The path to immortality through martial arts begins with being forced into marriage!

For the next two days, Cui Yi was like a tireless killing machine, hunting wildly on the outskirts of the wasteland.

The reason he didn't hunt down high-level demonic beasts immediately was because Cui Yi was familiarizing himself with his own power.

Every breakthrough requires a period of adjustment.

The significance of this stage is to gain a clearer understanding of changes in one's own strength and limits.

On the evening of the third day, Cui Yi stood on a boulder, his gaze fixed on the valley below.

In the valley, a giant tiger, entirely black, was lying on the ground, dozing off.

This giant tiger was over five zhang long, its entire body covered in black scales, with a row of dark red bone spurs on its back, and its breath exhaled from its nostrils carrying scorching flames.

Dark Flame Demon Tiger, mid-stage Core Formation stage.

This monstrous beast has been entrenched in this valley for over a decade and is one of the overlords of this area.

Several demon-hunting teams attempted to hunt it down, but all of them ended up as its meal.

Cui Yi leaped down from the boulder. He made no attempt to conceal his presence or lighten his steps, and simply walked in casually.

It's not that he's being pretentious, but rather that there's no need to take it too seriously.

When he was still at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, he was able to kill someone in the early stage of Core Formation. Now that he is at the peak of Core Formation, the middle stage of Core Formation is naturally no match for him.

The loud commotion startled the Dark Flame Tiger awake. It raised its head, its vertical pupils fixed on the human who dared to trespass into its territory.

Then the Dark Flame Tiger paused for a moment, a question flashing through its enormous head.

This human's aura... how come it's only at the first level of Qi Refining?

He had lived for over a hundred years and had never seen anyone so arrogant at the first level of Qi Refining!

It was furious, feeling that its dignity had been seriously challenged!

Roar! ! !

A deafening tiger roar shook the earth, causing rocks to tumble down from both sides of the valley!

With its four claws exerting force, the Dark Flame Demon Tiger pounced on Cui Yi like a black lightning bolt!

Its gaping maw, wide enough to crush any Core Formation cultivator, snapped down at Cui Yi!

But the Dark Flame Demon Tiger only felt a blur before its eyes, and the next moment its head was separated from its body.

The massive body lurched forward several feet due to inertia before crashing to the ground, creating a deep crater.

A demonic beast at the mid-stage of the Core Formation Realm was instantly killed by Cui Yi with a single sword strike!

Cui Yi gave the "Slowly" in his hand a slight shake, and then teleported to the side of the Dark Flame Demon Tiger's corpse, raising his hand to press it down.

The Floating Pagoda began to operate and the devouring process started. This time, the refining process took longer than before.

After a dozen or so breaths, a notification sounded.

"Refining complete. Lifespan granted: thirty years."

Cui Yi nodded slightly. Being able to gain thirty years of lifespan in the mid-stage of Core Formation is much better than being in the Foundation Establishment stage.

He spent two days killing monsters on the outskirts, but all of that time he gained was less than the lifespan given by a single mid-stage Core Formation Realm demon beast!

Two days of practice have allowed Cui Yi to use the power of the Core Formation Realm with ease; it's time to delve deeper.

With a thought, all his true energy was mobilized simultaneously, and in the blink of an eye, Cui Yi had already traveled hundreds of miles into the wilderness.

This place has completely broken away from the boundaries of Northland City and is a truly wild and untamed land.

The air was thick with the stench of blood and decay, and the corpses of monsters and traces of battle were everywhere.

Here, humans are the prey!

At this moment, Cui Yi was rampaging through the territories of various demonic beasts when he actually bumped into a powerful one.

A giant, jet-black python roared and suddenly rose from the ground to block his path. Its vertical pupils, like two eerie green lanterns, exuded a suffocating pressure.

The Netherworld Python's aura had clearly reached the peak of the Core Formation stage!

Cui Yi stared at the giant python, his eyes burning with intense fighting spirit.

Peak Core Formation!

This is a demon beast of similar cultivation level to mine; I've finally encountered a feast!

In the past, he had always been able to kill opponents of higher levels, but now, fighting against opponents of the same level gave him the illusion of being on vacation.

After a battle, Cui Yi came to a conclusion.

This Netherworld Python at the peak of Core Formation is indeed much stronger than the previous demonic beasts.

The defensive power of that scale armor alone was already astonishing. Cui Yi used the "Slowly Slash" technique with all his might, but it only managed to cut in three inches before it could not penetrate any further.

In the end, the second move of the Three Swords of Xuantian, Soul Devouring, was used to severely damage his soul first, and then the third move, Heaven-Opening Sword, was used to behead him. The whole process took half an incense stick's time.

Cui Yi raised his hand and placed it on the giant python's corpse.

The pagoda operated frantically, and this time, the refining process lasted for a full half-incense stick's time.

"Refining complete. Lifespan gained: 120 years!"

Cui Yi's eyes lit up slightly; finally, the value had reached a level he could accept.

The corpse of a Netherworld Python in the late stage of Core Formation granted him 120 years of lifespan. Therefore, if he wanted to obtain a high lifespan, he had to use this as a dividing line!

Cui Yi raised his head, his gaze becoming even more intense.

Several more days passed, and Cui Yi, like a tireless killing machine, hunted wildly in the depths of the wasteland.

I killed seventeen demonic beasts at the early stage of Core Formation, gaining two hundred and fifty years of lifespan in return.

The demon beast, at the mid-stage of Core Formation, killed nine heads and gained 270 years of lifespan.

I killed four demonic beasts that were in the late stage of Core Formation, and gained 480 years of lifespan.

Including the Foundation Establishment demonic beasts he had killed before, in just seven days, he had accumulated more than 1,200 years of lifespan!

This lifespan value already satisfied Cui Yi.

As a result, a powerful surge of true energy suddenly emerged within the area covered by the mental power.

This aura suddenly reminded Cui Yi of the dragon he had encountered in the Fallen Soul Gorge!

Golden Core Realm!

It's a demonic beast at the Golden Core stage!

Cui Yi's eyes lit up instantly, and he changed the direction of his sword flight accordingly.

Beside the pool, a giant ape, pure white all over, was squatting on the ground, tearing apart the corpse of a monster.

The giant ape was over three zhang tall, its body covered with thick white fur, but its eyes were eerily blood red.

The corpse of the monster that it tore apart and devoured was also at the mid-stage of the Core Formation Realm!

A monster that could dominate a region in the northern wilderness was treated like a chick and made into food!

A demonic beast flashed through Cui Yi's mind: the Snow Demon!

These monsters are extremely rare and ferocious. They feed on other monsters and occasionally attack human villages.

It is said that a fully grown snow demon, even at the peak of the Core Formation Realm, is powerful enough to fight against a human cultivator at the early Golden Core Realm.

Cui Yi looked at the snow demon, and a hint of interest finally appeared in his eyes.

At the early stage of the Golden Core realm, it should be considered the strongest demon beast in the vicinity.

Once this snow demon is killed, this journey can be completed!

As soon as the thought came to mind, Cui Yi leaped up from the platform.

While in mid-air, he hesitated, guided by his telekinetic power, and stabbed fiercely at the snow demon's neck!

When you're trying to kill someone of a higher level, you can't use any fancy tricks; everything should be focused on killing the enemy!