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Early morning.

"Line up, line up, no cutting in line. I'm talking to you, martial artist. Get in line."

"Move back, no crowding. Those cultivating immortality, line up over there."

"Here, take your ID card."

"Name, place of origin, cultivation level? ... It's the standard of our Nanshi Qingyun Mountain. Anything below Transcendent is called Body Refinement."

"..."

At the Qingyun Mountain registration point, a long queue formed again.

Since Xuan Huang's second sermon, people had been flocking here in an endless stream.

Whether they were martial artists or cultivators, they formed a great tide of pilgrimage seeking the Dao.

Since the martial arts school moved to Qingyun Mountain, it had been undergoing constant renovations, with countless people participating every day.

With not many tasks assigned for the time being, but the number of people ascending the mountain increasing daily, Sun Hui and Li Tongnian discussed a plan.

They decided to develop Qingyun Mountain with the help of those who came, giving them a certain amount of points, and arranging accommodation for the ever-increasing number of people.

Meanwhile, several mountain peaks not far from Qingyun Mountain were undergoing intense transformation.

The leaders of the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism had all arrived and quickly formulated plans to each occupy a mountain peak not far from Qingyun Mountain, establishing their respective mountain gates.

The area surrounding Qingyun Mountain's main peak was also being developed.

"Brother, is this Qingyun Mountain? Did Master Xuan preach the Dao on this mountain?"

A little girl asked.

Holding her hand tightly was a boy who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old.

The boy's face was firm, with a maturity beyond his years. Feeling the aura of Qingyun Mountain, the boy's tense body relaxed a lot.

"Yes, Xiaocao, this is Qingyun Mountain."

When it was their turn, the registration staff asked, "What are your names? Where are your parents? Where are you from? What is your cultivation level?"

"Sir, my name is Lin Fan, and this is my younger sister, Xiaocao, Lin Xiaocao. Our parents were killed by the strange. We are from Yong City. I am a martial artist, at the first level of Body Refinement. My sister doesn't have any cultivation yet."

The little girl was named Xiaocao, and the boy was named Lin Fan, both with very ordinary names.

The boy was fifteen, and the little girl was nine years old.

Both of them had experienced the invasion of the strange since childhood, and even more tragically, their parents had passed away.

The older brother, Lin Fan, struggled to support his sister, and with the help of the government, they barely managed to survive.

The boy Lin Fan had outstanding talent in martial arts, entering the first level of Body Refinement in his first year of learning.

By chance, he learned about Xuan Huang. The boy gritted his teeth and, with his sister, traveled arduously for more than ten days to reach Qingyun Mountain in Nanshi.

Very inspiring.

"Take your ID cards. You, young man, can follow the adults to work, and your sister can go to the nursery over there."

Seeing that they were young, the registration staff carefully introduced them to the arrangements.

The boy could work to accumulate points, and the little girl would be taken care of by specialized personnel.

Although the place for care was very simple and newly built, at least it existed.

"Thank you, sir."

With years of hardship, the boy knew how to be grateful and respect others.

He was carefully and stubbornly surviving.

"You look like you're fifteen?"

The registration staff suddenly asked.

"Yes, sir."

The boy was puzzled.

The registration staff pointed to the ID card on his chest and said, "I am a member of the Nanshi Martial Arts School. With your talent, you can try our school's test. If you pass, you will be absorbed into our school. Our school was founded by Master Xuan and has the most complete martial arts experience and inheritance. In fact, if your talent is truly outstanding, you don't even need to earn points. The school will pay you, and you only need to..."

Finally, he said, "In short, as long as you have outstanding talent, you don't need to do anything else, just focus on cultivation. Your sister can also be placed in our school, we have specialized personnel..."

After listening, Lin Fan was overjoyed. "Sir, I agree. I am willing to take the test."

He was very familiar with the Nanshi Martial Arts School. As the sir said, it was founded by Master Xuan.

