Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

It was evening when I came out of Wanfa Tower.

The streetlights in Bihai Xiancheng were already on, their pale yellow light shining through the shops on both sides and illuminating the spirit stone pavement.

There were fewer people on the street, but there were still quite a few cultivators walking around.

With the Three Sword Techniques in hand, the next step is to find a place to practice.

The cultivation of sword techniques is not something that can be accomplished overnight; even with the assistance of the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel, it still takes a considerable amount of time.

It seems I need to dedicate some time to training.

What he had in his possession were the rare materials from the hundreds of third-tier demonic beasts, all of which were hard currency, but the harder they were to sell.

For the next period of time, he traveled back and forth between various markets on Biluo Island, talking to each and every one of them.

Ordinary markets can't absorb all the Tier 3 materials, and the major merchant guilds are driving down their purchase prices.

Lin Zhao wasn't in a hurry to sell. Instead, he found several merchant guilds that accepted barter and exchanged monster materials for weapon-refining materials.

He was originally a third-tier weapon refiner.

The few magical treasures he possessed—the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool and the Spirit Origin Palace—were all of relatively low grade, making it difficult to fight at the Core Formation level.

This time, I exchanged a lot of materials to upgrade the rank of magic items, and each one was selected based on the characteristics of the magic items.

Even so, he only sold half of the materials he had.

And the commotion was too great.

The news that Lin Zhao had exchanged 30 million merit points at the Hall of Merit had already spread.

Then a large number of Tier 3 materials flooded the market, and several major chambers of commerce were inquiring about the source of these goods.

Lin Zhao's identity as the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal already placed her on the popularity charts, attracting a great deal of attention.

Walking through the immortal city, he could feel the increased number of gazes falling on him.

There are even quite a few cultivators who are specifically watching him. Although they are all ordinary Core Formation cultivators, who knows if he will attract powerful Core Formation cultivators in the long run.

We can't stay on this Biluo Island any longer.

Although Biluo Island has a clear stance on demonic beasts, it has all the same problems that major powers have.

Several Core Formation forces have their eyes on him, and there might even be Nascent Soul forces behind them.

Furthermore, Lin Zhao will not choose Biluo Island for his future cultivation.

There are too many cultivators in this place; more than twenty Nascent Soul True Monarchs are stationed here year-round.

Lin Zhao didn't like being in the same place as Yuan Ying—it made her feel too insecure.

He decided to leave.

Lin Zhao chose to set sail in the dead of night. After leaving the Azure Cloud Heaven Gate, he immediately transformed into a streak of azure light and flew in a direction slightly to the northwest.

He noticed it less than three hundred miles away.

A beam of light followed behind.

Not just one or two.

There are a total of sixteen.

He accelerated, and the streaks of light that were escaping also accelerated.

After flying over a thousand miles, Lin Zhao stopped.

Sixteen streaks of light spread out in a fan shape behind him, blocking his direction.

Ten early-stage Core Formation cultivators, three mid-stage Core Formation cultivators, and three late-stage Core Formation cultivators.

Lin Zhao didn't waste any words.

The Divine Soul Sword Tower in his sea of ​​consciousness trembled slightly.

A circle of golden light spread outward from between his eyebrows, instantly covering an area of ​​dozens of miles.

Wherever the golden light reached.

All the early-stage Core Formation cultivators froze simultaneously.

Their souls were completely locked by the sword tower.

A soft sword cry echoed from within the tower, clear and melodious, yet carrying a terrifying power capable of annihilating souls.

The moment they heard the sword's cry, the ten early-stage Core Formation cultivators simultaneously let out a very soft groan, and then their eyes lost focus.

They fell from the sky, their escape light went out, and six bodies plummeted from mid-air like puppets whose strings had been completely cut.

Their souls were completely shattered the moment the sword struck, their consciousness collapsed, and they didn't even have time to react.

