Chapter 2668: Something Big Happened

In the boudoir, on the scented bed, two bodies were pressed tightly together, sitting face to face. Su Yan, though shorter than Lu Ye, was now half a head taller than him.

With the soft, fragrant warmth of her in his arms, Lu Ye tried his best to maintain a serious expression.

Su Yan's face was flushed crimson, and her voice trembled slightly. "This co-cultivation pact allows our Phoenix clan to help an 'outlander' organize the spatial power within their body, so there are some requirements during cultivation..." Reaching this point, she suddenly bit her lip, her eyes misty as she gazed at Lu Ye.

Lu Ye looked innocent.

It wasn't that he intended to misbehave; it was just some instinctive reaction.

He secretly wondered if that senior 'outlander' was perhaps not a serious person. This co-cultivation pact was clearly a dual cultivation technique. Could a respectable person have created such a secret art?

Moreover, from Su Yan's words, it wasn't just simple dual cultivation; it was a method that involved both soul and body simultaneously.

"Yan'er, tell me!" He immediately composed himself, adopting an attentive posture.

Su Yan steadied herself, then elaborated on the key points of the co-cultivation pact.

A short while later, in Lu Ye's Soul Sea, Su Yan's soul body drifted over. The two soul bodies intertwined, seemingly on the verge of merging into one.

During this process, Lu Ye indeed discovered the marvels of this secret art. He had been absorbing power indiscriminately for so long, making digestion difficult, but with Su Yan's help, his assimilation significantly improved.

Not only that, but during the practice of this co-cultivation pact, in addition to processing his own accumulated energy, he could also draw benefits from Su Yan.

Correspondingly, the same was true for Su Yan.

Therefore, Su Yan was astonished to find that Lu Ye's proficiency in the Path of Space was subtly beginning to rival her own!

This felt incredibly unbelievable to her.

Lu Ye had only recently condensed his own Spatial Dao Seed, meaning he had just begun his journey in this path. How could he possibly catch up to her, a pure-blooded Phoenix, in such a short time?

But that was the reality. Her original intention was merely to help Lu Ye organize the spatial power within him, yet she unexpectedly gained significant benefits herself.

At this very moment, in Dragon City.

Looking across the entire Inner Realm, the undisputed strongest individual was Ba Qiu, but the undisputed strongest Harmonized City was not his Yi Fu City, but Saint Dragon City.

This was not only because Dragon City was home to a multitude of powerful experts, but also due to its immense scale.

Among the Inner Realm's ten Harmonized Cities, apart from exceptions like Yi Fu City, none were small in scale, yet none could rival Saint Dragon City.

The sheer size of Saint Dragon City was almost comparable to a galaxy in the cosmos.

Its enormous size was primarily due to the vast number of Dragon descendants.

The core of Dragon City was the Dragon Palace, which also served as its foundation.

The entire Dragon Palace exuded an atmosphere of lavish luxury. Head-sized luminous pearls adorned every corner, each worth a king's ransom, making the entire palace as bright as day at all times.

Elsewhere in the Dragon Palace, within a grand hall, Zhu Yin, who had returned from the Phoenix Nest, was cultivating.

Abundant temporal power enveloped her body, intermingled with spatial power. She frowned deeply, attempting to merge these two forces.

During their joint battle with Lu Ye, he had utilized her temporal force field to unleash the profound mysteries of spacetime power, allowing her a glimpse. Therefore, she now wanted to see if she could achieve that level on her own.

However, despite her long efforts, there was no result. Although she had glimpsed a trace of its profundity, she ultimately found that, as before, due to her insufficient mastery of the Path of Space, there was no sign of the two powers merging.

She carefully recalled the sensation at that time...

Suddenly, she realized that her inability to merge these two powers seemed to stem not only from her insufficient mastery of the Path of Space but also from a fundamental reason related to her bloodline!

Just then, a figure swiftly darted in, arriving in an instant. She looked up, her brows relaxing.

Zhu Yin, sensing something, opened her eyes to see a majestic figure standing before her. Recognizing him as the Dragon Sovereign, she quickly prepared to bow.

However, the Dragon Sovereign raised a hand and gently pressed downwards, indicating that she should remain seated.

Zhu Yin asked, "Dragon Sovereign, why have you come?"

The Dragon Sovereign replied, "The Phoenix Master told me you accidentally became trapped in the Spatial Corridor. She hadn't emerged yet when you returned, so I came to see if you were alright."

He wouldn't have been so anxious had it been another Dragon clan member, but Zhu Yin was, after all, the chosen successor for the next Dragon Sovereign, so he naturally cared more.

Zhu Yin shook her head, saying, "I'm perfectly fine. This experience was thrilling but not dangerous. Elder Huang Jiuyin was the one who ultimately led us out."

"Us?" the Dragon Sovereign asked, sounding puzzled. "More than just you were in danger?"

The Phoenix Master had only mentioned Zhu Yin being trapped in the Spatial Corridor earlier, without mentioning a second person.

Zhu Yin couldn't help but recall Lu Ye's appearance. She nodded and said, "There was also a Phoenix clan 'outlander'."

The Dragon Sovereign was surprised. "When did the Phoenix clan get another 'outlander'? That's quite unusual!" However, it was just unusual; he wouldn't inquire further into Phoenix clan affairs. He then looked at Zhu Yin with concern. "Yin'er, are you certain you're unharmed?"

"I'm indeed unharmed!"

"That's good." The Dragon Sovereign relaxed. He then changed the subject, "I observed you were practicing spacetime power just now. Did you gain any insights?"

