A person in the heavens, starting with a Chaos Emperor Dao Fruit

She may not possess stunning beauty, but her elegant and composed demeanor, graceful gestures, and expressive black eyes more than make up for her less-than-perfect looks.

The elegant young girl was Xin Ruyin. At sixteen, the same age as Yunhua, she was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining. On her beautiful face, the occasional furrowed brows revealed that she was enduring some kind of pain. This faint sickly appearance made her even more pitiful.

"Xin Ruyin greets Fellow Daoist Yun, please have a seat,"

Xin Ruyin greeted Yun Hua with grace and invited him to sit down, then continued, "I wonder what kind of formation Fellow Daoist Yun would like to learn?"

Yun Hua, who had taken his seat, smiled and said, "I want all the array formation inheritances you possess, how about it?"

"Fellow Daoist Yun is joking. The knowledge of formations is vast and profound, difficult to learn and master. If you insist on learning all the knowledge of formations, as long as Fellow Daoist Yun cures my stubborn ailment, I will teach you until I do." Xin Ruyin thought Yun Hua was joking, but she asked casually to see if this person could cure her.

"Oh? I have some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine. May I take Miss Xin's pulse and examine her?" Yunhua also wanted to see the so-called Dragon Roar Physique.

“Of course, thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist Yun.” Xin Ruyin stretched out her arm, rolled up her sleeve, revealing her fair wrist with skin as smooth as jade.

Yunhua placed his fingers on Xin Ruyin's pulse and channeled a wisp of soul power along her meridians, circulating it through her entire body. He indeed sensed that her meridians were showing signs of depletion and decay.

Yunhua frowned, pondering a solution. According to the original story, Xin Ruyin was born with the Dragon Roar Body, which constantly generated Yang energy within her body. However, women belong to Yin, causing an imbalance of Yin and Yang within her body, with the Yang energy continuously eroding her body.

Although the original work mentions that a thousand-year-old elixir can be used to delay the depletion of the meridians and body, and that a Nascent Soul stage old monster can regulate his Yin and Yang, the cold essence of the tenth-level ice phoenix can be cured.

However, Yunhua believes that as long as the problem of yin-yang imbalance is solved, it will be fine.

"Fellow Daoist Yun, is there any way?" Although Xin Ruyin had sought treatment from many people, none of them had worked, but she still had some hope.

"Well, as far as I know, Miss Xin doesn't have any illness; she just has a constitution called the Dragon's Roar Physique."

"Ah! Fellow Daoist Yun, could you elaborate on the Dragon Roar Body?" Xin Ruyin had never heard of the Dragon Roar Body before.

"The so-called Dragon Roar Body is an extremely yang body, which is usually possessed by men. If it occasionally appears in a woman, then once she begins to cultivate, her yin and yang will become imbalanced, and the yang energy will erode her meridians, causing them to become disordered and depleted, which is extremely painful and results in a short lifespan."

"Fellow Daoist Yun, do you have a solution?" Xin Ruyin knew such a detailed explanation of his illness after eating it once, and her intuition told her that this person was not lying to her.

"I have seven solutions."

"Ah! Miss, Young Master Yun has a solution, that's wonderful!" Xiao Mei jumped up and down with joy.

"The first method is possession. As long as a suitable cultivator's body is found, the Dragon Roar Body can be naturally broken free after leaving the original body."

"This is too contrary to the natural order." Xin Ruyin shook her head. At the tender age of sixteen, her heart was pure, unlike those old devils.

"The second method is to have enough millennia-old spiritual herbs to refine into pills, which will allow you to live to the end of your lifespan or cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage."

"Ah! How could it be possible to find so many thousand-year-old spiritual herbs? Even a single one is a once-in-a-century find." Xin Ruyin was somewhat speechless, although it was indeed a solution.

"The third method is to ask a Nascent Soul cultivator to sacrifice their cultivation to harmonize your Yin and Yang."

"That's unreliable! Where am I supposed to find a Nascent Soul cultivator?" Xin Ruyin felt that Yunhua was teasing her, and unconsciously revealed a reproachful expression.

