Ye Qianqian braided her long hair into two ponytails, then strode out of the hall toward the Misty Cloud Sect's secluded cultivation grounds.
She planned to use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to break through to the first Super Saiyan form within a few years, so every moment counted.
As she walked, many passing sect disciples turned to stare, captivated by the stunning young woman before them.
After being strengthened by the Saiyan Bloodline, both Ye Qianqian's otherworldly features and her graceful figure had undergone tremendous changes.
"Good heavens, that girl is unbelievably beautiful!"
"What branch does she cultivate in? How come I've never seen her before?"
Some of the young men were utterly bewitched by Ye Qianqian, who looked like a lotus emerging from clear water. A few of the bolder ones even ran over to strike up a conversation.
"Junior Sister, may I ask where you're going?"
A handsome, dashing young man approached the breathtaking Ye Qianqian with a gentle smile, fawning over her shamelessly.
Ye Qianqian: "..."
"Junior Sister, judging by your appearance, you seem to be a new disciple, right? Where are you headed? I can show you the way. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Yan Tianya. I'm a disciple of the Imperial Goose System, and I'm also a six-star Dou Shi."
The beautiful girl before him was as gorgeous as a celestial maiden, like an ethereal immortal who had never tasted the cares of the mortal world. With such beauty, she could probably rank among the top five beauties of the Misty Cloud Sect.
The Misty Cloud Sect now had no shortage of beautiful women.
Setting aside the other stunning female disciples, there were Saber, Princess Kaguya, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, She Xiuyue, Na Lan Yan Ran, Qing Lin, Mo Youyou, Snake-Human Yue Mei, Mittel Ya Fei, as well as the eldest princess Yao Ye and the little princess Yao Yue... Each of them possessed beauty in her own way.
Yet the girl before them possessed a unique, mysterious, and ethereal air, giving everyone a fresh sense of beauty.
"Little sister, my name is Hutou. I have the strength of a nine-star Dou Zhe. Want to go out with me?"
"Junior Sister, I'm Xie Gang. I'm at the Da Dou Shi level. How about we get acquainted?"
"Beautiful, I'm Xie Gang's brother. My name is Shun Liu..."
After Yan Tianya took the lead in striking up a conversation, the other sect youths also plucked up their courage. In an instant, they surrounded Ye Qianqian in layer upon layer.
Several female disciples with rather exceptional looks stomped their feet in fury at the scene, muttering under their breath. However, with Ye Qianqian's Emperor Realm Soul, she had already sensed every word.
"Vixen."
"Promiscuous slut."
"Fox spirit."
"Slut."
Ye Qianqian's face darkened, and she angrily said, "Which elders are you disciples of? How can you be so rude and insolent?"
"What?"
All the disciples were dumbfounded. What had this girl just said?
"I am your ancestor, Ye Qianqian." Ye Qianqian snorted angrily, then stomped on empty space and suddenly flew toward the secluded cultivation grounds.
"Ding!"
Congratulations, host, you have obtained 10,000 Shock Points.
Everyone felt as if five thunderbolts had struck them at once. Their legs went weak with fright, and whether male or female, they all cried out in panic before kneeling on the ground and kowtowing in apology.
"Ancestor, please spare us!"
The crowd wailed miserably. This couldn't be blamed on them. They had all seen Ye Qianqian's former appearance—she had always looked like a little girl. Now she had suddenly taken on an entirely different appearance. How could they have known?
Ye Qianqian paid them little attention and flew toward the secluded grounds. "Go receive your punishment from your elders."
The disciples collapsed onto the ground, utterly dejected. Several of the female disciples were pale with terror and burst into loud sobs.
It was over. They had actually flirted with their ancestor as if she were some young girl. If their own elders found out, they would skin them alive. This time... they were finished!
The Misty Cloud Sect's secluded cultivation grounds were guarded in rotation by the factions of the various elders. Since this was where all cultivators broke through their realms, it was kept under strict watch, without the slightest room for carelessness.
"Which elder's disciple are you? How come I've never seen you before?" Today happened to be Yun Leng's turn to stand guard. The moment he saw Ye Qianqian, he immediately put on the airs of an elder, acting particularly imperious.
As the Misty Cloud Sect grew larger by the day, Yun Leng, Yun Shan's number-one lackey, had also risen steadily in status and position. Many people treated him with utmost respect, making him appear especially impressive.
"I am your ancestor, Ye Qianqian."
Ye Qianqian pressed a hand to her forehead, feeling so stifled that only a song could describe it: I don't want to grow up.
"Ah?" Yun Leng was stunned, wondering if he had misheard. Their ancestor had clearly been a little girl, so how had she suddenly become such a beautiful young woman?
"Disciple pays respects to Ancestor."
Once he confirmed it, Yun Leng immediately knelt and bowed.
Suddenly, he seemed to remember something. The last time, Ancestor had said that the reason she possessed a child's body was that something had gone wrong during her cultivation of her technique.
