It's time to become a fairy.

After eight hours of cultivation, her cultivation level successfully advanced to the next level, but this was not what she cared about most.

Her gaze fell upon the Netherworld, a glint of excitement flashing in her eyes: "Let me see if my guess is correct!"

Chapter 89 The Alternative Existence of the Underworld Lord, the Old Cult Leader's Demise

With her eyes closed, Ye Qingge's consciousness gradually converged at the center of her brow, where her divine office resided.

Divine authority is not a fixed form, but rather a form similar to energy rules, residing in the space between the two yin-yang fish corresponding to the forehead. The Netherworld Space is located at the center of the energy law corresponding to the Yin God's divine authority, which cannot be perceived by ordinary means. It is a Dao that can only be observed by those who have obtained the divine authority's approval, and Ye Qingge, who has obtained the Yin God's approval, is undoubtedly one of those approved individuals.

Previously, Ye Qingge's use of her palm was merely a formality. The essence of the Netherworld Space lies in divine authority. As long as the divine authority has not left Ye Qingge's body, Ye Qingge can use any part of her body to guide the Yin spirits from the outside world into the Netherworld Space.

At this moment, in the Netherworld, where the Yinming deities reside, within the Netherworld space...

Under Ye Qingge's observation, Fang Liangping's soul appeared here with a blank expression. Under the guidance of the old man's small boat, he had completed the initial transfer and stepped into a huge divine city. He was led into the center of the divine city by two Netherworld Messengers.

The entire city is shrouded in dense yin energy, making it an excellent place for yin spirits to live. By cultivating with the help of this yin energy, they can make their souls even stronger.

The divine city was deserted, except for a very few Netherworld officials like the old man, who were automatically generated by the consciousness of the Netherworld space.

Fang Liangping's soul was led by public officials to a residence in a city, but his eyes were still blank, as if he had lost his past memories.

"During the possession, the spirit was brought into the underworld, and it actually managed to cross the river of history and enter my modern world!"

Ye Qingge's consciousness fluctuated violently, and she was filled with astonishment. However, after carefully examining Fang Liangping's soul, her violently fluctuating consciousness gradually calmed down and slowly returned to calm: "Fang Liangping's soul level has dropped a lot compared to before! When I brought him back before, he was still at the Human Immortal Realm. Even though I beat him to the point of near collapse, he was still a Yin Soul at the Human Immortal Realm."

"But now, we haven't even reached the Central Courtyard. Is it because of the limitations of the Netherworld Space, the depletion caused by traversing history, or both?"

Ye Qingge frowned slightly, unable to reach a conclusion for the time being.

This was also her first attempt to bring a celestial being, comparable to the first level of the Dao Realm, from history into reality. Logically, it's normal for traversing history to incur some cost, but the specifics are still unclear from this single attempt. She needs to try a few more spirits to understand the limitations and other rules of this skill.

Shaking her head, Ye Qingge's consciousness was about to depart when an unusual fluctuation suddenly arose in the Netherworld space.

After Fang Liangping's soul entered, the entire Netherworld seemed to be activated. Countless streams of Yin energy surged within, seeping out strands of power to nourish her soul and body.

"In the description of the Netherworld Space skill, can it be used for one's own effect? ​​The skill description only says that it can only be done by detonating the spirits to activate the divine effect, but it doesn't say that detaining spirits here can also bring power feedback. If we follow this logic, wouldn't it mean that the more spirits stored in the Netherworld Space, the more power will be fed back?"

"If I have enough Yin spirits in my Netherworld, without needing to detonate them, this portion of power can activate divine power and unleash a force comparable to the Spirit Platform Immortal Realm... Wait, summoning Yin spirits, isn't that what the Underworld Lord does?"

Countless thoughts raced through Ye Qingge's mind. Suddenly, something occurred to her, and she gasped: "The Underworld Lord governs the Netherworld, which is the place where the souls of the dead return. The effect of the Netherworld Space is the same, and it greatly overlaps with the part governed by the Underworld Lord. The origin of these divine positions dates back to ten thousand years ago in the Yan Kang Divine Dynasty. In other words... this divine position is Yan Kang's attempt to create another Underworld Lord?"

