Stronger with Crimson Modifier

"Ling’Er, you come from Tai Ze Lake. You must know the situation there quite well, right?"

Wang Zhiyuan turned his head, his gaze resting on Jin Ling’Er. His voice held a hint of anticipation.

At his words, Jin Ling’Er gently shook her head.

"With my previous Cultivation, I was just a Little Demon in Tai Ze Lake. I only stayed on the outskirts; I’ve never been to the deeper areas."

Thanks to Songling Zi, Wang Zhiyuan had long since learned her true identity.

Yet, it hadn’t affected their relationship.

The two continued to practice their Cultivation, adventure, and slay demons together, as if nothing had changed.

However, what bothered her was that all of this was unfolding exactly as her "big brother" had predicted.

As a result, while their relationship seemed unchanged on the surface, it never progressed any further.

During this time, Wang Zhiyuan had also met all sorts of different women.

Female Cultivators from his Sect, for instance.

Helpless young orphan girls, Cultured Courtesans with tragic pasts...

These women, to one degree or another, all developed feelings for Wang Zhiyuan.

And Wang Zhiyuan welcomed all of their advances.

For a young master of the Wang Family like Wang Zhiyuan, it was perfectly normal for a man to have multiple wives and concubines.

Especially for a Nascent Element Realm Cultivator like him, who could live for several hundred years.

"Ling’Er, do you think I shouldn’t have killed it?"

Noticing the change in Jin Ling’Er’s expression, Wang Zhiyuan glanced at the Tiger Demon’s corpse on the ground.

"This demon has tasted human blood. It would have inevitably become a bloodthirsty killer..."

"No. Whatever you do, Young Master, I will support you."

Jin Ling’Er smiled faintly, interrupting Wang Zhiyuan.

Seeing this, Wang Zhiyuan sighed softly.

Although he had met countless women of all kinds, he was most fond of Jin Ling’Er.

He felt a special kind of affection for her.

"Since we’re going to Tai Ze Lake, we can stop by and see your two older brothers on the way!"

A thought suddenly occurred to Wang Zhiyuan, and he spoke.

"Okay! It’s been a few years since I’ve seen them, too."

Jin Ling’Er’s expression returned to normal.

"But before that, I need to find a place to enter seclusion for a while," Wang Zhiyuan said.

"Young Master, are you about to have another breakthrough?"

Jin Ling’Er paused, a sudden thought occurring to her.

She was already well aware of the speed of Wang Zhiyuan’s Cultivation, but breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm this quickly still came as a surprise.

"That’s right! I can feel the bottleneck loosening. I think I can attempt a breakthrough!"

Wang Zhiyuan said with a casual smile.

...

The second day of the second month: the day the dragon raises its head.

The sky was overcast, and a fine, silken rain began to fall.

High above Tai Lake County,

nine figures materialized silently above the cloud layer,

their gazes like torches, peering down at the vast expanse of Tai Ze Lake below.

"I’ll be counting on all of you for this,"

the man in the lead spoke.

He was none other than the Sect Leader of Taiqing Palace, Yuqing Zi.

The others were the Head of the Celestial Righteous Institute and the Abbot of Jue’an Temple,

along with several Divinity Transformation Realm Elders from the Three Great Immortal Sects.

"Amitabha. Rest assured, fellow Daoist. Wang Zhiyuan’s opportunity is destined by fate. No one can steal it from him."

The speaker was the Abbot of Jue’an Temple.

He was a handsome Young Man with refined features, looking to be only in his twenties or thirties.

He now stood with his palms pressed together, speaking slowly.

"Indeed. With our Three Great Immortal Sects joining forces, those old fossils who are just clinging to life won’t dare to show their faces!"

The Head of the Celestial Righteous Institute had a placid expression, his voice laced with confidence and composure.

He was a refined-looking middle-aged man with a lustrous Jade Token hanging from his waist, exuding an extraordinary air.

"Excellent! Rest assured, once this is done, I will not shortchange either of you on what was promised!"

Yuqing Zi nodded.

"Not at all. As members of the Three Great Immortal Sects, it’s only natural that we stand united!"

At his words, the young monk and the middle-aged scholar exchanged a look and chuckled.

Yuqing Zi’s expression remained impassive,

but inwardly, he sneered.

The River-Devouring Demon Monarch’s thousand-year birthday celebration was about to begin.

It had attracted the attention not only of the Demon Race, but also of the Three Great Immortal Sects and a number of reclusive old monsters.

The birthday of a mere Nascent Soul Realm Demon Monarch would not normally warrant such attention.

This time, however, was different.

A rumor—from who, no one knew—had begun to spread:

that deep within Tai Ze Lake lay a Dragon Transformation Spring, and that it contained a wisp of Immortal Energy.

And that the Dragon Transformation Spring would appear on the day of the River-Devouring Demon Monarch’s celebration.

This news had spread through nearly every Immortal Sect and the entire Demon Race.

Immortal Energy!

To any Cultivator or demon in this world, it was an irresistible temptation.

If one could obtain this wisp of Immortal Energy,

it might be possible to achieve Ascension to Immortality directly.

Achieving Ascension to Immortality after passing the Immortal Tribulation, versus passing the Immortal Tribulation *after* ascending—the two were worlds apart.

The former carried an extremely high risk of death, while the latter was virtually risk-free.

Although everyone knew this wisp of Immortal Energy was already spoken for,

the opportunity to achieve the great Dao was right before their eyes.

No one was willing to give it up so easily.

Thanks to the increased Lifespan granted in the Late Stage of Cultivation, supplemented by various Life-Extending Elixirs, breaking through to the Divinity Transformation Realm was difficult, but after several millennia of accumulation, there was no small number of old monsters who had reached Divinity Transformation Peak and were on the verge of a breakthrough.

These old-timers, fearing the power of the Immortal Tribulation, usually remained in seclusion.

But now, having learned of the Immortal Energy’s existence,

they had all become restless.

Even at the risk of offending the Three Great Immortal Sects,

it was inevitable that some of these old monsters would take the risk and try to seize it.

This was especially true for the Great Saints of the Demon Race.

For them,

achieving Ascension to Immortality by passing the tribulation was simply impossible.

But if they didn’t ascend, they could only watch helplessly as their Lifespan withered away and they died of old age.

Compared to that fate,

seizing this wisp of Immortal Energy to ascend had undoubtedly become their last resort.

And their only option.

Therefore, after the news got out,

within the Cangzhou Realm,

from the Celestial Mist Mountain Range, the Void Plains, the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, and beyond—nearly every Divinity Transformation Demon Saint had converged on this very place.

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