Chapter 99: The Early-Death White Moonlight in a Cultivation Novel (END)

Zhou Yanxi searched for a long time before finally finding a remote tree hollow. After Xiao Tian set up an illusion around the area, she added a Concealment Formation to mask their presence. Only then did she finally feel at ease.

Right now, Zhou Yanxi had no choice but to keep a low profile. Her strength had dropped significantly after the last battle, and Bi'er's injury had been especially costly.

Now that they had found a relatively safe spot, Zhou Yanxi took out all the fire-type spiritual plants she had collected. There wasn't time to refine them into pills, so she decided to extract the essence liquids instead.

This would help Bi'er recover more quickly. Zhou Yanxi had always been generous toward her own people.

Watching from the side, Xiao Tian was practically drooling. He had never imagined that this woman—who normally acted so stingy—would be so lavish when it came to that Heavenly Flame, using up all those precious herbs without blinking an eye.

Even the system was shocked. It couldn't help but speak up:

"Host, have you lost your mind? All those spiritual herbs could be exchanged for a massive amount of points! Is it really worth wasting them on that Heavenly Flame?"

Zhou Yanxi replied:

"You wouldn't understand the complexity of human emotions. Bi'er ended up like this because of me. So it's my responsibility to take care of her."

The system: It didn't expect its host to have such a tender side. Though it didn't agree, it respected her choice.

For the next full month, Zhou Yanxi didn't step outside. She focused entirely on healing Bi'er, while also taking the opportunity to restore her own spiritual power and physical injuries.

Meanwhile, outside, the battle between human cultivators and demonic cultivators had grown increasingly intense. At first, the humans hadn't realized they were being systematically ambushed. But as the demon faction's movements grew more blatant, the cultivators finally caught on to their conspiracy.

In response, the human side began to band together for survival.

When Zhou Yanxi finally emerged from seclusion and saw the tense atmosphere spreading across the secret realm, she immediately knew this was not the time to act recklessly. So she sent Xiao Tian to gather intel.

After all, Xiao Tian was more familiar with the secret realm's terrain and had the power to create illusions. Even if he couldn't fight, he could at least escape.

Not long after, Xiao Tian returned, panting heavily, and gave her the full report—including details of the mutual ambushes between human and demonic cultivators.

Zhou Yanxi knew she had to stay hidden. She planned to lie low until the secret realm's exit reopened, and then ambush the surviving demonic cultivators near the exit.

This would allow her to preserve her strength while also maximizing her gains.

She wasn't the only one with such an idea—but unlike the others, she had Xiao Tian's unique abilities. The rest could only dream of pulling off such a tactic.

Of course, Zhou Yanxi didn't idle away her time. She took out all the herbs she could currently refine and turned them into pills, both to stock up and to hone her alchemy skills.

Each day, without fail, she refined two batches of pills and continued her cultivation, especially focusing on the Forging the Soul (锻神) technique that benefited her spiritual consciousness.

Time passed quickly. Three days before the secret realm reopened, Zhou Yanxi had already set up camp near the exit, prepared to ambush her prey as planned.

Both Bi'er and Xiao Tian were itching for action, swearing that they'd make up for their previous losses this time.

Whenever they encountered a lone demonic cultivator, Xiao Tian would deploy an illusion, and Zhou Yanxi would strike with precision.

As for Bi'er, they only dared to let her play a background role. After all, if she went all out, any treasures in the vicinity would be incinerated to ashes along with the enemies.

If there were more than three demonic cultivators, the trio would stay hidden, waiting for the right moment.

And so, Zhou Yanxi quietly grew stronger, ambushing and eliminating her enemies one by one. By the time the demon faction realized something was wrong, it was already too late.

Zhou Yanxi had donned demonic cultivator robes, wielded demonic artifacts, and even had Bi'er alter her aura to match that of the demon cultivators.

Thus, no one noticed there was a predator among them. Their suspicion fell entirely on the human side.

When the Langhuan Secret Realm finally reopened, only about twenty cultivators emerged alive. Among the human cultivators, including Zhou Yanxi, only a few remained.

The survivors quickly learned that the cultivation world was in chaos, and Zhou Yanxi immediately returned to the sect to find her master and father.

But what awaited her was a shattered and abandoned Haomiao Sect, its people missing and its grounds in ruins.

In truth, Zhou Yanxi's master and father had been swept into another world while trying to evacuate the remaining disciples.

Afterward, Zhou Yanxi planned to fulfill her promise from the secret realm and let Xiao Tian go free—but he refused to leave.

Still, Zhou Yanxi told him clearly:

"I will not ascend. If you still dream of reaching the Spirit Realm, you should leave me now."

In the end, Xiao Tian weighed his options and chose to stay with her. They formed a full soul contract.

This method allowed Zhou Yanxi to bring him out of this world without spending any system points.

She didn't linger at the ruined sect. Instead, she chose to travel under a false identity, secretly searching for any trace of her father and master.

Twenty years passed with no results. Zhou Yanxi eventually gave up the search.

But a small joy arrived when she reunited with her senior brother, who was also thrilled to see her.

He told her that he had been severely injured during the sea storm and had taken three years to recover. Since then, he'd also been searching for her and their father.

Now, the two agreed to search together for True Lord Chongyuan and to contact each other immediately if either found any leads.

By now, Zhou Yanxi had already advanced to the mid-stage Golden Core realm. In fact, she had broken through not long after leaving the secret realm.

The war between humans and demons had calmed down, but the population of cultivators had been greatly reduced, and the spiritual energy on the Azure Blue Continent had noticeably weakened.

Zhou Yanxi began thinking about how to earn more spirit stones and treasures. Then she had a realization: there are fewer cultivators now!

And so, over the next hundred years, Zhou Yanxi dedicated herself to researching a way to increase fertility among cultivators. Her own cultivation also reached the peak of Golden Core.

During this time, she bought many tools from the system store, and finally succeeded in developing the "Many Children, Much Blessing Pill" (多子多福丹).

Its primary function was to help low-level cultivators conceive children with spiritual roots. Of course, it only worked on cultivators below the Golden Core stage.

Even with this limitation, the news was explosive for the cultivation world.

Zhou Yanxi, now traveling under a pseudonym, was welcomed everywhere as a guest of honor. After all, what family didn't want a few more talented offspring?

She took this opportunity to gather vast amounts of rare materials, and even managed to extort a small spiritual vein, which she sealed in her personal space.

For now, it only produced a few low-grade spirit stones per day, but over time, the space would continue to grow.

From then on, the title "Child-Gifting Immortal" (送子仙子) spread across the Azure Blue Continent. Due to the declining spiritual energy, Zhou Yanxi never used rare treasures to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

From start to finish, she only wanted to travel under the guise of wandering to continue her search for her father and master. Sadly, she never found any trace of them.

Postscript:The anonymous "Child-Gifting Immortal" improved the childbearing rate among low-level cultivators on the Azure Blue Continent.Her only criticism was the extremely high cost of her "Many Children, Much Blessing Pill," which often required an extravagant offering in return.