"No, I'm afraid it's not just that. An Lanmeng said that the Yankang Divine Dynasty's understanding of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth has reached its peak. Based on the rules of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, they have created countless divine offices, from the rivers, lakes, mountains, and land to the sun, moon, and stars, all of which are governed by divine officials. Such control over the power of Heaven and Earth is comparable to the era of gods and demons overthrown by Empress Yang Zhao of the Kaihuang Dynasty!"

"Gods and demons are born between heaven and earth, and are naturally endowed with the power of the natural order of heaven and earth. The gods of the Yankang Divine Dynasty, who hold divine offices, can also do this, but it is different!"

"The divine office grants them the ability to harness the power of heaven and earth, allowing them to wield authority over the world like gods and demons. However, it also places a shackle on them, preventing them from acting recklessly like gods and demons, or they will suffer punishment from heaven and earth!"

"Not only that, the Yankang Divine Dynasty's understanding of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth also allows them to promulgate corresponding Heavenly Rules. Once they utter a word, it becomes law. This is a truly terrifying dynasty!"

"The terror of the God and Demon era was built on the fact that the people of the world had not mastered the power of heaven and earth. Although these gods and demons could use the power of the Great Dao of heaven and earth, they were limited to only one Great Dao. Moreover, many gods and demons born from the sun, moon and stars, and even beings like the first Underworld Lord, even if they were nominally under the jurisdiction of the God and Demon Heavenly Emperor, actually had a great deal of autonomy. They could obey orders but not proclamations, and the Heavenly Emperor's orders would not necessarily be fully obeyed. The execution of orders was far from sufficient."

"Empress, in the era of Su Qing'er, although it was called the Heavenly Court, the controllers of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, and rivers were only appointed later. They could not effectively utilize the power of heaven and earth. Their power depended entirely on their own mastery of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. The power of heaven and earth that they could truly mobilize was extremely limited. The Underworld Lord who controlled the Yin and Yang also had a strong degree of autonomy. Even the Heavenly Emperor could not interfere in matters within his territory."

"The so-called Heavenly Emperor can only govern matters in the mortal realm and even the demon realm; his control over the power of heaven and earth isn't that strong. But the Yan Kang Divine Dynasty, which wields divine power, is different..."

"The Yin Gods, who are appointed by the gods, can replace the Underworld Lords, and even the Star Lords can be appointed by the gods to replace the original Heavenly Court officials who are in charge of the Great Dao. These immortals and gods who have gods are bound by the constraints of their gods and have to act in accordance with the rules of the Great Dao. However, the Yan Kang Divine Dynasty has thoroughly studied the Great Dao... In terms of both combat power and cohesion, the Yan Kang Divine Dynasty has probably become the most powerful force in the history of the world!"

Ye Qingge's eyes flashed with amazement. From the information she had received, the Kaihuang Heavenly Court founded by the Empress and the Shanghuang era in which Su Qing'er lived both lasted for 100,000 years, while the Yankang Divine Dynasty had only been established for 30,000 years. However, the comprehensive strength it had shown in terms of combat power, cohesion, and other aspects had completely surpassed the two eras!

While the inheritance of the previous dynasty's legacy certainly played a role, it was also inextricably linked to the strength of its leaders!

"What kind of genius created such a divine dynasty, and what kind of disaster led to its destruction, plunging it into the wasteland era where sects now rule the world?"

Two years lingered in Ye Qingge's mind. She vaguely felt that it might be inextricably linked to the so-called core of destruction, but the specific reasons were probably not so simple. The factors of the core of destruction alone would not have reached such a level. The reasons still need to be explored.

She shook her head, suppressing her turbulent thoughts, and stopped thinking about them, then opened her private crystal brain.

