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

Chapter Two: The Mysterious Array (5K)

Lin Aoxue single-handedly destroyed the Samsara Holy Land and severely damaged multiple other holy lands. Her combat power was already more exaggerated than that of most cultivators from the first to the seventh level of the Divine Path. Of course, this was mainly due to the Fuxi Qin.

After resolving these matters, Lin Aoxue returned to the Immortal Realm of Immortality as soon as possible and first went to see her relatives.

"Grandpa, Mother, Mom, Father, Dad, how have you all been all these years? I'm sorry for making you worry." Upon arriving, Lin Aoxue's first thought was to apologize to her family. After all, ever since Ye Liuyun was sealed away, she had locked herself up and hadn't seen anyone.

No one blamed Lin Aoxue, because everyone understood that no one was more heartbroken and sad than Lin Aoxue.

"Child, you've suffered so much." That was all Bei Ming Piaoxu could say.

But Lin Aoxue smiled slightly.

"Mother, don't worry, I believe Liu Yun will definitely return, it just might take a long time. So, we must cultivate diligently, improve our cultivation, and increase our lifespan. When Liu Yun returns, from now on, I will do my best to search for all kinds of treasures to enhance our cultivation and improve our aptitude for your use," Lin Aoxue said solemnly.

She had to protect the lives of these relatives for Ye Liuyun's sake, until Ye Liuyun returned.

No one refused, because they couldn't refuse anyway.

After saying this, Lin Aoxue went to the Holy Lord's Hall of the Immortal Realm and summoned all the high-ranking officials.

"Everyone, Liu Yun was sealed into reincarnation along with the Heavenly Emperor of Reincarnation for the sake of all living beings, but she did not die. Therefore, you all need to work harder to cultivate, increase your lifespan, and live longer. However, from now on, we also need to make contingency plans, which is to do our best to collect the Divine Source Stones. If Liu Yun still has not returned after several thousand years, then you should all retain a portion of your lifespan and enter hibernation," Lin Aoxue announced in a deep voice.

Everyone was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

"Lord, with so many people, how many Divine Source Stones would we need to collect?" someone asked.

Lin Aoxue calculated the time and then gave a number because Ye Liuyun had told her that she would definitely reach adulthood within 100,000 years, and there were still about 90,000 years left, so Lin Aoxue used 100,000 years as the basis.

"We need to collect enough Divine Source Stones to put everyone into a deep sleep for 100,000 years," Lin Aoxue said.

Everyone was startled when these words were spoken.

"This? Your Majesty, how is this possible? Where would there be so many Divine Source Stones? These Divine Source Stones are all in the Forbidden Land. I don't think even if we found all the Divine Source Stones in the Forbidden Land, it wouldn't be enough," someone said.

Lin Aoxue paused for a moment, then answered.

"I'll go with my master tomorrow to take a look and then we'll decide."

Everyone nodded. It was really hard to say whether there would be enough right now; they would have to go and confirm it. The production of Divine Source Stones was quite... cough cough. Currently, only the Forbidden Land had a large output, and some other places had a small output. At least several thousand people in the Immortal Realm needed Divine Source Stones.

The next day, in the Chaotic Sea, since all the masters of the forbidden lands had been killed, these forbidden lands were now unclaimed. Many cultivators took the opportunity to explore for treasures, but even so, at least cultivators at the Nirvana Realm were required to enter. Those at that level were simply no match for the strange power of this place.

"Master, Elder Xue, let's go in," Lin Aoxue gestured.

Li Bai nodded, and the master and disciple, along with Xue Qingwu, entered the Chaotic Heaven Sea together. As soon as they entered the Chaotic Heaven Sea, they sensed a peculiar energy, or rather, the aura of the Heavenly Emperor. This place seemed to be completely isolated from the outside world; whether it was the laws or anything else, it was different from the outside world.

"What a peculiar power! This power seems to slow down the passage of time. No wonder all these powerful individuals come here to hibernate," Xue Qingwu said with some surprise.

