Chapter 45: Dewdrop Senior Brother, Cream Puff Junior Sister
"Ji Ning, where did Senior Brother go?"
"He is cultivating inside."
"Ah…"
The two girls were stunned. Gu Qing had his own cultivation cave, how could he be cultivating in the Goddess Palace?
"He has entered enlightenment."
Ji Ning explained.
"Senior Brother is truly amazing."
Su Qingyue's beautiful eyes shone brightly, her flawless face filled with joy.
"He is indeed amazing." Ji Ning's tone was quiet, her gaze dark as she quickly swept her eyes over Su Qingyue's delicate figure.
The little girl had grown.
Her legs were straight and slender, her body graceful and well-proportioned, with curves both front and back.
Her fair and tender skin seemed to glow faintly.
She possessed a beauty transcendent and detached, like a fairy accidentally lost in the mortal world.
"Mm, mm!"
Su Qingyue nodded repeatedly. In her heart, Gu Qing was the unparalleled favored son of heaven.
Chu Yao rubbed her forehead helplessly.
Even if she liked Gu Qing, there was no need to look so cheap.
This little sister was beyond saving.
…
…
Crack~!
Inside the great hall, a sound rang out — the breaking of an eggshell.
The enormous crystal-clear egg, inscribed with countless Dao patterns, shattered with a boom, transforming into endless motes of light that surged into Gu Qing's body.
"Void Dao Realm…"
Gu Qing murmured, sensing the vast power of the Void Dao Realm.
Wherever his eyes fell, the entire world became clear, fragile, and insignificant.
With a flip of his hand, he could destroy heaven and earth, overturn sun and moon.
[Congratulations, Host, you have finally stepped into the true path of cultivation.]
The system's gentle magnetic voice sounded in his mind.
"Entered the path?"
[Correct. Only upon reaching the Void Dao Realm can one be considered a true cultivator, capable of annihilating heaven and earth, comprehending the myriad laws, and possessing a lifespan of 10,000 years.]
"I see…"
Gu Qing nodded, recalling his cultivation journey with a sigh.
At first, he couldn't even obtain an Earth-rank cultivation method.
He trained day and night, sweating endlessly, just to break through Body Tempering early and one day surpass the Divine Sea Realm.
Yet now, after only a few years, he had reached a height he once couldn't even imagine.
The Void Dao Realm — in the outside world, he could already dominate a region and watch the rise and fall of countless heroes.
Collecting his thoughts, Gu Qing silently intoned.
"Display my attribute panel."
[Destiny Pattern] Variable.
[Fate] Unknown.
[Fortune] 321,000.
[Innate Divine Abilities] Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal, Yin-Yang Wheel, Star-Plucking Hand, Chaos Sword Art, Star-Shattering Finger, Stellar God Fist.
[Divine Abilities] Destruction of Eight Desolations (minor), Spatial Shift (minor).
[Treasures] Reincarnation Divine Halberd, Golden Gourd, Space Divine Pattern.
[Heavenly Flame] Heart of Ice and Fire.
[Innate Spiritual Root] Nine-Colored Soul Lotus.
[Cultivation Method] Chaos Indestructible Sutra.
"My Seven Stars Fist and Sun God Fist have merged into one?"
[No!]
[Your physique has transformed, giving rise to the Stellar God Fist, which can display all star-related fist techniques, as well as split and combine them. I have named it the Stellar God Fist.]
"Now that's well done."
For once, his foster father had been attentive. Gu Qing felt gratified.
[In addition, the Chaos Indestructible Sutra has evolved into a Creation Method. It possesses the trait of fusing all techniques. From now on, just one glance at a method will allow it to merge and evolve endlessly.]
"Good." Gu Qing was overjoyed.
This was truly an unexpected gift.
He would no longer need to painstakingly comprehend techniques.
[The host's Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal holds infinite creation. Used well, even without me, you can achieve supremacy.]
The system praised the Treasure Bottle Seal endlessly, reminding Gu Qing to make good use of it.
The Chaos Indestructible Sutra had only evolved into a Creation Method because of the Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal.
"Mm!"
Gu Qing nodded solemnly.
Even without the system's words, he intended to use the Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal often in the future.
"Senior Brother."
Su Qingyue's flowing gown shimmered with mystical light, her beauty ethereal, like a celestial maiden descending to the mortal world.
"Senior Brother, you broke through to the Void Dao Realm?"
Seeing Gu Qing's cultivation, Su Qingyue's beautiful eyes widened in shock.
Chu Yao's lashes trembled slightly, her heart surging with waves.
If she remembered correctly, just 2 months ago Gu Qing was still in the Mysterious Dan Realm, wasn't he?
"Could diligent cultivation really produce such rapid progress…" Chu Yao was moved and resolved to study techniques, secret arts, and cultivation insights in her spare time to build her foundation.
Gu Qing hummed in agreement, smiling gently: "Accumulate deeply and unleash suddenly; it was a lucky enlightenment."
"There is no luck in cultivation; Senior Brother is truly the unparalleled prodigy of the ages."
Su Qingyue no longer resembled a goddess—her small mouth sweet as honey, her eyes full of admiration as she looked at Gu Qing.
