Chapter 291 The Melon King Who Asks for Trouble

Boom!

Lu Ye exploded!

A mind-free explosion that suddenly intensified the Fragrance of Dao Attainment.

But this was definitely not an explosion in vain.

The Celestial Lord Fist clashed head-on with the Invincible Sword Sect's ultimate move, "Sundering Heaven and Earth," sending the heavy sword flying high.

Grandmaster Wufeng was forced back hundreds of miles in one breath before stabilizing himself, his face flushing red as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Had Grandmaster Wufeng been in his right mind, he would have swallowed that blood.

After all, it was too humiliating.

He was a Divine Realm cultivator, a figure revered as a Grandmaster.

Yet, he had been forced to spit blood by someone in the Divine Realm.

Divine Realm, Domain Realm, Samsara Realm, Heaven and Earth Realm!

They were a full four realms apart—utterly absurd, beyond ridiculous.

Though he had blasted Lu Ye apart, blasting apart wasn’t the same as killing him.

With such a mighty strike...

Lin Chuyue appeared, swiftly gathering Lu Ye's blood mist. Damn, this time he was shattered so thoroughly—could he even recover?

She began sprinting away with Lu Ye's blood mist in tow.

"Roar!"

Grandmaster Wufeng let out a furious roar and gave chase.

Meanwhile, Lu Ye formed a cocoon-like structure, rapidly regenerating.

Two figures streaked through the void, one after the other.

Soon, they returned to the grand formation.

The formation activated.

Grandmaster Wufeng was instantly reduced to a charred corpse.

Meanwhile, the cocoon formed by Lu Ye began to crack, fissures spreading bit by bit.

In just over a quarter of an hour, Lu Ye emerged from the cocoon.

But it was clear—he was utterly exhausted.

"Thank you!" Lu Ye said to Lin Chuyue.

"No big deal. You're seriously strong!" Lin Chuyue couldn't help but marvel.

She even had a feeling that Lu Ye had far more tricks up his sleeve. His sword and fists had clashed head-on with Grandmaster Wufeng, barely dodging at all.

If he had used other methods, could this guy have actually fought evenly with a Heaven and Earth Realm expert?

"Strong yet beaten up like this?" Lu Ye laughed.

"It's different. You're only at the Divine Realm, while Wufeng Daoist has already reached the Heaven-Earth Realm, and he's no weakling among them."

"Opponents won’t care if you're at the Divine Realm or the Domain Realm. The Divine Realm won’t always face opponents of the same level, so it’s still not enough—still too weak."

How many times has the Fragrance of Enlightenment evaporated now?

Lu Ye carefully calculated.

Some parts of his body hadn’t completely shattered, so only a portion had evaporated.

Others had fully recovered.

So, by his count, it was roughly equivalent to eight times. That meant just one, or at most two more bodily shatterings, and the Fragrance of Enlightenment would vanish completely.

Finally, he was about to break free from the Fragrance of Enlightenment.

Lu Ye felt a surge of emotion—damn, it hadn’t been easy.

He still didn’t know what poison An Li had used.

Seven types in total.

Celestial Rigor Venom—Chu Ling.

Primordial Morning Mist—Yue Hongling.

Seed of Annihilation—Shangguan Huanling.

Lunar Marrow Worm—Bai Qiulan.

Fragrance of Enlightenment—Yin Qingcheng.

Lotus of Slaughter—Vermilion Bird.

Obsession of Samsara—Jiang Die.

So, only one remained.

Lu Ye couldn’t tell whether An Li had connected with the Source of Darkness after her rebirth or if she’d already been linked to it before.

If she’d had ties before rebirth, then his decision to drag the bystander Source of Darkness into a self-detonation hadn’t been wrong.

Of course, if she’d been connected before, the poison An Li used might also be the most terrifying.

Lu Ye genuinely couldn’t guess what it might be.

Because the toxins these women had gathered—like Obsession of Samsara—he never would’ve imagined such a thing could even be used as poison.

It was downright absurd.

What kind of grudge was this?!

Even the system didn’t know, and deduction yielded no results. It seemed he could only take things as they came—meet force with force, water with earth.

Lu Ye took out a large number of spirit stones and began recovering while cultivating.

The Divine Realm was still too weak.

Under Lu Ye's rapid cultivation, his realm began to rise swiftly.

Third Heaven.

Sun Ruowei kept her word—she said she would stay with Bai Qiulan and Yue Hongling, and so she did.

Bai Qiulan truly had no way to deal with Sun Ruowei.

The reason she treated Yue Hongling the way she did was because Yue Hongling could help her absorb the Chaos Venom. If Yue Hongling couldn’t assist her, she wouldn’t have acted against her.

What annoyed Bai Qiulan was that, despite Yue Hongling being capable of helping her absorb the Chaos Venom, how many times had she actually done so?

Yet Yue Hongling had repeatedly spoken harshly to her.

She was her master, after all!

Punishing such an unfilial disciple was hardly unreasonable.

But Sun Ruowei…

Sun Ruowei couldn’t help her absorb the Chaos Venom.

Moreover, she had practically grown up with Sun Ruowei—they were genuine, close friends with no ulterior motives between them.

Especially since Sun Ruowei had always stood on her side.

If Lu Ye treated her poorly, Sun Ruowei would scold him.

She truly regarded her as her best friend.

Bai Qiulan didn’t want to lose her only friend either, so she had no choice but to let her tag along.

However, it was true—after Sun Ruowei started accompanying her, Bai Qiulan felt her mood improve significantly.

Sun Ruowei talked endlessly, constantly chattering away, occasionally dropping gossip from the Second Heaven. Before she knew it, Sun Ruowei had also gathered a pile of rumors from the Third Heaven.

Though she often tried to fish for information from Bai Qiulan, in front of her, Sun Ruowei was still too inexperienced.

Her cultivation continued to rise steadily.

With Yue Hongling around, she hadn’t suffered the agony of Chaos Venom in a long time.

"The master has already said that what I’m doing is for your own good. Look, now when you help me absorb the Chaos Venom, it’s nothing like before—no longer unbearable torment."

"Even when covered in frost, you remain unfazed."

Bai Qiulan spoke earnestly to Yue Hongling.

Yue Hongling sat expressionless across from her, listening as Bai Qiulan rambled on.

Sun Ruowei entered.

Yue Hongling’s blank expression suddenly became animated.

Bai Qiulan also smiled warmly at Sun Ruowei. "Your realm has improved again?"

"Yep! The gossip in the Third Heaven is way juicier. Have you heard about the Listening Rain Pavilion?"

Bai Qiulan nodded lightly, while Yue Hongling also looked curious.

"Good heavens, the master of the Listening Rain Pavilion actually likes men! I heard every true disciple has to undergo a mysterious ritual with him. And that ritual, eww... can't even look, can't even look. Tell me, what can two men even do?"

Bai Qiulan froze.

Two men...

She suddenly thought of Lu Ye and herself in their past life.

She couldn't help but tense up slightly.

"Men probably have their own ways of playing..."

"What's there to play with?"

Bai Qiulan...

She seemed to know.

But she couldn't say it—after all, that kind of thing isn't easily accepted by the general public.

Lu Ye only treated her that way because her figure was too exaggerated. From what the others said, Lu Ye had never done that with them. They had even curiously asked her how it felt.

"Have you actually tried it?" Sun Ruowei suddenly asked.

"No, no..."

Bai Qiulan was startled and hurriedly denied it. She absolutely couldn't admit it—that would be the end of her.

But Sun Ruowei's gaze shifted to Yue Hongling's face.

"Hong Ling, why do you also look like you're about to shake your head?"