Yesterday, before entering the fourth body-switching phase, it was only a little past eight o'clock. Even now, it's only a little past four in the morning, so there's still plenty of time.

In her memory, Ye Qingge, who was under the control of the system, was in a state of cultivation during this period, and nothing unexpected happened.

"There's nothing I absolutely need to do in the East City. I should be returning around noon tomorrow. In the meantime, I can still complete one possession."

Through An Lanmeng's understanding, her original resistance had disappeared. Now that she knew the trajectory of history, she only needed to follow that trajectory and act accordingly, without worrying about unexpected changes to history.

She already knew Feng Lingxiu's historical trajectory, and the matter of the Tiancang Sect was still fresh in her mind. Since she had the time now, she could complete the mission.

"However, there is no rush. Before Feng Lingxiu's possession, we need to make a detailed account of her cultivation level. So far, I don't know what the first and second realms of the three realms of the Central Court are called. I only know that the third realm is called Flying Immortal, which requires the construction of an Ascension Platform. There is also the detailed division of each realm of the Spirit Platform Immortal Realm... We must make a thorough plan."

"There's still time. Let's wait until tonight to travel through time. We can use the daytime for preparation."

Having made up her mind, Ye Qingge opened the system shop and spent 10,000 points to exchange for the Tai Sheng Demon Pill (initial stage).

After witnessing An Lanmeng's alchemy skills, she developed a great interest in the art. Although it was only a rudimentary understanding, and demonic pills differed from normal pills, regular pills could still be refined. It was a powerful tool for gathering resources. For Ye Qingge, who had just gained 25,000 points, bringing her total to 55,000, this amount was nothing.

Countless pieces of information flooded into Ye Qingge's mind. She opened the system panel and used her free travel ability to enter the Empress's body.

"Anlan's dream world has just completed its mission and is still in cooldown, so it cannot be entered. Real-world resources are precious, and using them for alchemy and skill proficiency training would consume too much... But the Empress's world doesn't have so many concerns. As the Heavenly Emperor, the consumption for training initial skill levels is negligible, so it's perfect for training skills!"

Everything went black, and my consciousness left my body. When it returned, nearly two and a half hours had passed.

There are limits to free travel. At most, twenty-four hours will pass in the Empress's world before Ye Qingge's consciousness is automatically sent back. If she wants to travel freely again, she must wait until the next day.

At 6:40 a.m., the rising sun had already reached the sky, shining through the curtains into the hotel room and leaving dappled spots of light.

Looking at the panel, Ye Qingge nodded in satisfaction, indicating that after a day of effort while possessing the Empress, she had reached the initial stage of the Tai Sheng Demon Pill, a minor achievement. She was quite pleased with the result.

"After a day of practice in the Empress World, I have already mastered the basic methods of refining three kinds of pills. Once I get the materials from the Canghui Sect branch in the East City, I will try to find a pill-refining furnace so that I can start refining pills."

Recalling her previous experience in alchemy, Ye Qingge felt a surge of excitement.

However, the branch wouldn't open until 9 a.m., so it wasn't time yet. Ye Qingge left the room and went downstairs to the buffet area to have breakfast.

Feng Yumeng was nowhere to be seen in the dining area, and it was unclear what she was busy with. After finishing breakfast, Ye Qingge drew some talismans for a while. At nine o'clock, seeing that it was almost time, Ye Qingge left the hotel and headed to the Canghui Sect branch to collect supplies.

The number of Yin spirits killed alongside Feng Yumeng had reached a terrifying several thousand. Even though Feng Yumeng had taken the lion's share, the remaining resources and supplies were still incredibly valuable. Under Ye Qingge's selection, most of them were exchanged for spiritual plants suitable for alchemy. After receiving tens of millions of coins, the supplies were finally collected.

"Indeed, large-scale wars are the best opportunity to make a fortune!"

Touching the spirit ring that was already full, and the spirit bracelet with a lot of space that the branch had given her, Ye Qingge sighed.

