After receiving news from Xiao Ai, the group entered the Celestial Primordial Ark. Chu Lingxi was shocked when Xing Xing brought her inside, but she briefly explained to her mother that the place belonged to Tang Xiao.
Xiao Ai forbade Xing Xing from talking too much and asked her to take Chu Lingxi to the residence area to break through, especially since the clones of the Ascension Fruit were short-lived and needed to be used immediately.
After listening to Xiao Ai's explanation, Tang Yin, Xing Xing, Chu Lingxi, Tang Huang, Mu Qingge, Tantai Lingyan, Zhao Qing, Mu Yan, Mu Lin, Jessica, Zhao Yixuan, and Yu Xiaoling rushed to the residential area, where they attempted to break through to the next stage.
After distributing the fruits, Xiao Ai brought the original Ascension Fruit to Tang Xiao's clone, and she detected that her master would soon break through to the Upper Xiantian Realm.
Xiao Ai smiled in satisfaction because Tang Xiao's clone could break through two stages at once, but she had forbidden him from cultivating after he broke through. Breaking through once already caused his foundation to become unstable, and breaking through twice in a row would cause it to become even more unstable, so it was too risky for him.
Unlike them, Tang Yuan decided to take two Ascension Fruits, and she went straight to Feng Yao's apartment to hand one over to her.
Feng Yao herself had heard that Tang Xiao had bought an Ascension Fruit at the auction, but she was confused as to how he could have so many that he could give two to her and Tang Yuan.
Feng Yao asked her best friend, but Tang Yuan still didn't want to explain anything to her without Tang Xiao's permission. After that, the two women practiced their cultivation together in preparation for their breakthroughs.
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Wang Fuxi, who was watching Shen Tianhu, suddenly noticed a commotion inside his cell. She frowned as the prison guards suddenly discovered the man was no longer breathing, and they immediately called paramedics to check his condition. Unfortunately, it was too late, and he had already died from the poison administered by Yang Mi earlier.
Wang Fuxi didn't immediately sneak into the prison; she waited for the prison guards to move Shen Tianhu's body elsewhere, as her appearance there would only cause a commotion.
After the prison guards placed Shen Tianhu's corpse in the morgue, Wang Fuxi immediately sneaked into the prison to examine his corpse. She carefully examined his corpse using her qi, but she found no poison in his body, as it was undetectable by anyone, even for a cultivator as powerful as her.
"What exactly happened to him? Why did he suddenly die after his wife visited him?" After she examined Shen Tianhu's corpse and found nothing, Wang Fuxi decided to leave the prison and go to the Shen House.
Wang Fuxi was shocked once more when she arrived at the Shen House and discovered Yang Mi in her bedroom, motionless. She decided to go inside and check on her, but she also found her dead.
Wang Fuxi carefully examined Yang Mi's corpse, but she found nothing inside, just as she had with Shen Tianhu's. "Could Tang Xiao have killed them? How did he do it? I'm watching her husband 24 hours a day, so he shouldn't have been able to deceive my senses."
Wang Fuxi tried to look for Shen Xiang in his bedroom, but she couldn't find him anywhere because Tang Yin had already killed him. She was truly annoyed by the situation because she had been watching them for several days, but she couldn't prevent Tang Xiao from killing them, and the three of them ended up dead.
Although she didn't see Tang Xiao kill them, Wang Fuxi still believed that he killed the Shen family. She took the phone and called the hospital to pick up Yang Mi's corpse, mainly because she couldn't let it rot in the room.
After that, Wang Fuxi left the Shen House and checked other places, but she couldn't find Tang Yuan in her apartment.
Wang Fuxi immediately checked Feng Yao's house because she was Tang Yuan's best friend, and she found the two of them cultivating in the living room. She was truly surprised to feel the fluctuation of qi within their bodies, as they were about to break through soon. Since they were in the process of their breakthrough, she didn't disturb them and waited for them to finish.
Since Shen Tianhu and Yang Mi were dead, Wang Fuxi decided to leave their house area. She went elsewhere while wondering about how Tang Xiao killed them, even though she was watching the prison with her senses.
