"

"There are so many things to do in the sect, I can't handle them all by myself," Li Hanshan said seriously. "Especially things like 'consolidating your realm'—Master's realm still needs my frequent help to consolidate."

Sect Leader: "..."

"sleep."

She uttered two words and closed her eyes again—but the yin-yang cycle that had restarted was even more turbulent than before.

Li Hanshan, through his inner vision, clearly "saw" a different scene.

The sect leader's foundation in Dao Integration was even more profound than he had imagined. As their energies intertwined, a wisp of silver-white law pattern wrapped in spiritual power would, following the great cycle of Yin and Yang, sparingly yet undeniably pass over, strand by strand—something that only those who had achieved Dao Integration could touch, the "Dao" of this world, carrying an indescribable sense of perfection, repeatedly cleansing his meridians and primordial spirit.

He broke through three layers of debt, and the last trace of superficiality that even seven days and seven nights in Shuanghua Cave Heaven could not completely smooth out vanished in this repeated cleansing.

Li Hanshan's mind was completely clear.

No wonder the ancient cultivation methods called the combination of pure yang and profound yin a "perfect match"—Master's profound yin body at the Dao Integration Realm was like a lit elixir for his cultivation. This time, not only did it "consolidate" her realm, but his own cultivation also rose with it, and he vaguely touched the threshold of the fifth level of the Void Refinement Realm.

They made a fortune.