Subdued to the Point of Doubting Life

Ye Hao had previously cultivated the Soul Scripture Art.

The Soul Scripture Art was one of the Cultivation Methods in the Daoist Tome. It could heighten a person's nervous sensitivity to pain, increasing it tenfold or even a hundredfold.

It could also make a person's nerves extremely sensitive.

Although he had cultivated the Soul Scripture Art before, having the Daoist Tome's help did not mean he could directly cultivate it to the perfected level.

He still had to cultivate it step by step.

However, the Daoist Tome could increase comprehension. As the Daoist Tome's master, Ye Hao's martial comprehension had been raised to the highest level by it, making his comprehension heaven-defying.

After a period of cultivation, he finally cultivated the Soul Scripture Art to the perfected level.

When the Soul Scripture Art was used on someone whose realm was lower than his, it could directly increase their nervous perception of pain—or other nervous sensations—by a hundredfold.

When used on someone whose realm was no more than one major realm higher than his, it could still increase their nervous perception of pain eightyfold to a hundredfold.

The higher their realm was compared to his, the weaker the effect of the Soul Scripture Art became.

But even when used on someone more than three major realms above him, it could still double their perception of pain!

When used on Song Qingxue and the Lin Shige sisters, it directly reached the full hundredfold.

Ye Hao was extremely eager to see what it would look like the first time he used the Soul Scripture Art.

With such expectations, Ye Hao had to take action.

If he did not act and went against his own heart, his mind would become blocked. Doing what he wanted to do allowed his mind to remain clear.

Three days later.

Ye Hao's mind was clear, and his realm broke through to the third level of the Spirit Sea Realm. At this moment, his Dantian Qi Sea was as vast as ten thousand lakes. Even if he continuously flew through the air using qi for a month, he would still be unable to drain the spiritual energy within his Dantian Qi Sea.

However, from then on, every breakthrough would require a hundred or even a thousand times more cultivation resources than ordinary people.

As for cultivation resources, Ye Hao did not need to worry about them for the time being. His father, Ye Wuchen, had told him that his mother had given his father a great many Spirit Stones for cultivation.

Although quite a few had already been consumed, his father had said they were enough for the two of them to cultivate to the level of King Wu.

Both he and his father possessed a Dao Heart, and the Cultivation Methods they practiced were derived from the Daoist Tome and tailored to their Dao Hearts. The cultivation resources they needed were a hundred or even a thousand times greater than those required by people of the same realm.

If these cultivation resources were used on the Lineage, they would be enough for the Lineage to produce a thousand Kings Wu...

One could imagine how many cultivation resources his mother had given his father.

"Young Master..." The Lin Shige sisters walked over at this moment. After enduring three days of the Soul Scripture Art, they had long since fallen completely and become utterly devoted to Ye Hao.

They even regarded Ye Hao as their faith in surviving. Whatever Ye Hao told them to do, they would do.

"Young Master..." Song Qingxue also walked in at this moment and took the initiative to kneel down and massage Ye Hao's legs.

After three days, Song Qingxue had been thoroughly subdued—so thoroughly that she doubted her own life. She felt that being alive and able to experience such things meant that even dying would leave her without regrets.

In the past, this had been something she could never have imagined. Back then, she had only wanted to cultivate, pursue a higher martial realm, and seek immortality.

But now... her pursuits had changed. Ye Hao had become the most important part of her life. Without him, she felt that living had no meaning at all.

Ye Hao chuckled softly, sighing inwardly. Huang, gambling, and drugs—getting involved with any one of them would make people sink into it and never escape.

Not to mention the Soul Scripture Art, which increased everything a hundredfold. It could be called the ultimate drug of lust!

Even the name of this Cultivation Method, the Soul Scripture Art, did not sound lofty enough. It had the feel of some cheap, commonplace name.

But it did not matter.

"Come take a walk with me."

Ye Hao spoke indifferently.

"Yes, Young Master." Song Qingxue and the other two answered in unison.

