Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Standing on the flying boat.

As the powerful aura of the Fiery Arrow Eagle gradually dissipated into the world, Li Ping's eyes were filled with shock: "What exactly was that giant hand?"

With a single punch, he shattered the clouds of tribulation stretching for thousands of miles, and with one hand, he grabbed a fourth-tier great demon equivalent to a Nascent Soul cultivator. What level of power is this?

in fact.

Li Ping had always been curious why the human race would even bring the far north, a forbidden zone of life surrounded by other races, under their control and development, forcibly building eight main cities based on eight third-order spiritual veins.

This shows how much the human race's leadership desired to expand their territory.

But why did they turn a blind eye to the Cloud Mist Mountains? Only the Wind and Mist Immortal, who fled his homeland in panic, built a celestial city on the edge of the Cloud Mist Mountains.

This has nothing to do with ability.

After all, with human intelligence, dealing with those unintelligent third-tier demonic beasts in the Cloud Mist Mountains is not an easy task.

Even if the cultivators of the Western Wilderness are worried about not being able to deal with the massive number of demonic beasts in the Cloud Mist Mountains, they should not forget that the Great Zhou Dynasty is behind the Western Wilderness.

Any Nascent Soul cultivator from the Great Zhou Dynasty could easily wipe out all the third-tier demonic beasts in the entire Cloud Mist Mountain Range.

As for the Cloud Mist Mountains, which are teeming with poisonous insects and ferocious beasts and are unsuitable for human survival... can these harsh conditions be any worse than those in the far north?

After witnessing the cyan hand capture and subdue a transformed demon, Li Ping's question was finally answered.

He was still unclear about the nature of that cyan hand—whether it was a demonic beast or a human cultivator, whether it had made the Cloud Mist Mountains its lair, or whether it was feeding on the demonic beasts within the Cloud Mist Mountains…

But without a doubt, with such a thing in existence, unless a human Nascent Soul cultivator has lost their mind, how could they dare to covet the Cloud Mist Mountains?

"It seems that this is why there are no fourth-tier demonic beasts in such a vast area as the Cloud Mist Mountains." Li Ping breathed a sigh of relief.

This is a good thing.

For now, we can assume that any monster in the Cloud Mist Mountains that breaks through to the fourth rank will be captured by that cyan hand, and the late third rank is the ceiling of the monsters' strength in the Cloud Mist Mountains.

In this way, he, the human race, and Fenglan Immortal City all lost a threat.

For example, now that the fourth-tier Fiery Arrow Eagle has been captured, he no longer has to worry about being trafficked and having his soul extracted and refined, and Fenglan Immortal City no longer has to face the wrath of the fourth-tier demon king.

"When will I be able to possess such strength?"

Recalling the terrifying power of the cyan hand, a hint of longing appeared in Li Ping's eyes.

After a moment, however, he shook his head: "There's no point in thinking about it too much. Let's go build the teleportation array first."

With a sudden burst of divine thought, the flying boat beneath his feet shot out, heading towards the location of the teleportation array ruins, disappearing into the horizon in the blink of an eye.

……

"Where is this?"

Bai Qing cautiously surveyed his surroundings.

At this moment, he was in a desert with no end in sight, with a second-tier high-grade puppet following him.

Not long ago, he worked in perfect coordination with the second-tier high-grade puppet and used the second-tier high-grade spirit talisman bestowed by his elder brother to successfully kill the second-tier late-stage spirit beast blocking the way in the canyon and open the entrance to the secret realm.

After a moment of confusion, he inexplicably found himself here.

He was now unsure whether he had entered the secret realm marked on the map or somewhere else entirely.

Logically speaking, shouldn't a secret realm be full of treasures?

This world of sandy desert doesn't look like a secret realm at all.

Fortunately, he still had a way out.

His eyes flickered with uncertainty. He was about to activate his magic to leave temporarily when suddenly—

A surge of spiritual energy came from the distant horizon, followed by a burst of sky-piercing light that instantly turned half the sky red.

"There's a treasure." Bai Qing's eyes lit up.

Immediately, he disregarded leaving and, with his puppet, soared into the sky, flying towards the location of the burst of spiritual light.

Half an hour later, Bai Qing finally flew to the location where the spiritual light burst forth, but the scene there shocked him greatly.

The soaring light he had seen from afar turned out to be nothing more than a blazing pillar of fire as he drew closer. What was truly terrifying was that in the center of that pillar of fire, a huge bird, its belly ripped open, was hanging there, being roasted alive.

A rough estimate suggests that this bird is at least several hundred feet long!

What horrified Bai Qing even more was that, although the bird was already dead and was hanging there to be roasted, the oppressive aura emanating from its corpse still made him involuntarily tense up.

"Just how strong is this bird? This is bad... we can't stay here any longer!"

After seeing the situation clearly, Bai Qing turned and ran without hesitation.

But just as he had the thought of running away, an excited voice rang in his mind: "Why are you running when you see me?"

Bai Qing was even more horrified. He desperately tried to activate his magic power, but to his despair, due to the inexplicable spatial distortion, despite his desperate escape, he was forced to retreat instead of advance, and finally sat down on the sand.

