Have you heard of the Great Sage Punishing Heaven?

A moment later, Fang Wang put down the Spirit Sculpting Tome.

Creating a temporary Heavenly Dao Spirit Stone was quite difficult and required special materials. It would be better to find a place with abundant spiritual energy that formed a vortex, then set up a special formation to achieve an effect comparable to a Heavenly Dao Spirit Stone.

With his photographic memory, Fang Wang noted down some key points and then got up to act.

Before coming, he had exchanged for the storage bag with the largest capacity at the Taiyuan Sect, specifically for this trip to collect as many rare treasures as possible.

He landed in the forest at the bottom of the cliff. As soon as he touched the ground, he was attracted by some brightly colored flowers and fruits. He took out the Heaven and Earth Treasure Record given to him by Gu Li. Regarding this book, he had only memorized the illustrations and page numbers, not the entire content in detail.

He directly flipped to a certain page and began to compare.

"Deer Yellow Fruit, a good fruit for enhancing Blood Essence. Not bad, I can take it."

Fang Wang thought happily. He had a harvest right from the start. Following the hints in the Heaven and Earth Treasure Record, he avoided the poisonous thorns of the surrounding weeds and easily picked the Deer Yellow Fruit.

For the rest of his journey, Fang Wang did not move fast, walking through the forest as if on a stroll.

This was his first time collecting rare treasures, so he was quite excited, feeling like he was playing an adventure game.

In this life, besides cultivation, it was all about traveling. He hadn't truly relaxed yet. Considering his actual age, he had lived for over a thousand years, and most of that time felt like being in prison. If he didn't relax properly, he feared he might develop inner demons.

This forest was vast. The trees were taller than those in the outside world, and the flowers and plants were denser. Some patches of grass were even taller than Fang Wang.

An hour later, Fang Wang had already harvested quite a bit, but they were all considered decent materials, not reaching the level of rare treasures.

Breaking through to the Spirit Pill Realm required some special rare treasures, and they also had attribute classifications. The more elemental spiritual energy absorbed from rare treasures during the breakthrough, the stronger the Spirit Pill sculpted would be, and it would also change the cultivator's own spiritual energy attribute.

In Zhou Xue's Spirit Sculpting Tome, she had advised Fang Wang not to focus solely on the fire attribute. It was best to gather rare treasures of the five elemental attributes to achieve a balance in his spiritual energy attributes. Although she didn't explain why, Fang Wang was willing to trust her.

Perhaps a Spirit Pill focused on a specific elemental attribute could make a cultivator stronger in the early stages, but to achieve immortality, one must reach a state of harmony with heaven and earth. What is harmony with heaven and earth? It is the unity of the five elements.

When the five elements unite, more attributes can be derived.

Suddenly.

Fang Wang stopped. He faintly heard the sound of a woman crying. He was a cultivator; he wouldn't have auditory hallucinations.

How could a woman in the Great Sage's Grotto-Heaven cry so easily?

Could it be the work of demonic creatures within the Great Sage's Grotto-Heaven?

Fang Wang was not fearful; instead, he was somewhat expectant. Demonic creatures could also cultivate, and some powerful ones could even form demonic cores. Demonic cores were themselves treasures that cultivators could use when condensing their Spirit Pills.

He immediately headed in the direction of the sound, simultaneously activating the Breathless Natural Skill to conceal his presence.

As he moved forward, the mysterious woman's crying grew clearer, and gradually, Fang Wang sensed demonic energy.

It was definitely a demonic creature!

However, the target was farther away than he had imagined.

After traveling dozens of miles, Fang Wang saw the edge of the forest. He began to slow his pace, leaping from branch to branch.

It was clear that the crying sound earlier was a deliberate attempt to lure him.

Fang Wang's right hand gripped the hilt of the Qing Jun Sword. His movements were as agile as a monkey's, yet as light as a swan's, making not a single sound.

He reached the edge of the forest, using the dense foliage to conceal himself. His gaze swept over the area outside the forest. Ahead lay a mountain range with sparse vegetation and rocks of various sizes scattered across its slopes.

His eyes quickly locked onto a figure halfway up the mountain. It was a woman in white, standing on a broken cliff, her hair disheveled, obscuring her face. At that moment, her right hand held a green snake, and it was this green snake that was emitting the woman-like crying sounds.

Fang Wang frowned. The green snake exuded a powerful demonic aura, at least the strongest he had ever sensed. The white-clothed woman, on the other hand, had no aura at all. If he closed his eyes, he wouldn't be able to sense her presence.

The white-clothed woman remained motionless, while the green snake in her hand trembled slightly, its cries becoming even more pitiful. Just listening to the sound, one would easily imagine a gentle, pitiable woman feeling wronged.

