I proved immortality with thunder magic.

Tianque Fort.

When the treasure exchange book was passed to Zhou Tai, he quickly saw what he wanted.

The previous notice was not a lie; it contained a complete set of standards for exchanging Foundation Establishment spiritual items.

A rough calculation shows that if he wants to exchange for the complete set of Foundation Establishment spiritual items, he must obtain fifteen Demonic Path Trial Tokens during this trial!

In other words, in the worst-case scenario, he would need to kill fifteen demonic trial disciples to achieve his goal.

At first glance, fifteen people don't seem like many.

But just by comparing this to the thirty-five trial disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain, you'll realize how terrifying this number is.

This confirmed for Zhou Tai that the higher-ups at Spirit Beast Mountain really didn't take this trial seriously, probably because they had already anticipated that the results would be poor.

Otherwise, no matter how precious the Foundation Establishment spiritual items are, in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the disciples undergoing trials in the sect, the exchange standards should be appropriately lowered.

After Zhou Tai finished reading the treasure exchange book, he passed it on to the next trial disciple and then secretly observed the disciples who had read it.

As expected, the disciples all had gloomy expressions, their eyes dim and filled with resentment.

Clearly, everyone is smart enough to have a general idea of ​​the sect's higher-ups' attitude.

However, they had no chance to back out at this point. Even if they were resentful, they could only obediently enter the trial grounds and fight for their lives.

Once they enter the trial grounds, whether they like it or not, they will fight to the death with the demonic cultivators who covet the trial tokens in their hands.

After all the trial disciples had finished reading the treasure exchange booklet, Tian Qi put the booklet away and looked at everyone with a calm expression, saying, "Now that you've all read it, you all probably have your own ideas about what to do, so I won't say anything more."

At this point, his expression suddenly turned solemn, and he looked at everyone with a stern face, saying, "However, I must make it clear beforehand that the situation in the trial grounds is under the observation of the high-ranking cultivators of each sect. If any of you dare to kill your own kind, even if you return alive, you will still be punished according to the sect rules!"

Upon hearing his warning, everyone felt a chill run down their spines, and even those who had harbored some ulterior motives earlier quickly put them aside.

But soon another disciple thought of a problem and immediately asked, "What if disciples from other sects attack us?"

Tian Qi's answer to this question immediately became intriguing.

"The five factions have reached an agreement that anything that happens within the trial grounds shall not be investigated afterward!"

This answer may seem somewhat nonsensical, but it has already provided an explanation to Zhou Tai and the others.

That means that whether disciples from other sects attack them or they attack disciples from other sects, it is all tacitly allowed, and they will not be held accountable afterward!

Tian Qi looked at the group of people whose expressions had changed slightly and who seemed to be deep in thought. Regardless of what they were thinking, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Alright, I've said what I needed to say. If you have no other questions, now set off to join me and the disciples of the other four sects."

Upon hearing this, everyone respectfully responded and rose to follow him out of the courtyard.

Before long, the group from Spirit Beast Mountain arrived at the meeting point agreed upon by the five factions.

After the disciples of the five sects of Heng Kingdom gathered in one place, the leaders of the group were all in a friendly atmosphere, greeting each other.

However, the trial disciples following behind them were all secretly observing the disciples of other sects with vigilance, as if from this moment on they had already regarded the disciples of other sects as potential enemies.

This situation left Zhou Tai speechless with frustration.

He didn't know if the situation was the same for the six demonic sects of Ba Kingdom. If it was, that would be fine. If not, then the five sects of Heng Kingdom had absolutely no chance of winning this time.

At the same time, after taking a look around, he discovered that the trial disciples of Nanhua Sect and Lingxu Sect were not all like those on Ling Beast Mountain, who were all elderly people with white hair. There were also some middle-aged cultivators with obviously extraordinary demeanor.

It is obvious that these two sects attach great importance to this trial, and have even sent out their elite disciples who are expected to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

He glanced at the Yunxia Sect's group again, then his lips twitched slightly before he quickly looked away.

The thirty-five people in the Yunxia Sect's group were mostly white-haired old women, a perfect match for the uniform white-haired old men on their Spirit Beast Mountain side!

There was no other way; the founder of the Yunxia Sect was a female cultivator, and the sect's techniques and secret arts were more suitable for female cultivators. Therefore, when recruiting disciples, female cultivators were given priority, which is why there was such a white-haired old woman who had lived to be over seventy years old for so many years.

It seemed Zhou Tai wasn't the only one thinking this way. The leader of the Nan Hua Sect, upon seeing the lineups of the Spirit Beast Mountain and Yunxia Sect, also sneered sarcastically, "You Spirit Beast Mountain and Yunxia Sect really have a deep understanding of each other. One is full of white-haired old men, and the other is full of white-haired old women. Anyone who didn't know better would think you were going to hold a dual cultivation ceremony for white-haired people!"

These words offended two sects at the same time.

Some of the disciples of the Nanhua Sect behind him couldn't help but laugh out loud.