"The fourth method is to consume the cold essence of a level ten ice phoenix."

"Fellow Daoist Yun, please stop joking. Could you suggest some practical solutions?"

"The fifth method is to cultivate a high-level technique with pure Yin attributes."

“That’s feasible, but pure Yin cultivation techniques are hard to find; most are in the hands of the Demonic Sect.” Xin Ruyin carefully considered the possibility.

"The sixth type is cultivating body-refining techniques that can refine yang energy to strengthen the body, but this may result in a muscular and robust physique."

"I don't want to be like that, I'd rather die than do that." Xin Ruyin rarely showed such girlish coquettishness.

"Well, the last one is dual cultivation with me. I have a special dual cultivation technique that allows me to absorb yang energy during dual cultivation." Yun Hua wasn't lying. The dual cultivation technique he obtained from that lewd man was completely modified by Yun Hua based on his own insights. It wouldn't be wrong to call him a cultivator from the Joyful Union Sect.

Chapter Twenty-Four: The Seven-Year Itch

When Yunhua mentioned those seven methods, Xin Ruyin had no idea how to choose. She couldn't make up her mind about the quickest and most effective methods: possession and dual cultivation.

Seeing her hesitation, Yunhua could only comfort her by saying that he could create a Yin-attribute cultivation method tailored to her. Fearing that she wouldn't believe him, he told her that even his own cultivation method was self-created.

So, having no other choice, they had to let Yunhua give it a try, and at the same time, they taught Yunhua about formations. Yunhua did not disappoint her; in just one year, her knowledge of formations had reached the same level as hers.

The following year, Yunhua created a cultivation method suitable for Xin Ruyin to cultivate to the late stage of Core Formation, which Yunhua jokingly named the Nine Yin Manual.

Over the course of two years, the two fell in love and became a couple. Together, they opened a shop in the Tianxing Sect Market, selling magical artifacts, array plates, and talismans.

In the third year, Yunhua's mastery of formations had surpassed Xinruyin's. He was able to refine the Inverted Five Elements Formation, which could trap Core Formation cultivators. After Xinruyin switched to cultivation, her cultivation broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, while Yunhua's cultivation reached the mid-stage of Spirit Body, which is the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

In the sixth year, Yunhua had completely comprehended the array formation inheritance of Xin Ruyin's family, learned the most important teleportation array and sect's grand array, and his cultivation entered the late stage of the Spirit Body stage, which is the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Xin Ruyin's cultivation reached the Great Perfection of the thirteenth level of Qi Refining.

In the seventh year, Yunhua's spiritual body reached the Great Perfection, similar to the Pseudo-Core Formation realm. Yunhua's combat power surpassed that of cultivators in the early Core Formation stage, and his various cultivation arts also advanced to the Core Formation stage, while Xin Ruyin successfully established her foundation.

"Young master! Miss is calling you home for dinner." Xiao Mei appeared to be reading a book, but was actually lost in thought, summarizing her gains over the past seven years.

"Oh, okay, coming right away." Yunhua got up, packed up the books, closed the shop door, and walked towards Xin Ruyin's Bamboo Grove Cottage.

"Brother Yun, come and try my latest medicinal cuisine, Eight Treasure Ginseng Black Chicken Soup." Xin Ruyin brought out a pot of medicinal cuisine that exuded a rich medicinal aroma. The four side dishes on the table were also considered medicinal cuisine. These medicinal herbs were grown in a medicinal field that Yun Hua had cultivated in the backyard.

"Ruyin, you've worked hard. You don't actually need to cook every day." Yunhua felt sorry for Xin Ruyin, because in the past, Xin Ruyin's eyes were almost entirely focused on the formation.

"It's alright, as long as Brother Yun is happy." Xin Ruyin pulled Yun Hua to sit down and served him a bowl of soup.

"Try it and see if there's anything that can be improved."

