197: Chapter 197 Shop Upgrade! The Lord of Annihilation's Fury!

Inside Wang Yang's bedchamber in the Hehuan Sect.

The atmosphere within the bedchamber had long since reached a boiling point.

Although this was truly the first time for 'Little Lingyue', as an 'experience Revered Master' who had witnessed countless such scenes in the past, she had already rehearsed every detail and variation of this cultivation method a thousand times over in her mind.

Coupled with the strong competitive desire inherent to an Empress, she absolutely could not lose face in front of this Rebellious Disciple. Thus, the originally aloof and proud Empress Xuanhuang, like a Phoenix undergoing Nirvana, displayed astonishing enthusiasm and initiative.

On the other side, Jiang Yutang was no pushover either.

During her time in the Hehuan Sect, she had extensively learned from the best, deeply absorbing the true teachings of elder sisters like Liu Ruyan and Su Qingge.

Seeing her former Revered Master being so fierce, she refused to be outdone, unleashing a constant stream of various techniques, vowing to take the lead in this former 'Revered Master-disciple contest'.

Grandmaster Wang suffered, yet also reveled in it.

In this uniquely fierce Revered Master-disciple battleground, he could be said to have enjoyed an unprecedented emperor-level treatment.

The two peerless beauties, vying for the infusion of his Creation Power, employed a hundred ingenious strategies, completely immersing him in the ultimate pleasure of this gentle paradise.

After an unknown length of time, this intense and satisfying 'high-intensity special cultivation' finally came to an end.

Inside the great hall, the pure yang power of creation lingered like a tangible mist.

Little Lingyue lazily leaned against Wang Yang's chest, feeling the surging, ocean-like power within her body.

Not only were her injuries completely healed, but the 'Nine Revolutions Nirvana Xuanhuang Art' had also allowed her to break through her previous shackles. Her cultivation soared unimpeded, firmly returning to the Supreme Being Realm of the ninth layer, the Peak of the Mahayana Stage!

"Is this... the true power of creation?" Chu Lingyue's breathtakingly beautiful face still bore a lingering flush, her lovely eyes filled with shock and intoxication.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yutang, though so exhausted she didn't even want to move a finger, felt her own similarly skyrocketing cultivation and revealed a satisfied, silly smile at the corner of her mouth.

Of course, the one who gained the most was still Wang Yang.

Having obtained the pure primordial yin essence that Empress Xuanhuang had accumulated for ten thousand years, coupled with the frenzied operation of the 'Yin and Yang Creation Art', Wang Yang's cultivation welcomed a new round of explosive growth!

*Boom!*

Accompanied by a dull sound from within his body, Wang Yang's Realm directly broke through the barrier of the Body Integration Stage, leaping continuously and stably stopping at the third layer of the Body Integration Stage!

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on your cultivation Breakthrough. The range of your Invincible Domain has increased once more!]

[Current Domain radius: 18,011,050 kilometers!]

Looking at the long string of numbers on the System panel, Wang Yang smiled with satisfaction.

An Invincible Domain of over eighteen million kilometers almost covered the core regions of the Spirit Realm!

Just as Wang Yang was about to embrace the two Lingyues for some intimate time, a series of System notification tones suddenly rang in his mind.

[Ding! Detected that the host has successfully bound the 15th Dao Companion (Empress Xuanhuang Chu Lingyue). Conditions for System Mall upgrade met (Dao Companion count 15/15)!]

[Ding! System Mall is now upgrading... 10%... 50%... 100%!]

[Ding! Congratulations, host. The System Mall has successfully upgraded to LV6!]

"Oh? The Mall finally upgraded?" Wang Yang's eyes lit up. The previous level 5 Mall already had many Heaven-Defying goodies. Wouldn't the level 6 Mall allow him to soar directly?

Before he could even open the panel to check, the System's cold female voice suddenly changed its tone, ringing in his mind with a tone of exasperation:

[Ding! Friendly System reminder: Please, host, carefully review the updated content of the LV6 Mall!]

[Host, stop indulging in women already!!!]

[This System doesn't want to have to remind you actively every time!!!]

Scolded so bluntly by the System, Wang Yang awkwardly rubbed his nose.

"Ahem... System, the way you put it. Isn't this venerable one diligently 'cultivating' to enhance his strength? How can you call it indulging in women?"

