I run a casino in the immortal realm.

In the Heavenly Demon City, tens of thousands of miles away, at the top-floor villa of the Carefree Palace.

Zheng Yifei leaned back in his large armchair, holding a crumpled copy of the "Xuantian Daily" in his hand. Looking at the slogan "Mirage" on it, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Yifei, those bastards from the Xuantian Sect are blatantly stealing our business!"

Zhao Wenyuan stood aside, indignantly saying, "They couldn't even be bothered to change the name; they just copied our model directly. They're shameless."

"Copy? They copied it but not so badly, they copied it perfectly."

Zheng Yifei tossed the newspaper onto the table, picked up his teacup, and took a sip.

In the past two years, Zheng Yifei has been doing very well in the Heavenly Demon Sect.

The daily flow of water from Xiaoyao Palace is like a river flowing into the sea, earning the Heavenly Demon Sect a massive amount of resources.

Ye Tianqiong valued him highly, not only providing him with the best cultivation environment, but also assigning two Golden Core late-stage Heavenly Demon Guards to protect him closely.

Although Zheng Yifei's cultivation level is still at the early stage of Golden Core, the five Golden Cores in his body have been completely stabilized, and the five elements of spiritual power are constantly generated. In terms of actual combat power, ordinary mid-stage Golden Core cultivators are no match for him at all.

"Brother Wen, since the Xuantian Sect dares to open its doors for business, let's go and support them."

A sly glint flashed in Zheng Yifei's eyes.

"Go to Xuantian Market? Yifei, that's Xuantian Sect territory. Qin Cang will definitely have it heavily guarded. Wouldn't we be walking into a trap if we went there?"

Zhao Wenyuan was startled.

"What are you afraid of? We're going to gamble, not kill people."

Zheng Yifei stood up, walked to the window, and looked down at the bustling Xiaoyao Palace: "It's my own territory, so as the boss, I'm too embarrassed to get involved. But in the Xuantian Sect's territory, I have no scruples. If I don't beat them to a pulp, I'm not Zheng."

Su Wanqing, who was looking at the account book, was stunned: "Yifei, the Xuantian Sect must have set up a top-level isolation formation. Divine sense can't penetrate it at all. How can we win?"

Zheng Yifei turned his head, looked at Su Wanqing, and a mysterious smile appeared on his lips.

He offered no explanation.

Back on Earth, Zheng Yifei was not exactly a law-abiding citizen.

He was a mathematical genius and a "King of Gamblers" who had honed his psychology and techniques to the extreme. He once swept through all the world's top casinos, including Las Vegas and Macau, with his superb card counting skills and absolute control over probability. In the end, he was blacklisted by the global gambling industry and was not even allowed to enter the gate.

The formations in the cultivation world are indeed wondrous, capable of isolating divine sense and defending against spells. But gambling, as long as it's done by humans, is subject to the laws of physics.

The angle of the wrist exerted by the person rolling the dice, the slight tremor of the muscles, and the frequency of the sound of the dice hitting the bowl are all physical phenomena that the formation cannot conceal.

Zheng Yifei doesn't need divine sense; he only needs a pair of eyes and a pair of ears to instantly build complex mathematical models in his mind and accurately calculate the landing point of the dice and the combination of playing cards.

This is a case of dimensional reduction attack.

"Brother Wen, please prepare three high-grade human skin masks for me, and also three 'Concealing Breath Pills'."

Zheng Yifei put down his teacup: "Go to the accounting office and withdraw five thousand spirit stones as chips. Call Chen San and Lin Bao. The three of us will set off in disguise tomorrow. I want Qin Cang to know what it means to lose everything."

"OK!"

Although Zhao Wenyuan was unsure of himself, he blindly trusted Zheng Yifei and immediately turned around to prepare.

Late the next night.

Zheng Yifei, Chen San, and Lin Bao had changed into ordinary rogue cultivator clothes, with exquisitely crafted human skin masks on their faces, and their auras were suppressed to the Foundation Establishment stage using pills.

Just as they were preparing to quietly leave Xiaoyao Palace, the gate of the villa opened silently.

Ye Tianqiong, dressed in a long black robe, walked in with his hands behind his back. The door slowly closed behind him.

The three were startled and immediately bowed, saying, "Greetings, Vice Sect Master."

Ye Tianqiong's gaze swept over the three of them, finally settling on Zheng Yifei's face. He said with a half-smile, "Not bad for disguise, and the Concealing Breath Pill is top-grade. Where are you planning to go in the middle of the night?"

Knowing he couldn't hide it from this shrewd and calculating big shot, Zheng Yifei simply confessed: "The Mirage of the Xuantian Sect opens tomorrow, and I want to go and give them a piece of my mind."

"Go cheat?"

Ye Tianqiong walked to the table and sat down, pouring himself a cup of tea: "Qin Cang had the sect's chief array master set up the 'God-Slaying Array,' which even my divine sense couldn't see through the dice inside. Are you confident?"

"Don't worry, Vice Sect Master, I never use my divine sense when I win money."

Zheng Yifei smiled confidently.

Ye Tianqiong picked up his teacup, but didn't drink. Instead, he stared at Zheng Yifei for a while before slowly saying, "I believe in your abilities. But you're not going anywhere today."

Zheng Yifei frowned slightly: "Vice Sect Master, the Xuantian Sect's opening of a casino is like bleeding the Tianmo Sect dry. If I go and drain their funds, it will only benefit the Tianmo Sect."

"The spirit stones in the casino are nothing compared to what's about to happen."

Ye Tianqiong put down his teacup and stood up: "Yifei, come with me."

After saying that, Ye Tianqiong waved his sleeve, and a gentle spiritual energy enveloped Zheng Yifei.

The two disappeared into the courtyard in an instant. Chen San and Lin Bao looked at each other, not daring to ask any more questions.

This place is usually an absolute restricted area; even the deputy sect leader is not allowed to enter without a warrant.

But at this moment, the scene here made Zheng Yifei gasp.

The surrounding air became extremely viscous, as if it had turned into a liquid.

There were no stars in the sky; instead, a thick layer of dark red clouds covered the sky. At the center of the clouds, a huge purple vortex was slowly rotating, and deep within the vortex, faint, chilling lightning flickered.

Even more bizarre are the surrounding plants.

Zheng Yifei witnessed firsthand how a century-old herb by the roadside sprouted, blossomed, and bore fruit in just a few breaths, before quickly withering and turning to ashes.

Beside it, a piece of hard obsidian was silently weathering into sand.

"This is……"

Zheng Yifei's eyes widened; he sensed that the laws of space and time here had been completely disrupted.

"Look up." Night

With his hands behind his back, Tianqiong gazed up at the purple vortex in the sky, his eyes filled with fervor and awe: "This is the Heavenly Tribulation of the Nascent Soul stage."

"Transformation into a Divine Being?"

Zheng Yifei was deeply shaken.

The Southern Wilderness has not seen a Nascent Soul stage cultivator for thousands of years.

Above the Nascent Soul stage lies the Deity Transformation stage, a realm where one truly sheds their mortal form and comprehends the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Once someone breaks through to the Deity Transformation stage, the power structure of the entire Southern Wilderness will be completely rewritten.

"Sect Master Ouyang Tian has been in seclusion for a full thirty years."

Ye Tianqiong's voice sounded somewhat faint in the gale: "He finally touched that barrier, attracting the heavenly tribulation. Three days later, the heavenly tribulation will descend."

Zheng Yifei took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down: "The Vice Sect Master brought me here, surely not so I could watch the Sect Master undergo his tribulation?"