Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Zhang Yuanjing emitted a series of coughs, a sound born from the fear of impending death.

He had been careless. Despite wielding the Refined Yang Umbrella, he had nearly succumbed to the bewitching tricks of several Void Demons. Yes, they were indeed Void Demons; he recognized them with a single glance and could not be mistaken.

Fortunately, his spiritual power was far stronger than that of ordinary cultivators, allowing him to maintain a sliver of clarity at the critical moment. Otherwise, he would have met his end here in a daze.

His expression turned grave. The appearance of Void Demons meant that a breach had formed in this place, allowing the Qi of Emptiness to invade this realm. No wonder there was not a trace of spiritual energy to be found.

This meant that the area still had the potential to become a world of Void Demons.

Zhang Yuanjing couldn't help but force a bitter smile. The senior cultivators of the Xuan Tian Sect, through the efforts of dozens of generations, had finally, under the leadership of True Person Qi and Martial Brother Wu, purged the Mustard Seed Space of the Thick Earth Sect and the Void Demon World attached to it. Yet, unexpectedly, they had failed to achieve complete success, leaving behind future troubles.

Fortunately, this place was, after all, a real piece of land, unlike the Mustard Seed Space which was opened in the interlayer between a world and the outer void. Even if it were purged with great magic power, it would not lead to a large breach between the two realms, thereby affecting the great spiritual cave of Tian Que Mountain.

He put away the Refined Yang Umbrella. It was still accumulating spiritual power, and it was best not to use it if possible. Moreover, he couldn't quickly replenish its spiritual power here, so he needed to save it for when danger struck.

He took out the Evil-warding Umbrella, opened it, and held it above his head. After thinking for a moment, he also held the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace (replica) in his hand before slowly walking forward along the rock wall.

Now that the demons had arrived, their usual area of activity was likely not far away. He naturally had to investigate and clarify.

The emergence of the Xuan Yuan Realm was only partly due to the changes caused by the clearing of the Mustard Seed Space. The real key was that this place was needed by the will of Heaven and Earth to resist the infiltration of the Qi of Emptiness. That was why the front part of this realm had such a rich concentration of Heaven and Earth spiritual energy.

He continued forward for about fifteen or sixteen miles before the sound of rushing water appeared again in front of him.

Coming closer, he saw an underground cave. Below seemed to be another world, with water flowing vertically down into a deep pool.

Beyond the deep pool was a vast space, but it was pitch black, making it impossible to discern its size.

Wind blew from the cave entrance, sometimes from below, sometimes back up. The air contained a strange aura, the Qi of Emptiness.

Although there were demons in the previous river channel, there was no sign of the Qi of Emptiness.

Therefore, he had been puzzled, wondering how the Qi of Emptiness could have emerged from that swamp.

Judging from the direction of his travel, this place could not possibly be below that swamp. Thus, it could be inferred that there were hidden mysteries beneath the swamp.

Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a moment, protected his body with the Evil-warding Umbrella, took a breath, and slowly descended.

In the darkness, he couldn't see his fingers. His divine sense could only extend two or three miles before becoming powerless to go further.

This indicated that the air was filled with the Qi of Emptiness, and demons must be hidden within. He channeled his magic power into the Evil-warding Umbrella, activating its protective capabilities, and vigilantly watched his surroundings.

As he descended, the surrounding space was revealed in his divine sense. Whether forward or to the sides, he could not reach the boundaries. The space here, in terms of shape, was probably quite vast.

The Qi of Emptiness floated in the air, faint but present. He circulated his magic power on the surface of his body to isolate it.

Before long, he landed on the ground. The ground was hard, made of rock. Behind him was the deep pool, and to the side was a three-zhang-wide river flowing out from the pool.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Extremely slight sounds came from behind him. Then, several dark shadows suddenly emerged from the darkness and pounced on him.

Clearly, either the demons that had fled earlier had been lurking nearby, or other demons here had discovered him and launched a surprise attack as he set foot on the ground.

Zhang Yuanjing guided the Evil-warding Umbrella, causing its surface to rotate like a brilliant gem, unleashing colorful beams of light that shot out in all directions.

In an instant, seven dark shadows were struck by these beams, revealing themselves from the darkness.

The fluctuations of their auras allowed Zhang Yuanjing to lock onto them with his divine sense. Then, he released the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace in his hand.

The furnace did not show any particular reaction when facing these demons, but its methods for dealing with strange insects could undoubtedly be used against these demons as well.

Once the seven demons had revealed their tracks, they did not launch a frontal assault but immediately tried to flee.

At this moment, the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace flew closer and released its powerful suction force towards two of the demons. In just an instant, the two demons were swallowed into the furnace's belly, even more efficiently than when capturing strange insects.

Zhang Yuanjing was overjoyed and quickly drove the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace to chase the other demons, but these demons were ultimately skilled at escaping and had already taken the opportunity to hide in the darkness again.

He recalled the Creation Furnace and looked inside with his divine sense. He saw two extremely filthy masses of Qi-like substance struggling frantically, but they could not escape and were firmly adsorbed to the bottom of the furnace.

When his divine sense landed on these two masses of foul Qi, it was immediately repelled, unable to penetrate inside and investigate what they were.

He didn't dare to let these two masses of foul Qi continue to struggle, so he swallowed a Crimson Cloud Pill and ignited the Yin and Yang Fires to refine them.

As soon as the two fires ignited, they directly set the two masses of foul Qi ablaze. Then, the two masses of foul Qi began to burn on their own, and soon they were burned to only a few sand-like particles, dark and shiny, completely different from what he had obtained after refining strange insects.

He used his magic power to grab one of the particles and carefully examined it several times. Besides feeling that it seemed to contain a strange power, he found nothing else.

Still protected by the Evil-warding Umbrella, he held the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace and walked forward.

Beneath his feet was always hard rock, with no soil to be seen.

After walking for two miles, some more demons quietly came to attack, but they were still subdued by the Evil-warding Umbrella, revealing their whereabouts and allowing the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace to capture two more.

After this, almost every hundred zhang or so, he would encounter several demons attacking, all with strength levels no higher than the Core Formation realm. They were all subdued by the combined forces of the Evil-warding Umbrella and the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace.

These demons seemed to have no intelligence, or they could not transmit information to each other. Therefore, Zhang Yuanjing, relying only on two magical treasures, was able to drive straight in, defeating the attacking demons again and again.

After traveling for ten miles, the outlines of stone walls gradually appeared on both sides, and they continued to approach, making the space narrower.

Later on, only a passage ten zhang wide remained in the middle, with towering stone walls on both sides, leaning like dangerous cliffs, as if they could collapse at any time.

The Qi of Emptiness in the air became denser, and demons appeared frequently, making Zhang Yuanjing exhausted. Fortunately, these demons were not of a high level, and he could still support himself, but his magic power was being consumed greatly.

Suddenly, in the darkness ahead, a gray shadow emerged from nowhere, flashing repeatedly like a ghost, and quickly floated towards him.