Palm Crushes Third Elder

Ye Family Fortress.

Ye Lingling reclined on a soft couch, her limpid, autumn-water eyes filled with a trace of doubt as she glanced from time to time at the slender figure standing with his hands behind his back not far away.

The five characters "Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique" appeared repeatedly on the sky screen, stirring suspicion in her heart.

"Husband," Ye Lingling said softly, "that Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique... have you ever heard of it?"

Cao Xiyu turned around, a gentle smile appearing on his handsome, peerless face: "Why do you suddenly ask about this?"

"I remember..." Ye Lingling lowered her eyes slightly, a faint blush spreading across her cheeks, "I remember hearing you mention this term in bed once, but at the time... I didn't ask further."

"You must have misremembered, my lady. You were quite dazed at the time!"

Ye Lingling nodded gently; in that hazy state after intimacy, it was entirely possible she had misheard.

The doubt in her heart did not fully dissipate, but she thought to herself that she and her husband had spent ten years together, morning and night. He had never stepped a single foot outside the Ye Family Fortress, living a life of harmony like a pair of immortal lovers, playing music and singing together every day.

How could he possibly be the "Brother Cao" on the sky screen, the one speculated about by countless people and yearned for by two genius women?

Ye Lingling's gaze turned back to the sky screen, watching those two beautiful figures.

Doudou was bright-eyed and white-toothed, and Zhu Zhuyun had a fiery figure. The light in their eyes—that complex expression where determination and tenderness intertwined—made her feel vaguely familiar.

That light, how similar was it to the look in her own eyes whenever she gazed at her husband?

Ye Lingling shook her head gently, casting this absurd speculation from her mind.

Cao Xiyu walked to her side and gently draped an arm around her shoulders, his gaze fixed on the golden sky screen outside the window. Deep in his eyes lay a touch of emotion and gratification that others could hardly perceive.

Those girls...

Doudou, tortured to death by a scumbag and the nobility in her past life, had finally broken her shackles and been reborn from the ashes under his guidance in this life.

Zhu Zhuyun, a pawn of the Zhu Family, destined to be imprisoned until her old age, had now also broken free from her cage and rushed toward freedom.

And there were many more like them—some with tragic backgrounds, some with lingering regrets, and some locked away in cages.

Because of his intervention, their fates had all undergone earth-shaking changes.

Through his unremitting efforts and tireless labor day and night, the girls now possessed the formidable power to control their own destinies.

The golden light of the sky screen remained brilliant, and a new round of discussion continued incessantly.

"One from Heaven Dou and one from Star Luo; which faction will the next one on the ranking be from?"

"It wouldn't be the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique again, would it? That would be too terrifying!"

"I'm more curious about exactly how many people have cultivated this Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique."

"Two young women are already shocking enough; if there's another one..."

Before the people's discussions could die down, the golden light on the sky screen swirled once more!

A brand-new pillar of golden light descended with a boom!

Within the pillar, a slender figure slowly emerged.

It was a gothic girl dressed in exotic attire, with short blue-gray hair and dark blue smoky makeup.

[Genius Ranking, 13th Place: Meng Yiran.]

[Identity: Peerless Dragon-Snake Family, granddaughter of Dragon Duke and Snake Granny.]

[Strength: Level 89 Spirit Douluo.]

[Cultivation Technique: Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique.]

[Reward: One 10,000-year external spirit bone.]

Hum!

The entire continent was in an uproar once again!

"Sure enough, it's the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique again!"

"And another young, beautiful woman!"

"The granddaughter of the Peerless Dragon-Snake Family! That's a major clan! Even she cultivated this technique!"

"This technique is definitely not a proper one! It specifically targets young, beautiful women!"

"Shut your mouth! What do you know? She's cultivated to a Level 89 Spirit Douluo; what level have you reached?"

"I don't care, I just think there's something wrong with this technique..."

A third practitioner of the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique had appeared!

Heaven Dou, Star Luo, a major clan—three completely different factional backgrounds, three young and beautiful women, the same cultivation technique, and all at Level 89 Spirit Douluo!

What kind of massive force was hidden behind this? Who exactly was that legendary "Brother Cao"?

Exotic Beast Academy.

At this moment, the academy, famous for training beast-spirit masters, had fallen into complete chaos and shock!

Because that golden pillar of light descending from the heavens had landed squarely upon Meng Yiran!

"Me... Meng Yiran, senior?" one student stammered, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

"Level eighty-nine Spirit Douluo? Are you kidding me? Wasn't she only around level thirty?"

"I sparred with her just yesterday, and I thought I had improved... turns out she was just playing with me?!"

"The granddaughter of the Peerless Dragon-Snake family... she was hiding her strength way too well!"

Countless students surrounded the martial arts arena, watching the figure enveloped in golden light, their faces filled with incredulous shock and envy.

Yet Meng Yiran herself appeared exceptionally calm at this moment.

She felt the surging, majestic energy pouring into her body and sensed the call of her ten-thousand-year external spirit bone; what surfaced in her mind, however, were the countless nights spent cultivating with Brother Cao in the dream space.

It was Brother Cao who had taken her from an ordinary spirit master with decent aptitude and helped her break through bottleneck after bottleneck, straight to level eighty-nine Spirit Douluo.

It was Brother Cao who had made her see the limitations of the Peerless Dragon-Snake family; although Dragon Duke and Snake Granny doted on her, their horizons were ultimately limited, and they could not lead her to the highest peaks.

"Brother Cao... where are you?" she murmured softly.

However, just as she was immersed in these tender thoughts:

"BOOM!!!"

A terrifying, extreme pressure descended from the sky without warning, shrouding the entire Exotic Beast Academy!

The students looked up in terror, only to see a tyrannical figure descend fiercely above the martial arts arena!

It was an old man with graying hair and beard, his face twisted in cruelty. Nine profound spirit rings circled his body, and the terrifying aura belonging to a Title Douluo was released without restraint, pressing down so hard that everyone present could barely breathe!

Clear Sky Sect, Third Elder Tang Lie.

"Hmph!" The Third Elder let out a cold snort, his sharp gaze piercing toward Meng Yiran inside the golden light like a physical blade. "Little girl, hand over the external spirit bone and the secret manual for the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique, and This Seat shall spare your life!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire crowd erupted in an uproar!

"People from the Clear Sky Sect?"

"A Title Douluo! It's a Title Douluo!"

"He wants to rob Senior Meng of her rewards and techniques!"

The students were terrified, yet not a single person dared to step forward.

In the face of a Title Douluo, students like them didn't even count as ants!

Meng Yiran's expression darkened as well. She looked coldly at the figure in mid-air, her eyes devoid of the slightest fear.

"Clear Sky Sect? One of the honorable Upper Three Sects, yet you stoop to such thievery, robbing a junior of her fortune? Are you not afraid of the world's ridicule?"

The Third Elder's face stiffened, then turned to rage out of embarrassment. "You sharp-tongued little brat! Why should This Seat explain my actions to you? Since you refuse to hand them over, This Seat will take them myself!"

Before the words had even faded, he raised his hand abruptly, and a massive palm made of spirit power descended from the sky, clawing fiercely toward Meng Yiran!

Meng Yiran's pupils constricted as she prepared to fight to the death.

However, at this critical, split-second moment!

"SLAP!!!"

A crisp yet terrifyingly loud sound of a slap suddenly echoed out!