Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

“So many Nascent Soul-level demonic creatures!” Hu Chou gasped, then exclaimed, “Mid Nascent Soul-level demonic creatures! And more than one! Impossible!”

Ling Xiao gazed at the densely packed demonic creature horde, his expression grave. They had only ventured thirty thousand miles into the Void Demon World, and already they were encountering so many high-level demonic creatures. The journey ahead would likely be even more arduous.

“Why impossible?” Xuan Yi detected the implication in Hu Chou’s words.

“The Void Demon World has stopped growing. The demonic creatures inside are fixed at their current levels; they can't change anymore unless Qi Tianxiang is a mid Nascent Soul cultivator!” Hu Chou said urgently, while fending off a Nascent Soul-level demonic creature.

His spiritual treasure was a giant axe called the Beast Soul Axe, which contained the souls of five transformed demonic beasts: a lion, a wolf, an ox, an elephant, and a tiger. When used, the giant axe absorbed spiritual power, flashing white and red, the axe body rapidly expanding, emitting the ferocious roars of the five beasts – “Roar, howl, moo, screech, bellow” – covering a radius of several miles. A single axe strike possessed the might to split the heavens and earth.

Foundation Establishment demonic creatures died instantly upon contact, Core Formation demonic creatures were injured, and Nascent Soul demonic creatures were sent flying. In an instant, hundreds of demonic creatures were cleared away, frightening the surrounding demonic creatures into retreat.

Ling Xiao naturally heard Hu Chou’s words and knew that something must have changed, but now was not the time to talk. He personally took action, taking out a white pearl the size of a dragon’s eye. He gently stroked it with both hands, and the pearl began to spin, faster and faster. As it spun, layers of frost condensed on its surface. In just a few breaths, the frost had accumulated into over ten thousand layers, and the pearl had grown to the size of a watermelon.

He pointed at a mid Nascent Soul demonic creature that was roaming among the demonic creatures. The pearl immediately released rays of light and flew towards the demonic creature on its own.

That demonic creature was highly intelligent. Recognizing the power of the spiritual treasure, it dared not block it head-on. It urged the lower-level demonic creatures to scatter and quickly darted away, trying to escape in another direction. However, the pearl's speed was unbelievable. The demonic creature saw it still a hundred feet away, but by the time it reacted, the pearl was already upon it.

It felt the surrounding void tighten, and then it was frozen on the spot. Panic-stricken, it tried to use the characteristics of a Void Demon to etherealize its body and move out of the frozen field. However, before it could put its idea into practice, the frozen space exploded, shattering the demonic creature into countless ice shards.

This pearl was Ling Xiao's frequently used spiritual treasure, called the Frost Shattering Pearl. It was a top-grade ice-attribute spiritual treasure, and its power was not much inferior to ordinary innate spiritual treasures or even supernatural spiritual treasures.

It was born from the extremely cold profound ice in the bottomless ice abyss, containing the purest ice spiritual power, and even faintly contained a trace of the power of the Heavenly Dao laws. It could release powerful pseudo-divine abilities such as freezing the sky, freezing the earth, shattering space, sealing spirits, and extracting souls. Divine abilities were techniques used by Transformation God cultivators to manipulate the spiritual power of heaven and earth, often possessing the power of imitating the heavens and the earth, far surpassing the spells used by Nascent Soul cultivators.

Pseudo-divine abilities were powerful spells similar to divine abilities, unleashed by late-stage Nascent Soul grand cultivators with the help of high-quality spiritual treasures. The most powerful pseudo-divine abilities were usually unleashed by innate spiritual treasures.

Having easily killed a mid Nascent Soul demonic creature, Ling Xiao showed no elation on his face. Instead, he followed the same method, controlling the Frost Shattering Pearl to hunt down the second mid Nascent Soul demonic creature. That demonic creature was the slowest to react among the mid Nascent Soul demonic creatures. The others had already fled when they saw the situation was bad.

