Chapter 718

Chapter 718: Recovery

“After just resting for a bit, why are you both so worried?” Ye Yun opened his eyes and smiled at the two anxious girls.

“In that case, I can truly befriend them both.” Every moment here was perilous. Though the two girls possessed protective methods from the Immortal Dao Sect, none were foolproof. Yet they chose to stay with him despite the risks, and this sincerity moved Ye Yun deeply.

“Hmph! We’ll settle this later for tricking Ling’er and me. Don’t think you’ll escape punishment once we reach the Broken Space.” Relieved to see Ye Yun awake, Shui Lingling hastily grabbed his and Shui Yingying’s hands, channeling true qi to flee the fractured layers of Broken Space.

Ye Yun tensed at her sudden action and glanced back at the slowly mending void. The once-shattered space had sealed its entrance and exit, the restraining force now gone.

Shui Lingling strained to propel them forward with her true qi, but even at her fastest, the closing rift outpaced her. A soft glow then flickered within Ye Yun. A wisp of white light enveloped them, and in an instant, they escaped the crumbling space.

“Ha! We made it! Ling’er almost thought we’d die there!” Shui Lingling wiped cold sweat from her brow, shuddering as the entrance sealed behind them. Without Ye Yun’s spatial laws, they’d have been trapped until their Immortal Spirit Stones depleted—a fate worse than swift death.

“Why did that spatial law carry an ancient, immortal aura?” Shui Yingying studied the meditating Ye Yun, her gaze unsettled.

As a Nine Yin Body, she sensed energies others couldn’t. This matched forbidden records she’d read in the Immortal Dao Sect’s archives. Shui Lingling, with her yang-aligned physique, remained oblivious.

“Curious about the immortal essence?” Ye Yun met her questioning look, his eyes faintly gleaming with celestial light.

“Forgive my rudeness.” Shui Yingying bowed her head. Questioning her savior felt ungrateful.

“No harm done. I once obtained a divine beast egg and absorbed parts of its legacy. What you sense likely stems from that dragon egg’s influence.” Ye Yun chuckled. Had they not lingered for him, they’d have escaped earlier—panicked but unharmed. If anything, he owed them apologies for endangering their lives. Their loyalty warmed him; true friends were rare.

“Pfft! You just ate the beast egg’s soul. Why phrase it so grandly?” Shui Lingling giggled. “Sis and I devoured bird eggs when hungry as mortals. It’s no big deal.”

“I’d feared you’d despise me for it,” Ye Yun admitted, surprised by their nonchalance. *Cultivators truly grow resilient*, he mused.

“It’s like beasts hunting humans—survival, not cruelty. We slay beasts too. Same difference!” Shui Lingling shrugged.

“Ye Yun considered your feelings, yet you mock him?” Shui Yingying tapped her sister’s head reproachfully.

“Ow! I’m just curious why he’s so naive!” Rubbing her head, Shui Lingling whined, “Where even are we? This barren place feels dangerous.”

“This can’t be the Broken Space’s core. The sect leader mentioned strange encounters upon entry.” Shui Yingying surveyed the desolate wasteland. “We’re likely still in the outskirts. The spatial laws here feel stronger—Ye Yun must’ve noticed.”

She smiled, observing his stabilized true qi. “You endured much pain, didn’t you?”

Ye Yun grimaced. “I’m severely injured. Your amusement seems harsh.”

“Direct complaints to Lingling. I’m neutral.” Shui Yingying’s smile faded as her innate spiritual body detected ominous energies. A distant, lifeless plain filled her with dread—far beyond Earth Immortal realm trials.

“This dead air…” She shuddered. “It explains the land’s lifelessness.”

“You sense it too?” She stared at Ye Yun, baffled. How could an ordinary physique perceive this?

“My senses are sharp, and this supreme Immortal artifact helps.” He pointed to his necklace. “Though inferior to your Nine Yin Body.”

“Another treasure? How many do you have?!” Shui Lingling exclaimed. “Ling’er’s luck pales next to yours!”

Ye Yun dismissed it as spoils from a divine ruin—a plausible tale, given his impossible wealth for a wandering cultivator. Even sect elites like them only received supreme Immortal artifacts as heirs.

Shui Yingying had chosen the Starry Sky methods to match her sister, despite dissenters favoring dual innate spiritual bodies. But power-hungry elders preferred candidates like Pei Yunshan—ruthless, ambitious, and dominant among second-generation disciples.

The sisters, however, cared little for politics. They’d entered cultivation merely to survive hunger.

“Ugh! How far is this destination?” Shui Lingling grumbled, fiddling with the jade tablet. “Over a hundred thousand miles? Even flying nonstop would take ages!”

“The spatial fracture diverted us. Unavoidable.” Shui Yingying sighed. The tablet revealed their distance from the Broken Space’s heart—a realm fractured by ancient Immortal-Demon clashes, now housing legacies in its Seven Demon Heavens and Three Celestial Grounds.

Here, Shui Lingling’s First Level Earth Immortal cultivation seemed feeble. Their elder brother, a Fifth Level Earth Immortal slayer, would fare better. Ye Yun’s true strength remained veiled, though his Wuding River feat surpassed even prodigies. If his Fourth Level Nascent Soul facade hid real power, he might transcend mortality. Otherwise, he’d struggle—like her Seventh Level Nascent Soul self.

Head throbbing, Shui Yingying massaged her temples. Fatigue plagued her lately, likely from merging her yin with Shui Lingling’s yang via the Starry Sky methods—a precarious balance of sun and moon forces. Like Ye Yun’s unstable Sun and Moon Dual Souls, their energies resisted harmony.

Yet the discomfort felt familiar, so she ignored it—unaware of the whispering truth within.