Nuwa, the goddess of immortality, said that cultivating immortality does not require spiritual energ

Walking alone on the vast grassland, Wang Zhiheng thought about many things.

He didn't even care about his tattered and charred school uniform; the shock in his heart was far more intense than his outward dishevelment.

He had always been extremely arrogant, believing himself to be second to none. Even with Lu Qingshuang, a woman of unparalleled beauty and 100% affability, he never considered himself inferior to her.

But that battle just now shattered all his pride.

Especially since the person who defeated him was Luo Qiuyue, who had once crushed his dignity with a single sentence and whose talent was inferior to his.

It's easy to find excuses—for example, not realizing she had a Qi-restoring pill in her mouth, being careless for a moment, or being distracted by her words...

But as Luo Qiuyue said, that's basic common sense in combat. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be his own problem, and he couldn't blame anyone else.

Some people are crushed by a single defeat and never recover. But Wang Zhiheng was not that kind of person; in fact, he despised those kinds of people the most.

At that moment, a figure landed lightly and blocked his way.

She was a girl wearing a Confucian academy uniform, with long pink hair tied in a high ponytail and bright, lively eyes. She was clearly taken aback when she saw Wang Zhiheng's appearance.

"Wang Zhiheng? Who did you run into? You look so disheveled?" The girl's tone was curious, but not sarcastic.

Her name is Li Yanran, and she was Wang Zhiheng's deskmate after he transferred to the Confucian Academy.

Wang Zhiheng looked up and smiled calmly: "It's nothing. It's like... making peace with my past self."

Li Yanran blinked: "You eliminated Luo Qiuyue?"

"No." Wang Zhiheng shook his head, speaking calmly, "I lost to her. In the end, she let me go, which is why I'm standing here."

"You lost?!" Li Yanran exclaimed in shock.

In her memory, Wang Zhiheng never admitted defeat and had never lost.

"Hmm." Wang Zhiheng nodded: "She's not as good as him in the details, so her loss is not unjust."

"I see..." Li Yanran said thoughtfully, then smiled. "But it's quite surprising that she would let you go."

"I was surprised too."

To be honest, Wang Zhiheng didn't fully understand why Luo Qiuyue stopped in the end. She had genuinely intended to eliminate him from the start.

Was it because of what Qin Le said?

Wang Zhiheng disagreed. Qin Le hadn't pleaded for him; it seemed more like Luo Qiuyue's own decision.

"Anyway, it's good that we weren't eliminated." Li Yanran naturally changed the subject, patting his shoulder: "Shall we go find the Chaos Beasts to farm points together?"

"Okay, let's go."

Wang Zhiheng nodded, and the two walked side by side, beginning their search for traces of the Chaos Beast.

On the other side, Chen Yun was flying through the air, heading towards the location of the nearest classmate indicated by the bracelet artifact.

Although his strength is among the top in this year's cohort, if he encounters two or three students from other academies of similar strength at the same time, the probability of being eliminated early is not small. Therefore, after entering the secret realm, it is wise to prioritize meeting up with classmates and forming a team.

He soon arrived at his destination.

Below, Chu Xiaonan's size had swelled to nearly twenty meters, and he was engaged in a fierce battle alone with three students from the Sanqing Academy. The three, two women and one man, were all at the early stage of Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness, and their teamwork was excellent, their attacks fierce.

Although Chu Xiaonan had reached the mid-stage of Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness, he could only barely maintain a balance when fighting three opponents at once.

"How did he get so big?" Chen Yun was stunned for a moment while looking at him from the air, but he didn't think much of it and quickly made a hand seal.

One ice, one fire, two elemental giant birds with wingspans exceeding ten meters materialized out of thin air, let out a long cry, and swooped down!

The four people below noticed it at the same time.

Chu Xiaonan looked up and saw Chen Yun, her face lighting up with joy; the three opposite her exchanged glances instantly, crushed the talismans in their hands without hesitation, and their figures merged into the ground, disappearing from sight.