“Yes, it is indeed very special. However, this kind of power, which is completely different from the outside world, cannot be absorbed casually. Once absorbed, the Heavenly Dao will regard it as an anomaly,” Lin Aoxue said.

The three of them continued to venture deeper and eventually entered the eye of the Chaotic Heaven Sea. In this place, they discovered a large number of skeletons, including those of humans and demons. Moreover, these skeletons were clearly extraordinary in life, and were definitely former emperors and sovereigns, or at least powerful beings at the ninth level of the Divine Path.

"So many powerful corpses? How many powerful beings died of old age here? It seems that even the power of this place cannot completely preserve their lives. No wonder they have to go out and devour the lifespan of other living beings every now and then," Li Bai said.

The eye of the Chaotic Sky Sea was practically a graveyard. Soon they discovered a type of crystal that radiated a pure white light. There were quite a few of them. Some of the crystals even contained some living beings, but these beings had already lost their vitality. This was because the Divine Source Stones also had an expiration time. They could not be used indefinitely, and their quality also mattered.

A piece about the size of a little finger can allow a cultivator to seal themselves for eight thousand years, a piece the size of a fist can seal themselves for ten thousand years, and if someone is that big, sealing themselves for a hundred thousand years is no problem.

Furthermore, this thing is a renewable treasure in the forbidden area. It can grow to the size of a thumb in about a thousand years and to the size of a fist in ten thousand years.

"Master, Elder Xue, let's start collecting. Collect as much as we can," Lin Aoxue instructed after confirming there were no other dangers nearby.

Xue Qingwu and Li Bai immediately sprang into action, collecting the divine source stones. If they saw any other treasures, they would take them. There were so many orphans of powerful figures in this place, and most of their belongings were left here, including some treasures of supreme experts. This was quite a haul.

After collecting all the divine source stones in the Chaotic Sky Sea, the three left and went to the Valley of Annihilation, and finally to Burial Sky Island, where the largest number of divine source stones were found.

However, while collecting Divine Source Stones, Lin Aoxue discovered a very ancient creature in a mountain cave. This creature was already lifeless, but Lin Aoxue found several lines of messages in the cave where it was located.

"If you are destined to come to my place of slumber in the future, you will surely see my message. This forbidden land is not a blessed land. If you enter, you must not absorb the power of this place. Once you do, you will be doomed."

"I'll also tell you a secret. I discovered that there is a Heaven-Reaching Array on Burial Sky Island that can mobilize the stellar power of Burial God Star to greatly enhance its own strength. With this power mobilized, it might even be able to break through the Immortal Sect. It's just a pity that I discovered it too late, because this array requires too many things to prepare. This should be an array that a powerful person set up in ancient times who wanted to defy the heavens, but for some reason, this array was never used."

Upon seeing this message, Lin Aoxue's heart stirred, and a bold idea came to mind.

However, he still needs to confirm that the formation can be used before he can come up with this idea.

"Thank you." Lin Aoxue then shattered the divine source crystal that sealed him, and the corpse inside disappeared completely as the power of the divine source crystal dissipated.

Lin Aoxue casually erased the writing inside the cave. After collecting the Divine Source Stones, Lin Aoxue flew to the top of Burial Sky Island. There, she saw a huge hole in the very center of the island. Lin Aoxue quickly flew over and landed in the cave. At the same time, she scanned the place with her divine sense. She found that the smooth walls around the place were covered with dense array patterns, and at the bottom, there was a round platform with mysterious runes engraved on it.

Strangely enough, although Lin Aoxue had never studied formations, she seemed to understand this formation.

After examining the array patterns on this place, she used her divine sense to cover the entire Burial Sky Island. She began to search carefully, and this search led her to discover several auxiliary arrays connected to the array on this place.

Lin Aoxue quickly flew out again and arrived at the foot of Burial Sky Island. Sure enough, upon looking down, she saw some strange array patterns on the bottom of Burial Sky Island. These array patterns seemed to be connected to various places on Burial God Star below.

"Disciple, we've finished collecting the Divine Source Stones from Burial Sky Island. What are you looking at?" Li Bai came to Lin Aoxue's side.