It was also the place with the most direct disciples of Master Xuan. Master Xuan's first sermon was given in the martial arts school.

It was said that the martial arts school accounted for half of the ten people favored by Master Xuan.

This was definitely the biggest force he could come into contact with.

The snatching of talent had already begun.

Since the arrival of the large forces of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, each occupying a mountain peak, this kind of competition had begun.

As the birthplace of Xuan Huang, the martial arts school could not easily integrate into any one force.

In addition, since there was no dedicated martial arts force yet, Sun Hui and others decided to build their own, claiming to be the direct descendants of Master Xuan.

Martial arts masters and geniuses from all over had been absorbed into the martial arts school in recent days.

The martial arts school was officially renamed: Qingyun Mountain Martial Arts Alliance.

It was separated from the previous Nanshi Martial Arts School.

Of course, the Nanshi Martial Arts School was still under the jurisdiction of the Qingyun Mountain Martial Arts Alliance.

...

After registering, they entered Qingyun Mountain.

The martial artists and cultivators who came were like entering a grand garden.

"As the forum said, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here is complete and pure."

"Is that the Tongtian Jianmu mentioned on the forum? It's said to be fifty meters tall, but it doesn't seem right. It must be sixty meters, right?"

"Is this the White Bone Pagoda for testing the will? It's said that entering it costs ten points. It can temper control and will. It's indeed extraordinary."

"This is a magic weapon, a real magic weapon, of course, it's not ordinary."

"Look, someone is coming out. This person is staggering and sweating profusely, looking like they've been tortured a lot."

"Of course, it's said that the pain of ten thousand bones shattering, plus the blessing of Transcendent power, can't be easy."

"These are not things we can covet as soon as we arrive. Let's accumulate points first to exchange for the Visualization Chart."

"What the Daoist friend said is right. The most important thing is the Visualization Chart. Only by learning and comprehending the Visualization Chart can we change our previous path and pursue a higher level."

"I heard that yesterday, the three of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, as well as the master of the martial arts school, Sun Hui, all fully comprehended the Visualization Chart. Now, the number of people who have fully comprehended the Visualization Chart has reached five?"

"Yes, I heard that in the past few days, they have been following Master Xuan to deal with the strange in Nanshi. This is the third day, and six strange locations in Nanshi have been cleared by Master Xuan."

"Master Xuan's methods are indeed profound, pointing out the direction for us. This is the path to transcendence. The path of using the strange to fight the strange needs to be corrected..."

A middle-aged man sighed.

"Hmm?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold gaze looked at him not far away.

It happened to be heard by two passing Spirit Masters. Among the two Spirit Masters, the younger one looked at him.

"Shh, keep your voice down. Master Xuan is Master Xuan, and you are you. You haven't transcended yet, so don't draw conclusions casually."

Seeing this situation, his friend reminded him.

"Right, right, right."

Realizing that he had said the wrong thing, the man quickly apologized and greeted the two Spirit Masters not far away.

Among the two Spirit Masters, the middle-aged Spirit Master said, "Alright, don't worry about these things. Relieving the spirit is important."

The two were from the Nanshi Evil Suppression Department and came here according to the plan to relieve their eroded spirits.

They respected Xuan Huang, especially in the past three days.

Xuan Huang solved two strange incidents every day.

He had completely cleared six strange locations, greatly freeing up the manpower of the Evil Suppression Department.

With Xuan Huang's approval, the resident Spirit Masters of the Evil Suppression Department were also rotated to Qingyun Mountain to relieve their eroded spirits.

"I respect Xuan Masters, but who does he think he is? A mere mortal daring to say our path needs correction. Hmph, why didn't he say so earlier? Did we have other options to fuse with the paranormal? Turning ourselves into something that's neither human nor ghost? ... I hate these armchair quarterbacks who criticize after the fact, presumptuously offering their opinions."

The young Spirit Master said indignantly.

"Alright, alright, let's go."

