Chapter 003: Heavenly Zombie Poison

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Yue Hongling clutched her slender and graceful neck, which was truly a swan-like neck.

Her legs were long and straight, her arms were agile and fair, and her neck was round and well-proportioned.

But now, there was a clearly visible purplish-red handprint on her neck, a shocking sight.

Yue Hongling gasped for breath like a dying fish.

It took a full minute or two before she finally recovered.

Tears like pearls kept falling. She had come to Lu Ye with such fury, only to be treated like this—how could she endure it?

In the past, if she had kicked down a door, Lu Ye would have at most punished her by making her help him fix it.

Not like this now...

Why did he treat her this way, just over two doors?

Moreover, she was his junior sister, and in a past life, she had been his dao companion, his lover.

Even if she had harmed him a bit, could all their affection just vanish like that?

She wouldn’t fix this door, she just wouldn’t believe...

Lu Ye’s cold, murderous gaze flashed through her mind.

"Hmph, fine, I’ll do it!"

With anger, Yue Hongling started fixing the door.

Lu Ye ran to a secluded place, a spot he had discovered and liked for cultivation. The scenery was beautiful, and although the spiritual energy concentration was average, it was enough to make him feel at ease and speed up his cultivation.

However, a woman in a white dress, with her hair neatly tied, was already waiting there.

The wind blew her long skirt, outlining her stunning figure.

Lu Ye...

Damn, too familiar. He couldn’t stay in the Great Dao Sect any longer. He needed to find a chance to leave the mountain!

But since they had met.

"Greetings, Master." Lu Ye composed himself and bowed.

This was his master, Bai Qiulan.

Well... alright, he was indeed a bit of a beast, this too.

Bai Qiulan turned to look at Lu Ye, "Why do you only have one life?"

She also asked this question.

"Master, it’s because I was not skilled enough in my cultivation. In my pursuit of a breakthrough, I merged my nine lives into one, so now I only have one life," Lu Ye replied with a smile.

Bai Qiulan’s eyes finally showed understanding.

So that’s how it was.

Then everything makes sense.

"Since I have found a way to suppress the Chaos Yin force, let's treat the events of the previous life as a dream. They must never happen again. If you harbor any ill intentions, I will not hesitate to cleanse the sect," Bai Qiulan said coldly.

"Your disciple will remember!"

Bai Qiulan left.

Graceful and elegant, with skin as white as snow and eyes like autumn water.

The Chaos Yin force is extremely cold and icy, and the Chaos Venom it forms can cause excruciating pain.

However, when used to nourish women, it can indeed make them extremely beautiful and soft.

But Master, are you sure you've found a way to suppress the Yin force?

If I hadn't used the Yin-Yang Transfer Technique to transfer the Chaos Venom to myself, are you sure you could have endured it?

There are only three women in the sect who have any connection with me, and now two of them are dealt with. As for Yue Hongling, just leave her be.

He can finally cultivate.

He went to his usual spot.

And began to cultivate.

"Old friend, are you still there?"

"Ding, I'm here!"

A panel blossomed in Lu Ye's mind, an auxiliary cultivation panel with only three options.

1. Cultivate.

2. Deduce.

3. Enlightenment.

"What, no need for energy anymore?" Lu Ye asked curiously.

"Ding, I've become the Heavenly Dao, what energy would I need?" the system retorted.

"That's true, but becoming the Heavenly Dao is quite ruthless, directly condensing the Eternal Tribulation for me, is it necessary?" Lu Ye laughed.

"Ding, it is necessary! You are my host, I must arrange the strongest for you!"

"Thank you!"

"Ding, you're welcome!"

Lu Ye chuckled, realizing that even after transmigrating here, there was still something accompanying him in the end.

"Begin cultivation!"

"Ding, initiating cultivation!"

The cultivation technique naturally remained unchanged, still the "Nine Lives Immortal Scripture," a scripture created by the Nine Lives Emperor, a man of unparalleled talent who authored his own heavenly scripture.

