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On the towering main peak of the Xuantian Sacred Land, a magnificent and luxurious palace is brightly lit.

Inside the palace...

Dressed in fiery red, Liu Ruyan sat cross-legged on a futon, meditating with her eyes closed. Her brows were furrowed, and she looked extremely distressed.

Frost gradually condensed around him, almost enveloping his entire body, emanating a chilling aura...

Suddenly, Liu Ruyan opened her eyes, a chaotic spiritual energy surging around her, a sweet taste in her throat, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

The frost that had gathered on the skin shattered instantly and vanished without a trace.

"call..."

She exhaled a breath of stale air, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and her face paled slightly...

"It still doesn't work..."

"Without pure Yang Flame, it's simply impossible to suppress the extreme cold..."

"It's all that wretched brat's fault..."

Liu Ruyan muttered through gritted teeth.

Since returning to the Xuan Tian Holy Land, she first eliminated several elders who had betrayed her, and then went into seclusion to recuperate...

Her injuries have almost fully healed in the past few days, and with the help of the Pure Yang Flame, her cultivation has also improved considerably. However, once the Pure Yang Flame within her body was completely depleted, her cultivation stagnated...

Previously, she cultivated rapidly thanks to her extremely cold body. However, since losing her virginity, the extremely cold energy within her body has become extremely violent, showing faint signs of backlash...

Only pure Yang Flame can suppress the extreme cold energy growing within her body, allowing Yin and Yang to harmonize and complement each other.

Liu Ruyan had tried more than once to completely suppress the extreme cold energy within her body, but all her attempts ended in failure, and she was now on the verge of going berserk...

She broke out in a cold sweat, no longer daring to forcibly suppress the extreme cold energy; even cultivation had become a major problem...

If one neglects their spiritual practice, their cultivation level will gradually decline.

With her current strength, she is already no match for the several quasi-emperors who joined forces to assassinate her. If her cultivation were to regress further, she would be in dire straits...

Moreover, those quasi-emperors who plotted against her will surely come to eliminate her once they learn of her return to the Xuan Tian Holy Land...

Not only will she die, but the Xuan Tian Holy Land will also be destroyed.

She doesn't have much time left...

Liu Ruyan frowned slightly, as if she had thought of a solution. She gritted her teeth and stood up as if to take a gamble...

"Hopefully, that kid's cultivation isn't too weak, or he'll be drained dry in one go..."

"Don't let me come all this way for nothing!"

She murmured softly, took a step forward, and her figure vanished from the spot...

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On Tianling Peak, outside the Qingyun Sect.

Inside a cave.

After returning from the neighboring cave with his fill of food and drink, Ye Chen couldn't wait to take out the Purple Gold Gourd and examine it...

A wisp of thought probed into it...

The spirit stones and magical treasures it had previously devoured had vanished without a trace, leaving only a pool of murky spiritual liquid at the bottom of the gourd...

"hiss!"

Ye Chen's eyes lit up, and his heart immediately filled with excitement...

There were at least several hundred drops of this murky spiritual liquid, enough for him to refine several hundred pills...

"I never imagined that spirit stones and magic treasures could be refined into spirit liquid. If that's the case, then I can just rob a few more disciples' storage bags..."

Ye Chen muttered happily.

With over 200,000 outer disciples, surely there must be a few hundred easy targets?

He reached into his pocket and took out bottles of spirit-replenishing pills...

Besides the pills they had previously plundered, many of these were found in Long Aotian's storage bag; he had quite a few cultivation resources...

Ye Chen picked up the purple-gold gourd in his hand and began refining the Spirit-Replenishing Pill...

A second-grade Spirit Replenishing Pill, after absorbing a drop of spiritual liquid, emitted a rich medicinal fragrance, condensed pill patterns, and transformed into a fifth-grade Spirit Replenishing Pill...

The difference of just two grades can result in a hundredfold difference in the effectiveness of the elixir!

Ye Chen followed suit, and his movements became increasingly skillful...

Before long, the entire room was filled with a rich medicinal aroma...

"Three hundred and fifteen!"

After Ye Chen finished counting the refined Grade 5 Spirit-Replenishing Pills, he immediately grinned...

The quantity of over three hundred pills was only the limit for the pills; at this moment, there were still several drops of spiritual liquid left in the purple-gold gourd.

"With these pills, I should be able to break through to the Golden Core stage, right?"

"Then we can go and rescue Qing'er..."

"This king is indeed a genius!"

He sat cross-legged on the futon, his expression excited, and grabbed a handful of Grade 5 Spirit-Replenishing Pills, stuffing them directly into his mouth without caring how many there were...

These pills melted instantly upon entering his mouth, gathering into a massive warm current that surged into his body...

A sharp pain shot through me, as if my meridians were about to burst from the powerful medicinal force!

"hiss!"

Ye Chen was startled and hurriedly activated the "Supreme Induction Technique," frantically refining the medicinal power...

Strands of pure spiritual energy flowed into the dantian under the guidance of the cultivation technique, and the medicinal power was gradually refined through the circulation of the energy in small cycles...

The surging, warm medicinal power of the previous moment has now transformed into a pure spiritual energy within the dantian...

"Snap!"

A crisp sound rang out...

Ye Chen's aura suddenly erupted and soared into the sky!

A violent surge of spiritual energy erupted in all directions...

"Boom..."

The tables, chairs, doors, and windows in the room were smashed to pieces on the spot!

Without even opening his eyes, he felt the immense spiritual power in his dantian and quickly guided it to break through the bottleneck once more...

"Snap!"

Another crisp sound...

Ye Chen's aura surged once more, and the surging spiritual power around him more than doubled in strength...

He opened his eyes, a glint of shrewdness flashing within them...

"Tenth level of Qi Refining!"

"I didn't expect to break through two minor realms at once..."

He muttered to himself, a smile unconsciously creeping onto his lips...

"Cultivation isn't that difficult... How come that girl is still only at the third level of Qi Refining?"

Ye Chen couldn't help but think of Lin Ningxue. Thankfully, she wasn't here right now; otherwise, seeing Ye Chen's cultivation speed would have driven her mad...

A year and a half of diligent cultivation is still not as advanced as Ye Chen's cultivation in just a few days...

He glanced up at the damaged tables, chairs, doors, and windows, seemingly surprised by the terrifying spiritual power unleashed during his breakthrough. He realized he'd have to be more restrained next time, but he didn't seem to care about the damage at all...

"Looks like I'll have to go raid a new cave tomorrow..."

Ye Chen muttered something under his breath, looked down at the fifth-grade Spirit Gathering Pills in front of him, and, not intending to give up, grabbed a handful of pills and stuffed them into his mouth...

A rich medicinal aroma filled my mouth...

The next second, the pure medicinal power surged into his body...

This time, Ye Chen was prepared. The moment he swallowed the pill, he activated the "Supreme Sensing Technique" to quickly refine it, lest he burst from the overload...

Now that he has the technique of concealing his breath, he is no longer worried about being discovered if his cultivation level increases too quickly. At this moment, he is focused solely on breaking through to the Golden Core stage...