Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

"You're targeting me, aren't you? You want to compete with me? Fine, I'll play along. Take this Waterfall Technique!" Ye Liuyun activated the Five Elements Pill and released a large amount of flowing water. The water burst from her body and rushed in all directions. When the flame clones saw so much water attacking them, their expressions changed. They had nowhere to hide and could only let themselves be submerged.

Although the water's power wasn't very strong, these clones weren't formed from any special flames; they were simply condensed from ordinary fire-based magic, so their power was low. Therefore, they were easily neutralized by the impact of the water flow.

"Damn it, this guy really knows how to use water-attribute power. This is definitely not her own power. She must have secretly used some kind of water-attribute consumable magic item." After the clone was dispersed by the water flow, Suzaku's true form was forced to reveal itself.

However, the flames released by her main body burned away all the water that was flowing towards her.

The collision of water and fire generated a large amount of hot mist, which obscured Zhuque's vision, causing her to lose sight of Ye Liuyun's target once again.

"Huh?" After observing for a moment, Suzaku noticed a movement behind her. She quickly turned around, only to see a bead flying towards her.

Suzaku's first instinct was to dodge or shatter it, but when the bead appeared in her sight, she suddenly opened her eyes, and the blinding white light robbed her of her vision.

Zhuque's eyes stung slightly from the blinding white light.

"I'm doomed." After taking that hit from Ye Liuyun, Zhuque knew she was in trouble.

As expected, Ye Liuyun appeared in front of Zhuque accompanied by a white light and struck Zhuque on the back with a palm.

However, Ye Liuyun miscalculated again, because just as Ye Liuyun's attack was about to land on the Vermilion Bird, a feather shot out from the Vermilion Bird's back and wrapped around Ye Liuyun's arm.

"Huh?" Ye Liuyun was taken aback.

"A good opportunity." After grabbing Ye Liuyun, Zhuque stabbed at Ye Liuyun with a backhand, but the sword struck Ye Liuyun's Myriad Medicines Cauldron instead of hitting him.

The sword was deflected after it struck the Myriad Medicines Cauldron.

"Hehe, who caught whom? Come here." Ye Liuyun forcefully pulled Zhuque over.

In terms of physical strength, Zhuque was no match for Ye Liuyun. She was thrown up by Ye Liuyun and finally slammed heavily to the ground.

That made Suzaku quite uncomfortable.

"Outrageous!" Zhuque roared angrily and immediately used her primordial spirit avatar. However, Zhuque's primordial spirit avatar was not in human form, but rather in the form of Zhuque's soul. She let out a long cry, then flapped her wings and dragged Ye Liuyun up.

The power of the Primordial Spirit Dharma Form is definitely beyond Ye Liuyun's ability to match, so Ye Liuyun basically avoids direct confrontation with the Primordial Spirit Dharma Form.

However, this time the opponent used feathers to tightly bind her arm, and even when she used strange fire to burn it, she could not burn it off immediately.

"My turn." Zhuque controlled the feathers that were entangled with Ye Liuyun, and swung Ye Liuyun up, letting her taste what it felt like to be smashed to the ground.

"Damn! There's something wrong with these feathers. They can actually stick to me, preventing me from using the teleportation pill to break free from their hold," Ye Liuyun said, somewhat bewildered.

Lin Qingyou immediately recognized that the feathers were not formed from condensed power, but were genuine Vermilion Bird Fire Feathers.

“Of course, the feather that the little girl used to catch you is a genuine Vermilion Bird Fire Feather. Even a strange fire can hardly burn it.” Lin Qingyou said.

Ye Liuyun's expression changed upon hearing this.

"Then what should we do? Doesn't that mean I'm being controlled by her?" Ye Liuyun asked.

Lin Qingyou shrugged.

"Then there's nothing I can do. You'll have to figure it out yourself," Lin Qingyou said.

