The Golden Talisman Immortal Sect had lost its sect headquarters, with nowhere to go, and was forced to retreat eastward, occupying a vast stretch of land and reestablishing its sect grounds.

At the same time.

The five great demon sects—Celestial Ghost Sect, Corpse King Sect, Celestial Demon Sect, Yin Yang Hall, and Taiyin Island—sat by and watched the tigers fight, prepared to swoop in and reap the benefits.

........

That day.

Outside the Celestial Pit that had once drawn Lin Chang'sheng, Yu Lingfei, Zhuo Yijian, and the others in, four figures appeared.

They were Xuan Ting and Xuan Gu from the Celestial Ghost Sect, and Iron Eagle and Tie Chou.

"Is this the pit you told me about?"

Xuan Ting looked at his treasured son, Xuan Gu, and asked.

"Yes, Father."

Xuan Gu nodded.

Xuan Ting's eyes flashed; with a wave of his hand, a black tracking disc floated in the air. He cast a series of techniques, dark light swirling around it!

In an instant.

The black tracking disc spun rapidly in the sky, expanding to a size of about ten feet in diameter.

As Xuan Ting cast his spells, a black skull pattern appeared on the tracking disc, emitting an eerie black glow.

"That bastard is still alive in there?!"

Seeing the dark, ghostly skull on the disc, Xuan Ting's face grew even more somber. He rose up, slowly approaching the Celestial Pit.

"Father, be careful."

"Master, be careful! The suction in there is extremely strong!"

Xuan Gu, Iron Eagle, and Tie Chou all cautioned from the side.

"Just a mere pit—what can it do to me?!"

"If that bastard's somehow still alive, it means there's nothing dangerous down there! Jing'Er was killed by him—if I can't avenge my child, I'm no real father!"

"He murdered my son. Even if I have to chase him to the Ends of the Earth, I'll cut him down!"

A thick killing intent flashed in Xuan Ting's eyes as he soared into the sky, above the Celestial Pit, scrutinizing it closely, while his powerful Divine Sense probed into the depths below—a vast, empty space appeared inside.

He didn't sense the intense suction his son and two disciples had warned of.

"No suction. Let's head down and take a look!"

With a wave of his hand, Xuan Ting conjured a black skull before him. It grew as the wind blew. His robes billowed as he stepped onto the skull and descended toward the bottom of the pit.

Xuan Gu, Iron Eagle, and Tie Chou watched anxiously as Xuan Ting approached the pit's depths.

"Boy, when I catch you, I'll grind your bones to dust, and use your soul to light the Sky Lantern, so my son may rest in peace!"

Xuan Ting's Divine Sense found the underground space to be vast, and at the same time, the skull symbol on the tracking disc flickered with a strange glow!

Xuan Ting understood.

The disc's flashing meant that his son's killer was most likely trapped inside.

With this thought.

Xuan Ting, relying on his mighty Golden Core Stage cultivation, flew downward.

Buzz!

Just as Xuan Ting descended nearly a hundred feet, suddenly, a terrifying suction surged up from the underground space!

"Terrifying suction?!"

Feeling the intense pull, Xuan Ting's eyes narrowed; he activated his Golden Core Stage magical power, controlling his magical treasure to steady himself.

But.

The suction was unbelievably fast—instantly engulfing him. In that split second, Xuan Ting sensed his magical power falter; even his skull treasure rapidly shrank and fell downward.

"Not good!"

Xuan Ting was startled; he hurriedly retrieved his magical treasure and tried to fly upward, but it was too late—his magical power was sealed in an instant; his body plummeted downward!

The next moment, darkness engulfed his vision as his consciousness faded into blackness.

"Father!"

Xuan Gu, standing at the pit's rim, saw a tornado-like whirlwind inside and cried out, retreating hundreds of feet.

Beside him, Iron Eagle and Tie Chou were equally terrified.

.......

Spirit-Seizing Land.

The next day.

Lin Chang'sheng, Yu Lingfei, Fu Qingyu, Zhang Aoxue, and Zhuo Yijian of the Celestial Sword Immortal Sect—five Foundation Establishment cultivators—along with nine others, headed toward the Fire Radiance Dunes.

Fire Radiance Tribe.

Xuan Feng watched Lin Chang'sheng and his group make their way to the Fire Radiance Dunes, his expression incomparably respectful.

"Father, in this Spirit-Seizing Land, there's no way out. Why do those cultivators still refuse to give up?"

Beside Xuan Feng, a lean young man shook his head and sighed.

Over the years, plenty of cultivators had entered the Spirit-Seizing Land.

All of them ended up drained of magical power, and finally became part of the tribe, accepting the fate of dying here!

"Zhuo'Er, that's enough!"

Xuan Feng glared at his son, cutting him off.

That day, he'd sensed the terrifying aura from Commander Long Ping'an; it was then he realized that while both were cultivators, Long Ping'an's physical power was monstrously strong.

Someone you absolutely must not provoke.

So, he'd handed over all the relics left by the cultivators to the Commander on the spot. Rather than wait for demands, it was better to give them up proactively and make a good impression.

"Yes, Father!"

Dong Zhuo's eyes flashed; he nodded.

The reason Dong Zhuo paid so much attention to these cultivators was because he'd set his sights on two of the female cultivators among them.

He didn't think it was a toad wishing for swan meat, because in the Spirit-Seizing Land, no matter how lofty you once were as a cultivator, without magical power, you were just an ordinary person.

And he, after all, was the son of the Fire Radiance Tribe's chief—a position of high status.

Lin Chang'sheng and his group of nine made their way through the Fire Radiance Tribe, gradually approaching the underside of the Fire Radiance Dunes.

"So this is the Fire Radiance Dunes?"

Lin Chang'sheng stood at the base of the dunes, shock shimmering in his eyes. The heat was so intense, it wasn't merely difficult to pass; just getting close made his face feel like it was being roasted alive.

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