96: Bai Qingxue's weakness.
A thousand layers of ripples were stirred in the lake of Bai Qingxue's heart.
She lifted her head abruptly, her eyes, which were usually as cold as a frozen pool, now filled with disbelief.
"Saint Body?"
Ever since witnessing the scene where Qin Yuebai and her daughter were reborn on the altar, transforming their Dao Body into a Saint Body and causing the heavens and earth to resonate, the words "Saint Body" had represented supreme glory and a dreamed-of Opportunity for everyone in the Emperors Son Palace.
How fortunate Qin Yuebai and her daughter were; simply because they came from the Lower Realm and were chosen by her husband, they ascended in a single step, achieving the fourth-ranked Creation Green Lotus Saint Body that countless immortal forces craved but could not obtain.
And what about her?
As the first Dao Companion whom her husband had married properly, and the rightful mistress of the Emperors Son Palace, she enjoyed the best resources of the Jiang Family and her cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, yet her Physique remained a God Body.
To say she wasn't envious would be a lie.
Although Bai Qingxue was aloof and focused solely on the Dao, she was, after all, a woman.
Seeing later arrivals each not inferior to her, and most even surpassing her, how could she not have any ripples in her heart, even if she didn't say it aloud?
Otherwise, she wouldn't have used seclusion to numb her thoughts.
As long as her cultivation improved, perhaps her husband wouldn't need it, but she could always help him.
Bai Qingxue thought she might have to wait a long time, waiting until her husband had settled everyone else before it might finally be her turn.
Sometimes, late at night, she couldn't help but wonder if Jiang Yuan had forgotten about her, so she cultivated even harder to comfort herself.
But she never expected that happiness—or rather, this immense surprise and Opportunity—would come so suddenly.
"Husband... you..."
Bai Qingxue's red lips parted slightly, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.
Her heart was in turmoil.
Jiang Yuan looked at her slightly red-rimmed eyes, chuckled, reached out, pulled her into his embrace, and gently patted her back.
"Silly girl, what are you thinking about?"
Jiang Yuan's voice was so gentle it could drip water, "You are my wife, the mistress of the Emperors Son Palace. If I'm not good to you, who would I be good to?"
"Before it was the Dao Discussion Assembly, then the forbidden zone attack; one thing after another, I really couldn't get away. Now that things have finally quieted down, the first person I thought of was naturally you."
His words were half true and half false.
But to Bai Qingxue at this moment, they were no less than the most beautiful love words in the world.
She buried her pretty face in Jiang Yuan's chest, feeling his powerful heartbeat and warm embrace. The grievances and unease in her heart instantly vanished, leaving only overwhelming sweetness and emotion.
Previously, she only had one weakness in her heart: the rise of the White Tiger Royal Clan.
Now, perhaps there were two.
In the future, perhaps there would be three.
"Husband..."
Bai Qingxue's voice came from his embrace, muffled and with a hint of a heavy nasal tone.
"Hmm?"
"Thank you."
"What are you thanking me for? We are husband and wife."
Jiang Yuan pinched her pert nose tip and smiled mischievously, "Alright, this isn't the time to be crying. If you have anything to say, cry after we're done."
As he finished speaking, his mind stirred, and a Medicinal Pill radiating seven-colored light, containing vast life aura and the Law of Creation, appeared in his palm.
It was the saint spirit pill!
"This is... the saint spirit pill?"
Bai Qingxue's beautiful eyes widened instantly, and her breathing became rapid.
She had, of course, seen this Medicinal Pill before.
It was exactly what Qin Yuebai had taken on the altar back then!
Just one had created two Creation Green Lotus Saint Body holders!
"Open your mouth. Yuebai said it would be a little painful, so bear with it."
Jiang Yuan's voice was unquestionable.
Bai Qingxue's pretty face flushed, but she still obediently opened her cherry-red mouth.
Jiang Yuan gently placed the saint spirit pill into her mouth.
The Medicinal Pill melted the moment it entered her mouth, turning into a warm and vast torrent that instantly surged into her limbs and bones.
"Ugh..."
Bai Qingxue let out a soft groan; she felt a sharp pain deep within her Soul coming from her body!
It was so painful that she instinctively wanted to collapse to the ground.
But at the same time, an unprecedented feeling of comfort also surged from the deepest part of her body.
She could clearly feel that the Origin of her Primordial White Tiger Bloodline was undergoing a heaven-turning, earth-shattering change!
"Qingxue, calm your Qi."
Jiang Yuan's voice exploded in her Sea of Consciousness, which was chaotic from the pain.
He did not leave, but instead sat cross-legged behind Bai Qingxue, stretched out his hands, and pressed them against her back.
