Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

Spirit Toad Mountain was a Fourth-Order Superior-grade Spirit Vein occupied by the true master, Blue Toad, who, although not skilled at management, could still gather a massive amount of Spirit Stones each year thanks to that Spirit Vein.

A cold glint flashed across Blue Toad's eyes, and he sneered, "Zhao Yu, we'll see if you have the ability."

Blue Toad slapped his Spirit Beast Bag, and a Fourth-Order Low-grade poisonous demon frog with a body length of sixty meters and covered in blue pustules appeared instantly.

The poisonous demon frog opened its huge maw and sprayed forth a jet-black poisonous divine light directly at Zhao Yu.

The White Ghost Emperor's eyes flashed with ruthlessness, and he positioned himself in front of Zhao Yu, opened his mouth, and released a column of black ghostly gas towards the poisonous divine light.

The two terrifying forces clashed in the void, causing the surrounding trees to start decaying and withering.

Dozens of Qi Refinement Realm cultivators from the Ziyun Sect smelled the poison from afar and screamed, their bodies sprouting many black pustules, as they struggled painfully on the ground.

The Magic Artifacts and magical treasures used by the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators also began to show traces of black, clearly contaminated by the poison.

"Retreat!!"

Le Ziling's face suddenly changed drastically, and he shouted sternly, transforming into an escape light that fled towards the distance.

Although Blue Toad was only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul, the Fourth-Order Low-grade poisonous demon frog he controlled was extremely toxic and was best at attacks targeted at groups.

Before Blue Toad advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, he had been besieged by over a dozen Golden Core cultivators and a large number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators. All the Foundation Establishment Cultivators were easily poisoned by him, and the Golden Core cultivators who besieged him were also poisoned one by one.

Among the many old Nascent Soul monsters, the residual effects from Blue Toad's magical combat were the most dangerous and terrifying.

The numerous cultivators of the Ziyun Sect also used their spells to flee into the distance.

Blue Toad's brow furrowed slightly, he slapped the Heavenly Spirit Cover, and summoned his lifebound magical treasure, the Element-Parting Flying Knife. A palm-sized beige knife appeared instantly, locked onto Zhao Yu, and transformed into a beam of yellow light as it slashed down.

Blue Toad had already investigated Zhao Yu's details before coming, knowing that although Zhao Yu could control a very troublesome Fourth-Order Evil Ghost, Zhao Yu's own cultivation level was only at the Golden Elixir Seventh Layer.

That Fourth-Order Evil Ghost was indeed tricky, but as long as Blue Toad used his lifebound magical treasure to slay Zhao Yu's physical self, that Fourth-Order Evil Ghost would also automatically dissipate.

Zhao Yu promptly summoned his lifebound magic treasure, the Mountain Seal, from which beams of beige light flew out, forming a beige defensive barrier around Zhao Yu. Experience tales at empire

The Element-Parting Flying Knife appeared in front of the barrier formed by the Mountain Seal as if it had teleported, easily piercing through the Mountain Seal's defense and stabbing towards Zhao Yu himself.

A pitch-black coffin flew out directly, and the Heavenly Corpse Emperor leaped from within, punching the Element-Parting Flying Knife.

Dang!!

Accompanied by a terrifying loud noise, the Heavenly Corpse Emperor's right fist was sliced open by the Element-Parting Flying Knife, but the wound quickly healed.

The Element-Parting Flying Knife was then blasted hundreds of meters away by a punch from the Heavenly Corpse Emperor.

The pitch-black bead on the chest of the Heavenly Corpse Emperor flashed, and he opened his huge maw to spray out a black column of light filled with endless corpse gas, striking the Element-Parting Flying Knife.

Blue Toad's lifebound magical treasure, the Element-Parting Flying Knife, was immediately covered in large black spots, which continued to spread.

Zhao Yu directly executed the Earth Escape Skill, boring into the ground and disappearing from the spot, stealthily advancing toward the deeper underground.

