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Ten years later, on a night when the bright moon hung high in the sky.

Under the silvery moonlight, Li Shizhou stood on a clearing full of red rocks on "Twin Islands".

Nine crimson-gold firebirds surrounded him, flying around him from several feet away, making him exceptionally dazzling in the night.

These firebirds don't look very big, only a little over three feet long and with a wingspan of less than six feet, but they exude an amazing aura and have three legs under their bellies, resembling the legendary golden crow.

With a thought, Li Shizhou sent nine firebirds that transformed into crimson-gold rainbows, soaring off in different directions while emitting sharp cries.

As an intangible entity, the firebird is extremely fast, more than twice as fast as the escape light of a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation.

The red rocks on the open ground melted instantly into lava wherever they touched, flowing out in all directions.

In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the area within a mile radius centered on Li Shizhou had become a lava lake.

This firebird was transformed from his newly cultivated divine power, "Burning Heaven Flame," which could only be used after he had cultivated the "Pure Yang Technique" to the fifth level.

Moreover, if one is fortunate enough to successfully form a Nascent Soul in the future, and then uses this divine power again, the nine firebirds can merge into one giant bird. Its power is so great that saying it can boil the sea might be an exaggeration, but burning mountains is definitely not a problem.

During his ten years on Twin Island, Li Shizhou never slacked off. He not only successfully broke through to the fifth level of the Pure Yang Technique, but also cultivated the Heavenly Flame to near perfection.

After a short while, Li Shizhou put away his supernatural powers and flew back to the abandoned mine where he had first arrived on the island, satisfied.

At this moment, beside the lava lake in the center of the mine, lay two lazy golden monsters, making purring noises.

It was Li Shizhou's spirit beast, "Purple-Eyed Bi".

The aura of that level five creature has increased considerably.

The smaller one, which was at the peak of level two, has already reached the peak of level three.

If this place weren't so far from Tianxing City, making it difficult to rescue people in time if something went wrong, he would have liked to let these two demonic beasts roam here and slowly improve their strength.

Upon seeing Li Shizhou approach, the two beasts opened their eyes, glanced at him, and then went back to sleep.

Only after he conveyed the command with his divine sense did the two "Purple-Eyed Bi" reluctantly get up and crawl into the spirit beast bag.

After putting away several sets of formations, Li Shizhou placed the "Crying Soul Beast" on his shoulder and flew towards the other end of the island, which was filled with dark gray mist.

With his current cultivation level, he could cover hundreds of miles in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

As soon as they landed, shrouded in the gray mist generated by the yin energy, the bright moon in the sky became hazy, and the moonlight shining on the ground was a pale white.

But the "Crying Soul Beast" on Li Shizhou's shoulder seemed quite excited.

Now that we've come to "Twin Islands," we should naturally take this beast with us to explore. Firstly, we can absorb some ghosts and spirits to enhance its strength, and secondly, we can see just how powerful this beast really is.

They hadn't walked far towards the place where yin energy gathered when a cold wind began to rise all around.

Li Shizhou cultivates the "Pure Yang Technique," so this little bit of Yin energy is nothing to him.

If it were a Foundation Establishment cultivator, even with top-tier magic artifacts for protection, they would likely fall seriously ill after half a day here.

After walking for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a group of wandering spirits drifted towards Li Shizhou from not far ahead.

There were about thirty or forty of these wandering souls, more than ten of which possessed an aura equivalent to a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the human race.

The "Crying Soul Beast" stood on Li Shizhou's shoulder, excitedly pounded its chest with its fists, and then jumped down.

It hopped and skipped along the ground, and after a few leaps, its huge nose spewed out a yellow glow, which swept away dozens of wandering spirits before they could even react.

After swallowing the wandering souls, the "Crying Soul Beast" looked as if it hadn't had enough.

Seeing this, Li Shizhou thought to himself, "With this beast, plus the powerful physique I gained from cultivating the Pure Yang Technique, I should be able to venture into the Netherworld unscathed. In this way, I can collect treasures and escape the Chaotic Star Sea. It's just a pity that to enter the Netherworld, one must encounter the Ghost Mist, and this thing appears without any pattern."

Ghost Mist is the most terrifying of the three great natural disasters in the Chaotic Star Sea. I wonder what cultivators would think if they knew that someone wanted to deliberately encounter it.

......

at the same time.

Tens of thousands of miles away in mid-air, two streaks of light were fiercely chasing each other.

The woman fleeing ahead was a middle-aged woman dressed in black, with a cultivation level of mid-stage Core Formation.

Her breathing was disordered, and her skin was purple, suggesting she was poisoned.

The one chasing the middle-aged woman was a young male cultivator, whose cultivation level was only at the early stage of Core Formation.

He was extremely ugly, short and thin, with a face covered in black pockmarks and eyes as sinister as a venomous snake.

"Ugly crow, you treacherous villain, all of you from the Extreme Yin Island are shameless."

The male cultivator named Wu Chou laughed heartily and replied smugly, "You only found out on the first day? Blame it on your own greed. You're so old and still so naive. I don't know how you even managed to cultivate to the mid-stage of Core Formation."

Provoked by these words, the middle-aged woman became so enraged that she spat out a mouthful of black blood.

He roared, "I'll fight you to the death!"

After the middle-aged woman finished speaking, she turned around abruptly and pounced on the young male cultivator named "Wu Chou". At the same time, her magical power surged and golden light overflowed from her lower abdomen.

"You're insane, trying to self-destruct your golden core."

Wu Chou was startled and hurriedly dodged while summoning several defensive treasures from his body.

"boom"

A dazzling light shone in the sky above the alien sea, and at the same time, a three-inch-long white bone arrow, carrying the middle-aged woman's primordial spirit, fled into the distance.

Her speed was more than twice as fast as when she was still in her physical body.

"Bone Soul Arrow, you do have some guts." Wu Chou revealed himself looking disheveled, cursed, and turned to leave.

Meanwhile, the middle-aged woman's primordial spirit, hidden inside the bone arrow, had flown an unknown distance. Along the way, she hadn't encountered a single cultivator she could possess, and she couldn't help but feel anxious.

Suddenly, on a small, round island ahead, a male cultivator at the early stage of Core Formation appeared dozens of miles away from the middle-aged woman.

"Finally, I've run into a living person. Hmm, he's a male cultivator. Oh well, a male cultivator is fine. If I don't try to possess him soon, my primordial spirit's power will be exhausted. I can only take a gamble and hope that this person's soul isn't too strong."

With a thought, she greatly reduced the speed of the bone arrow, while simultaneously merging with the surrounding air, silently approaching the male cultivator.

......

On "Twin Islands", Li Shizhou is playing with a small monkey in his hands.

As expected, the "Soul-Crying Beast" lived up to its name. In less than a day, it had wiped out all the wandering ghosts and spirits on Twin Island.

It still feels like it hasn't had enough.

"Unfortunately, this place is too small. The strongest ghost here is only at the late Foundation Establishment stage, not enough for you little guy to eat. I'll take you to the Void Heaven Palace and the Underworld for a feast when I have the chance."

Just then, an extremely faint arrow whistling reached Li Shizhou's ears. If he hadn't cultivated a body-refining technique, he wouldn't have noticed it.