Infinite Awakening: My Exp Doubles Everyday novel Chapter 286

Chapter 286: Welcome Back

Li Yao stood floating in the air, her expression completely blank and emotionless.

"You there?" she asked, her voice cold and flat.

[...]

[Welcome back,] the empress finally responded after a long pause.

[How are you feeling?] she asked.

Li Yao raised her hand slowly, observing it with detachment as though it wasn’t her own. Small cracks were gradually spreading through her skin like a spider web.

"I’ve been better," she spoke with a sigh.

[So, what now? Will you go back to the sect?] the empress asked.

"Why would I?" she asked.

[Don’t you want to check on your senior brother?] the empress pressed.

Li Yao paused for a moment.

"No need to test me. I’m completely rational," she said. Then another crack appeared across her face, spreading from her temple down to her jaw.

"At least for now," she added as she traced the new fracture with her fingertips.

[Good. I was just making sure,] the empress said with relief.

She thought to herself that Li Yao seemed complete now, though she wondered how long this would last.

[So what’s your plan?] the empress asked.

Li Yao turned her gaze toward the direction of the distant lotus flower.

"There are many demons congregating there. I’m thinking of slaughtering all of them and acquiring substantial heavenly merit. I can then use this accumulated merit to upgrade my spiritual root to the celestial grade," she explained.

[That’ll require quite a massive amount of merit. Why not upgrade your enlightenment first instead?] the empress suggested.

"You’ll do that for me, won’t you?" Li Yao asked. "From what I can see, the human emperor bloodline doesn’t offer much boost to my combat power. If I had to guess, it must be primarily related to enlightenment, right?" she asked.

[That’s right. The human race isn’t naturally as talented as the other races in terms of raw cultivation talent, but we possess an overall higher intelligence quotient. This is why...] she began.

"Yeah, yeah, get to the point. Can you do it or not? At your current level, you should be able to upgrade my bloodline again. I need as much power as I can get," Li Yao interrupted impatiently.

She thought to herself that this form was quite unstable and couldn’t be safely maintained for extended periods, so it would be better for her enlightenment to improve. This way, her base form and Second Heaven form could develop their own domains much faster.

[Currently, the most I can manage is noble blood,] the empress said. [But if...] she started.

But Li Yao interrupted again. "Yeah, I get it. If you consume heavenly grade spirit food, you can advance to pure blood, right?" she asked.

[That’s right. You catch on quick,] the empress said with approval.

"Alright, I was planning to use it anyway. I want to breakthrough to the Soul Formation realm before going there. I can sense multiple Void realm cultivators gathered in that location," Li Yao spoke.

She then suddenly turned around sharply and stared intensely in a particular direction. She maintained her gaze for several seconds before the space around her broke apart and completely swallowed her.

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