Chapter 122

On the other side, the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

Bai Yuan sat cross-legged above the clearly demarcated milky-white and crimson hot spring.

At this moment, he entered a cultivation state.

Bai Yuan intends to reach the Golden Core stage before setting out to find the Abyss Holy Lord!

That's right, it's his own breakthrough to the Golden Core stage.

It is not relying on disciples to increase his cultivation.

To ensure this breakthrough proceeds smoothly, Bai Yuan also had Bai Yu collect the primordial yin of the Snow Emperor, Ice Emperor, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji for dual cultivation to aid the breakthrough.

You should know that these women are at least at the late Golden Core stage; dual cultivating with Bai Yuan, whose cultivation is at perfected Foundation Establishment, even just once, yields tremendous results.

After all, each woman possesses only a single strand of primordial yin.

As for Gu Yue Na's primordial yin, Bai Yuan currently has no plans to use it.

As a half-step God King–level expert, equivalent to a half-step God Transformation stage, her primordial yin is merely used to break through to the Golden Core stage, which seems somewhat wasteful.

Therefore, Bai Yuan plans to use it when breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Furthermore, he does not intend to extract the primordial yin of Bai Yu, Snow Emperor, Mu Junwu, Wang Qiu'er, and others for external use, as he did before.

At this time, while Bai Yuan strives to break through, numerous ferocious beasts and his disciples gather beside the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Eye, silently watching.

Nowadays, after his return, all the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest have become Bai Yuan's disciples; they sincerely paid homage to him as their teacher, and even Di Tian is no exception.

Moreover, the Ice Emperor now appears as if nothing happened, quietly standing beside the Snow Emperor without a word, gazing at her exquisite, picture-perfect profile.

"Ice'er, I've said I like Master Father; I want to marry her as well. Won't you give up?" the Snow Emperor finally could not help but say.

The Ice Emperor nodded and said, "Sister, I have given up. I feel my previous demands were excessive; I only need to stay by your side forever, without needing you to acknowledge my identity."

The Snow Emperor was momentarily at a loss for how to respond.

At this moment, the Ice Emperor instead looked cheerfully toward Wang Qiu'er.

She asked, "Senior Sister Wang Qiu'er, just how many years of cultivation do you have?"

Actually, the Ice Emperor remains curious about Wang Qiu'er's strength, given that in their previous battle her cultivation was suppressed, resulting in a one-sided rout.

Nevertheless, this also makes the Ice Emperor somewhat resentful.

Wang Qiu'er can already take human form, which at the very least indicates she possesses the cultivation of a ferocious beast.

As for auspicious beasts, they can assume human form without needing ferocious-beast cultivation.

Both the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor are unaware of this.

As for the Form-Shaping Pellet, they have never heard of it.

Wang Qiu'er gazed at Bai Yuan, who sat cross-legged in midair, silent, as if still feeling jealous, recalling how after her fight she lost her position.

Thus, until the Ice Emperor tapped her shoulder, Wang Qiu'er snapped back to reality and replied, "You asked me how many years of cultivation I have?"

The Ice Emperor lightly nodded.

The Snow Emperor also glanced over, a little curious.

Those beasts that knew the inside story now wore strange expressions.

Wang Qiu'er's golden eyes flickered with thought as she said, "If you're asking about my cultivation, it's late Foundation Establishment; but if you're asking about my age, I am now five years old."

Ice Emperor:???

Snow Emperor:???

At this moment, both of them suspected they were experiencing auditory hallucinations.

Late Foundation Establishment, and she's five years old?

Not even a ten-year soul beast?

What an absurd, ridiculous situation!

The Ice Emperor said, "Senior Sister Wang Qiu'er, I didn't hear you clearly—are you saying you haven't even turned five yet?"

Wang Qiu'er lightly nodded.

The Ice Emperor was utterly dumbfounded.

Even if the Snow Emperor learns this answer, her heart cannot calm; she feels it's unbelievable, as if the world is too illusory.

Wang Qiu'er pays no heed to the reactions of the Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor; she turns her gaze back to Bai Yuan, looking at him with resentful eyes.

Thus the sky shifted from dark to light, then back to dark.

Bai Yuan finally broke through and entered the Golden Core stage.

At this moment he sensed the half-black, half-white "golden core" within him, feeling immense emotion and a sense of accomplishment.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, on reaching the Golden Core stage!"

"Reward: bound disciple limit increased by seven, 100,000 Virtue Points."

Without hesitation, Bai Yuan immediately bound the ferocious beast disciples he had previously selected.

With a thought, Bai Yuan opened his attribute panel.

【Host: Bai Yuan】

【Cultivation: Early Golden Core Stage】

【Item: Earth Foundation of the Five Elements Grand Formation ×1】

【Special: Senior Alchemist, Senior Formation Master, Senior Refiner, Senior Talisman Master】

【Disciple Count: 1057】

【Bound Disciples: Bai Yu, Wang Qiu'er, Mu Junwu, Di Tian, Snow Emperor, Ice Emperor, Bi Ji, King of Ten Thousand Monsters, Bear Lord, Zi Ji (Current bound limit: 10) (When a bound disciple advances, the host's cultivation increases by the same amount.)】

【Virtue Points: 824,000】

【Shop: Click to open】

Current Task 1: Refine the Nascent Soul Pill, Reward: Grandmaster-level Alchemy Technique, 1,000,000 Cultivation Merit Points.

Current Task 2: Breakthrough to Nascent Soul, Reward: increase disciple cap by *36, one million teacher virtue points.

Current Task 3: Create the Immortal Realm (cultivators live in the Immortal Realm, lifespan will increase dramatically), Reward: the most needed treasure chest *1, ten million teacher virtue points.

"824,000 teacher virtue points? There are no tasks worth 100,000 teacher virtue points left; only the one‑million teacher virtue point task can be completed to exchange for the final Golden Array Base."

Bai Yuan stared at his attribute panel, muttering to himself while pondering what to do next.

"Among these three tasks, the easiest is to forge the Nascent Soul Pill, but on Douluo Continent there are no materials for forging a Nascent Soul Pill."

Bai Yuan couldn't help but frown.

The Nascent Soul stage on Douluo Continent corresponds to Divine level.

Crafting Divine‑level elixirs naturally requires Divine‑grade herbs as the main ingredient.

But where on Douluo Continent can one find Divine‑grade herbs?

"Fine, let's see if we can rely on Na'er's Yuan Yin to break through to Nascent Soul later!" Bai Yuan decided, pulling his thoughts back to reality.

At that moment, Bai Yu didn't want her master to rest even for a second; she came to Bai Yuan's side and signaled him to pick her up.

Instinctively, Bai Yuan lifted Bai Yu with one hand, and what caught his eye were Wang Qiuer's large, beautiful yet sorrowful golden eyes.

Bai Yuan reached out his hand toward the gold‑eyed girl.

Wang Qiuer beamed with a delighted smile as she stepped forward, trying to embrace him again.

But at that moment, Gu Yue Na's figure suddenly appeared; she glanced at Wang Qiuer and Bai Yuan and said, "Di Tian has already taken the Title Douluo of the Spirit Hall and rushed overseas."

At this point, Bai Yuan had already handed the "Item Search Guide" to Di Tian, who will lead the top human and Soul Beast elites to encircle the Abyss Saint.

Bai Yuan reached out, clasped Gu Yue Na's slender waist with a gentle grip, and said with a smile, "Na'er, let's set off soon!"

Gu Yue Na nodded in agreement.

Wang Qiuer's gaze turned mournful once again.

She looked at Bai Yuan and said, "Master Father, you no longer love Qiuer."

(End of chapter)