"Hmm, it's already very delicious, and the medicinal effect is also quite good, comparable to ordinary Foundation Establishment stage pills." Yunhua drank a bowl and savored it carefully.

"Brother Yun, is the store still stocked enough?"

"That's enough. By the way, Ruyin, I'm planning to travel around. Would you like to come with me?" Yunhua was planning to check out the ancient teleportation array.

"No, Brother Yun, the shop needs someone to look after it. Xiaomei is here with me, so it's fine." Xin Ruyin was a homebody by nature and didn't want to travel around.

"Alright, I'll leave the two level-four puppets I crafted to protect you, and I'll also give you the level-five array plate. Finally, keep this communication jade talisman safe."

Yunhua took out two puppets filled with intermediate-grade spirit stones, comparable to the late Foundation Establishment stage, and a level-five array plate that combined trapping, killing, and illusion. This was the culmination of Yunhua's years of research on arrays. As for the communication jade talisman, it was Yunhua's invention that could transmit messages between two paired jade talismans.

"When are you leaving, Brother Yun? I need to pack my bags." Xin Ruyin was reluctant to see Yun Hua leave. She loved him; he had been with her throughout her youth, and he had saved her.

"We'll leave early tomorrow and be back soon. We don't need any luggage; it's not like we're ordinary people traveling." Yunhua affectionately pinched Ruyin's nose, finding it somewhat amusing.

In fact, the two of them have been living like ordinary people for the past seven years.

That night, they naturally had a passionate encounter, and it wasn't until midnight that Yunhua finally fell into a deep sleep with Ruyin in his arms.

The next morning, Yunhua did not wake the soundly sleeping Ruyin. Instead, she quietly lifted the covers and left the Bamboo Grove Cottage.

After Yunhua left, a tear slid down Xin Ruyin's cheek as she appeared to be fast asleep, a sign of reluctance and longing.

Outside the Tianxing Sect market, Yunhua rode his flying sword, heading back the way he had come.

Seven years passed without any noteworthy changes; time seemed to stand still. Perhaps this is how it is in the cultivation world—people have little intuition about time.

Yunhua returned to the Tainan Mountains once again. The Tainan Small Gathering of seven years ago had also disappeared. He came to the cave dwelling from that time. The formation lacked maintenance, and only the Spirit Gathering Formation was still in operation. However, the cave dwelling had accumulated a lot of dust.

The millennium-old earth milk elixir that was taken away back then has long been used up, and now a small puddle has accumulated here. At this moment, Yunhua seems to have gained some insight into the passage of time.

The Earth Milk Elixir slowly condensed into a single drop, taking most of the time to drip into the puddle below.

"This is the manifestation of time! Though silent, it can transform the world. Without immortality, one is ultimately just dust! In my life, I have had no shortage of opportunities, yet I have not experienced great terror. But I remain steadfast in my pursuit of the Dao, to transcend all the heavens and myriad realms, and to attain great freedom and liberation."

Yunhua, who was immersed in enlightenment, did not make any breakthroughs in his realm, but his will was more firm than ever before. His mind was cleansed, and his Dao heart was as clear as crystal.

"It seems I should thank you. I'll leave you to someone destined to receive them!" Yunhua didn't intend to take the Earth Milk Elixir. Instead, he left behind some unused magical artifacts, pills, and a portion of the inheritance in this cave as opportunities for his descendants.

He turned and left, heading towards Jiayuan City, his second stop.

What Yunhua didn't know was that three hundred years later, a group of villagers discovered this cave. Relying on Yunhua's inheritance, they embarked on the path of cultivation even without spiritual roots. From then on, a sect with influence throughout the human realm emerged, and all of them were cultivators without spiritual roots.

This drastically changed the situation in the human realm, with a surge in the number of cultivators, leading to a further decline in the spiritual energy of the human realm.

The overall structure of Jiayuan City remained largely unchanged, except that the Mo family had become the most powerful force.

"It seems that the Qu Hun left behind by Han Li has greatly helped the Mo family," Yun Hua sighed. Even a method left behind by a mere Qi Refining cultivator could still cause bloodshed in the mortal world; the Mo family's dominance certainly wasn't achieved through mere hospitality.

