Senior, you've mistaken me for someone else!

To prevent any oversight, he even consumed his Magical Power, draining all the water from the pond and then manually digging out all the thick silt.

As expected!

Beneath the deepest silt at the bottom of the pond, besides a small, crystal-clear segment of lotus root resembling fine jade carving, an ancient Formation Foundation was revealed.

Lin Yuan did not touch that small segment of lotus root.

As long as the root of this yang returning lotus remained, perhaps a Divine Item could grow here again a thousand years later. Leaving a path for others is also leaving a path for oneself.

As for the Formation, Lin Yuan felt a shock in his heart just by looking at it.

A Teleportation Array!

"This Teleportation Array is intact, but I don't know where it leads?"

Lin Yuan looked at Su Qinghan and Yue Qingyao, who had transformed into a Cocoon of Light, and a bold idea arose.

He took out Spirit Stones and embedded them in the Teleportation Array, intending to activate it and test it out.

Just at that moment—

Boom!!!

A deafening noise exploded inside the cave without warning!

The terrifying sound waves turned into tangible shockwaves, shaking the entire mountain interior violently, causing gravel to rain down.

Lin Yuan suddenly turned his head.

He saw that the massive Cocoon of Light enveloping Yue Qingyao nearby had developed spiderweb-like cracks on its surface, shattering inch by inch like a broken glass eggshell, before finally bursting with a "pop" and transforming into billions of light particles scattering everywhere.

In the center of the light particles, a figure slowly materialized from the haze.

It was no longer the ignorant girl of six or seven.

Instead, it was a mature, stunningly beautiful woman, peerlessly elegant and graceful, dressed in luxurious palace attire.

She floated cross-legged in mid-air, her long black hair cascading like a black waterfall. Her face was solemn and sacred, her swan-like jade neck long and fair, while her slender waist, too thin to grasp, outlined breathtakingly lush curves, radiating a charm of ultimate maturity.

What was even more heart-stopping was the terrifying aura spreading from her body.

That pressure, like a deep abyss or a divine prison, made it nearly impossible for Lin Yuan to breathe!

Late Core Formation Stage Great Perfection!

Only one final step remained before her core shattered and her Nascent Soul emerged, allowing her to ascend to the Dao of the Nascent Soul!

"Mother!"

Su Qinghan, leaning against the stone wall, instantly replaced her pale expression with ecstasy, her voice weak but incredibly excited.

"My mother's injuries... are healed!"

Before her voice faded.

Buzz—

The Spiritual Qi of the entire world seemed to hear a summons!

Centered on Yue Qingyao, the Spiritual Qi throughout the Demon Falling Valley boiled, frantically pouring toward her!

Outside.

Above the Demon Falling Valley, winds surged and clouds churned, and the celestial phenomena drastically changed!

The Spiritual Qi within a hundred-mile radius transformed into visible seven-colored streams, rushing and converging from all directions, forming a terrifying Spiritual Qi Vortex in the sky directly above the cave, massive enough to obscure the sun and moon!

Although it was broad daylight with the blazing sun high above,

a cold, solitary silver moon unexpectedly appeared in the sky, facing the glorious great sun from afar!

The Sun and Moon Shone Together!

This was a Heaven and Earth Anomaly!

At this moment, all the Cultivators training in the Demon Falling Valley, whether hunting Yao Beasts or gathering Spirit Medicine, stopped all their movements in shock, looking up uniformly with faces full of disbelief at the miraculous spectacle in the sky.

"This... what kind of anomaly is this?!"

"Someone is attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage! Heavens! In our Eastern Region, no new Nascent Soul has been born for nearly a hundred years!"

"Which Senior chose to break through their barrier in the Demon Falling Valley?!"

Inside the cave.

Yue Qingyao's body slowly ascended. The massive Spiritual Qi Vortex in the sky, like a True Dragon suspended from the heavens, extended its Dragon head into the mountain interior, frantically pouring the purest energy into her body!

Her aura was rapidly climbing at a terrifying speed, launching the final, fiercest assault against the invisible Nascent Soul Bottleneck!

