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

The snow ape suddenly looked up!

It dropped the corpse in its hand, its blood-red eyes fixed on Cui Yi, who was falling from the sky.

The moment its aura was locked on, it sensed an unprecedented threat!

The human who suddenly entered its field of vision, though only at the first level of Qi Refining, was so powerful that the fur on its body stood on end!

Roar! ! !

The snow demon roared to the sky and slammed its hands onto the ground!

boom!!

A violent shockwave spread outwards from it, causing the pool water to shatter and sending rocks flying!

Its massive body leaped into the air, and its two fists slammed down towards Cui Yi!

The power of this punch is enough to split mountains and shatter rocks!

A cold glint flashed in Cui Yi's eyes.

The Three Swords of Xuantian, First Form!

The sword light flashed like lightning; the snow demon's fists were still in mid-air when the sword light pierced through its chest!

puff! !

A jet of blood shot out from its back! The ferocious power contained within the sword light frantically eroded its meridians, and the snow demon's massive body instantly stiffened!

But as expected of a demon beast at the early stage of the Golden Core Realm, its vitality is astonishingly strong!

Even after being injured, he showed no sign of backing down; instead, he became even more frenzied!

Roar! !

Ignoring the injury to its chest, Snow Demon continued to pound down with its fists!

Cui Yi raised an eyebrow and flicked his wrist, causing the "Qieman" he was holding to strike again!

The Three Swords of Xuantian, Second Form!

Soul Devourer!

Several twisted and eerie sword energies split off from the sword tip, like vengeful ghosts, and instantly burrowed into the snow demon's body!

The snow ape's movements suddenly froze!

Those sword energies weren't attacking the physical body, but rather the soul!

Snow Demon felt a deafening explosion in its mind, as if countless steel needles were frantically piercing its soul!

The pain far exceeded the physical injury, causing it to let out a piercing scream, and at the same time, it could no longer bring itself to strike with its fists.

Its massive body convulsed violently in mid-air before crashing down into the pool, creating a spray of water everywhere.

Cui Yi landed by the pool and watched the snow demon struggling in the water.

It is not dead yet. Its soul has been severely damaged, but its physical body is still strong and it is still trying to get up.

Cui Yi raised his hand and used his true energy and mental power to control Qieman simultaneously!

The Three Swords of Xuantian, Third Form!

Creation of Heaven!

A sword light, condensed to its extreme, shot out. The sword light was not vast, but it carried an will to annihilate everything!

The moment the sword flashed, the snow demon's head fell to the ground, and the blood gushing from the severed wound stained the entire pool red.

After sensing that the snow demon was no longer alive, Cui Yi confidently sheathed his sword and quickly walked to the snow demon's corpse.

I wonder how much lifespan this monster can grant me?

Perhaps because the vitality of the Golden Core realm was too abundant, this time the refining process took longer than any previous one.

A full incense stick's time later, the familiar notification sound rang in his mind.

"Refining complete. Lifespan granted: 360 years!"

Three hundred and sixty years!

Cui Yi's pupils contracted slightly.

This lifespan of 360 years is even longer than the lifespan he gained when he broke through to the Core Formation Realm, plus the accumulation from the previous seven days...

With a thought, Cui Yi's consciousness sank into the Floating Pagoda.

Inside the tower, a dense, almost tangible, golden light floated silently.

That was all the lifespan he had accumulated during this time, transformed into a ball of light, which contained 1,530 years of lifespan!

Cui Yi looked at the ball of light, and a slow smile appeared on his lips. He seemed to have never fought such a rich battle before.

What does 1,530 years mean?

An ordinary Core Formation cultivator's lifespan is only three hundred years, but his one thousand five hundred and thirty years is enough for five Core Formation cultivators to live a lifetime!

And he has only used seven days!

I used to think my lifespan wasn't long enough, but it turns out it was because I hadn't killed enough people. Everything in the world is predetermined.

Using the life force of others to fill one's own life force may seem short-sighted, but the cultivation world is inherently a place where the strong prey on the weak.

If he is not strong enough, he will only be killed by others!

But he did not set off immediately.

Instead, he stood still, lost in thought.

Lifespan.

Deduction.

Dao patterns.

These three words kept swirling in his mind.

Xi Yue had told him to stay at the Core Formation stage as long as possible and refine his Dao patterns further.

While eight Dao patterns are already one in ten thousand, nine, ten, or even more are the true foundation of the Great Dao.

There are two ways to increase Dao patterns.

One method is arduous cultivation, slowly refining the foundation, allowing the false core to naturally condense more Dao patterns during cultivation.

This method is the safest and most reliable, but it takes a very long time.

It might take a year, it might take ten years, or even longer.

Another method involves burning one's lifespan, as deduced using the pagoda.

But Cui Yi dared not.

Because he knew the nature of the Floating Pagoda all too well, deducing its cultivation methods was almost equivalent to directly advancing his cultivation level.

If he were to burn his lifespan to perform divination at this moment, the Floating Pagoda would most likely push him directly to the Golden Core realm.

At that time, the false core will be completely transformed into the golden core, and the number of Dao patterns will be fixed.

Then one's Dao patterns will forever remain at eight.

Cui Yi clenched his fists. No! He couldn't take that risk!

He'd definitely give it a shot if he had the chance to do more.

So now there is only one path to take, which is to hone one's foundation through hard work and let the Dao patterns condense naturally.

The 1,530 years of lifespan accumulated this week will remain untouched for now, and will be kept in the pagoda as a trump card.

In the unlikely event that he were to encounter a situation where certain death was imminent, he could forcibly burn his lifespan to directly break through to the Golden Core stage.

Although the Dao patterns will be fixed at eight, his Golden Core Realm strength, combined with the three jade talismans that can injure Nascent Soul cultivators, is enough for him to turn the tide.

This is our last resort; we will never use it unless absolutely necessary.

Cui Yi took a deep breath, suppressed his thoughts, and then took out a golden token from his storage ring.

As true energy was injected into the token, somewhere in the Great Yan Dynasty, a handsome cultivator suddenly opened his eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Cui? Have you finished your business over there?"

Upon hearing Yun Yi's voice, Cui Yi felt a sense of relief: "It's basically all settled. I encountered some opportunities recently, which delayed things for a few days."

"Yunyi, please pass on a message for me."

Yun Yi's voice immediately became serious: "You speak."

Cui Yi paused for a moment, as if making a decision, before slowly speaking: "Tell Your Highness that I am preparing to return to the Great Yan."

Silence reigned on the other end of the token.

A moment later, Yun Yi's voice rang out again, this time tinged with barely concealed excitement: "Good!"

"Fellow Daoist Cui, please come back!"

"Your Highness, everything is ready! We're just waiting for you!"

Cui Yi nodded, even though he knew Yun Yi couldn't see, it was an unconscious action on his part.

"it is good."

After saying this, the token went out completely.

With a slight squeeze of his right hand, Cui Yi crushed the now-useless token, and at the same time, his figure swiftly rushed towards the direction of Da Yan!

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