Above the medicinal garden, ripples spread through the void.
A giant hand condensed from pure mana appeared out of thin air.
The hand gave off no killing intent, yet it precisely pinched Taiyin Jade Rabbit's two long ears.
"Ah! Who dares pull this lady's ears?!"
Taiyin Jade Rabbit cried out, and even the Ten Thousand Year Vermilion Fruit in her hand fell to the ground. Before she and the little white qilin in her arms could react, they were scooped up by the mana hand.
The scenery around them sped backward. In the blink of an eye, the girl and beast were forcibly carried into the spacious hall of the Heavenly Emperor Palace.
"Heavenly... Heavenly Emperor Big Brother." The moment Taiyin Jade Rabbit looked up and saw Ye Xuan seated above, wearing a faint, inscrutable smile, she shrank back, a bad feeling rising in her heart.
Ye Xuan looked at this rabbit, utterly unaware that the Great Calamity was approaching, and decided to take matters into his own hands.
"Everyone else is bleeding and sweating in the Trial Tower, yet you've turned my medicinal garden into your cozy nest." Ye Xuan's tone was calm, but it carried an authority that allowed no argument.
"I... I'm building up my foundation too." Taiyin Jade Rabbit protested weakly.
Ye Xuan ignored her excuse. With a sweep of his hand, an independent Taiyin Secret Realm took shape in the middle of the hall.
Inside, the freezing wind cut to the bone, and the Taiyin laws were so dense they had practically solidified.
"Get in. I've decided to put you through some devilish special training. If I don't squeeze every last drop of your Taiyin potential out of you, you can stay in there until the end of the era." Without mercy, Ye Xuan tossed