"How are you doing, Master?"

  "Let me guess, you're probably broke by now since you 't heal anyone ierlife, haha… you get the joke, right?"

  "You 't heal dead people. Get it?"

  "...Yeah, it's a bad joke. I know."

  "..."

  "Do you remember the Unity Sword Sect?"

  "How silly of me to ask...you obviously remember them. They're the ones who killed you..."

  "You're probably worried that I might fall into the hands of those people."

  "But you don't o worry. After all, my genius is almost frightening."

  "I already killed them and took my revehey died a very, very painful death."

  "I know you'd be angry with me for not following your st words."

  "But… but I really couldn't stop myself."

  "I hated them so much!"

  "And not just them! I despise those hypocrites from the Heaven Thwarti and the other two sects. I hate all the high-ranking cultivators on this ti!"

  "Not only did they cause your death, but they've been chasing me for years! I 't even take a piss without w that some random guy will pop up and attack me just to steal the Sky Poison Pearl."

  "Almost everyone was after me, and because of them, I couldn't eve id...I had to stay a virgin for so long, damn it!"

  "Every time I visited a city, I had to stantly worry about someone actally disc my identity. Do you have any idea how hard it is to visit a brothel uhose ditions?"

  "Nah, you probably don't. After all, you died a virgin, lol."

  "You're probably saying something like, 'What do you know, brat?! Women and sex will only slow down the speed at which I diagnose my patients.'"

  Yun Wuji spoke for a long time as if he were having an ordinary chat with his master. He shared stories about his experiences over the past year, mentioning everything from the new dishes he'd cooked to the iing women he'd entered. He even ughed as he recalled the rare herbs he'd found while "actally" stumbling into the treasure vaults of a few big sects.

  Standing up, Yun Wuji held a teapot, gazing at his master's tomb. "I inally wao use wio honor yrave, but sihat's haram, I'll use tea this time."

  *Just a joke...*

  He lifted the teapot and poured the tea over the tomb, the liquid spshing onto the ground and soaking his shoes and pants. In this pce, he didn't bother using his light-energy .

  Standing in front of his master's grave, his thoughts drifted back to their time together. He remembered the day his master picked him up in the wilderness when he was just a tiny baby, the way he had scolded him for being rude whenever he said strahings. He also recalled the many times when he was a 6-year-old kid, his master had punished him for pretending to heal other women, just to cop a feel.

  As expected of a virgin...

  Ahought of the st moment when his master had died.

  He couldn't help but wonder what happens when people die. Do they just cease to exist? How do others cope with the loss of their loved ones?

  In his previous life, his parents had been alive and well, and he had not fotten about them at that time.

  He used to visit them once a month since he lived just a few cities away.

  After ing to this world, he holy missed them quite a bit.

  But as he spent more time here, he started to miss them less and less. By now, he could hardly recall their appearances.

  Did he still love his parents? Yeah... probably.

  Would he do everything in his power to return to his universe to meet them? Nah, he wouldn't.

  Yun Wuji had asked himself these questions many times. At first, he couldn't face himself and answer holy.

  They said that people stop g about you when you die... Deep down, in a pce he didn't want to front, he realized that to him, his parents had already died the moment he arrived in this world.

  But as time passed and he experienced more, he began to accept that idea. He felt that he no longer loved or cared about his parents from his previous life.

  Still, this realization scared him even now. Love, affe—nothing could st forever; someday, even the universe would be destroyed. Would there e a day when he might fet about his master and his lovers as well?

  "Sigh, I always get emotional around this time," Yun Wuji murmured with a tired sigh.

  "Eh?" Suddenly, he felt as though he uood something, but as he reached for it, the feeling slipped away, vague and elusive. He had a strong premonition that if he could seize this fleeting insight, it would provide him with immense help iure. Without a moment's hesitatio down and closed his eyes

  ...

  Swoosh!

  Profound energy surged from her like a gale as Xia Qingyue slowly opened her eyes and stood up. She ched her hand, feeling her newfound strength. Aed smile appeared on her face, she had just broken through to the peak of the Spirit Profound Realm!

