Chapter 15: With This Blood, I Carve a Skyward Path for My Wife!

One month had passed since Qin Xuan dominated Qingfeng City, annihilated the Han Family, and made his name resound across the Imperial City.

Throughout this month, Qin Xuan continued his “dull” routine: cultivating during the day and enjoying the night.

It was worth mentioning that as Qin Xuan’s cultivation level grew higher, the power of his Immortal Kidney also became incredibly potent. Even Ji Yingyue and Su Nianshuang found it hard to withstand.

Besides that, the Qin Family’s development entered an incredibly rapid phase during this month.

First, Qin Xuan deployed the ninth-grade Spirit Gathering Array he received as a system reward. This caused the spiritual energy density within Qin Manor to skyrocket.

The cultivation environment for Qin Family members became even better than that of the Azure Dragon Dynasty’s imperial family!

Following that, Qin Da dispatched Qin clansmen to the spirit stone mine veins, guided by the map Qin Xuan provided.

They mined vast amounts of low-grade spirit stones, supplying the Qin family members for their cultivation.

Additionally, after wiping out the Han Family and two other major families, Qin Da sent people to confiscate all the resources accumulated over the years by the Han Family and those two clans.

Whatever Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, spirit herbs, elixirs, cultivation manuals, martial arts techniques — they swept everything back to the Qin Family.

It could honestly be said; the Qin Family had never fought such a bountiful battle since its founding!

With unlimited access to all these resources, the Qin clansmen all started intense cultivation mode.

Previously, after losing many strong members in the Secret Realm.

Within the Qin Family, forget the Divine Transformation Realm, even members at the Heavenly Guardian Realm were incredibly scarce.

But now, after over a month of such crazy growth.

Just the number of Qin clansmen who recently broke through to the Heavenly Guardian Realm had already reached double digits!

With such an ocean of resources pouring in, forget the Qin family members, even a dog could become powerful.

Moreover, within this month, the imperial family and various major powers within the Imperial City.

They all sent envoys bearing expensive gifts, expressing goodwill towards Qin Xuan, this Peerless Prodigy.

The imperial family even promised that if Qin Xuan was willing to serve them, they would marry an imperial princess to him and grant him the hereditary title, Marquis Guardian of the Realm.

However, Qin Xuan refused all these offers.

What imperial princess could compare to the Saintess of Tai Xuan in her matchless elegance, or Maiden of Calamity Su Nianshuang in her adorably flustered charm?

As for that lousy, hereditary Marquis Guardian of the Realm title, what was so special about it?

If Qin Xuan fathered just two more children, he could make the Azure Dragon Dynasty’s imperial family bear the surname Qin by then!

Only one’s own strength was a truly eternal and imperishable foundation.

Qin Xuan understood this clearly.

Therefore, facing the favors and attempts to recruit him from the imperial family and other factions, Qin Xuan regarded it all with utter calm.

Thus, another two peaceful months passed.

Both Qin Xuan and Ji Yingyue broke through to the Ninth Level of the Divine Martial Realm, only a single step away from the Grandmaster Realm of the Rotating Sea!

Of course, given Ji Yingyue’s innate talent, her progress shouldn’t have been this slow. The main reason was that most of her time was spent healing injuries and adjusting her physical condition.

During this period, Ji Yingyue had finally brought her body to its absolute peak condition.

Because now, Ji Yingyue was about to undertake her very first Nirvana Ascension on her cultivation path!

Qin Xuan placed the remaining Supreme Sky Spirit Pills, a portion of high-grade spirit herb pills retrieved from the Han Family’s vaults, and all the prepared high-level spirit grass pills inside the room.

He and Su Nianshuang guarded outside the door, silently waiting for Ji Yingyue’s Nirvana Ascension.

“Husband… should I leave for a while…?”

Su Nianshuang whispered hesitantly.

Though Qin Xuan often used his Solar Divine Power to neutralize the Calamity Power that leaked out during her cultivation, Su Nianshuang still worried she might bring bad luck to Ji Yingyue.

Learning from Qin Xuan and Ji Yingyue how utterly vital this Nirvana Ascension was for Ji Yingyue, possessing the Purple Phoenix Divine Body, only heightened her fear!

Absolutely zero mishaps were allowed!

“Don’t worry! It’s fine! I’ve made complete preparations! And I believe once Yingyue succeeds in her Nirvana, she’ll want to see us the very first moment!” Qin Xuan squeezed Su Nianshuang’s hand reassuringly.

