Deep within Jade Fragrance Pavilion lay the hidden Joyous Union Incense Hall.
High within the incense hall hung an enormous painting of a beauty. The beauty in the painting had exquisite contours, and her hazy allure was soul-stirring.
Yet she was veiled behind a thin gauze curtain, with not a sliver of skin exposed.
Throughout the entire Joyous Union Sect, no one dared look directly at this painting of the beauty.
All they did was respectfully establish this incense hall and worship this peerless beauty, allowing the painting to feast on the fragrant desires between men and women.
At this moment, Hua Yinke, the Joyous Union Sect's Incense Master, was cultivating in seclusion within the hall, using the painting's incense offerings and blessings to repair his Yin-Yang Joyous Union Body.
At present, Hua Yinke had once again split into two bodies, one male and one female, intermingled together.
But his male-form "yang body" had already withered by more than half. The injuries from the Dark Water Heart-Punishing Sword remained. Its Sword Intent had fused into the dark water and mixed with his blood, poisoning his vitality along with the circulation of his veins.
Even if this yang body could be preserved, repairing it later, let alone restoring it to its peak strength, would require him to "consume" who knew how many men and absorb who knew how much yang qi.
With Hua Yinke's cultivation, he should originally have been able to explore, step by step, the realm of Feather Transformation Ascension that he had dreamed of.
Once he entered Feather Transformation, he could transcend the mortal world, gain the qualifications to found a sect and establish an ancestral lineage, and gather disciples and descendants.
By steadily developing his Demonic Path forces and then breaking through into Void Insight, he could