479: I came here to help my senior sister.

Yao Delong stepped out of the fragrant boudoir, and the cool morning air, carrying the unique watery mist and clear Qi of Spirit Water Peak, rushed toward him.

"Next... it's time to pay a visit to that Senior Sister Cang, who has just made a Breakthrough to Soul Transformation and whose Realm still needs to be stabilized."

A hint of deep meaning flashed in his eyes, and with a sway of his body, he transformed into an elusive pale gold shadow.

He silently glided toward the colder area deep within Spirit Water Peak, where the Spiritual Qi was denser and more majestic—the exclusive residential area for True Disciples!

A courtyard built against a cliffside with a flowing Jasper Cold Spring waterfall was quiet and secluded. A mist-like barrier shimmered with a hazy glow.

Yao Delong had just stopped before the stone steps outside the courtyard.

The tightly closed black jade courtyard gate, engraved with complex spirit-gathering water patterns, slid open inward without a sound.

A voice, cold and clear but with a slight turbulence and instability of Qi typical of one who had just entered Soul Transformation...

...yet still as serene as a ten-thousand-year-old snowy stream, came from deep within the courtyard:

"Junior Brother Yao?"

"So eager to visit my humble abode? Come in."

Yao Delong's lips curled slightly, and without hesitation, he stepped inside.

Inside the courtyard, the cold springs gathered into several small, clear ponds. Amidst the swirling white mist...

...a beautiful and extraordinary figure sat cross-legged on a natural green jade platform in the center of a cold pond.

It was none other than Cang Yunyao, who had recently undergone the baptism of the Soul Transformation Heavenly Tribulation!

Her surrounding aura was clearly more profound and vast than before she underwent tribulation, faintly resonating at a deeper level with the water-element Spiritual Qi of this world.

However, that power seemed to be undergoing its final settling and refinement, appearing not quite harmonious yet.

When Yao Delong's figure was fully revealed before her eyes... Cang Yunyao's phoenix eyes, which looked like condensed deep water from a cold pool, suddenly widened!

The layer of cold indifference that usually covered her face was shattered as if struck hard by an invisible giant hammer!

"Mid... Mid-stage Soul Transformation?!"

There was an unmaskable shock and disbelief in her voice!

"My good—brother!" She suddenly stood up. As her ice-patterned black gauze dharma robe slipped, her straight jade legs were breathtakingly startling.

In one step, she reached Yao Delong. A plump, warm, and soft fragrance instantly enveloped him.

Her slender, lily-like fingers poked his chest with incredible strength:

"Good brother! You didn't happen to swallow some Heaven-Defying Immortal Pill from the Dao Lord's treasury, did you?

For a treasure like that, which can instantly break through the Soul Transformation barrier while keeping the Foundation stable, shouldn't you share one with your sister to try?"

Her phoenix eyes blazed with scrutiny, curiosity, and playfulness, but deeper within was an unmaskable fervor!

This kid definitely has a monumental Opportunity on him!

Yao Delong rubbed the bridge of his high nose, a perfectly timed look of helplessness appearing on his face:

"Senior Sister, please understand. The reason I can stand here alive and well..."

"...is entirely thanks to Martial Uncle Dan using his supreme Divine Ability to suppress and expel the Origin Devilish Qi left by that Mad Extreme Demon Lord a few days ago... Thanks to that Devilish Qi, I survived a brush with death and caught a glimpse of an Opportunity to break through the barrier."

He deliberately mentioned Dan Chenzi, implying external assistance and pointing out that this Opportunity was extraordinary and difficult to replicate.

Cang Yunyao's beautiful eyes flickered, instantly understanding the danger and non-replicability of it.

However, the surprise and fervor in her eyes didn't fade at all; instead, they transformed into an even more soul-stirring charm.

She smiled enchantingly, her pink tongue lightly licking her moist, full red lips. Her plump and proud body leaned in almost overbearingly.

She breathed like an orchid: "No matter how you got it... this 'surprise' has my heart thumping wildly.

Tell me, why did you barge into your sister's boudoir before the sun is even fully up... which 'treasure' on my body are you after?"

The ambiguity in her tone and the deliberate emphasis on the word "treasure,"

coupled with her lazy, just-woken-up appearance that added to her seductive charm, was enough to make any man lose his composure.

Yao Delong's heart skipped a beat, but he forcibly stabilized his Qi Sea's rosy wheel, which had been momentarily stirred.

He put on a solemn face, and with a flash of spiritual light from his palm, an object appeared.

