The Grand Elder of the Zhang family is a significant problem, and there's currently no effective solution. However, the other members of the Zhang family pose no threat.
Lin Yan has been experimenting with the abilities of the "Universe" Seal. A single "Zhou" character seal was enough to freeze a cultivator at the Transformation stage. The "Universe" Seal should be capable of much more.
She currently lacks the power to fully control it. She needs to find a way to communicate with it and then unleash its power when facing the Zhang family's Grand Elder.
Lin Yan's plans are not entirely clear to Shao Hao, the young master of the Che family. He, too, is contemplating how to help Lin Yan get revenge on the Zhang family.
Lin Yan doesn't head towards the Zhang family's territory. Instead, she plans to go to another location—a fortuitous encounter that the male protagonist later bestows upon the Zhang family.
She needs to retrieve that item and use it to lure the Zhang family into a trap.
Meanwhile, Wan Si Rui is being helped out of the secret realm. He sustained severe injuries within the realm, but fortunately, a fellow disciple rescued him.
However, his journey into the secret realm also yielded immense rewards, even boosting his cultivation to the middle stage of the Golden Core.
Outside the secret realm, Cheng Ying rushes forward as soon as she sees Wan Si Rui emerge, helping the fellow disciple support him.
"Junior Brother, what's wrong? Have you taken any healing pills?" Cheng Ying quickly retrieves healing elixirs from her storage pouch.
"I've already taken them. Senior Sister, there's no need to worry." Nevertheless, he accepts the pills Cheng Ying offers.
Opening the medicine bottle, Wan Si Rui shares some of the pills with the senior brother supporting him.
"Senior Brother, take these pills. Your injuries are not light either."
"Thank you, Junior Brother Wan Si." The senior brother doesn't hesitate and accepts the pills.
"Senior Brother, let's go rest over there together." Cheng Ying is remarkably considerate and courteous towards the one who aided Wan Si Rui.
"Then I shall impose upon Junior Brother Wan Si and Junior Sister Cheng."
"You are too kind, Senior Brother." Wan Si Rui leans against Cheng Ying's side, and they walk together towards their encampment.
Once they reach their flying ship, Wan Si Rui and Cheng Ying bid farewell to the senior brother and head to their respective rooms.
"Why are you so badly injured? Didn't I tell you to act within your limits?" Cheng Ying's eyes well up with tears as she speaks.
"It's nothing, it just looks worse than it is," Wan Si Rui reassures her. "Senior Sister, don't worry."
After closing the door to his room, Wan Si Rui breaks into a smile. "Senior Sister, I have not failed in my mission!"
"You, what did you say?" Cheng Ying's eyes widen in astonishment, and then the tears in her eyes spill down her cheeks.
Wan Si Rui quickly wipes them away. "Senior Sister, though the process was arduous, the outcome is good. Soon, very soon, your talent will improve, allowing you to reach the Golden Core stage and enjoy a longer lifespan."
"You, you were injured this severely for my sake?" Cheng Ying's tears flow more freely, her voice quivering with emotion.
"It was my own lack of skill. How could I possibly blame Senior Sister?"
"Junior Brother!" Cheng Ying, touched, throws herself into Wan Si Rui's arms, burying her face in his chest, completely unconcerned by the dust and dirt on him.
However, in a place Wan Si Rui cannot see, Cheng Ying's face is devoid of tears. Instead, a smile plays on her lips.
It is a smile of triumphant satisfaction. She never imagined Wan Si Rui could actually bring back the ten-thousand-year-old earth essence. His luck is truly astonishing.
After returning, her father and she must treat him even better. If they can leverage his good fortune to help her father, then perhaps her father can truly overcome the heavenly tribulation and ascend to the Great Ascension stage, perhaps even becoming an immortal.
Even if he cannot ascend to immortality, becoming a rogue immortal through reincarnation would be excellent.
Her judgment of people is truly excellent! She has chosen the most promising one.
Lin Yan has been communicating with the "Universe" Seal in her sea of consciousness. She has even transmitted various novels she has read to it.
Before her transmigration, Lin Yan had read countless novels. Initially, she didn't understand many of them, nor the system's numerous settings.
Therefore, later on, she began to explore novels in each world. Over so many worlds, she encountered a vast array of literary works.
Upon transmitting these novels to the consciousness of the "Universe" Seal, it was stunned by the sheer volume of information.
It took several days before it reconnected with Lin Yan, stating that it had reconfigured those worlds and welcomed Lin Yan to experience them again.
After the "Yu" character seal and the "Zhou" character seal merged, it also understood Lin Yan's origin, realizing that the "Red Dust Refining Heart" within its spatial dimension would be of little use to her.
However, it also learned about the concept of full-immersion online gaming from Lin Yan's memories. Thus, it thought of inviting Lin Yan to play, and perhaps to offer some suggestions.