This demonic creature was only focused on fighting Xuan Yi and failed to escape in time. Under the powerful pseudo-divine ability of the Frost Shattering Pearl, this mid Nascent Soul demonic creature had no power to resist and was instantly killed. This was also the reason why late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators were called grand cultivators. Although they were both at the Nascent Soul level, late-stage cultivators with pseudo-divine abilities were far stronger than early and mid-stage cultivators.

Under the deterrence of the Frost Shattering Pearl, the surrounding demonic creatures, whether strong or weak, fled into the darkness, hiding their auras. The demonic creatures still entangled with the cultivators were demoralized and quickly killed.

At this time, Ling Xiao finally had the mind to ask questions. He had everyone sit down and absorb the spiritual energy from the spirit stones to quickly restore their mana. Then, he summoned Hu Chou and had him explain in detail what he had discovered.

“Mountain Lord, this world is likely connected to a hole in the outer void, with a constant stream of void power pouring in. With this power, although this space cannot grow, the demonic creatures inside will continue to become stronger,” Hu Chou said slowly after a moment of contemplation.

Ling Xiao asked, “How strong can they become?”

Hu Chou smiled bitterly and said, “If it were a growing Void Demon World, they would at most be as strong as you, because nurturing demonic creatures requires a lot of void power, and this power is also the nourishment for the Void Demon World to grow. So, it will automatically maintain a balance to solve the problem at the lowest cost. But now, this Void Demon World has solidified and cannot grow, all the void power will be devoured by the demonic creatures, so their growth is unlimited.”

Ling Xiao frowned and said, “Could a Transformation God-level demonic creature appear?”

Hu Chou swallowed and said hoarsely, “Once there is a possibility of a Transformation God demonic creature appearing, the power of heaven and earth will not hesitate to eliminate this Void Demon World, regardless of the consequences!”

“How long? How long will it take?” Ling Xiao was silent for a long time before asking.

“If the void power is distributed among different demonic creatures, then it will not be possible to produce a Transformation God in a few decades. However, this is only the best-case scenario in theory. In reality, the stronger the demonic creature, the faster it devours the void power, and the faster it devours, the faster it grows. In terms of mid Nascent Soul strength, if there is only one, it is estimated that it can grow into a Transformation God-level demonic creature in a few days at most.”

Hu Chou seemed to think of something and regained his composure, still speaking slowly and methodically. “Mountain Lord, you are the strongest in this world, and those Nascent Soul-level demonic creatures will definitely continue to attack you. In this way, you can take the opportunity to eliminate those demonic creatures with stronger cultivation, which will greatly delay the time for higher-level demonic creatures to be born, ensuring the temporary safety of this world.”

“You mean we should split up, one group slaying demons and the other searching for the 'Mustard Seed Space'?” Ling Xiao asked doubtfully.

“Not split up now, but split up after finding the 'Mustard Seed Space',” Hu Chou said, then said in a voice transmission, “It is best to eliminate the Profound Sky Sect cultivators first, so that you can ensure everything is foolproof.”

Ling Xiao nodded, but his brow remained furrowed. The sudden change made him uneasy. Although Hu Chou thought that the hole connecting to the outer space was accidental, he always felt suspicious, suspecting that someone had deliberately caused it.

He had experienced thousands of years and had seen too many accidents and impossibilities, as well as too many conspiracies and tricks, so he always considered the worst-case scenario and treated all factors and changes, large and small, with caution.

As Hu Chou had predicted, a constant stream of large numbers of demonic creatures attacked, and there were more and more mid Nascent Soul demonic creatures, from two or three to seven or eight. Each time they were scattered, they quickly regrouped and attacked repeatedly.

Although Ling Xiao was a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, he was also struggling to cope, and his mana was being depleted greatly. Several times, he relied on Xuan Yi's formation to gather the power of everyone to defend, and then Ling Xiao would defeat them after he recovered.