She continued to explore the branch offices and even the shopping malls specially set up by cultivators in the East City. To her regret, she couldn't find even a single alchemy furnace. Helplessly, she spent the rest of her time thoroughly exploring the East City, buying some local specialties, before returning to the hotel.

In the afternoon, Ye Qingge went to the city library in the east of the city. After showing her identity as an inner disciple of the Canghui Sect, she entered the second-floor area reserved for cultivators.

The public area of ​​the city library is open, but the second floor is different. You need to have a certain identity and pay an entrance fee of one thousand yuan to enter. The books there are not the kind of books that are suitable for the general public to see on the first floor. There are some more detailed historical materials from the past two thousand eight hundred years, as well as detailed introductions to cultivation techniques and cultivation realms.

After searching for a while, Ye Qingge quickly focused her attention on one of the cultivation common sense books officially produced by the Canghui Sect, which listed detailed and complete realm divisions.

“Cultivation is divided into four major steps: entering the Dao, Dan Hai, Zhong Ting, and Ling Tai Xian Jing. Among these, the first three steps are each divided into three realms, while Ling Tai Xian Jing is divided into six realms.”

"Entering the Dao is the beginning of cultivation, which is divided into three major realms: entering meditation, awakening the spirit, and spiritual awareness. The realm of entering meditation allows the physical body to adapt to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth... The realm of the middle dantian is divided into three major realms: the Five Gods, the Spirit Embryo, and the Flying Immortal. After cultivating from the lower dantian to the middle dantian, one must first temper the five internal organs and six bowels, which is the realm of the Five Gods."

"When the five internal organs are fully refined, and one's essence, energy, and spirit reach unprecedented heights, the divine elixir is combined with these essence, energy, and spirit to form a spiritual embryo. Only when the spiritual embryo reaches its peak can one begin to forge the ascension platform and step into the realm of immortality. When one reaches the pinnacle of immortality, the spiritual embryo ascends to immortality, transforming from mortal to immortal, causing the entire body to begin a metamorphosis. The realm of human immortality is this journey of transformation..."

Each realm and even the smallest detail is marked in detail, including the power of each realm, giving Ye Qingge a clear understanding of her current cultivation level. However, Ye Qingge regrets that the description of the realms after the Spirit Platform Immortal Realm is very vague and does not have the detailed division of realms as the previous steps.

After memorizing the above information, Ye Qingge browsed through other books on cultivation for a while to broaden her knowledge.

At six o'clock in the evening, she put down her books and returned to the hotel. By the time she finished dinner and other daily tasks, it was already eight o'clock.

Opening the system panel and looking at Feng Lingxiu's possession panel, Ye Qingge selected one-sided possession and clicked "confirm" in her consciousness.

brush

For a moment, everything went black. As my senses gradually returned, the familiar study reappeared before me. Cool moonlight streamed in through the window, and several spirit pearls hung in key positions, illuminating the entire study as bright as day.

When vision returned, the first thing I saw was a sheet of paper, half-written, with various conjectures about realms written on it, but all of them had been crossed out. At the very end of the paper, a large area was stained black with dirt.

Feng Lingxiu was still holding a broken calligraphy brush in her hand. In fact, there was more than one. After Ye Qingge's senses were fully restored, she found that there were three or four broken calligraphy brushes on the table, and the trash can next to her was also full of broken calligraphy brushes and discarded paper.

A pleasant aroma of incense wafted over, an aroma that should have calmed the mind, but instead gave Ye Qingge a faint feeling of restlessness. She glanced at the contents of the paper and immediately understood that Feng Lingxiu was troubled by the determination of her cultivation level.

"Senior, you've arrived."

Feng Lingxiu's consciousness fluctuated, but her voice revealed a sense of exhaustion.

Ye Qingge responded, but did not speak immediately. Instead, she looked at the task panel issued by the system.

Fairy Exchange System

[The exchange partner this time: the Holy Maiden of the Taicang Sect]

[An emergency has been detected with the exchanged object. Emergency mission initiated!]

