A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

According to the previously established rules, the battles between Core Formation cultivators would begin in the evening, and Foundation Establishment cultivators would have to leave before that time, since the aftershocks of the battles between Core Formation cultivators could kill them.

When Lin He entered Jingu Plain, it was already deserted, as the number of Core Formation cultivators was far less than that of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Lin He arrived at a desert, the meeting place he and Nangong Wan had agreed upon. Nangong Wan had not yet arrived, so he sat down to meditate and wait.

After a while, a pretty figure suddenly appeared; it was Nangong Wan.

Upon seeing Lin He, Nangong Wan stepped forward and said, "Have you been waiting long?"

"I just arrived recently," Lin He shook his head, then took out the Flowing Cloud Banner and handed it to her.

"Once this ancient treasure is used, it can form a cloud of mist that can block the detection of divine sense. You can use it to hide in the air and wait for an opportunity to strike."

This was a strategy they had discussed beforehand. Nangong Wan had also spent some time familiarizing herself with the exquisite ancient treasure, the Flowing Cloud Banner, and was now using it without any awkwardness.

Soon, a cloud of mist rose up, enveloping her entire figure. Nangong Wan flew into the air with this cloud of mist, merging into the nearby clouds. At the same time, she used the Nameless Concealing Qi Technique to completely hide herself within it.

Lin He couldn't detect anything even when he used his divine sense, so he was relieved.

Despite being the target of both the Ghost Spirit Sect and the Spirit Control Sect, he acted quite nonchalantly, showing no intention of hiding anything.

Lin He controlled Lan Chou, using the Golden Rain Sword to carry him through the air. A dazzling golden light flashed by, quickly attracting the attention of a Core Formation stage cultivator.

This was a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation, dressed in the robes of the Spirit Control Sect. Upon seeing Lin He, he was overjoyed.

"You scoundrel, you dare to fly so ostentatiously? You're truly audacious! I'll wipe you out today and avenge Fellow Daoist Yan!"

This man stopped Lin He, looking confident of victory. Lin He asked, somewhat surprised.

"Old Monster Yan died at my hands, and you still dare to stop me?"

The man scoffed, "Bah! If Hong Fu hadn't severely injured Old Monster Yan, could you, with just an early-stage Core Formation avatar, have killed him?"

"That makes sense. Let me see what your skills are."

After Lin He finished speaking, he flicked his ten fingers, and ten fireballs flew out. The Yu Ling Sect cultivator sneered when he saw this, and without even releasing a shield, he casually unleashed a few wind blades.

"You, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, dare to attack me... wait, what is this black bead...?"

The black bead, mixed among the ten fireballs, was quickly struck by a wind blade. In that instant, an invisible spiritual shock appeared. There was no blinding white light as expected, nor any earth-shattering explosion. Instead, it was silent and eerily difficult to defend against.

When the black orb was destroyed by the wind blade, the cultivators of the Spirit Control Sect felt an exceptionally powerful impact on their souls. This was a level-five Soul Burning Orb, capable of impacting the souls of cultivators in the early stages of Core Formation.

The cultivator from the Yuling Sect felt his brain shut down instantly, suddenly losing his ability to think, and he stood there blankly.

Although the Soul-Burning Pearl is powerful, its effect is short-lived. The stronger the opponent's spiritual sense, the faster they will regain consciousness.

With the opponent's cultivation at the early stage of Core Formation, it would take at most three seconds for the opponent to recover, but those three seconds were enough for Lin He.

In an instant, a giant tortoise puppet at the early stage of Core Formation appeared, and Lan Chou used the ancient treasure that he had already activated—the Mountain-Splitting Seal.

The giant tortoise puppet opened its mouth and emitted a thick stream of water that pierced through the unprotected Yu Ling Sect cultivator. At the same time, the Mountain-Opening Seal suddenly slammed down, crushing the Yu Ling Sect cultivator to death on the spot.

The fact that a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation was killed so easily by Lin He surprised not only Lin He, but also Nangong Wan, who was hiding in the sky. She found it hard to believe that the Soul Burning Pearl was too effective.

However, Lin He immediately realized what was going on and thought to himself, "This person underestimated me too much. He didn't even deploy his shield, which is why he was able to succeed so easily."

After extracting the essence and carefully storing the giant tortoise puppet, storage bag, and corpse, Lin He continued flying.

The dazzling golden light flew so conspicuously that it immediately attracted the attention of many eyes, and soon two early-stage Core Formation cultivators from the Ghost Spirit Sect caught up with it.

"You scoundrel surnamed Lin, where do you think you're going?"

Lin He ignored them and continued flying at full speed. The two Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators behind him also chased after him with all their might. As the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, Lin He did not panic at all. Instead, he used the traction technique to discover several familiar figures.

Not far ahead, several figures were engaged in a battle, including Fuyunzi of Qingxu Sect, a burly man surnamed Yan from Giant Sword Sect, and a cultivator surnamed Jian from Spirit Beast Mountain.

All three were mid-stage Core Formation cultivators, and at this moment they were facing off against three mid-stage Core Formation cultivators from the Yuling Sect.

The two sides exchanged blows, looking quite exciting, but neither was actually fighting with all their might; it seemed like the battle was evenly matched.

The cultivator surnamed Jian from Spirit Beast Mountain was about to do something when he suddenly frowned, as if he had discovered something. He quickly looked over at Lin He, and when he saw Lin He, a strange smile appeared on his face.

Fu Yunzi and the burly man surnamed Yan had obviously also noticed Lin He, and then they saw the two Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators chasing after Lin He from behind, and they couldn't help but frown.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin He flew over to Fu Yunzi and the other two. However, the two Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators behind him did not stand with the three Spirit Control Sect cultivators, but instead stood in another direction.

"Why are you two chasing after me?"

"You brat surnamed Lin, are you still going to play dumb? You killed so many Foundation Establishment cultivators from our Ghost Spirit Sect and participated in the siege of Fellow Daoist Meng. Today, you are going to die."

"Is that so?" Lin He remained noncommittal.

The two men said no more, and instead attacked Lin He at the same time, sending out two flying fork-shaped magical artifacts covered in emerald green flames, which looked extremely poisonous.

Seeing this, the burly man surnamed Yan was afraid that Lin He would not be able to withstand the attack, so he immediately swung his giant sword and slashed out. A thick sword aura flew out and blocked the two flying forks that were coming.

Meanwhile, three Yu Ling Sect cultivators on the other side also launched an attack. Fu Yunzi and the cultivator surnamed Jian quickly stepped in to intercept them, and Lin He also controlled Lan Chou to defend against them.

Upon seeing this, Fu Yunzi quickly transmitted his voice, "Fellow Daoist Jian, Junior Nephew Lin and I will hold off the attack for now. You assist Fellow Daoist Yan in defeating the two early-stage Core Formation cultivators from the Ghost Spirit Sect, and then we will deal with these three cultivators from the Spirit Control Sect."

A strange light flashed in Jian Daoyou's eyes, then he nodded in agreement. He broke free and went to the side of the burly man surnamed Yan.

"Fellow Daoist Yan, I'm here to help you!"

The burly man surnamed Yan nodded, about to join forces, when suddenly a highly venomous flying snake swooped out and bit his arm. A stream of black energy flowed into his bloodstream. At the same time, the cultivator surnamed Jian struck out with his palm, which landed heavily on the burly man surnamed Yan, causing him to spit out blood and suffer a severe injury.

The burly man surnamed Yan was both shocked and furious. He quickly sealed his acupoints and looked at the cultivator surnamed Jian with disbelief.

"you……"