"A Divine Fire Realm Breakthrough Pill! It really is a Divine Fire Realm Breakthrough Pill!"

"Heavens, this pill is incredibly precious. The formula has long been lost to the world! Little Xuan, how did you obtain it?"

"Big Sister, Little Xuan even brought out such a heavy treasure for you. His devotion to you and our Ye family is clear for heaven and earth to see."

"If Chu Chen had this Divine Fire Realm Breakthrough Pill, he would have hidden away to secretly consume it himself. How could he ever bear to offer it to Big Sister?"

.......

Amidst the clamor, Ye Lingyue ignored everyone. She stared at Ye Xuan with an incredulous expression, her voice trembling slightly as she asked,

"L-Little Xuan, where did you get such a precious pill? You could have kept this for yourself to use when you break through to the Divine Fire Realm. Are you truly willing to part with it..."

Before Ye Lingyue could finish, Ye Xuan directly pressed the Divine Fire Realm Breakthrough Pill into her palm, flashing a harmless, innocent White Lotus smile.

"I obtained this pill by chance. To Xuan'er, nothing is more important than family."

"Big Sister, quickly consume this pill and find Brother Chu Chen!"

"......."

Ye Lingyue's eyes reddened slightly. She rubbed Ye Xuan's head and nodded firmly.

The Divine Fire Realm Breakthrough Pill was indeed precious, but compared to Chu Chen's life, it was nothing. She, Ye Lingyue, would naturally compensate Ye Xuan in the future.

Under the watchful gazes of her younger sisters, Ye Lingyue swallowed the Divine Fire Realm Breakthrough Pill and began to refine it.

Boom!!

As soon as the pill slid down her throat, it transformed into surging warm currents that flowed through her limbs and bones.

With a crisp, resounding boom, the invisible shackles within her shattered instantly, and Ye Lingyue's aura skyrocketed.

The Ninth Heaven of the Divine Fire Realm-broken through in an instant!

The so-called Divine Fire Realm Breakthrough Pill guaranteed that as long as a cultivator was in the Divine Fire Realm, swallowing a single pill would instantly break through a minor realm. However, it was only effective the very first time it was consumed.

Having successfully broken through to the Ninth Heaven of the Divine Fire Realm, Ye Lingyue did not hesitate for a second. Her hands formed rapid seals, spiritual power dancing wildly around her. Seizing the momentum of her breakthrough, she immediately executed a secret technique to divine Chu Chen's location.

As complex hexagonal star arrays materialized beneath Ye Lingyue's feet, the Ye family members held their breath.

"I have used a secret technique to extract the power of starlight. If the starlight within this array converges into Chu Chen's figure within ten breaths, then..."

Taking a deep breath to forcibly suppress the anxiety and unease in her heart, Ye Lingyue looked at her younger sisters, her father, and Ye Xuan before speaking again.

"Then it means Chu Chen is still alive. Otherwise..."

Before she could finish, Ye Lingyue's eyes were already rimmed with red.

Ye Ling'er, however, couldn't care less and directly began to count down.

"Ten!"

"Nine!"

"Eight!"

......

"Three!"

"Two!"

.......

As the ten breaths ticked away bit by bit, the strained hexagonal star array grew increasingly dim, on the verge of shattering into nothingness.

Ye Lingyue's heart sank to the absolute bottom. Ye Xuan also clenched his fists, feigning deep regret.

"One!"

Boom!!

But at the very last breath, the hexagonal star array that was about to collapse suddenly reassembled. Boundless starlight converged into a human figure, shining brilliantly.

This figure bore the exact appearance of Chu Chen!

"Heavens, Chu Chen is still alive? How is that possible?!"

"Exactly! How could that waste survive? How could he possibly escape from a Saint-level Demon Beast?"

"If this little bastard is still alive, there is simply no justice in the world!"

......

Seeing that Chu Chen was still alive, Ye Qingqing, Ye Ling'er, and the others blurted out their disbelief without a second thought.

Previously, they had attributed all their recent failures to Chu Chen's vengeful ghost haunting them. Now that Chu Chen was alive, then...

Wasn't this a resounding slap to their own faces?!

Not to mention Ye Ling'er and the others, even the family head, Ye Ding, wore a gloomy expression upon seeing Chu Chen alive. In the depths of his eyes, there was no pleasant surprise-only disgust and aversion.

"Great! Brother Chu Chen is still alive!"

Among everyone present, the only ones genuinely happy were Big Sister Ye Lingyue and Ye Xuan.

"Big Sister, quickly deduce Brother Chu Chen's location, hurry!"

Ye Lingyue nodded heavily. The heartfelt joy Ye Xuan displayed upon learning of Chu Chen's survival deeply moved her.

Previously, she had always assumed that Ye Xuan, just like Ye Ling'er and Ye Qingqing, despised Chu Chen, bullied him, and wanted to drive him out of the Ye family.

But now it seemed...

Ye Xuan's concern for Chu Chen was no less than her own.

