Yun Che gritted his teeth as he looked at the opponent before him, his flying sword began flying once again, having gotten up once again.

Right now, Yun Che was standing in an arena, countless wounds riddled his body, his left hand was thrown in a corner of the arena, thankfully, his opponent was in a similarly bad shape, with a large sword wound on his chest.

"I will win this," mumbled Yun Che as he gritted his teeth, his flying sword suddenly gaining a large amount of speed, causing it to smash through his opponent's defense, a pale shield appeared before the other contestant, saving his life before he was transported out of the stage.

Seeing that, Yun Che could finally breathe a sigh of relief as he fainted, his injuries having gotten the best of him.

"That's quite good," mumbled Xu Yue as she looked at Yun Che's strike with interest on her face, she then looked at the token that contacted Lin Xue and smiled.

Sometime later,

As Liu Shen woke up he couldn't help but grit his teeth as he felt the large amount of pain in his chest.

"My foundations have been strengthened enough, I can try and begin reaching Qi refinement," mumbled Liu Shen before going over the battle he had just lost.

"Even though I had greater strength, his speed got the best of me," mumbled Liu Shen as he analyzed the battle, ignoring the fact that his opponent had been a decade older than him.

"I need to work on my movement technique, but what was that speed at the end," mumbled Liu Shen as he slightly shook.

"Need to go see what rewards they give for the second place at the competition," thought Liu Shen as he slightly stretched his body, feeling the effects of the healing pill he had taken.

Even though he was defeated, the moment he tried to feel dispair, Liu Shen couldn't help but remember that battle against Xu Yue back then, even right now, he had a feeling that is he battle Xu Yue from that time, he would suppress her, but she would probably surpass him in the middle of battle.

Even though there was no evidence for this theory, Liu Shen trusted his gut instinct

In another location,

As Yun Che woke up, even though his entire body writhed with pain, his mind was entirely sharp at that moment, it seemed as if he could fight anyone that tried to do anything to him.

"The Dao Of Willpower," thought Yun Che happiness erupting from him as information continued being shown to him.

As he comprehended the Dao, Yun Che's originally solid foundation at the peak of the Soul Enlightenment realm, continued becoming more and more stable.

"I can break through to the Qi Refining Realm," mumbled Yun Che as he felt his own cultivation base.

"What are you doing here alone, little handsome man?" asked a bright voice, somehow coming from right behind Yun Che.

Turning back with fright, Yun Che looked at the woman behind him.

"You are Xu Yue's junior sister? Did she send you here?" asked Yun Che with wariness in his eyes.

"You didn't even say my name, you are making me sad little Che," said Lin Xue as she looked at Yun Che with interest in her eyes.

"You don't have to worry, senior sister did not send me here, I came here on my own," continued Lin Xue before throwing a pill bottle toward Yun Che.

"Why are you doing this?" asked Yun Che, foolishly wanting to learn the truth.

"As you may know from some rumors the relationship between us sisters isn't that good, the fact that you oppose Xu Yue is enough for me to help you," said Lin Xue before disappearing.

A while later,

Looking at the healing pill in his hands, and thinking about how he would have to spend one-fifth of the points he had won in the tournament to heal his injuries, he took the pill after making sure it was not poisoned.

A while after taking the pill, Yun Che couldn't help but have a bit of goodwill toward Lin Xue as he felt his injuries heal.

In another location,

"Senior sister, will the pill work well?" asked Lin Xue as she watched Xu Yue count the spiritual stones she had just given to her.

"Don't worry, it has worked well," said Xu Yue as she silently worked to increase the karmic connection between Lin Xue and Yun Che.

"As long as Xue'er asked big sister will help you," said Xu Yue as she swiftly put the spiritual stones in her storage ring.

"You don't have to worry, you helped him and he developed some affection for you, It's only natural, no one can see anything," said Xu Yue as she flicked Lin Xue on the forehead before disappearing, leaving Lin Xue alone.

After Xu Yue left, several handsome cultivator's swiftly entered the room, all of them having Yang physiques.

They quickly began massaging Lin Xue's shoulders and feet, leaving her to relax and think about things.

"That Liu Shen is also quite good, too bad he has backed," mumbled Lin Xue as she looked through several jade slips.

"Making that deal with the senior sisters truly was quite good," thought Lin Xue as she designated their territories in her mind.

"The eldest senior sister is only interested in master, as long as we don't interfere things will be good, this leaves all the beauties to senior sister and all of the handsome men to me."

"This is a good way to do things," mumbled Lin Xue as she looked through the list of beauties that Xu Yue had rejected.

"When will I find someone that senior sister is satisfied with?" thought Lin Xue as she thought of the spiritual stones she had given her senior sister

"I shouldn't be so impatient," mumbled Lin Xue as she put her hand on one of the men's head before guiding it between her legs.