Lin Aoxue stared intently at Burial Sky Island, and then spoke.

"Master, look at the patterns on the ground of Burial Sky Island. Don't they resemble some kind of array pattern?"

Upon seeing this, Li Bai immediately used his divine sense to examine it carefully. He discovered that it was indeed some kind of array pattern, but he couldn't understand it.

"Hmm, it seems to be some kind of array pattern, but I don't know what it's for," Li Bai replied.

Soon Xue Qingwu arrived, and by then all the Divine Source Stones from the three forbidden areas had been collected.

Lin Aoxue didn't dwell on it any longer. Instead, she returned to the Immortal Realm with Li Bai and Xue Qingwu, and then tallied up the divine source stones she had collected.

With their skills, they finished counting the number of Divine Source Stones in less than half an hour.

After the statistics were completed, Lin Aoxue's expression turned sour, because it was far from enough.

These divine source stones can only meet at most one-third of the required amount.

“Aoxue, I’m afraid that’s far from enough, unless we reduce the amount for each cultivator. That way, each person can seal themselves for at least ten thousand years,” Xue Qingwu said.

Lin Aoxue fell into deep thought. She collected all the Divine Source Stones and then spoke.

"Then let's wait for good news from the Jin family, see how much they can collect, and then tally it up," Lin Aoxue said.

After sending Li Bai and Xue Qingwu away, Lin Aoxue brought out a piece of paper and drew the array she had seen on Burial Sky Island, on both sides.

After drawing it, Lin Aoxue went to find the cultivator on Burial God Star who was most knowledgeable about formations.

Given the current influence of the Immortal Realm and her abilities, finding someone like her wouldn't be difficult.

The most powerful array master on the Burial God Star is definitely the Emperor Array Master.

After finding the man, Lin Aoxue showed him the drawings she had made. Upon seeing the formation, the man's expression changed, and he asked Lin Aoxue if she had seen the formation on Burial Sky Island.

Lin Aoxue has found the right person. This formation was actually set up by a powerful Tianyuan expert who entered the Dao through formations. It is called the Burial Star Heaven-Reaching Formation. It draws on the power of the Burial God Star to allow one's own power to break through the current world's boundaries for a certain period of time and achieve the power to break through the Immortal Gate.

This person happens to know how to operate this formation, because the formation master from back then was this person's ancestor.

This person was a cultivator of the divine path. He guessed that Lin Aoxue wanted to use this formation, so he offered it as a condition: if he helped Lin Aoxue activate the formation, he would also have to ascend to the immortal realm once the immortal gate was broken.

Lin Aoxue agreed without hesitation.

However, to activate this formation, nine kinds of Emperor-level crystals are required. These are not things that ordinary people can collect. The reason why their ancestors were unable to activate this formation was because they did not have time to collect the materials and were forced to enter the Immortal Sect and perished.

Lin Aoxue still agreed. After returning, she began to ask the Jin family to help collect these nine kinds of crystals. These were nine kinds of Emperor-level crystals, and they had to be specified, so they must be extremely difficult to find.

However, the Jin family recognizes five of them. If they can recognize them, they can definitely collect them. Money is not a problem. But there are four other types that the Jin family doesn't know where to find.

These four types are Chaos Stone, Reincarnation Crystal, Heaven-Reaching Stone, and Time-Space Crystal.

The Jin family had only heard of these four materials, but had never seen them before and did not know what they looked like.

Knowing only a name but not what someone looks like is very difficult.

Left with no other choice, Lin Aoxue could only use the influence of the Immortal Realm of Immortality to inquire about the entire Burial God Star and even the outer stars.

About half a year later, Lin Aoxue received a clue about the Heavenly Stone. In a certain holy land-level power on the divided continent, their supreme treasure was inlaid with a Heavenly Stone.

However, to take it down, this magical artifact must be destroyed.

Lin Aoxue tried to be polite first, intending to exchange it for a treasure of equal value, but the other party refused. Left with no other choice, Lin Aoxue resorted to violence, forcibly seizing the treasure from the other party's forces. Finally, she destroyed it with a celestial artifact and obtained the Tongtian Stone.

