I just want to kill you all, or be killed by you all.

As the celestial light engulfed everything, Li Yang felt a sudden dizziness, a strong sense of weightlessness that made him feel as if his body was about to be torn apart.

But my arm felt extremely comfortable, soft and sinking in.

But soon, a special power of rules appeared around him, draining all his cultivation.

His divine sense couldn't be released, his spiritual power gradually depleted, and his meridians sealed off layer by layer...

By the time he landed, Qin Feng had already been thrown off.

Ning Xi hugged him very tightly, her chest even deformed.

Li Yang looked down and was struck by the overwhelming visual impact.

In addition, having become a mortal, his blood rushed to his head, and a stream of heat flowed from his nose.

"Oh dear, senior brother, you're injured!"

Ning Xi feigned surprise, but a suppressed laugh was hidden in her eyes.

"It must be because of the teleportation that caused my physical discomfort." Li Yang casually wiped away the blood from his nose, acting as if nothing had happened.

Being vigilant, he immediately looked around to make sure it was safe.

"Such scarce spiritual energy!"

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth is scarce, and the vegetation grows sparsely.

There are no traces of human habitation, only a primitive and desolate wilderness.

But Li Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

This is because it means that powerful beings will not easily be born in this vast world.

"Don't waste time. First, cultivate to the first level of Qi Refining so you can open the storage ring."

The three sat cross-legged, and a wisp of spiritual energy quickly appeared within their meridians.

Li Yang immediately opened his storage ring, took out the spirit-gathering array and spirit stones, and began to cultivate.

"Don't we need to wander around and seize some kind of opportunity?" Ning Xi asked.

Li Yang answered casually:

"First, restore your Foundation Establishment cultivation level and gain the means to kill."

Ning Xi knew this would be the answer immediately.

I'm used to it.

Although his cultivation was stripped away, he still had a foundation, so his cultivation speed was very fast.

Having undergone physical rebirth, he successfully returned to the first level of Foundation Establishment half a month later.

Meanwhile, Ning Xi, who was standing to the side, had already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, with her cultivation reaching the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, which was incredibly fast.

Qin Feng also possessed exceptional talent, being the young master of the family, and had also reached the first level of Foundation Establishment.

"Walk!"

The three of them flew on their swords and began to explore the surroundings.

During this time, they encountered several cultivators, but the other party clearly did not want to have a conflict and left without any interaction.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait." A voice came from behind him shortly after he started walking.

Upon hearing those four words, Li Yang almost turned around and slashed out with his sword.

In the world of cultivation, these four words are just as dangerous as "Fellow Daoist, this treasure is destined for me."

The newcomer was a dark-skinned, weathered middle-aged male cultivator with a cultivation level at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

"What's wrong?" Li Yang asked, frowning.

"You three are so young; you must be exceptional talents from the main world who have come here for trials, right?"

The middle-aged male cultivator smiled with a simple and honest expression.

Upon hearing this, Li Yang was somewhat surprised.

Unexpectedly, there were native humans in the world of the trial.

But that's understandable.

Who says that indigenous people can only be monsters or the like?

"Is something the matter?" Li Yang asked again.

They neither acknowledge nor correct it.

"That's how it is—"

As newcomers, we are not yet familiar with the world's structure and the strengths and weaknesses of the cultivation world.

In short, the strongest beings in our world are only at the Nascent Soul stage, and they can no longer break through to the next level.

The battle between the righteous and the evil paths has been ongoing for years. In recent years, in particular, the cultivation speed of orthodox cultivators has slowed down, while the number of demonic cultivators has surged, leading to widespread suffering.

Recently, the nearby righteous fortress of Panshi County was attacked by demonic forces. This place is one of the important passes of the Tianyuan Dynasty. Once it falls, countless mortals will perish at the hands of demonic cultivators and become their cultivation resources.

He cupped his hands in a respectful gesture, his tone sincere: "Therefore, I would like to request that you three fellow Daoists join me in resisting the invasion of the demonic path and protecting the common people!"

"Oh? Is that so?!" Li Yang exclaimed in surprise, immediately urging, "Lead the way quickly!"

Ning Xi glanced at Li Yang with some curiosity, but didn't say anything more.

The middle-aged male cultivator bowed deeply: "Many thanks to the three fellow Daoists for their righteous assistance!"

Then he turned around and headed straight in one direction.

But in the instant he turned around...

With a clang, the sword's cry erupted!

Li Yang, who had just been anxious, now had a cold expression, with only his eyes flashing with a scarlet killing intent.

"you……!"

In just one breath, the middle-aged male cultivator at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage was killed, without even having time to unleash his various trump cards.

"What are you doing?!" Qin Feng hadn't even reacted yet.

"Slap!" Li Yang slapped him across the face before leisurely touching the corpse.

Just as his hand was about to touch the corpse, he sensed something was wrong and unleashed a burst of sword energy from his sword finger.

When the sword energy touched the corpse, the corpse spewed out a large amount of poisonous mist, instantly melting the vegetation and grass, creating a deep pit.

