Yang Wei and his women were rxing in the hot springs.


    They had only just gotten in, but their faces were already rxed as if they had been soaking for hours. Their skin glistened with ayer of steam water, showing how refreshed their bodies were bing.


    "Hahhh~ This is the life," said Bai Suzhen, sinking deeper into the hot waters with a satisfied expression.


    In another corner of the pool, He Dongmei was touching her newly expanded breasts. Before now, when she touched them, it always felt like she had to deceive herself into thinking they were fuller than they were.


    They feel so nice to touch... this might be the happiest moment of my life!


    It wasn''t until Yang Wei touched her breasts that she fully realized how small they werepared to most mature women. His manly handspletely eclipsed them, snuffing out her self-esteem like a flickering me in a storm.


    The only reason she didn''t start crying was because of the pleasure she felt and the hope that her breasts would increase in size after her breast refinement.


    Huo Zirou looked at He Dongmei teasingly. "It seems like you love your new breasts, huh?"


    He Dongmei didn''t feel ashamed at all.


    She nodded excitedly. "Yes! My breasts feel fuller and much more mature."


    "And don''t forget they won''t ever sag," Huo Zirou winked at her.


    "Exactly!"


    Mu Lin always liked He Dongmei from the moment she saw her, so now that she had increased her self-esteem with muchrger breasts, she decided to offer some advice.


    "Well, thest auction I went to, I heard about a pill called the Pearl of the Ocean Empress. It''s a heaven-defying pill refined from the vitality of the sea. Apparently, consuming this pill makes the breasts growrger and even more supple, and when a man touches them, they''ll feel like they''re swimming in a calm ocean."


    Huo Yue raised an eyebrow. "Oh? That sounds like it''ll be a really expensive pill."


    Mu Lin shook her head.


    "Mmm, no, it doesn''t even have a price tag. Either a Heavenly Apothecary Master crafts such a pill for you, or youe across it by great serendipity. It''s a fifth-grade pill, so it''s not something you can just pick up at the market. But I heard it''s a little less rare in the Middle Regions, which is to be expected."


    He Dongmei adjusted her steam-covered sses──she was against taking them off even in the hot springs for personal reasons. "If it doesn''t improve one''s cultivation, why is it such a rare and high-quality pill?" she asked.


    Mu Lin took a moment to shake her head side-to-side. It was her own way of arranging an answer in her head.


    "While it''s not a pill that can improve cultivation specifically, breast cultivation is still a form of body cultivation in the end. The pill can make a woman''s nipples hard enough to cut diamond when they''re aroused, and it''s said that their milk bes so sweet anyone could go mad from just the smallest taste."


    Huo Yue looked a little disturbed and squeezed her eyes with slight irritation. "Uh, that just feels... ugh."


    A smallugh slipped out of Mu Lin''s mouth.


    "Hm?" Huo Yue frowned slightly, wondering why she found it amusing.


    Despite Mu Lin''s efforts to stopughing, she couldn''t help but snicker each time. "Y-, yeah! It''s... really not funny!"


    Huo Yue frowned even more, aggressively folding her arms, causing her breasts to rise a bit.


    Mu Lin held out a hand, trying topose herself, but failed miserably. "N-no! Oh, it''s not funny at all──pfft!!" She burst intoughter again, annoying Huo Yue even more.


    Huo Yue nced at Yang Wei and noticed even he wasughing.


    "Wei Shuai──?! You too?!" she eximed, pouting as if she might cry.


    Yang Wei raised his hands in surrender, still chuckling and coughing a bit.


    "I''m sorry. It''s just... Bahahaha!"n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    He found Huo Yue''s innocence and purity on many topics amusing, especially considering she was older than Mu Lin. There were even times when he and Mu Lin would be alone and poke fun at her──they just found Huo Yue''s innocence endearing.


    "Whatever..." Huo Yue rolled her eyes and leaned back in the pool, looking a little displeased, though she knew it was all in good fun.


    Shortly after, Mu Lin cleared her throat.


    "Ahem, so as I was saying, Dongmei..."


    "Yes, Miss Lin!"


    Even in the pool, He Dongmei straightened up, cing her hands neatly on herp, firmly holding her head up and keeping her eyes focused.


