Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

"Hahaha, this is so refreshing! Master, this monster's cultivation method is too direct! It can become stronger just by eating. I think the power of my demon body might even surpass that of a human." After devouring several demon beasts in succession, Ye Liuyun felt his cultivation level increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, Ye Liuyun had to think deeply about what Lin Qingyou said next.

"It's not just the demon race. In fact, humans also rely on absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as well as rare treasures containing energy, to cultivate. In the eyes of humans, only living life is considered life. But in reality, flowers, plants, and trees all have spirits; it's just that their way of manifesting life is not recognized," Lin Qingyou said.

Lin Qingyou is an immortal, not a human. From the perspective of immortals, all living beings in the mortal realm are basically equal, with no distinction between high and low.

The elixirs that humans almost cannot do without for cultivation are simply plundering the life force of monsters, plants, and trees to strengthen themselves. So, in essence, there is no difference.

Whether in the cultivation world or in the mortal world, wild beasts come down from the mountains to eat people, and people hunt and eat meat; this is the cycle of life.

So, to be honest, humans and demons are irreconcilable enemies. The reality is that, not only between humans and demons, but also between humans and between demons, they are constantly devouring each other.

Actually, "demon race" is just a broad term, and it was defined by humans. Originally, there was no such thing as "demon race" at all; there were only wolf races, tiger races, and so on.

The differences between these races are no different from the differences between people. It seems that the rise of the human race in ancient times forced these races to unite and form a collective, which is why they were called the demon race.

Ye Liuyun devoured everything in her path. As long as she detected a demon beast, it basically couldn't escape her grasp. There was no need to worry about finishing off all the demon beasts here; Ye Liuyun only ate those at the Dao Palace realm.

Lesser demons at the Sea of ​​Wheels realm are of little use. After she eats one Dao Palace demon and leaves this place, another one will be born soon.

Ye Liuyun stopped by the camp again and peeked inside. Many of the humans there had already begun to awaken.

"Who the hell is undergoing tribulation? If I find him, I'll skin him alive! He's taking so many of us with him during his tribulation!" Some cultivators at the Dao Palace level asked angrily.

When a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage breaks through to the Core Formation stage, it will trigger a tribulation of lightning. If there are other cultivators within the area covered by thunderclouds, they will also be forced to endure the heavenly lightning attack.

That's why they think someone is undergoing a tribulation.

"Haha, that's hilarious! I'm letting you experience the tribulation firsthand. Generally, after experiencing the heavenly lightning I summon, your ability to withstand the tribulation will increase significantly. Be grateful to me!" Ye Liuyun chuckled to himself.

After saying that, she transformed back into a white python and continued heading towards Tianduan Ridge. She wasn't in a hurry; after all, the hundred-year agreement with Yunzong was still a long way off.

A week later, on the edge of the Southern Wilderness Mountains in Tianduan Ridge, five powerful Nascent Soul cultivators were seen chasing a girl in a flowing white dress through the mountains.

Wherever they went, mountains and forests were reduced to ruins under their powerful aura.

Some unlucky humans and demons were vaporized upon first sight, leaving not even ashes. Ice Dragon King, you have no chance of escape today, give up.

If you stop resisting and agree to become the guardian beast of our Kaiyang Shenxiao Sect, we will spare your life.

An elderly man wearing a long golden robe with sunflower patterns transmitted his voice to the fleeing woman ahead.

The woman ahead exuded a chilling aura, freezing everything in her wake. Despite her seemingly human appearance and lack of demonic energy, she remained unaffected.

But in reality, this woman is the Eastern Wilderness Demon King, the Ice Serpent King, and the strongest member of the Eastern Wilderness Demon Clan. She is at the half-step Nirvana Realm, and her cultivation level is even higher than that of the Black Tiger Demon King.

This Ice Serpent King is very interesting. She goes by the alias Long Lingyun and infiltrates the human world of the Eastern Wilderness to learn human methods.

Not long ago, she was about to undergo the Nirvana Tribulation and enter the realm of Demon Saint. However, who knew that the strongest sect in the Eastern Wilderness, the Kaiyang Shenxiao Sect, somehow learned that she was about to undergo the tribulation and actually joined forces with the experts of several major sects in the Eastern Wilderness to besiege and kill her.