Zhu Yin shook her head, her expression slightly downcast. "I couldn't merge these two powers like Senior Brother Lu. I've disappointed you, Dragon Sovereign."

The Dragon Sovereign laughed heartily. "There's no talk of disappointment. Your mastery of the Path of Space..." He stopped mid-sentence, his expression suddenly serious. "What did you just say about that Senior Brother Lu?"

Zhu Yin blinked, then explained, "There's a Senior Brother Lu. He used a certain method to merge his own spatial power with my temporal power, evolving it into spacetime power."

The Dragon Sovereign narrowed his eyes. "Senior Brother Lu... could he be the Phoenix clan 'outlander' you just mentioned?"

"Exactly. We owe our safe escape from the Spatial Corridor this time to Senior Brother Lu."

"Whose 'outlander' is he?"

"Sister Su Yan's."

The Dragon Sovereign didn't notice Zhu Yin's slight discomfort when she said this. He was more concerned about something else. "Yin'er, tell me in detail how he managed to do this, and can you confirm that it was indeed spacetime power?"

Zhu Yin immediately recounted their final encounter with the Void Beast in the Spatial Corridor. She then noticed that the Dragon Sovereign was listening extremely intently; in fact, she had never seen him so serious in her entire life.

This made her subtly realize that the Dragon Sovereign attached great importance to this matter.

Reflecting carefully, the Dragon Sovereign had always highly valued spacetime power, which was why she had diligently cultivated the Path of Space, and why the Phoenix clan had granted her such convenient access.

Less than half an hour later, the Dragon Sovereign offered a few words of encouragement to Zhu Yin, then departed in a hurry.

In the Phoenix Nest, within the Primordial Parasol Tree, the Phoenix Master sighed softly, her expression seemingly displeased.

It was nothing else; she had just returned from the Spatial Corridor and learned that the two young ones who had been trapped were now free. She immediately wanted to check on Su Yan, only to find that Su Yan had actually sealed her Phoenix Nest!

This had never happened before.

As the Phoenix Master, she had the power to forcibly open the Phoenix Nest and enter, but she didn't need to think to know why Su Yan would seal it.

It was simply two young people getting intimate within the Phoenix Nest.

How could she possibly disturb such a thing?

So, she could only wait. In any case, this incident was a change brought about by the Primordial Parasol Tree, and since Lu Ye was an 'outlander', he was also considered half a Phoenix clan member. She felt compelled to express her concern regardless.

Furthermore, the ancestral remains had been recovered thanks to Lu Ye and Zhu Yin. This was a merit, and the Phoenix clan needed to show their appreciation.

Yet, for some inexplicable reason, she felt a little angry.

As she pondered uneasily, a ripple appeared before her, and the Dragon Sovereign's phantom emerged from it.

She glanced at him testily, then was momentarily stunned. "What's wrong?"

The Dragon Sovereign had a remarkably grave expression.

"Something major has happened!" the Dragon Sovereign's voice was solemn.

The Phoenix Master narrowed her eyes. "You'd better not speak nonsense, or I'll go right now and overturn your Dragon Throne, and give all your wives and concubines a beating!"

Outsiders only saw the Dragon Sovereign as some transcendent master, but only the Phoenix Master knew that he actually had a dreadful personality and enjoyed playing tricks on people.

"Didn't you say earlier that Yin'er and your Phoenix clan's 'outlander' were trapped together in the Spatial Corridor?" the Dragon Sovereign asked.

The Phoenix Master's expression turned cold. "Did he do something to displease Yin'er in there?"

It wasn't surprising she thought this way. The Dragon Sovereign's expression was simply too grave. She had just asked him to check on Zhu Yin, and he immediately came back to her, which undoubtedly meant Yin'er had suffered a loss, and a significant one at that!

No wonder Yin'er had rushed off without even waiting for her return. She heard that Yin'er's expression was also unusual when she left!

And that brat Lu, he'd only just returned from danger and was already thinking of misbehaving. It must have been him who incited Yan'er to seal her Phoenix Nest.

Poor Yan'er must be completely unaware of this matter.

"I'll go kill him right now!" The Phoenix Master was furious. How could such a faithless scoundrel be worthy of Su Yan?

"Who are you going to kill?" The Dragon Sovereign was bewildered, completely unable to understand why the Phoenix Master had suddenly burst into such a rage. Then again, the Phoenix Master had always been this impetuous.

"You're mistaken. He didn't do anything to displease Yin'er. It's just that I just learned from Yin'er that your Phoenix clan 'outlander' can actually wield spacetime power!" the Dragon Sovereign quickly explained.

The Phoenix Master was stunned. "Spacetime power? Him? Are you mistaken?"

She had only given Lu Ye the method for condensing a Dao Seed a few days ago. How could he possibly be able to wield spacetime power already?

She and the Dragon Sovereign had collaborated for so many years, yet they had made little progress.

Both spatial power and temporal power were extremely profound forces. The Dragon and Phoenix clans, due to their bloodlines, were inherently capable of cultivating one of these. However, it was precisely because of their bloodlines that even as two of the Inner Realm's top ten strongest experts, they were unable to merge their respective powers.

Zhu Yin's birth was undoubtedly a blessing. The Dragon Sovereign had once believed that Zhu Yin would one day accomplish what he and the Phoenix Master could not.

But today, he understood that Zhu Yin also could not achieve this. She could individually wield one of the powers, but she could not merge the two.

Because she was a Dragon!

This was a restriction of their bloodline, one that could not be circumvented.