Little Fairy Doctor threw herself into Xiao Jietian's arms, taking in a deep, steadying breath of his familiar scent. It was her anchor, her motivation to persevere.
"Mhm… you can do it. I believe in you too," she murmured softly.
Xiao Jietian hugged her tightly, his warm voice brushing her ear. "Then let's begin."
He pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead and lightly patted her shoulder, signaling for her to step back.
Little Fairy Doctor stood before him, cheeks flushed, hands trembling slightly as she unbuttoned her dress. Though she had bared herself to Xiao Jietian before, the intimacy still made her heart race.
The garment slipped down her body, revealing her smooth jade skin, a slender, delicate waist, and curvaceous form. Even with her modesty, her figure exuded a natural, irresistible elegance.
"Xian'er… you are truly beautiful," Xiao Jietian said, his gaze lingering, voice full of awe and tenderness.
Little Fairy Doctor blushed, brushing her lips against his in a soft, fleeting kiss, before stepping into the center of the bath and sitting cross-legged.
Xiao Jietian's eyes flicked over her again. Her figure had grown even more refined after activating the Calamity Poison Body. The sight made his heart skip, but he forced his focus back to the task at hand.
She took a jade bottle in hand, its contents carrying a metallic, bloody scent that made her frown instinctively. Carefully, she wrapped the Poison Dragon Blood with Dou Qi and placed it on her lower abdomen. Immediately, a gray, misty energy surged, sensing the intrusion.
A vortex appeared within her, pulling the Poison Dragon Blood inward. Gray poisonous mist erupted across her body, her pupils turning a pure, deathly gray. The very essence of her Calamity Poison Body's eruption had manifested—a presence that could slowly erode life itself.
Pain replaced the blush of shyness on her face, and her body shivered under the backlash.
Xiao Jietian's hand glowed with a swirling sphere of three-colored lightning, wrapped in a fiery red aura. He pressed it against her chest, sending explosive spiritual lightning and abnormal flame coursing into her.
Little Fairy Doctor's body became a canvas of four-colored energy. The gray mist recoiled like a frightened animal, retreating back into her body.
Xiao Jietian's lightning and flame danced through every meridian, guiding and harmonizing the chaotic poison energy, pushing it toward her abdomen where it converged into a vortex. At its center, the shadow of a Poison Dragon absorbed the energy, stabilizing the torrent of Woeful Poison Power.
Timing it perfectly, Xiao Jietian pressed the Poison Dragon Inner Core against her body. Dark black light emanated, spiraling into her vortex and settling at its heart.
He combined Extreme Wood Lightning, the auspicious power of the Qilin Sky Burning Flame, and medicinal essence from the bath to feed and repair her body. Meridians widened, muscles rejuvenated, and vitality surged back several times stronger than before the eruption.
"Xian'er… activate the Crossing Calamity Poison Sutra," Xiao Jietian's voice rang out, a sharp, commanding cry that resonated deep within her soul.
She obeyed, compressing the remaining poison into the inner core. Xiao Jietian guided her three lightning types and abnormal flame to roast the inner core evenly. Gradually, the chaotic energy merged into a smooth, gray sphere—the size of a chicken egg.
The transformation complete, Xiao Jietian withdrew his powers, allowing the Extreme Wood Lightning and flame to recover in half a month.
He leaned against the bath's edge, exhaling deeply, relief washing over him. The last vestiges of uncontrolled poison were now safely contained.
Little Fairy Doctor's pallor returned to a healthy rosy glow. Energy surged at her lower abdomen, flowing visibly into the new inner core.
As the last of the Woeful Poison Power condensed, the Poison Dragon dissolved, transforming into a radiant surge that entered the poison pill.
A wave of energy lifted her from the bath. Light enveloped her, her aura climbing from Three-Star Dou Wang to the peak of Dou Huang. Ten minutes later, a brilliant explosion of white light marked the culmination of her transformation.
She hovered in the void, now a Two-Star Dou Zong, her form radiant and sanctified. Energy circles spun beneath her feet, stabilizing her midair.
Xiao Jietian looked up at her, swallowing hard. Little Fairy Doctor radiated a celestial beauty, her every movement ethereal, her aura sacred and irresistible.
Her pupils returned to their original gray-purple, her eyes shimmering as she gazed down at him.
The moment stretched, two hearts and gazes entwined like colliding meteors, igniting a quiet, yet infinite, brilliance and passion.
In that instant, nothing else existed—just the bond of trust, the triumph of mastery, and the unspoken love between them.