3: Chapter 3 A Bastard? No! This is the Foundation of the Supreme Dao!

A thousand miles away, Lingxiao Sect, Heartless Peak.

This place was covered in snow year-round, and the cold wind was as sharp as knives. It was an excellent yet dangerous location for cultivating the Supreme Art of Forgetting Emotions.

A streak of light pierced through the sea of clouds and landed somewhat unsteadily before the main hall.

Lin Qingxue had already changed back into her snow-white Sect robes. However, her usually cold and immortal-like face now bore a hint of unmistakable weakness and a flush, and her originally meticulous hair bun was slightly loose.

As soon as she landed, her legs felt weak.

“Damn it... why hasn't it dissipated yet...”

Lin Qingxue bit her silver teeth and instinctively tightened her legs. Shameful images from last night uncontrollably surfaced in her mind, along with Su Feng's whispers that seemed to possess a magical power.

Bastard! He's clearly only at the Qi Refinement Stage, so how could his Physical Body be powerful to that extent?

“Qingxue, you're back?”

A majestic and cold voice seemed to descend from the Nine Heavens.

The gates of the main hall swung open with a boom.

A beautiful woman dressed in purple-gold Daoist robes stepped out slowly.

She held a fly-whisk, and though her features were as beautiful as a painting, she possessed a natural authority, her entire being radiating a heart-palpitating Golden Core Stage pressure.

This was Lin Qingxue's Revered Master, the Law Enforcement Elder of the Lingxiao Sect who managed punishments, Yun Liu.

Known as the Heartless Rakshasa, she was also the most steadfast practitioner of the Supreme Art of Forgetting Emotions within the Sect.

“Ma... Revered Master!”

Lin Qingxue's heart skipped a beat. She hurriedly forced herself to salute, trying her best to calm the blood and Qi that were agitated due to excessive indulgence.

Yun Liu's eyes, which seemed capable of seeing through the human heart, fell upon Lin Qingxue, and her brows instantly furrowed.

With a flicker of her form, she appeared before Lin Qingxue and pressed a finger against the center of her brow.

“Your aura is so chaotic, and your spiritual power is unstable and wandering... Hmm?”

Lin Qingxue's face turned pale instantly, and her heart almost jumped out of her throat.

It's over!

If Revered Master discovered that she had not only failed to sever her worldly ties but had also lost her virginity—and that her body was filled with the traces of a man—Revered Master would absolutely kill her with a single palm strike and then go to exterminate the entire Su Family!

Just as Lin Qingxue was preparing to kneel and beg for mercy.

Yun Liu's originally furrowed brows actually slowly relaxed, and a brilliant light even burst from her eyes as she couldn't help but praise:

“Wonderful! Simply wonderful!”

“I thought your Primal Yin Qi would still remain since you just broke through. I didn't expect you to have refined it so thoroughly! There isn't a single trace of Primal Yin left in your body, as if you never possessed it at all!”

“This is the highest Realm of the Supreme Art of Forgetting Emotions—Emptiness!”

“Qingxue, I was worried before that you would be indecisive. Looking at it now, you are ruthless enough toward yourself! This emotion has been severed cleanly and decisively!”

Lin Qingxue: “???”

She stood there dazed, her back drenched in cold sweat.

Revered Master... actually interpreted her stolen Primal Yin as reaching the pinnacle of returning to one's true self through cultivation?

This misunderstanding...

“This weakness after such heart-wrenching pain is exactly the sign of a Dao Heart being reforged.”

Yun Liu looked at her beloved disciple's pale face, her eyes full of gratification and pity, and she pulled a bottle of Medicinal Pills from her sleeve and handed it over.

“This is a Heart-Clearing Soul-Stabilizing Pill, take it and consume it.”

“Tha... Thank you, Revered Master.” Lin Qingxue took the pills, feeling them heavy in her hand, as an extremely absurd feeling rose in her heart.

“Qingxue, you must know that I have high hopes for you.”

Yun Liu looked toward the distant Lingxiao Main Peak, which symbolized the Sect's highest power, and said in a serious tone:

“In one month, it will be the final selection ceremony for the Sect's Saintess.”

“The competition this year is brutal. Although you possess a Top-grade Ice Spiritual Root, you are only at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage, the lowest cultivation among all candidates. The other Senior Sisters are at least at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, and one is even at the Half-step Golden Core.”

At this point, Yun Liu stared intently at Lin Qingxue's lower abdomen.

Lin Qingxue was so startled she instinctively sucked in her stomach.

“Therefore, this month is crucial! I will open the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave of Heartless Peak for you to enter secluded cultivation for a month. On the day you emerge, you must take the top spot in one go!”

“Go now, do not disappoint me.”

“Yes...”

Clutching the pills, Lin Qingxue fled back to her Immortal Cave like the walking dead.

The moment she activated the layers of Restrictions, she collapsed weakly onto her cold jade bed and let out a long sigh of relief.

That was close!

If Revered Master had checked for even one more breath, she would have discovered that surge of masculine Qi that didn't belong to her.

“Su Feng, you've really ruined me!”

Lin Qingxue bit her teeth hatefully and sat cross-legged, attempting to circulate the Record of the Supreme Art of Forgetting Emotions to calm her state of mind.

But for some reason, no matter how hard she tried, her mind could not find peace.

The Ice Spiritual Qi she could previously mobilize with ease now seemed to have encountered some natural enemy, trembling within her Meridians.

“Blegh—!”

Suddenly, a strong sense of nausea surged from the depths of her Soul.

Lin Qingxue's expression changed drastically as she clutched her chest and dry-heaved a few times.

“What's going on? I am a Foundation Establishment Cultivator; I have long since achieved Bigu and my Physical Body is untainted, so how could I have the vomiting symptoms of a Mortal?”

