The fight between the Ancestor of the Azure Dragon Sect, Huang Jian, and the Greenwood Sky Snake King—one of the overlords of the Greenwood Forest—lasted for a total of three days and three nights.
Their clash was felt across all of Reshi City, concluding in an ending that none of the sects expected: the Greenwood Sky Snake King, one of the most powerful forces in the region, had actually been slain!
The Iron Cloud Sect Master, Qian Shushi, was said to have stared at the fight between Huang Jian and the Greenwood Sky Snake King for all three days straight, not even bothering to rest as he tapped into the communication and visual talismans of the spies he had present in Reshi City to witness firsthand the power of the Azure Dragon Sect's Spirit Profound Realm Ancestor.
"This old man is a lot stronger than I expected; he could even be a match for our Iron Cloud Sect Spirit Profound Realm Ancestor, Qian Li. But even if he is a lot stronger than we expected, him fighting the Greenwood Sky Snake King at such a critical moment in time is clearly a very stupid decision."
Qian Shushi's eyes shone with a scheming light as he made sure to keep a record of all the offensive and defensive techniques that Huang Jian used so that he could relay them to their ancestor.
On the other side of Reshi City, the Crimson Sand Sect was strangely quiet. There was no commotion or fanfare regarding the fight between Huang Jian and the Greenwood Sky Snake King.
Instead, deep within the core area of the Crimson Sand Sect, inside a massive Chinese-style imperial palace—something that looked completely out of place within the rest of the Crimson Sand Sect—was a middle-aged man with sharp and handsome features. He had black hair with streaks of crimson, while his eyes were of the same blood-red color as his daughter's.
He was wearing red robes with golden outlines filled with images of dragons and phoenixes. It was clear that this kind of outfit was something more fitting for a person of royal descent rather than someone who is merely one of the three major sect leaders of Reshi City; in fact, the aura surrounding this person truly seemed to befit that of a ruler.
This person was named Ma Rui, the Crimson Coffin, one of the three sect leaders of the three great sects of Reshi City, and he was known as its most powerful cultivator.
This was considering even the Spirit Profound Realm ancestors of the Azure Dragon Sect and the Iron Cloud Sect.
If Huang Shi were here, he would instantly be able to recognize that this person was not merely a cultivator at the Spirit Profound Realm, nor was he even a cultivator at the Earth Profound Realm.
No, this person was clearly someone who had surpassed even Bai Xinyue's cultivation base; he was a proud cultivator of the Sky Profound Realm!
A Sky Profound Realm cultivator in a small city like this meant that if he truly wanted to, he most definitely would be able to slaughter all of Reshi City within a matter of a few days.
The so-called three great sects would disappear from the annals of history and would be decimated in a matter of hours if he should so desire. Truthfully speaking, he could wave his hand, and it would take just a single palm strike for him to destroy the Azure Dragon Sect like it was nothing.
That was the power of a true Sky Profound Realm cultivator, as it was known as the first real step in the journey from mortal to divine!
Despite all of these things, this person was currently staring anxiously at an extremely beautiful woman lying on a massive bed. Her crimson hair spread across the mattress like flowing water, and her face, despite its beauty, looked pale.
Even though the poison had largely disappeared because of the all-purpose antidote pill that Huang Shi had given her—and her master had already ensured her life force was strengthened so her immune system could prevent the poison from spreading through the rest of her body—the weakness brought about by the toxin still caused her to fall into long hours of sleep for most of the day.
It was clear that Huang Shi had been mistaken about something when he gave Ma Shiyi the all-purpose antidote pill he bought from the System.
While it was true that the pill was effective because it came from his System, one of the reasons it was so potent for him was the fact that he possessed a Heavenly Physique.
He already had an absurd level of recovery and immunity to all types of injuries and poisons as a result of this physique, meaning that normal healing medicine would likely be twice or even three times as effective when used on him compared to other people.
Not to mention, when he broke through from the Elementary Profound Realm to the Nascent Profound Realm and unlocked his Crimson Sun, the quality of his Heavenly Physique had actually increased from a one-star to a two-star Heavenly Physique.
It was clear now that the improvement in the quality of his Heavenly Physique depended on the number of suns he could unlock and use.
This meant that compared to when he used the all-purpose antidote pill on himself, the effects were worlds apart from when he gave it to Ma Shiyi.
Consequently, even though Ma Shiyi had largely been cured of her affliction, her body was still suffering from bouts of extreme weakness.
Ma Rui looked at his daughter lying on the bed with anxiety, placing a hand on her forehead to check her temperature; he immediately felt a scorching heat against his palm.
"She's sick. Damn that fucking snake! That thing better be dead by the time my Shiyi is cured of her illness, or I swear I will gut that snake alive and turn it into tonic soup for my beloved daughter!"