Chapter 102
"Brother, I\'ve made a breakthrough into the Sage Realm."
In the Lingxiao Hall, Xiao Yanran\'s cheerful voice rang out as she rushed in.
Her figure was emitting spatial fluctuations that were unique to the Sage Realm at this moment.
Lin Yan stood up on the Heavenly Emperor\'s throne with a shocked expression.
"Great, I\'ll tell Teng Gang and the others later. Let\'s all celebrate together."
In response to Lin Yan\'s words, Xiao Yanran felt slightly embarrassed.
After ten thousand years, Xiao Yanran was still quite shy.
Since Lin Yan became a Heavenly Emperor, he provided her with countless exotic treasures. Despite this, it still took more than a thousand years for her to reach the Sage Realm.
She could only cultivate at this rate.
Without the treasures Lin Yan provided for her, she would not have been able to make a breakthrough into the Sage Realm until the end of her life.
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"...It was because I had no pressure in cultivation at that time that my progress was slow."
Her heart pounded as she stared at the screen above. A panicked expression appeared on her face immediately.
Her brother was an invincible Heavenly Emperor at the time, so she would receive enough respect wherever she traveled on the Lingxuan Continent.
Because of this, she didn\'t feel pressured to cultivate.
Due to this, her cultivation progress remained slow despite countless heavenly treasures provided by her brother.
As a result, her brother threw her into the Infernal Fire Domain, the Heart Devouring Pond, and other dangerous places.
Only after she had nine near-death experiences and her brother extracted the Supreme Bone from her did her cultivation level rise, and she entered the Immortal Realm.
She believed that her efforts had helped her reach the Immortal Realm.
Looking at the screen above, she realized that her brother, the Heavenly Emperor, was helping her behind the scenes.
Xiao Yanran\'s heart throbbed, and her face looked even more flustered. "If that were truly the case, then didn\'t I misunderstand my brother all along and later joined forces and killed him?"
She was terrified by this cruel reality and was even trembling with fear.
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Lin Yan reached out his hand and touched Xiao Yanran\'s head with delight.
When they were children, he often did this to Xiao Yanran.
It has never been done this way since Xiao Yanran grew up.
He couldn\'t resist doing it again; he was too happy now.
Xiao Yanran\'s body suddenly stiffened for a moment, and her eyes instantly became pitch black as Lin Yan\'s hand left her head.
Xiao Yanran slowly raised her head and stared at Lin Yan with a strange smile on her face. "Lin Yan, I\'ve taken this body as my vessel."
Lin Yan\'s complexion changed when he heard this deep voice.
He spat out four words as he stared at Xiao Yanran, "Impossible... The Phaseless Devil."
The former Heavenly Emperor annihilated the Phaseless Devil by dragging him to death.
However, the Phaseless Devil could resurrect as long as the Lingxuan continent still contained his Devil Seeds.
In the past thousand years, the Lingxuan Continent has been very peaceful.
Since the Extraterrestrial Devils had been cleaned up and almost disappeared, Lin Yan had relaxed his vigilance against the Phaseless Devil.
Even so, he couldn\'t have imagined that the Phaseless Devil would be revived when his sister reached the Sage Realm.
Even his sister had become a puppet of the Phaseless Devil.
The ashen-faced Lin Yan didn\'t wait for Phase-less\'s words and immediately grabbed hold of Xiao Yanran with his hand.
As Xiao Yanran was restrained, Lin Yan felt relieved.
Though the Phaseless Devil was resurrected, his power hadn\'t recovered.
"Lin Yan, we\'ll meet again. When the time comes, you will definitely become a puppet of mine."
After reviving, the Phaseless Devil seemed to have exhausted all his power just by saying these few words, and Xiao Yanran\'s eyes quickly returned to normal.
Her body turned soft and fell into Lin Yan\'s arms.
Lin Yan\'s expression became increasingly unsightly as he gazed at her as she fell into his arms.
He was aware of the Phaseless Devil\'s manipulations.
But, as soon as the Phaseless Devil had resurrected, he revealed himself in front of Lin Yan.
No matter how one looked at it, it didn\'t seem right.
Theoretically, the Phaseless Devil should first hide somewhere to recover his strength.
"Xiao\'er." Lin Yan hugged Xiao Yanran, and his face changed once again.
Then, his figure suddenly flickered and appeared in another part of the Heavenly Palace.
This place was the palace where Xiao Mei lived back when she was the princess of the Heavenly Palace.
But now, this palace\'s name was the Heavenly Empress\'s Palace.
Although Xiao Mei was now known to everyone as the Heavenly Empress, Lin Yan, the Heavenly Emperor, and Xiao Mei, the Heavenly Empress, hadn\'t met for a thousand years.
So, seeing her after a long time, many complex emotions flashed in his eyes.
Lin Yan\'s gaze penetrated the Heavenly Empress Palace and directly saw Xiao Mei, who was inside.
The current Xiao Mei was no longer the carefree Heavenly Palace Princess of the past, as she had been for thousands of years.
As the Heavenly Empress, she was now covered with a fierce aura that made people not dare to get close.
Even her cultivation base had reached the Sage Realm, and it was just a matter of time for her to make a breakthrough into the Immortal Realm.
Simply put, her cultivation aptitude was much more extraordinary than Xiao Yanran\'s.
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Over a thousand years, Xiao Mei spent almost every day cultivating this way.
When Lin Yan looked at Xiao Mei, busy cultivating with her eyes closed, the naive and innocent Heavenly Palace Princess appeared in his mind.
However, she had now turned into a resentful, furious woman.
Seeing Xiao Mei\'s current state, Lin Yan\'s gaze turned reluctant as he knew she had become this way today because of him.
Seeing Xiao Mei\'s soul above those twisted black threads immediately dispelled Lin Yan\'s reluctance.
The Phaseless Devil planted the Devil Seed not only in Xiao Yanran but also in Xiao Mei.
However, Lin Yan had long since discovered that Xiao Mei\'s Devil seed was weakening.
The black threads twisted within Xiao Mei\'s soul have almost disappeared today.
It would still take some time for Xiao Mei to eliminate the Devil Seed.
This discovery caused Lin Yan to stop looking for Xiao Mei to explain why he killed the former Heavenly Emperor back then since he wasn\'t sure if she could get rid of the Devil Seed in her body because of hatred or something else.
Lin Yan would choose to let Xiao Mei hate him instead of continuing to be controlled by these devil seeds if all it took was hatred for himself.