Ghost Fiend Secret Realm, Bone Pit.

  As space rippled, Xiao Ming and his companions emerged.

  Looking around.

  In the dim starlight of the night, they could see a massive pit surrounded by jagged rocks, devoid of any life.

  Only piles of bones, stacked like mountains, covered the area for dozens of miles.

  At the moment they appeared.

  Suddenly, ghostly flames flared up among the bones, and ghostly figures with terrifying soul waves charged at Xiao Ming and his companions like a swarm of locusts.

  However, as the willow leaf in Xiao Ming's hand emitted a burst of green light.

  These ghostly figures, as if encountering a great terror, immediately halted three meters away, not daring to attack Xiao Ren and the others.

  "This place is the Bone Pit, the Storm King's lair, and it also nurtures the seven-color fiendish energy!"

  As Xiao Ming and Su Qingyue surveyed their surroundings, Feng Xianhuang glanced around and spoke gravely.

  In her past life.

  She had witnessed Xiao Ren and Yun Feipeng engage in a bloody battle here.

  In the end, neither could defeat the other, so they joined forces to slay the Storm King and absorb the seven-color fiendish energy to forge a Cave Heaven.

  In this life.

  Yun Feipeng had already been slain by Xiao Ming.

  Next, it was time for the two brothers to settle their grievances and decide the ownership of the seven-color fiendish energy.

  "The Storm King's lair?"

  Hearing this, Xiao Ming glanced around and looked into the depths of the bone pit.

  With the Eye of Truth, he indeed saw a massive creature slumbering at the bottom of the pit.

  And beneath the pit, various lights flickered.

  That was the seven-color fiendish energy!

  Not the fake seven-color fiendish energy they had seen before, but the genuine seven-color fiendish energy, a treasure nurtured by the secret realm's essence!

  Its capacity...

  Was enough for two peerless geniuses to forge an emperor-grade supreme Cave Heaven!

  As Xiao Ming was observing.

  The dark Storm King, who had been sleeping in the pit, seemed to sense the arrival of Xiao Ming and the others.

  It immediately opened its tightly shut eyes.

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  A terrifying dark aura erupted from the pit, and the dark Storm King burst forth with a roar, unleashing a destructive force that stirred a storm in the void.

  Above the Bone Pit, the sky changed, and lightning flickered in the void.

  The oppressive terror was such that even some powerful beings at the seventh or eighth level of the Dharma Aspect stage dared not provoke this king!

  "Retreat, wait for daylight!"

  Feeling the terrifying oppression from the dark Storm King, Xiao Ming didn't hesitate to instruct Feng Xianhuang and the others.

  In its normal state, it possessed the strength of the fifth level of the Dharma Aspect stage and could also harness the power of the secret realm to attack.

  Even teaming up with Feng Xianhuang, they would barely manage to contend with such power.

  Not to mention...

  It was still nighttime!

  With the secret realm's power boosting it, the Storm King's strength was doubled, and confronting it now would be a collective suicide mission.

  As Xiao Ming's words fell.

  Feng Xianhuang and Su Qingyue had no objections and immediately retreated with Xiao Ming ten miles away.

  The dark Storm King, seeing Xiao Ming and the others retreat swiftly, did not pursue them out of the pit.

  It merely issued commands to the surrounding minions, and numerous ghostly figures howled and chased after them.

  But with the protection of the Liu Shen leaf, these ghostly figures ultimately dared not attack.

  They could only rage impotently three meters away, forcing Xiao Ming to unleash the Human Emperor Banner to slaughter these ghostly figures and restore the banner's essence.

  Meanwhile.

  Perhaps due to Liu Shen's awakening, the secret realm underwent astonishing changes.

  The gray mist that had originally spread slowly throughout the Ghost Fiend Secret Realm.

  That night, as if stimulated, it spread at an alarming speed.

  Terrified, many cultivators could only flee their shelters, risking the night to relocate, as countless demons and ghosts went berserk.

  Terrifying battles erupted throughout the secret realm.

  In just a few hours, over eighty to ninety percent of the cultivators who entered the Ghost Fiend Secret Realm were dead or injured.

