To be honest, Xia Yao was quite surprised.

In her impression, Elder Ice Scorpion from the Elders Council was a nasty old crone, harsh and mean. But who would have thought she was actually a beauty?

"Surprised to see my true face?"

Elder Ice Scorpion ran a hand down her cheek, a smug smile playing at her lips.

"So, the ugly and mean old crone image before was fake. This is the real you." Xia Yao stated matter-of-factly.

Hearing this, Elder Ice Scorpion was irritated.

Ugly and mean?

Damned Xia Yao! That bitch had such a terrible impression of me before!

Elder Ice Scorpion grumbled for a moment before suppressing her anger and said, "What if I told you my previous appearance was indeed that of an old crone, would you believe me?"

"Oh?" Xia Yao raised an eyebrow.

"Pfft!" Beside her, Huo Lingjiao burst into laughter, finding Xia Yao amusing for outright calling Elder Ice Scorpion old and ugly.

Now that was awkward.

"Don't you want to know how I changed from that hideous appearance to this?" Elder Ice Scorpion asked, eyeing Xia Yao playfully.

"Not really." Xia Yao lightly shook her head.

"Uh!" Elder Ice Scorpion was taken aback. When she mentioned this to others, they all found it interesting, but Xia Yao was unpredictable.

"I'm naturally youthful and lovely, unlike your previous ugly and old self, so why would I want to know how you became young?"

Xia Yao said with a laugh.

Hearing this, Elder Ice Scorpion was fuming.

"If you have nothing else, please leave!"

Xia Yao disliked members of the Elders Council the most, and in her view, Elder Ice Scorpion might very well be the culprit behind the assassination of past State Preceptors.

Elder Ice Scorpion was nearly speechless with anger.

She never expected Xia Yao to be someone so impervious to threats or persuasion.

"I won't waste words with you anymore. I have an artifact here, called the Rebirth Pond, which allows a person to be reborn once. If successful, it can reduce one's bone age, remove all negative effects on the body, and even enhance potential. Do you want it?"

Elder Ice Scorpion laid her cards on the table.

"Such an artifact really exists?"

Xia Yao and Huo Lingjiao were intrigued.

"Want to buy it?"

Elder Ice Scorpion asked seriously, "Xia Yao, you should know what enhancing potential means to us top-ranked Immortal Emperors."

"Let me see it first." Xia Yao extended her hand.

"Sure." Elder Ice Scorpion placed the Rebirth Pond on the ground and began explaining.

Upon learning that it required possessing someone else for rebirth, Xia Yao immediately said, "This is against the heavens; I don't want it."

"Don't want it?" Elder Ice Scorpion frowned.

While introducing the Rebirth Pond to cultivators from the Eternal Divine Country, many were put off by the need for possession and declined.

"Come on, buy it."

Huo Lingjiao patted Xia Yao's shoulder.

"Why?" Xia Yao was puzzled.

"Buy it first, and I'll tell you the plan later." Huo Lingjiao sent a whispered message.

"Fine." Xia Yao could only nod.

"Have you decided?" Elder Ice Scorpion glanced between the two women, "In our Eternal Divine Country, plenty of people have bought the Rebirth Pond. If you don't want it, others will."

"We'll take it, what's the price?" Xia Yao asked.

"Haha, you have a sharp eye." Elder Ice Scorpion said, then named the price, "A portion of Eternal Divine Pool Water and some scriptures related to enlightenment."

"That's too expensive!" Xia Yao frowned.

"I have the scriptures related to enlightenment." Huo Lingjiao took out an ancient book, containing cultivation methods from the Flame Universe, common in that region.

"I'll provide the Eternal Divine Pool Water." Seeing Huo Lingjiao's generosity, Xia Yao quickly produced a crystal formed from Eternal Divine Pool Water.

"Deal!"

Having received the scriptures and the Eternal Divine Pool Water Crystal, Elder Ice Scorpion left the Rebirth Pond behind and swiftly departed without hesitation.

With a creak!

The door was closed by Xia Yao.

Only then did she ask, "Lingjiao, why did you make me buy the Rebirth Pond? I don't want something that requires possession of others to use."

"We don't want it, but I bought it mainly because I thought it was interesting – someone might be very interested in it."

Huo Lingjiao giggled.

"Someone else?"

Xia Yao instantly thought of Ye Feng.

"Think about it, I'm living here with you now, but I'm actually a member of the Misty Sect. With this treasure, I had to buy it to give it to our Sect Leader, right?" Huo Lingjiao explained.

"Ah, I get it." Xia Yao realized, "In that case, when should we go to Misty Sect?"

"Now!" Huo Lingjiao said.

"Alright." Xia Yao nodded.

...

Inside a grand hall.

Elder Ice Scorpion returned and handed a crystal of Eternal Divine Pool Water to Hei Sha Immortal Emperor, saying, "All one hundred Rebirth Ponds have been sold, and here are one hundred pool water crystals. Our deal is complete."

"Pleasure doing business."

Having received the ample crystals, Hei Sha Immortal Emperor gave a respectful nod and quickly vanished into the void.

"Heh, big profits."

Elder Ice Scorpion returned to her secret room, eyes gleaming with joy as she looked at the numerous enlightenment-related scriptures there, and began studying them eagerly.

A secret location.

Hei Sha Immortal Emperor arrived first, looking at a hundred crystals before him, saying:

"According to ranking, the Undying Body also has levels. From low to high, they are Lower Grade, Middle Grade, Upper Grade, Supreme Grade."

"The weakest Lower Grade Undying Body can regenerate ten times in a short period."

"Middle Grade Undying Body can regenerate a hundred times within a short period. I currently possess a Middle Grade Undying Body, which is decent."

"But it's not enough."

"The next level, Upper Grade Undying Body, can regenerate over a thousand times in a short span."

"As for Supreme Grade Undying Body, it can regenerate over ten thousand times in a short period. Now that I have so many pool water crystals, even if I can't form a Supreme Grade Undying Body, I should be able to achieve an Upper Grade one."

Hei Sha Immortal Emperor laughed with satisfaction.

The next moment, he began refining the pool water, using its Origin to strengthen his undying essence and Indelible Seal, advancing the transformation of his Undying Body.

...

Misty Sect.

"Ye Feng, we've come to see you."

Xia Yao and Huo Lingjiao appeared out of thin air, catching Ye Feng just as he was giving a lecture to the Misty Sect members.

"Why are you here?" Ye Feng raised an eyebrow.

"We have something important." Huo Lingjiao first ascended to the peak of Misty Peak, waiting there.

"You all keep contemplating by yourselves." Ye Feng instructed the disciples in the Sect Main Plaza before flying up to Misty Peak's summit to ask Huo Lingjiao, "What is it?"

"Look, what do you think this is."

Huo Lingjiao took out the Rebirth Pond and placed it on the ground.

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