My disciples are all villains.

The effects of the Strengthened Critical Heal Card were extremely shocking.

Ye Tianxin's Extraordinary Eight Meridians that had been destroyed by the script seal's golden dragon were being restored at a shocking rate. The entire process lasted for 15 minutes. However, the Critical Heal Card would only heal 60% of one's injury. Lu Zhou would need to do more to fully heal her internal injuries.

Lu Zhou slowly raised his hand and inwardly recited the chant for the Heavenly Writing's healing power. A blue lotus materialized in his hand, and he pushed it to Ye Tianxin.

The blue lotus landed on Ye Tianxin, emitting rich vitality. It spread from the southern pavilion into the great hall and the eastern and northern pavilions.

The other Evil Sky Pavilion disciples nearby were intrigued by the shocking vitality. They looked in the direction of the southern pavilion.

Little Yuan'er and Conch looked over as they sat on a beam in the southern pavilion.

Little Yuan'er said confidently, "Master is healing Sixth Senior Sister."

"Sixth Senior Sister… seems powerful," Conch said.

Little Yuan'er nodded. "Mhm. The female cultivators on the mountain were once Sixth Senior Sister's subordinates. Although Sixth Senior Sister is powerful, she has a tough life."

"Oh."

The four Elders of the Evil Sky Pavilion looked in the direction where the vitality came from as well.

Zuo Yushu was amazed by the powerful vitality. She remembered when four of them maintained the blue lotus with their avatars back then. The vitality then could not be compared to the vitality around them now.

"Looks like the pavilion master's cultivation base has improved again."

The four elders exchanged a look.

"The Lotus-severing era has dawned. With the existence of one Nine-leaf cultivator, I believe soon more and more Nine-leaf cultivators would pop p… Us old bones will have to work harder."

"Come to think of it, do you think the Ten-leaf stage exists?" Hua Wudao wondered out loud.

The other three elders were taken aback.

Zuo Yushu said, "I've read some books about this back in the Confucian school's book pavilion. It says that from the beginning of human cultivation, the process is as follows: the Body Tempering realm, the Mystic Enlightening realm, the Sense Condensing realm, the Brahman Sea realm, the Divine Court realm, and the Nascent Divinity realm. An avatar is formed in the Mystic Enlightening realm. In order, there are Basic Taiji, Two Transformation Powers, Three Condensing Flowers, Mighty Four Quadrants, Five Energies Universe, Six Recombinant Trigram Lines, Seven Stars Soul, Eight Methods Connected, Nine Transformations Yin Yang, Ten Worlds, and the Hundred Tribulations Insight…"

Zuo Yushu paused briefly before she continued to say, "After forming a Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar, a Golden Lotus and golden leaves would appear." She frowned as she said, "Ten-leaf Thousand Boundary Swirl; the leaves and lotus will blossom… I can't really remember the rest."

Many major cultivation sects possessed old tomes about cultivation realms. Most of them held information of the categories after the Hundred Tribulations Insight avatar such as the Myriad Supreme.

With a certain concept widely regarded as the truth by society, any other record that deviated from the so-called truth would be deemed as nonsense or a myth. Moreover, there were storytellers who liked to exaggerate their tales. As such, the Thousand Boundary Swirl and the Myriad Supreme had only existed as myths.

Hua Wudao nodded. "Based on what we've seen so far, we can say for sure that a Nine-leaf avatar is 50 feet taller than an Eight-leaf avatar… If Ten-leaf avatars, the Thousand Boundary Swirl, exist, one can only imagine how terrifying it would be."

"Old Hua, it's too early to talk about the Thousand Boundary Swirl now… It can't be that easy to attain that stage, right? The pavilion master has just recently reached the Nine-leaf stage as well. I bet he went to cultivation in seclusion before this to stabilize his foundation at the Nine-leaf stage," Pan Litian said.

The others agreed with Pan Litian.

Leng Luo looked up at Ye Tianxin's quarters in the southern pavilion until the vitality vanished. Then, he said, "Severing the lotus isn't the only way."

"Hm?"

"The pavilion master has said that severing the lotus is only one of the ways. The difficulty of improving without severing the lotus is too high. Has anyone succeeded since the beginning of the cultivation world?" Pan Litian mused out loud.

