Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

"Little Yu'er, let me tell you, there's a saying in this Dragon Mountain Marsh, it goes like this: 'The Three Great Kings, let them be strong; the Eight Great Demons, very arrogant; think twice before entering the deep valleys!'"

Along the way, Yuan Zhilin was in high spirits, enthusiastically introducing the Dragon Mountain Marsh to Zhang Yu and the other Qi Refining disciples.

"What are the 'Three Great Kings'? They are three quasi-King level demon beasts, with perfected Core Formation stage strength, extremely powerful. It is said that Bao Xueyang, the Sect Leader of the Spirit Control Sect, took a fancy to one of them, the Golden-Eyed Snowscale Lion, and attacked three times, suffering three crushing defeats, almost losing his life in the lion's mouth the last time. You must know that Bao Xueyang is also at the Great Perfection of the Core Formation stage and is also skilled in beast taming. Even he was no match. Who in the Six Sects region dares to provoke it! So, 'The Three Great Kings, let them be strong,' as long as you don't enter their territory, they won't run out and bite people!"

Zhang Yu listened with fascination and asked, "What are the other two Kings?"

Yuan Zhilin chuckled and said, "A crow and a bear."

Zhang Yu exclaimed, "A crow? It should have a name!"

Yuan Zhilin nodded towards Fire Crow Daoist: "Look at what my master's Daoist title is."

Zhang Yu was stunned: "Could it be the same name as Fire Crow Grandpa?"

Yuan Zhilin nodded: "That's right, that crow is known as the Undying Fire Crow! Hehe, isn't it very impressive and imposing? Is it much stronger than my master?"

Fire Crow Daoist laughed and scolded: "You blockhead, if you're going to tell a story, just tell the story, why are you dragging this old Daoist into it!"

He paused and said to Zhang Yuanjing, "Speaking of this Undying Fire Crow, this old Daoist really has some history with it. Back then, when I had just entered the Core Formation stage, I had no idea how to improve my cultivation technique when I ran into that Undying Fire Crow in the Dragon Mountain Marsh. At that time, it was still in the late stage of the Core Formation stage, not as strong as it is now. After a bitter battle, this old Daoist used all means and finally risked self-destruction of my magical treasure to win a chance of survival and escape with my life. As the saying goes, fortune and misfortune depend on each other. After fighting this demon, this old Daoist understood the mysteries of the True Fire of Myriad Beasts, and that's how I advanced later."

Zhang Yuanjing sighed: "Senior has gone through many hardships to achieve today's achievements. Only with unwavering determination can one forge a path from the cracks."

Fire Crow Daoist waved his hand and said, "It's just a small path, not worthy of being called a great path! When it comes to the great path, it has to be the great sects, with countless predecessors following one after another, tens of thousands of years of inheritance, accumulation, innovation, and only then can they open up a path to immortality."

He then said to Yuan Zhilin: "Let's not talk about this Undying Bird. Anyway, it's been nesting in its lair for many years, probably evolving its bloodline. I estimate it won't appear for several hundred years. Tell us about the other demon beasts, we might encounter some of them."

Yuan Zhilin responded and continued, "That bear is called the Horned Bear, with a golden horn on its head, hence the name Horned Bear. Over the years, many Core Formation cultivators have coveted this bear's golden horn, but they either returned defeated or suffered heavy casualties. Among the Six Sects, at least four sects have sent multiple Core Formation cultivators to Ironbone Peak, where the Horned Bear is located, to hunt this beast, but all failed."

Zhang Yu asked, "What's so good about the golden horn? Why do so many Core Formation cultivators want to snatch it!"

Yuan Zhilin laughed: "It's a top-grade material for refining magical treasures. If it's combined with other rare materials, it's very likely to be refined into a top-grade magical treasure. Tell me, who wouldn't want it!"

After entering the southern foothills of the Dragon Mountain Marsh, Zhang Yuanjing put away the Wind Control Carriage and traveled on his flying sword. Zhang Yuanjing and Fire Crow Daoist each took Han Ji and Zhang Jun, while the others used their escape techniques to follow, advancing at the flying speed of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

They first went north, entering the depths of the southern foothills of the Dragon Mountain Marsh, and then west, bypassing the territories of several Core Formation stage true demons, and were safe and sound.

