The immortals of the two worlds started from farming and refining pills.

Chapter 329: Heaven’s Merit, Overcoming the Tribulation and Watching the Ceremony (First Update)
The Nirvana Fire turned into an elixir furnace with the Bifang hovering above it, burning the demon cultivator inside so that he was spewing fire all over and wailing and cursing.

The originally strong demonic energy, under the forging of Nirvana Fire, gradually returned to its original state and turned into pure spiritual energy, rising in the furnace.

In the small furnace on the magic platform, three fire bulls opened their mouths and spewed divine fire vigorously, refining his soul at the same time.

Perhaps because they thought their progress was too slow, the three little green bulls in the courtyard of Taihao Palace turned into streams of light and also disappeared into the magic cultivation platform.

"Moo moo..." The green ox shook its head and tail, turned into firewood, and fell under the stove, using wood to make fire, accelerating the process.

Finally, the demon cultivator stopped wailing, and his strong body gradually broke apart and turned into pure energy.

The Taoist platform hidden deep in the Dantian collapsed, and the understanding of the Tao within it turned into a magical aura that attracted the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"I curse you..." His illusory spirit cursed sharply, and finally completely dissipated. Only a trace of his true spirit remained floating in the small stove.

Li Qing sighed, pointed at the alchemy furnace transformed by his spiritual fire magic, and blew off its top cover.

Suddenly, vast and condensed vital energy rushed up into the sky and turned into a column of air, penetrating the small world where the oasis was located.

If a demon cultivator at the eighth level of foundation building were to die simply at this point, it would not only pollute the vitality of heaven and earth, but would also make the oasis ecology, which is already being eroded by yellow sand, even more fragile.

But after Li Qing's refining, along with his more than two hundred years of understanding of the Tao, it completely returned to heaven and earth, and the atmosphere was different.

I saw the column of air piercing through the sky and earth, stirring up the wind and clouds. Suddenly, auspicious clouds rolled up in the sky, and drizzling rain fell.

This rain is not ordinary rain, but sweet rain. However, the vitality contained in it is far beyond what Li Qing can compare with.

Li Qing felt something in his heart, and realized the truth and principles contained in the raindrops. He felt that the three kinds of spiritual water he had refined had improved further.

The sweet rain fell on the desert, and new green spots appeared out of nowhere, turning into a green belt that gradually spread towards the windbreak planted by Li Qing.

Suddenly, a tiny ray of light fell from the sky, with nine colors, magnificent and colorful, and fell on Li Qing's head.

Li Qing's mind moved, and he flew out of Taihao Palace to meet the nine-colored rays of light.

Then the rosy glow was seen falling on the central courtyard of Taihao Palace, transforming into a perfect ray of mysterious light that flickered slightly in it, giving a faint illusion of being "invulnerable to all kinds of attacks".

"Is this... a blessing from heaven?" Li Qing was somewhat incredulous, "Just because I refined a demon cultivator?!"

But he quickly overturned his guess. Looking at the green belt that was about to connect with the windbreak forest, Li Qing suddenly realized.

"It's this oasis, or the secret land of yellow sand, that is saving itself!"

He had experienced the collapse of the Qingxia Secret Realm, so naturally he also vaguely felt that the Huangsha Secret Realm was heading towards its end.

On the hill where the high platform in the oasis is located, the palace has collapsed, the ancient trees have fallen, and the former owner has disappeared.

Natural disasters such as the bone-cutting divine wind ravaged the secret realm, consuming all life and turning it into an endless desert.

The human-faced snake tribe lamented that the number of intelligent races participating in the transaction was decreasing.

The companion civet cats of the cat-headed people are becoming more and more mentally retarded due to inbreeding.

Not only is the environment in the Yellow Sand Secret Realm deteriorating, but the civilization within it is also heading towards extinction.

Although Li Qing's arrival was far from enough to reverse the situation, it brought an opportunity for improvement.

Therefore, the secret realm is felt, and it not only grants opportunities for breakthroughs, but also bestows merits to protect.

