"Brother Xiu Qi, I lost my composure yesterday. Thank you for taking me home."

Xiu Qiyu ruffled Ye Xiruo's hair: "Next time, I'll definitely keep an eye on you."

"Let's go in quickly, don't keep the master waiting."

Today, Jing Li wore an exquisitely beautiful red brocade robe, with a palm-sized jade pendant hanging at his waist, shimmering with a soft light—truly stunning. Jing Li half-closed his eyes, concealing the countless glints in his dark pupils, his bewitchingly beautiful face devoid of any expression. Every time Ye Xiruo saw her master in this captivatingly handsome state, she silently berated herself for her sins. How could a man be so beautiful? What were all the women on the continent supposed to do? And then there was Brother Xiu Qi—the two of them, one in black, one in red, one as aloof as moonlight, the other as alluring as a fiery red lotus—truly captivating.

"Disciple greets Master."

"Greetings, Palace Master." The three bowed in unison.

"Get up, all of you! I've called you here today to announce something."

All three of them were on high alert.

"There's some unusual activity in the Sumeru Realm at the very center of the continent; it seems the Heavenly Ranking is about to be released. The entire continent probably knows about it now. Eldest Brother and Seventh Brother are qualified to participate, but they won't go very far. You're both too young. If you had another ten years, I believe your names would be prominently displayed on the Heavenly Ranking. Right now, you're still too young." Jing Li's tone was filled with regret. Even though she knew Xiu Qiyu and Zishu were rare geniuses on the continent, destined to ascend to godhood before the age of a thousand.

However, the Heavenly Ranking Competition, while fair, is also unfair. Nascent Soul cultivators under two hundred years old can participate, a very high threshold, as those who can form a Nascent Soul before two hundred are generally quite talented. However, for true geniuses, time is power. Top-tier prodigies can easily form a Nascent Soul in their late teens and reach the Deity Transformation stage at a hundred. It should be noted that Golden Core cultivators can barely contend with Nascent Soul cultivators, but once they break through to Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation cultivators communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and can even form their own domain. Within their domain, Deity Transformation cultivators are virtually invincible. How can one compete? Even survival becomes extremely difficult.

Jingli leaned against the soft couch, her face showing a mixture of emotions, as if she were deep in thought.

“Master, does that mean you can participate too?” A thought flashed through Ye Xiruo’s mind. That’s right, her master is only thirty-five years old this year and is already a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"If I were to perish, could you uphold the Pill King Palace?" Jing Li suddenly appeared in front of Ye Xiruo, lifted her chin, and smiled.

Ye Xiruo quickly shook her head. What a joke! She, this piece of trash, will definitely be killed, without a doubt.

“Those old fogies have cultivated for so long, their strength must be considerable. I’m worried that Brother Xiu Qi and Senior Brother will perish.” If Zishu and Xiu Qiyu were to fall, it would be an unbearable burden for the Taiyan Continent.

"How long until the Heavenly Ranking opens?" Ye Xiruo made a decision in her heart. She hoped that her seventh brother and eldest brother Xiu Qi could survive. She and her seventh brother Xiu Qi would find a way to upgrade the cultivation room in the space. Ideally, they could adjust the cultivation time to one day in the outside world and one year in the space. With the accumulation of cultivation time, the survival rate of the two should be improved.

"Judging by the time, there should be about six months left!" Breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage in six months? What a joke!

"Senior Brother, Seventh Brother Xiu, have you both made up your minds to compete for the Heavenly Ranking?"

"Actually, the Heavenly Ranking Competition is divided into several stages. The first stage is the challenge stage, followed by the arena stage, and then the ranking stage. Apart from the final ranking stage, the first two stages are against people of the same level as you. The ranking stage uses a points system. If you are challenged by a senior who is much higher than you, you can naturally give up. You have a total of three chances to give up."

"If that's the case, then Brother Xiu Qi and Senior Brother might be able to sweep through the enemy ranks?" Ye Xiruo's eyes lit up immediately: "Let's go, let's go! There should be generous rewards for every win in this kind of competition. It would be too much of a waste to miss this opportunity. Master, why don't you go too! I'll wait for next time."

Jing Li laughed and scolded, "Your face changes faster than turning the pages of a book; a woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea, truly unfathomable."

"Master, you're misusing idioms again."

Having decided to participate in the Heavenly Ranking Competition, Jing Li, Zi Shu, and Xiu Qi Yu couldn't stay any longer. After resting for a while, they prepared to set off that evening.

This incident was so sudden that Ye Xiruo had no time for sightseeing and went straight back to the Pill King Palace via the teleportation array. It cost her a full hundred high-grade spirit stones, and Ye Xiruo's heart was bleeding. Teleportation arrays, while fast, were just too expensive!

After about fifteen minutes, they finally saw the exit. Ye Xiruo was completely disoriented and disoriented. If Xiu Qiyu hadn't held her tightly, she might have been swept away by the spatial turbulence.

"Ugh~~" As soon as Ye Xiruo landed, she collapsed to the side and vomited violently, her vision blurring with hallucinations.

"I'll take you back to rest."

"Go on, go on! Be careful," Jing Li said, holding him back from behind.

Xiu Qiyu followed the sword steps and soon arrived at Ye Xiruo's Ye Ruo Palace.

"Have a glass of water first."

After drinking water and recovering for a while, Ye Xiruo finally felt less uncomfortable, but she still looked listless and lacked energy.

"From now on, I'll just ride my sword."

"No way, I'm freezing to death." Ye Xiru pouted. "The divine carriage is still the best for me. It's so comfortable. In the future, I must build one or two divine carriages with top-notch defense. They would be perfect for traveling."

Are you still feeling unwell?

Ye Xiruo grabbed Xiu Qiyu's arm, and the two of them appeared in the space at the same time.

Having obtained the Longevity Wood, the space indeed upgraded once again. The most obvious change was that the area of ​​the black soil had expanded tenfold; now, as far as the eye could see, there were a thousand acres of black soil. Deep within the black soil, there was a new grove of purple bamboo and a stream. Further away, there appeared to be a dense forest.

However, it seemed that she couldn't enter that forest with her current cultivation level. The area and location of the Seven-Colored Divine Spring hadn't changed at all, but the spiritual energy it emitted seemed to be even more concentrated. Ye Xiruo filled a bottle with the green spring water, took a sip, and sure enough, she leveled up. The effect was comparable to the Nourishing Yuan Pill, and she didn't have to worry about excessive pill consumption causing pill poisoning.

The seven-colored divine lotus at the very center was shrouded in a seven-colored spiritual mist, obscuring its form, but its aura had become much stronger. What pleased Ye Xiruo the most was that the ten-petaled divine lotus given by the Holy Maiden was adapting very well in the seven-colored divine spring. One plant dominated the indigo-colored spring, freezing the entire water with its emanating chill—truly an indescribable display of dominance.