It was neither weapon nor blade, but a crystal treasure pearl as large as a goose egg, translucent blue like the heart of a glacier...

...with a liquid starlight river seemingly sealed inside, slowly rotating—the "Nine-Revolution Heavenly River Star-Containing Pearl"!

As soon as the pearl appeared, the dense water spirits in the entire Secret Chamber surged and gathered as if worshipping a deity!

It even faintly suppressed Cang Yunyao's newly formed Soul Transformation Weak Water!

"I have come specifically to congratulate Senior Sister Yunyao on ascending to Soul Transformation, adding another stage to your path of longevity."

Yao Delong's voice was steady, without a hint of emotion.

The soul-stirring smile on Cang Yunyao's face suddenly froze!

Even as a True Disciple with a deep background, she had a few treasures of her own.

But a water-element spirit-containing treasure capable of resonating with such vast and pure water essence, whose grade must have reached the very Peak of a mid-grade heavenly artifact?!

Such a thing would be extremely rare even in her Revered Master's treasury! This kid... She gasped, her ice-like gaze turning completely serious, with a hint of gravity deep within:

"Brother... this gift is too heavy!" Even she didn't dare to accept it as lightly as her previous teasing.

"This item is perfectly suited for the Three Thousand Weak Water Origin Great Dao that Senior Sister cultivates."

Yao Delong gently pushed the Heavenly River Star-Containing Pearl, letting it float in the void before Cang Yunyao, his tone brook no argument:

"Consider it a token of my regard. Senior Sister has just entered Soul Transformation,"

"This pearl nourishes the Divine Sense, tempers the water element, and protects the apertures; its uses are endless."

The Nine-Revolution Heavenly River Star-Containing Pearl rotated quietly, emitting a soft starlight and icy blue divine light that intertwined...

...complementing Cang Yunyao's incomparably bright and beautiful face.

She gazed at the treasure for several breaths, then suddenly broke into a smile. This time, the smile lacked any deliberate flirtatiousness.

It was purely a warmth from the heart and an imperceptible flutter of emotion.

"Good brother... I will remember this great kindness of yours..."

She reached out, a wisp of icy blue cold Qi swirling around her fingertips, as she carefully took the Star-Containing Pearl.

The moment she touched it, a surge of pure, icy power containing endless vitality flowed through her fingertips into her limbs and bones.

Even her Sea of Consciousness and Divine Soul felt as if they were being brushed by a cool, sweet spring! She felt comfortable all over!

Even the sense of stagnation brought by the marks of the worldly laws after the Soul Transformation Lightning Tribulation vanished slightly!

This pearl... is indeed extraordinary!

Just as her mind was shaken and distracted by this unexpected and heavy gift... a powerful and burning large hand suddenly grabbed her slender, tight waist!

He pulled her into his arms with overwhelming force!

Caught off guard, Cang Yunyao let out a startled cry of "Ah...", and the Star-Containing Pearl almost slipped from her hand!

Her full, proud Peaks crashed heavily against Yao Delong's solid chest through the thin ice-patterned black gauze.

A strong masculine scent, carrying the domineering yang energy of one who had just melted all things after a Breakthrough, instantly enveloped her!

"At this moment, Senior Sister,"

Yao Delong's low voice, accompanied by hot breath, crashed into her ear like thunder shattering a frozen landscape.

It was incredibly domineering: "The Ice Phoenix cries for the first time, spreading its wings to the Nine Heavens.

However, the cold essence is condensed but not yet retracted, the primal soul is floating but not yet settled, and the Soul Transformation power throughout your body is like a thawing ice river, flowing everywhere but lacking the constraint of a riverbed..."

His other hand had already quietly slid down, accurately covering that perky, rounded, and incredibly smooth curve.

"Your Junior Brother is untalented, but I have gained a new understanding of the supreme Dao of the rotation of hardness and softness, and the harmony of ice and fire... I have come specifically to help Senior Sister 'guide the flow back to the source' and 'condense the meridians to connect with the spirit'!"

Cang Yunyao's Dao Heart was suddenly struck by the impact of True Essence.

She was shocked to find that her brother's Dao techniques had changed abruptly.

The previous serious gift-giving had actually transformed into a sudden manifestation of Dao prestige!

Her protective spiritual light was pierced by that burning rosy Qi.

The domineering Dragon Essence, mixed with the surrounding heavenly energy, broke through her defenses—

It actually provoked her icy Origin Qi and blood, which were restless and majestic upon entering Soul Transformation and in desperate need of release yet bound by cold Qi, to uncontrollably surge and gallop in reverse!