20: Generous rewards, including Immortal Realm Breakthrough Pills

Just as he was feeling self-satisfied and savoring the endless aftertaste—

[Ding! Ding ding ding! Detected host successfully conquered rating 99 (Unrivaled Peak) target: Empress! Compatibility assessment: Perfect! Hidden condition triggered: First to conquer an Emperor-level target!]

[Rewards calculating... Calculation overload... Re-evaluating... Rewards generated!]

[Congratulations host for obtaining an Epic-level Over-the-Limit Reward Gift Pack!]

A series of rapid and pleasant System notification sounds exploded in his mind like firecrackers, and the golden virtual interface flashed frantically.

[1. World Seed · primordial tree embryo ×1]: Transformed from a wisp of vitality at the beginning of Chaos, it can be cultivated within the body or a specific space to evolve into the prototype of a new Small World! Contains faint World Laws, with infinite potential!

[2. Mandate of Heaven Ziwei Dragon Qi ×1]: Formed from the condensation of Empress's Origin fate and the Empire's Luck essence. After Fusion, it can greatly enhance one's own Luck and fate strength. Comprehension of the Emperor's Dao and the art of governance will increase rapidly, with a terrifying bonus to Dragon-type Cultivation Techniques and Divine Abilities!

[3. immortal realm breakthrough pill ×1]: No Bottleneck, assists Peak Emperor Realm Cultivators to break through the limits of Emperor Realm lifespan shackles and step into the legendary Immortal Realm!

[4. Emperor Realm breakthrough pill ×9]: Can allow those near the Peak Emperor Realm to advance to the Emperor Realm without any obstacles, or significantly enhance the cultivation of those who have just entered the Emperor Realm. Quality guaranteed, honest prices for all.

[5. nine revolutions sublimation pill ×9]: A hard currency for enhancing Physique and talent. Mortal bodies to spiritual bodies, spiritual bodies to divine bodies... Wholesale price, large quantity provided.

[6. Purple Pole Star-Fixing Sword ×1]: Based on immortal gold, forged with Ziwei Star Power and Strange Phoenix Divine Fire. When the sword is drawn, purple Qi pierces the heavens for ten thousand miles, and the Phoenix cries in the Nine Heavens, shaking the ten directions! Comes with its own Emperor's prestige and immortal charm, a growth-type immortal weapon!

[7. Grandmist Supreme Treasure Fragment (Unknown) ×1]: Suspected to be a fragment of some Nine Revolutions Grandmist Supreme Treasure. Its effects are unknown and require an Opportunity to trigger.

[8. Heavenly Poison Scripture ×1]: Records the most poisonous, Yin, and evil things in heaven and earth from ancient times to the present. A must-have for killing.

[Ding! host's cultivation rising continuously... Early Stage Wanxiang Realm... Middle Stage Wanxiang Realm... Late Stage Wanxiang Realm... Peak Wanxiang Realm! Breakthrough complete!]

[Ding! host's Physique is sublimating... Breakthrough complete! Comprehension Ability, Physical Body strength, root bone, charm... all attributes significantly increased!]

Pure energy as vast as an inverted galaxy and profound insights poured into Chu Ye's body. His aura climbed steadily, his bones roared, and his Divine Soul felt as if it were soaking in an immortal spring. An unprecedented sense of power filled his body and mind!

With Peak Wanxiang Realm cultivation and Yin-Yang Realm Mental Energy, combined with a comprehensively enhanced Foundation, at this moment, although he was still not as good as a true Great Emperor, with his treasures and strange methods, he was already enough to make many veteran powerhouses take notice!

"Phew..." Chu Ye exhaled a long breath of turbid Qi, which seemed to carry a faint glow.

He looked down at Empress, who was still in a daze in his arms, her body covered in ambiguous marks. His fingertips brushed past her sweat-soaked temples, and a strange feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

This wave wasn't a loss; it was a huge profit! A huge profit!