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Meanwhile, Ouyang Qing chose to spend time at Lin Yan's house because she was too lazy to go back to the Ouyang House, especially after she found out about her father and big brother's relationship with Su Rou.
Ouyang Qing was shocked after she learned that Lin Yan's husband was going to divorce her and take their son away, but her best friend didn't explain to her that her husband divorced her because of her relationship with Tang Xiao.
Lin Yan was familiar with Ouyang Qing's character, and her best friend would be furious if she knew about her relationship with Tang Xiao, so she chose not to tell her.
Lin Yan brought out a drink with a not-too-high alcohol content, and the two women drank together while discussing various things, especially regarding Su Rou's relationship with Ouyang Hong and Ouyang Ming.
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At the Ouyang House, Ouyang Hong finally woke up from his sleep after sleeping all day, but he was shocked to find himself sleeping naked in his son's room.
Ouyang Hong was even more shocked when he found Su Ro and Ouyang Ming sleeping naked, embracing each other. He tried to remember everything, but he couldn't remember anything from before, including their threesome, because Tang Yin's parasitic soul had previously controlled him.
"Shit! What exactly happened to me?" Ouyang Hong immediately got out of bed, got dressed, and headed back to the master bedroom. He couldn't find Yi An there, and he tried to contact her, but her smartphone was turned off. "Did she know about our previous activities?"
Ouyang Hong chose to ignore Yi An for now because he couldn't remember many things, including about his threesome with Su Rou and Ouyang Ming. However, his body was still exhausted, and he eventually fell asleep again, unaware of the changes that would occur to his situation soon.
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While Tang Xiao was in the process of his breakthrough, Yi An suddenly woke up from her sleep. She panicked when she couldn't find him by her side, but she calmed down again after seeing him meditating on the sofa.
"What is he doing? Why is he meditating like that?" Yi An was curious about Tang Xiao's activities, so she got out of bed to approach him.
However, a massive shockwave suddenly released from Tang Xiao's body and spread throughout the room after he broke through to the Upper Xiantian Level, causing Yi An to nearly fall to the floor. She managed to stop herself from falling by holding on to the head of the bed, but she was really shocked by it.
"What the hell is that?" Yi An looked at Tang Xiao, wondering what was happening in her heart. He kept his eyes closed because his clone had consumed the Ascension Fruit, which caused the unstable qi in his body to fluctuate again.
The qi fluctuations within Tang Xiao's body became greater than before, making his expression serious. He was sweating profusely due to the increased qi fluctuations, which further confused Yi An about his condition.
Seeing Tang Xiao sweating profusely, Yi An hurriedly took the tissues from the table and sat next to him. While wondering in her heart about his activities, she carefully wiped the sweat from his forehead and face. "What are you doing, Xiao'er? Why are you like this?"
Unlike when he broke through to the Upper Xiantian Level, Tang Xiao took a long time to break through to the Peak Xiantian Level. The process was so long that Yi An fell asleep beside him, her head on his shoulder.
As the morning sun began to illuminate the room, a shockwave released from Tang Xiao's body again after he successfully broke through to the Peak Xiantian Level, which jolted Yi An from her sleep.
Yi An was almost thrown off the sofa because of this, but she hurriedly hugged Tang Xiao's body tightly, which confused her even more.
After the qi fluctuations within his body stopped, Tang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and opened his eyes. He looked at Yi An, who was staring at him in a daze.
Before Yi An could ask him, Tang Xiao pinned her down on the sofa and kissed her. She didn't refuse his kiss, but she wrapped her arms around the back of his neck and kissed him back.
They didn't kiss for long because Tang Xiao suddenly separated their lips, and he picked her up and carried her to the bathroom. "What were you doing earlier, Xiao'er? Why did I feel a strong wind coming from your body twice?"
'Sigh.' Tang Xiao inwardly sighed. "Yi'er, I don't know how to explain the details to you, but I'm not an ordinary human, and people like me call ourselves cultivators."
"Cultivators?" Yi An looked at Tang Xiao in confusion. "Are you saying you're cultivators like in the movies?"
- To Be Continued -