Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

The stone platform was sweltering with heat as the lava did not just splash to the ground, but burst into vast fires.

Zhao Sheng paid no heed to the harsh environment around him, focusing on refining the White Bone Heart-locking Sword while distractedly pondering.

The White Bone Heart-locking Sword was a forbidden technique of the Evil Path, using the Sacrificial Master's own flesh and blood as a sacrifice to refine it into a self-destructing bone sword through the secret technique of the Ten Thousand Corpses Sect, possessing immense power.

It was only Zhao Sheng's abnormal Body Rejuvenation Talent that dared to do this. If it were any other Cultivator, hardly anyone would be willing to sacrifice an arm simply as a disposable attack.

However, for a Golden Core trying to fight beyond his level, how could there not be a heavy price to pay, let alone Zhao Sheng's bold desire to kill his opponent?

The White Bone Heart-locking Sword was merely one course prepared by Zhao Sheng, with many more "main dishes" to come.

An hour later, Zhao Sheng turned and walked into a cave as lava poured down from the sky, instantly submerging the stone platform and erasing all traces.

The cave was pitch dark and even hotter, but Zhao Sheng was oblivious. Surrounded by four clusters of Golden Crow True Fire, he continued to refine two White Bone Heart-locking Swords, with each of the other two clusters of True Fire containing a set of twelve Wind Mysterious Fire Banners and a pitch-black dagger about an inch long.

The surfaces of the two Magical Treasures gradually revealed a layer of glaring blood light, looking sinister and malevolent.

Undoubtedly, these two Magical Treasures had also become objects of blood sacrifice; after Zhao Sheng's simple refinement, they were barely considered two strikes.

The cave only had one passage that twisted and extended downwards. The passage was not spacious, with rough, uneven walls only allowing one person to barely pass through, clearly excavated hastily.

Zhao Sheng did this on purpose and also had no time to waste on such minor things.

The cave was extremely deep. As Zhao Sheng moved downward, he casually embedded Fire Thunder Talismans into the stone walls on both sides.

After traveling sixty miles underground, he arrived at a vast magma Earth Cave naturally formed inside a volcano.

The air in the Earth Cave was full of fire poison, the ground all lava, and in the middle, seven or eight thick stone columns jutted straight from the cave roof into the Magma Lake, their surfaces reflecting specks of metallic luster.

Zhao Sheng's eyes shimmered with golden light as he scanned his surroundings, his brow slightly furrowing.

"Still needs some adjustments!"

He muttered to himself, bending his sword finger and lightly pointing at the stone columns.

Hum!

Nine streaks of Sword Light shot out like meteors,

Following a series of loud crashes, large chunks of rock fell into the lake, all columns rapidly being trimmed flat by Geng Metal Sword Light, becoming as smooth as mirrors.

Zhao Sheng soared into the air, hovering before the stone columns. As his mind moved, streaks of Sword Light whirled up and down, and in an instant, dense, ancient runes appeared on the surfaces of the columns.

Bang Bang Bang!

Four hours later, fist-sized, dazzling top-grade spiritual stones flew from Zhao Sheng's hands, each landing precisely in the Array Pivots on the columns.

Sizzle!

As the Formation quickly took shape, the columns gradually spread out rings of white light, surging like waves, but soon vanished without a trace...

Time unconsciously passed, and two days went by while Zhao Sheng was meticulously preparing a feast for a formidable enemy.

Many miles away, an Exquisite Jade Disk suddenly plummeted from the Outer Void at an inconceivable speed, piercing through the Heavenly Gang Atmosphere in the blink of an eye, and came to an abrupt stop above the Floating Island cluster.

Hum!

The Jade Disk suddenly cracked open, and from it stepped out a robust middle-aged Taoist, none other than Mu Gongyang.

This Sky Patrol Palace Master had actually come in person.

Below, on the Floating Islands, Demon Suppression and Demon Suppression, both Great Sacrificial Masters, invisibly exchanged glances, then simultaneously soared into the air, moving forward to greet him.

"Master Mu, it's a pleasure to see you well!"