255: Chapter 255 I'm already at the Fusion Stage, don't come any closer!

"As expected of a top-tier Jade Beast, this cultivation efficiency is more effective than eating any Immortal Pill."

Cao Kun stood up, stretched his limbs, and looked at the Cloud Bed not far away.

Goddess Ye Qingqiu was sleeping sweetly, with a glistening drop of water still hanging from the corner of her mouth.

As for Mo Yao, she was leaning against the head of the bed with dull eyes.

These past seven days had been like an absurd dream to her.

She hated Cao Kun, hated him for using such despicable means to control her.

Later on, with the subtle influence of the fallen holy grail mark, she discovered with horror that she was actually becoming somewhat inseparable from this shameless man.

Every time she saw Cao Kun approach, her first reaction was no longer disgust or a desire to run away, but rather an instinctive sense of anticipation.

This shameful thought made Mo Yao wish she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"I can't think about this anymore! If I keep thinking like this, I'll truly go crazy!"

To divert these shameful thoughts, she subconsciously closed her eyes and began to inspect her physical condition.

Mo Yao had assumed that her cultivation would definitely have regressed significantly and her Foundation would be damaged.

However, the moment her Divine Sense sank into her Dantian, she was completely stunned.

The cultivation barrier that had been stuck at the Late-stage Void Refining for hundreds of years without any signs of loosening was now gone!

Her Dantian Qi Sea had expanded more than tenfold.

Her Primordial Spirit and Physical Body had completely merged into one.

"Body... Body Integration Early Stage?!"

Mo Yao opened her eyes, her face full of disbelief.

She had broken through!

In this Ancient God Ruins where even the Heavenly Dao Laws were complete, and without even a Heavenly Tribulation descending...

She had actually broken through to the Body Integration Stage that countless Cultivators dreamed of?!

Mo Yao stared blankly at her palms, feeling as if her entire worldview was collapsing.

The Palace Master of the Penglai Immortal Palace had once asserted that if the Taiyin Glazed Battle Body wanted to break through to the Body Integration Stage, it must undergo immense tempering between life and death, or find the legendary supreme Immortal source; otherwise, there would be no hope in this lifetime.

Yet now...

"Could it be... that my hundred years of bitter cultivation aren't even as good as being bullied by this scumbag for a few days?!"

"If the shortcut to cultivation is being bullied by him, then what was all my hard work from all those years worth?"

Cao Kun happened to turn around and, seeing Mo Yao's bewildered and adorable expression, couldn't help but walk over and pinch her cheek:

"Why that expression? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"I just checked you earlier; you're at the Body Integration Early Stage, and your Foundation is very stable."

"How about it? Your husband's forging skills aren't bad, right?"

Mo Yao was snapped out of her trance by his pinching. Looking at Cao Kun's punchable, smiling face, her emotions were complex.

She wanted to scold him, but he had genuinely helped her break through to the Body Integration Stage; this kindness was greater than the heavens.

She wanted to thank him, but whenever she thought of the humiliation she had suffered over these seven days, the words were stuck in her throat, unable to come out.

Her lips moved for a long time, but in the end, Mo Yao could only turn her head away and huff haughtily:

"Don't flatter yourself! That was my own accumulation finally paying off; what does it have to do with you!"

"Stop being so narcissistic!"

Cao Kun wasn't annoyed after hearing this; he knew this haughty little wild horse's personality too well.

The stiffer her mouth, the more chaotic her heart was.

"Fine, fine, fine, it was your own accumulation paying off."

He nodded perfunctorily, then stroked his chin as he looked her over.

"But since you've broken through to the Body Integration Stage, it seems that next time..."

Upon hearing this, Mo Yao shuddered and subconsciously shrank back.

"You... don't come any closer!"

"I'm warning you, I'm a Body Integration Stage expert now! If you dare to mess around again, I... I'll slap you to death!"

As she spoke, she waved her pink fist in a show of force, attempting to display the dignity of a Body Integration Stage expert.

