One hundred times, I will keep my word.

A flash of extreme madness and determination suddenly crossed Yue Qingyao's face, which was already filled with despair!

"Little Thief! I will make your Divine Soul perish!"

She let out a sharp shriek, and her entire body suddenly went limp, as if she had lost all Life Qi, and she fell straight down.

At the same time, a miniature figure about an inch tall, identical to Yue Qingyao's appearance, shot out violently from the top of her head!

Nascent Soul Soul Emergence!

This little figure was precisely Yue Qingyao's Nascent Soul!

Now that she had lost all her magical power, her only recourse was Nascent Soul Soul Emergence,

using the body of the Nascent Soul to directly rush into Lin Yuan's Sea of Consciousness, and use her powerful Divine Soul to completely crush Lin Yuan's Divine Soul!

The speed of the Nascent Soul was extreme; it turned into a streak of light and instantly rushed before Lin Yuan, heading straight for his glabella!

It succeeded!

A ferocious smile had already appeared on the face of Yue Qingyao's Nascent Soul.

The Sea of Consciousness of a Foundation Establishment ant was as fragile as thin paper; as soon as her Nascent Soul rushed in, she could easily turn it upside down!

However, not a trace of panic was visible on Lin Yuan's face.

He didn't even bother to move, and instead, a mocking curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Just a split second before Yue Qingyao's Nascent Soul was about to collide with his glabella.

"Buzz—!"

A brilliant golden light suddenly erupted from Lin Yuan's chest!

A phantom image of an ancient Talisman appeared out of thin air, emitting a sacred, majestic, and inviolable Aura.

It was precisely the Soul Suppressing and Divine Protection Talisman that Lin Yuan had exchanged for using Gu Zheng's merit points in Black Stone City!

This Talisman could block Possession attempts from the Nascent Soul Stage.

The golden light instantly formed an indestructible barrier, like a golden Divine Shield, firmly blocking the Nascent Soul.

"Bang!"

Yue Qingyao's Nascent Soul, like a moth, violently crashed into this golden Divine Shield.

"Ah—!"

A miserable scream, so shrill it seemed inhuman and sharp enough to pierce the eardrums, emanated from the Nascent Soul's mouth.

The golden light seemed to be the bane of all Divine Souls in the world; not only did it block her impact, but a terrifying backlash force surged wildly into her Nascent Soul through the point of collision.

Her Nascent Soul body instantly flickered erratically, its light dimming.

"No... impossible... you... how do you have a Soul Suppressing Talisman!"

The Nascent Soul's face was filled with unbelievable terror. She wanted to flee, but found that she was like iron filings drawn by a magnet, completely unable to escape the golden light's coverage. Streams of Pure Yang Power were scorching her Soul body.

"Get back here!"

Lin Yuan sneered and beckoned with his hand.

The Nascent Soul, severely injured by the golden light and weakened to the extreme, let out a desperate wail, uncontrollably flying back and re-entering Yue Qingyao's lifeless Physical Body.

"Pfft..."

The instant the Physical Body and Nascent Soul reunited, Yue Qingyao violently spat out a mouthful of heart blood. Her entire body convulsed violently, and her Aura was extremely weak.

Having suffered such a heavy blow to her Nascent Soul, she wouldn't even dream of recovering without a hundred or eighty years.

"Now, can you be a little more obedient, Senior?"

Lin Yuan walked over to her side and, without any further hesitation, the Spirit-Binding Lock instantly bound her soft, delicate body tightly, like a spiritual snake... Time quietly flowed within this isolated Immortal Cave.

A month and a half passed in the blink of an eye.

During this month and a half, Lin Yuan lived the simple and unadorned Cultivation life he had always dreamed of.

Every day, he was like the most patient old farmer, tending to his most precious Spirit Medicine.

He would regularly pinch open her mouth and feed her a Medicinal Pill to restore Origin Qi. His movements carried neither pity nor obscenity; he was purely maintaining a valuable tool.

Following that was the day-after-day, monotonous and boring face-to-face bitter Cultivation.

From the initial fierce resistance and cursing, to later numbness and despair, and finally, Yue Qingyao completely gave up resisting, becoming like a beautiful doll without a Soul, allowing Lin Yuan to do as he pleased.

Lin Yuan didn't care about this at all.

He wasn't dating; he was building his career!

Finally, after the hundredth session of face-to-face bitter Cultivation ended, Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath of Stale Qi.

His gaze fell upon the small golden characters at the bottom of his vision.

[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Mid Stage: 21680/100000 (addable points)]

[Fourth-Grade Alchemist: 1/600 (addable points); Sixth-Grade Artifact Refiner: 1/400 (addable points); Third-Grade Array Master: 0/700 (addable points)]

[Fifth-Level Fire Control Art: 0/500; Illusion Transformation Art (Perfection)]

[Available attribute points: 104188]

[special attribute points: 101]

A full one hundred thousand points!

He fulfilled the promise he made to Yue Qingyao outside Black Stone City that day: one hundred times meant one hundred times.

Lin Yuan focused his thoughts on the Cultivation column.

Instantly, the Cultivation display flickered and reorganized.

Boom—!

An indescribably terrifying energy instantly erupted from the depths of his Dantian!

Lin Yuan felt the magical power inside his body, like a burst dam, instantly shattering the barrier of the Foundation Establishment Mid Stage that had plagued him for so long!

His Meridians were frantically widened and reinforced under the scouring of this vast energy!

His Dantian Qi Sea expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the originally liquid magical power became purer and more condensed!

His Physical Body, bones, and Divine Soul all underwent comprehensive transformation and sublimation at this moment!

Late Foundation Establishment Stage!

It was done!

Lin Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, and a powerful Aura, far surpassing his previous one, violently swept out from his body.

He could feel that the total amount of magical power in his body was more than three times what it was before!

He slowly clenched his fist, feeling the magical power within his body; an unprecedented feeling of power filled his limbs and bones.

He stood up and stretched his muscles and bones, producing a series of crackling sounds.

Finally, his gaze fell upon the small golden characters at the bottom of his vision.

[Cultivation: Late Foundation Establishment Stage: 0/500000 (addable points)]

[Fourth-Grade Alchemist: 1/600 (addable points); Sixth-Grade Artifact Refiner: 1/400 (addable points); Third-Grade Array Master: 0/700 (addable points)]

[Fifth-Level Fire Control Art: 0/500; Illusion Transformation Art (Perfection)]

[Available attribute points: 25868]

[special attribute points: 101]

Achieving Late Foundation Establishment Stage Perfection actually required five hundred thousand attribute points; Lin Yuan suddenly felt a slight ache in his waist.

Shaking his head, he looked back at Yue Qingyao.

This former lofty, powerful expert of the Nascent Soul Stage, who had chased him until he had nowhere to run, now bore no trace of her past demeanor as an ethereal Fairy.

Lin Yuan felt no pity in his heart.

The winner takes all; the Cultivation World was inherently this cruel.

If he hadn't possessed enough methods and been sufficiently meticulous, the cold corpse lying here now would have been his own.

How should he deal with this woman?

Kill her?

That would be too wasteful.

Killing a supreme grade Nascent Soul Stage cultivation vessel like this felt like a waste of heavenly resources even to Lin Yuan.

Let her go?

Even less possible.

That would be letting the tiger return to the mountain, leading to endless trouble.

The best method was to completely turn her into his private property, a tool he could exploit for value at any time.

He needed a more secure means of control.

The Spirit-Binding Lock could only restrain the Physical Body, and Formations required Spirit Stones to maintain. If anything went wrong and she escaped, the trouble would be enormous.