The middle-aged Spirit Master pulled him away.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Watching the two Spirit Masters leave contentedly, Xuan Huang was very satisfied.

"Excellent, it's recovered again. The Demon Bead (name decided) can continue to absorb the power of the Ruin."

After three or four days of continuous absorption, the Ruin Grinding Wheel had made significant progress. If this continues, the Ruin Grinding Wheel will eventually possess the indestructible characteristic of the Ruin's power.

And in these three days, Xuan Huang had been doing two targeted removals a day, eliminating six paranormal entities.

The paranormal bell and the paranormal shroud on the first night, the Death-Announcing Crow and the toilet-lurking entity on the second night, and the Pig-Slaughtering Knife entity and the Smoke entity on the third night.

Going out at night, cultivating during the day.

In the past three or four days, Xuan Huang's cultivation had tempered the second level of Xuan Transformation's will four times. Six more times, and he would reach the third level of will, enabling him to condense the third Heavenly Pillar.

At this moment, the golden Qi and blood in Xuan Huang's Qi Sea had reached sixty yards in width. A Heavenly Gate was engraved on the Furnace of Heaven and Earth, and two Heavenly Pillars stood in the mist of the Qi Sea.

Even the gushing spring at the center of the Qi Sea had become larger due to the expansion of the Qi Sea.

The widened spring eye made the connection between the body and the Qi Sea even closer, and the energy Xuan Huang unleashed was further enhanced.

The feeling of getting stronger every day gave Xuan Huang more confidence.

The God Alliance, the Demon Worshippers, Hell, and other forces online had previously issued a kill order against him.

It was impossible not to have any worries.

Especially in the last few days, constantly going out at night to eliminate paranormal entities.

Presumably, the surveillance personnel from several cults had already noticed. If they were to take action, they would definitely do so when he went out to eliminate paranormal entities.

Qingyun Mountain had a suppressing effect on Spirit Masters, and the Tongtian Jianmu stood there. It seemed the cult's spies had also discovered this.

Therefore, attacking him on Qingyun Mountain was unlikely; they could only strike on the nights Xuan Huang went out to eliminate paranormal entities.

"Give me a little more time. As long as I condense the third Heavenly Pillar and expand the Qi Sea to ninety yards, I can reach the late stage of a First-Order Spirit Master. At that time, even if a Second-Order Spirit Master is dispatched, I can handle it more easily," Xuan Huang thought.

Xuan Huang's so-called late stage of the First-Order was benchmarked against the Spirit Masters.

According to Xuan Huang's Four Extremes and Twelve Heavenly Pillars, only surpassing Four Gates and Ten Pillars could be considered the late stage of Xuan Transformation.

But if based on his standards, after Four Gates and Ten Pillars, Xuan Huang could directly suppress and kill Second-Order paranormal entities.

The standards were different. One Gate and Three Pillars was the late stage of a First-Order Spirit Master, while Xuan Huang's limit was Four Gates and Twelve Pillars.

Strictly speaking, Xuan Huang's classification corresponded to the paranormal entities of this world.

No one had ever heard of a Spirit Master being able to handle paranormal entities beyond their level. Even at the same level, Spirit Masters couldn't defeat paranormal entities.

Spirit Masters controlled their attacks. Recklessly unleashing their power would result in being devoured and assimilated by the paranormal entity within them.

Therefore, Spirit Masters were the weakest among their peers.

Xuan Huang was the strongest among his peers.

Because he could not only fight Spirit Masters beyond his level, but also eliminate paranormal entities beyond his level.

One Gate and Three Pillars VS the late stage of a First-Order Spirit Master, Two Gates and Six Pillars VS an invincible First-Order Spirit Master and the late stage of a First-Order paranormal entity; Three Gates and Nine Pillars VS the limit of a First-Order paranormal entity and the early stage of a Second-Order Spirit Master, Four Gates and Twelve Pillars VS the early stage of a Second-Order paranormal entity and the mid-stage of a Second-Order Spirit Master.

