Devouring demons, I attain immortality.

Zhongzhou Tianjian City.

As Lin An shattered the last spirit stone of the teleportation array, the Xuan Tian Mirror reflected the soaring sword intent from a thousand miles away.

The gate of Tianjian Pavilion resembles a giant sword hanging upside down, with seven layers of protective formations shimmering with starlight.

"Who goes there? State your name!"

The disciples guarding the mountain rose up on their swords, their sleeves embroidered with the emblem of a horned dragon.

The Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade suddenly trembled, and the Azure Dragon in the eastern part of the star map on the scabbard shone brightly.

Lin An drew his fingers across his eyes and glimpsed the bronze sword box imprisoned deep within the mountain—the very location of the Horned Dragon Sword Soul.

"Shut up!"

The phantom of Zhenyu Peak swept past the mountain gate, and the bones of the thirty-six disciples guarding the mountain were shattered.

The Devouring System activated automatically, and the Mysterious Heaven Seal at his waist emitted a blue light.

[Devouring 36 sword cultivators at the Refinement of Spirit stage!]

[Gained +720 Kendo Essence!]

[The sharpness of the Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade has been increased by 1%!]

The protective mountain array condensed a ten-thousand-foot-long sword aura that slashed down, and Lin An let the sword energy strike his shoulder.

The golden light from the Vajra Buddha bone surged, and the force of the backlash shattered seven sword peaks.

"What kind of monster is this!"

The Heavenly Sword Pavilion Master arrived, shattering the void, with a golden wheel of Dharma form, a feature unique to cultivators at the Void Realm, floating behind him.

Lin An's gaze swept over the other person's sword, and a system notification popped up:

[Kang Jinlong Sword Soul fluctuations detected!]

[We recommend seizing it!]

The Xuan Tian Mirror suddenly shone, and time and space froze for three breaths.

The Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade pierced the gap in the Dharma Image Golden Wheel, and the Devouring Vortex tore wildly along the blade.

"How dare you..."

The Heavenly Sword Pavilion Master was shocked to discover that his cultivation was slipping away, while his natal sword was being suppressed by the Profound Heaven Seal.

[Devouring the Golden Wheel of the Void Realm Dharma Body!]

[Gained 15000 Geng Metal Essence!]

[Unlock the third form of the Mysterious Heaven Seal: Burial Platform!]

Lin An shattered the Pavilion Master's skull with a palm strike, and the Kang Jinlong Sword Soul transformed into golden light and disappeared into its sheath.

Two stars of the Azure Dragon constellation in the east instantly lit up, and the blade energy automatically cleaved open the stone gate of the forbidden area.

Sword Tomb Forbidden Land - Azure Dragon Abyss

A sword dragon composed of 100,000 broken swords coiled at the bottom of the abyss, and sword energy shattered with every step Lin An took.

The Xuan Tian Mirror reflected three bronze coffins at the core, with the coffin lids engraved with the Di Tu Hao, Fang Ri Tu, and Xin Yue Hu constellations, respectively.

"Sword puppet?"

He sneered and kicked the coffin lid away, and the three sword puppets, radiating the pressure of the Dao Integration Realm, opened their eyes at the same time.

The Burial Platform flew out from the palm of his hand, transforming into a hundred-mile-long altar that enveloped the Sword Abyss.

As the first sword puppet lunged with a spear, Lin An, though arriving later, seized its throat:

"swallow!"

The Devouring System glowed brightly red, and the millennia-old sword energy within the sword puppet transformed into a black tide that surged into its dantian.

The remaining two sword puppets formed a battle formation and launched a combined attack, but the Time-Tracing Divine Power reversed their offensive.

[Devouring the ancient sword essence!]

[Gained 3 copies of the True Meaning of Slaughter!]

[Nine Revolutions Demon-Slaying Blade Awakening Trait: Spell Break (Ignores protective qi below the Dao Integration Realm)!]

When the last sword puppet turned to dust, a stone statue of a blue dragon rose from the bottom of the abyss.

The Heart Moon Fox Sword Soul was inserted into the stone statue at the seven-inch mark, but it was bound by eighteen chains.

