The Remnant Soul of the Demonic Vine let out a howl of utter despair.
Its meticulously plotted scheme of over a decade was not only interrupted by Ye Chen, but now, it was being forcibly eradicated from its very roots, soul and all, by this unreasonably tyrannical golden flame!
Gu Yang's eyes were ice-cold as he sharply flipped his wrist.
The flames surged higher!
With a muffled poof, the Remnant Soul of the Demonic Vine was burned into a wisp of the purest nothingness deep within Luo Shenyao's sea of consciousness, without even the chance to beg for mercy.
Losing the control of the demonic vine, the dark red vines suspended in mid-air, which had been as hard as iron, instantly withered and crumbled to dust.
Luo Shenyao's completely naked, delicate body, covered in strangulation marks, fell limply from the air.
Gu Yang did not reach out to catch her.
With extreme indifference, he withdrew the flames, allowing that breathtakingly perfect figure to crash heavily onto the ash-covered altar.
Cough, cough...
Luo Shenyao coughed violently, greedily gasping for the blood-scented air.
She was not dead.
The Great Sun True Fire had avoided her soul with absolute precision, merely burning away all the foreign demonic energy and the remnant soul.
Not only that.
Because of the demise of the demonic vine, the peak Golden Core vitality it had previously sucked dry from Luo Tianheng, along with the Ancient Flower Goddess origin essence that had been suppressed for countless years, completely exploded within Luo Shenyao's body at this moment like a bursting dam!
Buzz—!
A massive, incredibly pure wave of wood-attribute spiritual energy erupted outward with Luo Shenyao at its center!
Within the crevices of the bluestone slabs throughout the entire underground cavern, countless spiritual herbs and fairy flowers radiating a soft green glow sprouted in an instant!
The wounds on Luo Shenyao's body, left by the tight vines, healed rapidly at a visible rate.
Originally devoid of any cultivation, her aura was now skyrocketing at a terrifying speed that completely defied the common sense of cultivation!
Peak Qi Refining... Early Foundation Establishment... Peak Foundation Establishment...
Boom!
In just a few breaths of time.
Accompanied by the crisp sound of breaking through a realm.
Luo Shenyao's aura forcefully shattered the barrier of the Core Formation stage, stopping firmly at the early Golden Core stage!
Her skin, originally as smooth and warm as jade, now exuded a sacred and inviolable translucent white luster.
A giant phantom of a cyan lotus, radiating rich vitality, slowly bloomed behind her.
The brand-new Ancient Flower Goddess.
Completely awakened.
However.
At this moment, this flower goddess, possessing early Golden Core cultivation and an incredibly noble bloodline.
Was curled up on the cold altar like a frightened little beast.
Her Flowing Cloud Plain Brocade gauze dress had long been reduced to powder during the earlier torment.
Right now, she was completely naked and defenseless.
That perfect body, capable of driving any male cultivator in the world mad, was exposed to Gu Yang's gaze without reservation.
In her clear eyes lingered the extreme terror of her collapsed faith, the betrayal by her biological father, and the attempted possession by the demonic vine.
Trembling, she hugged her arms tightly, trying to cover the astonishing snowy whiteness of her chest.
She looked like a young deer that had struggled desperately in the muddy snow, finally freezing stiff.
If Gu Yang wished it now.
Without even needing to use a single trace of spiritual energy, he could easily pin down this human-shaped supreme medicine and drain the newly awakened origin essence of the flower goddess from her body.
In the shadows not far away.
Ye Chen, who was pinned firmly under Zhao Yuelian's foot, watched this scene with eyes so jealous they practically dripped blood.
The Ancient Flower Goddess... a top-tier human cauldron at the Golden Core stage... This should have been mine! Mine!
He roared madly in his heart.
Gu Yang turned around.
Prepare to deal with these two, then pack up and let's go.
The edge of his dusty gray robe drew an extremely cold arc in the air.
He spoke to the two women behind him, not even sparing another glance at Luo Shenyao on the ground.
Yes, Young Master.
In the eyes of this demonic sect master-and-disciple duo, tempestuous waves of shock surged simultaneously.
Su Wanyin's moist, peach-blossom eyes were filled with disbelief and an almost fanatical worship.
The Young Master... actually didn't even lay a finger on her?
This demonic sect holy maiden, who was accustomed to the deceit of the cultivation world and deeply understood the ways of its man-eating nature, only felt the heart in her chest trembling violently.
That is the body of the Ancient Flower Goddess! A supreme treasure where just inhaling a mouthful of its origin essence could save decades of bitter cultivation!
In this sunless underground palace where murder and robbing treasures are as common as drinking water. Facing a top-tier human cauldron with a broken mind and zero ability to resist, let alone that hypocrite Ye Chen, even any elder who claims to be from a righteous and orthodox sect would probably pounce without hesitation and devour her completely!
But the Young Master... not only did he burn the demonic vine to death and save her, but in the end, faced with such easily obtainable fortune, he chose to hold back?
Su Wanyin bit her lower lip fiercely, an indescribable sourness and scalding emotion rushing straight to her eyes.
She looked at Gu Yang's broad, cold, gray back.
In front of outsiders, the Young Master acts more cold-blooded than anyone, more tyrannical and unreasonable than anyone...
Yet in this man-eating cultivation world, he guards the most fundamental bottom line!
He would rather give up this easily acquired heaven-defying fortune than act like those animals and plunder the flesh and blood of a pitiful woman!
Su Wanyin's eyes turned red. She suddenly felt that beneath the Young Master's cold exterior beat the only spark of humanity in this dark cultivation world.
Meanwhile, Zhao Yuelian, who walked at the back, experienced a shock ten times more intense than her disciple's.
This Fairy Lingshuang at the peak of the Core Formation stage twisted the hem of her gray robe tightly with both hands, her knuckles turning white from the excessive force.
In her bright, autumn-water eyes, the reflection of Gu Yang's aloof, departing figure was cast, and tears were already swirling in her eyes.
I understand... I finally understand!
Zhao Yuelian let out a marveling sigh in her heart, akin to a trembling of her very soul.
In her mind, which possessed a top-tier capacity for overthinking, countless images flashed madly.
No wonder! No wonder the Young Master previously pushed me to a dead end using an illusion array at the Heavenly Fragrance Treasure Pavilion.
I originally thought that was his absolute control and warning toward me, an honor for a broken vessel like myself.
But now, seeing him abandon the Ancient Flower Goddess without a shred of lingering attachment... I realize just how absurdly wrong I was!
On Zhao Yuelian's cold, pale cheeks, a breathtaking flush appeared, mixing extreme shame with a morbid sense of reverence.
The Young Master is simply not the type of cultivator governed by his lower half and base interests!
He holds an absolute, insurmountable bottom line in his heart!
He may kill like a demon and snatch away others' fortunes, but he would absolutely never feast on the blood-soaked bread of someone entirely powerless to resist!
In this man-eating cultivation world, everyone resorted to any means necessary for the sake of immortality.
Only this man before her, after seeing through the filthiest calculations and crushing the highest-tier conspiracies.
Yet in the face of the most tempting benefits, he merely clapped his hands with utter disdain, leaving behind nothing but a completely clean, untainted silhouette.
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
