Chapter 93: The Grand Gift for Twenty Descendants, Earth-Shattering Rewards

The two women wept while scolding Ye Wushang to let a child endure such agony, they thought, was too cruel of him.

Ye Wushang could only be left speechless, unable to argue back.

“Two Aunties, please don’t be like this. ‘One must eat bitter to be a superior person.’ Father went to great lengths to find this medicinal soup for me. If I cannot endure even this small suffering, how can I ever become the eldest daughter of the Ye family? Wouldn’t that disappoint Father?”

Ye Zhixin, tall and graceful, instead began comforting Zhao Qingge and the others.

Seeing this, Ye Wushang felt both gratified and deeply pained.

From this day on, this daughter of his had truly grown up.

The soup refined especially for an Imperial Heir-class prodigy was indeed terrifying.

Through his Eye of Fate, Ye Wushang saw Zhixin’s talent, physique, and even comprehension increase by more than a full tier.

Among peerless prodigies, she would be nearly unmatched at her level.

Zhixin didn’t let him down either.

From the moment she began cultivating, her progress far exceeded ordinary people.

In just one month, she had broken through the Body-Forging stage and stepped into the Qi-Absorbing realm.

This was partly because she cultivated all three aspects at once: body, qi, and soul, tempering her foundation to be as solid as iron.

Back then, Ye Wushang hadn’t had such conditions. But now that his daughter did, he naturally would not be stingy.

After another month, she broke through the Great River Barrier and entered the Dao Foundation realm.

Only after this did her progress slow somewhat.

Ye Wushang saw that she was cultivating steadily, without greed or recklessness, and his heart finally relaxed.

Zhixin’s personality had always been like this, bearing the dignity of an elder sister.

If Ye Zilan as eldest son was gentle as jade like Ye Wushang himself,

Ye Zhixin was the reflection of Yue Rushuang when she got angry, her younger siblings all became obedient.

Sometimes, her words carried more weight than even Ye Wushang’s.

“Open the Ten-Person Grand Gift Pack!”

Returning to the Fortress of Time, Ye Wushang immediately activated the prize.

[Congratulations, Host! You have opened the Ten-Person Gift Pack and received:

Dao-Eye Fragments ×9, Spirit-Body Fragments ×9, Bloodline Fragments ×3, Rebirth-Soup ×10, the Gate of Life and Death, a Scripture Repository, Family Resources +2 levels, the Darkmoon Emperor-Slaying Array,

an Emperor-grade cultivation method 《Devouring the Starry River》, and 20 million Destiny Points!】

Ye Wushang’s eyes swept over the rewards, and a satisfied smile appeared.

As expected, the Rebirth Soup once again included something always indispensable.

Before opening, he had guessed this would be given.

Now it was confirmed.

[Gate of Life and Death]: Contains the great Dao of Phoenix Nirvana death and rebirth.

Any member of the Ye family who reaches the peak of the Cave Heaven Realm may enter to comprehend the Dao of Life and Death.

There is a high chance of gaining insight and breaking through to the Starsea Realm to achieve the title of Marquis!

Good stuff!

Ye Wushang’s brows lifted, nodding in satisfaction.

This Gate of Life and Death would be key for the family’s future.

Take Ye Weiwu and the others with their talent, their limit was the Cave Heaven Realm.

But now, with the Gate, their chance of stepping into Kingship rose by thirty to forty percent!

[Scripture Repository]: A heaven-born treasure, divided into five levels.

Houses ten million manuals of every type Heaven, Earth, Black, Yellow.

Every three years, a new King-grade technique will refresh.

Every ten years, an Emperor-grade art will appear!

A superb treasure, with immense use for the clan.

Ye Wushang was very pleased.

[Darkmoon Emperor-Slaying Array]: A grade-4 formation with shocking might.

At full power, it can kill even a Yin-Yang Realm Emperor!

Another great formation, elevating the Ye family’s defenses to a whole new tier.

[Devouring the Starry River]: Emperor-grade cultivation art.

A weakened version of the Starry Body physique.

Uses the body’s 365 apertures as channels; once opened, they devour the world’s spiritual qi into the body.

Its effects reach half that of the true Starry Body comparable to hundreds cultivating at once!

Excellent!

Ye Wushang’s eyes gleamed. Indeed, this was a weaker version of the legendary physique.

Jiang Luochen’s Starry Body had similar early methods, though its later stages were even more terrifying.

But even so, this manual was incomparably powerful.

In fact, it could stand at the pinnacle of Emperor-grade methods, comparable to divine cultivation arts of gods.

For cultivators beneath the Longevity Realm even those of the Tongshen Realm Emperor-grade manuals were already the limit.

Thus, in the Ye clan, this was sufficient to be treated as a true ancestral treasure.

Ye Wushang carefully stored it away, sighing inwardly.

This harvest was unprecedented.

He then checked his Destiny Points.

The births of several children had brought him 25 million.