The Element-Parting Flying Knife seemed utterly ineffective in front of the Ninth Extreme Corpse Emperor, but as it was the Lifebound Magical Treasure of Zilin, its power was boundless. Just one hit on Zhao Yu would have instantly killed him.

"Evil Ghosts, Corpse Demons; you actually control two Fourth-Order monsters. This battle, let's call it a draw!"

Zilin's face suddenly changed drastically. He cast a spell to retrieve the Element-Parting Flying Knife, yelled sharply, and cast an Escape Technique, transforming into a streak of black light and fleeing into the distance.

As soon as the Ninth Extreme Corpse Emperor appeared, Zhao Yu burrowed underground, and Zilin knew he had no chance of winning, so he decisively chose to leave.

The Ninth Extreme Corpse Emperor sneered menacingly, tapped the ground with his foot, and appeared instantly in front of the deadly poison toad, like teleportation. His fist, shrouded in dense corpse energy, ruthlessly struck the belly of the deadly poison toad.

Boom!!

Accompanied by a earth-shattering boom, the belly of the deadly poison toad instantly burst open, and it screamed as its shattered body writhed and rapidly healed.

The Ninth Extreme Corpse Emperor struck again, his fist crashing down on the head of the deadly poison toad, with corpse energy falling in streams, smashing its head to pieces with one blow.

The White Ghost Emperor transformed into a pitch-black ghostly light and, like a ghost, appeared behind Zilin, his claw reaching for Zilin's heart.

Massive waves of Ghost Fog surged from the body of the White Ghost Emperor and enveloped Zilin.

Zilin gritted his teeth and immediately summoned his Lifebound Magic Treasure, the Element-Parting Flying Knife. In an instant, hundreds of earthy yellow blade lights slashed in all directions.

The earthy yellow blade light instantly sliced through the Ghost Fog, and dozens of blade lights shredded the White Ghost Emperor to pieces.

The next moment, Zilin felt a pain in his chest as a pitch-black ghost claw pierced through his heart, crushing it completely.

From Zilin's Heavenly Spirit Cover, a Nascent Soul that bore a striking resemblance to him flew out, clutching the Element-Parting Flying Knife, and fled in terror.

The White Ghost Emperor, who had anticipated this, caught Zilin's Nascent Soul with a claw as quick as lightning and swallowed it in one gulp.

"Zilin is actually dead?"

Le Ziling watched in disbelief as the White Ghost Emperor swallowed Zilin's Nascent Soul. Nascent Soul Cultivators were the true dominators of the two great empires, each one a prodigy who had emerged victorious from countless battles among cultivators.

It was easy to defeat a Nascent Soul Cultivator, but extremely difficult to kill one. In desperate situations, a Nascent Soul Cultivator could even perform a soul separation and use a Nascent Soul Escape Technique to flee the battlefield.

The Ninth Extreme Corpse Emperor was the strongest corpse demon of the Corpse Demon Sect, having advanced to a mid-grade Fourth Order, and embedded with a fragment of the Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Corpse Bead, his ferocity was unmatched, his power already surpassing that of the White Ghost Emperor.

The White Ghost Emperor was a Superior Quality Spiritual Ghost, also unleashing many talents with the Gift of Ghostly Speed making it much faster than other Spiritual Ghosts of the same order, naturally able to catch Zilin's Nascent Soul.

Zilin himself was a Nascent Soul First Layer Cultivator, and he was no match for either the White Ghost Emperor or the Ninth Extreme Corpse Emperor. Being killed by these two monsters was utterly normal.

"Zilin is dead! Senior Zhao is truly divine in his mastery!"

"To be able to control these two Fourth-Order Evil Ghost Corpse Demons, impressive! So impressive!"

". . . . ."

The many cultivators of the Ziyun Sect couldn't help but show a trace of envy and excitement in their eyes.

That was a Nascent Soul Cultivator, towering high above countless other cultivators in the Great Qian Empire, now slain. A regular cultivator might not witness such an event in their entire lifetime.