Ye Qin left the cabin, calming his mind, his brow furrowed slightly, his thoughts heavier than before. The existence of Qingqiu Li, the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox Demon Saint, was undoubtedly a hot potato in his hands.

Especially since this particular hot potato possessed immense power, leaving him with no choice in the matter; he couldn't even consider discarding it. Qingqiu Li was hidden within his Grand Wing Warship, and if she were discovered by the Three-Legged Crow Demon Saint, it was highly likely to provoke a furious assault from the latter.

This situation would undoubtedly drag him into the conflict, causing him undeserved disaster. Fortunately, the Three-Legged Crow Demon Saint was currently being hunted by two Nascent Soul cultivators, Old Devil Blood Gourd and Sword Venerable Qing Hao, meaning they were likely too preoccupied to worry about anything else.

As long as Qingqiu Li remained unseen, for the Three-Legged Crow to search the vast Eastern Sea Cultivation World and locate her deliberately hidden within his warship would be akin to finding a needle in a haystack. The absolute prerequisite for all of this was that Qingqiu Li must not be exposed.

Whether due to the necessity of her own cultivation or Qingqiu Li’s sudden intrusion, a journey to another continent in the immediate future had become an imperative. Next, he needed to make some arrangements.

Deciding which continent to visit was not difficult; Ye Qin planned to return to White Float City to discuss matters with Huangfu Bing'er before making a final decision. Once they traveled to another distant continent, it was likely they would have little chance to return to the Eastern Sea Cultivation World.

The affairs of the Azure Pill Palace in the Eastern Sea had to be handled properly so that he and Bing'er could depart with peace of mind. Furthermore, there was an extremely crucial matter: both he and Bing'er needed to rapidly advance their cultivation and strength.

The other two continents were not like the Eastern Sea Cultivation World; they contained numerous cultivators above the Soul Transformation stage, meaning the status of Nascent Soul cultivators there would likely be quite low. Without sufficient strength, establishing a secure footing in those other continents would be exceedingly difficult.

"First, return to White Float City, and we'll take things one step at a time!" Finally, Ye Qin shook his head, abandoning the idea of consuming the Vermilion Fruit flesh aboard the Grand Wing Warship to boost his cultivation. He exited the cabin, instructing the Azure Pill Palace disciples on board to diligently attend to their newly received "maid" in the cabin without any negligence.

He then took his sword and flew toward the hastily repairing Coastal City, passing through the busy teleportation array back to White Float City. Ye Qin returned to his private residence in White Float City.

Bai Xiuer quickly notified Huangfu Bing'er, who was currently in seclusion. Upon learning that Ye Qin had returned from the Immortal-Demon Battleground, Huangfu Bing'er emerged from her secluded cultivation chamber, greeting him with joyous surprise.

"Husband, did the Eastern Sea cultivators win?" Worry often breeds confusion. The scale of this Immortal-Demon Great War, a conflict rarely seen in millennia, was inherently dangerous, and victory would not be decided in just a few days.

Huangfu Bing'er was only at the early stage, third layer of the Nascent Soul realm, still relatively weak. She was using Vermilion Fruit flesh to forcefully advance her cultivation, deliberately holding back from accompanying him so as not to distract him with concerns for her safety.

Although she trusted Ye Qin's strength implicitly, her daily anxiety and longing for him remained immeasurable. Huangfu Bing'er had not expected Ye Qin to return so quickly from the Immortal-Demon Battleground near Coastal City, and her heart swelled with emotion.

"The great battle isn't over yet. The demon race faction drove massive hordes of beasts from the Sea of Blood to attack the city; it won't be finished quickly." Ye Qin smiled gently, proceeding to recount in detail the events of the Immortal-Demon Great War, as well as everything involving Old Devil Blood Gourd and Qingqiu Li.

"So, we are going to the other continents?" Huangfu Bing'er murmured softly. "Old Devil Blood Gourd is pressing us, and the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox Demon Saint also doesn't wish to linger in the Eastern Sea.

We will depart as soon as we arrange the legacy of the Azure Pill Palace within the Eastern Sea Cultivation World! The Sacred Emperor promised he would return to the Eastern Sea after his reincarnation, and I must honor that promise by having the Azure Pill Palace disciples assist him in the future." Ye Qin nodded.

"Wherever Brother Ye and Sister Bing'er go, Xiuer will follow! Don't even think about leaving Xiuer behind.

Otherwise, Xiuer staying alone in the Eastern Sea will be incredibly boring." Bai Xiuer quickly interjected. "Hehe.