But Lu Ye was even more impressive, extending this scripture to heights beyond its original scope, breaking through the Emperor realm to the level of the Celestial Lord.

The first layer of heaven is the weakest world, with realms divided into Postnatal, Innate, Qi Gathering, Core, Infant Breaking, Void Refining, and Dao Union.

The first two realms are mundane realms, and generally, entering a cultivation sect starts directly from Qi Gathering, especially in the Great Dao Sect, the top sect of the first layer of heaven.

In the Great Dao Sect.

Completing Qi Gathering in three months is considered a prodigy, while completing it in half a year is just passing.

Because the spiritual energy in the Great Dao Sect is too dense, even a pig left here for long might become a spiritual pig.

Now, counting the days, Lu Ye has just entered the Great Dao Sect for a month and is currently at the fifth layer of Qi Gathering.

And now?

As time flies, day and night.

In two days, Lu Ye broke through to the sixth layer of Qi Gathering.

In five days, he broke through to the seventh layer.

In eleven days, he broke through to the eighth layer.

In fifteen days, he broke through to the ninth layer.

Moreover, his true qi is abundant and condensed, with a solid foundation, even stronger than in his previous life.

In his previous life, he spent two months and four days to complete the Qi Gathering cultivation, astonishing the Great Dao Sect and being listed as a key cultivation target.

Originally, they wanted him to directly become a disciple of a Supreme Elder, but Lu Ye refused.

Soon, he completed Qi Gathering.

Actually, he could break through to the tenth, eleventh, twelfth layers...

In his previous life, Lu Ye was like this, pushing himself to the eighteenth layer of Qi Gathering before choosing to use the Perfect Recovery Pill to assist, ultimately forming a Heavenly Core.

Cores are divided into one to nine stars, with Earth rank above nine stars, Heavenly rank above Earth rank, and Saint rank above Heavenly rank.

Competition!

All these divisions originate from the competition of various eras.

Lu Ye could have also condensed a Saint Core.

However, at that time, he was forming his core together with Yue Hongling, and there was only one Perfect Recovery Pill, which Lu Ye gave to Yue Hongling.

Lu Ye did not stop, choosing to continue cultivating. With his talent and the knowledge from his previous life, he did not need any pills to assist in core formation.

"Gather!"

The Core began to take shape within his body.

Suddenly, more than half of Lu Ye's true qi solidified, with only half participating in core formation.

Lu Ye was slightly startled.

He decisively interrupted the core formation.

"Pfft!"

A mouthful of blood spurted out, and Lu Ye's aura became feeble.

"What is this?" Lu Ye frowned.

"Ding, Celestial Rigor Venom," the system replied.

"Celestial Rigor Venom..."

Lu Ye's mouth twitched. Fine, so they really want me dead.

He couldn't even imagine what a delightful scene it would be if, while fully engaged in overcoming the ancient tribulation and battling past powerhouses, his strength suddenly became half rigid.

It was those women who poisoned him.

Now Lu Ye understood why those women were so curious about him having nine lives but only living one.

They were aiming to kill him nine times.

Damn, what kind of deep hatred is this?

People say one day as husband and wife brings a hundred days of kindness, and a hundred days of marriage is as deep as the sea.

"Deduce!"

"Ding, deduction begins!"

Lu Ye knew about Celestial Rigor, a powerful existence, a Celestial Lord who failed to live a second life and turned into a rigor after death.

"One-time? Rule-based? Forever rigidifying half of the energy?"

There were ways to break it, but none that Lu Ye could accomplish now.

Fortunately, he was currently in the Qi Gathering Realm!

Half of his Qi, he could do without, but it was blocking his meridians, making him very uncomfortable.

A feasible method was deduced!

Lu Ye looked at this method and frowned.

Breaking through to the Primordial Core Realm, altering the structure of Qi, transforming Qi into True Essence, and the rule-based rigor venom would naturally dissolve.

But with only half of his Qi available, the Core he could form would likely barely reach the Earth Core level.

Hmm?

Got it!

He could use the Perfect Recovery Pill!