After obtaining the Heavenly Stone, Lin Aoxue continued her cultivation while waiting for news. Three years later, she received another message saying that there was a Chaos Stone in a place called the Chaos Land outside the heavens, but that place was very dangerous.

But no matter how dangerous it was, it couldn't stop Lin Aoxue. Lin Aoxue broke into the Chaos Land and killed many monsters from the land. Only then did she obtain the Chaos Stone from the monsters' bodies. Each of these monsters had god-level power and was extremely terrifying. They were not made of flesh and blood, but were some kind of energy bodies.

Lin Aoxue also suffered considerable injuries inside. Upon returning, she immediately went into seclusion, and this time she remained in seclusion for over a hundred years. During her seclusion, Lin Aoxue repaired her injuries while cultivating. About three hundred years later, Lin Aoxue emerged from seclusion again, this time having reached the second level of the Divine Path.

Lin Aoxue collected seven of the nine materials, but she had no clue about the last two, the Time-Space Crystal and the Reincarnation Crystal. The Jin family had been searching for them for hundreds of years, which put Lin Aoxue in a difficult position.

However, the Jin family told her that there was a force that might know about the existence of the Time-Space Crystal. This force was the Shi family, which was almost wiped out by Ye Liuyun back then.

The Shi family's Emperor of Time cultivates the laws of time and space. They are also the most knowledgeable about time on the entire Burial God Star. They may know about the Time-Space Crystal.

So Lin Aoxue arrived at the Shi family without any politeness. When the Shi family saw Lin Aoxue arrive, they thought she had come to avenge Ye Liuyun, and they were terrified.

"Don't be afraid. I'm not here to destroy your Shi family. The feud between you and my husband was settled long ago. I've come today to inquire about the Time-Space Crystal," Lin Aoxue said to the current head of the Shi family.

When the current head of the Shi family learned that Lin Aoxue was not there to cause trouble, he breathed a sigh of relief, and he also happened to know a clue about the Time-Space Crystal.

“Senior, I do know about the Time-Space Crystal, but it's a bit troublesome,” the Shi family head replied.

Lin Aoxue was excited when she heard this.

"Speak quickly. Don't worry, if it's something from your Shi family, I won't take it for nothing. I will definitely compensate you," Lin Aoxue urged.

The head of the Shi family was somewhat embarrassed, but he still told him where the Time-Space Crystal was.

"Senior, our ancestor, the Heavenly Emperor of Time, obtained a Time-Space Crystal. It was because of this Time-Space Crystal that our ancestor was able to comprehend the Great Dao of Time and Space. Our ancestor cherished this thing very much, and before he passed away, he took it to his burial place," the Shi family head explained.

"Then take me there quickly," Lin Aoxue said.

The head of the Shi family was in a dilemma again.

"Senior, the burial place of our ancestor has been hidden by him in the chaotic space-time. We don't know its location. However, our Shi family's imperial weapon senior may be able to sense the existence of our ancestor's tomb in the chaotic space-time," the Shi family said.

Lin Aoxue was taken aback. This was not a good situation. With her current abilities, it was impossible for her to easily travel through the chaotic space-time.

Left with no other choice, Lin Aoxue could only return to the Immortal Realm of Immortality. Before leaving, she told the Shi family that once she had enough cultivation, she would ask the Shi family's imperial weapon to guide her.

The Shi family had no choice but to agree.

Upon returning to the Immortal Realm of Immortality, Lin Aoxue instructed everyone to focus on cultivation. She also secretly shared her thoughts with her closest relatives, telling them to prepare themselves mentally for the possibility that she would try this heaven-defying method once she had collected all the materials.

When Ye Qingxue and the others learned of this, they were quite shocked. By the way, during the three hundred years that Lin Aoxue was in seclusion, Ye Qingxue and Ye Fei also broke through to the Divine Path Realm. Yan Yu, Chen Yao, and some other cultivators with excellent aptitudes have all reached the Celestial Realm, and are getting closer to the Divine Path Realm.

After informing them, Lin Aoxue went into seclusion again, trying every possible way to improve her cultivation.

