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

Ying Li is the heir to the first family of Ye Lingcheng in Jin'an Kingdom of the Spirit Realm Continent, and the thirty-first generation of the Ying family. The current family head, Ying Wuyou, is Ying Li's grandfather. Her father, Ying Qichen, the thirty-first generation of the Ying family, disappeared without a trace after killing the Crimson Spirit Beast before becoming the Spirit Lord, and has not returned to this day.

As the highly anticipated heir to the Ying family patriarchy, Ying Li would be utterly incapable of holding the position without exceptional spiritual talent. Because there's only one legitimate daughter, the position is easily attained, but her perceived lack of intelligence and ability to perform well has earned her the contempt of the entire Ye Ling City. Even with her stunning beauty, she's still looked down upon.

The thought that Ying Luo had already reached the seventh stage of spiritual power cultivation while she herself hadn't even scratched the surface of it made Ying Li inexplicably discouraged. Her grandfather was ill, and no one in the Ying family would support her anymore. But that didn't mean anyone could bully her. Since the situation was already like this, she had to become strong herself and protect her own life until her grandfather recovered and until she figured out how to use the Bone Bracelet.

"There are seven levels of cultivation in the Spirit Realm Continent: Soul Cultivation, Spirit Cultivation, Divine Cultivation, Spirit Opening Lord, Spirit Gathering Lord, Spirit Saint, and Spirit Noble. All of these have nine levels. Logically speaking, your talent is not low. If nothing unexpected happens, you should have already broken through to the second level of Spirit Cultivation, which is more than four levels higher than Ying Luo, who beat you. Of course, let's leave that aside for now. Have you gathered all the things I asked you to prepare?" the alluring man said lazily.

Ying Li nodded, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and dumped all the spiritual tonics he had gathered from the mountain—such as Lingluo grass, Shengye leaves, and Kulan—onto the ground.

The next moment, a blue spiritual light emanated from Ying Li's wrist, enveloping the various soul-cultivating medicinal herbs on the ground. Ying Li watched as the herbs floated in the air, and a yellow-white flame slowly formed outside the blue spiritual light. He then poured all the herbs, along with the spiritual energy, into the alchemy furnace in the bewitching man's hand.

A cloud of dust erupted the moment the medicinal herbs entered the alchemy furnace. Ying Li felt a powerful flow of energy around her, and the vortex of this energy flow was none other than the alchemy furnace itself. The yellowish-white flames gradually lost their color, and heat dissipated, filling Ying Li's nostrils with a strong and intense medicinal aroma. She felt a wave of heat wash over her, and a surge of spiritual energy coursed through her body along with the medicinal scent, causing a slight feeling of suffocation, but she could still bear it.

After an unknown amount of time, the flames in the alchemy furnace gradually died down. Beads of sweat appeared on Ying Li's forehead, and he breathed heavily. A purplish-black pill shot out of the furnace and landed in front of Ying Li. "Eat it," the sinister voice rang out again, this time with a hint of solemnity.

Ying Li took the pill. Thinking of the burning sensation on her body just now, she hesitated for a moment, but when she looked at the dark sky above and felt the cold wind blowing into her neck, she resolutely tilted her head back and swallowed the pill.

The flames traveled down the pill into Ying Li's throat. "This..." Ying Li's pupils suddenly contracted. His limbs went limp, and he clutched his neck repeatedly, unable to utter a single word. Power surged from his abdomen throughout his body, as if a stream of energy was slowly flowing within him.

"Quiet down and sit still, let this energy flow with your thoughts, don't let it run wild!" The alluring man's voice rang out just in time, and Ying Li, his face pale, straightened up and sat up.

With her eyes closed, she sensed the fluctuations in the energy flow within her body, using all her mental energy to trace the direction of the surging energy, twisting, repelling, flowing into the vortex, purifying the energy flow at the center of the vortex, and extracting spiritual energy into her heart and lungs...

For some reason, these spiritual paths, which she had never practiced or explored before, were so spacious and bright. Ying Li felt that she was getting more and more comfortable with them. The spiritual energy in her body kept gathering, purifying, and flowing into her heart and lungs, as if her heart and lungs were a burden for gathering spiritual energy, continuously filling her with various kinds of spiritual energy.

Cold sweat began to evaporate from her body, but Ying Li's face remained calm and natural. She absorbed and circulated the long-lost energy without feeling satisfied, and for the first time, she felt that the night was so short.

As dawn broke and the blinding sunlight pierced the earth, Ying Li struggled to open her eyes. The moment she saw the sunlight, she felt overwhelmed by its dazzling colors and felt unbearably thirsty. Ying Li wanted to stand up to drink some tea, but the moment she raised her hand, the teacup on the table not far away suddenly rose into the air and landed in her hand, as if some force was pulling it from her palm. Ying Li stared at the teacup in her hand in confusion, only to see the alluring man emerge from his bracelet, his captivating eyes filled with an approving smile, "Congratulations, girl, you've successfully entered the fourth stage of Soul Cultivation!"