I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

Will we continue the bloody battle and face the danger together, or will we stop here and shake hands in peace as fellow human beings...?

Geng Qiaozi, through his actions, directly presented Wei Tu with a choice between two options.

In his view, if the bloody battle continues, Wei Tu may not be able to escape easily with the help of the [Boundary Stone] as before.

Although the [Boundary-Severing Stone] is a powerful treasure in the cultivation world, the pursuers, such as Lord Aoshan and Dayuan Jing, are no ordinary people. With them on guard, it is questionable whether the [Boundary-Severing Stone] can still function as before.

"Fellow Daoist Wei, do you really want to do something that will cause pain to your loved ones and joy to your enemies?"

"My human race, though we may have had our disagreements, has ever... committed a blood feud with you?"

Geng Qiaozi's face was deathly pale. While trying to suppress the injuries to his body, he questioned the matter in a stern voice.

These words seemed to have a real effect. Wei Tu, who flew out of the 'teleportation channel' with Geng Qiaozi, indeed slowed down the speed at which he was making hand seals, as if he was hesitating whether to become the one who betrayed his clan.

However, what Wei Tu said next made Geng Qiaozi's face stiffen, and he became somewhat uncertain.

"Although Fellow Daoist Gengqiao is eloquent, such words might fool a three-year-old, but they are not enough to fool me..."

"If my strength had been slightly weaker, I would probably have been killed by Fellow Daoist Gengqiao's seventh-order forbidden array inside that 'Holy Emperor's Palace.' At that time, Fellow Daoist Gengqiao showed no regard for kinship and did not want to talk to me..."

“Right now, Fellow Daoist Gengqiao, you may wish to make peace! Hand over that ‘Avoiding Calamity Immortal Jade,’ and I, Ruan, may spare your life and grant you a way out.”

After speaking, Wei Tu seemed to no longer hold back. The blood and qi in his body surged again, as if his essence was burning. In just a few breaths, his pressure soared to the peak of the Integration stage, almost reaching the half-step Mahayana stage.

At the same time, his physical body swelled in the wind, becoming as large as a small mountain. Behind his golden, dragon-scale-covered body, a pale purple phantom, hundreds of feet in size, with a red face, fangs, and eyes like the sun, slowly emerged.

Its body was covered in flowing light, and its face, which resembled Wei Tu's, had faint runes flowing around it, making it look extremely mysterious.

The moment this pale purple phantom appeared, the surrounding void became extremely hot. The flowing light swirling around it transformed into raging spiritual flames with each breath, turning the entire sky into a prairie fire.

"The form of the Red Earth Drought Demon? As expected! Senior Brother Purple Face was killed by you." Upon seeing this, Geng Qiaozi's eyes narrowed slightly, and a look of horror appeared on his face.

He had witnessed Wei Tu's strength firsthand and knew that Wei Tu was indeed a 'Combined Body Cultivator'.

But realms are realms—he could hardly believe that Wei Tu had actually cultivated the Corpse-Stiffing Secret Technique he had taken from the Purple-Faced Hermit to the point of perfection, and had even created the 'Red Earth Drought Demon' Dharma Form, which was extremely rare in the history of the human race in the Spirit Realm.

Keep in mind, how much time has passed in this period?

Less than a thousand years!

"I have another use for the 'Avoiding Calamity Immortal Jade'. If Fellow Daoist Wei wishes to use this item to break through to the 'Great Ascension' realm... I am willing to offer it to you, but on the condition that Fellow Daoist Wei acknowledges his ancestors and returns to the banner of my human race..." After taking a deep breath, Geng Qiaozi lowered his head again, adopting a posture that indicated he was open to further discussion, and said with a slight glint in his eyes.

Of course, Geng Qiaozi was somewhat sincere in saying this.

The 'Avoiding Tribulation Jade' is not a one-time treasure. It will be lent to Wei Tu to help him break through to the Great Ascension Realm after he has overcome the 'Life-Ending Tribulation'... For him and for the human race, it is an extremely worthwhile deal.

But a pity.

After these words were spoken...

What Geng Qiaozi received was not Wei Tu's "truce and peace," but rather further attacks.

With a roar, its golden palm covered in dragon scales spanned thousands of steps and, in the blink of an eye, slammed down on his head like a dark cloud pressing down.

At that moment, the 'Red Earth Drought Demon' dharma image behind him spewed flames, made hand seals, held a blood-green alms bowl in one hand and a 'gemstone bracelet' that shimmered with five-colored magic rings in the other... and swooped down on him.

"Oh no! This is the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Ring? The rumors are true, you really received the inheritance of Fairy Xuanling?"

Immediately, Geng Qiaozi was terrified, and a look of fear appeared on his face.

He wouldn't be too afraid of the low-grade Heaven-Slaying Treasure, the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Ring, under normal circumstances.

However... the key issue is that he is currently being harassed by the 'Mahayana evil entity' controlled by Wei Tu, and can only barely sustain himself with the 'Mahayana relic' passed down by his master, Iron Head Monk. His strength is already quite depleted...

