Starting as the heir of a marquis's mansion, I gained access to a summoning system.

He took a deep breath, circulated his inner energy, and used the Cloud Chasing and Moon Chasing Steps. His figure shot out from behind the boulder like a ghost, silently approaching the black bear.

When they were ten zhang apart, the black bear suddenly became alert, and its crimson eyes abruptly turned towards the direction of Weiwo in the east.

"I've been discovered." Dongfang Weiwo stopped hiding and suddenly increased his speed, rushing straight at the black bear.

The black bear let out a deafening roar and slammed its paws into the ground. The ground shook violently, sending debris flying and a shockwave spreading in all directions.

Dongfang Weiwo leaped into the air, dodging the shockwave, and turned in mid-air to circle around to the side of the black bear.

The black bear reacted extremely quickly, striking with its paw with a force as strong as a mountain and at an astonishing speed—unlike the slow pace he had anticipated.

However, Dongfang Weiwo's lips curled slightly upwards, and his figure twisted unpredictably in mid-air once more, effortlessly dodging the palm strike. The bear's paw grazed his robes, and the force of the wind cut off a strand of hair, but it failed to harm him in the slightest.

"The speed is acceptable, but the accuracy is a bit lacking," he commented casually.

The black bear roared and charged forward, each step shaking the ground.

A glint flashed in Dongfang Weiwo's eyes. Instead of retreating, he charged forward.

When he was only three zhang away from the black bear, his figure suddenly became blurry and split into three – three afterimages scattered to the left, right and forward respectively.

Phantom Step.

The black bear froze for a moment, a hint of confusion flashing in its crimson eyes, unable to distinguish which was the real body.

It slapped out two palms haphazardly, the force of the palms shattering the afterimage on the left and tearing apart the afterimage on the right, but they were all just illusions.

The true Eastern self has already circled around behind the black bear.

He leaped into the air, his form like a roc spreading its wings, reaching height level with the back of the black bear's head. His right fist clenched, his inner energy surging wildly—the third move of the Overlord Fist: Heaven-Shattering Strike!

A punch was thrown!

He used only 70% of his strength in this punch. The force of the punch was like the collapse of the sky, compressing the air into a transparent fist imprint, which whistled as it slammed into the connection between the black bear's head and neck.

"Snap!"

The crisp sound of bones cracking echoed through the valley.

The black bear let out a mournful roar, its massive body lurching forward and crashing to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. It didn't even have time to struggle; its limbs twitched twice before it went completely still.

Dongfang Weiwo landed gracefully, without even a speck of dust on his robes.

He walked to the black bear's carcass, his expression calm, as if he had merely swatted a mosquito. He opened the stone box, inside lay a round, pure white pill, emitting a faint glow and a delicate medicinal fragrance—the Barrier-Breaking Pill.

"A Grandmaster-level demonic beast is nothing special." He put the pill into his pocket, his tone indifferent. "This pill, however, is quite useful."

He glanced back at the black bear's carcass and shook his head slightly: "It doesn't even qualify to be my warm-up."

But soon, he composed himself, his gaze fixed on the depths of the mountains, lost in thought: "Those Grandmaster-level demonic beasts... perhaps they can make me take this a little more seriously."

With a faint smile playing on his lips, Dongfang Weiwo walked away with his hands behind his back, his steps unhurried.

Meanwhile, throughout the mountains, prodigies are engaged in fierce battles with demonic beasts.

The highest peak of the mountain range —

Chu Yunxiao stood with his hands behind his back, in front of a huge fiery lion.

The lion was three zhang long, its entire body ablaze with crimson flames, its mane like flowing lava, radiating a terrifying heat. The surrounding rocks were scorched red, and the air itself seemed to distort.

A demonic beast at the first level of the Grandmaster realm.

The Fiery Lion let out a deafening roar, opened its mouth wide, and spewed out a blazing pillar of fire that shot straight at Chu Yunxiao.

Chu Yunxiao's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't even draw his sword.

He raised his right hand, joined his index and middle fingers together, and pointed forward.

A sharp and unparalleled sword aura shot out from the fingertip, cleaving the pillar of fire in two, and with undiminished momentum, shot straight into the mouth of the fiery lion.

"boom!"

The sword energy exploded inside the lion's body, and the lion let out a painful roar. Its massive body rolled several times on the ground, the flames flickering.

But it didn't die. A demonic beast at the first level of the Grandmaster realm isn't so easy to kill.

"Interesting." Chu Yunxiao's lips curled up slightly as he finally drew the long sword from his waist.

A flash of sword light, like a fleeting shadow.

The fiery lion's head flew high into the air, and blood gushed out like a fountain, spraying onto the charred rocks with a hissing sound.

Less than a hundred moves.

Chu Yunxiao sheathed his sword, walked behind the lion, and opened a crimson stone box.

Inside was an ancient scroll with three large ancient seal characters on the cover: "The Heaven-Burning Technique".

"A low-grade Heaven-rank cultivation technique." A hint of satisfaction flashed in Chu Yunxiao's eyes. "Not bad."

He put the scroll into his pocket, turned around and looked down the mountain with a cold and arrogant gaze.

"My goal is to inherit the mantle of a celestial being."

Poisonous Fog Swamp —

Li Tianxing stood in front of a giant venomous python.

The venomous python was entirely black, over ten zhang long, and covered in cold, scale-like armor. It coiled itself in the swamp, constantly spewing purple poisonous mist from its mouth. Wherever the poisonous mist passed, vegetation withered and rocks corroded.

A demonic beast at the first level of the Grandmaster realm.

Li Tianxing licked his lips, his purple pupils gleaming with greed.

"Such a concentrated poison." He took a deep breath of the poisonous mist, a look of ecstasy on his face. "It's much stronger than what I swallowed before."

The venomous python seemed to sense the threat, hissing as it issued a warning and spraying its venomous mist even more violently.

Li Tianxing neither dodged nor avoided, but opened his arms and began to circulate the Heavenly Demon Technique.

A terrifying suction force erupted from his body, drawing the surrounding poisonous mist into his body as if pulled by an invisible vortex. He devoured and refined the venom of the python, transforming it into pure internal energy that flowed into his dantian.

"Not enough, far from enough." Li Tianxing's eyes shone brightly as he reached out to grab the venomous python.

The venomous python roared and opened its blood-red maw to bite him.

Li Tianxing neither dodged nor evaded, but directly struck the venomous python's mouth with his palm. Black demonic energy surged from his palm, entered the python's body, and began to devour its flesh, power, and life force.

The venomous python let out a shrill hiss and struggled violently, its huge body rolling in the swamp, splashing mud everywhere.

But its struggles grew weaker and weaker, its size shrank, and it eventually turned into a puddle of pus, which was completely swallowed by Li Tianxing.

Li Tianxing closed his eyes and sensed the changes within his body, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his lips: "My power has increased significantly again; I'm just one step away from becoming a Grandmaster."

He opened his eyes, looked into the distance, his gaze burning.

"The core territory... the Martial Saint's inheritance... I, Li Tianxing, am determined to obtain it!"