The Nine Abyssal Gate also transformed from a small independent cultivator group of robbery, assassination, and pursuit into a hidden behemoth.

Ye Ying’s death and his information about the organization were what first drew the female lead’s attention.

However, the Nine Abyssal Gate was extremely well hidden, and the ancient cultivator’s cave in Endless Grief Mountain had already been completely destroyed by the organization when Ye Ying was seventeen.

Xiao Ran had no choice but to temporarily stop her investigation.

It was only a hundred years later that she discovered strange behavior among disciples of the Heavenly Void Sect.

After investigating, she found that they had their appearance and cultivation stolen by members of the Nine Abyssal Gate who had infiltrated various sects by disguising themselves as those disciples.

Not only the Heavenly Void Sect, but also the Holy Sword Sect and other sects were affected.

The leader of the Nine Abyssal Gate was the final great antagonist in the book Longevity Love.

They are the most powerful villain in the Heaven Origin Realm and responsible for harming countless people.

The ancient cultivator’s cave was his greatest cheat-like opportunity and fortune.

Hmph.

According to novel logic, the female lead’s opportunities bring misfortune to anyone else who tries to take them.

He could not take the female lead’s opportunities, but taking the minor villain’s opportunities should be fine, right?

After all, he was not some ultimate boss from the immortal realm.

He could both obtain opportunities and recruit talent, and also save people from danger, achieving three goals at once.

Even a late Golden Core stage cultivator could be defeated as long as he bought enough high-attack tools.

As long as he did not run into the female lead.

Ah, where exactly would the female lead be active this year? She would not also be near Endless Grief Mountain, would she?

Xiao Shou thought for a moment and decided to take this opportunity to record all of the female lead’s encounters throughout the entire novel.

This way, he could avoid unnecessary entanglements with her and prevent getting caught up in incidents due to irrelevant overlaps.

It would also reduce the risk of becoming cannon fodder because he forgot key plot points.

After all, this was the cultivation world, where time stretched endlessly.

Even years felt short.

If he forgot things simply because too much time had passed and ended up dying as cannon fodder, that would be far too unjust.

After thinking it through, he took out a blank jade slip and carefully recalled the plot.

Fortunately, after cultivating, his memory had greatly improved.

The entire story was clearly imprinted in his mind.

So while coaxing Little An to play, he engraved everything he remembered about Xiao Ran into the jade slip.

At age eighteen, Xiao Ran killed Xiao Shou in order to obtained Soul Tempering Flower and refined her spiritual root into an ice spiritual root.

That same year, she discovered the cave of a Nascent Soul cultivator in Nine Flower Mountain, which originally belonged to the opportunity that allowed Xiao Shou to advance to Golden Core.

She met one of the male leads, the demonic cultivator Zhong Kui.

They tested each other through schemes and intelligence, and she used the opportunity to openly acquire some of the resources inside the Heavenly Orb.

This helped Xiao Yi form his Golden Core, while she herself advanced to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

That same year, she returned to the Heavenly Void Sect and discovered that Yu Lin had already advanced to the Golden Core stage.

She suppressed her desire for revenge and continued to cultivate in a low-profile manner.

At nineteen, Xiao Ran received a Foundation Establishment level training mission. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Along the way, in order to sell resources from the Heavenly Orb and purchase items suitable for her current cultivation, she separated from her fellow disciples under an excuse and disguised herself to attend the Nine Treasures Pavilion auction.

At the entrance of the Nine Treasures Pavilion, she encountered one of the male leads from the Holy Sword Sect Jian Li for the first time due to a minor conflict.

During the auction, she attempted to purchase an egg of an unknown species with no signs of life.

There, she encountered Yu Lin in disguise who tried to outbid her.

Only with Jian Li’s help did she successfully obtain the egg.

In reality, that egg was the severely injured divine beast Water Qilin who had transformed into an egg-like state using a hereditary secret technique in order to recover and evade enemies.

The Heavenly Orb inside Xiao Ran resonated with the Water Qilin which is why she spent everything to acquire it.

After placing it inside the Heavenly Orb space, its injuries gradually improved under the nourishment of the spirit spring.

That same year, after returning to the Heavenly Void Sect and after failing to obtain the Water Qilin, Yu Lin grew furious and devised a scheme.

Using her authority in the mission hall, she sent Xiao Ran to a mortal village under the Heavenly Void Sect’s jurisdiction to recruit new disciples with spiritual roots.

There, Xiao Ran was poisoned with the number one aphrodisiac poison of the immortal realm.

When the poison erupted and she was about to lose control and almost become involved with a mortal, she was forcibly awakened and saved by the Water Qilin.

She then ended up forming a bond with the Water Qilin and entered a equal-life contract, gaining its divine essence which nourished her body.

Xiao Ran advanced to the Golden Core stage, while the Water Qilin fell back into deep slumber due to the backlash of forced awakening.

After that, Xiao Ran completed her sect mission and hurried back to the sect, intending to take revenge on Yu Lin.

However, Yu Lin had already reached the mid Golden Core stage, and she could not find a suitable opportunity, so she temporarily gave up.

Over the next two years, Xiao Ran stabilized her Golden Core cultivation and used resources from the Heavenly Orb to exchange for many high-attack tools, such as Five Thunder Orbs and Soul Annihilation Flames.