This thing, without a doubt, was the last straw that broke his back.

"Fellow Daoist Wei, wait! Wait! I am willing to hand over this 'Avoiding Calamity Immortal Jade,' I am willing to hand over this 'Avoiding Calamity Immortal Jade,'" Geng Qiaozi immediately pleaded.

Unfortunately, it was all too late.

Having noticed that 'Lord Mastiff' was approaching from afar, Wei Tu could no longer afford to relax for even a moment at this crucial juncture.

Just as Geng Qiaozi had said before, it was impossible for Aoshan Jun and the others to let him escape so easily using the [Boundary-Severing Stone].

He could not possibly agree to the woodcutter's request for peace, thus risking being attacked from both sides.

"No! Wei Tu, you have betrayed the human race. You will never be tolerated by our race again. Your relatives and friends will all be slaughtered by our race..."

Geng Qiaozi roared, his eyes bloodshot, but he did not give up. After uttering this threatening word, he immediately spat out his blood essence and poured it onto the 'Mahayana Relic' in front of him, preparing for this final gamble.

Soon, the spiritual light on the surface of this 'Mahayana Relic,' namely the 'Golden Finger Bone,' condensed once again. Amidst the cracking sounds of bones breaking, it instantly transformed into two exceptionally dazzling 'Golden Finger Beams,' which pointed towards Wei Tu, who was attacking from afar, and the 'Owl Demon Ghost' behind him, respectively.

next moment.

There was a loud 'bang'.

The 'Owl Demon Yin Ghost' that had been harassing 'Geng Qiaozi' for so long was finally repelled by this golden finger beam. The part of the pitch-black figure formed by soul power that was facing the finger beam also dimmed a bit.

Even Wei Tu seemed to be momentarily stunned by this sudden and powerful attack. The 'golden palm' that was pressing down on Geng Qiaozi instantly burst into blood and shattered inch by inch, like glass.

However, before Geng Qiaozi could catch his breath, the attacks from the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Ring and the blood-green alms bowl, controlled by Wei Tu Fa Xiang, arrived immediately.

Under the clash of that enormous five-colored spiritual light and the 'magical hand'...

Without a second thought, Geng Qiaozi quickly summoned a gleaming bone axe and charged forward.

Instantly, a deafening roar resounded.

Under the interplay of five-colored spiritual light and demonic light, Geng Qiaozi, who hastily summoned his bone axe to fight, was instantly unable to hold on. He kept spitting out blood, and his body was being slowly sliced ​​apart, resembling being slowly sliced ​​to pieces.

Then, an unexpected yet logical scene unfolded.

Wei Tu, whose physical body was damaged by the 'golden finger beam', was completely restored in the blink of an eye with just a flash of blood-red light from his body.

Only his face was slightly pale.

At the same moment, the defeated 'Owl Demon Ghost' also quietly approached Geng Qiaozi once again. Its claw-like hands instantly pierced through Geng Qiaozi's 'magic shield' and landed almost silently on Geng Qiaozi's neck.

Immediately afterwards, the [Ten Thousand Forbidden Spell] and the blood-green alms bowl arrived, instantly imprisoning the magical power within Geng Qiaozi's body.

At this moment, Geng Qiaozi, who was still trying to resist, suddenly turned deathly pale, with an extra layer of ashen gray.

But the next moment, seeing that death did not come as he had expected, he was filled with surprise and doubt, but also a sense of wild joy.

"This cultivator, this cultivator still cares about the human race. He has concerns, he has concerns! We, we, did not make the wrong bet. This cultivator is not that cruel and heartless..."

Geng Qiaozi was overjoyed and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

“Fellow Daoist Wei, since you are mindful of kinship, after today, I will certainly report back to the clan and treat your old friends and relatives well… In the future, when you attain the Great Ascension of Dao, I will personally welcome you back to the clan… The grudges of the past are but a few fleeting moments, not worth mentioning.” Geng Qiaozi pondered for a moment, preparing to use these words to resolve the most fundamental conflict between the human race of the Spirit Realm and Wei Tu.

The fundamental reason why Wei Tu became estranged from the human race a thousand years ago was because of the 'Purple-Faced Hermit'.

Therefore, the meaning behind his words was quite clear—he was willing to represent the human race's high command and drop the pursuit of Wei Tu for the grave crime of assassinating the Purple-Faced Hermit.

Upon hearing this, Wei Tu, though mentally prepared, couldn't help but show a hint of disgust on his face.

He was no fool; how could he not know why these high-ranking human figures, like Geng Qiaozi, hadn't implicated his relatives and friends too much because of him?

That's not because these high-ranking humans had excessive compassion.

Rather, it was his relatives and friends who were not deeply involved with him... far from being able to threaten him.

Furthermore, there are more important reasons.

—That is, he is truly nowhere to be found, and he has indeed mastered the power to kill a 'high-ranking human' like the Purple-Faced Hermit, which is a 'huge threat' to the high-ranking human.