The Spirit Valley left behind by Yunhua became a secret sect ground of the Seven Mysteries Sect, guarded by a large number of disciples. This was because Yunhua did not take away those century-old medicinal herbs when he left, and the spirit-gathering array he set up led to the place being immediately protected after it was discovered.

Standing on the cloud, Yunhua had no intention of going down to see his old friends. He simply left behind a Qi Refining stage cultivation technique, the Five Elements Technique, in one of his old wooden houses. It could be practiced by people with all five spiritual roots.

Later, the cultivation method left behind by Yunhua was found, and everyone thought it was left by the immortal. They all went to practice it. As a result, they were lucky. A dozen or so people in the gang of several thousand people successfully cultivated it, and later a small immortal cultivation sect was formed.

The capital of Yue Kingdom is indeed much more magnificent than ordinary cities. Yunhua came here for the fragments of the Void Heaven Palace map. Back then, Jixuan came to Tiannan through an ancient teleportation array, but he took the Heaven-Mending Pill as a healing medicine, which directly aggravated his injuries and caused his death.

As for how the Yue Emperor obtained the Extreme Brilliance inheritance, Yunhua didn't know either.

Yunhua secretly sneaked into the palace. Inside the imperial study, Emperor Yue noticed the cultivator who had suddenly appeared in front of him. His pupils contracted slightly, and he immediately stood up and bowed.

"Greetings, Immortal Master. I was unaware of your visit. Please forgive me. I wonder what business you have with me? I will do my utmost to comply." The Yue Emperor pretended to be a mortal.

"Well done, I don't want to play along. Give me the fragment of the Void Heaven Palace map." As long as Emperor Yue is sensible, Yun Hua won't bother dealing with him, lest it attract the attention of the Yue Kingdom's sects.

"Your Majesty knows nothing of the fragments of the Void Heaven Palace map, but Your Majesty is willing to mobilize the entire nation to search for it. Is the Immortal Master satisfied?" The Emperor Yue's act was so convincing that Yun Hua would have been fooled if she hadn't read the original story.

"I don't want to repeat myself. Since I'm looking for you, I must have definite information. I don't want to get involved in your secret hunting of rogue cultivators. Don't force me to kill you. Find it yourself."

Emperor Yue frowned deeply. He hadn't expected that he had hidden himself so well, yet this person in front of him would find out.

"Since you don't want to take my life, then I'm willing to offer up the fragments of the Void Heaven Palace map." Knowing that things were hopeless, Emperor Yue naturally backed down.

Yunhua took the fragment of the Void Heaven Palace map, carefully verified its authenticity, and then put it away.

"Who is Jixuan to you?" Yunhua asked the question that had been on her mind.

"My master is Ji Xuan. Back then, my master suffered from the lack of a spiritual object for forming a core, and unfortunately died within the lifespan of the Foundation Establishment stage," Yue Huang replied, seemingly honestly.

"You're lying to me. I know about the Blood Coagulation Five Elements Pill. Don't be ungrateful."

Emperor Yue broke out in a cold sweat, cursing Yun Hua in his heart for being an inhuman son who dared to test him.

"Uh, senior, please forgive me. Back then, our master planned to use the five of us brothers to refine the Blood Condensation Five Elements Pill. However, after we found out, we attacked him together. All the brothers died in battle, and our master was also killed," Yue Huang said, half-truthfully.

"That's still not right. Your fellow disciples died at your hands, didn't they? Looks like I need to teach you a lesson." Yun Hua cast a rune into Yue Huang's body, and Yue Huang immediately convulsed and collapsed to the ground.

"Hmph! You asked for trouble." Yunhua ignored the Yue Emperor, who was writhing on the ground in pain, got up and left, heading towards the spirit stone mine containing the ancient teleportation array.

