Demon Realm Rift

A year earlier, Zhao Tianxiong's decision to attempt Core Formation had come very suddenly, leaving the entire Zhao Family thoroughly bewildered.

Though cultivators spent their lives pursuing advancement along the Dao Path, Zhao Tianxiong was already nearing his twilight years. For him to suddenly make such a decision was truly baffling.

He had long since cultivated to the False Core stage and had previously had ample opportunities to form his core.

Yet now, with his lifespan nearing its end and his vital blood dried up, his chances of success were already exceedingly slim.

Everyone in the Zhao Family believed that Zhao Tianxiong was unwilling to die just like that and intended to take a desperate gamble. If he succeeded, his lifespan would greatly increase, allowing him to roam the mortal world freely for another two or three hundred years. If he failed, he would become nothing more than a cold corpse.

It was not strange to harbor such thoughts in one's later years.

But what had truly driven Zhao Tianxiong to make such a decision was another factor.

It turned out that, a year earlier, Zhao Tianxiong had used the Spirit Summoning Bone Flute passed down within the family and accidentally discovered a sealed cave abode.

The bone flute happened to break the cave abode's seal, and Zhao Tianxiong obtained the opportunity within.

But on his return journey, he happened to encounter the Young Sect Master of the Blood Spirit Sect, who had been out carrying out a sect mission, and everything was exposed.

Left with no choice, Zhao Tianxiong could only hand over every opportunity he had obtained and lead the Young Sect Master to the location of that cave abode.

However, Zhao Tianxiong's strength was ultimately limited. He had failed to discover that another mystery lay hidden within