What does my ancestor's pregnancy have to do with me, a mere servant?

"There is only one passage in the entire Demon Realm." Lie Yuan looked up, her gaze fixed on Lin Yuan. "Passing through the boundary gate, you will enter a middle zone filled with spatial turbulence and broken star debris—the Asura Star Sea. It is a true lawless zone. Only by passing through the Asura Star Sea can you find the way to the Spirit Realm."

Asura Star Sea!

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up slightly. As long as there's a road, that's fine; as long as there's a road, we can walk.

However, before he could figure out the plan, Lie Yuan poured cold water on him from head to toe.

"Young Master Lin, I advise you not to be too happy yet."

Lie Yuan gave a bitter laugh, her tone filled with deep apprehension: "You may not yet realize your importance in the heart of Demon Ancestor Ye Jia. You are not only her hope for breakthrough, but also her trump card to break the three-way balance of power in the Demon Realm!"

"For Yan Hua to abduct you right in front of her is tantamount to touching her sore spot. Given the self-centered, mad, and bloodthirsty nature of the Night Demon Ancestor, once she discovers you're not inside the Bone Tower..."

Lie Yuan took a deep breath and said decisively, "She will definitely rush to the boundary gate as soon as possible and forcibly seal off the entire entrance and exit of the Demon Realm! The boundary gate outside is most likely already welded shut!"

Lin Yuan was speechless after listening to Lie Yuan's story.

That crazy woman, Ye Jia, is indeed a ruthless character. Now, she won't be able to escape anytime soon.

However, Lao Liu's first rule of survival is: since you're here, make the best of it and take advantage of every opportunity to fleece everyone you can.

No matter how turbulent things are outside, it's always better to stay in this independent space and improve your strength.

Lin Yuan summoned the panel and glanced at the string of golden numbers—[Available Attribute Points: 61438W].

More than 600 million.

It may seem like you've become rich overnight, but in reality you're struggling to make ends meet.

Advancing from the early to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm requires a full 100 million. Even if all 600 million were spent, it would only push one's immortal cultivation level to the early stage of the Void Refinement realm at most.

To have the power to overturn the table in front of Yan Lie, who is at the peak of the Integration stage, and Ye Jia, who is at the Dao Integration stage outside, one must at least raise the cultivation of the Immortal and Demonic Body to the Integration stage!

That's a massive amount of attribute points, numbering in the billions or even tens of billions.

He glanced sideways at Lie Yuan, whose face was deathly pale, and secretly began to calculate in his mind.

Lie Yuan's current cultivation level is at the late stage of Refining Void. Based on previous experience, circulating the Great Cycle with her once can reliably generate 300,000 attribute points.

Three million in ten times.

One hundred times, thirty million.

A thousand times... that's only three hundred million.

Lin Yuan gasped, feeling a dull ache in his lower back.

"If we really do it this way, even an iron pestle would have to be ground into a needle; it's too inefficient." He rejected the idea of ​​doing manual labor in his mind.

However, if Lie Yuan's cultivation level could be pushed to the early stage of the Fusion Realm, then things would be different.

The drop rate of high-level experience packs is doubled, and each pack can give at least one million experience points, which is the real windfall.

"Feed." Lin Yuan kicked at the pebbles at his feet. "At your current bloodline purity, how long will it take you to reach the Integration Realm?"

Lie Yuan, leaning against the stone wall, was panting when she heard this. A hint of arrogance appeared on her pale face: "My bloodline is now infinitely close to the level of the progenitor. My bones have been reshaped, and my cultivation can progress by leaps and bounds. If I were in this realm…"

She paused for a moment, then estimated, "At the fastest, it will take three to five years to break through to the next realm."

Lin Yuan's brows furrowed into a tight knot.

Three to five years?

In three to five years, that old man Yanlie will probably have squeezed him dry. Ye Jia might have already come to kill him.

"Too slow." Lin Yuan shook his head in disdain.

Lie Yuan abruptly straightened up, the movement pulling at her broken bones, causing her to gasp in pain. Despite this, she still glared wide-eyed and retorted, "Three to five years and you think that's slow?! That's practically lightning fast! With my previous mixed bloodline, I might have been stuck in the late-stage of the Void Refinement realm for thousands of years before even reaching the threshold of the Integration Realm!"

"I know it will be soon." Lin Yuan walked to the stone bed and sat down, spreading his long legs wide. "But what I lack most right now is time."

Lie Yuan, confused, fixed her gaze on him: "What exactly do you mean by that?"

"You can understand it as..." Lin Yuan carefully chose his words, "Every time you improve your bloodline through communication with me, I can also retain a portion of the creation of heaven and earth. The higher the realm of the other party, the greater the benefits I gain. I need high-end combat power to nourish myself."

Lie Yuan wasn't stupid; as a guard of the Demon Ancestor, she instantly grasped the deeper meaning behind those words.

The seemingly frail human in front of us is not a tool that only produces the bloodline of the progenitor, but a bottomless pit that uses its power to devour the world!

Her eyes darted around, her gaze sweeping over the soundproof barrier of the cave, before she lowered her voice and said, "You want someone at the Integration Realm... actually, I already have one."

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow, signaling her to continue.

"Yan Hua." Lie Yuan curled the corners of her mouth, revealing a malicious sneer, "Don't look down on that unruly girl just because she's only at the late stage of the Void Refinement Realm. She has the highest-level royal bloodline, and her foundation is many times stronger than mine. The reason she hasn't broken through yet is because Yan Lie has been suppressing her to hone her foundation, preparing her for the future Dao Integration Realm."

"If she were to unleash her full potential now, she could easily enter the Integration Realm, and it wouldn't be surprising if she even reached the mid-Integration Realm in one go!"

Lin Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had seen a large, glittering mobile experience pack.

Excellent supplement!

Since this father and daughter went to such lengths to kidnap him, then he shouldn't be surprised if he turned the tables and used their scheme against them.

"That's excellent." Lin Yuan slapped his thigh. "Once we get her in here, our survival rate will skyrocket."

Seeing Lin Yuan's eager expression, Lie Yuan's heart sank, and she said bitterly, "Don't be too happy yet. Don't forget Yan Lie's plan. As long as I, with your assistance, completely transform my bloodline to the ancestral level..."

She lowered her eyes, her voice trembling slightly: "That's when I was thrown into the Blood Array of Ten Thousand Spirits..."

Lin Yuan suppressed his smile.

He slowly stood up, walked to Lie Yuan, and looked down at her.

"I promised to get you out of here alive, and I will never break my promise. Now, take off your clothes."

Lie Yuan suddenly looked up, a hint of shame, indignation, and astonishment flashing in her eyes.

"What are you thinking?" Lin Yuan rolled his eyes. "Your meridians are broken in many places, and your demonic energy is flowing backward. With your current half-dead body, forget about breaking through to a higher realm. If you drag this out for a few more days, you won't even survive. I'll use my cultivation technique to guide your qi and blood back to their proper places and heal your injuries first."

Lie Yuan stared at Lin Yuan for a long time before finally taking a deep breath.

She raised her still-mobile right hand, placed it on the clasp of her dark red light armor, and pulled hard.

The nail plate slipped off.