"Yun Leng, find me a good secluded cultivation chamber. The larger, the better. I need to cultivate in seclusion for some time."
Hearing Ye Qianqian's words, Yun Leng immediately replied, "Reporting to Ancestor, if you want a large cultivation site, our Misty Cloud Sect does have one. It also possesses a certain miraculous quality."
Ye Qianqian asked curiously, "Where is it?"
Yun Leng said, "The Gate of Life and Death."
The Misty Cloud Sect's Gate of Life and Death was an independent miniature spatial world. Time flowed extremely slowly inside. One day spent within was only two days outside, and one year of cultivation inside was two years outside.
Moreover, the Gate of Life and Death could isolate the laws of the world. A cultivator inside would be completely unaffected by the passage of time. Their age would change far less, greatly benefiting their cultivation.
However, the space within was extremely dangerous. Anyone below the Dou Wang realm who entered the gate would certainly die. If a cultivator was lucky enough to come out alive, they would undoubtedly become a powerful figure worthy of everyone's respect.
"So this Gate of Life and Death is a little time chamber!
"No wonder Na Lan Yan Ran advanced to Dou Wang after entering the Gate of Life and Death for three years in the original story. It turned out she had bitterly cultivated for six years. That's truly amazing." Ye Qianqian exclaimed in amazement.
At the same time, she secretly pondered: If she placed the Hyperbolic Time Chamber from the Dragon Balls inside the Gate of Life and Death, would it multiply the time effect?
If that really worked, would her cultivation time be extended even further?
She was eager to enter the Gate of Life and Death and give it a try, to see whether it would have that effect.
Under Yun Leng's guidance, Ye Qianqian arrived before a stone gate that looked like an ancient tomb. The old man took a golden key from his waist and carefully inserted it into the hole before the stone gate, then slowly turned it.
"Click, click, click."
The incomparably heavy stone gate slowly opened. A spiritual energy that made one's entire body feel refreshed rushed toward them, and Ye Qianqian strode inside.
"Your subordinate wishes Ancestor success in attaining supreme power."
Yun Leng bowed repeatedly toward Ye Qianqian's back. Then he turned the key once more, and the Dragon-Breaking Stone Gate, a full three meters thick, suddenly slammed shut.
The moment she entered, Ye Qianqian felt that time in this space was flowing extremely slowly.
It was as if a faint force were obstructing the time laws of the Dou Qi Continent. Everything around her carried a sense of frozen time.
The feeling brought Ye Qianqian indescribable oppression, dullness, boredom, emptiness, and an unbearable loneliness.
"This Gate of Life and Death is truly miraculous."
A trace of doubt rose in her heart. Someone capable of creating such a space had to possess at least Dou Emperor cultivation, right?
Yet judging from the Misty Cloud Sect's history, none of its previous sect masters had ever been a Dou Emperor. How, then, had they created such a miraculous space?
Just then, a fierce beast's roar suddenly came from nearby. A tiger more than three meters long let out a series of furious roars. Upon seeing Ye Qianqian, it lunged at her at top speed.
The tiger's eyes shone with a blood-red light, and its body was covered in powerful, developed muscles. It let out a thunderous roar that shook the surrounding area like lightning splitting the sky.
Although this ferocious tiger was not a Magical Beast, judging from its might and strength, it was already comparable to a first-tier Magical Beast.
Ye Qianqian flicked a finger, and a stream of dou qi blasted the tiger into flying chunks of flesh.
At the same time, countless wild beasts and low-level Magical Beasts gradually appeared all around them, charging toward the foreign invader.
Ye Qianqian secretly marveled. No wonder old man Yun Leng had said that the Gate of Life and Death was extremely dangerous. She had been attacked the instant she entered. If she had not been at the Dou Zun realm but had instead been a tiny Dou Zhe or Da Dou Shi, she probably would have barely survived—or not survived at all.
She waved her delicate hand.
"Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof!"
The hundreds of ferocious Magical Beasts before her all turned to dust.
She continued deeper into the Gate of Life and Death. Along the way, she encountered another five or six Magical Beasts ranging from the fourth to the fifth tier, possessing strength comparable to the Dou Ling and Dou Wang realms. If the Misty Cloud Sect had not primarily cultivated swordsmanship, these Magical Beasts could have been tamed completely and used to enhance the sect's combat strength.
"Ding, treasure detected."
Just then, the system in her mind suddenly issued a notification.
"A treasure?" Ye Qianqian was baffled. She looked around at the empty surroundings but did not see anything valuable.
"Above your head."
The system issued another notification.
Ye Qianqian immediately looked up. The sky above was shrouded in clouds and mist, and she could not see anything at all, so she hurriedly activated her Emperor Realm Soul and sensed the area.
In an instant, she discovered a crystal ball continuously emitting mysterious energy within the cloud-shrouded sky.
The crystal ball was as large as a washbasin, resembling the eye of a formation. The energy it released served to block the rules of the outside world.
Without the system's assistance, even she probably would not have been able to discover such a miraculous object.
Just what was this mysterious Crystal Ball?
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