If you stayed in the Eastern Sea, I’d worry you’d run wild without supervision and perhaps cause trouble for the Azure Pill Palace," Ye Qin chuckled. Huangfu Bing'er took Bai Xiuer's hand.

Given Xiuer’s carefree nature, she, too, felt uneasy leaving her alone in the Eastern Sea. Seeing that Ye Qin had no intention of abandoning her, Bai Xiuer playfully stuck out her tongue and happily slipped out the door, allowing Ye Qin and Bing'er some private marital conversation.

However, her true hurried purpose was likely the large-scale purchase of her favorite snacks and various trinkets around White Float City. She had tasted the misery of traversing oceans; enduring years without cheerful diversions would bore her to death.

"That girl!" Huangfu Bing'er watched Bai Xiuer’s swift departure, shaking her head with a slight smile. "Although we must leave, this lineage of the Azure Pill Palace cannot be abandoned.

How do you plan to arrange things here?" Ye Qin linked arms with Huangfu Bing'er’s soft hand, sitting beside the couch draped with fine silk, inhaling the faint fragrance from her body, and whispered softly. Huangfu Bing'er had always managed the affairs of the Azure Pill Palace; Ye Qin rarely involved himself.

Leaning into Ye Qin’s embrace, Huangfu Bing'er organized her thoughts and spoke to him, "Husband, the Purple Sword Palace, the Northern Sect Master of the Heavenly Dao Alliance, is currently rising rapidly in prestige. Your contributions were not insignificant in this, and you have done more than enough.

The reason Sect Master Zhou agrees to let you leave is largely due to this. As long as the Purple Sword Palace stands, the Azure Pill Palace will not face external oppression.

The most important thing now is the internal strength of the Azure Pill Palace itself. My father, Second Mother, Shen Bao, Yan Xuan, Sun Ran, Chen Weidan, Yuan Ningzhi, Feng An, and the other core high-ranking cultivators have all consumed the Vermilion Fruit flesh, and their cultivation has risen to the ninth layer of the Golden Core stage.

With enough Nascent Soul Pills, their breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm is just around the corner. When the Azure Pill Palace has eight Nascent Soul cultivators, it can firmly establish its roots in the Eastern Sea and ensure the continuation of the Azure Pill Palace lineage.

I propose that my father succeed as the Palace Master of the Azure Pill Palace to manage all its affairs; no one should object. Coupled with the hundreds of other Azure Pill Sect disciples who took Vital Energy Pills and the vast industries accumulated recently, the Azure Pill Palace will have no worries for the future and can be passed down long-term." "Eight Nascent Soul cultivators are enough to make the Azure Pill Palace as solid as a rock.

I will also leave a certain amount of Nascent Soul Pills and Vital Energy Pills so the Palace doesn't run out of steam later. Although the foundation is still shallow, within a century, they should be able to ascend to become a first-rate Great Immortal Palace." Ye Qin nodded.

"Then tomorrow, I will first prepare the necessary items for Father and Mother’s tribulations." "En!" Ye Qin kissed Huangfu Bing'er’s exquisite face in his arms. His large hand gradually grew restless, roaming over the curves and soft mounds of her delicate body.

He removed her light silk robe, and the plump, finely smooth touch sent a tremor through his soul, igniting the flames of desire. Huangfu Bing'er's face flushed crimson as she rested her head on Ye Qin’s chest, her eyes tightly shut, her red lips slightly pursed, emitting soft moans.

Ye Qin waved his hand, and the pale, light-colored silk curtains drew shut. The next day.

Huangfu Bing'er went to the market to procure materials for the Azure Pill Palace cultivators preparing for their tribulation. Ye Qin specifically visited the Heavenly Dao Pavilion in White Float City.

In the Immortal-Demon Great War at Coastal City, a great many high-level demon cultivators participated and perished. Although the Eastern Sea cultivators were mostly too busy during the fierce fighting to collect common demon spirits, no cultivator would dare let go of the top-grade spirits from the high-level demon cultivators.

After the battle, the market was suddenly flooded with a large number of high-grade, supreme demon spirits, including rare wind, ice, and lightning attribute spirits. Ye Qin’s Eight Fiery Array and his Minor Three Wonders divine ability artifacts required the spirits of these three types of high-level demon cultivators.

Ye Qin had long commissioned the Heavenly Dao Pavilion to acquire these three types of spirits to refine the Minor Three Wonders flying swords. As long as they were on the market, the price was no longer the primary concern.