After traveling for several days, thick smoke suddenly rose ahead, covering tens of miles of space.

"A cultivator is killing a demon! It's probably a Core Formation cultivator from some sect, and they've specially released avoidance smoke," Fire Crow Daoist said.

His divine sense was the strongest, but it could only extend to more than forty miles away. The place where the thick smoke rose was more than a hundred miles away from the group.

Zhang Yuanjing was puzzled and asked, "Is this a conventional practice?"

Fire Crow Daoist nodded and said, "It's agreed upon by the Six Sects, and rogue cultivators naturally follow it. However, only people from the Six Sects do this, intending to declare their identity and issue a warning. If it were a rogue cultivator, they definitely wouldn't make such a fuss. Either they would quickly end the battle, or they would retreat as soon as possible, and they would never fight the demon beast with such fanfare."

Yuan Zhilin interjected, "Master, isn't that place Five Sheep Mountain? It seems that someone can't hold back and wants to attack those five sheep demons!"

Fire Crow Daoist pondered and said, "Those who have the strength to deal with the Five Sheep are either the Star Moon Sect, the Heavy Sword Sect, or the Spirit Control Sect. Let's take a detour."

The group changed direction to the north, traveling a thousand miles, even intruding into the territory of a giant python, fighting a great battle with it, forcing the beast to abandon its nest and flee in panic.

However, this great battle was not in vain. In the deep cave where the snake was cultivating, they found three Flame Dragon Grasses, which are the main ingredients for refining the Scarlet Essence Powder, a fire-attributed elixir used by Core Formation stage cultivators. Since the grass was not yet mature, Zhang Yuanjing put it away first.

They changed direction to the west again, flying more than 20,000 miles, when they suddenly saw a space a thousand miles away to the northwest shrouded in rolling smoke and clouds, with occasional sounds of fire explosions and thunder, creating a huge commotion.

"It's really strange, what's going on with these Six Sects, why are they all hunting in the Dragon Mountain Marsh!" Yuan Zhilin's eyes lit up, showing great curiosity.

Fire Crow Daoist looked ahead with a serious expression. After a few breaths, he asked Yuan Zhilin, "Is White Cloud Mountain in that direction?"

Yuan Zhilin was stunned when he heard this, and then he was shocked: "Could it be that the Spirit Control Sect is still not giving up and is hunting that Golden-Eyed Snowscale Lion again?"

Fire Crow Daoist said coldly, "Besides Bao Xueyang, who else would risk death and injury to provoke that big lion!"

The group detoured again, deviating a hundred miles to the south, passing through several high mountains. After that, in order to conceal their whereabouts, they no longer flew in the air, but instead traveled on the ground. In this way, they could not avoid some demon beast territories and could only force their way through.

However, to the surprise of the group, there were several places where Core Formation stage demon beasts used to occupy, but they did not see any trace of the demon beasts when they passed by. In two demon beast caves, there were still traces of solidified blood, indicating that a great battle had taken place.

After that, they saw avoidance smoke twice and encountered several groups of Foundation Establishment cultivators, but they avoided them in advance and did not meet them.

This also forced them to change their routes frequently, sometimes detouring, sometimes forcing their way through, fighting seven Core Formation stage demon beasts successively. As for demon beasts below the Spirit Enlightenment stage, there were countless of them. Although they gained a lot of spiritual herbs and beast materials, the consumption was also quite large. The pills prepared in advance to restore mana were rapidly decreasing, and they had to stop to rest midway.

More than a month later, they entered the western section of the Dragon Mountain Marsh. This place was only tens of thousands of miles away from Six Peaks Immortal City, and they would be able to walk out of the Dragon Mountain Marsh in a few days.

On this day, Ape Thirteen, who had been fighting in the front and was very excited, suddenly became silent. It scratched its ears and cheeks for a long time, and finally opened its mouth and "squeaked" twice at Zhang Yuanjing, transmitting a thought to Zhang Yuanjing's mind.

Zhang Yuanjing stopped and said to Fire Crow Daoist, "Brother Ape said that it wants to go to Azurefall Valley to see Clan Leader Ape Twelve."