Time flowed like water.
Qi Refinement Way.
Upon a spirit island, the broken walls and ruined remnants left behind by cultivators could faintly be seen.
Demon beasts mingled among them, running about, frolicking, and breeding offspring.
Faint spirit patterns still stubbornly flickered upon the mottled city walls, while vines climbed through the cracks.
Ever since the beast tide erupted, the territory of the Eastern Sea Cultivation Realm had almost shrunk by more than half.
These outer regions that had fallen, naturally became paradise for demon beasts to breed.
The occasional surviving cultivators had no choice but to hide deeply, allowing demon beasts to rampage through what had once been cultivator waters.
Simply put—the relationship between cultivators and demon beasts had completely reversed.
Originally, cultivators hunted demon beasts. Now, demon beasts hunted cultivators.
Above a stretch of sea.
Ice-Soul Cold Radiance flickered. Amid drifting white light, the surrounding temperature plummeted!
Zhong Lingxiu held the Ice Soul Pearl above his head and formed hand seals with both hands.
An ice spike wreathed in white frost, its interior filled with countless frozen runes, pierced through the defenses of a Third-Order demon beast opposite him and plunged straight into its body.
In an instant, it seemed to freeze even the Demon Pill and demon soul within it—
Splash!
The frozen demon beast corpse fell into the sea. Zhong Lingxiu did not dare linger; after simply retrieving its Demon Pill, he transformed into an almost imperceptible streak of escape light and swiftly left the scene.
Before long, several top-tier Third-Order demon beasts appeared. One of them, a dog-like demon beast riding a black wind, twitched its nose before pursuing in one direction—
Zhong Lingxiu flew into a Desolate Island that appeared entirely devoid of spiritual qi. After entering a chaotic rock formation, a talisman appeared