The moment Fang Han's body pressed down against her, Yan Shuiyi's defenses collapsed completely. In the haze clouding her mind, the last thread of clarity dissolved. A faint, breathless sound escaped her throat.
"Fang Han… don't… this isn't right…"
"I know it isn't," Fang Han murmured hoarsely as he pinned her beneath him, sealing her lips with his. His tongue explored instinctively, the sensation overwhelming. The aura of the Water God emanating from her body stirred his Black Emperor Water Sovereign qi into violent agitation—it was a fatal attraction.
In this state, his mind was already far from clear. Even if he had been lucid, resisting such temptation would have been nearly impossible.
Their physiques were mutually drawn to each other.
Though Fang Han was inexperienced, his cultivation was profound. Having inherited the Ghost Emperor's demonic arts, many of which involved forbidden harvesting techniques, he was far from ignorant of such matters.
Fabric tore.
As his tongue moved like a living thing, drawing soft gasps from Yan Shuiyi, Fang Han tore away what remained of her clothes. Her upper body had already been left bare by the earlier chaos, but the skirt still clung to her waist. When his hand slid toward her hips, she instinctively clamped her legs together, trying to stop him.
Fang Han was in no hurry.
His lips trailed downward, his movements unconsciously aligning with techniques from the Art of Blissful Delusion. From her lips to her throat and lower still, Yan Shuiyi's body writhed, overwhelmed by the sensation.
She cried out sharply.
Fang Han had taken her fully into his mouth. The intense stimulation sent a shock through her entire body, every pore opening at once. Her tightly clenched legs loosened for just an instant—and Fang Han seized the opening, stripping away the last barrier between them.
She was completely defenseless.
Then Fang Han pressed down fully.
Yan Shuiyi screamed, her voice breaking as she felt herself truly breached. She could not resist. A tidal surge of Black Emperor Water Sovereign qi poured from Fang Han's body, merging seamlessly with her Water God Primordial Spirit, binding them so completely that resistance was impossible.
Fang Han's consciousness shattered.
Within his nine seas of awareness, all techniques vanished—his divine abilities, even the Five Emperors Grand Demonic Arts—everything faded. Only the forbidden demonic methods remained, operating at full force: Yin-Yang Grand Harvest, Blissful Delusion.
They became one.
Within the Azure Sea Divine Pearl, torrents of qi surged. Fang Han's Water Sovereign qi flowed into Yan Shuiyi's body, merging with her Water God Primordial Spirit, growing stronger and stronger—until it began drawing directly upon the pearl's origin energy.
Nourished by the Water Sovereign qi, Yan Shuiyi's Water God Primordial Spirit awakened fully. In the void, endless memories surged like a tidal wave, rolling through her mind—countless lifetimes of Water God recollections awakening, inheriting themselves.
The Azure Sea Divine Pearl spun violently at the deepest point of the Yellow Springs Sacred River, forming a massive vortex. Boundless Forgetfulness Water flooded into their bodies, cleansing every inch of flesh, bone, soul, and mana.
Forgetfulness Water.
Water God Primordial Spirit.
Black Emperor Water Sovereign qi.
The three fused, transforming into something ineffable—an essence representing the primal force of the world itself.
The World Tree within Fang Han's brow drank deeply of Yan Shuiyi's awakened spirit and erupted with light. Streams of green radiance surged outward, rejoicing. Within the Azure Sea Divine Pearl, waves of supreme bliss and profound purity rippled endlessly.
As the World Tree's power surged, Fang Han's Natal Golden Core—previously bound by the Great Curse—began to shine once more under the cleansing force.
Yan Shuiyi changed even more dramatically.
Fang Han could feel countless vortices forming within her body, devouring water-aligned energy at a terrifying rate—absorbing even his Water Sovereign qi, even the World Tree's essence.
Within her mind, the aura of an ancient primordial nature deity rose steadily. Immense spiritual power tore open fractures in the void above her head—she was communicating with the Immortal Realm.
"I can't hold much longer!" Yan shouted from the entrance of the Yellow Springs Diagram, scales standing on end as waves of impact battered him, blood seeping from his body. "What are those two even doing in there?!"
High above, within the Nine Heavens' astral winds, Hatred Heaven God-Emperor roared in disbelief.
"What?! You're refining my curse?! Impossible—my Great Curse Technique is weakening… being devoured by your souls?!"
The power of the curse rapidly diminished.