An extremely ominous premonition instantly clouded her heart.

Trembling, she reached out her fingers and placed them on her wrist pulse.

One breath, two breaths...

Boom!

It was as if a bolt from the blue had struck her directly on the crown of her head.

Lin Qingxue froze in place, her pupils constricting violently, filled with unbelievable terror.

A Slippery Pulse!

Like pearls rolling on a jade plate, smooth and flowing!

In her stomach, a weak yet extremely overbearing life aura had actually appeared!

“Pre... pregnant?!”

“How is this possible!! It was only that one night! Moreover, for Immortal Cultivators who refine essence into Qi, conception is extremely difficult, so how could it happen in just one go?!”

Lin Qingxue was completely panicked.

She was the future Saintess and cultivated the Heartless Dao. If anyone found out she had not only lost her virginity but was also pregnant with the seed of that Su Family Trash...

Forget the position of Saintess; she would likely be executed in secret by the Sect just to cover up the scandal!

“No!! Absolutely not!”

“This vile spawn cannot remain! It must die!”

A look of ruthless determination flashed in Lin Qingxue's eyes.

Compared to her future and the Great Dao, what did mere flesh and blood kinship matter?

“Better short-term pain than long-term suffering. For my Great Dao, don't blame me for being heartless!”

Without any hesitation, she directly mobilized the majestic Foundation Establishment spiritual power within her body, turning it into a bone-chilling storm of slaughter, and ruthlessly charged toward the tiny embryo in her womb!

“Turn into a pool of blood for me!!”

In her view, once this strike landed, all her troubles would vanish into thin air.

However.

Just as that spiritual power, strong enough to shatter gold and split stone, was about to touch the fetus.

A sudden change occurred!

Buzz—!

A dull low hum that seemed to come from primeval times echoed deep within her Qi Sea.

The tiny life was like a young dragon that had just been woken up. Facing its mother's full-force slaughter, it not only didn't tremble but instead impatiently opened its unformed mouth.

Whoosh~~

An ancient and supremely noble purple-gold aura instantly erupted!

Chaos Qi!

“What is this?!”

Lin Qingxue cried out in alarm.

She saw her confident icy spiritual power actually collapse instantly before this Purple-gold Qi, like a beggar facing a king!

Immediately after, the little life took a lazy breath.

The terrifying storm of slaughter was instantly swallowed up completely!

Before Lin Qingxue could react, the Purple-gold Qi, seemingly unsatisfied after devouring her attack, actually flowed backward up her Meridians and began a frantic sweep!

Rumble!

This power was overbearing and matchless. Everywhere it passed, Lin Qingxue's originally impure spiritual power was instantly purified and compressed!

“Ugh!!”

Lin Qingxue's body trembled violently, and her face showed a strange expression that was both painful yet extremely refreshing.

Crack!

A crisp breaking sound echoed within her body.

The Middle Foundation Establishment Stage Bottleneck that had troubled her for an entire year and refused to budge was actually like paper before the wash of this Purple-gold Qi...

Broken!

Boom—!

A powerful aura erupted from her body, and the ice in the entire Immortal Cave instantly shattered!

Middle Foundation Establishment Stage!

She had even rushed directly to the Middle Stage Peak, only a step away from the Late Stage!

What terrified her even more was that as her cultivation broke through, her Spiritual Terrace instantly became incredibly clear.

The obscure and difficult Profound Truths within the Record of the Supreme Art of Forgetting Emotions were now as clear as the lines on her palm!

The unformed child was like a natural Dao amplifier, frantically feeding back to the mother's body!

“This... how is this possible!!!”

Lin Qingxue stared blankly at her hands, feeling the sea-like power within her body; her worldview shattered into pieces.

Just in an instant!

This child she regarded as a vile spawn had leaked just a bit of aura, and it was equivalent to ten years of her bitter cultivation?!

“This child... what on earth is it?!”

Lin Qingxue lowered her head and looked at her still-flat abdomen with complex eyes.

Just a moment ago, she had wanted nothing more than to kill it to be rid of the trouble.

But now...

She tried cautiously probing again with a strand of gentle spiritual power.

This time, the Purple-gold Qi did not counterattack but instead wound around it submissively; it was a sense of nourishment from a blood connection.

If things continued at this rate...

Forget the Saintess selection; even the Golden Core Dao or becoming a Nascent Soul Ancestor would be just around the corner!

Lin Qingxue's breathing became rapid, and the terror in her eyes gradually receded, replaced by an extreme greed and fanaticism.

In the cultivation world, interests are paramount!

“Dao Foundation... this is no vile spawn, this is a Supreme Dao Foundation bestowed upon me by the heavens!”

Lin Qingxue gently stroked her abdomen, a somewhat sickly smile hooking the corners of her mouth, her eyes flashing with a light called ambition.

“Since you can help me achieve the Dao, why would I kill you?”

“Not only will I not kill you, but I will also raise you as my greatest treasure in this life!”

She suddenly thought of Su Feng.

That man had merely contributed a seed and could already nurture such a Heaven-Defying offspring. If...

Lin Qingxue licked her red lips, her eyes flashing with a longing she had never felt before:

“Brother Feng, I didn't expect you to be a humanoid Heaven And Earth Treasure.”

“After this child is born, if my cultivation slows down... then mother will go find your father again and give you a few more younger brothers and sisters!”

“I'll... drain your father dry!”

Lin Qingxue quickly took out a top-grade Breath-Concealing Jade Pendant from her storage ring and wore it against her skin.

After finishing all this, she resumed her cold and holy appearance, but her hands, which were resting on her lower abdomen, were no longer willing to move away even for a second.

“Child, just stay peacefully in mother's womb.”

“Mother will snatch all the resources of this Lingxiao Sect for you to eat!”