Furthermore, Ye Qin needed to prepare a substantial amount of spirit stones for this journey to other continents. He planned to sell some Vital Energy Pills, so he decided to handle that through the Heavenly Dao Pavilion as well.

This was not Ye Qin’s first time visiting the Heavenly Dao Pavilion in White Float City; he was now one of their most distinguished VIPs. Through Pavilion Master Wang, he placed the order to procure the supreme Minor Three Wonders demon spirits and have them refined into divine ability-grade flying swords.

It took an entire afternoon before Ye Qin left the Heavenly Dao Pavilion. Huangfu Rui, Chen Min, Shen Bao, Yan Xuan, Bie Ran, Chen Weidan, Yuan Ningzhi, and Feng An, the eight Golden Core cultivators, had all directly consumed the Vermilion Fruit flesh, rocketing them to the ninth layer of the Golden Core stage.

One Vermilion Fruit could take someone from the Qi Refining stage all the way to the peak of the ninth layer of the Nascent Soul realm—this kind of deeply vitalizing fruit provided unimaginable benefits to Golden Core cultivators. Of course, to prevent leakage, this treatment was reserved only for the core leadership of the Azure Pill Palace.

The remaining ordinary disciples of the Azure Pill Palace only received the much weaker Vital Energy Pills, forcing them to cultivate slowly through the Golden Core stage. The task for these eight was now to enter seclusion, consume the Nascent Soul Pills refined by Ye Qin, and assault the Nascent Soul realm.

Ye Qin and Huangfu Bing'er continued to consume the Vermilion Fruit to advance their Nascent Soul cultivation while simultaneously assisting them. They chose to undergo their tribulations on a small cluster of scattered islands far from White Float City.

Ye Qin stood detachedly on a piece of sea-island reef, gazing at the churning, darkening sky, crackling with lightning and shifting winds, ready at any moment to intervene to weaken the heavenly tribulation for the disciples breaking through. Ye Qin only cultivated during brief lulls, yet despite this, his cultivation rapidly reached the eighth layer of the Nascent Soul realm.

As time passed, the purple bloody aura surrounding him gradually faded. The Putrid Bone Slime Skeleton Demon lay sprawled lazily nearby, a large handful of spirit roots clenched in its jaws, desperately sucking out the dense death energy contained within.

It had just reached the third layer of the Nascent Soul realm, and its cultivation speed was already exceptionally fast, yet it still lagged significantly behind Ye Qin. Several damned sea beasts, ignorant of the danger, had swum into this area and now lay dead on the surface of the water.

Huangfu Bing'er, meanwhile, sat meditating after consuming the Vermilion Fruit. She had already broken through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage, directly reaching the sixth layer, closing the gap on Ye Qin's cultivation level.

"Boom!" A thick pillar of tribulation lightning fire descended upon one of the small islands. Huangfu Rui, possessing the deepest foundation, was the first to face the Great Heavenly Tribulation.

Further out, beyond the perimeter of the sea islands, a contingent of hundreds of male and female Golden Core cultivators from the Azure Pill Palace guarded the sea area spanning several hundred miles, preventing outsiders from approaching. They were all from the Azure Pill Immortal Sect of the Central Lands, gazing at the cluster of dark, cloud-covered islands with excited, utterly fervent admiration.

Eight cultivators from the Azure Pill Palace attempting to reach the Nascent Soul realm simultaneously was an almost unimaginable event in the Eastern Sea Cultivation World. They all knew who was responsible for everything the Azure Pill Palace had achieved.

The Fifth Elder of the Purple Sword Palace, the Elder in charge of war mandates for the Northern Branch of the Heavenly Dao Alliance, the First Elder of the Azure Pill Palace, the Azure Pill Palace's sole master alchemist of the highest skill, a cultivator who progressed from the early Nascent Soul stage to the eighth layer of the Nascent Soul stage in just a few months, a figure who shone brilliantly in the Coastal City Immortal-Demon Battleground creating a purple bloody aura, and a cultivator directly favored by the Soul Transformation Ancestor Old Devil Blood Gourd, who sought to recruit him at the cost of millions of high-grade spirit stones. He was the true founder of the Azure Pill Palace, and perhaps the most powerful cultivator in its entire history.

For the next several hundred or even thousands of years, the Azure Pill Palace might never see a second cultivator as impossibly formidable as him. Most importantly, almost no one doubted that he would eventually reach the Soul Transformation stage.

It was merely a matter of time.