Immortality and cultivation: Heaven rewards diligence, and success is inevitable.

Jiang Shi was wary of Liu Xuanming, and Liu Xuanming was equally wary of Jiang Shi.

Neither side knew this, which led to the current situation.

No one would have imagined that an ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivator would be someone who was incapable of divination.

A fortune teller and a feng shui master, after merely calculating Jiang Shi's identity, died and vanished.

If Jiang Shi knew about this, he might speculate whether it was due to his own destiny.

This destiny, "Heaven rewards diligence, and success is inevitable," has enabled Jiang Shi to progress from a mortal with five spiritual roots to a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

Moreover, each breakthrough was achieved without any setbacks or bottlenecks.

This person's destiny is destined to be extraordinary.

At this moment, Jiang Shi had no idea what had happened.

After putting all the spoils into his storage bag, he leaped away without the slightest hesitation.

Along the way, several demonic birds and puppets descended from the sky, extending their sharp claws to attack Jiang Shi.

Jiang Shi took out the superior-grade magic weapon, Crimson Sky, and lightly swung it a few times. Several crimson blade energies flew past, easily cutting down the demonic bird puppets to the ground.

Ordinary cultivators would have to put in a lot of effort to deal with demonic puppets, but Jiang Shi, having cultivated the "True Scripture of Universal Transformation of Demonic Source," could easily locate the demonic source within the puppet's body.

Knowing the location of the demonic source, we can easily eliminate these demonic puppets.

Along the way, they encountered no danger. Jiang Shi landed in a secluded place and took something out of Fu Yunsheng's storage bag.

A piece of jade radiating purple light fell into Jiang Shi's hand, and he could feel a warmth like the sun in spring.

"Is this the Xihe Stone?" Jiang Shi guessed that this was the rare and precious material he had seen that day.

Previously, Jiang Shi was forced to leave that place by Liu Xuanming and the other two, thus losing the opportunity to obtain the Xihe Stone.

Unexpectedly, after many twists and turns, the Xihe Stone eventually ended up in his hands.

The Xihe Stone is a low-grade third-rank natural treasure, and its value is much higher than that of ordinary third-rank natural treasures.

The main reason is that this Xihe Stone was formed from the first ray of sunlight in the morning, and it contains abundant purple energy.

This purple aura is a type of Yang Flame Qi. Compared to other Yang Flame Qi, purple aura is gentler and more suitable for cultivators to practice techniques and supernatural powers.

However, Jiang Shi does not yet have a fire-based body-refining technique, so he has no way to temper his heart.

"Although I haven't obtained the fire-type body-refining technique, I can first put this Xihe Stone into my body and nourish my heart in advance," Jiang Shi thought to himself.

Thinking of this, Jiang Shi made a decisive move, circulating his cultivation technique to absorb the Xihe Stone into his body and sink it into his dantian.

Inside the dantian, beneath the illusory lotus flower, lay the illusory image of a crimson-blooded Kui ox.

Xi and Shi flew over and landed below the lotus phantom.

The Crimson Blood Kui Bull sensed the aura of the Xihe Stone, woke up, walked to its side, and leaned against it to fall into a deep sleep again.

The Xihe Stone exuded the warmth of the sun, even affecting the illusory image of the Crimson Blood Kui Bull, causing it to solidify somewhat.

A wisp of purple energy emanated from the Xihe Stone, and then, under Jiang Shi's control, it traveled to the heart.

Jiang Shi did not rashly allow the purple energy to directly enter his body, but instead kept it by his heart, subtly influencing his heart.

After all, the heart is not like the other five internal organs. It is the most important organ in the human body. If you are not careful, you may suffer from qi deviation and die.

Now, he will first use the purple energy to slowly strengthen his heart. Later, when his heart is strong and he has the fire-type body-refining technique, Jiang Shi will then absorb the Xihe Stone into his heart.

"Thump~"

While Jiang Shi was examining the Xihe Stone, a loud noise came from afar.

Jiang Shi immediately became alert and probed in the direction of the sound.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Shi immediately frowned.

Three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators stood facing each other, as if they were about to fight.

The three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators caused Jiang Shi's expression to change, precisely because these three were not ordinary people.

Zhou Yuan, a disciple of the Beast Taming Mountain, one of the ten major sects.

Wei Wushang, a scion of a top family in Zhongzhou.

The powerful clan of the Western Desert – Xuanyuan Yi.

These three scions of top-tier powerful forces are the people Jiang Shi least wants to see.

There's a lot of trouble between them; too much contact could easily lead to trouble.

Normally, if Jiang Shi saw them, he would want to leave as quickly as possible, but now there's a problem with this tower secret realm.

Jiang Shi still needs to investigate what exactly the problem is.

"Wei Wushang, how dare you tamper with the secret realm's restrictions? What? Are you trying to kill us all?" Xuan Yuan Yi said angrily.

He exuded a murderous aura, which clashed with the blood and malevolent energy behind him, pulling at each other as if they were about to transform into some kind of ferocious beast.

Xuan Yuan Yi now wished he could punch Wei Wu Shang to death and then tear him to pieces.

Aside from some natural secret realms, many of the secret realms created by powerful beings and true immortals contain many restrictions and restrictions.

If you violate the restrictions of the secret realm, in severe cases, it may trigger a deadly move left behind by the master of the secret realm.

Even those from top-tier cultivation factions wouldn't dare claim to be 100% safe in a secret realm.

"Brother Wei, you have indeed gone too far this time. Hand over the artifact that was placed inside the secret realm's restrictions."

"Let's see if we can salvage the situation, restart the formation, and get everything back on track," Zhou Yuan, a disciple of Beast Taming Mountain, said to Wei Wushang.

"Yes, hurry up and hand over the protective object inside the array." Xuan Yuan Yi chimed in from the side.

The reason why this formation can be preserved for thousands or even tens of thousands of years is that people usually leave behind rare and precious materials in the formation to charge it and allow it to operate for a long time.

The rare and precious materials within the formation are called "suppressing objects".

Some array formations and restrictions are used to protect the objects being suppressed.

Wei Wushang activated the protective object, which is why the array's restrictions were triggered.

"Brothers, I'm really sorry, I've already eaten that protective charm. It was a low-grade spiritual artifact, but it tasted pretty good," Wei Wushang said.

The protective object in this tower's secret realm is a low-grade spiritual artifact.

Having cultivated the "Gold Devouring Technique," Wei Wushang naturally wouldn't miss any opportunity to devour low-grade spiritual artifacts.

"I've been constipated these past few days, so it's good to eat some low-grade spiritual artifacts to clear my intestines."

Upon hearing Wei Wushang's words, Zhou Yuan, a disciple of the Beast Taming Mountain, felt quite helpless. This was the first time he had encountered such a person since he entered the world of cultivation.

Zhou Yuan was helpless, but the other person was not so easy to talk to.

Blood energy began to permeate the air, and Xuan Yuan Yi's entire body radiated a bright red blood light.

Then, behind Xuanyuan Yi, a phantom image of a crimson Kui bull suddenly appeared.

The wildly popular online novel, "Cultivating Immortality: Heaven Rewards Diligence, Success is Surely Within Reach," is a heartfelt work by author Ju Jiuping.