In short, if the 'high-ranking members of the human race' were truly so kind and approachable, then Geng Qiaozi in the 'Holy Emperor's Palace' would not have joined forces with Da Yuanfei to kill him without even asking him anything.

All the changes came because this scoundrel realized that his strength was extraordinary and that he was not someone to be trifled with... so he decided to make peace in an attempt to keep him in check.

"If the higher-ups of the human race can forgive my mistake of killing the Purple-Faced Hermit back then... then today, I suppose the higher-ups of the human race can also forgive my mistake of killing Fellow Daoist Gengqiao?" Wei Tu said with a faint smile.

After speaking, he ignored the furious and terrified look in Geng Qiaozi's eyes, activated the [Boundary-Severing Stone] in his hand, and once again entered the 'teleportation channel' that Geng Qiaozi had opened. At the same time, he raised his hand and grabbed the head of the fang, and as planned, he began to search the soul of the fang.

Soon, as he flew through this 'teleportation channel', all the information about this 'human race's inheritance site' and the high-ranking members of the human race appeared in Wei Tu's mind in great detail.

"So that's how it is. Those Mahayana immortals from the Spirit Realm left because of the ancient demon? Is the war between the two realms about to restart? These immortals went to the 'Little Immortal Realm' outside the Spirit Realm to cultivate in seclusion..." Wei Tu's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he clicked his tongue in amazement.

Even with his knowledge, he never imagined that outside the Spirit Realm, there was a magical place called the 'Little Immortal Realm' that was occupied by all the races of the Spirit Realm.

You must understand that his knowledge and experience are now quite remarkable, yet he has not heard a single record of this "Little Immortal Realm" within the "Ancient Demon Realm".

It was as if it had appeared out of nowhere.

Of course, it is also possible that this "Little Immortal Realm" is just a pseudonym used by the Mahayana immortals of these spirit realms, and that its true name is not this.

After uncovering this secret, Wei Tu did not hesitate and continued to search for the more crucial intelligence for him.

—The origin and function of the pale yellow jade pendant!
"The Holy Emperor's Decree? The remains left behind by the 'Emperor Danyang'? This item is actually a token to enter the tomb of the 'Emperor Danyang'... However, the tomb's whereabouts are unknown, and it is only suspected to be in the 'Ancient Tomb of the Corpse Immortal'? Is it a tomb within a tomb?"

Immediately, while Wei Tu was pleasantly surprised, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

Because the 'Corpse Immortal Ancient Tomb' is almost an absolute forbidden area for cultivators in the spirit realm.

Only a small number of cultivators, like the 'Flame Spirit King', have the strength to explore such forbidden areas.

Back then, the 'Yinlingzhi Horse' that he obtained from the Thousand Cloud Demon Ancestor was something that the Flame Spirit King had painstakingly and risked his life to steal from this 'Corpse Immortal Ancient Tomb'.

"If I could find this tomb... that 'remains' left by the former Emperor Danyang could become an excellent place for me to cultivate in seclusion." Wei Tu's eyes flickered as he thought to himself.

Back in the 'Heavenly Demon Realm', he had considered using a 'Hundred Mausoleums Yin Land' as a secluded cultivation ground, but he never imagined... it would become the treasure trove used by the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor to nurture the 'Owl Demon Yin Ghost', and a secret realm used by the powerful clans of the Heavenly Demon Realm for trials...

This caused the plan to be abandoned halfway through.

Now, although he is safe in the spirit realm, it would be a good thing if he could find an excellent secluded place to reduce the heavenly tribulation.

"As for this scoundrel—"

After gathering intelligence, Wei Tu pondered for a moment. While searching Geng Qiaozi's storage magic artifacts, a thoughtful look flashed across his face, as if he was hesitating whether to completely kill 'Geng Qiaozi'.

But soon, while he was in this 'teleportation channel', he seemed to sense something. His expression changed slightly, and he immediately raised his right hand, pointing his fingers at Geng Qiaozi's dantian.

Then, as the light from his fingertips fell.

With his physical body imprisoned, Geng Qiaozi's cultivation level suddenly began to plummet, dropping drastically from the late stage of the Body Integration Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm...

"You..." Upon seeing this, Geng Qiaozi's eyes widened in fury. It was not hard to understand that Wei Tu had already knocked him down from his cultivation level.

Although he is now at the Nascent Soul stage, he is practically no different from a cripple.

How will he survive the 'life-ending tribulation' hundreds of years later?
“As Fellow Daoist Gengqiao said, I, Ruan, do not wish to be an enemy of the entire human race’s high-ranking officials… Today, I will cripple your cultivation but not take your life. I believe the human race’s high-ranking officials will understand my true intentions…” Wei Tu said coldly.

But after saying this, he showed no mercy and immediately continued his attack, severing a portion of Geng Qiaozi's soul until the cultivator had no memory left... only this conversation remained. After his expression became dazed, his eyes turned cold, and with a flick of his sleeve, he tossed him to "Da Yuan Fei," who had torn open the 'teleportation channel' and entered this place with Aoshan Jun. (End of Chapter)