The Emperor's Domineering Favor, the Evil Consort's Unparalleled Reign

"Ying Li, you've mastered at least 70% of the control techniques. It's time to see the power of the Bone Ring. One of your shadow guards, the wood-type shadow guard Li Xiyue, is still in the Illusionary Realm Mountain in the Spirit Realm. Go and revive her. The spirit shadow guards are the most important to you."

Xuan Ye said, looking at Ying Li's indifferent eyes, and continued, "Ying Li, you are too obsessed. It's time to leave. This will also help you avoid the pursuit of the Winter Prince in the Ghost Realm. I will send someone to inform Emperor Xi. You can no longer get rid of this burden."

Ying Li clenched her right hand tightly, staring at Xuan Ye's cold face, before turning away after a long while. This burden, she wanted to escape, but it was no longer possible…

"Chu Lianyi, she's not dead." Just as Ying Li was about to step out the door, Xuan Ye suddenly said. Ying Li looked at him, but it was as if the other party had never raised his head or taken his gaze off the chessboard.

A warm feeling filled her heart, and Ying Li's chill began to dissipate. Chu Lianyi was indeed not dead. Although she had committed suicide, the Ghost Spirit Fruit wouldn't let her die so easily. However, whether she would wake up or continue sleeping was unknown. But as long as she was alive, Chu Lianyi had a glimmer of hope.

"I hope you can master the resurrection technique, then she can truly be saved," Xuan Ye muttered to himself, placing the last chess piece.

Ying Li is now a second-stage Spirit Saint. Barring unforeseen circumstances, few can defeat her. With the protection of eight Guardian Spirit Lords and Yin Lie, the Blood Moon Sect Master of the Ghost Domain, Ying Li should have no problem returning to the Spirit Realm. Having crossed the barrier between the Spirit and Ghost Realms and returned to the Spirit Realm, Ying Li felt an unprecedented abundance and strength of spiritual energy within her! She must cultivate to the Spirit Noble level as quickly as possible; only then can she find her place on this chaotic continent.

Without the various suppressions of the Ghost Realm, Ying Li felt light and airy. Accompanied by Fu Cheng and Jiang Huai, the three of them walked for a long time before arriving at the foot of Illusionary Mountain.

The steps to Illusionary Realm Mountain were terrifyingly high. After Ying Li and the others painstakingly climbed the steps, they saw the gate of the Red Jade Palace on Illusionary Realm Mountain. Ying Li felt a strong sense of familiarity. She had seen this place in the memories she had glimpsed while intervening in Ice Hidden's life; it was magnificent and mysterious.

The young boy guarding the palace saw Ying Li and his group enter the Red Jade Palace, gathered some people to block their way, and said, "Who are you? Why are you trespassing on my Red Jade Palace?!"

"You're Bin'er?!" Ying Li asked. The boy looked surprised and hesitated for a moment before saying, "You look unfamiliar, young lady. How do you know my name?!"

“Your senior brother, Nangong Lin, asked me to come here. I’ve come to visit Miss Li Xiyue on Mingjing Lake,” Ying Li said politely.

Bin'er's face paled. She said, "You've seen my senior brother?! Why didn't he come back with you?! Miss Li is a very important person to my senior brother. He asked me to take good care of her and make sure no one is alerted. If you don't have my senior brother's token, please leave! The people of Hongyu Palace prefer peace and quiet and are not good at fighting. Seeing your strong aura, Bin'er doesn't want to cause any more trouble."

Looking at Bin'er's serious expression, Ying Li smiled slightly and said, "Since I've come myself, I won't make things too difficult for you. This is a token given to me by your senior brother, Nangong Lin. Take a look."

Ying Li took out a long flute from the Xuan Jin and handed it to Bin'er. After seeing the flute, Bin'er took it and examined it carefully. She noticed that Ying Li and the other two had extraordinary bearing, especially Ying Li and Fu Cheng, who had familiar secret techniques on them. It seemed that they really were Nangong Lin's friends.

"Alright, I'll go inform Master. You all go to Mirror Lake first. There's a secret realm there that ordinary people can't open. Please don't open it without permission, it will harm Miss Li's health," Bin'er said, handing the long flute back to Ying Li.

“That’s natural.” Ying Li nodded and followed the boy who was leading the way to Mirror Lake.

In the center of Mingjing Lake, Li Xiyue lay there, surrounded by a secret technique. The beautiful woman slept soundly, with conspicuous scars on her body.

"Such a powerful spirit! Even though she's dead, the spiritual energy around her is still flowing continuously." Jiang Huai was amazed by Li Xiyue's physique and couldn't help but take two steps forward.