  More eerily...

  The gray mist's contraction centered around the Bone Pit.

  This led to.

  Many surviving cultivators converging in this direction, including the two prodigious talents, Xiao Ren and Ye Li.

  "So many of these ghostly things, if I don't kill them..."

  After exterminating tens of thousands of ghostly figures, Xiao Ming lost interest and gave up.

  Although he managed to restore a bit of the Human Emperor Banner's essence, the purple-black primordial energy grew denser.

  But his energy was greatly depleted.

  Better to save some strength for daylight to slay the dark Storm King.

  As the thought crossed his mind.

  Xiao Ming sat cross-legged on the spot, casually extracting his reward this time.

  He refined the Saint Source Ring and wore it on the index finger of his right hand.

  From now on.

  He couldn't just kill with a single sword strike; he had to cripple and suppress his enemies first, using the Saint Source Ring to devour their cultivation.

  Then he would obliterate them, absorbing their blood and soul essence!

  The method of killing had become much more complicated.

  But to ensure he had the foundation of a Saint realm cultivation in the future, a more complex killing process was acceptable.

  After refining the Saint Source Ring with a single thought, seeing that it was still dark.

  Xiao Ming focused on the willow leaf, then closed his eyes to establish a connection.

  Who knew what kind of secret technique Liu Shen, the Great Emperor, would leave him?

  As his soul consciousness entered.

  A colossal willow tree appeared before Xiao Ming, its branches reaching the sky, resembling the World Tree.

  Even on its branches.

  Divine patterns flickered, and even the leaves shimmered with divine light.

  It seemed as if this divine willow could create or destroy worlds with a single thought, its majestic aura making Xiao Ming's heart tremble.

  "This must be Liu Shen's true divine presence, such an awe-inspiring aura, it must have surpassed the Great Emperor!"

  Feeling Liu Shen's power, Xiao Ming couldn't help but marvel.

  At the same time.

  The divine willow began to tremble, and divine patterns manifested as images.

  Liu Yunyan's ethereal voice echoed in this space.

  "This technique is called... the Immortal Divine Wood Art."

  "It is a secret technique I created by comprehending the Dao of Wood and combining it with my own characteristics."

  "Practicing this technique allows one to condense life marks within the body, integrating them into the flesh as a foundation."

  "With a mortal body, one can control the Dao of Wood, deriving numerous plant-based divine abilities from it!"

  "And as long as the life marks remain, the flesh can regenerate infinitely. If one masters it to the extreme, they can achieve immortality!"

  As the voice echoed in Xiao Ming's mind, the cultivation essentials of the Immortal Divine Wood Art were imprinted in the depths of his mind.

  Xiao Ming felt a rumbling in his mind, and he entered a state of enlightenment, a faint green light emanating from him.

  "This guy... entered enlightenment?!"

  Seeing Xiao Ming enter enlightenment after receiving the inheritance, Feng Xianhuang couldn't help but be dumbfounded, her expression turning somewhat frustrated.

  In less than a month.

  She had gone from being full of confidence, thinking Xiao Ming couldn't surpass her, to feeling somewhat desperate.

  Being a prodigy was one thing, but having such incredible luck?

  Now, with the inheritance from Liu Shen, the Great Emperor, Xiao Ming's foundation and combat power would surely soar!

  If he continued like this, there would be no need for a first comparison.

  She might as well surrender herself to Xiao Ming!

  "No, he hasn't comprehended the concept yet. As long as I forge a perfect-level Cave Heaven, the advantage will still be mine."

  Feng Xianhuang took a deep breath, calming herself.

  Concept.

  Having it or not are two entirely different things.

  Not to mention, in her past life, she was at the seventh level of the Emperor stage, having comprehended the concept of fire to an extremely terrifying degree, even having deep insights into the laws of fire.

  Even if Xiao Ming had a solid foundation, as long as he hadn't comprehended a concept, he couldn't surpass her, the Empress!

  But just as the thought crossed her mind.

  As Xiao Ming's green light grew deeper, Feng Xianhuang's pupils involuntarily contracted sharply.

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