She had worried that Gu Qing's year-plus study of techniques might slow his realm advancement, but the facts proved otherwise: her senior brother Gu Qing was peerless.
The fairy instantly became a little fan; Gu Qing, basking in the attention, felt a surge of pride.
"Young Master Gu, these are freshly delivered demonic beast flesh and spirit herbs."
Chu Yao smiled seductively like an incomparable enchantress and placed a storage ring into Gu Qing's palm, her finger brushing his with foxlike flirtation.
A little temptress, Gu Qing thought with vexation; beneath her coquettishness, Chu Yao was actually conservative and resolute.
Over the past year she had often provoked him, igniting desire then fleeing, which left Gu Qing itching with irritation.
But Gu Qing was no stoic saint.
He gripped her pale wrist and drew her into his embrace; her soft body pressed close, fragrance rising. From above he took in her jadelike profile, delicate clavicle, and rounded form.
Gu Qing's gaze deepened as his large hand closed on her slender waist.
"Ah…"
"You…"
Chu Yao cried out, cheeks flushing as she struggled and broke free in a flurry.
Gu Qing snorted internally—so much bravado, and that was it?
Su Qingyue watched with sour envy; Gu Qing had never treated her this way—did he favor Chu Yao?
Before she could overthink it, Chu Yao pushed Su Qingyue into Gu Qing's arms with a smile: "Your little lover is here."
"Senior Brother."
Su Qingyue's cheeks flushed as she pressed her hands to Gu Qing's chest and called softly.
Gu Qing's eyelid twitched; this play could not go unreciprocated.
"Here she comes…" Ji Ning's eyes gleamed from within the mystic light.
"The priggish senior brother finally sheds his mask, seizing the pure junior sister—becoming Dewdrop Senior Brother and Cream-Puff Junior Sister…"
Gu Qing turned sharply toward Ji Ning, frowning; he sensed a gaze fixed on him.
Was it Ji Ning?
"It shouldn't be—Ji Ning is cold, ruthless, and terse," Gu Qing muttered, withdrawing the thought and looking back at the exquisitely beautiful Su Qingyue.
He could not deny some stirring, but he already had Lin Chuqing.
"Chu Yao, any news of my fiancée?" he asked, addressing Su Qingyue.
At the mention of Lin Chuqing, Su Qingyue's eyes dimmed slightly and she leaned into Gu Qing's embrace to show she did not mind.
"She's training in the Eastern Region of the Ancient Wild Domain," Chu Yao said with a teasing smile, twirling a lock of hair. "I hear she's accompanied by several peerless prodigies—are you anxious?"
Gu Qing had asked Chu Yao to gather news of Lin Chuqing and they had become long-standing spiritual friends, exchanging messages by signal jade; Chu Yao knew Lin Chuqing's movements well.
"Excellent people will always attract pests," Gu Qing said, shaking his head; he trusted Lin Chuqing completely.
"She suggested you and Qingyue cultivate the Lunar-Solar Chaos Record together—what do you think?" Chu Yao asked seriously as she watched the couple's intimacy.
"I'll embrace and observe." Gu Qing tightened his arm around Su Qingyue's slender waist, smiling at her shy expression.
Lin Chuqing had told him that the Dao is long and obstructed; when suitable partners are found, they become Dao companions and support one another. The primary wife had no objection.
Since Su Qingyue did not object, he would not push her away—what kind of man would he be if he did?
"Hmph, you're lucky—treat Qingyue well." Chu Yao snorted, pleased that lovers might become a couple.
She had no issue with Gu Qing having multiple prodigious partners; mortals have multiple wives, emperors keep thousands of concubines, and cultivators often have several Dao companions.
"If you have the ability, marry as many as you wish," she murmured, recalling her father's household of over 300 wives and countless concubines kept outside.
Some female cultivators likewise married nightly, acting as reborn bodhisattvas, blessing men everywhere; long lives and Dao-focused lives made desire merely a release, though lifelong pairings also existed.
"Rest assured, my heart mirrors yours; I will not betray this affection." Gu Qing answered decisively, tightening his hold.
"I believe in you, Senior Brother." Su Qingyue lifted her head, summoned courage, looped a slender arm around Gu Qing's neck, and spoke earnestly—her world filled with Gu Qing's image.
"Our hearts mirror one another…" Chu Yao murmured in surprise; such sentimental phrasing was rare among cultivators schooled solely in Dao.
Shaking her head, Chu Yao refocused on her original intent and asked how Gu Qing planned to handle Luo Li's ambitious designs.
"Relax. The Saintess seat belongs to Qingyue; no one will take it." Gu Qing said.
Luo Li was ruthless, deep-minded, power-hungry, and domineering—her bid for the Saintess title surprised no one.
But as long as Zhimeng objected, Luo Li could not overturn matters, and as a core disciple of the Starry Sky Temple who even the ancestor instructed, Gu Qing's backing ensured Su Qingyue's position.
"That reassures me." Chu Yao said.
"By the way, many covet Qingyue, and the Holy Son is determined to obtain her—be careful." Chu Yao warned.
"Also, when we came to Goddess Peak, several furtive Mysterious Dan Realm disciples followed us. What will you do?" she asked.
"What will I do? Naturally, crush them."
"Let's go."
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