Strangely, Li Xiyue herself possessed no spiritual power whatsoever; the spiritual power merely surrounded her without entering her body in the slightest. Those prominent wounds must have been inflicted by the spirit beast's fangs after she absorbed its spiritual power, proving that despite being a spirit, her body was extremely weak.

“She is Ying Li’s wood-element shadow guard, so Ying Li can approach her without being harmed, and other shadow guards can approach her without being harmed either. She is the most crucial link for Ying Li to rise to the rank of Spirit Lord and get rid of the blood of the Spirit Realm,” Fu Cheng said.

Just as the group was talking, a white-bearded old Taoist priest walked over, waved his hand to open the secret realm in front of Li Xiyue, and looked at Ying Li and the others with respect in his eyes. He had not seen many people like these in the Spirit Realm.

Because of his relationship with Chu Jue, he had met many Spirit Saints, but he had never met anyone as powerful as Ying Li and the other two.

"I wonder why you gentlemen have come to see Miss Li. To be honest, Miss Li is the beloved of my beloved disciple, Nangong Lin. You gentlemen do not seem to be Miss Li's relatives. What brings you here to see Miss Li?"

Ying Li smiled and said, "Palace Master, you will know soon enough." Without saying anything more, Ying Li flew to Li Xiyue's side, gathered spiritual power in his right hand, and held Li Xiyue's wrist!

"Ying Li, first heal her wounds, then gather her spirit and collect her consciousness, and finally remember to use your spiritual power to recreate her soul!" Yin Lie reminded her from within the Bone Ring.

Ying Li nodded, closed his eyes, and used the method of controlling the Bone Ring to heal Li Xiyue's wounds. The Spirit Devouring Stone emitted an unusual light, and the eight totems of the Bone Ring kept rotating at his wrist. After half a cup of tea's time, Li Xiyue's wounds indeed began to heal!

Palace Mistress Hongyu and Bin'er clicked their tongues in amazement, their faces filled with shock as they watched the Bone Ring in Ying Li's hand emit a dazzling blue light. "This is the Bone Ring, a rare treasure of the continent?! I never thought that in my lifetime I would actually see such a young girl wielding the Bone Ring to turn the tide of life and death! What a spectacle, what a spectacle!"

Ying Li took out a Winter Night Grass from the Xuan Jin and refined it. He then fed it to Li Xiyue along with a highly nourishing elixir. As a result, the wounds on Li Xiyue's body completely healed, leaving no scars.

Ying Li gathered the surrounding spiritual energy at Li Xiyue's heart. The twisting power of the withered bone ring was transforming that spiritual energy into Li Xiyue's spiritual consciousness. The reconstruction of her soul was successful, and her spiritual consciousness invaded Li Xiyue's body. After another cup of tea's time, fine sweat beaded on Ying Li's forehead, and Li Xiyue's cold wrists began to gradually warm up. Ying Li was overjoyed, and the spiritual energy became even stronger. Finally, Li Xiyue's fingers moved, and she slowly opened her eyes!

"Bin'er, whose spiritual energy is the weakest here?! Let him come over!" Ying Li asked, pointing towards Bin'er. Bin'er was taken aback by being called out, wondering why Ying Li was asking such a question, but she still pulled out a disciple with relatively weak spiritual energy and pushed him towards Ying Li.

Ying Li gathered spiritual energy in his left hand and brought the little boy over, letting his hand approach Li Xiyue's body. Suddenly! Li Xiyue's hand grasped the little boy's hand. After a long while, the little boy's pupils dilated, and he abruptly pulled his hand away!

Li Xiyue, with her spiritual body, absorbed the spiritual energy of the little boy who was only at the first stage of soul cultivation, and came back to life!

Ying Li found an ant beast inner core in the Xuan Jin and handed it to the little boy, apologizing, "If you eat this, you can immediately advance to the second stage of soul cultivation. I just wanted to test whether she had really woken up."

The boy was about to vent his anger on Ying Li, but after receiving such a great treasure, his face lit up with joy. It would be best to do as many of these sure-fire deals as possible!

Li Xiyue's eyes slowly moved as she looked at Ying Li, a glint of light suddenly appearing in them. "Who are you?! Where am I?! Weren't I supposed to be going to the Ghost Realm? How did I end up here? I remember I died."

Ying Li smiled, helped Li Xiyue up, and said, "My name is Ying Li, and I am your future master. You are not dead; you have just been asleep for a long time. Now that you are awake, everything will be alright."