Hua Rong clenched her fist: "Ye Zi, do you want me to spar with you?"

Ye Xiruo shook her head more vigorously than a rattle drum: "I just broke through, and my body is still a bit weak. Another day, I'll definitely fight with you another day."

Damn it! Who was it that was yelling that they could kill a cow with one punch? Come out here! They have the guts to shout, and they even have the guts to change their expressions. Ye Zi is truly a talent.

"Would you mind telling your senior brother why you suddenly advanced? Don't tell me you took some kind of magic pill." Zishu looked at Ye Xiruo coolly.

Ye Xiruo covered her face: "Senior brother, you're joking. I was just lucky, that's all."

Zishu, Huarong, and Qingzhiyi all had expressions that said, "Keep making this up, everything you say is right, but I don't believe a single word of it," which made her want to vomit blood.

Ugh! This is so difficult!

"Xiu Qiyu has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage." She decided to shift the blame eastward.

"Isn't this normal? It would be abnormal if that guy couldn't break through." Before Hua Rong could finish speaking, her eyes widened immediately: "What did you say? He broke through? When did he break through? How do you know he broke through?"

Ye Xiruo was almost overwhelmed by these questions.

Qingzhiyi's brows, usually as serene as distant mountains, were filled with joy: "That's wonderful! Senior Brother has broken through!"

"Because I also broke through, it must be thanks to Brother Xiu Qi." Ye Xiruo tugged at her clothes, feeling a little embarrassed.

"You mean Xiu Qiyu formed his Nascent Soul, and you benefited from it and broke through as well? Why didn't I have such good fortune?" Hua Rong sneered.

Ye Xiruo also got angry: "I already told you, believe it or not, humph."

Zishu stood there, seemingly lost in thought: "It seems there was some kind of pact back then, to live and die together, to share life, to advance and retreat together or something like that."

Hua Rong's eyes widened: "Don't tell me you signed a contract with Xiu Qiyu."

Ye Xi nodded.

"You absolutely, positively must not tell anyone, you'll be killed, really."

"It was consensual between us, what's there to be ashamed of? ╭(╯^╰)╮."

"Your man is a male god on the mainland, and you are the public enemy of all women on the mainland." Hua Rongyin laughed cruelly.

"Once I'm strong enough, I'll make sure to slap her back one slap at a time."

"Yi Ruowu is in seclusion trying to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. After the Ninth Princess comes of age and her bloodline awakens, she'll be a violent turkey." Hua Rong's eyes were filled with schadenfreude.

"I'm a future Divine Master, why would I be afraid of those scumbags?" Ye Xiruo said, hands on her hips, exuding domineering aura. She had a system, a space, simulated cultivation, a time cultivation room, top-quality pills and inherited cultivation techniques, and her seventh brother Xiu Qi as a cheat code. It would be strange if her cultivation level didn't improve.

"Speaking of which, haven't you guys missed the point?" Qing Zhiyi spoke up, successfully drawing everyone's attention: "What?"

"Junior Sister Ye and Senior Brother are together. Aren't you all surprised?"

"You'll get used to it. Besides Ye Zi, I doubt any woman could handle Xiu Qiyu, not even a man."

Zishu's face turned bright red.

"Senior Brother, are you feeling unwell?"

"I just remembered I have something to do, so I'll be going now."

"Come back quickly, lunch is here! It's all meat!" Ye Xiruo shouted.

Zishu paused slightly, then vanished immediately.

Qingzhiyi circled around Ye Xiruo several times, asking, "When did you start hooking up with Senior Brother?"

"For the sake of our friendship, I'll give you a piece of advice. If you two are already in love, then naturally everyone is happy, and you can send your master to Sunset Valley to propose marriage now. If you don't have that intention, you should prepare plenty of life-saving magic treasures and elixirs, lest you be killed by his future wife."

"Didn't we agree on one sentence?" Ye Xiruo frowned.

"Is that the point?" Hua Rong asked, looking exasperated.

Ye Xiruo shrugged: "Let nature take its course!"

"I wish you all the best." Qingzhiyi seemed to have accepted this reality.

"Now that Brother Xiu Qi has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, he should be back soon!"

"The Ancient Domain opens every three months, didn't you know?" Hua Rong looked at Ye Xiruo as if she were an idiot.

"Therefore, Brother Xiu Qi cannot come out; he must wait until the full three months have passed."

Qingzhiyi nodded: "The opening time is only two hours. If you miss it, you'll have to wait for the next time."

Ye Xiruo suddenly had a very ominous premonition. Surely Brother Xiu Qi wouldn't be so foolish as to miss the opening time! What if Brother Xiu Qi still wanted to hone his swordsmanship in the Ancient Domain? Ugh! So disheartening! The joy of breaking through just now had completely vanished. Only melancholy remained!

"Don't worry too much. Senior Brother is a lucky man and will be fine."

"Yeah, Ye Zi, you should just focus on your cultivation! Your cultivation level is dragging down the overall level of your team." Hua Rong added insult to injury.

Ye Xiruo glared at Hua Rong, her smile carrying a deeper meaning: "Perhaps next time we meet, you should call me senior."

Hua Rong's face twitched. The scene was too beautiful; he couldn't even imagine it. He gritted his teeth and glared back, "Don't worry, I definitely won't let you have your way."

Deep within the ancient realm, a swordsman dressed in white gripped an ice-blue longsword, blood dripping continuously from its blade. His incomparably handsome face was expressionless, displaying only endless indifference.

His feet were covered with the corpses of ancient beasts, all of which were level three or higher.

Opposite him were more than twenty ancient beasts, their ugly heads trembling uncontrollably. This was a god of death; countless ancient beasts had died on that sword, which had already formed a murderous aura.

Xiu Qiyu walked towards the ancient beast step by step, as if he were playing in his own backyard. The ancient beast opposite him kept retreating, and terror had taken deep root in their hearts.

However, those ancient beasts still did not give up the opportunity to kill and devour Xiu Qiyu. As long as they ate this person, they would be reborn.

Xiu Qiyu frowned, deciding to finish the matter quickly.

A giant, ice-blue sword appeared out of thin air, slashing fiercely at the group of ancient beasts with immense pressure.

With this one sword strike, at least five or six ancient beasts died, seven or eight were seriously injured, and the rest would probably be wiped out within three sword strikes.

Such an ancient beast group might have been a bit troublesome before his breakthrough, but after the breakthrough, it was a complete one-sided crushing defeat.

After quickly killing the group of ancient beasts and collecting their inner cores, Xiu Qiyu prepared to venture deeper into the region to gather some unique herbs from the ancient domain, which Xiao Yezi would likely enjoy.

"Who's there? Show yourself." Xiu Qiyu stopped in her tracks, her expression icy as she stared at a spot behind her. (To be continued.)