Chapter 103: Cleared the Level!

Yang Ye experienced for the first time just how pleasurable this act could be. He strove to maintain this feeling and state.

Time slipped away slowly as the rain in the sky grew heavier.

He did not know how much time had passed. Just as Yang Ye felt his soul was about to drift away, darkness suddenly descended, and his body began to plummet rapidly. For Yang Ye, this was undoubtedly a fall from heaven into hell.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a roar echoed in Yang Ye’s ears. Immediately after, a familiar sensation washed over him. He snapped his eyes open and realized he had returned to his body. Long Xiaoqing was still sitting cross-legged opposite him with her eyes closed.

So, his primordial spirit had returned to its place?

"Phew!" Yang Ye let out a long breath. Recalling the sensation of falling from the peak of pleasure, he still felt a lingering sense of fear. He was just about to stand up when Long Xiaoqing, sitting across from him, suddenly opened her eyes.

"Husband, you're awake!" Long Xiaoqing said, looking somewhat shy.

At that moment, Yang Ye felt as though there had been a subtle change in Long Xiaoqing's temperament.

"Young Master, Miss, you have finally finished your cultivation." Suddenly, Butler Mu’s voice rang out. Long Xiaoqing jumped up like a startled rabbit. Yang Ye, thick-skinned as he was, chuckled and stood up.

Butler Mu looked them over and said calmly, "The spiritual senses of the Young Master and the Miss have increased significantly. A joyous occasion indeed."

Yang Ye was not surprised by this remark. Their cultivation just now had indeed been a fusion of their souls.

"Young Master, please focus your attention on your heart," Butler Mu said after observing Yang Ye.

Hm? Yang Ye focused his mind and gathered his spiritual sense toward his heart.

*Thump-thump... thump-thump...*

Yang Ye ‘saw’ his heart beating slowly yet powerfully. In the center of his heart lay a cluster of red energy. As his spiritual sense touched this red energy, it immediately dispersed, enveloping his entire body. Every cell in his body surged with activity, undergoing changes that Yang Ye could not comprehend.

"This... what is happening?" Yang Ye asked in surprise.

Butler Mu explained, "Young Master, each time you and the Miss engage in dual cultivation, this energy—transformed from your spiritual sense—appears in your heart. Once utilized, it enhances your physical constitution. Your strength, speed, flexibility, reaction time, and recovery ability are all greatly improved."

"Does Xiaoqing have this energy in her body as well?" Yang Ye asked curiously.

Butler Mu did not answer, but Long Xiaoqing shook her head and said, "I am different from you."

"This... this isn't a form of cultivation that drains Xiaoqing, is it?" Yang Ye frowned.

Butler Mu replied, "Rest assured, Young Master, that is not the case. However, you and the Miss must leave here immediately. The secret realm will close in one hour."

Yang Ye was astonished; over twenty days had passed. He looked at Long Xiaoqing, who appeared shy. At that moment, Yang Ye couldn't help but admire himself for holding out for so long. In this world, what other man could last that long!

"Young Master!"

Just as Yang Ye was leading Long Xiaoqing away, Butler Mu’s voice sounded again. Yang Ye stopped and looked back. Butler Mu hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "Young Master, Miss, you two really must exercise some restraint! Once inside the secret realm, there will be no one like this old servant to remind you."

Long Xiaoqing’s face flushed red. Yang Ye finally realized that his previous "falling" sensation was actually Butler Mu pulling them back. This was... truly embarrassing!

...

Before the secret realm closed, Yang Ye and Long Xiaoqing returned to the entrance. Although Yang Ye had given orders, many practitioners at the early and middle stages of the Stellar realm had still entered. Zhou Hun had sent men to guard the entrance; if anyone of that caliber tried to enter, they were beaten half to death and tossed out.

"There's only half an hour left. Why haven't Ye Xun and his wife returned?"

"Indeed! The realm is about to close."

"Could it be that they were playing around and forgot the time?"

As the closing time approached, many began to worry. Zhou Hun also frowned. With only three minutes left, just as Zhou Hun decided to call Yang Ye, Yang Ye emerged, pulling Long Xiaoqing through the shrinking entrance.

"Sorry to keep you all waiting! No need to worry; when have I ever forgotten the time?" Yang Ye greeted the group with a smile. Naturally, he would not mention that he had forgotten the time while practicing dual cultivation with Long Xiaoqing. Doing so would only crush the confidence of his fellow men.

Over twenty days, after all...

...

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, eight years passed. There was less than a year left until the main clan's assessment.

On the fifty-ninth floor of the stone tower, Yang Ye, clad in his Blazing Sun Armor, struck the head of a giant five meters tall, wearing silver-white armor.

"Boom!"

The giant's head shattered upon impact.

"Whoo!"

In the illusion, Zhou Hun and the others watching the scene cheered. This was the final hurdle of the stone tower, and they had finally cleared it. It had taken three years to clear the first half of the tower. For the second half, aside from the increased difficulty, the intervals between clearing levels had become far too long. At one point, there was even a gap of three months.

Yang Ye certainly wouldn't tell anyone it was because he had been busy with Long Xiaoqing. However, since the last time the secret realm opened, everyone noticed that it rained more often and for longer periods. Now, the entire stone tower had turned from black to a cyan hue, covered in thick moss.

After finishing off the giant general, before its corpse dissipated, Yang Ye punched into its chest and retrieved a blue crystal the size of a soccer ball.

"This one is really huge!" Yang Ye said excitedly. He shifted his focus, and the power of the black hole formed a vortex, instantly absorbing the energy of the crystal.

The illusion vanished, and they appeared on the fifty-ninth floor. This time, no ancient voice echoed; instead, a stone staircase appeared. As for why there was no reward, Yang Ye already had his suspicions. He immediately ascended the stairs to the fifty-eighth floor.

What appeared before his eyes were dense, intertwined bands of light. These bands were in motion, displaying different colors, and if one looked closely, they would see runes densely packed upon them. In the center of this floor stood a two-meter-high stone pedestal, with a thumbnail-sized crystal resting in a groove at its center.

"It has become so small..." Nezha said, shaking his head at the sight of the crystal.

"Is this the Star God Crystal?" Yang Ye asked curiously.

Nezha nodded. "Yes, but it has less than one-tenth of its energy remaining."

Yang Ye reached toward the pedestal. "Whoosh!" The crystal flew up and landed in his hand.

At that moment, the surrounding space began to twist. When the light normalized, everyone found themselves hovering above an ocean. Without the support of the energy, the secret realm had finally collapsed. A series of splashes echoed as those who hadn't reacted in time fell directly into the sea.

"We made it out!"

"Haha! Wonderful!"

"We finally finished it!"

The group cheered.

...

In an ancient hall, a circular stone table with a diameter of several dozen meters sat in the center. The middle of the table was hollow, with a pale blue sphere floating within. If a human from Earth were here, they would surely be shocked, for that sphere was none other than Earth itself.

A few people sat sparsely around the stone table. Among them, a young man with blue hair was watching the Earth with a smile on his face.