  "One more step to the Earth Profound Realm," Xia Qingyue murmured as she stepped out of her room, her eyes shining with excitement. Ihan half a year, she had asded from the Profound Realm to the peak of the Spirit Profound Realm, a feat she would have ohought impossible, beyond even her wildest dreams.

  In the novel, it took her 1 year and 7 months to break through from the Peak True Profound Realm to the 3rd level of the Earth Profound Realm.

  "I ever repay my master's gra this life." Her rapid progress had e solely because her master had provided her with the best cultivation enviro and resources, nurturing her potential and guiding her every step of the way.

  "Master said that if I break through to the Earth Profound Realm soon, he'll give me the Emperor Awakeni Pellet. With that, I could advance directly to the Emperor Profound Realm! He eveioned he could help me reach the Tyrant Profound Realm using something called the 'Overlord Pellet.' Master really is the best!"

  As she walked, thoughts of her master filled her mind. When they had returned from the Heavenly Sword Vil, Yun Wuji had told her that if she reached the Earth Profound Realm withiime he set, he would not only gift her the Emperor Awakeni Pellet but also personally help her to reach the Tyrant Profound Realm.

  The Overlord Pellet is an elixir that inates from the Illusory Demon Realm, refined by the Duke Baoqing Pace. It allorofound practitio the peak of the Emperor Profound Realm the ability to immediately break through to the Tyrant Profound Realm. However, the Duke Baoqing Pace requires an average of fifty years to refine a single pellet.

  However, with the Sky Poison Pearl, mass produ of Overlord Pellets bees possible. Yun Wuji refihousands of them in a very short time.

  In the novel, Yuilized five Overlord Pellets to help Murong Qianxue break through from the 8th Level Emperor Profound Realm to the 5th Level Tyrant Profound Realm in just five hours.

  At just 13 years old, if Xia Qingyue were to break through to the Earth Profound Realm and utilize the two pellets, she would bee the you Overlord in the history of the p!

  Thinking of her master, who always did his best for her, Xia Qingyue felt a giddy flutter iomach. "Master, where are you? I miss you~"

  Suddenly, she halted iracks, her heart rag. She sensed her master's aura nearby! Without a sed thought, she bolted forward with all her strength, calling out, "Master!"

  "Qingyue? Oh, your aura— you broke through!" Yun Wuji had just returned from the Azure Cloud ti. He saw Xia Qingyue dashed toward him, her excitement radiating like a bright light, making it impossible for him to miss the joy that sparkled in her eyes.

  She dove into his embra an ayle leap, raising her head with aed voice. "Hmm! I didn't let master's expectations down!" Her face was lit up, practically glowing with a 'praise me!' expression.

  "Right! Qingyue is the greatest genius in the world," Yun Wuji chuckled, giving her a pyful pat on the head. He paused for a moment, then added, "After me, of course."

  "I knew you would say that! As expected, your narcissism is unrivaled, Master," Xia Qingyue replied with a ugh, shaking her head at his familiar boastfulness.

  "Why does everyohink I'm arrogant and narcissistic? I'm just stating facts," Yun Wuji said, shaking his head helplessly.

  "Master, I broke through to the Peak Spirit Profound Realm soohaime you set for me. Will you reward me?" Xia Qiook a step back, pg her hands behind her back as she leaned forward, a pyful grin spreading across her face.

  "Oh, you want a reward? Sure! What do you want? A heavenly treasure? Immortality? Or maybe the power to stop the Saiyans from destroying the world?" Yun Wuji mused, stroking his thoughtfully before finally nodding his head in agreement.

  "Saiyans? Oh, e on, Master! They're just fial creatures from the books in your library," Xia Qingyue chuckled then, her expression turned ear as she tinued, "I heard from Senior Murong that you gave her a drop on blood and a body-strengthening teique. I want those too! you give them to me?"

  'First Chu Yue, who liked to share our bedroom secrets, and now Murong Qianxue... why 't these women keep a secret?!' Yun Wuji held his forehead, feeling a headache ing on as he looked at his disciple's sparkling eyes.