Countless Cave Dwellings dotted the long, narrow spirit vein on Earth Shadow Peak.
This was where the Ye Family cultivators had their Cave Dwellings, and several cultivators were standing outside them now.
Most wore the robes of the Spirit Plant Hall, with Ye Qingyuan at their head.
Unlike a Ye Family Nascent Soul breakthrough, breakthroughs to Foundation Establishment or Purple Palace happened every few days on Sky Shadow Peak and Earth Shadow Peak. They were hardly unusual, nor did they warrant any particularly solemn attention.
But to the Spirit Plant Hall, one of the two Cave Dwellings before them housed Ye Jingyu, a Ye Family elder who carried several of the hall's missions on her shoulders. Her breakthrough also concerned whether the method of converting blood vitality would succeed.
In the second Cave Dwelling, the Spirit Plant Hall's spirit scion, Ye Yunmei, was attempting her breakthrough.
Both were breaking through to Purple Palace, but Ye Yunmei was doing so before the age of a hundred. Ye Jingyu, by contrast, had finally reached the peak of Foundation Establishment before her oil ran dry and her lamp went out, and was using the secret blood vitality conversion method for one final attempt.
Ye Yunmei's Cave Dwelling was clearly much more stable, its aura climbing steadily. Ye Jingyu's was the exact opposite, its spiritual pressure sometimes surging to great heights, then plunging extremely low.
This was the drawback of the blood vitality conversion method. It demanded exceptional control; otherwise, converting too much of the Wood Demon's demonic essence would affect the true essence within her body.
Yet converting too little would not be enough to restore her body to its prime.
At last, a ripple of spiritual energy spread outward, and Ye Yunmei's Cave Dwelling opened first.
The moment Ye Yunmei stepped out,