“The main characters in novels always get some heaven-defying technique or a treasure map.”
“So how come I get nothing?”
Deng Tianyu stripped the woman’s Storage Ring, erased the spiritual mark on it, and inspected its contents, unable to stop himself from shaking his head and sighing.
Inside the ring were just a few spare sets of garments and several hundred Spirit Stones. Nothing else. Clearly, this person didn’t keep any of her real valuables in that ring.
Deng Tianyu didn’t dwell on it. Instead, cradling the little fox Yingying, he flew straight into the waterfall.
There was a cave behind the waterfall, and inside it, he found the sixth Heavenly Yang Fruit.
“Finally gathered everything I need. Cultivating a divine ability isn’t easy!”
“Yingying!”
The little fox in his arms raised her head and let out a cry, like a child seeking praise from a parent.
“Of course, finding all six Heavenly Yang Fruits is all thanks to Yingying!”
Deng Tianyu smiled warmly and rubbed the little fox’s soft head.
He had to admit, this felt even better than petting cats in his past life—easy to get addicted to.
As if remembering something, he pulled a porcelain vase from his Storage Ring.
Inside the vase was a purple liquid, and the moment he opened it, a rich, intoxicating fragrance flooded the air.
Slurp… (￣￢￣）
The instant the little white fox saw that purple liquid, her fox eyes filled with intense longing, and she kept rubbing her cheek against Deng Tianyu’s chest.
Deng Tianyu smiled and poured a few drops of the purple liquid onto his palm.
(￣～￣)… (>_<) Yingying!
Without a second thought, the little fox extended her tiny pink tongue and began lapping it up. Her eyes curved into crescent moons of delight, and her fluffy tail wagged left three times, then right three times.
This purple liquid was Purple Jade Marrow, a Heaven and Earth Spirit Treasure that had the same effect on beasts as catnip did in his previous life—an irresistible attraction.
Unlike catnip, though, Purple Jade Marrow was brimming with abundant Spiritual Energy.
This was exactly what Deng Tianyu had used to lure the little fox in the first place.
“What a shame she can’t transform.”
Deng Tianyu really liked catgirls, foxgirls, and the like—otherwise, he wouldn’t have taken the little fox in.
Of course, it was purely out of innocent curiosity and appreciation. He harbored no impure thoughts.
He didn’t stay long in Profound Sun Valley. After finding the sixth Heavenly Yang Fruit, he swiftly returned to Purple Cloud Sect and told his Shizun, Ning Wan, about the attack.
“Leave this matter to me. Tianyu, just focus on your cultivation.”
After hearing him out, Ning Wan gave him a gentle instruction, then turned and left.
The moment she turned, the soft and doting expression vanished entirely from her face, replaced by piercing, bone-chilling cold. The killing intent in her beautiful eyes had solidified into something tangible.
Deng Tianyu told Ning Wan about it rather than handling it himself because both Purple Cloud Sect and Snow Garment Pavilion were sect powers—and, more critically, Snow Garment Pavilion’s strength far exceeded theirs.
If things went badly, it could spark a full-scale war between the two forces, and the fallout would be immense.
Deng Tianyu wasn’t the type to swallow a grudge in silence. He’d originally intended to scout out Snow Garment Pavilion Workshop Master Rong Qian’s cultivation and find a chance to personally finish her off.
But since his Shizun said she would handle it, he decided to just focus on cultivating.
“These Heavenly Yang Fruits actually taste pretty good—sweet and tangy, kind of like apples from my past life!”
Now, Deng Tianyu sat cross-legged on his bed and sliced up all six Heavenly Yang Fruits, swallowing them.
Then, closing his eyes, he began cultivating the Primordial Yang Reflux Art.
Meanwhile, inside the Snow Garment Pavilion.
Elder He entered from outside, his expression grim.
“Workshop Master, Elder Xu’s Soul Lamp has shattered.”
“Couldn’t even handle one little disciple? Useless trash!”
