Chapter 52: The True Mother

Shen Qingli's gaze didn't linger here; she looked toward the depths of the Shen clan.

There, a particularly dazzling golden light...

"Child."

A hoarse, gentle voice came from the golden light.

Shen Qingli's pupils flickered.

"It's time to wake up."

The voice sounded as if it had pierced through time and space, shaking her sea of consciousness.

She jerked her eyes open, but her breath was filled with the smell of blood?

"This is..."

After touching her philtrum, Shen Qingli realized she had a nosebleed.

The reason was simple: she had "absorbed" power, overdoing it.

Fortunately that voice woke her; otherwise she would have absorbed herself to explosion.

Shen Qingli, who immediately began to regulate her breath, found the spiritual energy in her sea of consciousness excessively abundant!

"Has the space been upgraded?"

With a stir of her heart and mind, Shen Qingli already appeared inside the space.

The green land that had appeared before had increased tenfold in area!

What delighted Shen Qingli most was that the fusang tree bore fruit again—three of them!

Of course, the fusang tree had also grown three times taller than before, becoming much larger, with lush branches and leaves.

"This is..."

Shen Qingli saw that beneath the fusang tree there was now a patch of five-colored grass; she immediately crouched down to examine it.

A line of text indeed surfaced again in her mind.

"Five Elements Immortal Herb!"

Shen Qingli's eyes lit up!

Because this is fully matured, a thousand-year-old Five Elements Immortal Herb, the main ingredient for refining Imperial Pills.

Her father had previously taken an Imperial Pill to help her, but hadn't digested it properly before rushing into battle, causing his realm to become unstable; he is currently stuck at the Half-Step Profound Emperor stage, unable to fully enter the Emperor Realm.

No one mentioned this, Shen Kuo himself didn't care, but Shen Qingli has always kept it in mind.

"I can't yet refine Imperial Pills, but Father is already a Half-Step Profound Emperor; these Five Elements Immortal Herbs are of superb quality—if he takes them directly, they should stabilize his realm." Shen Qingli decided, plucked one, and planned to give it to Shen Kuo after leaving.

"The spiritual energy in the space is much richer than before; cultivating here for one day equals cultivating outside for one year, plus the one-month-equals-one-day time difference. My one day of cultivation equals thirty years for others." Shen Qingli was astonished!

Her cultivation speed was already fast, and the space gave her such excellent conditions—this rebirth truly wasn't wasted; it really was hardship turning to sweetness.

Moreover, judging from the fact that the space has already been upgraded twice, it should be able to upgrade further, and will continuously provide her with precious medicinal materials on its own.

"Huh, is this... a Phoenix Pill?"

Shen Qingli realized she had also overlooked the last line of text sent into her mind just now.

This time, not only were spiritual herbs given, but she was also given a Phoenix Pill!

"For Xi Xi."

Shen Qingli held the Phoenix Pill, her eyes shining brightly.

The chick was originally a fire phoenix hatchling; after taking the Phoenix Pill, it can live for a thousand years, equivalent to a juvenile fire phoenix, at least possessing Emperor-level combat power! In the Xuanti Continent she is outright invincible.

Even if she goes to the Changshui Shen Clan and the world where the Shen clan resides, she now has the ability to protect herself.

"This trip to Star Symbol Mountain was a great gain."

Shen Qingli was very satisfied with this harvest; after all, her Immortal-Demon Transformation had unknowingly broken through the third level.

Actually, the secret of the third level is: "Determination."

Firm will—what does it matter if one is immortal or demonic?

There is no immortal, no demon, only power, and only the one who wields it.

In the primordial chaos, there was no distinction between immortal and demon; people distinguished good from evil, and thus the immortal and demon arose.

Only those with an unsettled heart will, after gaining great power, commit unforgivable atrocities.

Therefore power itself has no good or evil; the distinction of good and evil always lies in people!

"I didn't expect it to go so smoothly."

