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  Regarding the commotion caused by the Demon-Sealing Bottle in the depths of the ancient forbidden land, Lie Teng was completely unaware. At this moment, he was having his spiritual sword acknowledge him as its master, a sword that was at least a mid-grade true artifact and already possessed an initial sword spirit. This undoubtedly made Lie Teng somewhat delighted, for a spiritual sword with a sword spirit didn't need to be controlled by himself to protect its master, and its power was even more terrifying. Moreover, once it acknowledged him as its master, it would be easier to control.

  Lieteng's divine consciousness entered the spiritual sword and found a small space inside, similar to a storage ring. As soon as his consciousness entered this space, a loud beast roar echoed through it, startling Lieteng. He discovered that at the bottom of this space was a spirit beast soul about the size of an ordinary tiger, staring intently at the giant face condensed from Lieteng's divine soul.

  Lie Teng didn't say much more, and his soul power poured into the Ling Jian space, directly transforming into a black sharp sword that struck towards the spiritual beast's soul.

  "Ah..." The old tiger's soul let out a startled cry, the hostility in its eyes disappearing and replaced by fear.

  "Surrender to me, or your soul will scatter!" Lie Teng's voice thundered in the not-so-small space, giving the sword spirit no time to react. The old tiger's soul body trembled and crawled down. A drop of dark blood flew out from the soul, and Lie Teng's divine sense directly wrapped it up and sent it flying out of the spiritual sword space. He swallowed the sword spirit's blood directly into his mouth, finally reaching the Dan Sea.

  After a moment, Lie Teng's mind stirred, and this spirit sword flew around him, finally transforming into a ray of light that shot forward.

  "Bang!" A loud noise shook the ground, and a small pit of about one meter in diameter was blasted out by the Ling Sword. The soil splashed open, and when Lieteng saw this, a hint of a smile appeared on his face. The power of this Ling Sword was indeed much stronger than that of an inferior true instrument. And this was only the power of the Ling Sword, without him infusing any Yuan Qi into it. Lieteng referred to the fusion of spiritual energy and soul energy as Yuan Qi.

  There are two factors that determine the power and grade of a spiritual instrument. One is the material used in its creation, and the other is the sword spirit. Generally speaking, sword spirits are replaced with beast souls, such as the case with Lie Teng's spiritual sword. The stronger the sword spirit, the more terrifying the power released by the spiritual instrument will be. However, there are also some spiritual instruments that give birth to their own spirits, and generally speaking, these spirits have even more terrifying powers. These types of sword spirits are commonly referred to as "instrument spirits".

  "This is my first spiritual artifact with a sword spirit, so I'll call it... Snow Sword." Lie Teng suddenly thought of Qing Xue and muttered to himself.

  At once, Lie Teng held the Snow Sword upright in front of him and sat down to meditate, breaking through the fourth layer and fifth layer of Ling Qi, reaching the sixth layer. If it weren't for the fact that he still remembered the opening of the Dao Inverse Cave five years later, Lie Teng thought he would continue to cultivate here. After this incident with Cold Night, Lie Teng deeply understood that having low strength meant being prepared to be trampled by stronger people at any time, unless one had a powerful background.

  And what's the point of going out to train? Isn't it to increase one's strength? The density of spiritual energy here is more than ten times stronger than outside, so Lieteng will naturally make good use of this excellent place.

  "In this place, I will cultivate until the Dao Inverse Cave is opened." Lie Teng thought.

  At the time of Lie Teng's cultivation, ordinary cultivators could no longer be seen on the outskirts of the ancient forbidden land. The powerful masters of several major sects were all searching for soul beasts, but as time went by, there was not even a hint of soul beast aura, which made the strong men of various sects lose their patience. Only young disciples from each sect remained in the ancient forbidden land to hone their skills, and as long as they didn't venture too deep, there wouldn't be much danger, this is common knowledge.

