After I stopped trying, a rich woman trained me into a demon emperor.

Zhou Ran's meridians were about to burst.

Yin and Yang, Demon and Spirit.

Two diametrically opposed forces clashed and tore at each other within him and the Su sisters, reaching a near-collapsed equilibrium.

At the core where the three bodies were pressed together, a hazy substance began to condense and take shape.

It belongs neither to spiritual power nor to demonic energy.

It was utter destruction and chaos.

"It's done!"

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, Ye Futian was overjoyed, his voice shaking the seal of the Buddhist mantra.

"Kid, this is the nascent form of that crazy woman's power!"

Guide it into your knife!

Zhou Ran's eyes were bloodshot, and he let out a beast-like roar.

With a sudden burst of strength, he released Su Qingwu, who had already fallen unconscious.

With one hand, he tightened his grip on Su Qingling, who still retained a sliver of consciousness.

Using the lingering tidal wave within her body, Zhou Ran forcefully channeled the newly generated gray power into the Zanpakuto in his right hand!

The blade emitted a mournful sound that was neither gold nor jade.

The originally dark blade lost its luster rapidly, turning into a dull, lifeless ash in the blink of an eye.

The space around the blade collapsed silently, spreading tiny black cracks.

Zhou Ran gripped the knife handle tightly.

This strike will sever everything.

The distant "Yi" seemed to sense a deadly threat.

For the first time, that distorted, transparent ripple stopped its devouring motion.

There was no wind, no sound.

The world in Zhou Ran's eyes is rapidly fading, turning into a monotonous black and white.

A section of the ground beneath his feet vanished into thin air, not turning to dust, but being completely erased, transforming into a void leading to unknown depths.

A piercing scream, impossible to hear but capable of shattering the soul, pierced Zhou Ran's sea of ​​consciousness.

"Bear with it, lend me your last bit of strength!"

Zhou Ran looked down at Su Qingling in his arms, whose face was flushed and whose eyes were unfocused.

The cultivation technique circulated, mercilessly draining the last of the spiritual fluid from her dantian.

Su Qingling's body suddenly stiffened, and then, like a puppet with its strings cut, she completely collapsed.

"Die, you son of a bitch!"

Using this final push, Zhou Ran suddenly leaped into the air.

The gray blade flashed silently.

Not even the slightest whistle was stirred up.

Where it passed, the space was neatly cut open like a curtain.

Beyond the rift lies a dark and silent void of turbulent currents.

That "Yi," which claimed to be physically immune and capable of devouring rules, was utterly vulnerable in the face of this gray blade of light.

The moment the blade touched it, its prized "voidification" ability completely failed.

It was because it encountered a force that was more chaotic, disordered, and primal than itself.

"Sizzle—"

The piercing, scraping sound of the soul echoed throughout the Valley of Ten Thousand Medicines.

The enormous, transparent body split open neatly from the center.

There was no blood at the wound, only a massive amount of gray mist escaping outwards and disintegrating.

The gray blade of light continued its relentless advance.

It penetrated directly to its core, completely crushing the "anchor point" that sustained its existence.

A powerful shockwave, mixed with chaotic energy, swept across the area.

Zhou Ran was the first to be hit. He was thrown far away while holding Su Qingling in his arms, and crashed into the rock wall dozens of meters away, creating a deep, human-shaped crater.

"Cough...cough cough!"

Zhou Ran spat out a mouthful of blood, knelt on one knee, and only managed to steady himself by plunging his Zanpakuto into the hard rock.

His bones were groaning and felt like they were about to fall apart.

But he smiled.

His laughter was hoarse, yet it conveyed the exhilaration of conquest.

In the distance, the once invincible "Yi" had vanished, leaving only a mess and the lingering echoes of space.

……

"Awesome, bro!"

A jarringly unpleasant, hoarse voice shattered the silence.

The white umbrella mushroom that had previously buried itself in the soil in fright was now sticking its rear end out of the pit, huffing and puffing as it crawled out.

Its large white canopy above its head trembled incessantly.

Two tiny black eyes, each the size of a mung bean, stared wide-eyed on the umbrella handle.

He stared intently at Zhou Ran and the dark knife in his hand.

