The spiritual energy washed over the meridians again and again, forcing them to expand. The pain that went deep into the bone marrow was something that most people could not bear.

Even though Lin Jiujiu was already drenched in cold sweat from the pain, he gritted his teeth and didn't utter a sound.

Once the pain subsided somewhat, I continued to draw spiritual energy into my body for the next round of cleansing.

The repeated, almost self-torturing training methods made Baili Chenyuan's eyes turn red.

I wish I could force her to stop and stop cultivating.

But he knew very well that Lin Jiujiu craved power more than he imagined, and disliked others interfering with her decisions even more.

At such a crucial moment, anyone who dares to interrupt her will surely be categorized as an enemy and placed in the opposing camp.

Even though Baili Chenyuan was heartbroken, he clenched his fists and remained silent.

Instead, they stood guard outside the formation to protect her.

Xiao Bai quietly squatted beside Baili Chenyuan.

With its large head drooping on its forelegs, it scoffed disdainfully at Baili Chenyuan's increasingly somber gaze.

"This is nothing."

He had never seen this girl truly go crazy.

Those who offended her in the past, even if it meant inflicting heavy losses on both sides, she would still tear a piece of flesh from them to show everyone that she, Lin Jiujiu, was not someone anyone could mess with.

Those who truly know Lin Jiujiu know that she is an absolute madwoman.

There was nothing she cared about, not even herself.

It's unimaginable how terrifying someone like that can be when they go crazy.

There were once two small worlds that were almost completely destroyed in her madness.

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, Baili Chenyuan turned and stared at it menacingly.

He also knew some things from the few words Lin Jiujiu had exchanged with this little thing.

Lin Jiujiu had suffered a lot in the past, all because of this seemingly soft and cute little thing.

He didn't understand why Lin Jiujiu wanted to keep it, but even if she didn't kill it, teaching it a lesson would be acceptable.

Xiao Bai suddenly straightened up and cautiously crouched back with its hind legs, attempting to escape.

It didn't know why this person suddenly exuded so much murderous aura.

And it seems they're all after me.

However, Baili Chenyuan merely glanced at it coldly.

There's plenty of time to teach it a lesson; there's no need to act now.

Even though Baili Chenyuan had suppressed his killing intent, Xiaobai still felt a chill run down her spine.

If it weren't for this woman's potential determining their future situation, they probably would have already run away by now.

Lin Jiujiu stayed in the formation for three whole days before she could fully expand all the meridians in her body, and her entire body underwent tremendous changes.

The skin became smoother, more delicate, and as radiant as snow.

Even the bones became translucent, gleaming with a jade-like luster.

Lin Jiujiu looked inward and realized that she had clearly anticipated all these changes. She nodded in satisfaction and then withdrew her spiritual power, officially beginning to draw the surrounding spiritual energy into her body.

Perhaps because her meridians were many times wider than those of ordinary people, she was able to absorb spiritual energy much faster.

Baili Chenyuan watched helplessly as Lin Jiujiu set up one spirit-gathering array after another within the concealing array.

The array contained a vast expanse of spiritual energy, surging like a tide, forming vortexes that desperately tried to penetrate her body.

If this were anyone who had just begun cultivating, they would probably explode and die instantly.

But this was nothing to Lin Jiujiu. While Baili Chenyuan and Xiaobai stood outside the formation to protect her, they also watched with wide eyes as her cultivation level rose from the first, second, and third stages of Qi Refining... to the eighth and ninth stages, and finally reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

Then, with a 'poof' sound, he easily broke through the Great Perfection of Qi Refining and advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage.

In the short time it takes to drink a cup of tea, both the man and the dog stared wide-eyed, looking utterly dumbfounded.

Even an old monster like Baili Chenyuan, who has lived for countless years, has never seen such a scene.

Not to mention how many brilliant geniuses he had seen, he himself was a rare talent, yet it still took him half a month to go from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment.

I've never even heard of anyone successfully establishing their foundation with just a cup of tea.

And this was just the beginning, before the two could even lower their jaws.

Lin Jiujiu's cultivation level has increased dramatically again.

He progressed from the first level of Foundation Establishment to the fifth level in less than half an hour.

After reaching the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, Lin Jiujiu's speed noticeably slowed down.

It wasn't that she wanted to stop advancing, but rather that she began to compress the agile energy within her body to solidify her dantian.

Before she began her cultivation, she expanded her cultivation to a level that could accommodate the cultivation of a Golden Core cultivator.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, she felt that her body was stronger and she could continue to expand her meridians. So she began to use spiritual energy to cleanse her meridians and dantian again and again.

As for the advancement, there's no rush; we can take our time.

However, she gradually discovered that the spiritual energy gathering array she had set up was absorbing less and less spiritual energy.

After all, this is the mortal realm, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is already scarce. If she continues to extract it recklessly, what will be extracted will no longer be the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but life force.

This includes plants and animals, and possibly people.

Her spirit-gathering array is that powerful.

She couldn't do that. She didn't care about others, but she still had some genuine feelings for the Lin family.

Just as she was considering whether to take out the top-grade spirit stones she had collected in her previous lives from her spatial storage and put them into the array plate.

Suddenly, Baili Chenyuan made his move, and several high-grade spirit stones landed on the array plate.

Baili Chenyuan's cold voice continued to ring out.

"Hold fast to your core and continue your cultivation."

Lin Jiujiu felt the spiritual energy entering her body, and without saying much, she closed her eyes and continued cultivating.

Beside Baili Chenyuan, Xiaobai silently retracted its little paws, inside which was his private savings accumulated over countless eras through frugality.

If Baili Chenyuan hadn't been one step ahead, it would have already distributed its private funds.

Once it calmed down, it hid the money it had just taken out back into the fur under its neck.

Actually, it was placed inside its own internal organs.

Now it understood that although Lin Jiujiu was crazy, she valued her life. If she didn't have something to protect herself, she would never have dared to do that.

Even if Baili Chenyuan hadn't made a move, she would probably have taken out something good herself.

After all, the level she reaches in her first cultivation session determines the level she can reach in the future, and she would never take a risk without any certainty.

Thinking this, Xiao Bai glanced leisurely at the sucker beside him.

And the sucker seemed to sense something, and at that moment turned to look at it.

Although Xiaobai's movements were a step slower than his, Baili Chenyuan could see clearly that if he had been a little slower, the little thing would have also made a move.