When he looked up, he saw a handsome young man in a blue robe with blue patterns on his face looking at him with a mischievous grin: "I've been trapped here for so long, and I haven't seen any humans. You've disturbed my cultivation, so I'm thinking about how to punish you."

Bai Qing quickly bowed his head respectfully and said, "This junior has disturbed your cultivation, senior. Please forgive me. This junior will leave now."

"Hehe... I've been here all alone for who knows how many years. I finally found something fun, and you want to leave like this? I haven't had enough fun yet." Hearing the handsome young man's words, Bai Qing's heart sank.

"Play shuttlecock kicking, like last time, and end up killing him with it?" The handsome young man stroked his chin, his eyes thoughtful.

Bai Qing felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this, and he began to deeply regret his expedition.

"No, no, we can't play shuttlecock for long." The handsome young man shook his head and paced back and forth on the sand, looking deep in thought.

Bai Qing could now see that this handsome young man was clearly a powerful and terrifying troublemaker.

He had absolutely no power to resist the other party.

"I've got it! Let's play 'Statues, Don't Move'!" The handsome young man's eyes lit up with joy, and he suddenly jumped up.

"If you lose, I'll eat it—"

The voice stopped abruptly, and the handsome young man's expression froze for a moment before softening again: "Kid, I was just kidding. You're in luck, come and try my roasted bird."

Originally, Bai Qing had already resigned himself to his fate.

But unexpectedly, things took a sudden turn for the better. The handsome young man in front of him not only didn't kill him, but also invited him to have barbecue.

After moving his hands and feet a little, Bai Qing found that the spatial force that had bound him had disappeared, and he was free again.

"This junior thanks you, senior."

Bai Qing didn't know exactly what had happened to cause such a drastic change in the handsome young man's attitude, but the situation couldn't possibly be worse than it had been before.

Besides, he didn't seem to have a better option than to obediently follow orders.

Following behind the handsome young man, Bai Qing arrived at a stone hall.

The handsome young man glanced at Bai Qing behind him, slightly pursed his lips, and then a large piece of fragrant, golden-brown roasted meat, dripping with oil, was placed in front of him on a jade plate: "Try my cooking."

Bai Qing dared not refute.

If the meat really is poisonous and eating it will kill him, he has no choice but to accept it.

After all, if the other party really wanted to kill him, it would be an easy task, requiring no effort at all.

He had no other choice but to obey the senior in front of him.

Besides... this barbecue smells amazing!

"Then this junior will not stand on ceremony." Bai Qing swallowed hard, then began to eat heartily.

After eating a large piece of roasted meat, Bai Qing felt a sense of lightness and euphoria. Strands of pure vital energy began to emerge from all parts of his body, and his meridians felt sore and swollen, as if they were about to burst.

"not good!"

Ignoring the danger he was still in, Bai Qing inwardly groaned and could only sit cross-legged to refine the abundant vital energy produced by consuming the spiritual food roasted meat.

The handsome young man just stared at him with a sullen expression.

"I worked so hard to catch this bird, and you got the first bite? I'm starving after all this work." The handsome young man muttered, making a swallowing motion, as if he were swallowing air.

But in reality, at the very moment he opened his mouth...

outside world.

A gigantic python's mouth, reaching from the sky to the earth, suddenly appeared and swallowed the roasted bird, hundreds of feet long, whole in one gulp.

"I wonder when I'll be able to have a good meal again." The handsome young man glanced at Bai Qing, who was sitting cross-legged, a hint of boredom and loneliness flashing in his eyes.

……

One day later.

The dark silver flying boat stopped at the location of the damaged teleportation array.

Li Ping put away the flying boat, and his whole body transformed into a light blue streak of light, flying downwards, passing through the natural cave passage, and finally appearing at the location of the teleportation array marked on the map.

After confirming that everything was in order, he did not immediately begin repairing the teleportation array, but instead carefully examined the surrounding environment.

To his surprise, there was a small second-tier spiritual vein inside the cave.

After a moment's thought, Li Ping decided to use this small second-tier spiritual vein to set up a second-tier high-grade concealment formation here, hiding the teleportation array along with the cave itself.

This way, we can prevent monsters from destroying the teleportation array.

With his mastery of array formations at the lower third rank, setting up a high second-rank array formation was naturally a piece of cake.

In less than a few days, the formation was already in place.

As he activated the formation, a wave of water swept through the cave, concealing everything.

Satisfied, Li Ping entered the formation, took out the many spiritual materials he had already collected, and patiently began to construct the teleportation array platform.

Teleportation arrays are a standard fixed array, and even cultivators with a rudimentary understanding of arrays can replicate them with considerable confidence if they follow the steps systematically.

Satisfied, Li Ping entered the formation, took out the many spiritual materials he had already collected, and patiently began to construct the teleportation array platform.

Teleportation arrays are a standard fixed array, and even cultivators with a rudimentary understanding of arrays can replicate them with considerable confidence if they follow the steps systematically.

Li Ping had already reached the third-tier low-grade level in array formation, and with the 100% success rate bonus from the inheritance tree "One Proof, Eternal Proof", creating teleportation arrays was naturally a piece of cake.

A month later.

Li Ping nodded in satisfaction.

In front of him, a brand-new octagonal teleportation array lay quietly.