"My goodness!"

That last slash was so cool it soaked my umbrella!

Bai Xiaosan patted the dirt off her body, used a few roots instead of her feet, and walked quite nimbly, moving over to Zhou Ran with an air of indifference.

It circled Zhou Ran twice, marveling at the sight:

"I thought you were just there to deliver food, but I never expected you to be a hidden master!"

You can even cut down those unreasonable 'barbarians'? What kind of evil kung fu are you practicing?

It's even more exciting than my several treasured martial arts manuals!

Zhou Ran was too weak to pay attention to it and was about to regulate his breathing when Su Qingwu, who was unconscious in his arms, trembled and frowned.

Zhou Ran looked down and saw that both she and Su Qingling had faint blue tide marks between their eyebrows.

The extreme clash of yin and yang just now drained them dry, but it also used a key to forcibly unlock the treasure deep within their bodies.

In their unconscious state, the two sisters found themselves in a boundless sea of ​​chaos.

For the first time, they "saw" the origin of their own constitution.

That was not gentle spiritual energy, but a primordial ocean that could nurture all things and also devour everything.

In the past, the cultivation method involved building sandcastles on the beach.

Just now, Zhou Ran led them straight into the abyss!

This experience was more valuable than ten years of arduous training.

"Hello!

What are you looking at!

"Do you think those two girls can gain weight?"

Seeing that Zhou Ran ignored it, Bai Xiaosan became unhappy and pointed with its roots at the bloody, mangled stump of Zhou Ran's left arm.

Zhou Ran's gaze turned cold as she stared at it.

Why are you looking at me!

I'm a victim too!

Bai Xiaosan plopped down on the ground and started throwing a tantrum.

"It's all that damned bald monk's fault!"

They insisted that I had a connection with the mortal world and pulled me out of the ground!

Now look what's happened! Countless people outside want to come in and cook me into soup, but I can't crawl back in!

I don't care, if you kill the "barbarian," you have to take responsibility for me!

Zhou Ran's brow twitched.

Is this mushroom spirit trying to scam me?

"I'm warning you, those people outside are no pushovers. Once they come in, the first thing they'll do is refine pills from me!"

"When I'm sliced ​​into pieces and you're dismembered, we can keep each other company on our journey to the underworld!"

Get to the point.

"hey-hey."

Bai Xiaosan instantly adopted a fawning expression, leaned close to Zhou Ran's ear, and whispered...

"You protected me, and I will give you a great fortune!"

I guarantee your broken arm will grow back even stronger than before!

It mysteriously pointed to the distorted area of ​​space left behind after "Yi" disappeared:

"See that?"

There's something good in there!

Zhou Ran looked in the direction it was pointing.

At the center of that void rift, a dark light floated in the turbulent currents, about to be completely swallowed up.

It was a piece of bone the size of a fingernail, and it was jet black.

Its surface is engraved with ancient golden patterns, exuding a primordial aura that makes one's heart tremble.

"Fragments of the 'Qilin Bone'!"

Bai Xiaosan was practically drooling.

"These are the remains of a powerful body cultivator from ancient times!"

The "barbarians" occupied this place in an attempt to digest it, but ended up breaking their teeth.

But I know how to refine it!

"But that place is a mess; if you go there now, you'll just be delivering vegetables!"

And within ten breaths, the bone would be swept away by the turbulent void!

Bai Xiaosan puffed out her chest, putting on an expression that said, "You're begging me."

"However, your grandpa has been rooted here for thousands of years and knows this space like the back of his hand!"

I can help you create some space for a moment so you can go in and get your things!

"condition?"

Zhou Ran's words were concise and to the point.

"Take me away, keep me safe, provide me with good food and drink, and most importantly,"

Bai Xiaosan pulled out the tattered copy of "Jin Pinmei's Collector's Edition" from behind her back, her expression serious.

"From now on, any rare or out-of-print books will have to be shown to me first!"

Zhou Ran glanced at the nearly vanished Qilin bone, then looked at the unconscious twin sisters in his arms.

"make a deal."

"Okay!"

Bai Xiaosan jumped for joy.

"Ready!"

Grandpa Mushroom is about to unleash his ultimate attack!

Hold on tight!