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

Kuaihuo Zhenren was trapped on the central stone platform, his demonic puppet body restrained by the formation, unable to move.

He roared and tried to break free, but the force suppressing him remained unmoved. Instead, the runic chains tightened their grip, digging into the demonic puppet's body.

Sect Leader Lu's eyes darted around, and he suddenly rushed toward the nearest stone platform.

He wanted to seize the inheritance before Jiang Shi could.

The illusory figure of the Five Elements Master didn't even glance at him, and casually waved his hand.

A tremendous force slammed into Sect Leader Lu, sending him flying. Sect Leader Lu coughed up blood and crashed heavily to the ground, sliding several meters away before coming to a stop.

"You're not qualified," Master Wuxing said calmly.

Sect Leader Lu scrambled to his feet, his face ashen, but dared not move again. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stepped aside.

Without further hesitation, Jiang Shi leaped onto the first stone platform.

On the stone platform was a statue of a demonic eagle. As soon as he stepped onto the platform, the demonic eagle came to life.

The stone shell cracked open, revealing a dark red body inside. Its wingspan was over ten feet, and its sharp claws, like hooks, gleamed coldly.

The demonic eagle shrieked and swooped down on him.

Jiang Shi raised his hand, and the divine light of Geng metal shot out.

Golden light pierced through the demonic eagle's body, pinning it in mid-air.

The demonic eagle struggled a few times, flapping its wings, but it could not break free from the golden light. A few breaths later, the demonic eagle turned into fragments and scattered all over the ground.

A stone tablet flew out from the fragments and landed in Jiang Shi's hand.

The Demon Eagle Chapter, obtained.

Then Jiang Shi jumped onto the second stone platform, where the demonic python coiled around it, its tongue flicking and hissing.

The python's body was as thick as a water bucket, entirely black, with scales that gleamed with a dark light.

The python opened its mouth and lunged, moving as fast as a black line.

The Wood-Binding Silk shot out from Jiang Shi's fingertips, the azure threads wrapping around the demonic python's body and binding it tightly. The more the python struggled, the tighter the silk tightened, squeezing into the gaps between its scales.

A few breaths later, the demonic python's body was severed by the binding silk and turned into fragments, and the second stone slip was obtained.

The third stone platform, the Demon Turtle.

The turtle's shell is a foot thick, grayish-brown in color, and covered with crack-like patterns.

It huddled inside its shell, with only its head and limbs showing.

Jiang Shi unleashed several beams of Gengjin divine light, but they only left shallow marks on the tortoise shell. This thing's defensive power was more than twice as strong as the previous two.

He took a step back, his eyes gleaming red.

A beam of divine fire shot out, striking the tortoise's shell and causing cracks to spread. The demonic tortoise let out a low growl, attempting to escape, but an invisible barrier at the edge of the stone platform blocked its way.

The flames burned ever brighter, and the tortoise shell finally shattered. The third chapter was in hand.

The fourth stone platform, the Scorpion.

The Scorpion is smaller than the previous three, but it is the fastest.

Its tail is held high Its venomous stinger gleamed purple, and its pincers snapped open with a clicking sound.

Jiang Shi did not rush in. He first used the Gui Water Heavy Curtain to block in front of him. A curtain of water surged from his palm and formed a barrier in front of him.

The scorpion crashed into the water curtain, its speed greatly reduced, as if it had sunk into a quagmire.

He then channeled his Earth element to suppress the mountain, and the illusory mountain image pressed down from above, pinning the scorpion to the ground, rendering it unable to move. The scorpion's tail attempted to retaliate, but was entangled by the water curtain.

Jiang Shi severed the scorpion's head with a single sword stroke, shattering the demonic scorpion into fragments. The fourth stone tablet flew into his hand.

Nine articles gathered together.

The nine demonic sources within Jiang Shi's body began to merge, and a strange power coursed through his meridians. It was not the Five Elements True Essence, but a grayish-black energy.

It passes through every meridian and finally converges in the dantian, condensing into a complete demonic art inheritance next to the golden elixir.

