Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

Pei Yunji raised his hand and turned the Spirit-Peeling Pearl, the dark silver power rippling outwards along the blood pool.

"The forced peeling the past two days was too slow, so I'll try a different method today. If you're willing to cooperate quietly, at least you won't have to bite your lip until it bleeds."

"Every time you speak so considerately, it's always my meridians that get damaged in the end."

"Damaged meridians can be repaired, but the Myriad Spirit Divine Tree must be returned to the Pei family intact."

Jiang Yining sensed the frequency of the array patterns beneath her feet and quickly became alert.

The dark silver power did not directly press down on her dantian. Instead, it flowed slowly along the outer roots of the Myriad Spirits Divine Tree, its wood energy warm and abundant, extremely similar to the way she usually nourished the divine tree with her blood and qi.

"Have you been re-analyzing the aura of the sacred tree these past two days?"

"You swallowed two pills on the first day, and then used wood energy to heal your wounds on the second day. The Spirit Pearl recorded every flow of power very clearly."

Pei Yunji's five fingers landed on the center of the formation, and the dark silver energy subtly altered the rhythm.

"The Divine Tree of Myriad Spirits depends on its host for nourishment. As long as the formation can provide it with more abundant power, it will naturally discern where it is more suitable to survive."

"So you're planning to let it leave me on its own, and then tell yourself it's not considered robbery?"

"It is in accordance with the rules of the Martial Spirit World that treasures choose stronger masters."

"If it truly only recognized power, it wouldn't have left the Pei family three thousand years ago."

Pei Yunji pressed his palm down, and the nine dark silver ores lit up simultaneously.

"Why it left back then will naturally become clear once the ancestral roots are returned to their rightful place. What you should be more concerned about now is whether you can bear the separation."

The dark silver power suddenly seeped into his dantian.

The outermost leaves of the Myriad Spirits Divine Tree gently unfurled, and the fine tendrils that had been pried open by the array a couple of days ago began to absorb the vital energy.

The gentle force flowed along the branches to the roots. The sacred tree did not immediately resist, and the roots that were wrapped around Jiang Yining's heart meridian loosened slightly.

Jiang Yining suddenly felt a hollow in her chest.

The pain wasn't as intense as it had been the previous two days, but it was still more distinct than the pain of flesh being torn apart.

The sacred tree that grew alongside her and protected her soul and child countless times is gradually losing its connection to her heart.

With each inch she loosened her grip, a familiar sensation within her body disappeared.

"Pei Yunji, stop the formation."

"Are you finally scared?"

Pei Yunji observed the bloodline patterns that were gradually separating within the Spirit-Peeling Pearl.

"The Divine Tree has already accepted the Dark Silver Ancestral Qi. If this continues, it will automatically loosen your main meridian in just two hours."

Jiang Yining raised her hand and grabbed the chain, her knuckles turning white from the force.

"It receives nourishing power, not necessarily the Pei family's. You deceived it by using my aura, and when it wakes up, the first thing it will swallow is your blood."

"If it had the ability to devour me, it wouldn't have been trapped by the formation the previous two days."

"You can keep trying and see if it's willing to be treated like a lifeless, soulless object."

Pei Yunji did not respond, and the dark silver power in his palm intensified once more.

The central main branch of the Divine Tree of Myriad Spirits swayed slightly, and a second root slowly detached from the edge of Jiang Yining's Qi Sea.

A violent, hollow feeling ran through my lower abdomen.

Jiang Yining's vision blurred rapidly, and a strong taste of blood welled up in her throat.

Every inch the root moved outward, it carried away a wisp of Yuan liquid from the Condensation Realm.

She forced herself to sink into the depths of her consciousness.

"You've followed me for so many years, daring to even absorb Gu Qinghan's pure Yang sword energy, and now you're going to be fooled by this fake aura?"

The sacred tree did not respond; its branches and leaves continued to greedily absorb the dark silver power.

Jiang Yining bit the tip of her tongue, forcing her heart's blood into her dantian.

"You saved Da Bao, protected San Bao, and suppressed the remaining poison of the Divine Realm for Si Yue. You remember all those bloodlines. Now someone wants to take you away from us, are you still planning to continue sleeping?"

A drop of heartfelt blood fell onto the main trunk of the sacred tree, and the purple-gold wood grain suddenly lit up.

The blood ties connecting the three children spread along the branches and leaves.

Thunder, chaotic demonic energy, and the essence of the nine-tailed celestial fox crashed into the consciousness of the divine tree in succession, causing the roots that were just loose to suddenly stop.

Pei Yunji paused slightly with his fingertips, then accelerated the flow of dark silver qi and blood.

"You are using your lifeblood to awaken it, but your heart and blood vessels cannot withstand this kind of consumption."

"It's not your place to decide whose way my things should listen to."

Jiang Yining channeled her second breath of blood into her dantian.

"Myriad Spirit Tree, wake up!"

The main trunk of the purple-gold tree emitted a heavy tremor, and the two roots that had already separated from the heart meridian curled up simultaneously.

The root tip pierced through the dark silver blood and qi, and re-entered Jiang Yining's main meridian.