  Time flies like an arrow, four years later.

  In these four years, the Western Dark Chaos of the Cultivation World has been surging, but for the Puppet Sect, this is an extremely important few years. The young master of the Puppet Sect has come out of seclusion, and his cultivation has reached the astonishing level of forming a Golden Elixir in just five short years. This undoubtedly makes the high-level members of the Puppet Sect see hope for its rise to power. However, this news is strictly sealed off, with fewer than five people knowing about it. A towering tree will be toppled by the wind, and if this genius were to be known by enemy sects or even large sects, they would likely exhaust all means to strangle him in his cradle. No one would sit idly by while another sect produces an absolute top-tier talent.

  As for the opening of the Dao Inverse Cave, it has attracted the attention of various major sects in the Western Cultivation World. The Dao Inverse was a top-notch expert thousands of years ago, but with his lifespan coming to an end and no hope of breaking through, he triggered the Heavenly Tribulation and ultimately ended up with his soul scattered. It is said that the Dao Inverse had countless opportunities throughout his life and possessed numerous magical treasures. With his cultivation at the Dan Yuan stage, he was able to rival the Shattered Void strongmen, which represents what? It represents that the Dao Inverse possessed at least a quasi-immortal level spiritual artifact, something that even the Wan Jian Sect can't produce many of.

  Not only the major sects, but also many hidden scattered cultivators who have been in hiding for many years are rushing towards the Dao Inverse Cave Abode to await its opening, all wanting a share of the spoils. Undoubtedly, this time the Dao Inverse Cave Abode has stirred up the entire Western Cultivation Realm.

  In the depths of the ancient forbidden land, at the center of a gigantic crater.

  "Is this the power of the Six Layers of Gathering Spirit?" A young man with long hair, wearing a black robe, stood at the center of the giant pit, his face bearing a faint smile as he gazed out at a massive crater three zhang in size.

  This young man is Lie Tong who has been meditating here for four years.

  Lie Teng spent a year breaking through to the fifth layer of Jiling, and then spent three years reaching the current sixth layer of Jiling from the fifth layer. It's not that Lie Teng's talent is outstanding, but rather that the spiritual energy in this place is too dense, even more so than the spiritual energy of the great sects like Wanjian Sect. If it were someone like Leng Ye, a top-notch genius, they would have probably started attacking the Condensing Dan stage already.

  However, from the sixth layer of Jiling to the formation of the elixir, it is a great barrier. Countless talents and practitioners are trapped in this layer for their entire lives. To break through the sixth layer of Jiling, it's not just about expanding the Danhai, but also requires opportunities and enlightenment.

  "The soul force has already reached the peak of the second layer, and if it can be broken through, its power will undoubtedly increase several times. However... Lieteng thought of the pain when he broke through the first layer of his soul force, and at that time, he almost felt that his soul was about to disperse. Lieteng didn't know that at that time, he almost lost his soul, otherwise, he wouldn't have had this idea."

  "Whatever. Soul power isn't something that can be broken through just by wanting to, and it's been less than a year since the Daodongfu opened. It's time to leave." Lie Teng thought to himself as he looked around, but his face suddenly stiffened. He hadn't found the little guy, or rather, he hadn't seen him in four years, not since the little guy disappeared after opening the sealed bottle back then.

  "Lie Tong couldn't help but feel a little worried, he was brought here by the little guy, if it wasn't for him, would he be able to leave smoothly? Moreover, Lie Tong's divine sense could only cover an area of 10,000 meters at this time, but...he still couldn't tell which direction was the outer perimeter."

  Forget it. I'll take a gamble. Lie Teng glanced back and his eyes condensed, Snow Sword flew out and stepped directly on the Snow Sword, flying towards the rear. His divine sense did not forget to sweep downwards, checking if there were any treasures.

