Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Once inside the immortal city, its prosperity was even greater than it appeared from the outside.

The streets were bustling with people, and shops lined both sides of the street, with signs written in several languages—human, demon, and several other languages ​​that Lin Zhao did not recognize.

Cultivators came and went on the street, including demon cultivators covered in scales and armor, alien races with horns on their foreheads, and even a few special creatures whose bodies were made entirely of coral, who strolled slowly along the street.

Longyuan Immortal City has been dealing with alien races for many years, and its acceptance of alien cultivators far exceeds that of other immortal cities.

Of course, it also means they are destined to be mortal enemies with Biluo Island.

The three of them didn't explore the area thoroughly. The commotion they had caused earlier had been too great, causing an uproar throughout the Endless Demon Sea. All sorts of forces, large and small, were trying to find out who did it, and all sorts of rumors were flying around.

Some say it's the seven overlords joining forces to wipe out a mysterious force; others say it's the Heavenly Venerable of the Heavenly Law Divine Sect personally taking action; still others say it's a group of rogue cultivators taking advantage of the chaos.

In a roadside teahouse, several Core Formation cultivators were loudly discussing: "Have you heard? The Azure Feather Clan has been completely wiped out! Not a single one of their thirty-seven territories remains!"

"What do you mean by uprooting them? None of the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Azure Feather Clan died. I heard that the one who died was a Nascent Soul Dharma Body from the Mystic Alliance."

"That's ruthless enough. I heard that only three people made the move, all of them were at the Core Formation stage."

Three Core Formation cultivators? Are you drunk?

Tianhao walked past without changing his expression. Bai Jing wanted to go in and talk to him, but Tianhao pulled her away.

Tianhao arranged a top-grade third-tier cave dwelling for Lin Zhao and Bai Jing. The cave dwellings were built on a branch of a fourth-tier spiritual vein, where the spiritual energy was abundant, and all kinds of facilities were readily available.

Bai Jing was a restless person. After a short rest, she started running around every day. One day she went to the market to buy materials, the next day she watched the competition, and the day after that she went to the port to bargain with foreign merchants.

Lin Zhao took stock of his gains from the trip in his cave. He opened his storage bag and found that the spirit stones were piled up like a small mountain and the spirit items were scattered all over the ground. Among them were two hundred third-tier spirit items, more than 100,000 high-grade spirit stones, and countless pills, materials, cultivation techniques, and jade slips.

Unfortunately, there are very few high-grade and top-grade treasures of the third tier, because those items are generally in the hands of Nascent Soul True Monarchs or in the possession of powerful Core Formation cultivators.

The Nascent Soul cultivators of the Azure Feather Clan never showed themselves, and the powerful Core Formation cultivators scattered and fled after they began their rampage.

The purpose of wiping out the Qingyu Clan was to lure out the Hou. The Qingyu Clan was not the main target. The real treasures were probably taken away by those powerful Core Formation cultivators.

The two best items came from the Dharma body of True Monarch Gray Owl. Although his Dharma body was devoured by White Crystal, two of the three top-grade third-tier magic treasures on his body fell into Lin Zhao's hands. The gray longsword was shattered in the battle, leaving only the two.

The purple bead is called the Purple Mystic Protector Bead. It is the size of a fist, deep purple in color, with countless tiny points of light slowly flowing inside, like a miniature star field. It has two supernatural powers, one offensive and one defensive—it can transform into a purple beam of light to bombard, or it can create a defensive barrier.

The white mirror is called the Condensing Essence Mirror. Its surface is as white as the moon, and its back is engraved with densely packed restriction patterns that can deflect attacks and imprison targets.

Both are quite good magic weapons, but that's about it. They have no potential to advance to the fourth tier, and in Lin Zhao's hands, they can only be considered transitional items.

He put away the two magical treasures, then took out the Xuan Yao Stone, which was about the size of a fist, dark black in color, with dark blue patterns flowing on its surface. Unfortunately, it was too small to be used to refine a third-tier magical treasure.

Lin Zhao spent nearly a month forging the Demon-Slaying and God-Devouring Sword. Thanks to the spoils from sweeping away the Qingyu Clan, he had no shortage of various forging materials.

The moment the third-tier Demon-Slaying and God-Devouring Sword was completed, the entire cave trembled. The sword was wide, a finger's width wider than the Starry Sky Rift Sword, and its entire body was bluish-black.

The sword was covered with countless fierce blue patterns, and between the patterns one could vaguely see the phantoms of demonic beasts struggling and roaring—that was the characteristic of the Demon-Slaying and God-Devouring Sword. Every time a demonic beast was slain, one more pattern would appear on the sword, and its power would increase by one point.

This sword is currently only a low-grade third-tier weapon, but it has the potential to advance to the fourth tier in the future. If a complete fourth-tier demon beast skeleton can be found as the main material, it will have the opportunity to advance to the fourth tier.

Of the three targets they faced this time, only Hou was a true contender against a fourth-tier demon beast. The other two Dharma bodies, although possessing combat power comparable to Nascent Soul cultivators, were unable to contend against a true fourth-tier demon beast, let alone kill it.

I can only wait for a better opportunity to advance. For now, I'll use third-tier monster materials to slowly increase the grade to top-tier third tier.

A month later, Lin Zhao emerged from seclusion after completing the weapon forging, and the three of them reunited. Bai Jing excitedly pulled several jade slips from her storage bag and spread them on the table.

Lin Zhao picked it up and saw that it was the Prodigy Ranking and the Ranking of Heroes compiled by the Alliance of Ten Thousand Laws. He had previously ranked eighteenth on the Ranking of Heroes as the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal. At that time, he had just come out of Yunzhou and killed hundreds of third-tier demonic beasts with his sword, thus successfully making it onto the Ranking of Heroes.

But this time, the three of them directly occupied the top three spots on the popularity chart.

Bai Jing is first, Tian Hao is second, and Lin Zhao is third.

Bai Jing ranked first, and neither of them had any objections.

In terms of overall strength, Bai Jing is indeed the strongest—the Soul-Devouring Scythe of Ten Thousand Bones is a fourth-tier magic weapon, the White Bone Armor's defense is comparable to a fourth-tier weapon, the three primordial demonic energies combine offense, defense, and escape, and it can summon millions of White Bone Legions.

Although Lin Zhao's attack power was superior to hers, her other abilities were far inferior.

Based on the overall score, Bai Jing deserves to be number one.

Bai Jing was clearly very satisfied with the ranking, looking at it over and over again. She then flipped to Tian Hao's page on the jade slip and pouted, "You're ranked second, probably because of your Tianlu Divine Sect."

After finishing her sentence, she changed the subject and brought up the old story again, mentioning how Tianhao had asked her for help on the battlefield and called her "Sister Jingjing," insisting that he call her that again in person.

Tianhao sighed and said helplessly that Dragon Abyss Immortal City was recently holding a tournament, and the prize was a rare, top-grade third-tier bone material. He asked her if she was interested.

Bai Jing's eyes lit up. After finding out the location of the arena, she ran out like a gust of wind.

Only two people remained.

Tianhao watched Bai Jing's figure disappear through the door and sighed. Although the three of them had fought side by side before, the Tianlu Divine Sect and the Jiuyou Demon Sect were ultimately mortal enemies, having fought for tens of thousands of years and accumulating countless blood debts.

In the future, a confrontation is inevitable. Fortunately, it's the Nine Nether Demon Sect. The Heavenly Law Divine Sect sometimes tries to ease tensions and win them over.

If it were the Myriad Beasts Spirit Lord's Mansion, there would be no point in even thinking about it; meeting them would mean certain death.