On the other side, Su Youyi's cave mansion opened at the same time as Liang Yi's.

"Hm?"

Liang Yi, who had just exited his cave mansion, was taken aback when he ran into Su Youyi. Why did it feel like his junior sister looked somewhat different? Yet, if asked to articulate the difference, he was at a loss for words; it was a fleeting, indescribable sensation.

Clearly, the Su Youyi before his eyes looked no different from before, yet Liang Yi sensed an aura of majesty emanating from her, similar to the first time he saw Emperor Zhou of the Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty.

He perceived that within his junior sister's body lay an extremely terrifying Sword Intent, one that even he found enigmatic.

"You... have you..." Liang Yi hesitated.

"Ah, I just had some insight and made a breakthrough. I can't quite contain it at the moment," Su Youyi herself noticed the abnormality and, feeling embarrassed, tapped her head before sticking her tongue out at Liang Yi.

Liang Yi breathed a sigh of relief; once his junior sister smiled, the inexplicable majesty vanished, and she returned to the familiar junior sister he knew.

"It seems like you've gained quite a bit," Liang Yi chuckled. Although his junior sister spoke lightly, at her level of cultivation, a breakthrough based on insight was no trivial matter; she must have achieved something significant.

"Senior brother, you... are already at the Sixth Realm!?" Su Youyi was about to downplay her achievement, but the next second her eyes widened from crescent moons to full circles.

This this this...

The figure of Xu Yi appeared beside Liang Yi, looking at him with the same incredulity as Su Youyi.

He had seen instances of successive breakthroughs before, even as himself being hailed as a once-in-a-millennium genius of the Blood Control Sect, he had accomplished such a feat.

But even for a normal genius, successive breakthroughs meant that their foundation had been built up to a point where it could no longer be contained, triggering a series of breakthroughs all at once.

However, such scenarios mostly occurred below the Fifth Realm; Xu Yi had neither seen nor heard of anyone directly breaking through from the Fifth Realm to the Sixth Realm.

"Incredible..." Xu Yi marveled aloud, sizing up Liang Yi, evidently trying to figure out how he achieved this.

"Senior brother, did you pass the Heart Inquiry?" Su Youyi moved closer, full of doubt as she approached Liang Yi, not sensing the distinct aura associated with a breakthrough in Heart Inquiry.

"Ehm... My Heart Inquiry seems a bit special, I haven't passed it yet..." Liang Yi glanced at the still gray task on his mission panel, his face showing a bit of helplessness.

"You ascended to the Sixth Realm without breaking through Heart Inquiry?" Su Youyi placed her hands directly on her senior brother's shoulders, her eyes sparkling with curiosity; this completely overturned her understanding of cultivation.

"Hey, hey, too close, too close..." Liang Yi, faced with his junior sister drawing ever closer, lightly tapped her forehead with his own, reminding her to keep a clear head.

"I just don't understand..." Despite being pushed back slightly by her senior brother's tap, Su Youyi still firmly held onto Liang Yi, pouting.

"Senior brother, senior brother, how did you do it?"

"If you ask me, I'm not sure either. While I was training, it just broke through, I'm also puzzled," Liang Yi withdrew his hands from his junior sister's wide, soft embrace, spreading his arms, indicating his own confusion.

Xu Yi rubbed his chin thoughtfully on the side. A breakthrough without passing Heart Inquiry was indeed unheard of in history.

In the recorded annals of the Blood Control Sect, although there were instances where individuals supposedly broke through without experiencing Heart Inquiry, in reality, they had unknowingly passed it during their cultivation journey, even unaware to themselves.

But Liang Yi's current situation was definitely not that; with Xu Yi's discerning eye, he could see that the youth indeed hadn't passed it.

This provoked another bout of contemplation in Xu Yi. Could it be that this youth was extremely steadfast in the path he had taken, never once straying from the outset of his cultivation journey? Is that why he did not need to undergo Heart Inquiry?

Xu Yi inwardly nodded, feeling there was a significant possibility. After all, as far as he knew, Liang Yi's cultivation journey from the start to the present was pathetically brief, so brief that he probably passed the Heart Inquiry without even having the chance to stray off course.

Too fast, Heart Inquiry couldn't even react in time.

At this moment, Liu Rouxin and the old cat also sensed the disturbance and hastily arrived, both of them a bit puzzled by the scene before them.

And when they learned about everything that had happened to Liang Yi, Liu Rouxin felt the same sense of disbelief as Su Youyi.

She even specifically inquired with Xue Youyou, but even the well-informed Xue Youyou had never come across such a situation, and Liang Yi was not one of their Blood Demon Clan.

The cultivation path of their Blood Demon Clan is one of life and death, straight to the point where it couldn't be straighter.

The old cat hopped directly onto Liang Yi's head, treading with its paws, and seemed to guess what was happening.

People from that world all harbor within their bodies a potent force from the Otherworld, serving both as protection and assistance, and most likely it was that thing causing mischief.

"These are all trifles; let's wrap things up quickly and set off!" Liang Yi felt uneasy under the gazes of his junior sister and Liu Rouxin and could only hastily change the subject.

"Oh right, indeed, waiting for you two almost bored me to death." Liu Rouxin's attention was instantly diverted; she was very concerned about matters related to Xue Youyou.

"Senior Xu, thank you for your hospitality during this time, and for your earlier help." Liang Yi hadn't forgotten Xu Yi standing nearby. He respectfully expressed his thanks to Xu Yi, as there was no need to guess where that burst of Spiritual Energy had come from.

"It's nothing, that was your own fortune." Xu Yi waved his hand indifferently.

Even ten times that amount of Spiritual Energy would be nothing to the Blood Control Sect. Befriending a cultivator with boundless prospects like him was a surefire profitable deal for the Blood Control Sect.

If previously the amiable attitude towards Liang Yi and Su Youyi was mostly due to Chen Hua, now he held them in even higher regard themselves.

These two disciples of Chen Hua might both rival Chen Hua in the future.

"Then I shall take my leave first, and leave the matter of clearing out the Devouring Spirit Sect's influence to Senior Xu."

"No need to mention it; each of our sects benefits on its own terms. When you see Chen Hua, tell him for me that he was mistaken about that matter, but the Blood Control Sect won't pursue it any further."

Xu Yi nodded and took the opportunity to give a few words of advice to Liang Yi.

"Sure, I'll make sure to pass it on," Liang Yi nodded and agreed.

"Blood Demons are unpredictable in temperament; be careful on this Secret Realm journey."

The last statement was meant for Liu Rouxin to hear; knowing the Blood Demon's craving for the Blood Core, he was still somewhat worried.

"Got it, you're such a nag," although Liu Rouxin sounded impatient, she seemed to take her master's words to heart.

There were a lot of matters awaiting the Blood Control Sect. After reminding Liu Rouxin, Xu Yi vanished from the spot, leaving only Liang Yi and the rest.

"Then let's get going! Is the place far?" Liu Rouxin couldn't wait to ask Liang Yi.

"Very far!" Liang Yi nodded,

"Where is it?" Liu Rouxin was also somewhat curious.

"Next to the Demon Clan's territory, within the expanse of Medicine Valley!" Liang Yi unfolded a map in the Void, pointing towards a light spot at the very northern end.