In the distance, shrill screeches echoed over and over!

Accompanied by booming thunder and those screeches, the ground trembled violently, as if... some gigantic demonic beast was pummeling the earth!

"What is this...?"

Lin Chang'sheng and Yu Lingfei exchanged glances, shock written clearly on their faces. At this moment, Zhuo Yijian and Zhang Aoxue were also awake, while Fu Qingyu and Jianghai remained unconscious.

"We've finally left the Spirit-Seizing Land! The spiritual energy is back! My divine sense is amplified several times over!"

"That's amazing!"

The very first thing Zhuo Yijian did upon waking was to sense the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and his divine sense. When he realized everything had recovered, and his divine sense had surged, he was elated.

"Uh... what happened here?"

Just then, the tremor in the distance caught his attention.

"Huh? My divine sense... it's increased way more than before!"

At that moment, Zhang Aoxue was also delighting in the changes within her body, full of excitement.

"My divine sense... has also grown a lot!"

"This Spirit-Seizing Land may suppress divine sense, but the benefits afterward are huge!"

"......"

Now, Jianghai, Fu Qingyu, and the others roused from slumber, each sensing the change in divine sense, utterly stunned.

"Everyone, this is where we part ways!"

Lin Chang'sheng glanced at Zhang Aoxue, Zhuo Yijian, and the rest, cupped his fists in farewell, then unleashed Three Thousand Thunder Moves, vanishing in an instant.

His divine sense could cover a 600-li radius, and he'd already seen a snow-white giant python and a massive, mountain-sized black-armored tortoise battling furiously in the distance.

"Daoist Long, until our paths cross again!"

Yu Lingfei gazed at Lin Chang'sheng's departing figure, a reflective glimmer in her beautiful eyes. Inwardly, she mused, "When we fell into the water together, there was a three-tailed white fox by your side. Later it disappeared—must've been taken into your Spirit Beast Bag..."

"If Consort Ling is not mistaken, both Long Ping'an and your appearances are false; your real name should be—Lin Chang'sheng?"

Yu Lingfei remembered.

Previously in the Southern Realm, there was a Liuyun Immortal Sect disciple named Lin Chang'sheng, who was also accompanied by a white fox and had claimed eight strands of Heaven and Earth Qi. Using profound methods, he escaped the pursuit of every cultivator in the Southern Realm.

After that, he vanished without a trace!

"I wonder what your real face looks like?"

Yu Lingfei stared at that distant silhouette, hope shimmering in her eyes.

Though she vaguely guessed that Long Ping'an might be the Lin Chang'sheng wanted by the Southern Domain Cultivation Realm, Yu Lingfei had no intention of exposing Lin Chang'sheng's true identity.

After all, escaping the Spirit-Seizing Land had been thanks to Long Ping'an's help. Besides, she was not the kind to repay kindness with betrayal; she'd refined a strand of Heaven and Earth Qi herself.

No point in doing that.

"Senior Sister Yu, why are you spacing out? It looks like there's a battle going on over there—let's go have a look!"

Just then, Zhang Aoxue and Fu Qingyu came up to Yu Lingfei, pointing toward the far-off mountains.

"Okay!"

Yu Lingfei nodded, and quickly rushed away with Zhang Aoxue, Zhuo Yijian, and the rest.

At this very moment...

Some thirty li from Yu Lingfei and the others...

Lay a towering mountain range, sheer cliffs stretching for thousands of feet, ancient trees piercing the sky.

One peak soared a thousand feet high, crowned by a vast cliff-face more than a hundred feet wide.

Beneath the cliff was a stone valley stretching dozens of li around, overgrown with nameless wild weeds!

On the sheer cliff, a one-zhang wide crack had split open, from which impossibly dense spiritual energy was pouring out!

A snow-white python a hundred feet long and as thick as a bathing barrel, and a black-armored giant tortoise huge as a small mountain, were locked in desperate battle.

The giant python lashed its tail, shattering mountains and stones; the tortoise battered the ground with its claws, causing it to quake.

Lin Chang'sheng hid atop a tall tree on a mountain peak, observing. He saw that, about ten li from the tortoise and python, nearly a hundred cultivators lurked, encircling the area!

They all seemed to be waiting for a chance to reap the benefits when both beasts had exhausted themselves.

Lin Chang'sheng noticed several Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators among them—alongside three Golden Core Early Stage cultivators.

"What's inside there? The spiritual energy is so intense! No wonder the giant tortoise and snow-white python are fighting so desperately! If I could cultivate in here, my cultivation experience would soar—I might even break through to the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment!"

Lin Chang'sheng sensed the terrifying aura of spiritual energy leaking from the crack in the mountain valley. His powerful divine sense swept forth, and his eyes lit up.

His divine sense had just detected, in the crevice of the stone wall, a huge cave, inside which sat a natural stone basin about the size of a bowl. It appeared to contain some jade-green spiritual milk, radiating thick spiritual energy from its depths.

Still, he didn't act rashly—both the giant tortoise and snow-white python in this valley were Tier Five, equal to Golden Core Early Stage strength.

And among the cultivators gathered, three were Golden Core Early Stage as well. If he were the first to make a move, he'd become the target of both beasts and those three Golden Core experts.

From what he knew—

Tier One Demon Beasts are equivalent to the Qi Cultivation Stage.

Tier Two Demon Beasts compare to Foundation Establishment Stage, layers one through three.

Tier Three Demon Beasts match Foundation Establishment layers four to six.

Tier Four Demon Beasts equal Foundation Establishment layers seven to nine.

Tier Five Demon Beasts are the same as Early Stage Core Formation!

The giant tortoise and snow-white python fought fiercely, water blades and blood aura entwined, the battle escalating with both sides wounded.

Because of the commotion here, and the spread of spiritual energy, Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators kept arriving. Lin Chang'sheng noticed Yu Lingfei, Zhuo Yijian, and the others had shown up too.

"Hmmm? Why is Gao Ziyue here as well?"

Suddenly, Lin Chang'sheng spotted a familiar figure—it was Gao Ziyue from the Liuyun Immortal Sect!

Gao Ziyue now had cultivation at the second layer of Foundation Establishment, and was standing beside a woman at Golden Core Early Stage!

"Best change my appearance and wait for my opportunity!"

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