This is the first bit of merit that Li Qing has gained since he embarked on the path of cultivation. It is not much, but it is of great significance.

Merit is a thing with infinite uses, but it is particularly difficult to obtain.

With Li Qing's current vision, he only knew that after the Earthly Immortal Realm was sublimated into a blessed land, merits would descend upon it. But even for Qinghe Valley, there was still a long way to go before it could be promoted to a blessed land.

"It seems that this secret place once had a great origin..." Li Qing speculated in his heart and stood up from the fifth-grade lotus platform.

He waved his hand, and Taihao Palace rolled up the six calves and returned to the Lingtai. Bifang and the Danlu also turned into a Nirvana fire and fell into the Dantian.

In front of us, there was only a wisp of the demon cultivator's true spirit floating up and down.

Li Qing used sweet rain to cleanse it thoroughly, then sacrificed the White Lotus of Universal Salvation and used his innate witchcraft to "save the souls of the wronged" to save them.

It is rumored that in ancient times, there was the underworld and the six realms of reincarnation in the world of cultivation, and the battles between cultivators were limited to killing souls and bodies, but not damaging their true spirits.

However, times have changed, the underworld and reincarnation have disappeared, and many cultivators, especially those on the path of magic, have no scruples and usually wipe out the enemy's true spirit.

But Li Qing believes in these taboos.

Moreover, he heard that when the Imperial Master fought with others, he never harmed the enemy's true spirit. Even after killing the Great Zhou Kingdom's mortal enemy, the Nine Hells Demon Lord, he did not destroy his true spirit in the end.

Influenced by this, cultivators in the Great Zhou Kingdom generally leave room for this aspect.

After the demon was cultivated and returned to heaven and earth, it was time to close the Yellow Sand Secret Realm.

Li Qing did not return to the oasis to reunite with Sang Yuwan and Niu Xinjing. Instead, he hid in the sand, took off the elf's Nuo mask, and restored his own image.

His outward aura also "broke through" from the second level of foundation building to the third level of foundation building.

"Boom..." The secret realm began to shake.

Li Qing did not resist the subsequent spatial transformation and soon returned to the sky above Xuefeng Lake.

Sang Yuwan and Niu Xinjing appeared not far from him.

In addition, there were dozens of figures at the foundation-building stage, who were wary of each other and flew away in all directions.

The two men and three beasts who had wanted to besiege Li Qing did not appear. It was presumed that they were buried in the murderous intent in the oasis.

Li Qing and the other two gathered together, feeling the energy rising from their bodies, and laughed out loud in unison.

Among them, the Ox Heart Mirror was promoted from the sixth level of foundation building to the seventh level. But Li Qing knew that the third-level spiritual apricot tree was his greatest gain.

Sang Yuwan did catch a lot of rare dragon carp, but that was just a byproduct.

The boiling aura around him almost attracted the spiritual energy of Xuefeng Lake, causing an interaction between heaven and earth.

Xuan Palace Steward Zhou Yi also entered the secret realm and was not far from the three of them when he came out.

His eyes were burning, as if he was practicing some kind of pupil technique.

Li Qing quickly activated the Elf Nuo Mask to strengthen the concealment of his realm, but at the same time just right exposed the strength of the "third level of foundation building".

Zhou Yi's gaze swept across Li Qing, paused for a moment on Niu Xinjing, and finally fell on Sang Yuwan.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Sang, you are on the verge of achieving Dan!" He bowed slightly to express his congratulations.

Sang Yuwan laughed loudly and bowed to the many monks who were still staying in Xuefeng Lake: "I have gained something from this trip to the secret realm!"

"In a month, I will be going through the Dan-forming Tribulation at Yanglong Lake. If you don't mind, fellow Taoists, you can come to Yanglong Lake to watch the ceremony."

Li Qing couldn't help but think of True Man Qing Yan before he reached the stage of Dan Formation. Comparing them in his mind, he felt that in terms of bearing and breadth of mind, the other party was far inferior to Sang Yuwan.

(End of this chapter)