Afterward, they followed Ye Hao around the Ye Family.

Ye Hao asked a young man from the Ye Family, "Has anything happened these past few days?"

The Ye Family youth immediately said, "Previously, three families did not send congratulatory gifts. One was the Ask Sword Sect, and the others were the Great Zhou Royal Family and the thousand-year-old Xu Family. The Song Family's ten million Low-grade Spirit Stones have already been delivered. Other than that, nothing much has happened."

Ye Hao chatted with the youth for a while, then took the three women out, wanting to clear his mind and stroll around.

When they arrived in East Moon City's bustling district, the once-prosperous area had become much more desolate.

The Qi Condensation Realm, Qi Realm, and Half-step Spirit Sea Realm members of the Li Family and Jiang Family had basically all been killed by him. The few remaining Qi Realm cultivators had long since secretly taken their clansmen and left East Moon City.

However, he had heard that after leaving East Moon City, most of the Li Family and Jiang Family clansmen had been killed by another mysterious force. Even the few cultivation resources they possessed had been seized by that mysterious force.

Ye Hao did not have much of a reaction to this, only sighing faintly.

Since his soul had returned to his body, only a little over a month had passed, yet the Li Family and Jiang Family had already been destroyed. The Ye Family had also undergone earth-shaking changes, and the overall situation of the Eastern Region was quietly shifting as well.

The pedestrians on the street all recognized Ye Hao. One by one, they showed reverence, not even daring to look at him for long, afraid of offending him.

Ye Hao had no reaction to this.

The Lin Shige sisters, however, were filled with emotion. "East Moon City has changed so much in just over a month."

Ye Hao smiled lightly without saying anything and continued strolling through East Moon City with the three women.

When they passed the City Lord's Mansion, they saw that the City Lord's family was about to board a carriage, though they did not know where they were going.

The City Lord, his nine wives and concubines, and several of his children were there. Among them were Xia Zhangjian, ranked first on the academy's Prodigy Ranking, and his classmate from the same academy, Xia Zining.

The City Lord was a middle-aged man. When he saw Ye Hao and Song Qingxue, his heart trembled violently, and a flattering smile appeared on his face. He stepped forward and cupped his hands. "Young Master Ye Hao, Miss Song, Miss Shige, Miss Shiyu."

Xia Qiyuan greeted everyone. Even though the Lin Shige sisters were merely Ye Hao's maids, he still did not dare ignore them.

Ye Hao glanced at him indifferently before looking toward Xia Zhangjian in the crowd.

Xia Zhangjian wore a fearful expression at this moment, his gaze darting away as he dared not meet Ye Hao's eyes.

In the past, he had not taken Ye Hao seriously. Later, when Ye Hao killed a fifth-level Spirit Sea Realm swordsman with one punch, his jealousy had twisted him nearly beyond recognition.

But when the Eastern Region's top powers came to present congratulatory gifts, Xia Zhangjian's jealousy had vanished without a trace. Ye Hao's height was likely something he could never reach in his lifetime; he was not even qualified to feel jealous.

Xia Zhangjian remembered the harsh words he had thrown at Ye Hao earlier and feared that Ye Hao would hold the matter against him.

Seeing this, the City Lord's heart lurched. Panic appeared on his face as he cupped his hands toward Ye Hao. "Young Master Ye Hao, my son already knows his mistake. I will make him kneel and kowtow to apologize to you. I humbly ask Young Master Ye Hao to spare my son."

Ye Hao was a rather vengeful person. He had never wanted to be overly generous toward others, especially those who had hurt him!

Ye Hao looked at Xia Zhangjian and said indifferently, "Kneel and kowtow ten times. For your father's sake, I can spare your life."

Plop.

How could Xia Zhangjian still maintain any arrogance? Even the Eastern Region's top powers had to endure Ye Hao's beatings and scoldings. Song Qingxue had even knelt on the ground to massage Ye Hao's legs.

What qualifications did he have to be arrogant?

He knelt on the ground and kowtowed ten times in succession.