Seeing that his master was so unreliable, Ye Liuyun had no choice but to find a solution himself.

She continuously increased the output of the Myriad Medicines Immortal Fire, allowing it to continue scorching the feathers, while simultaneously activating all the power-enhancing pills within her body.

As the power of the pills was activated one by one, the Vermilion Bird, which had been dragging Ye Liuyun around aimlessly, was suddenly forced to stop.

Her enormous Vermilion Bird Dharma Body seemed to be being pulled back by someone else, and could only keep flapping its wings in the air.

"Damn it, how did this guy's strength suddenly increase so much?" Zhuque turned around and looked behind her, only to find that Ye Liuyun's body had actually merged with the ground.

This is the effect of the Assimilation Pill, which allows Ye Liuyun to merge with the surrounding objects for a certain period of time.

In this way, it would be impossible for the Vermilion Bird to fly, since Ye Liuyun is undoubtedly part of this palace at present.

"You won't let go, huh? Then I'll electrocute you and see how long you can hold out." Ye Liuyun released an extremely strong electric current, which spread from the feathers to the Vermilion Bird's body.

The electric current made her feel numb all over, and she couldn't resist it with any force unless she let go of Ye Liuyun.

However, the power of this electric current was still not enough to truly render Suzaku incapable of fighting.

So Ye Liuyun hardened his heart and took out a special lightning-attribute pill, which was called the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation Crossing Pill.

This pill was synthesized by Ye Liuyun; it's a powerful pill that can't be regenerated, and there are only ten of them.

After use, it allows you to unleash lightning power comparable to a heavenly tribulation, which is different from the lightning you used before.

It is more powerful than the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Pill, but Ye Liuyun himself must also bear the power of this pill.

Moreover, the power of this pill cannot be controlled by the Thunder Control Pill.

There are two ways to release it. One way is to activate and summon the Heavenly Tribulation Thundercloud. The Heavenly Tribulation will not kill people, but it will send down lightning according to the opponent's realm to attack them.

This thing works well for cultivators below Nirvana, but once they reach Nirvana and have mastered the laws, it's difficult for it to have much effect.

Ye Liuyun hardened her heart; if her opponent continued to play the attrition game with her, then she had no choice but to fight back.

After speaking, Ye Liuyun activated the pill. The next moment, the effects of the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation Pill spread throughout her body. Fortunately, Ye Liuyun's body was used to being struck by lightning, and she frequently used the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation Pill to stimulate her body.

Therefore, the electric current did not have much power on her body; almost half of its force was neutralized by her physical body, but it was still very uncomfortable.

Meanwhile, Suzaku suddenly felt a strange electric current spreading towards her. Before she could say anything, she was entangled by the current.

"Ah..." As soon as the electric current hit her body, Zhuque let out a series of painful screams.

Because she is a Nascent Soul cultivator, the heavenly lightning will attack her Nascent Soul, which is an unbearable pain, at least ten times worse than physical pain.

The sight of the Vermilion Bird's scream caused the Lord of Ten Thousand Spirits' expression to change.

"What's going on? How come the electric current released by Ye Liuyun has suddenly become so much stronger?" the Holy Lord of Ten Thousand Spirits exclaimed.

However, someone quickly realized what was going on.

"This seems to be the power of tribulation lightning, directly attacking the red-clothed girl's primordial spirit. What the hell? It's one thing for Ye Liuyun to use the power of lightning, but how can he also release tribulation lightning?" The Holy Lord of the Azure Sky said, completely bewildered.

The Celestial Holy Land specializes in lightning magic, so the Celestial Holy Lord immediately recognized the special nature of this lightning.

"Ah... Damn it, is this tribulation lightning?" The Vermilion Bird couldn't take it anymore; she wanted to give up entangled with Ye Liuyun.

But just as the other party was about to withdraw their domain, Ye Liuyun quickly reached out and grabbed them tightly.

