Published: March 8, 2025
Lanmei Xian smiled and said, “Don’t worry… Master knows the importance of this! I won’t spread it around!”
“Not a soul is allowed!” Tie Butian said firmly, emphasizing, “As long as Master agrees, I will take the elixir immediately! But if Master lets this slip to anyone, even to just one person… then I will only have one path left to die…”
Lanmei Xian walked a couple of steps, pondering, “As long as you promise me to cultivate the Exquisite Ice Heart through Jade Bones to perfection… I will agree!”
“Deal!”
Tie Butian didn’t hesitate, opening the Amethyst Bottle, taking the elixir without a second glance, and stuffing it into her mouth, her gaze intense: “Master, don’t forget your promise!”
“This child. How could I, as your master, go back on my word?” Lanmei Xian hadn’t yet realized that her disciple had put her under a tight constraint, immediately supporting Tie Butian, one hand on her back and the other on her Heavenly Spirit, saying, “Clear your mind, circulate your energy to digest the elixir, and think of nothing else.”
Just as Tie Butian wanted to say something, she felt a surge of heat rising from her dantian, and in the blink of an eye, the pain throughout her body vanished without a trace, followed by a wave of extreme comfort spreading through her limbs and bones…
At the same time, a surge of spiritual energy rushed in from her back, penetrating her dantian, spiraling upwards; the spiritual energy from above enveloped her, and when these three forces met, they suddenly dispersed into countless streams of spiritual energy…
Tie Butian then felt that her entire body seemed to be undergoing subtle changes, and all the changes converged, finally evolving into an earth-shattering transformation…
After a long while, Lanmei Xian suddenly fell backward with a thud, fainting!
This time, helping Tie Butian alter her constitution had drained all of her energy! Without at least a month of meticulous cultivation, it would be impossible to recover.
Tie Butian was drenched in fragrant sweat, feeling greasy all over, not knowing what had seeped out of her body, but she felt completely restored; her whole body felt light as if she could float away… Moreover, in her mind, it seemed that countless profound insights had emerged…
She propped herself up and found that she was indeed unharmed.
Just in time to prepare for childbirth, there was a shortage of hot water; she immediately ordered some to be brought in, cleaned her body thoroughly, and upon standing, she felt that she was completely different…
Lanmei Xian slowly regained consciousness, her body weak, but her spirit was incredibly invigorated. She grasped Tie Butian’s hand to examine it, joyfully laughing, “Good, good! My Lanmei Xian finally has a successor, all meridians connected, dantian like a vast sea; Exquisite Ice Heart, pure as jade bones… all gathered in one body!”
Her gaze was intense: “Tian Tian, you must cultivate earnestly… now you have basically eliminated all barriers to your cultivation, standing at the peak of the Exquisite Ice Heart through Jade Bones—the Celestial Literature—do not waste this gift from heaven!”
She paused for a moment and said, “Only when you grow strong… can you better protect your child! In the lower heavens, although you are an emperor… you must understand, in the upper heavens… they won’t care for your son just because you are an emperor…”
Tie Butian's heart tightened, saying, “Disciple understands.”
Lanmei Xian smiled with satisfaction, “When the child is a month old, I will take Qianqian back to the upper heavens first; you should raise the child well, cultivate earnestly, and when the time is right, you must go up! The upper heavens are where talents like you truly belong!”
Tie Butian said nothing, her gaze somewhat lost…
After a long while, Tie Butian slowly said, “Please let Qianqian in, I want to talk to her.”
Lanmei Xian nodded and went out.
Before long, Wu Qianqian gently walked in: “Did you call for me?”