However, Yin Qingcheng must have her own motives for doing this.
What did she want?
Lu Ye pondered for a moment but couldn’t come up with any clear answers.
No matter!
As long as Yin Qingcheng didn't come down from the Seventh Heaven and slap him to death right in front of him, Lu Ye had nothing to fear from her other means.
Cultivate, cultivate!
Third Layer of the Causality Realm!
Fourth Layer of the Causality Realm!
Despite cultivating for such a long time, the resources Lu Ye had obtained still showed no signs of running out.
It could only be said that the Jiang Clan was truly wealthy!
Time continued to pass, second by second.
Second Heaven.
Yue Hongling held on.
Although Bai Qiulan's suggestion was intended to get Yue Hongling to absorb a large amount of lunar poison to alleviate her own condition, it also served to reinforce Yue Hongling’s Dao Heart.
Her Dao of Fearlessness, since it was tied to her Senior Brother, compelled her to go all out to bring him back.
But... it hurt so much!
Yue Hongling felt as if she were constantly drifting between life and death. Even though she was on the verge of collapsing, her expression remained frozen because she was entirely encased in ice.
It was excruciating!
"Senior Brother... Senior Brother!"
"Hongling was wrong. I really can't live without you!"
Amid such torment, Yue Hongling endured. It took her a full six months to regain her breath.
Bai Qiulan also suffered immensely. She had tried to transfer all the Chaotic Yin Poison to Yue Hongling, but the sheer amount of lunar poison generated by the Lunar Marrow Insect's advancement was too overwhelming. Yue Hongling was nearly drowned in it.
With no other option, Bai Qiulan had to absorb the excess poison herself.
Sometimes, Yue Hongling truly hated Shen Xitong.
If Shen Xitong hadn't given the Scripture of Ultimate Yin for Virgin Maidens to Sun Ruowei, Yue Hongling would never have learned that technique.
If she hadn't learned it, she wouldn't be here now trying to save Bai Qiulan, enduring so much pain and suffering.
Now... Yue Hongling felt she might die before Bai Qiulan.
Not "might." She was certain of it.
After enduring this tremendous hardship, both women finally reached the Peak of the Heavenly God Realm.
Without further hesitation—
Tribulation!
From a distance, Chu Ling watched. Her cultivation had already reached the peak of the Eighth Layer of the Heavenly God Realm, just one step away from the Ninth Layer.
She actually wanted to compress her realm further or break through the shackles to reach the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly God Realm. However, as she continued to cultivate, that desire grew weaker until it eventually disappeared.
Reaching the Ninth Layer of the Heavenly God Realm in such a short time was already a remarkable feat.
Better to catch up ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ with Young Master's footsteps as soon as possible!
"Boom!"
Tribulation clouds gathered, and thunderbolts weaved through the sky.
Both women began their tribulation, facing the lightning with unwavering determination.
Given their strength, the tribulation posed little danger. In fact, the initial stages of a tribulation were relatively easy to pass, especially for those either exceptionally powerful or exceptionally weak.
The ones most likely to perish in a tribulation were the mediocre cultivators—those who were neither strong nor weak.
A perfect example was Sun Ruowei.
Sun Ruowei had just arrived in the Second Heaven and could no longer keep up with the main group. There were no new stories for her to gossip about.
But Sun Ruowei didn’t mind.
She had already learned that Bai Qiulan, Yue Hongling, Shangguan Huanling, Chu Ling, Shen Xitong—all of them were Lu Ye’s Dao partners!!!
What kind of relationship was that supposed to be?
Sun Ruowei figured she wouldn't need to hear any more gossip for the next ten years. No, fifty years!
She was already stuffed to the brim with all the juicy stories she’d learned.
There was one thing she was still curious about, though. All these people, including Lu Ye...
She couldn’t quite put her finger on it, but it felt as if...
As if they had all reincarnated and cultivated again.
If she could eat up that entire melon, she felt she wouldn’t need to hear any other gossip for the rest of her life!
Bai Qiulan and Yue Hongling successfully passed their tribulation.
Both ascended together!
Their eyes shone with hope and longing.
"Senior Brother (Husband), we're coming!"
Upon entering the Third Heaven, they immediately began searching for Lu Ye’s whereabouts, just like Shangguan Huanling.
However, they were much smarter. They went to teahouses, taverns, and marketplaces, gathering rumors and eavesdropping.
Although the incident had occurred over a decade ago, it was still a popular topic of conversation.
The Jiang Clan.
How many years had it been since such a powerful family was utterly annihilated in the Third Heaven?
"First, the Jiang Clan's Return Unity Realm cultivators died. Then the Three-Life Realm cultivators. Then the Causality Realm cultivators!"
"And in the end, that Lu Ye led more than fifty Return Unity cultivators to breach the Jiang Clan's ancestral artifact's defenses!"
"There was a woman named Jiang Die, who offended Lu Ye back in the Second Heaven. That incident was the spark that ignited Lu Ye's feud with the Jiang Clan!"
"When the ancestral artifact’s defense was shattered, Lu Ye and Jiang Die stood facing each other. They exchanged their final words, and then, the Asura emerged—the God of Death arrived. With one strike, Jiang Die was reduced to ashes!"
"Crash!"
Yue Hongling's wine cup slipped from her hand and shattered on the ground.
"You mean... Jiang Die is dead too?" Yue Hongling fixed her gaze on the storyteller.
"Naturally. All the grudges began with Jiang Die, and thus, all the grudges ended with Jiang Die!"
"And so it is—good and evil will always be repaid, and the cycle of karma will never fail. If you don't believe it, look up at the sky. Heaven... spares no one!"
"Good!!!"
The listeners erupted into applause.
Yue Hongling's eyes were vacant, her mind reeling from another massive shock.
Zhuque was dead.
Now, Jiang Die was dead too.
"Senior Brother... Senior Brother is truly ruthless now. Is he planning to kill all eight of us?"
Could the hatred really run so deep?
Husbands and wives fight, but they still reconcile in bed. Why...
Yue Hongling suddenly slapped herself across the face, the crisp sound drawing the attention of everyone nearby.
What was going on?
Yue Hongling was full of self-loathing.
Why?
Why was she blaming Lu Ye again?
Jiang Die had already orchestrated an attack against Lu Ye. Was it wrong for Lu Ye to retaliate and kill her?
There was nothing wrong with that!
Then why did she still feel resentment toward him?
Was she insane?!
Bai Qiulan also felt deeply troubled.
Every time Lu Ye killed one of the women, it meant he was letting go of a piece of the past.
Now that he had already killed two of them, how much of the past still lingered in his heart?
Suddenly, a loud explosion echoed across the heavens.
At that moment, an inexplicable sense of clarity arose in the hearts of countless cultivators.
The Grand Dao!
A newly birthed Grand Dao!
A pure clash of Daos, a battle spanning all Nine Heavens.
The Chaos Dojo had officially opened!
Every cultivator felt as though their Dao could instantly leave their body and enter that alluring world.
A particular group of cultivators immediately returned to their closed-door cultivation, closed their eyes, and let their Dao merge with the void, drawn to the Chaos Dojo.
This group of people were those who walked the path of invincibility.
Lu Ye stopped cultivating.
His Dao was still young and in need of nourishment. The Chaos Dojo would be the perfect place for that.
Moreover, he could also take the opportunity to confront those Jiang Clan powerhouses and shatter their Dao Hearts in advance!
In an instant, countless rays of light burst forth from Lu Ye's body.
Those colors weren't just similar to the colors of the Grand Dao—they were exactly the same.
Chaos Dojo, here I come!