Shen Qingli also didn't expect that the principle she had understood in her past life was actually the third-level secret of the Immortal-Demon Transformation; her unconscious choice in Star Symbol Mountain not only earned her the favor of dark power, but also allowed her to smoothly break through the third level.

Now she is a Three Cultivations Profound King.

Next, she can aim to break through the Profound Sect.

"Although she is still only a Profound King Realm cultivator, Zhao Yue and the others are clearly no match for her."

Shen Qingli is very satisfied with her solid realm; she can now even refine fifth-grade pills.

Because her spiritual power realm is already not inferior to that of Peak Master Xu.

Her combat power can completely trounce ordinary Profound Sect experts; even a Profound Venerable is not beyond a fight.

"No wonder they say demonic cultivators have overwhelming strength—indeed." Shen Qingli felt the abundant power, confidence overflowing.

However, the precondition for this bountiful harvest is still to thank that person from the Changshui Shen Clan; I don't even know who she is.

That warm, gentle feeling—perhaps that is what a true mother is like.

"We can now set off for the Shen clan."

"Su Chacha, you really are a troublemaker."

Shen Qingli simply can't figure out how Su Chacha could appear in the ancestral hall of the Changshui Shen Clan.

Something must have happened that neither she nor her father knows about; she needs to go take a look.

And Su Chacha, whom she kept thinking about, has now cried herself into a tearful state.

"Is there something I did wrong that made the ancestors angry?"

Su Chacha doesn't understand; we've already come this far, how could there still be a mishap?

"Maybe the phoenix clan blood in your veins is too thin." Shen Yuan could only comfort her like that.

Shen Duo seemed deep in thought, and then looked toward all the fallen spirit tablets, as well as the depths of the ancestral land.

Just moments ago, he could faintly sense movement in the ancestral land.

"Don't cry, like this! Uncle will decide, give you the clan's golden phoenix blood. After you drink it, you will surely awaken your bloodline and become more closely connected to our clan." Shen Yuan said decisively.

Shen Duo frowned, "This matter is not urgent for now."

Su Chacha also didn't speak, just kept crying.

Shen Yuan's heart ached, "Fourth brother, just leave it like that; we only have this little girl."

"That golden phoenix blood is precious, but the little girl is already so pitiful; giving her some wouldn't hurt."

"Or we wait until the seventh returns to speak." Shen Duo asked, "Where is he? I'll go fetch him."

Upon hearing that, Su Chacha's heart gave a "thump", and she immediately came up with a vicious plan.

Thus, before Shen Duo could leave, the Mysterious Envoy on this side received Su Chacha's request.

"Kill Shen Kuo?" The Mysterious Envoy glanced at Su Chacha in surprise.

"Not bad. If I don't kill him, my identity cannot be substantiated."

Having come this far, Su Chacha doesn't want all her efforts to go to waste.

"If he doesn't die, the senior brother's plan cannot be completed." Su Chacha clearly understood Pei Jianshu's purpose in using her.

Thus, she continued speaking, "The Shen family, up and down, still doesn't want me to marry; I've already sent a letter to my master, asking her to come."

"By then, she will say that I and Shen Qingli are twins, my plight will make the Shen family more sympathetic, I will stay, and the senior brother will marry the senior sister, achieving both goals."

"Has Zhao Yue agreed?" the Mysterious Envoy thought, these people's limits truly surpass his comprehension. However, the young master will likely agree. The young master is already somewhat demonic; anything that lets him smoothly marry Shen Qingli, he will do!

"Of course, my master dotes on me the most." Su Chacha appeared to have the pearl of wisdom in her grasp, but her little schemes are not as she said; she is determined to marry the senior brother!

As for Shen Qingli, with Shen Kuo dead, Shen Qingli naturally must die too!

But she didn't know that Shen Qingli, having left Star Xiang Mountain, was already rushing toward the Changshui Shen clan.