After burning away all the purple aura that had burdened Fang Yi’s body, Chu Yan helped the woman consume a pill.He had obtained the pill from Wang Bo’s spatial ring after killing him. Chu Yan only gave her a Tier 4 pill, because he didn’t know much about pills. He was worried that higher-tier pills might be specialized ones that could be dangerous if consumed by others. Because of that, he only gave a Tier 4 pill, which he was certain was safe.The pill gradually healed Fang Yi’s internal injuries, allowing her to finally survive the critical stage.“Huff… this is really exhausting.” Chu Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead, then froze when his gaze fell upon Fang Yi’s body.At the moment, the girl wasn’t wearing anything—her clothes had been burned away by Chu Yan’s flames. Although her body was still covered in cuts, it could not conceal her beauty.Chu Yan swallowed hard, his hands trembling as he suppressed the inappropriate thoughts rising in his mind.He held his breath and c

Ye Ning moved through the ruins, searching for her companions. She had accidentally triggered numerous traps along the way, but none of them posed any threat to her.All of those traps had weakened with age; at most, they could only affect a Martial King. As for a Martial Emperor like Ye Ning, she didn’t even need to dodge—those traps couldn’t even scratch her skin.After searching for quite some time, Ye Ning found no one, nor did she discover any treasures. Eventually, however, she detected the aura of a member of the Purple Valley Sect.“Got you.” Ye Ning immediately followed the trail, moving at incredible speed until she finally found him—a member of the Purple Valley Sect.“Ye Ning!” The man was startled by her sudden appearance and quickly raised his sword to block her punch.He was sent flying, crashing into a wall hard enough to crack it.Ye Ning said nothing, nor did she intend to give him any chance. She lunged forward in a single leap.“?!” The man hastily dodged.BAM!Ye

Fang Yi and Chu Yan continued exploring the ruins together. Eventually, they discovered a sword artifact embedded in a stone pedestal, sealed by a Rune formation.“The Rune formation is already damaged, so the strength of the seal has weakened as well. Maybe we can do something about it,” Fang Yi said, thinking they should at least try, even though neither of them understood Rune formations.And so, the two of them attempted various methods to retrieve the sword—using brute force to pull it out, striking it, and trying other approaches—but they couldn’t even make it budge.“It won’t move at all. The seal is still too strong—we can’t take it out by force,” Chu Yan sighed softly.“Hah… in that case, it seems we have to give up on this artifact. We won’t be able to obtain it,” Fang Yi said with a bitter smile, disappointed that she couldn’t acquire the weapon.“Wait, there’s still one method I haven’t tried.” Chu Yan stepped forward.Fang Yi raised an eyebrow, saying nothing, curious abo

Carrying Ye Ning on his back, Wang Chen checked the map to track Gu Zhuang’s movements.He threw an artifact onto the wall, activating it to create an invisible barrier.It would only slightly hinder Gu Zhuang’s movement—Wang Chen never expected it to stop him completely.Then he took out several artifacts, forming hand seals to combine them before throwing them up, where they attached to the ceiling of the rooms he passed through.They were only fifth-grade artifacts, so they wouldn’t be able to stop Gu Zhuang.Earlier, Wang Chen had prepared several fifth-grade artifacts for worst-case scenarios like this, and only now was he using them.Although he was previously a fourth-grade Rune Master, he could still create fifth-grade artifacts by combining multiple fourth-grade runes with fifth-grade materials. However, he still couldn’t create sixth-grade artifacts.Wang Chen continuously deployed various artifacts as traps while preparing something else.He didn’t know the exact cultivatio

Gu Zhuang had underestimated Wang Chen too much, and in the end, that led to his death. It was also because Wang Chen was able to seize the opportunity perfectly, allowing him to kill the man.Wang Chen was aware that Gu Zhuang greatly underestimated him, so he deliberately held back, making himself appear powerless before launching a fatal strike at the end.Yes, Wang Chen hadn’t used his full strength earlier because Gu Zhuang had been underestimating him as well. But if both of them had gone all out, would Wang Chen have been able to match him? Wang Chen wasn’t sure. Aside from the fact that the artifact he used was only at the fifth tier, the one he faced was a disciple of the Purple Valley Sect—someone whose strength and talent surpassed cultivators of the same level.Wang Chen was even certain that if this Gu Zhuang fought any Martial Emperor in the Sun Empire, he wouldn’t lose—especially with that purple sword.Wang Chen stopped releasing the power of the Runes within his body,