"Such insidious methods." Li Yang's eyes narrowed slightly.

"How did you realize something was wrong with him?" Ning Xi leaned closer and asked curiously.

"I didn't see it," Li Yang shook his head.

"Forehead……"

Li Yang explained, "But he had murderous intent towards me. A stranger who pretended to be friendly, yet harbored murderous intent towards me, naturally could not be allowed to live."

This is Li Yang's code of conduct when he is out in public.

"Aren't you afraid of accidentally killing innocent people?" Qin Feng asked, covering his face.

His response was another "smack".

"This is a secret realm; killing here will not bring punishment."

He looked at Qin Feng's swollen cheek: "You can ask questions without shame. But if you still use an accusatory tone, I will answer you, but every time you answer, I will slap you."

Just then—

Some kind of unseen force of law descended.

The number 1 appeared between Li Yang's eyebrows.

Li Yang, however, felt that the spiritual energy in the world seemed to have become richer.

A voice echoed in his mind—

Those who wish to follow my path must shatter this world.

The more brutal the killings, the greater the awe-inspiring power of Heaven.

Remember: Never kill a slave.

The sound came abruptly and disappeared quickly.

The content is minimal, but very straightforward.

In short, the core rule of this ancient immortal realm is just one point—

The more you kill, the stronger you become!

This isn't the legacy of an ancient immortal, it's clearly the legacy of a killing god!

Li Yang believed that his master was right; this ancient immortal realm was indeed a legacy of the killing path.

Therefore, we must not let him fall into the hands of evil spirits, otherwise he will surely be raised into a demon lord who will bring disaster to the world!

It wasn't an illusion; the spiritual energy in the world had indeed become much denser.

In other words, as the killing intensifies, the speed of cultivation will only increase.

Li Yang even felt his mind was clear and his understanding of heaven and earth seemed to have been enhanced.

Li Yang told Ning Xi what had just happened.

"How cruel!" Ning Xi's expression turned solemn, her eyes lowered as she pondered.

Li Yang saw her delicate hands flutter, and one after another, profound magic seals flew out and landed on the dead middle-aged male cultivator.

He then sensed a surge of spiritual energy gathering.

"Um?!"

Li Yang was taken aback.

Ning Xi actually condensed the remnant soul of a fallen cultivator and then directly searched for his soul!

It seems simple, but it requires extremely strong control over one's soul and unpredictable secret techniques.

In the world of cultivation, usually only Golden Core cultivators can perform the Soul Searching Technique.

The souls of those in the Foundation Establishment stage are still too fragile, but it cannot be ruled out that a few souls are exceptionally powerful.

"Are you a soul cultivator?" Li Yang asked suspiciously.

He had already given up doubting that Ning Xi was Ning Qingfeng.

"My Ning family is an ancient immortal family. Don't look down on us with your lowly perspective." Ning Xi's beautiful eyes held a hint of disdain. "Want to learn? If you are fortunate enough to become the son-in-law of my Ning family, I might consider it."

Li Yang paused:

"You're too much trouble, and Third Senior Sister is too stupid."

Ning Xi's beautiful eyes widened.

Li Yang paused deliberately, as if he was seriously considering it.

"Keep dreaming! The men who want to date me stretch from Kunzhou to Qianzhou. Don't think you're so great just because you can kill a few people! What are you so arrogant about!"

"You were the one who started the joke." Li Yang shook his head. "A woman who can't take a joke is really shameless."

Seeing Li Yang and Ning Xi chatting animatedly, Qin Feng subconsciously compared himself to them...

Failed!

Li Yang doesn't care whether the other person likes him or not, but he also won't offend them with his words.

He doesn't need to conquer conversations or offer sharp opinions to prove his worth; he appears very composed and has a relaxed and easygoing demeanor.

But most importantly, even when facing a peerless genius like Ning Xi, he would not flatter or fawn over her as if she were an elder.

It wasn't a feigned indifference; he genuinely felt that way about everyone.

"Could it be... that Father's deeper meaning in having me stay by his side was for me to improve myself and get rid of my instinctive desire to please my five senior sisters?"

Following the memories obtained from Ning Xi's soul search, Li Yang went to kill the middle-aged male cultivator's accomplices as well.

It is true that Panshi County is being invaded by demonic forces, but this group of people are also demonic cultivators.

Through the complete soul-searching technique, Ning Xi revealed an important piece of information to Li Yang:

"Besides us trial participants who initiate the killing challenge, the native inhabitants of the secret realm world also have the right to inherit the legacy."

Furthermore, under the uniform rules and independent laws of heaven, all beings born in this world can randomly inherit the physique, cultivation methods, supernatural powers, and secret techniques of the trial participants after killing them.

After all, the cultivation level in this great world is too low, incomparable to our Nine Provinces.

Upon hearing this, Li Yang immediately found it amusing:

"They can do this? It seems the mortality rate for this dungeon will probably be over 50%!"