The remaining four Core Formation cultivators, despite having various means to protect themselves, still suffered severe damage to their souls in an instant.

Those in the mid-to-late stages of Core Formation are stuck in place, temporarily unable to move.

Lin Zhao didn't wait for them to recover.

The blue boots glowed with a blue light, the figure vanished from the spot, and reappeared beside the early-stage Core Formation cultivator in the next moment.

The Azure Lotus Sword was drawn, its blade slicing horizontally, the sword light flashing across the man's neck, bringing with it a cloud of blood mist.

Lin Zhao didn't look at the result; another flash of blue light appeared.

The second one, the third one, and the fourth one.

Every movement was a close-range sword strike, and every strike was aimed at a vital point.

Ordinary Core Formation cultivators are no different from paper in front of the Azure Lotus Sword.

The storage bags were also taken away one by one.

When the six mid-to-late stage Core Formation cultivators regained consciousness, only ten corpses remained floating between the waves on the sea surface, with blood seeping into the sea.

Of the sixteen Core Formation cultivators, Lin Zhao killed ten; the remaining three, nearing the late Core Formation stage, were deathly pale.

The expressions of the three late-stage Core Formation cultivators changed completely at the same moment.

They directly unleashed their own domain of power.

Six kinds of magical domains spread out in the air, and within a radius of hundreds of miles, various colors of spiritual light exploded, and the magical domains overlapped.

Within the Dharma Domain, Core Formation cultivators are the masters, their spiritual power moving at will, increasing their strength.

This is also the main reason why a Core Formation cultivator, with a weak human body, can directly confront a third-tier demon beast with a body over a hundred feet long.

Lin Zhao glanced at it.

Once the law is in effect, killing becomes much more difficult.

It's not that he can't kill him, it's that this place is too close to Biluo Island. If the fight drags on, and a Nascent Soul cultivator comes along, things will change.

He sheathed his sword, transformed into a streak of azure light, and flew away into the distance.

No one was chasing after them.

The Core Formation Domain can control vast amounts of spiritual power, but its movement speed is too slow. Four Core Formation cultivators carrying their domains simply cannot catch up with the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.

And then abandon the Dharma Domain to pursue it?

Those ten corpses are still floating at sea.

An ordinary Core Formation cultivator is nothing more than a piece of cake in front of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.

Six people were suspended in the air above the sea, and no one spoke for a long time.

The last one, an elderly cultivator in the late-stage Core Formation realm, spoke up: "Divine soul attack, dual cultivation of sword and soul—how can we fight this?"

Even if the top-ranked players on the popularity charts came, they might not be able to easily suppress him.

"If he were to use a divine soul technique to exchange lives with them before he dies, even if they win, they would still lose half their lives."

The wounds to the soul are the hardest to heal—at best, it takes decades to recover; at worst, one may be stuck at the current level for life.

No one would risk their life against the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal, who can launch soul attacks; these Core Formation cultivators have died for nothing today.

Sixteen men chased after them menacingly, and ten of them died in the blink of an eye.

The remaining six Core Formation cultivators slunk away, turning their escape lights around and flying back towards Biluo Island.

The ambush failed, but the news spread.

Lin Zhao has completely exposed his methods of attacking with his soul.

In the monthly update of the popularity rankings, Qinglian Sword Immortal jumped directly from 29th to 18th place.

But for a long time afterward, the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal did not reappear.

Some people guessed that he had left the Endless Demon Sea.

Some say he offended someone he shouldn't have, and was secretly eliminated by a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Some say he's in seclusion and will emerge to directly enter the top ten of the popularity charts.

There are all sorts of opinions.

After leaving that sea area, Lin Zhao fled tens of thousands of miles away.

He flew west-northwest, changing direction several times along the way.

After circling around for three months and making sure that no one was following him anymore, he took off his Green Lotus Sword Immortal disguise and changed back into the identity of Flying Swallow Daoist.