Just kidding, she's already activated the pill. If she doesn't stop this guy, she'll be the only one getting electrocuted, which is definitely not worth it.

"You? Ah... let go of me." Zhuque was both angry and anxious when she saw Ye Liuyun grab her feathers.

"Trying to pull it back? No way! I'll see who gives in first," Ye Liuyun said with a sinister smile.

Green smoke quickly rose from the Vermilion Bird's body, and its hair began to stand upright. Of course, Ye Liuyun was not faring much better, as black flames also spread from his body, though he was in a much better position than the Vermilion Bird.

The Vermilion Bird's Dharma form could not withstand the stimulation of lightning and gradually dissipated. The Vermilion Bird itself fell from the sky and lay on the ground convulsing.

"Do you admit defeat or not?" Ye Liuyun questioned.

"I... I don't acknowledge it," Suzaku replied with difficulty.

Ye Liuyun was about to roll her eyes, so she could only continue to shock her. Anyway, it wouldn't kill her; at most, it would just knock her unconscious.

So Ye Liuyun shocked her for a few more minutes, until Zhuque foamed at the mouth, her body charred black, and she was knocked unconscious.

The moment she fainted, the laws of the Void God Temple automatically declared her the loser.

"Ye Liuyun of the Liuyun Sect has won and advanced to the next round," the spirit of the Void God Palace announced.

As soon as he said this, Ye Liuyun released Zhuque, but the electric current was still lingering on her body, and she couldn't get rid of it herself.

"Senior spirit, please help me remove the electric current from my body," Ye Liuyun called out.

The match was over, and people were about to clean up the battlefield when an irresistible force descended from the sky and instantly neutralized the lightning on Ye Liuyun's body.

At the same time, another force was released, which landed on Zhuque. Zhuque's condition gradually recovered, and she soon returned to her peak condition, as did Ye Liuyun.

After Suzaku awoke, he knew he had lost, and lost in a very frustrating way.

"Damn it, how come you have so many weird and messy tricks?" Zhuque pointed at Ye Liuyun, feeling very aggrieved and said unconvinced.

"What? You have a problem with that? Keep it to yourself. Anyway, you lost. Goodbye, I'm going to the next match. You can go to the loser's bracket, hahaha." Ye Liuyun chuckled and walked towards the golden gate.

Zhuque stomped her foot in anger. She had originally planned to use her Vermilion Bird Fire Feathers to entangle Ye Liuyun and prevent him from using those strange teleportation techniques, but she didn't expect to end up losing more than she gained.

But there was no other way; she had to go to the loser's bracket.

"Sigh! Another inexplicable victory." The Holy Lord of All Spirits was very upset.

There was a ranking projection in front of them. Ye Liuyun directly entered the winners' group, while not many people advanced from the survivors' group.

Those who advanced first had to wait a bit. Ye Liuyun arrived at another palace, but his opponent hadn't come yet. The second round of matching would only begin after everyone had finished their matches in the first round. Otherwise, Ye Liuyun would probably have to fight Li Muyun, since the winners' group currently only consisted of the grandfather and grandson.

"Please wait a moment. Once all fifty winners have been selected, we will proceed with the matching process again," the spirit of the Void God Palace reminded us.

Ye Liuyun wasn't in a hurry. He immediately sat down and waited for his new opponent to arrive.

Let's take a look at the other competition venues.

This time, Lin Aoxue encountered a rather formidable opponent, who was the number two figure in the Azure Sky Holy Land.

The battlefield where they were located had been engulfed by thunder, and Lin Aoxue was engaged in fierce combat with a young man who had transformed into lightning.

Lin Aoxue has already activated the Immortal Descends to the Mortal Realm, which is her only way to fight against cultivators at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.

The opponent's speed was also incredibly fast; all that could be seen was a streak of blue light and lightning constantly intersecting, each intersection generating a massive energy explosion, creating a spectacular scene. However, it seemed that she would still need time to defeat her opponent.