The rebirth of demonic beasts is different from that of humans. They need to undergo a complete transformation and bloodline evolution. The next step for the Ice Serpent King is naturally to evolve into an Ice Dragon. This process is very painful, and it is also when she is at her weakest.

Her combat power is probably less than half of her peak strength, at most only 30%. She is still quite formidable, managing to withstand the attacks of five cultivators at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul realm and escape the encirclement.

However, he was also seriously injured and forced to stop his tribulation. It is uncertain whether he will have another chance to be reborn.

Of course, given the current situation, let alone being reborn, whether they can even escape is a question.

"Damn it, I have to escape. Is that the Nanling region ahead? The Nanling cultivation world is the territory of the Supreme Induction Sect. They shouldn't dare to force their way in." Long Lingyun murmured, looking at the majestic mountain range ahead.

She had no choice but to take a gamble, otherwise she might really be captured alive.

After weighing the pros and cons, Long Lingyun still sped up and flew over; she couldn't do that much more.

"Huh? What is this demoness trying to do? Is she trying to escape into the Southern Ridge region? Is she crazy? Isn't she afraid that the Southern Ridge Demon King will attack her? Wouldn't that just make her die even faster?" The Kaiyang Shenxiao Sect expert's expression changed.

They could no longer stop Long Lingyun from using the snake clan's life-saving technique the moment she crossed the Nanling border.

"Serpentic Split." Long Lingyun silently recited this in her mind, and her body suddenly exploded, turning into countless white rays of light that shot towards various parts of the Southern Ridge.

These five powerful Nascent Soul cultivators were helpless for a moment and were forced to stop their pursuit, as they could not recklessly trespass into the Nanling territory.

Despite being both human, the relationship between the Supreme Response Sect and the Kaiyang Divine Firmament Sect is not good. If they rashly barge in, it is highly likely to trigger a confrontation between the cultivation sects of the two regions.

If the Nine Heavens Holy Land were to hold them accountable, it would certainly be the responsibility of the Kaiyang Divine Firmament Sect.

"Damn it, this demoness is really going all out. She used their snake clan's innate abilities twice in a row. She probably only has a third of her original essence left. Even if she survives, her strength will definitely be greatly reduced, and she will no longer have the possibility of breaking through to the Demon Saint realm." The five people said, standing at the border between the Southern Ridge and the Eastern Wilderness.

"Lord Kaiyang, can't you contact the Supreme Response Sect and ask them to help capture this demoness?" another Nascent Soul expert asked.

Kaiyang Shenjun is a title, the title of the sect leader of the Kaiyang Shenxiao Sect.

"Do you think I'm stupid? Let the Supreme Response Sect get away with this? We've put in so much effort to force this demoness out of the Eastern Wilderness and even severely injured her. If we tell the Supreme Response Sect, they'll definitely come out in full force to find her. Once they find her, how much will they benefit?" Kaiyang Divine Lord reminded him.

This reminded the other five that, indeed, killing the Ice Serpent King completely might be a good thing for the Eastern Wilderness, but the problem was that if the Supreme Response Sect only captured them and didn't kill them, it wouldn't be of any benefit to them.

After saying that, the group gave up the pursuit.

As for Long Lingyun, she couldn't care less anymore. Her consciousness was very heavy, and she was about to fall asleep. She randomly found a secluded cave and crawled inside. She didn't have time to think about where this place was.

As for the Black Tiger Demon King, she was the first to sense a very powerful aura entering their Nanling territory. However, by the time she realized what was happening and arrived at the border between Nanling and Donghuang, she found that the aura had completely disappeared.

"Could it be that a powerful expert from the Eastern Wilderness has come over? That shouldn't be the case. If a powerful expert were to cross the border, I should be able to sense it, right?" The Black Tiger Demon King was somewhat confused.

After thinking about it for a while, I went back.

Let's talk about Ye Liuyun. Ye Liuyun finally arrived at the outer area of ​​Tianduan Ridge. After arriving here, there was basically no trace of human habitation. It was pure primeval forest and primeval mountain range.

Along the way, there were fewer and fewer cultivators. Even when they did encounter one, they were at least at the Nascent Soul stage of the Dao Palace, and there were even quite a few cultivators from the Four Extremes Secret Realm.

However, they are very rare; you might not even be able to sense many human cultivators in a single day.

Ye Liuyun's demonic body was really useful; she encountered almost no trouble along the way, and those who tried to cause trouble were dealt with by her.