A tearing pain shot through her head instantly, plunging her into complete darkness, and blood seeped from her ears and nose.

At this moment, the divine tree was fully awakened, and dozens of purple-gold vines broke through the dantian seal and drilled into the Guiyuan Peeling Spirit Array along the chains.

Pei Yunji immediately withdrew the array patterns.

"Sever the outer bloodline and seal the ancestral root of the sacred tree!"

"It's too late; what it loves most is power delivered right to its mouth."

The purple-gold vine leaves unfurled, and the law of devouring erupted in the opposite direction of the blood-red pillar of light.

Nine dark silver ores cracked, and the essence of the earth veins accumulated in the formation for three days was frantically dragged into the dantian by the divine tree.

Pei Yunji's palm was connected to the Spirit-Peeling Pearl, and his Nirvana Qi and Blood were also drawn to it.

He took a step back, and the dark silver light on his right hand quickly dimmed.

"A mere cultivator at the Qi Condensation Realm dares to use the Divine Tree to devour my essence?"

"You personally delivered the essence here; if I were to refuse it, wouldn't I be betraying the Pei family's hospitality?"

Jiang Yining suddenly tightened her five fingers, and the purple-gold vines pierced through two array grooves below the high platform.

Pei Yunji took three steps back in succession, his black sleeves being torn open by vine thorns.

A drop of blood seeped from the wound on the palm, but before it hit the ground, it was swept away by the vine at the front.

He raised his hand and severed the vines, the pressure of Nirvana pressing back onto the center of the formation.

The backlash force simultaneously crashed into Jiang Yining's dantian.

The newly returned roots collided head-on with the dark silver blood and qi, and a fine crack appeared from the edge of the sea of ​​qi.

Jiang Yining's body slammed heavily against the stone bricks, and blood flowing from her seven orifices quickly soaked her collar.

The remaining primordial liquid in his dantian shook violently, and his aura at the initial stage of the Condensation Realm plummeted to the edge of the mortal realm.

Pei Yunji looked at his cut palm and licked away the remaining drop of blood.

"Interesting. Over the past three thousand years, no fewer than ten hosts have fought against the Pei family, and none of them have been able to force the formation to retreat on the third day."

Jiang Yining lifted her face, supporting herself on the chains, the bloodstains making the red mole between her eyebrows stand out even more.

"Those people all died here in the end, yet you still haven't retrieved the sacred tree. It seems their defeat wasn't so complete after all."

"They can't make the sacred tree recognize them as its master, and they don't have your kind of devouring law. You are indeed worth me readjusting my method of retrieving."

Pei Yunji raised his hand and put away the Spirit-Peeling Pearl, and the four chains immediately loosened.

"The Returning to Origin Spirit-Stripping Array will be suspended for two days. After the earth veins have accumulated enough power, I will personally use the Nirvana Fire to burn off the last connection between the divine tree and the heart vein."

"If the fire of rebirth enters my dantian, the divine tree may not break, but I will certainly die."

"If you survive, I will still keep my promise. If you cannot bear it, the Pei family will take care of your remains."

Jiang Yining wiped the blood from her chin, her voice slightly hoarse due to internal injuries.

"Young Master Pei had better remember your words, lest you blame me for not reminding you in advance when you need someone to collect your body in two days."

Pei Yunji looked down at her for a moment, then turned and walked towards the stone hall gate.

"You can continue to maintain your dignity with words, but once the formation is activated again, I will not give Shenmu another chance to come to her senses."

The heavy stone door closed, and the array hall sank back into darkness.

Jiang Yining curled up on the stone bricks, pressing her fingers against her ruptured dantian.

Her body was still trembling from the lingering pain, but she was quickly calculating the changes in the formation in her mind.

The two-day break means she still has two midnights to use.

Pei Yunji prepared to let the earth veins store energy, and the force that the core array slot on the west side would bear would also increase accordingly.

If she can extract even a tenth of it from the inside, she will have a chance to loosen the tracking restriction at the back of her neck.

Dragging her numb right leg, she slowly crawled towards the west side of the stone hall.

Bloodstained fingernails scraped across the wall, carving the first array pattern of the Myriad Spirits Divine Wood.

"You just swallowed his blood, so lend me your last breath."

The leaves of the sacred tree trembled slightly, and a wisp of dark silver vitality that had just been absorbed flowed into the cracks in the dantian.

Jiang Yining continued to carve the second array pattern.

The bloodline gradually overlapped with the western array groove, and the damaged Qi Sea was temporarily stitched up by the purple-gold wood Qi.

Just as she finished the last stroke, a faint warmth suddenly emanated from the depths of her heart.

That was neither Dark Silver Ancestral Qi nor did it belong to Lou Xiaotian's Primordial Green Wood Origin.

The familiar dark gold Buddha blood crashed in across the vast space, only lasting for a moment before disappearing again.

Jiang Yining's fingertips stopped on the stone wall, and a cold, sarcastic look finally appeared on her brows.

The crimson array patterns on the stone wall gradually glowed. She closed her eyes and forced all her remaining blood and energy into the array groove on the west side.

"Pei Yunji, you gave me two days, so don't blame me for using those two days to dismantle your formation from the inside."