Zhou Muxi Leaves the Pass

"Tribulation Transcendence Peak?!?!"

Yun Sangyi stared with wide, round eyes, looking at Mo Tianxiao as if he were a monster.

"What kind of creature are you?!"

Clearly, Yun Sangyi was so stunned by Mo Tianxiao's skyrocketing cultivation level that she didn't know how to describe it.

She had never heard of someone improving their cultivation so drastically from a single closed-door training session. This was beyond the scope of normal cultivators, right?

Just cultivation in seclusion and you get results like this?

Huang Xiaoyao, standing nearby, parted her small lips slightly, unable to believe that her Tianxiao brother had surpassed her so quickly.

"Tianxiao brother, are you sure this is okay? Will it hurt your body? Please don't sacrifice your lifespan just to gain power quickly."

Huang Xiaoyao's face showed concern. Clearly, she also thought this kind of breakthrough was far too unreasonable.

But Mo Tianxiao didn't seem bothered at all. "Don't worry. I just had some insights while cultivating. That's how cultivation works—sometimes a small moment of enlightenment yields great rewards."

"Besides, with my solid foundation, it's only natural that suppressed power burst forth and brought my cultivation to this level."

Mo Tianxiao's calm expression irritated Yun Sangyi immensely. She pouted and said, "Suppressed power burst forth again? Every time you break through, it's 'suppressed power bursting forth.' Just how much suppressed power do you have left? Teach me too, I want some of that 'bursting forth.'"

"You?"

Mo Tianxiao glanced at Yun Sangyi, looked her over for a moment, then shook his head. "You can't. You don't have this talent. In the entire Xuanhuang Realm, I'm probably the only one with such a profound foundation."

"Hmph."

Yun Sangyi turned her head away with a light snort.

"By the way, where's Da Long? I haven't seen him around."

"Who knows? He's probably off buying those junk trinkets again."

Neither Huang Xiaoyao nor Yun Sangyi knew where Ao Dalong was. After all, he was a Saint-level master who only listened to Mo Tianxiao—no one else could command him.

Mo Tianxiao nodded. "What about Zhou Muxi? Has she come out of seclusion yet?"

"Not yet. Breaking through to Saint King isn't that fast. Even with her deep accumulation, it'll probably take a few more years to complete."

Yun Sangyi explained.

Mo Tianxiao pondered for a moment, then looked at the two beauties. "In that case, while we wait for her to come out, I'll refine some pills for you to speed up your cultivation."

"When Zhou Muxi comes out, she'll probably start making moves on the Blood God Palace. She'll likely drag us into helping her, so we need to get stronger to avoid trouble."

Without wasting more words, Mo Tianxiao didn't announce that he was out of seclusion. He quietly stayed in his mansion, refining pills and building up strength.

Even though he had been in seclusion for years, his reputation was still out there. It was better to keep a low profile to avoid attracting a crowd.

Refining Saint-grade pills required extremely rare materials. Fortunately, Mo Tianxiao and Huang Xiaoyao never ran out of alchemy ingredients.

Another few years passed in a flash. A dozen jade bottles containing Saint-grade pills floated in the air.

Phew.

Refining Saint-grade pills at the Tribulation Transcendence realm was indeed energy-draining. It took years to make just a dozen bottles. No wonder Saint-grade pills were so rare—it wasn't just because Saint-grade alchemists were scarce.

Other alchemists couldn't guarantee a one-hundred-percent success rate like Mo Tianxiao, nor could they afford to gather so many precious materials.

"Here, split these between the two of you."

Huang Xiaoyao gladly took half. Yun Sangyi didn't hold back either and accepted the other half.

She casually opened one bottle. Just by inhaling the rich aura, she felt like she was about to break through.

"Is this... a Saint-grade pill?!"

Yun Sangyi came from a prominent family. Even though she had never taken Saint-grade pills before, she had at least seen them.

This feeling, this aura—there was no mistaking it!

Yun Sangyi looked at Mo Tianxiao, her expression growing complicated. "You're already a Saint-grade alchemist..."

The longer she stayed by Mo Tianxiao's side, the more she wondered what kind of monster he really was. How could he be this freakishly talented?

Mo Tianxiao grinned and waved his hand dismissively. "Alchemy is just alchemy. At the end of the day, once you have the cultivation, I can even refine Emperor-grade pills."

"Wow~ Big brother is amazing! Do you need a concubine? If you say the word, this little lady will happily serve you forever~"

Yun Sangyi grabbed Mo Tianxiao's arm, her eyes full of allure, her expression enchanting.

Mo Tianxiao pulled Yun Sangyi's slender waist close. "In that case, from now on, you'll be my foot-warming maid."

"I want to be your foot-warming maid too! Tianxiao brother, pick me!"

Huang Xiaoyao pounced on him, clinging to him playfully.

"How dare you! Who are you, and why are you impersonating my cute little Xiaoyao? Bring back my obedient Xiaoyao at once!"

Huang Xiaoyao shook Mo Tianxiao's arm coquettishly. "I'm not impersonating anyone! I'm your Xiaoyao!"

"Oh, I see—that Yun sister has corrupted you! Let me teach her a lesson!"

Mo Tianxiao glared at Yun Sangyi, pretending to punish her, but she spun out of his grasp and shot him a flirtatious glance. "Three people all tangled up like this? What a sight."

"And now you're pretending to be proper again."

Mo Tianxiao's expression returned to normal as he pulled a stack of top-tier talismans from his ring. "You two haven't reached Tribulation Transcendence yet. These talismans will still be useful to you. One stack each—take them."

Yun Sangyi's eyes lit up as she accepted the thick stack of talismans, her brows curving happily. "Big brother is so generous~"

A casual gift like this was worth over a hundred million spirit stones.

Yun Sangyi silently made a decision that would betray her family's traditions. It seemed that whether she stayed in the Yun family or the Blood God Palace, nothing compared to calling Mo Tianxiao "brother" a few times and getting real benefits.

When he had good things, he actually gave them to her!

Unlike her family, even as the eldest daughter of the Yun family, she couldn't freely use their resources.

And the Blood God Palace was even worse—work yourself to death killing for them, and they were ridiculously stingy, deducting mission rewards left and right. Did they treat their external assassins like pack mules?

Yun Sangyi felt like a clear path to greatness had appeared before her.

It was simple: cling to this powerful man tight, and pleasing him was far more important than anything else~

Just as the three were teasing each other, a jade token crossed the barrier and flew toward Mo Tianxiao.

He caught it, swept his spiritual sense over it, and absorbed the message inside.

"Who is it?"

Yun Sangyi asked curiously, while Huang Xiaoyao also tilted her head, her big eyes staring at Mo Tianxiao.

Mo Tianxiao crushed the jade token, a smile blooming on his face. "Who else? It's our beloved headmaster of the Haoran Zhengqi Sect, the next emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the soon-to-be boss of the Blood God Palace—Miss Zhou Muxi."

"Looks like she's already broken through to Saint King. The next step will be to start planning how to swallow the Blood God Palace whole."