    It didn''t take long for Mu Lin''s cheeks to turn a faint shade of red; she couldn''t help but feel a bit proud when praised, even for small things.


    "AHEM!"


    Mu Lin cleared her throat louder, hoping to distract everyone from the blush on her cheeks.


    "There''s this woman in the Southern Continent who uses the effects of the pill to her advantage. Her name is Lingfei, I think? She sells her breast milk to desperate men who are tired of their wives, and well, they get easily aroused by her milk so they use her cream to mas──"


    Before Mu Lin could finish her very short story, He Dongmei covered her ears and shouted, "I''m not interested in that information, Miss Lin!" It felt too scandalous for her, like listening to it would make her lose her self-respect.


    "R-, really?" Mu Lin asked, genuinely surprised by He Dongmei''sck of interest.


    He Dongmei''s face turned red, and she simply nodded, fighting the urge to squirm.


    Mu Lin clicked her tongue and looked away, "Tch! As I would expect from inexperienced women." She nced at Huo Yue and then back at He Dongmei. "You both see everything as depraved, but trust me, not everything is."


    Bai Suzhen shrugged. "Errr, that one was sort of pushing a line…"


    Mu Lin, about to  respond, abruptly felt a sharp pain in her side and immediately copsed into the hot water.


    "LIN''ERRRR!"


    Yang Wei dashed across the pool and caught her before she could sink.


    "Lin''er! Lin''er!!"


    Mu Lin''s eyes rolled back, and she vomited thick, ck foam as her body jerked like she was being electrocuted.


    Everyone rushed to her side, worried and confused.


    "Lin''er! What''s wrong?!" Yang Wei shouted, not knowing what to do.


    As everyone fretted over Mu Lin''s physical condition, her spiritual state presented a whole different challenge. She found herself in an unfamiliar ce, a realm never before traversed by any cultivator.


    It was a breathtaking achievement.


    A world crafted from the shattered remnants of space and time,posed of countless fragments forming a grand magnificence.


    At first nce, it bore a striking resemnce to a library, with myriad pieces of paper scattered across its expanse. Each of these papers contained worlds within them, vast yet infinitesimal, like specks within a flower.


    There was no sign of life, only a pervasive grayness and an ever-mounting pressure.


    "Where... am I?" Mu Lin muttered.


    The question just hung in the air unanswered.


    Then, the entire world began to tremble, as if hammered by some unfathomable force in this transcendent space. It was like this sacred existence would be smashed to y if the pounding persisted.


    BOOOOM!


    BAAAAAM!!


    The banging was relentless.


    "Arrrghhkk!"


    Mu Lin cried out, clutching her chest as blood spilled from her lips.


    "What''s happening?! My chest... it''s──?!"


    Her grip tightened, and blood flowed from her mouth more profusely.


    To her surprise, a voice responded finally responded. . . a voice carrying the timeless wisdom of ages, potently echoing the essence of all that was, is, and ever will be.


    "Child, you must awaken. It is not yet your time to die..."


    It was a voice capable of dispersing universes and cleansing the dust of gxies.


    "That voice..."


    Mu Lin had never heard that voice before──it waspletely unfamiliar to her. But deep down, it felt like she was talking to herself, like it was a message from someone she intimately knew.


    Despite feeling surreal and illogical, she was too consumed by pain to fullyprehend anything.


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    "What... what''s happening...?"


    She coughed up more blood, and this time there were even ck particles swirling within it.


    The voice didn''t answer her questions; instead, it seemed more focused on conveying something crucial.


    "You are not ready to inherit my memories, but you need to understand what is at the top of the mountain. You must aid the source of all blood, the foundation of the physical, and the future of the spiritual."


    With each word, Mu Lin''s agony intensified──a torment that felt bone-shattering, mind-breaking, and heart-crushing.


    "EEEAAAAGGHK!!"


    She screamed until her voice cracked like ss, yet the voice continued unabated.


    "The Blood Emperor... you must help him. He is the key to ending eons of hatred and bloodshed."


    Mu Lin''s chest felt like it was being crushed by a boulder, and her her breathing was far worse considering her lungs felt like they were being cooked.


    Nothing made sense amidst the agony.


    "Wh-, who are you...? *cough* ANSWER ME!"


    The voice left with one final answer. . .


    "I am the Record-Bearing Heavenly Mother."