  An hour later, Lie Teng looked around in shock and found that this place was so vast that he had flown for an hour without seeing anything. This made his heart sink, as if this place had no borders. At this time, he was still uncertain whether he was flying towards the outer periphery or deeper into the forbidden area.

  "Hopes are external." Lie Teng's heart was slightly pounding.

  Suddenly, Lie Teng's eyes lit up and after flying for a while, he finally saw a high mountain vaguely visible in the distance. Lie Teng's yuan force surged into the Snow Sword and rapidly flew towards it.

  A moment later, Lie Tong's face was shocked and fearful as he stood on top of Xue Jian, staring blankly ahead. In front of him was a majestic mountain range that stretched thousands of feet into the sky - no, it would be more accurate to say it was a thousand-foot giant wall. Lie Tong's body seemed almost negligible in comparison, tiny and insignificant.

  "What's going on?" Lie Teng raised his head to look up at the sky, and his sword slowly rose into the air and flew upwards. When he reached the top of the sky, Lie Teng looked around in all directions, his face turned deathly pale, and his heart was stirred with shock and horror.

  "How is this possible, just how big is this pit?" Lie Tian panted rapidly as he muttered to himself, only now realizing that he had been standing at the edge of a massive crater all along. He couldn't even begin to imagine the kind of terrifying destructive power it would take to create such an enormous chasm - his own strongest attack could only manage to create a pit about 50 feet deep, but this one was thousands, tens of thousands of feet deep!

  "What exactly happened in this ancient battlefield?" Lie Teng suppressed the shock in his heart and looked around again, only to discover that there were countless crystal-like light threads floating in the space of this place. These light threads varied in length, with some being only a few feet long, while others stretched for several dozen feet.

  Lieteng furrowed his brow, what were these things? He didn't dare to rashly step into this land, his instincts sensed that danger lurked everywhere. Suddenly, Lieteng discovered a mutilated skeleton not far from himself, the skeleton only had an upper body, with no sign of its lower half below the waist. Next to the skeleton was inserted an ordinary iron sword, but it emitted a dark and cold aura, a strange and eerie atmosphere emanating from the sword.

  "This sword is certainly extraordinary!" Lie Teng was certain that this sword was no ordinary iron sword. If it were an iron sword, it would have probably rusted long ago.

  "Huh..." Lie Teng's gaze inadvertently swept over the skeleton, and to his surprise, he found that the right hand finger of this skeleton was wearing a dark ring.

  Lie Teng took a deep breath, this place was an ancient forbidden land, and those who could penetrate to this level must have extraordinary cultivation. Yet the things he left behind were ordinary objects? Lie Teng's heartbeat gradually accelerated, if he could get... Lie Teng's fiery eyes suddenly calmed down, how did this person die? Why would they die on this edge? And for someone who reached this place through their own cultivation to be at least above the Dan stage, such a strong cultivator actually died here, showing just how terrifying this place was.

  Lie Teng looked at the dark ring and black sword with some reluctance, if he were to give up now, how could he be willing? This was undoubtedly a huge treasure trove, and the black sword was of unknown grade. If... Dan equipment would not make his strength increase again, and take another step closer to the road of revenge?

  Thinking of that, Lie Teng's breathing became more and more urgent. He gritted his teeth, looked around to make sure there were no other spiritual beasts, then urged his sword to fly quickly towards the ground in front of him. When he reached the ground, Lie Teng rushed towards the skeleton at an extremely fast speed, almost flashing by in an instant.

  "Got it!" Lie Teng was overjoyed in his heart, grabbed the hilt and threw it directly into the storage ring, and quickly came to the side of the skeleton, with his right hand reaching towards the dark ring. If Lie Teng looked up at the sky at this time, he would probably be shocked and tremble.

  The crystal light hovering in the air suddenly accelerated towards Lie Teng, this scene was similar to the ultimate technique of Wan Jian Zong, "Wan Jian Gui Yi", but this light was a spatial rift that was countless times more terrifying than a sword.

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