Demon Cultivator: Heaven and earth are the cauldron, and all living beings are the medicine

The third level of the Hidden Path Secret Realm.

At this moment, Ning Lu stood tall before a cave emitting a faint green light, his gaze icy. Having just experienced a bloody battle, his white robe was completely dyed crimson.

"There's no time to waste. There are already four or five people ahead of me. I must quickly deal with this snake demon and enter the fourth level of the secret realm!"

With this thought in mind, Ning Lu resolutely strode forward, his steps light as he walked straight into the depths of the dark tunnel, heading towards the heart of the cave.

Before long, the young man reached the end of the cave, entering a spacious stone chamber.

Deep green flames burned on the surrounding stone walls, the scene incomparably eerie and unsettling, creating an atmosphere of terror.

At that moment, a gigantic green python lay coiled on the ground, its body spanning tens of feet, covered in hard, dark green scales, with a pair of emerald eyes. It constantly flicked its tongue, emitting a hissing sound.

The python noticed the young man suddenly appearing before it. Its body shot up, its head towering over the boy on the ground, its face twisted, opening its bloody maw, baring its fangs at Ning Lu, roaring madly.

"As expected, a peak Foundation Establishment snake demon. If it were when I had just entered the secret realm, I might have found this snake demon troublesome! But now my cultivation has reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, and the Five Elements Swordplay is perfectly mastered. A Five-Colored Flying Sword, its power comparable to a full-force strike from a Core Formation cultivator! This snake demon poses no threat!"

Ning Lu sneered inwardly, and a dazzling five-colored light burst forth from his hand.

The snake demon, seeing the disdainful young man before it, felt its dignity greatly insulted. Its face became incredibly ferocious, and it opened its bloody maw, lunging fiercely at Ning Lu.

Just as the snake demon was less than an inch away from Ning Lu, a streak of five-colored light flashed past, and the snake demon felt a chill rise in its heart.

The next moment, a five-colored flying sword suddenly shot out from Ning Lu's sleeve, erupting with unparalleled brilliance, piercing straight towards the snake demon's massive head.

"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!"

The snake demon immediately burst into a violent wail as the five-colored flying sword pierced through its entire head, blood gushing out like a tide, splattering throughout the cave.

The snake demon's body staggered backward, its expression filled with horror and pain, its massive body constantly slamming against the surrounding stone walls, shaking the entire cave as if to alleviate its suffering.

But Ning Lu would not show any mercy. Not giving the snake demon any chance to breathe, the five-colored light in his hand became even more dazzling.

In an instant, the five-colored flying sword struck again, heavily piercing the snake demon, the sharp sword energy overflowing. Even from a distance, the snake demon felt waves of stinging pain all over its body.

"Hiss!!!"

As the final, earth-shattering wail faded, the five-colored flying sword heavily pierced through the snake demon's vitals, splitting its entire body in two, completely ending its life.

Ning Lu looked at the snake demon's tragically dead body on the ground, his eyes showing no pity, only an eagerness to reach the next level of the secret realm.

A moment later, the snake demon's body disappeared, and two light doors appeared directly before the young man.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ning Lu strode forward, his figure like lightning as he entered the light door. With a dizzying sensation, he entered the fourth level of the Hidden Path Secret Realm.

The scene before him changed as before, no longer a dark cave emitting green light, but a vast expanse of white. As far as the eye could see, all directions were a blank white, with no end in sight.

"Where is the path? What's going on with this fourth level?" Just as Ning Lu was greatly puzzled, a grand voice echoed once again from the white sky.

"Hidden Path Secret Realm, fourth level. After passing this level, you can reach the fifth level of the secret realm, and using your own talent and comprehension, comprehend a creation! The difficulty of this current level is extremely high and will take a very long time, so please, all trial-takers, be prepared! This level is called, Heart Inquiry!"

As the voice faded, Ning Lu felt his eyes darken, and a sense of dizziness struck again and lingered, as if he was about to be transported to a space.

The fourth trial was actually transporting the participants to a peculiar space to peek into the participants' fears and reflect scenes that have never happened in reality, which are the most frightening scenes from the bottom of their hearts.

This trial is somewhat similar to overcoming inner demons, but it is also slightly different from inner demons.

First of all, passing this trial requires a very long time, even several months, while overcoming inner demons either takes a moment or a few hours, or it can never be overcome in a lifetime.

Secondly, inner demons are real things or scenes that have happened in people's hearts, while the Heart Inquiry trial reflects a scene that has never happened in reality, digging out the real fears deep inside the trial-takers.

At this moment, on the other side, Li Ke saw a picture reflected in his mind.

In the picture, Li Ke was constantly wielding his lightning-filled spear, covered in blood, standing in a tragic battlefield, frantically slaughtering one demon cultivator after another.

Li Ke's hands did not stop, his eyes were filled with bloodshot, his eyes were full of baleful spirit, ignoring the exhaustion of his whole body, frantically slaughtering the demon cultivators in front of him.

Gradually, there was no one else in front of Li Ke, and the demon cultivators he hated had been slaughtered by him.

Just as he was overjoyed, turned his head and looked at his home, looked at his country Cangyuan, looked at his thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

An extremely terrifying scene came into Li Ke's eyes, and countless demon cultivators from the Demon Abyss Sea invaded Cangyuan country on a large scale, countless people were wantonly slaughtered, the entire Cangyuan country was full of smoke, blood flowed into rivers, and it was like a hell on earth.

"No!" Li Ke shouted heart-rendingly, his figure rushed forward frantically, wielding the spear in his hand like crazy, slaughtering one demon cultivator after another.

Demon cultivators fell at his feet, but even so, the number of demon cultivators only increased, and the entire Cangyuan country was in dire straits.

Li Ke looked at the scene in despair, looking forward.

In the palace, several Nascent Soul stage demonic giants completely broke through the palace, and led tens of thousands of demon cultivators into the hall, and hijacked one royal relative after another.

"No, don't!" Li Ke's eyes were full of horror, his voice trembled, his tone was almost begging, his expression rushed towards the palace frantically.

The next moment, Li Long, the lord of Cangyuan, Li Linglong, the sixth princess, and Li Mo, the fifth prince, were all hijacked, and one sword after another was placed on the necks of the three.

"Stop!" Li Ke roared frantically, his voice echoing throughout the world.

Then, a group of demon cultivators were not coerced by the youth's words. One sword after another fell, and Li Ke's father, younger brother, and younger sister all fell to the ground, dying tragically.

"No!!!"

Li Ke looked at everything in front of him in despair, but he could do nothing.

The scenes in front of him were all fictitious in the secret realm, but in Li Ke's mind, in his subconscious, this scene was real.

This is the terror of the Heart Inquiry trial, which digs out the real fears in everyone's heart.