Seeking immortality begins with daily intelligence reports.

Adjusting his mindset, Li Shen sat quietly to regulate his breathing until the intelligence was updated at midnight.

However, today's intelligence has nothing to do with the battle situation or any opportunities; it's just a trivial matter about the weather.

No rain today.

The writing disappeared with his thoughts, and Li Shen continued his cultivation.

More than a month passed, and none of the daily updated intelligence reports were related to the battle situation. Although Li Shen was somewhat disappointed, he did not focus on them because the secret realm was about to open.

Li Shen held in his hand the ancient silk scroll containing a map of the secret realm.

The blank page, which was originally empty, began to show many winding lines by some unknown secret technique, with ink marks appearing out of thin air, as if an invisible brush was drawing on its own.

Li Shen waited patiently, and soon recognized several familiar places from the gradually clearer lines.

Half an hour later, the changes in the ancient silk manuscript finally stopped.

A map that looked like it had just been drawn appeared before my eyes.

Li Shen, who witnessed the whole thing, touched the lines above in shock, but his fingertip was not stained with any ink.

"That's amazing."

Li Shen sighed inwardly, scanning the entire map from left to right.

By pinpointing the locations of Qingyajian and Wugu on the map, and combining the approximate distance between the two places with the map scale, he quickly calculated the distance between himself and the secret realm.

"It's more than two hundred li to the east of Qingyajian, and it seems to be on the mountainside."

Li Shen recalled and pondered simultaneously:

"According to the intelligence at the time, the evolution of the silk scroll occurred three days before the opening of the secret realm, so there's no rush. However, Qingya Ravine is already within the activity range of second-tier demonic beasts. If we go any deeper, we won't encounter third-tier demonic beasts, will we?"

Thinking of this, Li Shen immediately recalled the glimpse of that crimson giant fox from back then, and he still felt lingering fear.

After pondering for a long time, Li Shen shook his head:

"It shouldn't be. Although we've received intelligence related to the battle over the past month, there hasn't been a single demonic beast within the range of my divine sense. This is clearly not normal."

Considering the schemes of the Cloud Crane Sect, the Blood Soul Sect, and the Golden Flood Dragon King, and combining this with his own assessment of the situation, Li Shen pondered for a moment and came to a conclusion:

"Based on the intelligence gathered recently, the battle has likely reached a fever pitch. The Golden Core cultivators of the Jade Sword Sect are making frequent moves, and the demon beasts can't possibly rely solely on second-tier demon beasts to hold the line."

He recalled again the oppressive feeling emanating from the giant red-furred fox, the pressure that almost made him stop breathing:

"When the war first started, there were already Tier 3 demonic beasts involved. Now that the war has been going on for so long, those Tier 3 demonic beasts deep in the Prison Mountain have probably all come out in full force."

Li Shen stroked his chin and continued his deduction:

"Since the fourth-tier Golden Flood Dragon King has received the benefits, he can't possibly keep them to himself. The Cloud Crane Sect and the Blood Soul Sect certainly won't allow him to do so."

This explains why he has hardly seen any demonic beasts within the range of his divine sense for more than a month.

If all the third-tier monsters are being called up to the front lines, how can the second-tier monsters not go?

"Therefore, although the location of the secret realm is more than 200 miles east of Qingyajian on the map, deep into the territory of the monsters, it is actually safe at the moment."

Li Shen's eyes gradually brightened.

After digesting all the Crimson Nurturing Pills, the Seven-Colored Python grew even larger and its aura became stronger, suggesting that it was not far from breaking through to the mid-stage of the second tier.

"Xiao Qi, what exactly is your talent?!"

Li Shen's tone held a hint of surprise as he casually touched the seven-colored python's scaled neck and asked with a sudden smile:

"We're going on an adventure soon, are you ready?"

The seven-colored python blinked its bright eyes as if in thought, then nodded up and down after a while, then leaned closer to Li Shen's hand, its eyes narrowed, and it had an expression of enjoyment.

Upon seeing this, Li Shen was surprised, smiled, and muttered to himself:

"Although Zhou Ren destroyed three of our soul slaves, we still have four left, all of them at the second tier. The two most powerful ones are still here. As long as they aren't a large group of second-tier demonic beasts, we might be able to handle them."

Chu Kuangge, the legacy of the number one Golden Core cultivator.

The real regret would be to miss out because of hesitation and timidity.

After thinking it over, Li Shen put away the seven-colored python and the silk map, stood up, and took stock of all the talismans, formations, and magical artifacts he had accumulated. He quickly had a clear understanding of the situation.

Although it would be three days before it started, Li Shen planned to set off immediately, worried that if something unexpected happened along the way, it would be a waste of all his efforts.

Before leaving, Li Shen walked to the side of the spiritual spring.

He had been thinking of taking the spiritual spring away, since it could cultivate the Five-Colored Lotus, which must be extraordinary. And after cultivating alone in the cave for the past few months, Li Shen became even more certain.

What could be used to take away this pool of spiritual spring water? This was a major problem facing Li Shen.

Although he had accumulated a lot of empty bottles over the years, those bottles were used to store pills. The bottles were not deep, and even if he filled them all, it would only be a drop in the ocean.

Or should we keep it?

Li Shen was somewhat conflicted, his thoughts racing. Before long, he remembered the dull, emerald-green bottle he had seen in Luo Guanhai's storage bag, which had been teleported from the Fire Lizard Island.

Because of its long and narrow neck, which was completely different from the jade bottle used to hold pills, Li Shen judged at the time that it was a magic artifact, or even a spiritual artifact.

"Furthermore, Luo Guanhai's cultivation technique is also suitable for water-attribute spiritual roots, so the magical artifacts he uses must be more suitable for water-attribute spiritual power. Perhaps that bottle is used to hold water?!"

Once the idea was made up, Li Shen immediately took out the emerald green long-necked bottle and began to experiment.

As soon as Li Shen probed into the bottle with his divine sense, he encountered no obstruction, indicating that there were no restrictions above the bottle and anyone could control it.

Thinking it over, Li Shen tried to infuse the bottle with spiritual energy, and the bottle immediately reacted.

The entire bottle glowed faintly, and then, characters that Li Shen couldn't understand appeared on top.

"go!"

He gave a low shout and manipulated the bottle to fly upwards, tilting the bottle mouth downwards.

As the spiritual energy continued to be output, the light on the bottle grew brighter and brighter. Li Shen figured that it was about time, so he decided to draw the spiritual spring water into the bottle.

The next moment, Li Shen felt a surge of joy.

His approach is correct.

A small whirlpool appeared in the center of the spiritual spring. Then, the whirlpool spun upwards and bulged outwards, like a bamboo shoot that kept getting longer, before flowing into the bottle.

After about fifteen minutes, the spiritual spring inside the cave had run dry.

The bottom reveals a hard and smooth stone surface.

The bottle, as if it could never be filled, continued to absorb.

After patiently operating for a short time, the spiritual spring was completely absorbed.

The long-necked bottle flew back into Li Shen's hand. Looking through the bottle's opening, he saw the clear water surface, reflecting a miniature face of himself.

And it seems that it's less than half full.

"It can hold its own for so long, could it really just be a magic artifact? But if it's a spiritual artifact, the spiritual energy consumption is too low."

Li Shen felt a bit doubtful and couldn't figure it out for a while, so he simply gave up, since he had already achieved his goal.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shen began to recognize the master with his divine sense.

After finishing everything, he left the cave and walked through the short passageway, where the long-awaited sunlight greeted him.

It was a little too bright, so Li Shen paused for a moment before his divine sense began to spread outwards.