After the Demoness Bestowed Me with the Pure Yang Technique, the Iceberg Saintess Came to My Door at Night - Chapter 1:

Chapter 1: Peerless Dao Bone? Merely a Seal

Azure Mist Sect, Fourth Peak.

A graceful young woman descended lightly, her expression cold and proud as she stared at Lu Xiao, who sat cross-legged on the ground. “My name is Yun Qingxue, the prospective Saintess of the Third Peak. I’ve come today to break off our engagement.”

“Break off the engagement? That’s great!” Lu Xiao responded briskly, quickly taking out a box. “If I remember correctly, my fiancée Yun Qingxue gave me one lower-grade second-tier Spirit Tempering Pill as the engagement gift. According to our agreement back then, if the woman cancels the engagement, the gift must be returned tenfold.”

He looked at her with a faint smile. “You wouldn’t want others to know you were once engaged to a useless person like me, right?”

It had only been half a month since his master, Xu Xudao, had fallen. This was already the fourth fiancée to come and break off their engagement. By now, Lu Xiao was thoroughly familiar with the process.

In fact, thanks to these impatient women rushing over to cancel their engagements, he had quietly made a small fortune, albeit with a bitter heart.

Yun Qingxue’s expression darkened.

If this useless man really spread the news, wouldn’t she become the laughingstock of the entire sect?

Reluctantly, she took out a jade bottle and said coldly, “This is a bottle of upper-grade second-tier Spirit Gathering Liquid. Its effectiveness is no worse than ten Spirit Tempering Pills. Consider it feeding a dog!”

Lu Xiao immediately opened the bottle to inspect it. After confirming its quality, he casually kicked the box toward her. “Your marriage contract is inside. Find it yourself.”

Yun Qingxue froze the moment she looked inside.

There were more than a dozen marriage contracts in the box.

Her lips twitched. “This useless man actually has engagements with so many people? What is this, choosing concubines?”

She flipped through them, her eyes widening slightly.

“Saintess of the Main Peak, Yao Yaozi?”

“Direct disciple of Chen Xiao, Luo Qingxian?”

“…”

Yao Yaozi was the Saintess of the Azure Mist Sect’s Main Peak, a peerless genius with a noble status. Born with an enchanting physique, every glance and smile from her could drive men mad. Together with Ji Lengyue, the Saintess of the Fourth Peak and now the wife of Peak Master Su Ze, she was known as one of the two unparalleled beauties of ice and fire within the Azure Mist Sect.

As for Luo Qingxian, she was Yun Qingxue’s close friend and the current Saintess of the Fifth Peak.

Yun Qingxue took a deep breath. “Qingxian was also engaged to this useless man? No, I need to tell her to come quickly and cancel it too.”

She cast Lu Xiao a cold glance and warned, “From now on, we have nothing to do with each other. Remember, do not mention me to anyone. I can’t afford such humiliation.”

With that, she released a burst of energy, shattering her marriage contract instantly before vanishing from Lu Xiao’s sight.

Moments later, the smile on Lu Xiao’s face slowly faded, replaced by a trace of urgency in his eyes.

He knew that breaking engagements was only the beginning.

Half a month ago, his master had been sent to the Eastern Sun Empire on a sect mission, only to perish unexpectedly, leaving no remains behind. Since then, the status of Lu Xiao, his master’s wife, and his junior sister within the Azure Mist Sect had plummeted rapidly. Now, they had become targets anyone could bully.

He had to grow stronger… strong enough to protect them in his master’s place.

At that moment, his ears twitched slightly. He turned his head, a faint smile forming on his lips. “Yingxue, you’re here?”

A girl in a white dress approached slowly, her face filled with indignation on his behalf. “Brother Xiao, they’ve gone too far! When Uncle Xu was still alive, why didn’t they come to cancel the engagements?”

Lu Xiao smiled faintly, a rare gentleness appearing in his eyes. “Having you by my side is enough. Even if they didn’t come to cancel, I would have ended it myself.”

Su Yingxue… the daughter of Peak Master Su Ze of the Fourth Peak, and also one of his fiancées.

She smiled softly. “They simply failed to recognize a true dragon. I believe in you, Brother Xiao… you’re not a useless person. Ten years ago, you were the number one genius of the Azure Mist Sect. And with your peerless Dao bone, it’s only a matter of time before you soar to the heavens.”

Lu Xiao felt a hint of nostalgia.

Ten years ago, he had broken through nine cultivation stages in a single month, shocking the entire Azure Mist Sect. It was then that his master discovered the Dao bone within him.

At that time, the Dao bone had yet to fully mature. Fearing that others would covet it, his master had sealed it, instructing him to nurture it with his blood and vital energy. Once it reached completion, the seal would break on its own.

However… neither his master nor Su Yingxue knew that the Dao bone, something countless people dreamed of…

…was his true seal.

“Oh, right,” Su Yingxue suddenly said, changing the topic. “Brother Xiao, when will the seal on your Dao bone break?”

“Tonight,” Lu Xiao replied after taking a deep breath. “It will break tonight.”

A flash of heat passed through Su Yingxue’s eyes, though she quickly concealed it, smiling sweetly. “Good. For so many years, you’ve used your blood to improve my aptitude. Tonight… I’ll stand guard for you.”