"Tsk, you run really fast." Chen Yun landed and pursed his lips.

Chu Xiaonan quickly returned to her original size, took a breath, and smiled, "Thanks, you came at the right time."

"What did you just use? How did it suddenly get so big?" Chen Yun asked curiously.

"Following the laws of heaven and earth." Chu Xiaonan wiped his sweat. "It was taught to me by Erlang Shen."

"The law of heaven and earth?!" Chen Yun's eyes lit up, then he shook his head: "Then I was wrong, what you just did wasn't big enough."

He remembered the mythical being who could manifest the heavens and the earth, a divine body ten thousand feet tall, capable of standing upright between heaven and earth. Chu Xiaonan was less than twenty meters tall; the difference was too great.

"I've only been training for less than a month, how much bigger do you expect?" Chu Xiaonan was speechless.

"Look for Qin Le," Chen Yun said matter-of-factly. "Doesn't he know how to do it too?"

"I only got started after getting his guidance."

"Alright then." Chen Yun shrugged and tapped his bracelet. "Want to go together?"

"Walk!"

The two confirmed the location of the nearest chaotic beast horde and simultaneously took to the air, speeding away.

Soon, they arrived at their destination.

However, two groups of people were already fighting here, with three students from the Sanqing Academy facing off against three students from the Confucian Academy. The battle was fierce.

Chen Yun and Chu Xiaonan exchanged a glance, and a tacit understanding arose instantly between them.

Chen Yun formed hand seals, and the Ice and Fire Birds condensed once more; Chu Xiaonan pointed his sword, and more than ten golden light swords hovered behind him.

boom--!

Spells and sword rained down simultaneously!

The six people below had no time to react before their protective bracelets were triggered. With a flash of light, they were all teleported out of the secret realm.

"Done." Chen Yun clapped his hands, looking relaxed.

Without pausing, the two turned and flew to their next target.

Meanwhile, on Qin Le and Luo Qiuyue's side...

After deciding to form a team, Luo Qiuyue took out a flying magical artifact shaped like a bird from her storage ring. Infusing it with spiritual power, the artifact rapidly expanded, large enough to accommodate two people.

She leaped lightly onto the platform, sat down in front, and looked back at Qin Le: "Come on up. You don't want to travel on foot, do you?"

She had noticed that Qin Le did not seem to have the means to fly when he first appeared.

"OK."

Qin Le did not refuse, and with one step, his figure appeared beside her.

Luo Qiuyue's pupils contracted slightly: "How did you get up here?"

Qin Le opened his palm, and the transparent spatial cube reappeared, slowly rotating.

"Space Immortal Path"

"...Could you be any more exaggerated?" Luo Qiuyue rubbed her temples, her feelings complicated.

While his peers hadn't even touched the threshold of the laws, Qin Le had already mastered a higher level of immortality, and more than one.

The gap is so large it's heartbreaking.

"I think it's okay," Qin Le smiled, her tone relaxed.

Luo Qiuyue decided to skip this topic: "Was Wang Zhiheng unable to do anything to you just now also because of the Space Immortal Path?"

She recalled the strange state of the two when they appeared; Wang Zhiheng was clearly chasing Qin Le, but he could never catch up with him.

"Yes." Qin Le nodded. "He can't touch me."

"Truly...enviable." Luo Qiuyue chuckled, no longer asking any questions, and manipulated her magical artifact to fly towards the direction of the chaotic beast horde.

Soon, the two arrived at their destination.

More than a dozen Chaos Beasts were gathered below, and there were no other examinees nearby.

Just as Luo Qiuyue was about to form a hand seal, she saw that the chaotic beasts seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, suddenly gathering towards the center and crowding together.

Qin Le's voice rang out calmly: "Hurry up and finish it off."

Luo Qiuyue: "..."

She took a deep breath, formed a hand seal, and a blazing firebird swooped down, engulfing the beast horde.

The flames died down, leaving only charred remains.

"Space Immortal Path..." She put away the spell and sighed softly, "It's really convenient."