After traveling another ten thousand miles, everyone showed signs of fatigue and no longer had the relaxed feeling they had at the beginning. Fortunately, relying on the powerful strength of the three Real People, especially Ling Xiao, no one had fallen, and everyone's mentality was still stable.

However, the Core Formation cultivators occasionally discussed in secret whether they could find the space channel by simply moving forward like this, and whether there were other better ways. Hu Chou did not explain much about this, only saying that the deeper they went into the Void Demon World, the greater the chance of finding the channel.

“What is that over there? There is a huge light!” The first to shout was Zhang Yuanjing, who had the weakest cultivation.

“What light? Where is there… it really is light!” Chen Zhen originally didn't see anything, but he was closest to Zhang Yuanjing. When he looked in the direction Zhang Yuanjing was pointing, he actually saw a light in the distance on the lower left, which was originally a dark area.

Then, the Core Formation cultivators who were close to them followed the guidance one by one and saw the light.

“Such an obvious light, is it a space channel!”

“That's right, Mountain Lord, two Real People, didn't you notice it?” Sun Zelin also looked surprised and said to Ling Xiao, Hu Chou, and Xuan Yi in front.

Ling Xiao, Hu Chou, and Xuan Yi looked at each other, all feeling very strange. How could these people, including Zhang Yuanjing, who was at the Foundation Establishment stage, become so restless, and dare to speak loudly in front of the three Real People? Moreover, the three of them did not see the light they were talking about at all.

So, Hu Chou and Xuan Yi also looked in the direction everyone was pointing. In their eyes, there was a space crack about one foot wide, with a faint light shining through the crack, and there seemed to be a green tree swaying in the wind.

Their bodies trembled slightly, their lips quivered, as if they wanted to say something, but they didn't want to say it.

Ling Xiao immediately realized that something was wrong. He sacrificed the Frost Shattering Pearl, quickly condensing frost, and then shouted in a low voice, “Space Shatter!” He saw the watermelon-sized Frost Shattering Pearl turn in reverse, throwing out all the frost attached to the surface of the pearl, shooting into the surrounding dense darkness, and then all exploded. There was a series of loud bangs like firecrackers, and the surrounding space appeared to be pulled for a short time, and then something faded from it.

The surrounding darkness was still deep and unpredictable, but it seemed to be missing a layer of something, no longer as oppressive as before.

At this time, everyone's expressions shook, as if they had woken up from a dream, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

“How is that light…” This was a mid Core Formation cultivator. As soon as he spoke, he felt that something was wrong and quickly stopped talking.

Everyone else had the desire to speak, but they all clearly realized that there were three Real People present, and they could not make noise at will, so they controlled themselves and swallowed the words that came to their mouths.

“How dangerous!” Hu Chou said with lingering fear, “We almost fell into the trap of the demonic creatures. That was a late Nascent Soul demonic creature, with powerful stealth, infiltration, and charm! If it weren't for the Sect Master, none of us would have survived!”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone realized the danger just now, and everyone was shocked with lingering fear. This had completely exceeded their cognition and their ability.

Ling Xiao and Hu Chou looked at each other, and Hu Chou nodded with a serious expression.

Ling Xiao fought against that demonic creature, but only exchanged one move. In terms of strength, that demonic creature was still inferior to him, obviously having just entered the late stage not long ago. However, this demon was extremely careful. After suffering a slight setback, it silently escaped, not giving him a chance to kill it.

The biggest advantage of a demonic creature is stealth. If it doesn't make a move, even with Ling Xiao's ability, he would not be able to detect it. In this way, the situation would be extremely dangerous. Although Ling Xiao could protect himself, everyone else could encounter misfortune at any time. More importantly, this demon could continue to grow. When it reached the late stage of great accomplishment, Ling Xiao would probably not be its opponent either.

Therefore, he only had two choices: one was to retreat now to save his life, and the other was to find the space channel before the demonic creature grew strong enough.