Late at night, beneath a crescent moon…

At the Azure Mist Sect’s back mountain, Lu Xiao sat cross-legged, drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, refining it within his body. The Dao bone in his chest began to hum, its golden light growing ever more radiant.

A dazzling beam of golden light shot into the sky.

In an instant, the heavens and earth changed color, and a phenomenon spread across hundreds of kilometers.

Everyone within this vast range was shaken by the spectacle. Those with sharper senses were especially alarmed.

Lu Xiao clenched his fists, his heart surging with excitement. Ten years… once his Dao bone fully matured, he could extract it, and the true seal on his bloodline power would finally be lifted.

However, just as his emotions surged…

A piercing pain suddenly exploded from his chest.

A pair of pale hands viciously plunged into his body, tearing through flesh and muscle.

The radiant Dao bone was forcibly ripped out, still dripping with blood. The unbearable pain nearly caused him to faint on the spot.

Su Yingxue held the Dao bone in her hands, laughing wildly.

Despair filled Lu Xiao’s eyes. Although he had long been mentally prepared and had made his own arrangements, the illusion of ten years of companionship and mutual support was brutally shattered, leaving him in immense pain.

“Su Yingxue… I gave you everything. Why are you so heartless?!”

She sneered. “Lu Xiao, the moment you became a useless person, I already wanted to sever all ties with you. Who would have thought you’d be foolish enough to use your blood to improve my aptitude?”

“So, since you still had some use, I endured my disgust and stayed by your side.”

“Later, you even told me about your Dao bone. I originally planned to dig it out and transplant it into myself, but I didn’t expect it required your blood to nurture before the seal could be broken. So I endured everything and remained with you.”

“I, Su Yingxue, endured humiliation for ten years… just for this day.”

She paused, then added coldly, “Oh, and let me make things clear before you die. That old man Xu Xudao? My father and I arranged his death. Only after he died could my father become the Peak Master of the Fourth Peak… and only then could we take your Dao bone without restraint.”

“And you… are only the beginning.”

A cruel smile curved her lips. “Your master’s wife and your junior sister are both beauties within the sect. Many people have long coveted them. Tell me… what do you think will happen to them?”

Before he could respond, she struck his chest with a palm.

Lu Xiao collapsed instantly, unconscious.

“Heart meridians shattered, meridians destroyed, dantian crippled… even immortals couldn’t save this useless man.”

After finishing everything, Su Yingxue quickly left, afraid of attracting attention.

However, less than ten breaths after her departure, a gentle light spread across Lu Xiao’s body. The wound in his chest slowly began to heal.

When he opened his eyes again, his consciousness had already entered his sea of awareness.

Before him stretched a boundless sea of blood, its aura cold and terrifying. Above it floated a massive pitch-black palace, wrapped in enormous chains descending from the heavens, as though condensed from primordial chaos… a truly horrifying sight.

A seductive, enchanting laugh echoed from deep within the palace. “Hehehe… little one, I told you to be careful of that woman. If I hadn’t prepared in advance, you’d already be dead.”

Lu Xiao smiled faintly, clenching his fists as killing intent surged in his eyes. “If not for Senior agreeing to protect me, I wouldn’t have taken the risk of telling her about my Dao bone… nor let her stand guard for me.”

He took a deep breath. “No matter what, thank you, Senior, for helping me set this trap and see her true nature.”

Ten years ago…

At the moment he awakened his Dao bone, his bloodline power had also begun to awaken.

That was when he discovered this mysterious burial ground of gods and demons within his sea of awareness.

From the alluring woman sealed within it, he learned that the Dao bone others coveted was never his greatest asset…

…but rather the shackle suppressing his terrifying bloodline power.

Over the years, he had endured countless cold stares. He had matured far beyond his age. How could he possibly reveal his true weakness and reliance to Su Yingxue?

Moreover, both his master Xu Xudao and this mysterious Senior had warned him to be wary of her.

Telling Su Yingxue about his Dao bone… even allowing her to guard him tonight… had all been a test.

But the truth he uncovered was unbearably cruel.

Now, between him and the father-daughter pair, there was not only the hatred of having his Dao bone stolen, but also the blood debt of his master’s death. Worse still, those two beasts were now targeting his master’s wife and junior sister.

No matter what… they were already on his list of those who must die.

The woman’s soft, languid voice echoed again, intoxicating and bone-deep. “Now that the Dao bone suppressing your divine-demonic bloodline has been removed, you can finally begin to cultivate the techniques I possess… barely.”

“However, once I pass them to you today, you will form a great karmic bond with me.”

“Have you thought it through?”

“Please, Senior, grant me the method!” Lu Xiao nodded firmly.

He had no other choice.

Though he did not know her origins, one thing was certain… her cultivation was beyond comprehension. How could her techniques be ordinary?

A beam of white light shot out from the palace, flooding his mind with countless pieces of information. Lu Xiao immediately sat cross-legged, focusing completely on comprehending the technique.

After a long while, he opened his eyes, his expression turning strange.

The technique she had passed to him was called the Pure Yang Heavenly Art, though its rank was unspecified.

According to its description…

First, it could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, converting it into Pure Yang energy for normal cultivation.

Second… it could enhance cultivation through dual cultivation of yin and yang. Especially when paired with women possessing special constitutions, the results would be twice as effective with half the effort.

This technique…

…didn’t seem very proper.