However, the road ahead is never always smooth. Once you reach the territory of Tianduan Ridge, even if you don't have to face the threat of humans, you still have to face the threat of powerful demonic beasts.

As soon as Ye Liuyun arrived at an open area, a loud cry came from above. The sound was very piercing and was clearly aimed at Ye Liuyun.

"Huh?" Ye Liuyun quickly looked up at the sky and saw a huge black bird swooping down.

"Damn it?" Ye Liuyun cursed under his breath, then transformed back into human form and struck out with a palm, which collided with the black bird.

The black bird flew backward and transformed into a female monster dressed in black, with wings and eagle claws.

"What are you doing? Why did you suddenly attack me?" Ye Liuyun asked, quite displeased.

"Hmph! You snake-clan fellow, you've trespassed into my territory. Since you're here, you'll become my food." The bird demon said coldly, then attacked Ye Liuyun again.

This guy is very fast. After all, he is a flying monster, and most flying monsters are wind-type and are good at speed.

Moreover, birds are a species that preys on snakes, making them natural enemies.

Tian Duan Ridge is the kingdom of the demon race. The demon civilization here is basically based on the law of the jungle and is quite primitive. Even though the Black Tiger Demon King wants to reform it, progress is very slow.

"Who do you think you are? You think you can beat me just because you're a little higher in cultivation level? What a joke!" Ye Liuyun snorted coldly, advancing instead of retreating, and going head-to-head with this guy.

This bird monster is a late-stage Dao Palace demon beast, and theoretically it should be stronger than Ye Liuyun. However, unfortunately, Ye Liuyun is no ordinary demon.

"You mere snake demon, you dare to go head-to-head with my eagle clan? You must be out of your mind." The bird demon used its sharp claws to claw at Ye Liuyun's snake body.

Normally, a snake's body wouldn't withstand the claws of a raptor, but to this bird demon's surprise, her claws struck Ye Liuyun, sending sparks flying everywhere, completely unable to penetrate his defenses.

Ye Liuyun sneered and seized the opportunity to sweep the guy up. His powerful physical strength left the bird demon with no chance to resist.

"Impossible? How can your physical body be so powerful?" The bird demon was dumbfounded.

Her advantages couldn't work on Ye Liuyun, and her cultivation level didn't suppress him either, which was just too absurd.

The snake demons she had encountered before, those of the same cultivation level, would all run away at the sight of her, let alone those of lower cultivation levels.

"Let me go! I'm warning you, I'm a member of the Black Hawk Clan. If you dare kill me, you will face fierce retaliation from our Black Hawk Clan!" the bird demon shouted as it struggled.

This guy didn't use his advantages to fight in the sky, but instead came down to fight Ye Liuyun in close combat on the ground. That's just courting death.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you. It just so happens that this is my first time in Tianduan Ridge, and I don't know anything about the situation here, so I can only trouble you." Ye Liuyun produced a pill in his hand, a blood-red pill.

Ye Liuyun took out a pill, infused it with his demonic energy, and then forcibly stuffed it into the bird demon's mouth.

"Ugh! What is this? Damn it, human pills! Why do you have human pills?" The bird demon tried to spit out the pill she had swallowed, instinctively feeling that it was something bad.

"Don't worry, it's just something to make you obey." Ye Liuyun chuckled, and the next moment, the bird demon let out a painful howl, because her soul was being entangled by the power of Ye Liuyun's pill.

Before long, a snake-shaped pattern appeared on her soul stone, which meant that she had been enslaved by Ye Liuyun.

As its soul was enslaved, the bird demon gradually calmed down, ceasing its screams and struggles.

She remained motionless with vacant eyes, and even when Ye Liuyun put her down, she didn't move an inch.

"Alright, from today onwards, I am your master. Tell me, where is this place? I mean, where the demon race of Tianduan Ridge is located," Ye Liuyun asked calmly.

As soon as Ye Liuyun spoke, the bird demon's eyes immediately came to life, but its previously ferocious gaze became docile.

"Yes, my master, this is the southern part of Tianduan Ridge, the territory of the Eagle Clan of Tianduan Ridge. The Eagle Clan is one of the ten major clans of Tianduan Ridge..." The bird monster told Ye Liuyun everything it knew.

Ye Liuyun also learned from her the location of the Eastern Wilderness. However, that area was the territory of the Wolf Clan. Any outsider monster or human who dared to go there would basically be attacked by them.