Fang Wang couldn't gauge the white-clothed woman's strength, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

He observed patiently and soon noticed a deep yellow rock embedded in the mountain wall behind the white-clothed woman.

Earth Origin Ore!

A rare treasure used for refining magic artifacts, it could also be used to condense Spirit Pills. Earth Origin Ore contained highly concentrated earth-elemental spiritual energy, and the Earth Origin Ore was definitely not as large as what he saw; perhaps the entire mountain was made of Earth Origin Ore.

Fang Wang began to ponder. He needed to find a way to break off a piece.

If only someone would appear and test the waters!

As this thought crossed his mind, a whistling sound pierced the air, startling Fang Wang. He looked intently and saw a Flying Sword shoot out from the forest in another direction, heading towards the white-clothed woman at extreme speed.

So fast!

This was much faster than Xu Lang's sword!

In the blink of an eye, the Flying Sword reached the white-clothed woman and instantly stopped. The tip of the sword was less than five centimeters from her head, and the blade trembled, unable to advance further.

Whoosh—

A figure leaped out from the forest. It was a young man in black. Fang Wang recognized him at a glance as belonging to the Xuantian Sword Sect.

The disciples' robes of the Xuantian Sword Sect were black, with a sword emblem printed on the back. The number of swords on the emblem symbolized the disciple's rank. This person had five swords printed on his back, indicating he was a Personal Disciple of the Xuantian Sword Sect.

The black-clothed man leaped forward, quickly grabbed the hilt of his Flying Sword, raised his left hand, and shot out a stream of sword energy with two fingers. It instantly struck the white-clothed woman, passed through her body, and then hit the Earth Origin Ore behind her, sending fragments flying.

The black-clothed man tried to pull his sword away, but found he couldn't move it at all. An invisible force held his sword in place, causing his expression to change drastically.

He suddenly jumped away, abandoning his Flying Sword. While in mid-air, he rapidly cast spells with both hands, and streams of sword energy circled around him, soaring into the sky. He raised his right hand high, his fingertips pointing upwards. The sword energy followed the direction of his fingertips, rapidly condensing into a giant sword energy about fifteen feet long.

In a flash, the entire process took but an instant!

The man in black used his palm as a sword, slashing towards the woman in white. A massive wave of sword energy descended like divine punishment, striking the woman.

The mountain range trembled violently. Sword energy overflowed, like blades of wind ravaging the mountains and plains, even carving deep fissures into the trees at the edges.

Fang Wang's pupils suddenly widened. The man in black's face turned ashen. His sword energy had stopped just above the woman in white's head, unable to descend further.

The woman in white slowly raised her head, revealing a deathly pale face. Her features were undeniably stunning, capable of toppling nations, but her skin was so white it was chilling. Her eyes were vacant, like stagnant water.

She suddenly released the green snake in her hand. The snake fell to the ground and, just as it tried to escape, she stepped on it. The snake's body twitched once and then lay still.

The man in black felt an extreme killing intent and immediately turned to flee.

Sword energy wrapped around him like flying swords streaking through the air. He rapidly disappeared beyond the other side of the forest. The woman in white floated up gracefully and suddenly vanished from her spot.

An opportunity has arrived!

Fang Wang immediately moved, transforming into a streak of white rainbow. He quickly arrived on the cliff face and swung his sword, cutting down the Earth Origin Ore from the mountain wall and tossing it into his storage bag.

Before leaving, he glanced at the half-dead green snake on the ground. He hooked it with his foot, grabbed its head with his left hand to avoid being bitten, and then carried it away while flying on his sword.

To prevent the woman in white from pursuing him, Fang Wang directly unleashed the White Rainbow Escape Technique and fled at full speed.

Fang Wang was overjoyed. He had stumbled upon such a great fortune right after arriving. Heaven was helping him.

Earth Origin Ore could be used as a material for spirit pills. The green snake in his hand possessed astonishing demonic energy, possibly containing a demon core. He would find a place to crack it open and see!

Fang Wang's White Rainbow Escape Technique was incredibly fast. He traveled hundreds of miles at breakneck speed. Along the way, he even encountered two disciples from other sects. Seeing how fast Fang Wang was moving, they were both terrified and fled in different directions.

After fleeing a full two hundred miles, Fang Wang finally slowed down. He looked around, searching for a suitable place to land.

Just then, Fang Wang suddenly felt a chill down his spine, and a cold voice entered his ear:

"Have you ever heard of Great Sage Punishes Heaven?"

He turned his head and saw the woman in white standing behind him, less than three meters away.

An incredibly dangerous distance!