This was just the ability of pure martial arts cultivation. Adding his will would raise him another level, and what about his small world? What about his helpers?

Therefore, as long as Xuan Huang reached One Gate and Three Pillars, plus his will and small world, he could directly fight a Second-Order Spirit Master or even kill one.

As for his helpers, the Void Blade, the Ruin Grinding Wheel, the Tongtian Jianmu, and the Furnace of Heaven and Earth, each had their own opportunities.

It wouldn't be long before they could achieve invincibility at the First-Order.

Moreover, cultivator inscriptions were being engraved on the Furnace of Heaven and Earth, the Ruin Grinding Wheel, and the Tongtian Jianmu.

After Jin Ning comprehended the complete Visualization Diagram of the Furnace of Heaven and Earth, a connection appeared with the Furnace of Heaven and Earth. An invisible thread, like a causal line, extended from the Furnace of Heaven and Earth, reaching out into the unknown.

Now, there were two threads on the Furnace of Heaven and Earth, one connected to Jin Ning and the other to Sun Hui.

There were also two threads on the Tongtian Jianmu, connecting to Jiu Tong and Yan Lai respectively.

Only the Ruin Grinding Wheel had one thread, connected to the monk Minghui.

The five of them were currently the five who had achieved complete comprehension.

Their insights and inspirations were constantly transmitted along the threads to the three artifacts, making them even more real.

The power of faith could turn nothing into something real, let alone this kind of insight and inspiration. As long as more and more people were connected, the day the three artifacts became real would come sooner.

Xuan Huang even suspected that the three artifacts might advance before him.

The progress might be similar before the Second-Order Tong Xuan, but during the Third-Order Dong Xuan, with more cultivators connected, the three artifacts might progress faster than him.

However, Xuan Huang didn't care. The faster, the better. The stronger the three artifacts, the stronger he would be.

Don't forget that the origin of the three artifacts was bestowed by the will of the small world, and wasn't the will of the small world himself?

The stronger the three artifacts, the stronger the small world, and the stronger the small world, the stronger he would be.

He came to the small world.

At this time, the small world still maintained a radius of one thousand meters and had not continued to expand.

According to the tenfold progress, it could expand to ten thousand meters during the Second-Order Tong Xuan, one hundred thousand meters during the Third-Order Dong Xuan, and one million meters during the Fourth-Order Xuan Zhen.

He just didn't know how big this Ruin was.

Currently, the small world had broken away from its previous unstable state. Since Xuan Huang's will became extraordinary, he could almost infinitely store items inside.

In the center of the small world, he had stored a three-story building as a place for himself to rest and store items.

Arriving inside the building, Xuan Huang took out eight paranormal items.

Six of them were sealed by him personally in these three days, and the other two were gifts brought by the Town Evil Department as compensation for alleviating the twisted souls.

These two were a wooden box and a painting of a beautiful woman.

The wooden box paranormal entity was nothing special. Writing a person's name and birthday in blood and putting it into the wooden box would cause the box to devour the person's soul, causing them to die from losing one soul a day.

It was similar to curse-type paranormal entities.

The beauty painting was an ancient painting of a beautiful woman. Opening the scroll at dawn or midnight would cause the woman in the painting to walk out and drag people into the painting, turning them into the dense white bones beneath her feet. With each person she devoured, the woman in the painting would become more vivid.

The bones of all living beings became the cornerstone for her to condense and walk out of the painting.

It was useless to the Town Evil Department, but useful to Xuan Huang, as well as the previous six paranormal items. Xuan Huang was thinking about how to turn them from trash into treasure.

Even if he didn't use them himself, he could refine them and accumulate them as the treasure trove of Qingyun Mountain.

They could be exchanged for use with points.

Xuan Huang first picked up the paranormal bell, in which he was very interested.

Especially the inner world. Xuan Huang hadn't explored it these days. He would take this opportunity to investigate the inner world, then refine it again or fuse it with other artifacts.

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