Yunmeng Immortal Clan

Just then, Zhou Yuling and her group encountered more than a dozen second-tier low-level demonic beasts.

Dressed in a black robe and bamboo hat, Song Daoxuan stepped into the depths of the Heavenly Demon Cave. Along the way, he encountered countless vengeful spirits and ghosts.

These vengeful spirits are far stronger than most places in the cultivation world where yin energy is abundant.

Based on Song Daoxuan's experiences, these vengeful ghosts are at least at the peak of the first rank.

If someone with cultivation below the Foundation Establishment stage dares to enter this Heavenly Demon Cave, it's practically suicide.

Countless first-tier peak vengeful ghosts perished at Song Daoxuan's hands, while only a handful of vengeful ghosts reached the initial stage of the second tier.

These vengeful spirits were all dressed in Taoist robes, and a faintly visible skull floated in the dark mist. They were all transformed from the souls of deceased cultivators.

When a living being dies tragically without cause, carrying a grudge in life and unwilling to be reborn into the cycle of reincarnation, it will become a ghost.

Ghosts are a type of life form with a yin attribute. Once they transform into ghosts, they have no connection whatsoever with their original souls and become entirely new beings.

Low-level ghosts hunt living creatures solely on instinct, while some high-level ghosts in the cultivation world can even develop so-called intelligence, which is extremely terrifying.

In the cultivation world, there is another type of cultivator: ghost cultivators. Although ghost cultivators and ghosts both belong to the Yin attribute, the only difference is that ghost cultivators are beings that retain their consciousness.

Ghost cultivators are mostly cultivators in the cultivation world who, before their death, cultivate using special secret methods, resulting in physical damage but immortal souls.

Like some normal cultivators, ghost cultivators, while possessing an immortal soul, can use special methods to possess a lower-level cultivator once. However, they must still abide by the ironclad rules of possession within the cultivation world:

That means only high-level cultivators can possess low-level cultivators' bodies, and a cultivator can only use the possession technique once in their lifetime.

Even under the right conditions, there is a high probability of failure in possession. If possession fails, the soul will dissipate and there will be no chance of reincarnation.

Some ghost cultivators never use the method of possession in their entire lives. Instead, they rely on devouring living souls to strengthen their soul power. In this way, they can gradually increase their cultivation level and cast some dark spells.

However, such ghost cultivators are rumored to be extremely rare in the cultivation world. Because the methods of ghost cultivation are considered to be against the heavens, they are subject to great suppression by the Heavenly Dao. It is said that very few of them can break through to the Nascent Soul stage or even ascend to the Upper Realm.

To be honest, Song Daoxuan didn't want to get entangled with these vengeful spirits present. Killing them wouldn't yield any materials and would only waste a cultivator's spiritual energy.

The Heavenly Demon Cave was filled with a chilling aura. Although Song Daoxuan, with his mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation, could easily cope with it, the deeper he went into the Heavenly Demon Cave, the faster his spiritual energy diminished.

Song Daoxuan's goal was to collect enough star crystals to refine enough star threads. He didn't want to waste his spiritual power and perish here before finding any star crystals.

Deep within the Heavenly Demon Cave, the air was already very thin, yet ghostly mist still permeated the entire cave.

Song Daoxuan took out a first-tier lighting talisman from his storage bag, intending to illuminate the way ahead, and poured a wisp of magic power into it.

However, these illuminating talismans only shone for a fleeting moment before quickly dissipating.

"I didn't expect the chilling aura here to be so intense; even this lighting talisman has been reduced to such a degree..."

Since he couldn't use any means to illuminate the area, Song Daoxuan could only rely on his divine sense to prepare for any unexpected risks.

However, after Song Daoxuan used his divine sense to investigate, he found that he could not find anything at all. In the Heavenly Demon Cave, the effect of divine sense was greatly reduced. Only when Song Daoxuan was 120 feet tall, with divine sense comparable to the late Foundation Establishment stage, could he see some blurry figures in the dark.

Almost none of the other cultivators deep within the Heavenly Demon Cave were undergoing major cultivation at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

After all, once you've reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, there's no real bottleneck to reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment; it just takes time.

Therefore, most of those in the late Foundation Establishment stage in the cultivation world are in seclusion, and very few venture out to seek opportunities.

The divine senses of the other cultivators in the Heavenly Demon Cave were not as strong as Song Daoxuan's. If they wanted to use their divine senses to spy on people, they had to be within a range of several feet.

After Song Daoxuan had no choice but to kill several evil spirits blocking his way, he finally succeeded.

Suddenly, sounds of fighting came from the front, including the whooshing of magical energy and the clashing of magical artifacts.

There are three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators ahead.

One of them was a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Sword Inquiry Sect, while the other two Foundation Establishment cultivators were cultivators from the same sect, the Myriad Poisons Sect.

Song Daoxuan didn't know why they started fighting.

In fact, there was no enmity between the cultivators of the two major cultivation sects.

Walking through this extremely dark Demon Cave, no one can be sure whether a passing cultivator will attack them.

Among several equally matched individuals in the Heavenly Demon Cave, where divine sense cannot discern true cultivation levels, whoever strikes first gains the upper hand.

If you don't seize the initiative and strike first, and the other party suddenly attacks you, you are likely to be the one who dies.

Although the five major cultivation sects are known as being closely united in the outside world, once they enter a place like the Heavenly Demon Cave, even though they are all part of the righteous alliance, they instantly become nothing more than a facade.

Under the combined attack of two Wan Du Sect cultivators, the Wen Jian Sect cultivator died on the spot.

Two Wan Du Sect cultivators, in the darkness, touched the corpse and took the person's storage bag.

But the next moment, Song Daoxuan passed by them. The distance was too close, and the two Wan Du Sect cultivators noticed him.

Without hesitation, they each activated their top-tier magical artifacts and charged towards Song Daoxuan.

"Heh, courting death!" Song Daoxuan had been on guard against the two of them for a long time. With a thought, two flying swords flew out of his storage bag.

Both swords were powered by spiritual energy at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

It spun around in mid-air and then suddenly stabbed at the two of them, while simultaneously casting a spiritual energy shield that easily withstood their attacks.

However, the two Wan Du Sect cultivators were not in a good position. One of them, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, had not yet reacted.

A flying sword pierced through his skull in an instant.

The other cultivator from the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect had a top-tier defensive magic artifact to withstand the attack.

The two spiritual lights were locked in a struggle.

Another flying sword flew out from the dead man's head, circled for a while, and then joined the other flying sword.

The next moment, a hole appeared in the top-notch defensive artifact.

"Damn it, this person is actually a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator!" Under the contest of magical power, this Wan Du Sect cultivator sensed the other person's cultivation level and was extremely surprised.

"Fellow Daoist, spare my life! I am a cultivator from the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect. Please don't kill me. You can have all my storage bags!" This early Foundation Establishment cultivator was gradually unable to withstand Song Daoxuan's profound magical power and begged for mercy.