They only allow ordinary wild animals to pass, because they also need food.

There are also many cultivators in that area, but they are mainly from the Eastern Wilderness, not the Southern Ridge.

Neither side completely prohibits cultivators from interacting, but there are strict cultivation level restrictions. If a cultivator at the Nascent Soul level crosses the boundary, it is considered a provocation. However, interaction between cultivators below the Nascent Soul level is not prohibited.

After learning about the situation, Ye Liuyun did not continue forward, but instead spoke to the bird demon.

"Go patrol in the sky. If there is any danger, tell me. I need to rest here for a while." After listening, Ye Liuyun sent the bird monster to keep watch.

Ye Liuyun was currently by a stream, and she planned to find a place to rest nearby.

However, Bai Lin and the others were also released; it was time for them to get some fresh air.

"Ah, we're finally out! What a comfortable place this is!" As soon as Liu Su and the others came out, they were attracted by the spiritual energy here.

Bai Lin and Jin Chen immediately became lively as well.

"Tian Duan Ridge, this place should be the area with the most abundant spiritual energy in the entire Southern Ridge. It's practically a paradise for the demon race. You can have some fun, but don't go too far," Ye Liuyun said with a smile.

Chapter 410 The Trial of the Void (4500 words + 2200 monthly votes bonus chapter)

Upon hearing Ye Liuyun's words, Bai Lin and the others immediately cheered with joy.

For the past few years, I've basically stayed in that small place called Bixia Valley, and I've never been able to experience the joy of freedom.

To be honest, the two of them suddenly regretted following Ye Liuyun. If they had known, they would have been more comfortable staying in the Demon Emperor's Tomb.

Moreover, the two of them felt that their father had forgotten about them, as almost a hundred years had passed and their father had not come to see them.

Ye Liuyun watched the group of them running around and chuckled.

He went to the stream and put his lower body into it, letting the water wash over his body.

"Ah...so comfortable. Coming to Tianduan Ridge feels like a liberation of body and mind. This is the taste of freedom," Ye Liuyun exclaimed.

At the same time, she was also thinking about whether she should give Bai Lin and Jin Chen some freedom for a while, since it seemed that they didn't serve much purpose by staying by her side all the time.

Meanwhile, on Lin Aoxue's side, the Taixu Trial of the Supreme Response Sect finally began.

On this day, all eligible disciples of the Tai Shang Gan Ying Sect gathered at the entrance of the Tai Xu Secret Realm.

From a distance, Mount Taixu looks like an ordinary little mountain, only a few hundred meters high. Within the Tiandao Mountain Range, it is unremarkable and can even be described as an inconspicuous little hill.

But this inconspicuous little mountain is a forbidden area of ​​the Supreme Response Sect, surrounded by layers of magic arrays, and guarded by several Nascent Soul cultivators.

In front of the entrance is a large platform, which is carved from a single block of rock, giving it a rustic and grand appearance.

Not long after, a figure descended from the sky and landed at the entrance of the Taixu Secret Realm. This was an elder from Tiandao Peak who was at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.

The elder glanced around and, upon closer inspection, discovered that many people were actually standing on the peaks surrounding Mount Taixu.

These people are all participants in the Taixu Trial.

"The Supreme Response Sect's once-in-a-century Taixu Trial is now officially beginning. All cultivators from the 108 peaks who meet the trial requirements, please enter and prepare to participate," the elder announced calmly.

As soon as the words were spoken, figures appeared from all directions like a meteor shower, converging and landing on the platform in front of the Taixu Secret Realm.

These are young talents with different temperaments, and the patterns and colors of their clothes are different, representing different factions.

The Supreme Response Sect has 108 factions, which is equivalent to 108 medium-sized sects. With so many factions, you can imagine how fierce and exciting the competition is during each sect activity.

Those who first took the stage were all core disciples of various factions, with cultivation levels starting at least at the Dao Palace Nascent Soul Realm and reaching the Half-Step Four Extremes Realm, but there were also a small number of Four Extremes Realm cultivators.

The number of core disciples on each peak is quite large; they filled up the platform in no time. With so many core disciples, it's clear just how many disciples the Supreme Response Sect has.

During the last Nanling Grand Gathering, due to the large number of participants, disciples from various factions mostly stayed on their own mountain strongholds and did not come out.

The disciples all wore expressions of anticipation; today might be their day to turn their lives around.