However, due to the overwhelming strength of the Nanhua Sect, Tian Qi and the middle-aged beauty from the Yunxia Sect, despite their embarrassment and anger, dared not retaliate. They could only turn their gaze to Master Sun from the Lingxu Sect, hoping he would say a few words.

There is an unspoken rule among the five major sects of Heng Kingdom: because the Nanhua Sect is too powerful, the other three sects are all leaning more towards the Lingxu Sect in order to counterbalance the Nanhua Sect.

So, although Master Sun found it amusing, upon receiving the pleading looks from Tian Qi and the other man, he still smiled and smoothed things over, saying, "Fellow Daoist Lin is joking. Spirit Beast Mountain and Cloud Mist Sect are not wealthy to begin with. The fact that they have contributed manpower and resources to this trial is already a great show of sincerity. Why make things difficult for them further?"

"I'm not joking."

The man surnamed Lin glanced at Master Sun indifferently and said in a cold tone, "Back then, our two sects allowed them to establish their own sects in Heng Kingdom because we wanted them to help share some of the external pressure. But now they are becoming more and more lax. If this continues, what use are they?"

These words were undeniably harsh, and it's highly likely that they didn't even reflect the true intentions of the man surnamed Lin.

Therefore, not only did Tian Qi and the middle-aged beauty from the Yunxia Sect change their expressions drastically, but even Master Sun showed a look of surprise and uncertainty, looking at the man surnamed Lin with a face full of suspicion.

"Does Fellow Daoist Sun still think I'm joking?"

The man surnamed Lin looked calmly at Master Sun and questioned him.

Master Sun's expression changed slightly. After a moment of silence, he shook his head at the man surnamed Lin and said, "Fellow Daoist Lin, regardless of your or your sect's opinion, I believe this is not a decision we can make. Our primary concern now is this trial. Do you agree?"

The meaning behind these words is quite clear: no matter what your Nan Hua Sect has to say, the trial is the most important thing right now, and messing it up will be bad for everyone.

The man surnamed Lin knew that he couldn't treat the Lingxu Sect, which had a Nascent Soul stage True Monarch, as casually as he had treated the Spirit Beast Mountain and the Yunxia Sect. Seeing what Daoist Sun said, he readily agreed and nodded, saying, "Then let's listen to Fellow Daoist Sun. This trial is the priority!"

Seeing that the man surnamed Lin had stopped pressing them, Tian Qi and the middle-aged woman from the Yunxia Sect both breathed a sigh of relief and cast grateful glances at Master Sun.

At the same time, the two looked at each other, and a look of sorrow appeared in their eyes.

Clearly, the man surnamed Lin's remarks had already unsettled both of them.

After exchanging pleasantries, the more than two hundred trial disciples from the five major sects boarded the flying ship of the Nanhua Sect and flew directly out of Tianque Fortress, heading towards the depths of the Demon Abyss Mountains.

Standing on the deck of the flying ship, Zhou Tai looked down and saw that the Demon Abyss Mountains below looked no different from the Dragon Ridge Mountains. He couldn't understand why they were called that.

However, once you venture deeper into the Demon Abyss Mountains, the scenery changes completely.

What should have been a mountain range with high peaks and dense forests was now filled with deep pits and ravines covered with gravel. Some of the peaks looked as if they had been wiped in half by something, leaving only half standing on the earth.

Many places were shrouded in gray-black or dark red demonic mist, and the earth in some places was even dyed dark red.

Even just looking at those scenes from the deck of the flying ship, Zhou Tai seemed to be able to feel a strong sense of danger.

He had no doubt that if he accidentally entered those places, he would have little hope of getting out.

He also discovered that even flying ships would avoid those places and dared not fly directly over them.

After flying through the mountains for more than an hour, the flying ship finally arrived above a stretch of barren mountains and slowly landed on a sparsely vegetated mountain peak.

After the flying ship landed, Zhou Tai and the others were not ordered to disembark, but instead waited there.

After waiting for about an hour, a series of mournful wails suddenly came from afar, and at the same time, an enormous skeletal warship appeared.

The wailing sound came from the giant ship of bones.

"It's the White Bone Demon Sect's White Bone Demon Ship!"

Master Sun let out a low gasp, a hint of apprehension flashing in his eyes.

The White Bone Demon Sect is the leader of the six demonic sects in Ba Kingdom. It also has two Nascent Soul True Monarchs and two fifth-order White Bone Demon Puppets comparable to Nascent Soul cultivators. Even the Nanhua Sect is slightly inferior to it.

The man surnamed Lin from the Nanhua Sect also became serious. He quickly turned to Daoist Sun and said, "Fellow Daoist Sun, since your Lingxu Sect is the organizer of this trial, you should go and communicate with the people from the Demonic Sect!"

Upon hearing this, Master Sun knew he couldn't avoid the matter, so he could only grit his teeth and say, "Alright, then I'll head over first."

After saying that, he took off into the air and transformed into a streak of fiery red light, flying towards the white bone demon ship.