As for Shi Youlan's clone, what should we say? Her opponent is darting around like a rabbit, while Shi Youlan's poison is like a terrifying venomous python chasing after her.

"Damn it, is this still the peak of the Divine Soul Realm? This poison is too terrifying; it can actually corrode my defenses." The young man being chased by Shi Youlan looked extremely embarrassed; he had no way to retaliate.

Shi Youlan's performance also caught the attention of those Holy Lords, who couldn't help but turn their gaze to Yue Xun. A peak Divine Soul Realm cultivator completely overpowering a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator at the third level was a bit too exaggerated.

"Fellow Daoist Gu Ling, it seems your Gu Ling Holy Land has recruited a remarkable disciple this generation. The power of this poison technique is truly terrifying," the Nine Heavens Holy Lord remarked.

Yue Xun chuckled.

“My little apprentice, although she is not as skilled as others in terms of cultivation level, is known as the Poison Queen in our Gu Spirit Holy Land. In terms of the strength of her toxins, I am afraid no one can match her at present,” Yue Xun said.

Shi Youlan's performance deserves public praise.

Time passed slowly, and the matches ended one by one. On Lin Aoxue's side, a flash of blue light streaked across the main hall, and a figure fell from the sky, crashing heavily to the ground. Just as the opponent tried to get up, a sword was immediately pressed against his neck.

"You lost," Lin Aoxue announced, her eyes gleaming with golden light.

The powerful figure from the Sacred Land of the Azure Sky looked extremely uncomfortable.

"Damn it! As expected of the legendary physique, I... I lost." The young man had no choice but to admit defeat.

On Shi Youlan's side, the guy she was chasing couldn't run anymore and also chose to admit defeat.

With this, the first round of the individual competition has concluded.

After the spirits of the Void God Temple restored their power and status, they immediately began the second round of matching.

In the second round, Ye Liuyun encountered a powerful expert at the fourth level of the Nascent Soul realm from the Yin-Yang Holy Land. Ye Liuyun used all his skills to defeat him with great difficulty, thus entering the top twenty-five.

Those last twenty-five are going to be tough. Familiar faces are among them, and the opponents are almost all at the fifth or fourth level of the Nascent Soul realm. It's like the beginning of a hellish battle.

Of course, Ye Liuyun only hoped that he wouldn't run into any acquaintances; he didn't care about anyone else.

"The top 25 players in the winners' bracket are ready to begin matchmaking. One player will receive a bye and advance directly to the next round," the artifact spirit announced.

Unfortunately, with 25 people, it's impossible to match them one-on-one, so we can only use one lucky spot.

The moment this voice came out, everyone couldn't help but show surprised expressions. Everyone wanted this direct advancement spot, because this round of matching was too difficult, and no one could guarantee that they would advance smoothly.

Before everyone, except for the 25 winners, there were 25 jade pendants with their backs to them.

"Let's draw lots. The person who draws the blank jade pendant will get a bye and advance to the next round," he said, standing up.

As soon as the spirit finished speaking, Lin Qingyou immediately gave a reminder.

"Liu Yun, grab the first piece, hurry up!"

As soon as Lin Qingyou spoke, Ye Liuyun took the first piece without saying a word, and the others followed suit.

After Ye Liuyun received the token, he opened it and, sure enough, it was blank.

"Haha, as expected of Master, the strongest tool." Ye Liuyun praised.

"Wow, is this girl so lucky? She actually got a bye. But why do I feel like she knows which area is a bye?" The Five Elements Saint Lord said with narrowed eyes, then looked at the Nine Heavens Saint Lord.

When the Nine Heavens Holy Lord saw that all the Holy Lords were looking at him, he couldn't help but complain again.

"Why are you looking at me? If our Nine Heavens Holy Land were to engage in underhanded dealings, shouldn't our Holy Lord be given a bye?"

There is some truth to this statement.