It wasn't in vain that he had gone to such great lengths and risked being killed to finally reap the benefits.

"System," he asked inwardly, "a rating of 99 is indeed different."

Chu Ye grinned and held the unconscious Female Emperor tighter in his arms, feeling her slightly cool skin and lingering tremors.

With a thought, Chu Ye temporarily lifted the suppression on the Emperor Essence within Empress's body.

The power of the Emperor Puppet Pill was like a precision key, slowly unlocking the cultivation shackles she had imposed on herself.

"Buzz—"

The Emperor Essence, as vast as a sea of stars and long dormant, instantly surged out, returning to her limbs and bones!

Empress's originally pale and weak body trembled slightly, and a purple-gold light faintly flowed beneath her skin. That vast majesty and powerful aura belonging to the Peak of the Great Emperor returned rapidly like a tide.

Although her eyes were still cold and empty, her posture subconsciously straightened, regaining that lonely and lofty Peak-like stance.

Chu Ye held this cold and proud body, which was now full of power again yet still leaned submissively against him. Her exquisite face, breathtaking curves, and the terrifying sense of power faintly flowing under her skin... various contradictory traits blended together to form an ultimate temptation, making his heart burn and certain thoughts begin to stir again.

"Cough, business first."

Chu Ye suppressed his wandering thoughts and took out a treasure box made of neither metal nor jade from the System space.

The moment the lid opened, an indescribable clear Qi filled the air, as if it contained fragments of Laws from the beginning of time. Just smelling a hint of it made one's Divine Soul clear and one's cultivation feel slightly touched.

Inside the box, a dragon-eye-sized Medicinal Pill, entirely chaotic in color but with nine-colored immortal light flowing like mist on its surface, floated quietly. Around the pill, Dao patterns faintly flickered, and illusory images of immortal birds surrounded it.

"immortal realm breakthrough pill." Chu Ye's voice carried a hint of solemnity, "...Uh, it was bestowed by my immortal encounter. It is said to be a creation of heaven and earth, specially prepared for those at the Peak of the Great Emperor to charge into the Immortal Realm."

"Taking it can reshape your Immortal Foundation and trigger the Immortal Tribulation. If you can survive it, you will be... a true immortal."

Empress's gaze had been firmly locked on the pill from the moment it appeared.

In the depths of those cold phoenix eyes, a burning light suddenly erupted, enough to incinerate all obstacles!

Immortal!

This was her lifelong pursuit, the ultimate goal she still looked up to and pursued even after ascending the throne and taking control of the world!

She had no doubt about the authenticity of this Medicinal Pill. The "immortal encounter" behind this man had already exceeded common sense and cognition. Since he could easily bring out Heaven-Defying things like the Emperor Puppet Pill and the hundred phoenix diagram, what was a single Immortal Pill?

However, her reason and thousand years of imperial schemes made her calm down instantly. She slowly raised her eyelids, moving her gaze from the pill to Chu Ye's face.

Her voice was still cold, but it had lost some of its previous deadness, gaining the prudence and directness of an emperor: "Such a divine object is definitely not free. I... what price do I need to pay?"

Chu Ye smiled, a smile with a hint of playfulness and the playfulness of someone in control of everything.

He restated without concealment: "Don't panic, Your Majesty, have you forgotten? You've already signed a blood pact and will never be able to resist me for eternity. Even if you become an immortal, you'll still have to listen to me."

He twined a strand of Empress's loose hair around his finger and continued, "So, I'm happy to see you become stronger. The stronger you are, the higher your... value is to me. Moreover,"

He leaned close to her ear and lowered his voice, his warm breath brushing against her earlobe, his words blunt to the point of being crude, "I also really want to experience what a true Immortal Realm Female Emperor... tastes like."

Empress's body stiffened imperceptibly for a moment, and her long eyelashes lowered, casting a small shadow under her eyelids.