A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

On the nameless island, the once clear sky suddenly changed color.

A large, dark cloud appeared, having gathered around us without us even realizing it, accompanied by streaks of silver lightning and occasional booming thunder.

At the same time, the surrounding spiritual energy began to swirl wildly around the island, forming a huge vortex several miles in diameter beneath the dark clouds.

Such a commotion naturally attracted the attention of cultivators within a radius of several thousand miles.

Amidst the astonished and uncertain expressions of the crowd, the vortex of spiritual energy gradually dissipated, and the sky, which had been covered by dark clouds, returned to its clear blue state.

Some cultivators quickly retreated, afraid of disturbing the other party, because this was clearly a celestial phenomenon indicating that someone was forming their core, and it seemed that the other party had already successfully formed their core, so they naturally did not want to provoke them.

Some cultivators also wanted to get to know a Core Formation senior, take the opportunity to say a few words of congratulations, and hope to get good luck and see if they could obtain some opportunities.

Furthermore, two early-stage Core Formation cultivators harbored ill intentions, hoping to take advantage of this newly promoted Core Formation cultivator before he could refine his natal magic weapon and while his strength was still weak.

At this moment, Lin He slowly stood up, reached out and pinched his cheek, then revealed a smile.

"Hehe, I've finally formed my core!"

Feeling the magical power and divine sense that were several times stronger than before, Lin He was filled with joy. Now, if he were to control those early-stage Core Formation puppets again, it would definitely not be as difficult as before. According to his own estimation, without affecting his own combat power, he could control five early-stage Core Formation puppets at the same time without any problem. Of course, if he wanted to pursue the limit, he could control even more puppets by relying on puppet tactics, but in that case, he would not be able to use other methods. Lin He would not do that unless absolutely necessary.

Lin He made thorough preparations for this Core Formation. Over the past thirty years, he spent seven years cultivating to the Pseudo-Core Realm and another twenty years completing the third level of the Great Evolution Technique, which greatly increased his spiritual sense. In addition, he used the Snow Spirit Water, Heavenly Fire Liquid, and Dust-Subduing Pill—the three essential items for Core Formation—to assist him. With so much preparation, he finally succeeded in forming his Core!

Suddenly, Lin He's expression turned cold. With his current Core Formation stage spiritual sense, he sensed something was wrong just by casually releasing it.

Not to mention the group of Foundation Establishment cultivators who wanted to form a bond, there were even two early Core Formation cultivators who secretly sneaked over using two magical treasures that were good at concealment.

They thought they were getting away with it, but little did they know that Lin He could sense their every move clearly.

"Get out of here now!"

Lin He used his Core Formation stage magic power to shake the Foundation Establishment cultivators so much that even the magic artifacts beneath their feet trembled. They quickly turned around and fled.

However, the two early-stage Core Formation cultivators ignored the warning and instead moved even closer.

Seeing this, Lin He was about to make a move when he realized something and quickly moved, manipulating a flying sword magic weapon to fly into the air.

The island he was on shook violently, and streams of lava suddenly shot out from its bottom!

Lin He easily dodged the flying sword by simply tapping it with his right foot, and only then did he get a clear look at what it looked like.

This is a giant lava turtle, seven or eight zhang tall. When it opens its mouth, it exhales scalding hot air.

"It's actually a level seven demonic beast with both earth and fire attributes!"

There was actually such a terrifying monster hidden at the bottom of this small island, and Lin He hadn't even discovered it yet. It seems that the creature had been sleeping at the bottom of this small island for countless years, but was disturbed by Lin He's Core Formation celestial phenomenon and had to be awakened.

"Looks like it's quite grumpy when it wakes up."

This giant tortoise possessed powerful dual-attribute magic, and the magma and flames it spewed were incredibly hot; even from a great distance, one could feel their heat, and it would make one's mouth go dry.

The giant lava turtle quickly spotted Lin He and found the culprit that had woken it up. It opened its mouth and spewed out a thick stream of magma. Lin He quickly dodged, but the giant lava turtle refused to give up and continued to spew flames from its large mouth, relentlessly pursuing Lin He.

"Lava breath?"

Lin He snorted coldly, unwilling to get entangled any longer. The longer the fight went on, the more likely it would attract more cultivators and demonic beasts.

Thinking of this, he decided to finish the battle quickly. He patted his storage bag, and the eighteen pill corpses flew out one after another, forming a mysterious arrangement. Eighteen streams of corpse energy flew out and then formed a giant pill corpse, with a terrifying aura of the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm emerging.

The giant lava turtle seemed to sense the threat and stopped chasing Lin He. Instead, it tried to dive to the bottom of the island.

"Trying to run? Not so easy!"

With a thought, Lin He sent out a pale hand that caught the giant lava turtle as easily as catching a chick.

The giant tortoise struggled fiercely, but to no avail. Although it was much stronger than an ordinary level seven demon beast, it was still easily captured by the giant corpse with the cultivation level of the early Nascent Soul stage.

Another pale hand seized the opportunity to strike, and with a casual slap, the massive body of this level seven demon beast slammed heavily onto the island's ground. Its aura plummeted, and it was utterly powerless to resist.

Lin He put it into his spirit beast pouch. Although this level seven demon beast was not weak, it was far inferior to the Frost Dragon and Ape I in his possession.

One of them possesses a trace of the bloodline of a true dragon, and the other possesses a trace of the bloodline of a mountain giant ape; their potential far surpasses that of this lava giant turtle.

Lin He has now figured it out: no matter how many ordinary spirit beasts there are, they are not of much use. You have to devote a lot of your divine sense to controlling them, which is not worth it. Focusing too much on quantity and not on quality is useless.

"Wan'er is still missing a powerful spirit beast, and this lava giant turtle can be of some use."

Lin He subdued a level seven demon beast in an instant. This scene was witnessed by the two early-stage Core Formation cultivators, who immediately fled, only to be caught by the pale hand.

"We are elders of the Sixth Hall. If you kill us, the Sixth Hall will fight you to the death."

"Heh heh, a fight to the death?" Lin He sneered, and with a thought, he exerted force with his pale hand, squeezing the two people to death.

"The Six Palaces? I'll be going to find them soon, I promise you'll see them very soon."

Lin He took out a small bottle and quickly extracted the blood from the two men, then placed a portion of it on the eighteen corpses.

"This thing needs to be nourished with the blood of a Core Formation cultivator every now and then, which is really troublesome."

Lin He collected the eighteen corpses, then collected the two corpses, their storage bags, and the two magical treasures that were good at concealment. He quickly turned into a blinding blue light and disappeared into the horizon.

An hour later, two early-stage Core Formation cultivators arrived at the location.

"Elder Miao, what's going on? This lingering aura should belong to Elder Xu. Could something have really happened to him?"

"Elder Gu, that's not all. I also sensed Elder Wang's lingering aura here. It seems they both perished here."

Elder Gu's face darkened upon hearing this. "The Myriad Sounds Sect has been expanding rapidly lately. I don't know where they got so many level-five demon beast materials. Their development momentum is a bit too strong, and they seem determined to drag us down. Could this matter be related to them? Could it be that they've hired some kind of expert?"

Elder Miao said in a deep voice, "Brother Gu, it seems we can no longer ignore the existence of the Myriad Sounds Sect. We should use some methods."

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Unaware that he had inadvertently triggered a conflict, Lin He had already begun flying towards Biling Island.