Rong Qian replied coldly, with zero regard for the dead woman’s face.
Ever since learning about the cooperation between Purple Cloud Sect and the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, the rage in her heart had become uncontainable.
Thus, she ordered one of Snow Garment Pavilion’s elders to capture Ning Wan’s disciple alive, intending to force Ning Wan to hand over the profits from Purple Cloud Sect.
She wasn’t afraid of refusal. Her covert investigations had revealed that the matters involving the new Unyielding Devotion garments all came from this very disciple.
“But now that Elder Xu has fallen, if the other side uses Soul Search and discovers our involvement, I’m afraid…”
Elder He voiced his concern.
In her view, Elder Xu, being at the Peak of the Divine Ability Realm, shouldn’t have run into any unexpected trouble dealing with a disciple who had just entered Condensing Origin Realm.
Who would’ve thought the unexpected would happen? Elder Xu’s Soul Lamp had actually shattered.
What was a Soul Lamp?
It was an artifact that contained a sliver of a cultivator’s divine soul. If the cultivator perished, the lamp would break.
“And what if they do?”
“I am now at the Seventh Heaven of the King-Sealing Realm.”
“Does Purple Cloud Sect have the guts to start a war?”
Rong Qian’s face twisted in mockery.
As far as she knew, Purple Cloud Sect’s Sect Master Ning Wan had only recently stepped into the King-Sealing Realm.
Above that realm, each additional Heaven was an insurmountable chasm. There was simply no comparison between the First Heaven and the Seventh Heaven.
If they dared to start a war, she’d be delighted. She could outright annihilate Purple Cloud Sect and swallow it up openly.
“So it was you who attacked Tianyu?”
Suddenly, space itself twisted, and a bewitching, enchanting figure appeared inside the Snow Garment Pavilion’s Main Hall.
“Ning Wan?”
The moment she saw who it was, Rong Qian’s eyes narrowed. “Didn’t you just hear all that?”
Though they failed to capture the disciple alive, the fact that Purple Cloud Sect’s Sect Master had delivered herself to their door saved them a lot of trouble!
“Since you’ve come, you can stay.”
In the next instant, Rong Qian gave a vicious grin. Surging True Essence roiled in her palm as several silver beams descended, nearly transparent, spreading out like an inescapable net towards Ning Wan.
This was a Grand Capture Divine Ability, usable only after reaching the Fifth Heaven of the King-Sealing Realm.
Watching the oncoming attack, Ning Wan raised a crystalline jade hand and gave a slight upward lift.
“Buzz!”
In that instant, space twisted beyond the extreme, and the Grand Capture Divine Ability simply drowned within it.
“You’re not at the King-Sealing Realm… Urk!”
Rong Qian’s face paled. She tried to activate Manifesting the Dharma Body, but a True Essence Greater Hand Seal, brimming with yin-yang power, seized her body, utterly immobilizing her.
“Impossible… How can this be…!”
Elder He, also clamped by a hand seal and trying to flee in panic, now had his eyes filled with overwhelming terror.
Both now understood: Purple Cloud Sect’s Sect Master Ning Wan was nothing like the facade she presented, a cultivator who’d merely entered the King-Sealing Realm.
This level of terrifying combat power meant she had likely already reached the Imperial Sovereign Realm—or even higher.
“Sect Master Ning… let’s talk this over!”
“As long as you’re willing… I’ll hand over the entire Snow Garment Pavilion. Just please, spare my life!”
As the True Essence hand seal slowly tightened, every bone in Rong Qian’s body cracked. She was already a mass of blood. Under the crushing terror of death, all pride vanished.
Sadly for her, Ning Wan merely glanced at her without expression and gently closed her outstretched hand.
Bang… Bang!
In a flash, the bodies of Rong Qian and Elder He exploded, splattering blood everywhere.
At some point, roaring flames erupted throughout the entire Main Hall, burning everything to ashes.
As for that enchanting figure, she had already vanished, as if she’d never been there at all.