Ordinarily, refining the Great Curse Technique would have cost Fang Han and Yan Shuiyi an enormous price. But now, united in yin and yang, their powers flowed without barrier—perfectly intertwined—allowing the curse to be consumed at astonishing speed.
Fang Han gained the essence of Yan Shuiyi's Water God Primordial Spirit.
Yan Shuiyi absorbed the profundity of his Black Emperor Water Sovereign qi—along with nourishment from the World Tree.
Both benefited beyond measure.
"The memories of the Primordial Water God… have finally awakened," Yan Shuiyi murmured suddenly. Her body shuddered violently, lifting Fang Han with her. "Black Emperor Water Sovereign qi truly is the sovereign of all waters—it has fully awakened my Water God Primordial Spirit…"
A vast, ancient memory surged from her mind, circled through Fang Han's consciousness once, then returned to her sea of awareness.
In that instant, Fang Han felt an immeasurable tide of understanding—not cultivation techniques, but insight.
The highest good is like water…
Water benefits all things and does not contend…
The laws of water unfolded before him—soft yet boundless, yielding yet overwhelming. Never before had he understood the Great Five Elements Technique so deeply.
His Black Emperor Water Sovereign divine power underwent a fundamental transformation, spinning violently as it drew upon the Azure Sea Divine Pearl's origin.
Layers of crystalline water-light enveloped his Golden Core. Within it roared rivers and seas—tides surging, clouds churning.
"Golden Core metamorphosis… Buddha and Demon as one… Thousand Hands, Thousand Eyes… Tathagata Sacred Demon!"
Fang Han knew it.
This was the moment to break into the Ninth Divine Power Realm—
to condense the Heaven-and-Earth Dharma Form.
The vast energy stored within the nine Supreme Pure Jade Liquid Grand Restoration Pills he had consumed surged into his Golden Core.
Crack. Crack.
The core fractured, riddled with fissures—as though something within was about to be born.
"Enough power at last! Heaven-and-Earth Dharma Form—unstoppable!"
He was so overwhelmed he forgot that he still held Yan Shuiyi tightly, their bodies inseparably joined.
At that very instant—
A force even more terrifying erupted from Yan Shuiyi.
Above her head, a colossal gate thundered open.
Immortal Realm energy poured down like a divine flood.
Fang Han's body jolted violently, nearly torn away by the impact. Only his profound cultivation, half-immortal physique, and the benefits gained from their union allowed him to hold on—his arms locked around Yan Shuiyi as he, too, was bathed in the Immortal Realm's power.
This Immortal energy was different from all before.
Within it flowed Dao laws, Heavenly Will—insights into space, worlds, past, present, and future, infinite transformations unfolding.
The first time one steps into the Longevity Realm and opens the Immortal Gate, the Immortal energy contains Dao laws. The deeper the accumulation, the greater the insight—and the greater the benefit for all future cultivation.
At this very moment—
Yan Shuiyi broke through.
She entered the Longevity Realm.
A Giant of the Ages.
After dual cultivation with Fang Han, the final barrier shattered. She stepped into the supreme realm countless cultivators dreamed of but could never reach.
One step to the heavens.
Ten thousand years of life.
Eternal supremacy.
As Fang Han held her, their powers and consciousness fully intertwined, he experienced the process as well. Immortal Realm energy flowed through Yan Shuiyi, circulated through his body, and returned to her—yet leaving indelible imprints within him.
The benefit was immeasurable.
It was as if Fang Han had experienced the Longevity Realm in advance. When his own time came, the bottleneck would be vastly weaker—the path far smoother.
Crackle!
Boundless Immortal energy poured down, refined to astonishing purity—far surpassing even Mu Daoist's breakthrough. Yan Shuiyi's foundation was deeper, her ascension far more powerful.
"The Azure Sea Divine Pearl."
Yan Shuiyi suddenly opened her eyes. Seeing Fang Han before her, a trace of embarrassment flashed across her face. At her command, the Azure Sea Divine Pearl shrank into a single drop of water and vanished into her brow.
Now that she had become a Giant of the Ages, its power was incomparable to before.
"Fang Han," she said softly, then gathered her strength. "Let go of me."
She circulated her power, about to push him away—
When suddenly—
Boom!
Above Fang Han's head, his Golden Core shattered completely, exploding into boundless golden light and demonic mist. From within rose a towering figure—
A thousand-armed, thousand-eyed Buddha-Demon, stepping through the void.
Sacred chants and demonic incantations echoed together, filling the heavens and earth.