Thinking of this, Ye Lingyue hesitated no longer. She once again ignited her life force, forcibly executing the secret technique to deduce Chu Chen's whereabouts.

"Hmph, Big Sister, what's the point of looking for that waste?"

"Exactly. Even if he's still alive, so what? Without the protection of our Ye family, even if Chu Chen survives, he can only be a dog for others."

"Wagging his tail and begging for mercy, bowing and scraping just to survive-he's not even as good as our Ye family's servants."

......

Ye Lingyue ignored the taunts of Ye Ling'er and the others, focusing entirely on channeling the secret technique to track his movements.

As streams of spiritual power were injected into the hexagonal star array, faint starlight gathered from all directions, condensing into two large characters in the void.

Southern Wasteland!

The Southern Wasteland was far too vast. Merely knowing that Chu Chen was in the Southern Wasteland made finding him akin to searching for a needle in a haystack.

But just as Ye Lingyue prepared to cast the secret technique again to narrow down the search, the hexagonal star array before her suddenly burst apart for some unknown reason, turning into scattered starlight and vanishing completely.

"Pfft!!"

The backlash caused Ye Lingyue to violently cough up another mouthful of blood. Her body staggered, and if not for Ye Ling'er and Ye Qingqing supporting her on both sides, she would have collapsed to the ground.

"It... it seems like something is obscuring Chu Chen's heavenly fate, preventing me from peering any further."

Ye Lingyue wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, her face filled with regret.

"It is a pity that my divination skills are not even one-tenth of my Master's. If Master were here, he would surely be able to pinpoint Chu Chen's exact location."

Taking a deep breath, Ye Lingyue did not give up. Instead, she turned and bowed deeply to her father, Ye Ding.

"Father, although I couldn't pinpoint Chu Chen's exact location, I... have a general idea of where he is."

"Please grant your permission, Father. I will set off for the Southern Wasteland immediately to bring Chu Chen back!"

No one expected Ye Lingyue to be so impatient, eager to depart the moment she uncovered a mere clue to Chu Chen's whereabouts.

"No! The journey to the Southern Wasteland is far too vast. I cannot be at ease with you going."

Ye Ding refused almost without thinking.

To him, Chu Chen's life or death was completely insignificant.

"Father, just let Big Sister go find Brother Chu Chen~"

"Brother Chu Chen is, after all, a member of our Ye family. If he is suffering out there, it would also bring shame to our Ye family's face."

Having finally found a trace of Chu Chen, Ye Xuan acted even more excited than Ye Lingyue. Now that Ye Lingyue was willing to make the journey, Ye Xuan was naturally overjoyed.

But unfortunately...

Ye Ding, that blockhead, was causing trouble at this critical moment.

"If Father does not permit it, Xuan'er... Xuan'er will kneel here and never rise."

As he spoke, Ye Xuan dropped directly to his knees before Ye Ding.

"Get up! Get up!"

"As long as Little Xuan asks, Father will agree to anything! Anything!"

Seeing Ye Xuan kneel, Ye Ding relented without a second thought.

"Lingyue, your Protective Dao Seal has already shattered. This trip to the Southern Wasteland to find that waste is a journey of ten thousand miles. I... I am worried about your safety."

"Ye Han, you will accompany your Big Sister."

A child traveling a thousand miles fills a father's heart with worry.

As a father, Ye Ding loved every single one of his children-except for that waste, Chu Chen.

"Father, I... I don't want to..."

Ye Han's face was full of resistance. To travel so far and waste so much time just to find a piece of trash, what...

What was the point?!

Wasn't this just a waste of time and a waste of life?

But before Ye Han could finish her refusal, Ye Lingyue shot her a cold glare, instantly forcing Ye Han to shut her mouth.

"Chu Chen, wait for me!"

Ye Lingyue cast a deeply grateful look at Ye Xuan. Then, dragging a highly reluctant Ye Han along, she stepped onto a flying sword and tore through the sky.

"Big Sister will definitely find you and bring you back to the Ye family!!"

......

At the same time, at the summit of Chaos Peak in the Divine Flame Emperor Palace.

Having just dealt with Zhao Kongyang, Chu Chen was about to call his newly appointed steward, Yu Youwei, to handle some trivial matters, only to find that no one responded for a long time.

Turning to look at where Yu Youwei was, Chu Chen's pupils suddenly contracted sharply.

He saw that Yu Youwei, who was originally an ordinary mortal, now had terrifying divine radiance surging from within her body, enveloping her form and lifting her into the air.

Yu Youwei was still unconscious, but the divine radiance radiating from her was extremely terrifying and dazzling.

"This girl, she might be..."

Chu Chen frowned slightly, then lifted his foot and walked toward the unconscious Yu Youwei.

"...far from simple!!"

Step! Step!!

But before he could take two steps, the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon within his body, the Heaven-Swallowing Magic Jar, began to forcibly awaken uncontrollably.

This sudden change made Chu Chen's expression tighten, his body instantly tensing up.

......