Lin An suddenly slashed the chains with a single blow, causing the entire Central Plains' earth veins to tremble.

Half a fragment of the Chaos Bell was exposed where the stone statue had cracked, and the surface of the bell was covered with the constellations of the Seven Mansions: Horn, Neck, Root, Room, Heart, Tail, and Winnowing Basket.

"I see..."

He allowed the fragments to merge into his brow, and ancient secrets surfaced in his sea of ​​consciousness—the Twenty-Eight Constellation Sword Souls were originally the array eye of the Chaos Bell that suppressed the heavens.

This place is boring, I should go!

With a thought, Lin An's figure vanished into the void in an instant.

Southern Xinjiang - Wan Gu Forest.

Three months later, Lin An crushed the last Gu cultivator's head.

The Southern Vermilion Bird Seven Constellation Sword Soul is being nurtured within the body of the Miao Jiang Holy Maiden, yet this woman is attempting to control him with a love potion.

"Fellow Daoist Lin..."

The saintess's neck was adorned with the Jingmu Hanxing pattern, and her eyes exuded a captivating ethereal aura, as if she wanted to seduce Lin An.

Lin An was not about to fall for her tricks. The Nine Revolutions Demon Slayer Blade pierced through his dantian and precisely extracted the Ghost Golden Sheep Sword Soul.

Lin An gripped the saintess's snow-white neck, savoring the despair in her eyes: "The Star Sun Horse Sword Soul is hidden in the lower dantian? Thank you for the guidance."

[Devouring a Gu cultivator at the Tribulation Transcending Realm!]

[Gained 30000 Heavenly Gu Essence!]

[Breaking through the Realm: The Third Level of the Distracting God Realm! 】

When he stepped out of the Ten Thousand Gu Temple, the entire forest had been corroded into scorched earth by poisonous miasma.

The Xuan Tian Mirror suddenly reflected the direction of the Western Regions—there, a demonic aura that made his heart tremble was resurfacing.

Next place!

The Western Buddhist Kingdom: The Abyss of Demons.

Lin An arrived in an instant.

Purple blood is seeping from the cracks suppressed by the Eight Treasures Prayer Wheel, and the golden statues of the Eighteen Arhats are covered with cracks.

Just as Lin An cleaved through the last barrier of Buddhist light, he saw the demon general tear open a fissure in his right hand.

"It's you again! Why won't you let me go!"

The demon general's roar shook and collapsed the hundred-mile-long Buddhist pagoda; the pressure of the Tribulation Transcending Realm triggered a thunderstorm in the heavens.

The fragment of the Chaos Bell on Lin An's forehead automatically protected its master. He raised his hand and summoned the Burial Platform: "Last time I ate your left hand, how about I taste your right hand this time?"

The Heaven-Swallowing Dharma Form rose from the ground, its ten-thousand-foot-wide open mouth swallowing the thunderstorm.

Using the technique three times in succession, the Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade finally severed the demon's finger.

The Devouring System roared like never before:

[Devouring the remnant body of a Heavenly Demon at the Tribulation Transcending Realm!]

[Gained 80000 Chaos Magic Essence!]

[Unlock the incomplete Chaos Bell divine power: Imprisonment of All Heavens (once per day)!]

[Warning! The host's physical body is about to collapse!]

Before tearing through the void to escape, Lin An slammed Zhenyu Peak into the crack with his backhand.

The thousand-year-old foundation of the Buddhist kingdom in the Western Regions has turned to dust.

North Plains Cold Territory·Xuanbing Cave

After his body was reshaped by the millennium-old marrow, Lin An looked at his reflection on the ice.

All 360 acupoints in his body shone with starlight, and the twenty-eight constellation sword souls had been gathered.

Suddenly, the Xuan Tian Mirror reflected a strange phenomenon in the East Sea—the ruins of the Blood Marrow Sect's headquarters, which had been swallowed up, were now revealing a giant bronze gate engraved with the "Void Sun Rat" star pattern.