Streams of pure Primordial Purple Qi were continuously transferred into her body, helping her sort out that violent medicinal power and guiding her Bloodline Origin to evolve in the most perfect direction.
"ROAR——!"
A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering tiger roar erupted without warning from Qiyun Immortal Terrace, resounding through the entire Jiang Family!
Immediately after, a beam of Geng Metal killing light that pierced through the heavens and earth shot into the sky, condensing above the Jiang Family into the phantom of a White Tiger that was majestic and massive enough to cover the sky!
The White Tiger's fur was as white as snow, its entire body wreathed in unparalleled sharp Geng Metal Sword Qi, and as its cold tiger eyes opened and closed, it seemed as if the sun, moon, and stars were flickering in and out of existence!
A supreme pressure that was domineering, cold, and a Dominator of killing instantly enveloped the entire Jiang Family territory!
"This... is this... the legendary Immortal Beast?!"
"What terrifying killing aura! My sword, my blade, they are all wailing!"
"This aura... it came from the Emperors Son Palace! Could it be... Imperial Sons Consort Bai Qingxue?!"
Countless clansmen throughout the Jiang Family were shaken by this!
Inside the Emperors Son Palace, Qin Mengyao, Hu Mei, Ji Yue, Liu Shenyin, and others who were Cultivating in their respective courtyards were also awakened by this heaven-shaking killing aura.
They walked out of their palace gates in unison, looked up toward the direction of Qiyun Immortal Terrace, their beautiful eyes filled with shock and complexity.
"It's Big Sister Bai Qingxue..." Qin Wanwan stood in front of the palace, standing on tiptoes, watching the phenomenon of heaven and earth with burning eyes.
"What a domineering Saint Body! White Tiger Bloodline... is it ancestral reversion?"
Liu Shenyin's beautiful eyes sparkled with brilliance.
The legendary Four Beasts were brought from the Immortal Domain by True Immortal powerhouses. After millions of years of breeding and multiplying in the Emperor Immortal Great World, they gradually derived countless branches, including the White Tiger Royal Clan of the Primordial Divine Mountain.
Of course, this was only a legend in records and could not be taken as truth.
However, looking at that terrifying White Tiger phantom... Liu Shenyin felt that the legend might not be false!
Meanwhile, deep in the Jiang Family Ancestral Land.
The several Great Emperor Old Ancestors, who were ignoring the pitiful pleas of the nine marvels undying herb and were still extracting its life Origin to ripen the World Tree within Jiang Shouzhuo, all looked curiously toward the Emperors Son Palace.
"Another Supreme Sacred Body?" The Fifth Ancestor's voice carried surprise.
"This aura... it is the Geng Metal ultimate Dao that swallows the heavens and devours the earth. In my early years, I once fought a seven-day and seven-night great battle with that female Ancient Emperor of the White Tiger Clan, and it was this very aura."
The Fourth Ancestor nodded, his eyes filled with nostalgia.
"How come I don't know about this? What happened later? Did you win?"
Thinking of this, the Fourth Ancestor felt a bit awkward and pretended not to hear.
The First Ancestor glanced at him: "Let me tell it."
"Big Brother!" The Fourth Ancestor panicked.
"He called the Sixth Ancestor to help, and the two of them joined forces to barely defeat the White Tiger Empress. Afterward, the White Tiger Empress told the Sixth Ancestor's two wives about this."
"Ah! I was wondering why the Sixth Ancestor was forced to kneel on the emperor slaying sword for decades back then; so it was because of this."
"Oh, that other incident was when the Sixth Ancestor used his Clone to secretly sneak into the Lower Realm to woo a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox that hadn't yet undergone ancestral reversion, saying this was 'cultivation.' In the end, as soon as her Bloodline underwent ancestral reversion, she was immediately taken away by the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan... Later, as you all know, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan and the Jellyfish Clan had a good relationship back then."
"..."
The Old Ancestors' Divine Thoughts converged in the Void Realm. Although they were teasing the Sixth Ancestor who didn't know where he had gone to roam, they all felt the joy from the bottom of their hearts in each other's will.
The Jiang Family was becoming stronger and stronger at a speed they had never imagined!
And the source of all this was because of that Qilin Child whom they regarded as a treasure!
RUMBLE!
Just then, the White Tiger phantom above Qiyun Immortal Terrace let out an even more deafening roar toward the sky!
Endless Geng Metal Sword Qi erupted from its body, turning into a brilliant galaxy of Sword Qi that swept across the Nine Heavens!
The Heavenly Dao of the entire Emperor Immortal Great World seemed to tremble at this moment!
Above the firmament, that scroll of the heaven and earth golden ranking, which had been silent for some days, once again shone with brilliant golden light!
The heavenly dao golden ranking list... was about to update again!