"Lin Yuan, do not move recklessly!"

Seeing this, Su Qinghan urgently cried out, "My mother is attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage! This is a life-or-death hurdle; once she passes the Heart Demon Tribulation, she can ascend to the heavens in one step! But during the Undergoing Tribulation process, her mind is trapped in an Illusion. If there is any abnormality nearby, she will instinctively kill it!"

Lin Yuan naturally understood this principle.

He stood quietly where he was.

However, right at this moment,

an unexpected change occurred!

Yue Qingyao, who was fully focused on assaulting the Bottleneck, suddenly opened her eyes!

Those should have been a pair of cold and noble phoenix eyes, but now, they lacked any clarity, leaving only an intense, impenetrable haze.

Her gaze fell straight onto Lin Yuan, without reservation.

Lin Yuan's heart skipped a beat, almost stopping.

An inexpressibly ominous premonition, like wildly growing weeds, instantly covered his entire mind.

"Mother! What are you doing?!" Su Qinghan also sensed something was wrong and cried out in alarm.

Yue Qingyao answered her with a finger pointed through the air.

A boundless power instantly enveloped Su Qinghan; her delicate body stiffened, and she couldn't move an inch.

"Lin Yuan, run!" she screamed.

Lin Yuan swallowed, slowly moving backward.

But Yue Qingyao's hazy eyes slowly fixed on him!

"Holy cow! I'm finished!" Lin Yuan was startled, realizing that Yue Qingyao had clearly fallen into the Heart Demon Illusion.

For a Golden Core to step into the Nascent Soul, accumulating Magical Power and breaking through the Bottleneck is already extremely difficult.

But the hardest part is the final hurdle: the Heart Demon environment.

How many Prodigies and heroes have ultimately failed here, resulting in minor consequences like shattered Cultivation, or severe consequences like Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

It is said that Cultivators caught in the Heart Demon Tribulation become immersed in their deepest obsession, recognizing no one, and reacting to all external stimuli with the most instinctive and fatal responses.

"You... finally decided to come see me?" Yue Qingyao suddenly spoke, her tone indescribably gentle.

"Did she mistake me for someone else?" Lin Yuan's heart sank, and his legs were already starting to weaken.

"I'm... fine..." Lin Yuan said, moving his steps backward.

"You lied to me... you didn't fulfill the promise you made to me back then!"

"Do you... know how much I've suffered?"

Her tone grew increasingly agitated, and the Spiritual Qi around her, enough to destroy heaven and earth, began to rage uncontrollably.

The next moment, Yue Qingyao grabbed through the air.

Lin Yuan felt an irresistible suction force; he flew over uncontrollably, his feet leaving the ground, like a puppet pulled by invisible strings.

The Spiritual Power in his body frantically circulated as he tried to break free, but it was useless, like an ant trying to shake a tree.

"Senior... you have the wrong person!" Lin Yuan reminded her.

"What the hell... what are you doing, let go of me!"

"Help me..."

...A female Nascent Soul Cultivator is truly terrifying.

He was just a small Cultivator in the Qi Refinement Stage, yet he was silently enduring everything that a person his age should not have to endure.

Finally, the haze in the eyes of Yue Qingyao, who was floating in mid-air, slowly dissipated, restoring her usual coldness and majesty.

And at this very moment.

Deep in Lin Yuan's eyes, the Small Golden Text that only he could see began to refresh frantically.

[Cultivation: Ninth Layer of Qi Refining: 900/900 (Perfection)]

[Sixth-Grade Alchemist: 1/400 (Addable attribute points)]

[Fourth-Level Fire Control Art: 0/400; Illusion Transformation Art (Perfection)]

[usable attribute points: 1171]

[special attribute points: 1]

One time... one thousand attribute points?

That wasn't even the main thing.

The bottom line actually showed a "special attribute points" he had never seen before!

Lin Yuan knew very well that the value of this item was likely far above that of ordinary attribute points!

This was a reward that could only be obtained by having such an in-depth exchange with a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.

Only one point was given per instance.