He gripped the hilt of his sword and sneered, while the Heaven-Devouring Dharma Image behind him roared to the sky.

The icy wasteland was blasted open by a hundred-mile-long chasm, as if the heavens had paved a long stairway for the strongest to ascend to godhood.

East Sea: Return to the Void and Mystery

The bronze gate loomed in and out of the thick fog, its door frame adorned with reliefs of sun rats gnawing at star patterns.

Lin An shattered the ice floes on the crest of the wave, and the beam of light from the Xuan Tian Mirror pierced through the mist, revealing twelve black-sailed warships a hundred miles away.

"People from Nine Nether Island?"

He caught a glimpse of the Netherworld emblem on the bone banner at the bow of the ship, and the phantom of the Prison Peak in his palm was emitting lightning.

On the Nine Netherworld Warship, the black-robed elder crushed the communication jade talisman, and the seven skulls at his waist simultaneously opened their eyes: "Island Master, a rogue cultivator suspected to be at the Nascent Soul Realm is approaching the ruins, should we..."

Before he could finish speaking, the entire warship suddenly tilted.

Lin An landed in the main cabin on the Xuan Tian Seal, the Nine-Turn Demon-Slaying Blade pressed against the old man's neck: "Tell me how to open the door, and I'll spare your life!"

"Please calm down, senior!"

A bronze compass fell from the old man's sleeve.

"We need to collect the essence blood of the sea beasts representing the four seasons (Zi, Chou, Yin, and Mao) on the night of the new moon..."

As the blade flashed, the old man's right arm was severed at the root.

Lin An picked up the blood-stained compass, and the Devouring System glowed blue:

[Lies detected!]

[Soul-searching and spirit-stealing are recommended!]

"Wait...wait! What we really need is the Tidal Essence!"

As the old man screamed, the memory orb that flew from his forehead was frozen by the Xuan Tian Mirror—the scene showed the Lord of Nine Nether Island setting up an altar at the bottom of the sea.

Underwater Altar, 3:45 AM.

Lin An paused in his action of breaking through the defensive formation.

Inside the jade bottle held by the Lord of Nine Nether Island, the Soul of the Void Sun Rat Sword was absorbing the spiritual energy of the Void Returning to Nothingness.

Eighteen corpse puppets at the Dao Integration Realm formed a Nine Palaces Formation, subtly corresponding to the constellations and directions of the gate.

"Tracing back through the years."

Three breaths of time rewound, and he appeared in the core area of ​​the altar.

The Burial Platform crashed down, and the joints of the corpse puppet emitted a piercing grinding sound.

The Lord of Nine Nether Island crushed the life-saving jade talisman, only to find that the space had been sealed off by the Chaos Bell Phantom.

Do you know why I left your body intact?

Lin An lightly flicked the tip of his knife, and the jade bottle fell into his palm.

"This body, shaped like someone at the Tribulation Transcending Realm, is perfectly suited for refining into an avatar."

[Devouring the remnant soul of a Tribulation Transcending Realm cultivator!]

[Obtained the Array Dao Explanation (Mid-Grade Heaven Rank)!]

[Unlock the Mysterious Mirror Array Deduction Function!]

Bronze Giant Gate - New Moon Night.

Lin An flicked his finger at the eye of the Void Sun Rat relief, the primordial energy seeping from the crack in the door causing the rocks to hiss and crackle. The Devouring System suddenly issued an alarm:

[Mahāyāna Realm sea beast/demon fluctuations detected!]

[Activating the Twenty-Eight Constellations Sword Formation is recommended!]

The star map on the scabbard projected the phantom images of the Azure Dragon and White Tiger, and the tentacles attacking from inside the gate were shredded into pieces by the starlight.

Lin An stepped through the blood-red waves and entered the gate, with fragments of the Chaos Bell automatically forming a half-dome behind him.

Guixu Secret Realm - First Heaven.

The medicinal herbs scattered everywhere turned to dust under the oppressive force, but Lin An stared thoughtfully at the sword marks on the rock wall.

This strike, left behind three thousand years ago, still retains the same Devouring Daoist essence as him.

"That's interesting!"