Now, with 20 million more from the gift pack, his total reached 45 million.

This was the most he had ever possessed at once.

But unfortunately, raising his Blade Intent from eighth level to ninth required 50 million.

He was still short by five million.

So he decided to hold onto them for now, not using them rashly.

According to his understanding, the leap from eighth to ninth level Blade Intent was hundreds of times greater.

A transformation that pure cultivation couldn’t compare to.

Besides, in his eyes, using Destiny Points just to raise cultivation was the most wasteful option.

Central Domain of Tianluo Daozhou!

This was the very heart of the great state.

Most top powers and ancient clans built their headquarters here.

where qi was richest, resources most abundant, and destiny most concentrated.

Thus, powerful figures were endless here.

Even kings, usually rare, could be seen frequently.

And now, the new master of the Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion was holding a Peerless Auction.

an event stirring all of Tianluo Daozhou.

But the host had limited entries below King Realm.

Meaning only those in the Starsea Realm and under could attend.

Still, projection arrays had been set up everywhere, allowing the entire domain to watch everything that happened within.

As such, great powers wasted no time, sending their strongest, most talented Marquis-level experts to attend.

This auction was drawing countless once-renowned, terrifying Marquis powerhouses.

As the day approached, anticipation only grew.

“The Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion truly lives up to its name, look at this grand stage!”

“Indeed! Just this projection alone must cost a royal clan a century’s foundation!”

“Of course. This was arranged by the new Pavilion Master herself; it’s only natural!”

“I heard the new Master of the Tianluo branch is a dazzlingly seductive woman, a King at the Starsea Realm.”

“No, no, what I heard is that she’s pure, like a lotus untouched by dust.”

“I heard she’s playful, like a mischievous spirit!”

“Who cares what she looks like? Once the auction starts, we’ll see for ourselves!”

“Haha, true enough!”

Crowds buzzed, speculation rife.

“Look! At the front of the hall, closest to the stage, ten great thrones! What could they mean?”

“Are they meant for powerhouses beyond the Marquis Realm?”

“Impossible. The Pavilion said clearly no one beyond Marquis level would appear. They wouldn’t slap their own face!”

“True.”

Yet the ten seats drew ever more curiosity.

As rumors spread, excitement built further.

Already boiling with anticipation, the auction now felt ready to erupt.

Everyone longed to know: Who could possibly be qualified to sit there?

At last, the grand gates of the Pavilion opened, and mighty figures began entering.

Spectators were shocked one after another.

This was no common gathering.

Only two ways allowed entry: either one was a famous prodigy, honored with a personal invitation, or one had to pass three brutal trials.

Law Manifestation Realm had its tests; Cave Heaven Realm had theirs.

But in every case, entering was unimaginably difficult.

Rumors told of a top-ten imperial prodigy who tried, only to be flung out at the second gate.

Now, as figure after figure streamed inside, the crowd buzzed with awe.

“That’s Mo Haisheng, a rising star of the Divine Dragon Palace, one of their quasi-Holy Sons! Yet here he’s hardly noticed.”

“Look, Silent Blade Liu Ruke! With one saber he cut through four directions, even fought a Cave Heaven expert for half an incense stick and escaped unscathed!”

“And Zhang Yihu, his sword unmatched.”

Exclamations rose as more prodigies appeared.

Suddenly, a terrifying aura erupted skyward.

A woman in white strode in, heroic and sharp, her sword intent piercing heaven.

Her face was flawless like carved jade.

“It’s Shangguan Wange, the heavenly maiden of the ancient Shangguan clan!

She holds dual supreme sword talents!”

“They say only Mu Xiyao of the Canglan Domain can compare to her in sword Dao!”

“She’s already at the peak of Law Manifestation Ninth Heaven, only one step from the Cave Heaven Realm!”

“One step? That step is a chasm!”

“Yet she once forced back a third-heaven Cave Heaven cultivator with her sword alone, that is fact!”

“They say her purpose this time is to challenge Ye Wushang himself!”

“What? Challenge him? He’s a freak who once slew even a Marquis. Can she really match him?”

“Who knows? Perhaps she only seeks the title of strongest Law Manifestation!”

As voices rang, more and more Cave Heaven Marquis experts arrived, taking their seats.

Their presence alone made Law Manifestation geniuses quiet down for now, they lacked the qualifications to boast before such veterans.

The seats filled, and still all eyes returned to the ten thrones.

But the Pavilion attendants led every Marquis simply to the normal Cave Heaven seats.

Some bristled. One, fiery-tempered, could not hold back.

“What? Even I, Marquis Yang Chengjun of the Heavenly Sea, am unworthy to sit there?”

The usher merely smiled faintly.

“Such is the Pavilion Master’s order. I beg Marquis not to make it difficult for me.”

“Hmph! If not meant for Kings, then I’ll see who dares claim a seat more qualified than I!”

With that, he leapt into the air and flew straight toward the first of the ten thrones.