"How can you say that nobody has succeeded when you don't know that for sure? Just because we've never heard of these Nine-leaf elites, it doesn't mean that they didn't exist..." Leng Luo retorted.

With these words, the others shuddered, and their hair stood on end.

…

At this time, Lu Zhou retracted his palm and looked at Ye Tianxin. With this, he had completely exhausted his extraordinary power.

Before the Earth Scroll was opened, one-third of the extraordinary power he had saved from meditating on the Human Scroll could easily kill a Six or Seven-leaf expert. He would need to use more than half of his extraordinary power to deal with an Eight-leaf cultivator.

While cultivating in seclusion, he had been meditating on the Earth Scroll before finally obtaining the Earth Scroll's extraordinary power.

Dealing with Liu Ge had completely used up the Human Scroll's extraordinary power.

After the Human and Earth Scrolls were merged, his power source had clearly grown. He could also keenly feel that the Heavenly Writing's powers had gotten stronger as well.

At this moment, Lu Zhou saw that Ye Tianxin's internal organs were practically healed. However, he could do nothing about her white hair. He did not know how much life she had lost. Fortunately, she cultivated the Blue Waves Technique that made her look young.

"The Heavenly Writing's powers can't restore life, after all."

Longevity… seemed like a taboo strictly imposed by the heavens. Even the Heavenly Writing powers could not violate the taboo.

At this moment, Ye Tianxin opened her eyes and coughed. Her mind was in a fuzz, and it took a while for the fog to clear. It was as though she had been dreaming for a long time. She looked up in disbelief. "Master?"

"It's good that you're awake." Lu Zhou was not too pleased with his healing power. However, he was satisfied that he managed to preserve her life.

Ye Tianxin seemed afraid as she struggled to get off the bed.

Lu Zhou waved his hand and pushed her back with a wave of gentle energy. "Although you're alive, you're still weak."

Ye Tianxin knew that her master must have saved her life. She lowered her head at once and said emotionally, "Thank you, master."

When Lu Zhou saw that her turbulent emotions, he did not speak. After a moment, he said, "You were struck by Su Sheng's script seal' golden dragon and was heavily wounded. If you want to regain your previous condition, I'm afraid…" He trailed off.

Ye Tianxin said, "I'm already fortunate enough to be alive. I daren't ask for more."

Lu Zhou stroked his beard and nodded. He turned around slowly with his hands on his back. With his back facing Ye Tianxin, he said, "I've banished you from the pavilion… Why do you want to return?"

"I've made a huge mistake. I only want to atone for my sins."

"You've died once, and I've punished you. The ties of master and disciple between us have been severed. Why did you throw your life away?" Lu Zhou asked.

Upon hearing this, Ye Tianxin looked up and said, "All I want is to atone for my sins. I didn't give it too much thought."

"I'll ask you again: Do you really want to return to the Evil Sky Pavilion?" Lu Zhou asked.

"Yes!" Ye Tianxin answered without any hesitation.

"My temper is eccentric and fiery. I like to hit other people and punish my disciples. Even so, do you still want to return to the Evil Sky Pavilion?"

"Yes!"

"The Evil Sky Pavilion is on the Fiend Path, after all. There are many who want me gone. If you return to the Evil Sky Pavilion, you might have to go against the world."

"I can even throw away my life. This is nothing!" Ye Tianxin replied resolutely.

"Very well." Lu Zhou turned around suddenly and looked at Ye Tianxin. "In that case, I'll restore your identity as the Evil Sky Pavilion's sixth disciple. Are you willing to accept this?"

Ye Tianxin was overjoyed. She bowed emotionally. "Yes, I am!"

Ye Tianxin was about to kowtow when Lu Zhou waved his hand. "That won't be necessary. You did it when you were little."

"Thank you, master." Ye Tianxin was so moved that she was close to tears.

Lu Zhou read the information on the system.

Name: Ye Tianxin

Identity: Fairfolk (human)

Realm: Nascent Divinity realm

Ye Tianxin's loyalty was at 85% 

It was a rather high number!

This greatly exceeded Lu Zhou's expectations. Her loyalty was this high when she had just rejoined the Evil Sky Pavilion. She was already at the same level as Little Yuan'er.

At this moment, Little Yuan'er and Conch rang from the other side of the door in unison. "Congratulations, Sixth Senior Sister!"