Starting with warding off evil and disaster, one can ascend to immortality after countless tribulati

Unlike Xu Youwei's exasperation, Jiang Ming was in a great mood at the moment.

Right now, he has plenty of resources at his disposal.

Not only are there five Eight Treasures Pills available, but there are also enough medicinal herbs to refine an additional twenty batches of Qi-Replenishing Pills and Yuan-Strengthening Pills.

With so many resources, even though the amount of spiritual energy required for the late stage of the fifth rank is twice that of the mid-stage, Jiang Ming is still very confident.

He sat cross-legged on the ground and started refining elixirs.

After several days of hard work, Jiang Ming's face was etched with fatigue.

However, looking at the overflowing porcelain vases, he couldn't help but smile.

Having accumulated sufficient experience, the yield of pills this time was quite impressive.

More than eighty Qi-boosting pills and forty Yuan-strengthening pills were produced.

Having gathered the resources, Jiang Ming held his breath and focused his mind, clearing away any distractions.

As the pills were gradually refined, the spiritual energy within his body became increasingly abundant, and streams of energy escaped as his chest rose and fell.

The mist condensed around Jiang Ming's body and was then reabsorbed into his stomach like a whale swallowing water, repeating the cycle.

No wonder there were no fifth-level cultivators in the blacksmith's workshop before; such terrifying consumption was simply unaffordable for ordinary people.

Once you reach the fourth level of the Qi Absorption Realm, the path to immortality is essentially over.

After half a month of hard work, feeling a faint swelling pain coming from his dantian, Jiang Ming concentrated his mind and tried his best to break through that invisible barrier.

In a moment, his eyes flashed with a sharp light, and a surge of heat filled the stone chamber. He clenched his fists, stretched his muscles and bones with pleasure, and a heavy weight was slowly lifted from his heart.

At the same time, he was filled with awe for Xu Youwei. This woman was indeed bad, but definitely not weak.

Between the middle and late stages, which are separated by a small phase, the amount of spiritual energy differs by nearly two times.

If the combat skills are similar and the physical strength is the same, a late-stage fifth-order cultivator can easily kill a mid-stage cultivator.

By analogy, it becomes clear that the gap between the fifth and sixth orders is enormous.

Jiang Ming let out a long sigh of relief, and his gaze instantly became clear.

Since crossing borders to kill enemies is so difficult, from now on he will only play low-level matches!

If he encounters someone with a higher cultivation level, he will retreat and give way to them.

If you encounter someone with low cultivation level, strike with lightning speed and seize all the benefits!

"Liu Xin, next time we meet, you'd better have successfully broken through to the late stage."

With a cold laugh, Jiang Ming stuffed all the treasures into his storage bag, then crushed the talisman.

Guided by a beam of azure light, his form instantly transformed, and he entered the secret realm of cultivation.

This place seems different from the outside.

Jiang Ming stretched out his hands and tried to touch the ancient bronze stele in front of him to verify his guess.

But the arm passed right through it in an instant, and at the same time, a panel suddenly appeared on the ancient stele!

Name: Jiang Ming

[Cultivation Level: Late Stage 5]

[Difficulty: Low, Medium, High]

[Return: Low, Medium, High]

Please select the difficulty level and expected reward level!

Following the prompts, Jiang Ming pondered for a moment and quickly made a decision.

[Positive match for low-difficulty, medium-reward levels.]

As a line of small characters popped up, the stone tablet instantly emitted a dazzling, ghostly light, and a powerful suction force quickly pulled him inside.

I opened my eyes to find everything around me shrouded in darkness, and I couldn't see the road ahead.

Using the fire from his palm to illuminate the scene, Jiang Ming looked at the dark stone walls on either side. His pupils contracted slightly, and his heart suddenly raced.

The space here is narrow and long, like a long bridge with no end in sight.

Gritting my teeth, I continued forward, a musty, rotten smell hitting me, accompanied by the clanging of chains.

With his eyes fixed on the front, Jiang Ming exerted all his power to activate the fire in the furnace, and in an instant, the area in front of him became as bright as day.