That rune is the result of many years of research on Ruyin's Dragon Roar Body. It can directly disrupt the Yin-Yang balance of the human body. It is transformed from the character "Emperor" in the Yunhua Emperor Scripture. It is estimated that only people in the Immortal Realm can decipher it. This is a rune that penetrates deep into the soul.

Chapter Twenty-Five: Blood Jade Spider

After leaving the capital of Yue Kingdom, Yun Hua headed towards the spirit stone mine. A few days later, Yun Hua saw the spirit stone mine guarded by many Foundation Establishment stage disciples. Avoiding the formation that Yun Hua saw as full of flaws, he directly used earth magic to dive underground.

Soon, Yunhua appeared directly in a mine. With his divine sense comparable to that of a Core Formation stage cultivator, he explored his surroundings and quickly found the correct path. After many twists and turns, Yunhua arrived at a huge underground space, where an ancient teleportation array was located not far away.

Suddenly, a gust of wind came from behind her ear, and a huge white jade spider pounced on Yunhua.

"Hmph! I spotted you a long time ago." Yunhua summoned the Giant Mountain Seal, which transformed into the size of a small mountain, and slapped the white jade spider, which was still in the air, back down.

He unleashed a level-five trapping formation, enveloping the white jade spider. The Giant Mountain Seal also suppressed the white jade spider, leaving it powerless to resist except for hissing.

After imprinting a suffocating insect rune into the head of the white jade spider, leaving a mark on its soul, Yunhua established a connection with the white jade spider.

This rune not only controls the life and death of the White Jade Spider, but also gradually makes the White Jade Spider become closer to and submit to Yunhua.

After retrieving the Giant Mountain Seal and the array plate, Yunhua took out a spirit beast bag and put the unconscious White Jade Spider into it. Although the White Jade Spider was only a level four demon beast, which was the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

However, more than a hundred years later, the Void Heaven Palace needs the Void Heaven Cauldron. Although the Void Heaven Cauldron may not be of much use to Yun Hua, it would be good for Ru Yin, since she will eventually return to the world of Shrouding the Heavens.

Arriving at the ancient teleportation array, looking at the broken corner of the array and the skeletal remains of Ji Xuan, Yun Hua approached Ji Xuan.

After burning Ji Xuan's corpse, several colorful pellets were left behind. Yun Hua knew that these were the unrefined products of the Heaven-Mending Pill that Ji Xuan had taken as a last resort. Yun Hua put away the six pills, intending to give them to Xin Ruyin, since she only had three spiritual roots.

They took out some materials to repair the ancient teleportation array and repaired it in a day.

"Now the prerequisite for the mission to the Chaotic Star Sea has been fulfilled."

Yunhua took out several array plates to hide the entire cave, then left to go to Huangfeng Valley to see Han Li, wondering if he had reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

Outside Yellow Maple Valley.

"What brings you to my Yellow Maple Valley, fellow Daoist?" asked the two Yellow Maple Valley disciples guarding the gate as Yunhua jumped off his flying sword.

"I have come to Yellow Maple Valley to find Fellow Daoist Han Li."

"Uncle Han broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage two months ago and became a disciple of Ancestor Li Huayuan. He has now opened up a cave dwelling in the Taiyue Mountains of Huangfeng Valley," one of the disciples guarding the mountain explained in detail.

"Thank you both for your guidance. Farewell." Yunhua took the token given to him by the mountain-guarding disciple and headed in the direction indicated.

Yunhua flew towards Han Li's cave dwelling and found that a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator was directing a large number of puppets to attack Han Li's cave dwelling formation.

And Han Li, who was inside the formation, was activating his talismanic treasure to attack.

Yunhua took out the Xuanzhen Sword and the Xuanyang Sword and attacked the cultivator below. The two swords broke through the cultivator's protective aura at the same time, but were blocked by the cultivator's top-level defensive magic weapon.

Before the cultivator could react to the sneak attack, Yunhua took out the Giant Mountain Seal and slammed him into the ground. The cultivator had just gotten up when Yunhua closed in on him.

Yunhua took out the Panlong Spear and used the ancient body cultivation combat technique to fight dragons in the wild.