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A demon beast that can cultivate to level three or above will naturally have a high level of intelligence.

Upon seeing the astonishing aura emanating from the three-legged firebird, they all looked terrified, abandoning their almost-captured prey and hastily scattering in all directions.

However, Li Shizhou's flock of firebirds was more than twice as fast as the escape light of a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation.

In just a few breaths, the bodies of the nine flying beasts had turned to ashes and drifted towards the sea. The last one was killed on the spot by a flying blade with crimson flames.

The three Star Palace Foundation Establishment cultivators, still shaken, breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads, and repeatedly bowed to Li Shizhou in gratitude.

Gu Shoucheng said with a complicated expression, "Thank you for your help, Uncle Li."

"No need for thanks. As a Star Palace cultivator, saving you is my duty." After saying this, Li Shizhou drifted away.

After he fled far away, the three cultivators got up and flew towards "Cloud Ruins Island".

During the journey, the female cultivator in the red dress asked Gu Shoucheng, "Senior Brother Gu, I heard you mention before that you recommended a cultivator surnamed Li to enter the Star Palace decades ago. Later, this person formed a Golden Core. Could he be the senior we just saw?"

"It is indeed this senior. He saved my brother's two grandsons, so I recommended him to join the Star Palace as a way of repaying a favor," Gu Shoucheng answered truthfully.

The woman in the red dress looked puzzled and continued to ask, "He seemed a little unfamiliar with you just now. Given the favor of recommending you, it shouldn't be difficult for Senior Brother Gu to become friends with him, right?"

Gu Shoucheng shook his head: "It's just that I treated him badly back then, even horrible. I was afraid he would use the name of our Li Cang Gu family to do things. Now that he has achieved a certain level of cultivation, I am already very satisfied that he can let bygones be bygones. Besides, he has helped our Li Cang Gu family a lot."

"I see, that's a bit of a pity," the female cultivator in the red dress said with sudden realization.

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Inside the courtyard of Li Shizhou's cave.

Fairy Ziling, Wang Ning, dressed in a light purple dress, looked relaxed as she held a fruit plate in one hand and picked through the various spiritual fruits in the herb garden with the other.

In this vast cave, there were only the two of them, Zhuo Ruting and herself, so there was no need to conceal their faces. The magical artifacts they used to wear on their faces were now stored in their storage bags.

She usually interacted with many different monks, always putting on a forced smile.

Previously, she could only let her guard down in front of her mother, but now there is another Zhuo Ruting.

But every time she saw her mother working so hard, Zi Ling couldn't help but want to help her share the burden.

Only with Zhuo Ruting can one chat freely, burn incense, and enjoy tea without any worries.

"I wonder when Senior Li will be back. If this continues, Sister Zhuo will get heartbroken."

......

As soon as Li Shizhou stepped out of the "Starry Sky Palace", he went straight back to his cave. This was the first time he had been away from Tianxing City for so long.

As soon as they entered the cave's light barrier, they saw Zi Ling carrying a plate of spiritual fruits in one hand, walking lightly out of the herb garden.

Li Shizhou had seen this woman more than ten times before, but this was the first time he had seen her true face.

"Alluring without being seductive, pure without being lonely."

These are the eight words that came to his mind after he glanced at them a few times.

Zi Ling also saw Li Shizhou flying towards her. Looking at his expression, she realized that she was not wearing a veil, but it was not appropriate to take it out and put it back on at this moment.

He simply laughed and said, "Senior, if you keep looking at me like that, I'm going to tell Sister Zhuo."

Seeing the man in front of her whose expression changed slightly upon hearing this, Zi Ling covered her mouth and chuckled softly before turning and walking towards Zhuo Ruting's stone chamber.

Li Shizhou then returned to the main stone chamber.

A short while later, Zhuo Ruting came in carrying a storage bag.

"Husband, this is a storage bag sent by Lu Zhiqing, the Right Envoy of Miaoyin Sect, ten years ago. She said it was a reward promised on Tianquan Island."

Li Shizhou thought to himself, "Right Envoy Lu, could it be that Su Qingyu changed her name after returning to Miaoyin Sect?"

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. The husband that Su Qingyu killed was a Core Formation cultivator from the Qingyang Sect. If it were discovered, it would be troublesome. Changing her identity would be safer.

In the original book, the Right Envoy of the Miaoyin Sect was Zhuo Ruting.

His time travel changed the fate of many people. I wonder if that beautiful woman in palace attire from Miaoyin Sect will still perish more than twenty years later.

Of course, he wouldn't be foolish enough to offer a reminder, since the one who planned and orchestrated this was the Nascent Soul cultivator, the Extreme Yin Ancestor, and it wasn't something a Core Formation cultivator like him should get involved in.

......

Cultivation knows no time, yet the universe is ever-changing.

More than forty years later, one morning.

Over these decades, Li Shizhou experienced both pleasant and unpleasant moments.

To his delight, his cultivation level successfully reached the mid-stage of Core Formation more than ten years ago.

The Soul-Crying Beast was previously a semi-finished product, but now it has been fully refined.

The level 5 Purple-Eyed Bi successfully advanced to a level 6 demon beast, equivalent to the mid-stage Core Formation stage in humans.

The dog also successfully advanced to level five, which is equivalent to the early stage of Core Formation in a cultivator.

As for the smaller Purple-Eyed Bi, it is already a level four demon beast.

The primordial spirit of the middle-aged woman who had been subdued at the Core Formation stage has now achieved some success in the path of ghost cultivation.

In order to control her, Li Shizhou also made her hand over part of her soul, which was then imprisoned in a soul tablet used by humans. At the same time, he also placed a blood pact spell on her, which would cause her soul to be scattered if he died.

In addition, after spending a considerable amount of spirit stones, Li Shizhou obtained a fragment of the Void Heaven Map.

The unpleasant thing is that twenty years ago, he went to the ancient teleportation array near Kui Xing Island to see if he could open the ancient sect's treasure vault below.

But things didn't go as planned. Even though the protective array was greatly weakened, it was still beyond his ability to open at that time.

If we wait until the late stage of Core Formation, and find something that can temporarily weaken the strength of the restriction, perhaps we can try again.

On his way back from Kuixing Island, Li Shizhou also encountered Zi Ling and the two envoys of Miaoyin Sect, who together used a stone tablet-shaped magical artifact to escape.

We learned from the three people that the leader of the Miaoyin Sect had recently passed away.

It was after her mother's death that Zi Ling used a treasure to change her appearance. If she left the Miaoyin Sect, she would also use magic to cover her face to avoid attracting covetousness.

Not long ago, Li Shizhou was preparing to go to "Twin Island" to cultivate again, but was told by the patriarch of Leng Ning'er's family, Uncle Leng, not to leave Tianxing City recently. He said that a secret realm might appear in the world soon, and the sect would select some disciples to go in and retrieve treasures.

Upon learning the news, Li Shizhou guessed that the Void Heaven Palace was about to open. Unfortunately, he had already bought the Void Heaven Fragment Map and regretted it for several days, as he had wasted a large amount of spirit stones.

He dared not resell it casually, in case the secret realm that Uncle Leng mentioned was not the Void Heaven Palace, and it would be too late to buy it later.

At this moment, Li Shizhou was sitting cross-legged on the bed meditating when suddenly the communication artifact left by his Uncle Leng in his storage bag lit up.

He opened the receiver and heard an unquestionable voice: "Li Shizhou, come to the Inner Affairs Hall. The secret realm is about to open. Come and await your orders."