The complete version of "The True Scripture of the Universal Transformation of the Demon Source" came to mind.

Superior Grade Heavenly Rank

It can be used to refine Golden Core stage demonic puppets, absorb demonic energy to restore itself, and even unleash a rudimentary form of a divine power—Ten Thousand Demons Paying Homage to the Ancestor.

Jiang Shi took a deep breath, suppressing the agitation of the demonic power. This thing was merely an aid; the Five Elements were fundamental, and he wouldn't put the cart before the horse.

On the central stone platform, the Happy Immortal went completely mad upon seeing his inheritance stolen.

"This is mine! Mine!"

He forcefully activated the demonic puppet's body, causing his true energy to surge violently. The runic chains began to break—one, two, three.

The demonic ape's body began to swell, cracks appeared everywhere, and golden light shot out from the cracks.

Hua Luoyu's expression changed drastically: "He's going to self-destruct!"

The self-destruction of the Golden Core stage demonic puppet was powerful enough to destroy the entire space. None of them survived.

The illusory figure of the Five Elements Master sighed.

He raised his hand, and five-colored light surged from his palm, enveloping the demonic ape. The power of the self-destruction was forcibly suppressed and dissipated little by little.

The golden light dimmed, and the demonic ape's body began to disintegrate.

The soul of the Happy True Man floated out from within, twisting and roaring.

His face appeared and disappeared in the mind's eye, filled with anger and resentment.

A few breaths later, his soul dissipated like smoke.

Completely extinct.

The phantom of the Five Elements Master also dimmed, becoming almost transparent.

He looked at Jiang Shi, his lips moved slightly, but his voice was barely audible.

"Go to the Five Elements Demonic Sect... and retrieve my true inheritance..."

The phantom image vanished.

Space began to collapse. The stone platforms shattered, the ground cracked, and golden light scattered wildly. One by one, the floating stone platforms fell and disappeared into the darkness.

Hua Luoyu grabbed Jiang Shi: "Let's go!"

The three escaped through the remaining teleportation array. A white light enveloped them, sending them out just before the space completely collapsed.

Behind them, the space of the Misty Mansion completely collapsed, and the entrance disappeared.

The altar, the nine stone platforms, and the lingering image of the Five Elements Master all vanished into nothingness.

Three figures fell from mid-air from the back mountain of Biluo Valley.

Sect Leader Lu's face was ashen, and he remained silent. The Mountain and Sea Flag hung beside him, its surface drooping low, devoid of any spiritual light.

He tried to activate the Mountain and Sea Flag, but there was no response. He tried again, but it still didn't work.

This high-grade spiritual weapon was no longer under his control.

Sect Leader Lu glanced at Jiang Shi, his eyes filled with hatred.

But he said nothing, turned and flew away. His back was somewhat hunched, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.

Only the river stones and falling flowers remain in the rain.

Hua Luoyu was unusually serious, without any madness or coquettishness. She looked at Jiang Shi with a calm gaze.

"I'll help you, but there are conditions."

Jiang Shi: "Speak."

"Help me find someone," Hua Luoyu said, "the reincarnation of the Five Elements Master."

Jiang Shi frowned: "Reincarnation?"

Hua Luoyu's eyes deepened: "You think the First-Grade Golden Elixir was a coincidence? You think the Mountain and Sea Banner protected you for so long? You think the afterimage of the Five Elements Master was waiting for you?"

She said, slowly and deliberately, "You are the Five Elements Master."

Jiang Shi remained silent.

In the distance, a long howl echoed from the direction of Canglin City. It was the aura of a Golden Core cultivator, powerful and sharp.

Ling Xuzi could no longer sit still.

Hua Luoyu chuckled softly, "It seems there are people who are more anxious than us."

Jiang Shi snapped out of his thoughts and said calmly, "Then let's go see him."

Behind them, the disciples of Biluo Valley looked up at the sky, discussing amongst themselves. They didn't know what had happened, only that their personal disciple, Jiang Wu, was no longer at the Foundation Establishment stage.