Before initiating the Nirvana process, Qin Xuan had carefully used his Solar Divine Power to wash over Su Nianshuang’s entire body. He had then activated his Truth-Seeking Eyes to scrutinize her meticulously three times. Finally, he had enveloped her with his Sword Intent as an additional layer of reassurance.

He was absolutely certain not a wisp of Calamity Power could leak out!

Reassured by Qin Xuan’s words, Su Nianshuang took out her short blade, watching their surroundings vigilantly.

Seeing this, Qin Xuan couldn’t help but smile. However, as an intensely scorching aura began to emanate from within the room, he also grew tense.

The first Nirvana Ascension was always the hardest.

Not because it was of a high level; actually, the first Nirvana involved the lowest level of refinement, focusing only on bones, sinews, and bloodline reconstruction.

This was precisely why Ji Yingyue dared to attempt it while pregnant—the first Nirvana wouldn’t harm the fetus in her womb.

In fact, upon success, as Ji Yingyue’s innate talents ascended, the fetus’s potential would also grow. It was entirely beneficial, with no harm.

Therefore, the main difficulty of the first Nirvana lay in Ji Yingyue’s lack of experience.

Compounding this, Ji Yingyue had suffered a disastrous failure and serious injury during an attempt sabotaged in the past. While her physical wounds had healed completely, the psychological trauma remained unresolved.

This raised the difficulty of Ji Yingyue’s Nirvana Ascension by another order of magnitude.

Rumbling!

As the Nirvana commenced, wisps of Purple Phoenix Divine Flame seeped out from all corners of the room. Violet light radiated into the sky, instantly causing the surrounding temperature to soar.

Seeing this, Qin Xuan raised his right hand. Immediately, countless strands of Sword Qi converged, forming a massive cage that enclosed the entire area, preventing the Purple Phoenix Divine Flame from escaping.

“Sister Yingyue, you can do it!” Su Nianshuang cheered from the side.

Inside the room, however, Ji Yingyue was submerged in an ocean of agony.

The first Nirvana involved refining every inch of her bones, sinews, and bloodline, inside-out, within the Purple Phoenix Divine Flame. It was tantamount to destruction followed by rebirth and ascension.

Previously, Ji Yingyue’s resilient spirit might have endured this pain.

But now, whenever the agony tore through her, her mind relentlessly replayed the scene of her last, sabotaged Nirvana—the brutal injury, the failure.

Like icy maggots boring into bone, these memories eroded her willpower, dragging her down deeper into despair.

Buzz… Buzz… Buzz…

As Ji Yingyue’s will frayed, the Purple Phoenix Divine Flame sustaining the Nirvana began to roil violently.

The temperature inside and outside the room abruptly surged to scorching heights, filling the air with destructive power.

“Husband! Has something gone wrong with Sister Yingyue!” Su Nianshuang cried out anxiously upon feeling the Divine Flame’s violent instability.

“Sigh! It seems Yingyue still hasn’t overcome the shadow left by her previous failure.” Qin Xuan sighed helplessly.

He had truly thought Ji Yingyue had fully adjusted her mindset and physical condition these past days. He never imagined this problem would surface at the critical moment.

“What do we do! Is there anything we can do to save Sister Yingyue!” The kind-hearted Su Nianshuang’s voice was thick with tears.

Before her voice faded, however, an even fiercer, blazing heat swept over them.

“Husband, what’s this?”

Su Nianshuang looked forward, startled. Suspended on Qin Xuan’s fingertip was a single, glistening, crimson drop of blood.

Within that blood, a phoenix silhouette flickered, radiating both intense heat and an aura of noble majesty.

It felt like a true divine phoenix had descended from the Ninth Heaven, bearing the terrifying power to incinerate the world.

“Phoenix Essence Blood!”

“With this blood, I carve a skyward path for my wife!”

As the words left his lips, Qin Xuan flicked his finger. The drop of Phoenix Essence Blood shot into the room like a streak of bloody light.

The very next instant, a clear, resounding phoenix cry pierced the heavens!

Endless Purple Phoenix Divine Flame erupted from the room. Like raging infernos, the flames ignited in the empty air.

Within the ferociously burning Purple Phoenix Divine Flame, a silhouette emerged, reborn from fire. It was wholly violet, emanating both immense power and lofty magnificence.

It was the Purple Phoenix!

Nirvana Ascension had succeeded!