Yun Yun?

Life was not just about distant horizons; there was also the poetic beauty of the present.

For five straight days, Xiao Le enjoyed Xiao Yi Xian's care. As expected of a physician, she truly knew how to look after the injured. She even insisted on changing Xiao Le's medicine.

Unable to stay idle, Xiao Le began methodically searching for the final main ingredient, Tempering Heart Mist Grass, once his injuries healed.

Valleys and mountain foothills were usually shrouded in mist. Fortunately, the Magic Beast Mountain Range had plenty of mountains. Xiao Le searched through them one by one, fighting and fleeing all along the way. He encountered fourth-tier and even fifth-tier magical beasts several times in perilous situations, escaping with his life only thanks to the Beast Venerable's help.

"Could it be that the Magic Beast Mountain Range doesn't have any Tempering Heart Mist Grass?" Xiao Le said gloomily.

He had searched for an entire month without finding anything. How could he not be frustrated? He had searched no fewer than fifty, if not a hundred, valleys and foothills.

After a month of life-and-death battles and tempering, Xiao Le broke through another star and reached the cultivation of a seven-star Dou Zhe.

With the secret technique, the Heavenly Beast Spirit-Burning Art, Xiao Le could barely trade blows with high-level second-tier magical beasts and could even kill them.

The ground trembled as an apocalyptic aura erupted in the distance. Even from afar, Xiao Le could see a terrifying force capable of tearing heaven and earth apart ruthlessly destroying a stretch of forest.

Xiao Le's expression turned yearning. This was how the strong should be.

"It's only a Dou Emperor-level battle. Haven't you seen the battle between the Poison Emperor and me?" The Beast Venerable appeared silently behind Xiao Le.

Luckily, Xiao Le had long grown accustomed to the Beast Venerable's frightening habit of appearing without warning. Otherwise, he would surely have been scared out of his wits.

"A Dou Emperor?" Xiao Le looked at the earth-shaking scene in confusion.

This is really a Dou Emperor? Why is it so different from the Poison Emperor's seemingly effortless battle last time?

The Beast Venerable obviously would not lie to Xiao Le. That could only mean the Poison Emperor had been too weak, while the Beast Venerable was too powerful.

"Do you have the guts to go take a look?" The Beast Venerable asked with a faint smile.

"Of course!"

Xiao Le was not worried about getting hurt. After all, the Beast Venerable was here.

The Beast Venerable's vast, ancient soul power wrapped around Xiao Le like water. A majestic aura as boundless as the sea immediately spread out. Fortunately, the Beast Venerable quickly adjusted and restrained his aura, transforming in an instant from a powerful expert capable of shattering the sun and moon into an ordinary scholar.

His vision became crystal clear as the ground and trees sped past behind him.

They crossed several mountains before finally stopping within the crown of a towering ancient tree. Looking out, they saw azure and purple each staining half the sky, dividing that stretch of heaven and earth down the middle.

Violent energy fluctuations surged continuously, accompanied by incessant thunderous explosions. If not for the Beast Venerable's protection, Xiao Le might already have gone deaf.

Having never witnessed such heavenly might, Xiao Le could not help swallowing, a trace of fear rising in his heart.

The Beast Venerable frowned as he looked toward the battlefield and said softly, "Not bad. That little girl is a human Dou Emperor, yet she dares to fight the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, the ruler of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, alone. I wonder what she seeks?"

"A human? The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King?"

The scene inexplicably felt familiar, and Xiao Le hurriedly looked toward the two combatants.

In the purple-dyed sky, a lion-shaped giant beast seven or eight meters long was covered in purple crystals. A blazing purple-flame spiral horn rose from its fierce, terrifying lion head, while a pair of purple fire wings spread from its back. Clusters of purple flames burned upon its horn and wings, making it appear extraordinarily mystical and majestic...

This was the undisputed overlord of the Magic Beast Mountain Range: the sixth-tier magical beast, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

The keyword energy was extremely abundant after the sacrifice of that incomplete Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline. Without hesitation, Xiao Le downloaded every high-tier keyword from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

It was equivalent to a complete magical beast inheritance, capable of creating a talented subordinate with the potential to become a Dou Emperor.

On the azure half of the sky, a beautiful woman stood in midair with dazzling azure wings spread behind her back. She looked down proudly upon the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, her aura not the least bit inferior to that of the Magic Beast Mountain Range's overlord.

Her figure was voluptuous yet valiant. Her plain dress accentuated her otherworldly temperament, and she held an azure-glowing sword in her delicate hand. Her serene, beautiful face, together with the phoenix-cloud hair ornament in her dark hair, made her appear noble and graceful.

Xiao Le knew at a glance that she had to be Yun Yun. Who else could possess such peerless beauty? It was just that the timing seemed not to match the original work.

What Xiao Le did not know was that because he had shone so brilliantly in the Imperial Capital, the Misty Cloud Sect had noticed Xiao Yan earlier. As Xiao Yan rose rapidly, the sect became worried that Nalan Yanran would lose to him. That was why Yun Yun had come ahead of time to obtain materials for alchemy.

"Human, you entered my territory without cause. You have already violated the rules between our races!" the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's voice boomed like thunder.

Sixth-tier magical beasts possessed intelligence no less than that of humans and could speak human language.

"I came only for the Purple Spirit Crystal!" the woman's cool voice rang out, pleasing to the ear.

Purple Spirit Crystal?

Xiao Le thought to himself, As expected, it's Yun Yun.

"The Purple Spirit Crystal is something our Purple Crystal Winged Lion King race may shed only a small piece of once every twenty years. Do you think you can simply take it whenever you wish?" the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King sneered.

Yun Yun did not get angry. She calmly met the Lion King's gaze and said, "I can exchange three fifth-tier magic cores and a high-level Xuan-rank cultivation technique and Dou Skill that you can cultivate."

Yun Yun's offer was exceedingly generous, but the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King merely shook its enormous head and rejected the exchange outright.

"Other than a Transformation Pill, everything else is off the table!"

As expected of a lion, it really had a lion's appetite. Unless Yun Yun had lost her mind, she would never agree to exchange a Transformation Pill for Purple Spirit Crystal. The Transformation Pill was a seventh-grade medicinal pill. Setting aside whether the Misty Cloud Sect even possessed one, its value as a seventh-grade pill alone was extraordinary. Yet the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King actually wanted to trade the Purple Spirit Crystal it had shed for a Transformation Pill.

Sure enough, Yun Yun immediately let out a cold laugh and said, "Since you refuse, then I'll take it myself!"

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King looked furious as it cursed, "As expected, you humans are still so shameless, knowing only how to bully and plunder!"

Humans and magical beasts had long held deep grudges against one another. As the sole overlord of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King naturally hated humans.

A tiny tornado appeared in Yun Yun's palm. She casually threw it out, and in the blink of an eye, it expanded into a massive tornado dozens of meters high that charged toward the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

"Human, you will not leave the Magic Beast Mountain Range alive today!" the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King roared as it prepared both offense and defense.

The purple crystals covering its entire body shone with dazzling divine light, while purple flames surged like towering waves into its sky-piercing horn.

A pillar of fire shot out from the horn and slammed into the tornado. Even Xiao Le, standing a considerable distance away, could feel the scorching heat.

The azure tornado and purple fire pillar swept forward with the force of both sides behind them, finally colliding.

Heaven and earth fell silent. The two attacks remained locked together for a long time before finally annihilating one another as their energy ran dry, leaving behind a devastated landscape as though the world had been destroyed.