Cao Kun laughed out loud and pulled her into his arms:

"Body Integration Stage? Is that very impressive?"

"Did you forget that the one next to you is also at the Body Integration Stage."

Mo Yao glanced at Goddess Ye Qingqiu, who was sleeping soundly beside them, and immediately felt like a deflated balloon, losing all her temper.

That's right, so what if she was at the Body Integration Stage?

In front of this pervert, she still had to obediently lie flat.

[Ding! Jade Beast Mo Yao's state detected as stable; she has developed complex dependent emotions toward the host.]

[taming value + 10]

[Current taming value: 40/100]

[Reward task points: 1000]

Elsewhere, at the top of the Ascending Dragon Platform.

The mighty lingering charm of the Heavenly Dao Law baptism gradually dissipated.

Empress Yue Chan's tightly closed eyes slowly opened.

The vast spiritual power of the Body Integration Middle Stage surged through her limbs and bones, and with every movement, space faintly distorted.

Her Empress dignity was even greater than before.

She habitually turned her head, her gaze sweeping around, trying to find that shameless figure.

She had expected to see Cao Kun protecting her nearby when she woke up, or perhaps pondering some bad idea to take advantage of her again.

But looking around, aside from the golden clouds swirling at the top of the Ascending Dragon Platform, there was no one.

"Where is he?"

Empress Yue Chan frowned slightly. Just as she was about to release her Divine Sense to investigate, she suddenly felt a foreign sensation at the collar of her chest.

She subconsciously reached out to touch it, her fingertips brushing against a warm jade talisman.

Recalling that dishonest lecherous hand she had vaguely felt while she was in seclusion breaking through...

She had thought it was an illusion at the time.

Now it seemed clear that the bastard had taken advantage of her!

Empress Yue Chan's pretty face flushed red, and she cursed him as shameless, then exerted force with her fingertips and crushed the voice-recording talisman.

Cao Kun's devil-may-care voice immediately echoed at the top of the Ascending Dragon Platform:

"Empress wifey, your Breakthrough was too slow; your husband was getting sleepy waiting."

"Stay obediently on this Ascending Dragon Platform and don't run around."

"Your husband is going to take care of a small matter; I'll bring you some local specialties when I get back. Love you, Empress wifey, mwah~"

Hearing this cheesy address, Empress Yue Chan stomped her feet in embarrassment and anger:

"Dead scumbag! Who is your wife! Full of nonsense!"

But in those originally cold and dignified phoenix eyes, a hint of a smile that even she hadn't noticed flashed at this moment.

"Taking care of a small matter? What small matter could there be in the Divine Ruins that would make him run so fast?"

Empress Yue Chan put away her chaotic thoughts and leaped.

Like a Ninth Heaven mysterious woman, she drifted down from the ninety-ninth floor of the Ascending Dragon Platform.

However, the moment her feet landed on the ground!

The previously clear sky began to roll with large patches of eerie, thick clouds.

"Boom!"

Three figures stepped out slowly, walking through the void turbulence.

The person in the lead wore a Taiji Daoist robe; his face was sinister, and his eyes were blood-red.

Beside him followed two old men filled with Death Qi.

The thousands of Prodigies from various paths who were still watching under the Ascending Dragon Platform exclaimed in shock upon seeing this.

"That is... the Holy Master of the Taichu Holy Land?! And the two Grand Elders, Qingwei and Xuanchen!"

"How is this possible!"

"Don't these old monsters of their level usually refuse to enter the Ancient God Ruins?!"

However, what made these Prodigies feel even more terrified was that the cultivation of these three people was not suppressed by the Heavenly Dao Laws of the Divine Ruins at all!

Empress Yue Chan's heart was also shaken.

That evil, cold aura was exactly the same as King Kaoshan of the Lingxiao Divine Kingdom!

The dignified top power of the Central Plains, the Taichu Holy Land, had actually secretly made some kind of shady, disgusting deal with the Lingxiao Divine Kingdom.

And by doing so, they had smuggled themselves into the Divine Ruins!