Wang Yang made a lame excuse in his heart, but his body honestly settled down.

"Wives, you should first consolidate your cultivation. Your husband will go research how to deal with those black mist monsters."

Saying this, Wang Yang eagerly opened the newly upgraded LV6 System Mall.

...

Within the Hehuan Sect, springtime feelings flourished, and the days were peaceful.

On another front, however, a terrifying storm was brewing.

Just as the crisis at the Xuanhuang Heavenly Palace had been resolved earlier...

In an extremely distant, unknown place far from the Spirit Realm, a shadowy land that could even devour light—the Void Silence Abyss.

Endless black mist roiled and howled within the abyss, like countless evil spirits struggling in agony.

Deep within the abyss, on that massive bone throne, [Lord of Extinction Yuan Ji], who had been meditating with closed eyes in preparation for the full-scale invasion, suddenly opened his eyes, which burned with dark netherfire!

*Boom!*

A violent, extreme, terrifying pressure instantly swept through the entire abyss. Beneath the throne, countless low-level evil creatures didn't even have time to scream before they exploded into bloody mist under this pressure!

"Bastards!!!"

Yuan Ji let out a roar of extreme fury. The voice seemed to come from the Nine Nether Hells, shaking the entire Void Silence Abyss violently. Countless spatial cracks spread across the sky above the abyss.

"One of the ten [World-Fall Great Arrays] this venerable one painstakingly arranged for decades, having Hun Cangming secretly set them up in the Spirit Realm, has actually been broken!"

"Moreover, the eight void silence bone tablets refined from this venerable one's lifeblood ribs have lost all connection in an instant, as if completely erased from this world by an irresistible force!"

Yuan Ji abruptly stood up. His black robes billowed wildly in the fierce wind, revealing the extreme fury and shock in his heart.

His original plan was to simultaneously detonate the Void Silence Tide in the Spirit Realm through these ten great arrays, assimilating the Spirit Realm into a part of the Void Silence Abyss in one fell swoop.

But now, before the plan was even officially launched, a corner of it had been brutally chopped off!

"Who is it?! Who on earth has the power to instantly erase the great array set up by this venerable one's lifeblood bone tablets?!"

Yuan Ji's gaze pierced through the endless Void Realm, as if trying to see everything happening in the Spirit Realm.

However, due to the barrier between the two Realms, he could only vaguely sense the direction where the incident occurred.

"Xuanhuang Heavenly Palace... Good! Very good!"

Yuan Ji turned around and issued a cold decree towards the churning darkness deep within the great hall: "Lie Qiong, get your ass out here before this venerable one!"

From the darkness, the sound of heavy footsteps echoed. A gigantic monster with an immense body, towering like a mountain, slowly emerged from the shadows.

This was none other than the third-ranked of the four Abyss Venerables, [Shattered-World Abyss Venerable] Lie Qiong!

His entire body was covered in dense, spiderweb-like fissures resembling spatial cracks. With every step he took, the surrounding space would subtly collapse and reform.

"My Lord, what are your orders?" Lie Qiong knelt on one knee, his voice rumbling like thunder within the hall.

Yuan Ji looked down at him coldly: "The array this venerable one set up at the Xuanhuang Heavenly Palace in the Spirit Realm has been broken. Currently, the passage between the two Realms is not yet fully open. Our main forces cannot descend upon the Spirit Realm on a large scale."

"Lie Qiong, use your innate ability to tear a corner of the barrier between the two Realms for this venerable one! Dispatch the 'Void Silence Shadow Guards' under your command to the Spirit Realm!"

An extremely cruel, murderous light flashed in Yuan Ji's eyes: "Find out for this venerable one exactly who is causing trouble at the Xuanhuang Heavenly Palace! Once identified, report immediately!"

These Void Silence Shadow Guards, though merely Lie Qiong's subordinates, were born from the terrifying environment of the Void Silence Abyss. Each possessed terrifying strength equivalent to a Mahayana Stage powerhouse of the Spirit Realm!

"As you command, my Lord!" Lie Qiong acknowledged the order, a ferocious smile appearing on his fissure-covered face.

A terrifying storm far beyond the imagination of those in the Spirit Realm was quietly brewing deep within the Void Silence Abyss, about to sweep forth!