When Lin Aoxue was reborn, she had already reached the seventh level of the Divine Path, while Li Bai had finally broken through to the ninth level of the Divine Path.

After Lin Aoxue emerged from seclusion, she found Li Bai and asked him to go with her to the Chaotic Time and Space. Li Bai naturally knew what Lin Aoxue wanted to do, so he certainly wouldn't refuse.

She first went to the Shi family to borrow the Mirror of Time, and then took the Mirror of Time into the Chaotic Land.

It took nearly a month to finally find the tomb of the Heavenly Emperor of Time in a crevice somewhere in the Chaotic Land. Perhaps it was because of the Time-Space Mirror that the tomb of the Heavenly Emperor of Time did not treat them as outsiders and they were able to pass through without any obstacles. Finally, they saw the remains of the Heavenly Emperor of Time, and the Time-Space Crystal was on the neck of the remains of the Heavenly Emperor of Time.

"Senior, I apologize for my offense." Li Bai apologized to the Heavenly Emperor of Time, then opened the coffin and took out the Time-Space Crystal.

And just like that, the eighth ingredient was all gathered.

Now only one material remains: Reincarnation Crystal.

Chapter 3 Necromancy (5K)

For two thousand years, Lin Aoxue has been running around for this matter, but Ye Liuyun has still not returned. Moreover, some of the old people in the Immortal Realm have begun to experience a lifespan crisis, because the Nirvana Secret Realm only has a lifespan of 7000 years, while many of the people who followed Ye Liuyun back then are around 3000 to 4000 years old.

If these people haven't broken through to the Divine Realm yet, they must be at least 5000-6000 years old by now. This means Lin Aoxue doesn't have much time left. However, there are still no clues about the Reincarnation Crystal, and the Jin family can't find it anywhere. So, Lin Aoxue came to that Emperor Array Master again.

Two thousand years have passed, and this Imperial Array Master has sealed himself with the Divine Source Stone. Because he was already very old back then, he had sealed himself into hibernation almost a thousand years ago, and at the same time left a message for his disciple, which was specifically for Lin Aoxue.

This time, he told Lin Aoxue something he hadn't mentioned before: the price of using this formation. Using this formation would drain the core power of the Burial God Star, and there was a very high probability that the Burial God Star would collapse. The Burial God Star was the main star of the Celestial God Star System, and if the Burial God Star was destroyed, who knew what would happen.

Lin Aoxue was not the first person to discover the secret of Burial Sky Island. In fact, many supreme experts in history had discovered it, but only the array masters of their lineage knew how to activate the array. Some supreme experts could not find the materials, while others dared not bear the consequences of using the array.

This Emperor Array Master was someone Lin Aoxue had already decided that if she absolutely had to use it, she should try her best to relocate the creatures on Burial God Star before using it.

Otherwise, once the Burial God Star collapses, none of the beings on it with cultivation levels lower than the Nirvana Realm will survive.

Upon receiving this news, Lin Aoxue's expression changed. She hadn't even collected all the materials yet, and there was no way to awaken the Emperor Array Master for the time being. Now, she was being told that using the array would destroy the Burial God Star. This put Lin Aoxue in a dilemma, or rather, there was no time left for her to think of any other solutions.

Lin Aoxue returned to the Immortal Realm and summoned all the powerful figures there once again. She needed to explain to them that this was the most important matter for the Immortal Realm at the moment, and that it could not be accomplished by the Immortal Realm alone.

"Everyone, there is something I must tell you now, and you should be prepared. Nearly two thousand years ago, I discovered a great secret on Burial Sky Island. There is an unknown formation left over from ancient times on Burial Sky Island. I consulted a formation master, who told me that this formation might be able to break through the barrier of the Immortal Realm. What this means is that if this formation is used at the moment the Immortal Gate appears, it can break through the barrier of the Immortal Realm, and then cultivators whose cultivation has reached the Divine Realm or above can take the opportunity to ascend to the Immortal Realm," Lin Aoxue said in a deep voice.

These words caused an uproar; some were shocked, while others could not believe it.