Bathed in the warm yellow firelight, he was startled to see an old man with shackles and chains, covered in red hair, standing at the end of the road, baring his fangs and staring at him with bloodthirsty eyes!

With a slash-like grin, it spat out a blood-stained finger.

Dragging his heavy shackles, he rushed towards Jiang Ming, snarling, "The entire Myriad Laws Sect... they all deserve to die!"

Holy crap, so they were hiding on this bridge!

However, with only a mid-stage cultivation level, I will avoid your sharp edge!

Sensing the familiar aura of the furnace fire, Jiang Ming assessed the strength of the evil spirit.

He immediately activated the Soul Devouring Spell, absorbing spiritual energy like a whale swallowing the sea to replenish himself.

Before the evil spirits could get close, Jiang Ming raised his hand and flicked out a wisp of flame. This move was none other than the Furnace!

With the enhancement of his late-stage fifth-order cultivation, the power of the furnace far surpassed that of the past.

In an instant, it burst forth from the old man's body, manifesting as a raging sea of ​​fire.

As a fiery evil spirit in the furnace, the old man felt no pain from the scorching flames.

Instead, he revealed an even more frenzied expression, sucking the raging flames into his mouth, only to spit them all out in an instant!

With the Soul Devouring Technique, he instantly refined the flames. Seeing that the battle was evenly matched, Jiang Ming flashed over.

The hands, like iron clamps, firmly grasped the evil spirit's withered arms, and then tore them apart forcefully.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Ming ripped half of the old man's body off, and blood gushed out like a waterfall!

At the same time, an indescribable substance broke free from the mangled body and swarmed around it like a vicious dog pouncing on its prey.

Holding his mind firmly, Jiang Ming retreated rapidly, took out the ancient painting, and frantically devoured Yang Liu's primordial essence.

In an instant, the wood fueled the fire, and the flames in Jiang Ming's furnace surged dramatically!

Gathering all his strength, he suppressed the evil fire in the furnace into a single mass.

With a wave of his hand, the Soul Devouring Spell frantically absorbed its essence.

The spiritual energy, originating from the same source, flowed continuously into his body. Jiang Ming dared not delay and immediately activated the "Small Furnace Fire Reaching Heaven Technique" to try to make it his own!

Several hours later, he opened his palm.

The wisp of fire in the furnace had now grown to a considerable size, condensing into a fist-sized ball that was both intensely hot and steady.

In this dim environment, it felt like warmth in the dead of winter, making people feel at ease.

After the evil spirit was defeated, a faint purple light appeared at the end of the road, indicating that the exit was there.

After searching the old man thoroughly but finding no trace of the storage bag, Jiang Ming left with a frown.

The next second, they were back in front of the ancient bronze stele.

[Level cleared. Rewards: White Bone Sword, "True Explanation of Lesser Vehicle Flying Sword", 200 Spirit Stones.]

As he hesitated, a blood-stained, gleaming bone sword suddenly appeared at Jiang Ming's feet, along with two tattered bamboo scrolls and a bag of spirit stones.

After carefully storing all the treasures, a clear light suddenly appeared before his eyes.

In an instant, Jiang Ming returned to the real world.

Sitting cross-legged in the stone chamber, he picked up the white bone sword and examined it repeatedly. His face turned pale as he instantly realized where it came from!

This object is the old man's spine!

To confirm his guess, Jiang Ming quickly opened "The True Explanation of the Lesser Vehicle Flying Sword" and, after studying it, indeed discovered a clue.

"Although both are seventh-grade cultivation techniques, it is far more ruthless and dangerous than the 'Small Furnace Fire Reaching Heaven Technique,' as it actually requires the cultivator to feed the sword with their essence and blood!"

However, the rewards are also exceptionally generous. Flying on a sword and killing enemies on a sword are both very practical spells!

Now that we have the sword, we can save ourselves a lot of hard work…”

His gaze suddenly turned cold; Jiang Ming had already decided in his mind how Liu Xin would die.