[Urgent Mission: Less than five days until the Blood Moon and the demonic surge. The old leader passed away three days ago, and the Holy Maiden will ascend to the position of leader in less than three hours. However, the Holy Maiden's strength is not yet sufficient to assume the role. Help the Holy Maiden perfectly inherit the leadership and successfully resist the demonic surge to complete this mission!]

[Mission Rewards: 20000 points, Ancient Jade Zither Technique, Nine Nether Shuttle]

[Since the task consists of two parts, the reward for the second part will be presented as a bonus, significantly increasing based on the host's performance on the task!]

System messages kept popping up, and Ye Qingge knew that Feng Lingxiu's world had reached a critical moment!

"When I completed the last mission, there were less than four months left until the Blood Moon. Judging from the time displayed by the system, it has been more than three months since I last completed the mission... Speaking of completing missions, I don't think I have checked the situation after the last mission, Su Qing'er."

Ye Qingge suddenly thought of something: "Before, because of my inner conflict, I was afraid that rashly traveling through time would cause changes in history, so I didn't go to see it. Now I don't need to worry about these things. I can just find a suitable time to ask Su Qing'er about the history of her world and act according to the historical process."

"Once this mission is complete, I'll use today's opportunity to travel freely to Su Qing'er's world to check on things."

Suppressing her thoughts, Ye Qingge was pondering how to begin when Feng Lingxiu started the conversation before she could.

"The old cult leader is dead... He passed away three days ago."

Her voice was calm, but Ye Qingge could clearly sense from the other person's consciousness that Feng Lingxiu's consciousness was on the verge of an emotional outburst.

Sure enough, before Ye Qingge could speak, her emotions suddenly erupted. Her voice was no longer calm, but began to tremble, with a hint of sobbing: "With my current cultivation level, if I were to inherit the position of sect leader, even if others didn't say anything on the surface, I wouldn't be able to convince them at all!"

"Originally, I wanted to spread new cultivation techniques to enhance my reputation, hoping to achieve this goal before the old sect leader passed away, so as to smoothly transition the position of sect leader and lead the righteous path of the world to resist the surging demonic tide on the day of the blood moon four days later. However, the senior had already given me guidance more than three months ago before his last visit."

"But now three months have passed, the old leader has passed away, and in less than three hours it will be my turn to become the new leader, yet I still haven't been able to come up with a truly suitable realm and cultivation method."

Am I...useless?

In her last sentence, Feng Lingxiu's voice was filled with confusion and helplessness. Was her struggle against fate destined to end in failure?

If it weren't for the approaching Blood Moon, even with a month to spare, she would have had a way to increase her reputation and organize the people to resist the wave of demonic cultivators in the last month. But with less than five days left, time was extremely tight.

A leader with insufficient prestige means that the Taicang Sect may have a fatal flaw. Once someone disregards her orders and fails to complete them wholeheartedly... the outcome during the upcoming Blood Moon and the three-day demonic tide is predictable.

Feng Lingxiu was under unprecedented pressure and had no way to confide in outsiders. Only Ye Qingge, a special person, gave her the opportunity to vent her emotions.

Ye Qingge carefully read through the realms written by Feng Lingxiu, including the contents of the discarded manuscripts. After a moment of contemplation, she said, "You have found the right general direction, but you have gotten stuck in the rut of the current cultivation system when it comes to the details."

"For example, in the first step of cultivation, the first major realm transforms the body, making it more adaptable to spiritual energy. The soul doesn't have to wait until the third realm to awaken. The second realm can fully integrate a bit of soul power, awakening a bit of spiritual light as the beginning of soul revival, paving the way for the third realm. In this way, the difficulty of the third realm will be greatly reduced..."

"The foundation for the Great Dao in the second step can be prepared in the first step. When you reach the first major realm of the second step, you can directly plant the foundation in your lower dantian and truly begin to cultivate the foundation of the Great Dao. In the second realm of the second step, you can condense your own power into a divine pill..."