I tamed beasts and achieved immortality in the world of cultivation.

"I knew it wouldn't be that easy."

Chen Qing's lips twitched as he watched the progress bar reach 83%, but he felt no joy whatsoever.

He looked around and saw that the space made of bones was like a huge cocoon. It probably covered an area of ​​dozens of miles. The dome was made of countless bones intertwined, and a ghostly green light leaked through the gaps between the bones, making the whole space look eerie.

And those skeletons are constantly crawling out of the sea of ​​bones beneath our feet.

Wielding bone knives and swords, emitting a "crackling" sound as they surged toward the bone platform where Chen Qing was located.

"fine."

Chen Qing scanned the area with his spiritual sense and felt somewhat at ease.

Although there were many of these skeletons, most of them only had an aura equivalent to the first or second level of Qi Refining, and some didn't even have any cultivation at all; they were just skeletons moving around.

Qingtian and Danyu were barely able to handle it.

"Skybreaker, to the left!"

"Niwa, to the right! Don't let them get near me!"

After Chen Qing finished conveying his thoughts, Qingtian and Danyu immediately took action.

Standing on the left edge of the platform, Qingtian, four feet tall, blocked the bone steps. His monkey eyes were wide open, his fists were clenched, his gray fur stood on end, and he exuded a violent aura.

Just as a skeleton at the second level of Qi Refining climbed onto the high platform, Qingtian slammed down with a punch!

"Click—"

The skull shattered, the eerie green flames instantly went out, and the skeleton was scattered all over the ground.

Another skeleton at the third level of Qi Refining pounced from the side. Qingtian didn't even look at it, and slapped it with his backhand, sending the skeleton flying more than ten feet away, where it fell apart in mid-air.

On the other hand, Niwa's performance was much more elegant.

A five-foot-tall snow-white crane stood on the right side of the bone platform, its long neck held high. The white flames in its heart transformed into more than a dozen thin lines of fire, which accurately shot into the eye sockets of the skeletons.

"laugh--"

When the will-o'-the-wisp met the white flame, it instantly ignited, and the heads of more than a dozen skeletons exploded at the same time.

Dan Yu folded her wings and gracefully shook her feathers.

Chen Qing watched as Qingtian and Danyu fought relatively easily, but he felt no sense of relief.

These skeletons are too weak.

This world of bones is so vast, how could it only contain these low-level Qi Refining minions?

He looked up at the sea of ​​bones below the platform, countless bones piled together like waves on the sea, stretching as far as the eye could see. And in the deepest part of this sea of ​​bones, he could vaguely sense several stronger auras awakening.

Chen Qing stared at the progress bar on the light screen.

85%...86%...87%...

Just as the progress bar reached 90%, Chen Qing's expression suddenly darkened.

He sensed three significantly stronger auras rapidly approaching from the depths of the Sea of ​​Bones—three skeletons at the late stage of Qi Refining!

"Trouble is brewing." Chen Qing's heart sank. He quickly sent a telepathic message to Qingtian and Danyu, "Qingtian, Danyu, we've got a tough opponent! Finish this quickly and buy me some time!"

Upon hearing this, Qingtian's monkey eyes lit up instantly.

"Late stage of Qi Refining?"

He slammed his fists together with a dull thud, and the three golden hairs on his head trembled violently. "Finally, someone who can fight! Today, I, Qingtian, will be Zhang Fei of Yan!"

Having said that, Qingtian bent over, used his legs to leap off the high platform, and rushed straight towards the direction where the three skeletons had landed.

With a flap of its wings, Dan Yu transformed into a streak of white light and followed Qing Tian.

Chen Qing didn't have time to look around; his eyes were fixed on the light screen.

90%...91%...

At the edge of the Sea of ​​Bones, three skeletons finally crawled out completely from the pile of bones.

They were larger than ordinary skeletons, with dark yellow bones and deep red, dark green ghost fire in their eye sockets, radiating a strong malevolent aura.

The leader, a skeleton at the eighth level of Qi cultivation, wielded a bone axe with a dark red light flowing across its blade. With each step it took, the bones beneath its feet creaked under the weight.

Qingtian was the first to meet the skeleton at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and his right fist slammed hard onto the axe surface of the bone axe!

"clang--!"

A deafening clang, like metal clashing, echoed through the world of bones. A fine crack appeared on the bone axe, and the skeleton was forced back three steps by the impact.

But the crimson flames in its eye sockets flickered twice, and it steadied itself, raising its bone axe to strike at Qingtian once more!

"That's pretty good!"

Qingtian dodged to the side, his left fist slamming into the skeleton's ribs, breaking three ribs instantly. But the skeleton seemed oblivious to the pain, swinging its bone axe and forcing Qingtian to retreat two steps.

The other two skeletons, both at the seventh level of Qi cultivation, charged towards the high platform.

Crimson Feather descended from the sky, its wings spread wide, and Crane Heart White Flame transformed into two lines of fire, precisely striking the heads of the two skeletons.

The two skeletons simultaneously raised their bone knives to block, the fire striking the bone knives with a hissing sound, leaving charred marks on the surface of the bone knives, but they did not break.

Niwa narrowed his black bean-like eyes, seemingly somewhat displeased.

She flapped her wings again, and this time she spewed out three fist-sized balls of white flame, which she blasted towards the two skeletons!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Three loud explosions rang out, and the two skeletons were blasted backward. One of them had its left arm blown off, with bone fragments flying everywhere.

But more skeletons are crawling out of the sea of ​​bones.

The Qi Refining layers were densely packed, numbering innumerable.

Chen Qing's face darkened.

You can't outlast them by simply waiting it out.

These skeletons seemed endless, and even if Qingtian and Danyu were incredibly powerful, their spiritual energy would eventually run out. If their absorption was interrupted, not only would all their previous efforts be wasted, but they didn't know when they would encounter these creatures again.

"I can only hope it gets finished soon..."

Chen Qing gritted his teeth, glanced around, and suddenly raised an eyebrow.

Three extremely sharp sword lights were rapidly approaching from the right, closing in hundreds of feet in the blink of an eye.

Chen Qing's pupils contracted slightly.

Trouble.

How did Gao Fu and his two buddies manage to get here?

Chen Qing quickly glanced around—a high platform of white bones, blood-red skulls, and an army of skeletons covering the mountains and plains; anyone who saw it would know that there was something good here.

Although Gao Fu and the other two had helped him before and seemed to act like righteous cultivators, it was just a small favor they did on a whim.

That's not necessarily true now.

Those who cultivate the Tao usually appear dignified and have deep brotherly affection, but when it comes to an opportunity that can change their destiny, they can turn on you faster than flipping through a book.

Chen Qing has experienced this firsthand!

"A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime; he must hide!"

Chen Qing felt a chill run down his spine. He took out a blue robe from his storage bag and put it on, then put on a silver mask that he had never used before.

Just as Chen Qing finished changing his clothes, he suddenly sensed another aura.

Hundreds of feet in front of the three sword lights, a dark figure with a deeply concealed aura was rapidly approaching, even faster than Gao Fu and his companions by three points. It was clearly the creature from the secret realm who had mastered the "Myriad Manifestations Origin Core".

Is it rushing over now because it sensed that fragments of the world were being extracted?

But what could these two things possibly have to do with each other?

That "Fragment of the World" is extracting the essence of the Abyss Secret Realm!