After spending ten years together day and night, Yun Sheng had imagined this scene countless times.
But when Yuan Shu really pressed him down, it still felt like a dream.
Her lips were so fragrant, her body so soft, her waist so slender.
As their souls resonated, a force broke through the shackles. Their souls gradually overlapped, and his consciousness slowly awakened.
The youthful, dazed look in Yun Sheng’s eyes as he gazed at Yuan Shu gradually filled with love that ran deep.
Without saying a word, he rose and pulled Yuan Shu into a tight embrace. With a turn, he pressed her beneath him.
“Miss Yuan…”
His voice trembled. Supporting himself with one hand beside Yuan Shu’s cheek, he gazed down at her with excitement and deep affection.
That gaze overlapped with the Yun Sheng in her memories.
Yuan Shu blinked and reached out to touch his face. “Your soul has come out?”
“Yes, Miss Yuan. It’s me. I’m out.”
Yun Sheng nodded heavily. Before Yuan Shu could say anything else, he lowered his head and kissed her.
His large hand slid upward along her slender waist.
Yuan Shu’s long lashes trembled, and a soft sob escaped her lips despite herself.
This was Yun Sheng, whose consciousness had been controlled by the Wood Element Spirit Seed in his sea of consciousness—not the shy and flustered Yun Sheng who knew nothing of such things.
Even though Yuan Shu had not crossed the final threshold with him, he was already intimately familiar with her body.
Wherever his large hand passed, it left behind scorching heat. Before Yuan Shu could say anything, he had already lifted her onto his lap.
“Mm… Yun Sheng, the Wood Element Spirit Seed is still outside…”
“No need to worry. My divine sense has already broken out of my sea of consciousness. It can’t do anything to me now.”
“Miss Yuan, I’ve missed you so much.”
He nipped at her ear. His words were tender and husky, carrying a teasing allure.
Even though he knew this was a nightmare illusion, he still wanted to truly have Yuan Shu just once!
How could he allow even the version of himself in the nightmare to surpass him?
His kisses began at her smooth neck and moved downward.
Yuan Shu felt that his cherry-pink eyes seemed even more beautiful than before, resembling a starry sea filled with glimmering pink stars.
The thought had barely arisen when Yun Sheng supported the back of her neck, sealing her lips with another kiss.
…
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Within Yun Sheng’s sea of consciousness, the tide had turned.
The Wood Element Spirit Seed was trapped by the barrier surrounding the sea of consciousness and was frantically ramming into it.
But to keep it from disturbing his private world with Miss Yuan, Yun Sheng had poured nearly all the energy capable of strengthening the barrier into it.
No matter how violently it crashed against the barrier, it remained completely unmoved. The Wood Element Spirit Seed had no chance of escaping.
“Damnable human! You actually absorbed the Tree King’s Heart energy while I was gone! Cunning human, don’t let me catch you! Otherwise, I’ll definitely kill you!”
The Wood Element Spirit Seed continued to shout furiously and slammed into the barrier several more times.
The barrier released a rebound force, sending it flying far away.
“Damn—” Before it could finish saying “human,” a familiar figure appeared in the darkness ahead.
It was the human consciousness that had once been imprisoned deep within Yun Sheng’s sea of consciousness—Yun Sheng himself.
Damn it! Damn it!
It was all that accursed woman’s fault. Using a dual-cultivation technique, she had forcibly pulled Yun Sheng out of the space within the sea of consciousness where he had been trapped.
When enemies met, their eyes practically blazed with hatred.
The Wood Element Spirit Seed attacked Yun Sheng almost instantly.
However, before the attack could reach him, Yun Sheng casually waved a hand and blocked it outright.
This was Yun Sheng’s sea of consciousness, and he had already broken free of the Wood Element Spirit Seed’s restraints.
The one in control of this sea of consciousness was now Yun Sheng!
Here, Yun Sheng was the god who ruled over everything!
Even the Wood Element Spirit Seed could only submit to his suppression.
Yun Sheng looked coldly at the struggling Wood Element Spirit Seed and slowly clenched his hand.
A mighty force descended upon the Wood Element Spirit Seed like a mountain, crushing it in its grasp.
“Ah! Damnable human! Wretched human! Help me!”
The Wood Element Spirit Seed let out shrill cries, struggling in agony beneath that force, which bore down on it like Mount Tai itself.
“When you hid inside the Tree King’s Heart and secretly attacked my consciousness, did you ever think this day would come?”
“Don’t you deserve to die?”
Yun Sheng turned his face aside and looked coldly at the struggling Wood Element Spirit Seed. With a cold laugh, he said, “You nearly made me hurt Miss Yuan!”
“I’ll absorb your energy bit by bit and make you watch yourself die!”
Yun Sheng’s eyes were icy, and terrifying killing intent radiated from his entire body.
If Miss Yuan had not been powerful enough to stop him in time, he might truly have hurt her.
The thought of what had happened filled Yun Sheng with uncontrollable fury.
Everything had been caused by this Wood Element Spirit Seed!
Yun Sheng raised his hand. A surging force rushed toward the Wood Element Spirit Seed, completely enveloping it before slowly pushing it into his dantian.
“Help! Please let me go! I don’t want to die! Help me!”
The Wood Element Spirit Seed begged for mercy again and again, but its cries still could not shake Yun Sheng’s resolve to kill it.
The overwhelming energy pressed down upon it, deforming the palm-sized spirit seed until it resembled a swollen, twisted balloon.
“Bang!”
The balloon exploded, transforming into countless streams of energy that surged into Yun Sheng’s limbs and bones.
…
At the same time, a powerful wave of energy surged from the body of the man whose lips were pressed against Yuan Shu’s on the grassy field.
The energy scattered outward before swiftly being absorbed back into his body. It sank into his dantian, where it slowly gathered together and gradually formed the tiny embryonic shape of a golden core.
Yun Sheng’s aura began to rise sharply at that moment.
In only a short while, it had already reached a terrifying height.
Yuan Shu, now fully conscious, stood opposite Yun Sheng and watched as his strength continued to increase, astonishment filling her eyes.
Before Yun Sheng entered the mountains to cultivate, he had not even stepped into the Foundation Establishment stage.
Yet now, he had crossed Foundation Establishment entirely and advanced straight to the Golden Core stage!
The Tree King’s Heart certainly could not have produced such an effect. This was most likely the power of the Wood Element Spirit Seed.
Although the process had been somewhat dangerous, the result was gratifying.
Yuan Shu let out a soft breath of relief. When she saw him sit cross-legged and begin condensing his golden core, she also sat down beside him to cultivate and protect him.
Half a day later, a violent surge of energy erupted from Yun Sheng. His robes fluttered despite the absence of wind, and his wood-element spiritual power soared.
Yuan Shu opened her eyes and saw the trees and flowers around them beginning to grow wildly.
In less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the grass at their feet had grown as tall as a two-story building. The trees had thickened until their trunks were as broad as millstones, while the flowers had blossomed to the size of washbasins.
Yuan Shu’s eyes widened slightly. Even the Hehuan Divine Tree within her sea of consciousness had been startled awake and cried out in surprise.
“This… what a powerful plant-spirit bloodline! Yun Sheng actually possesses such a thing?”
The phenomenon continued for a full quarter of an hour.
Only then did the frenzied wind and the surging, turbulent fluctuations of spiritual power gradually calm down.
Yun Sheng slowly opened his eyes. His beautiful cherry-pink pupils seemed even brighter than before, and a pink cherry blossom slowly appeared between his brows.
“Miss Yuan, I—I broke through!”
