Cultivation: I have an equipment slot

"Shi Xiao".

"What do you think this is?"

With a thought, Zhang Yan summoned the Xuanhuang Ancient Soil into his hand.

This item was produced.

The power within the stone below was involuntarily drawn in.

"It's my body!"

"You destroyed the other half of my body?"

Anger surfaced on Shi Xiao's dull face.

It is a special creature in the world, whose body is composed of three parts: soul, spirit, and heart.

These three elements are closely related and must be integrated to form the complete Shi Xiao.

at this time.

The soul and heart within Shi Xiao's body are constantly calling out to that "spirit".

This also increased the pressure on Zhang Yan.

"Human race."

"You actually dare to take out my body."

"They're absolutely courting death!"

Shi Xiao gripped the stone knife with both hands, confronting Zhang Yan, while his third hand reached out to grab Zhang Yan from a distance.

A huge mouth appeared in the palm of that hand.

It will devour the ancient, dark soil.

I still have doubts.

"Why can't we find Shi Xiao's other half?"

"It turns out it was destroyed by this human race, but the Stone Roar Soul has delivered itself to our doorstep."

The snake-headed demon standing behind Shi Xiao laughed smugly.

If Shi Xiao's soul were to merge into Shi Xiao's body.

Shi Xiao will break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm immediately!

With a wave of his hand, he could suppress Zhang Yan.

"equipment!"

Zhang Yan has been waiting for this moment.

When Shi Xiao's hand was extended in front of him, he immediately chose to wear the Xuanhuang Ancient Soil.

The power of the system descended, surpassing heaven and earth.

The connection between the Xuanhuang Ancient Soil, which had recognized its master, and Shi Xiao vanished without a trace.

boom!
From within Shi Xiao's massive body came a series of booming sounds, as his power surged violently.

"My physique!"

"What did you do to my body?"

Shi Xiao couldn't understand and roared wildly.

For it, the physique is equivalent to a person's hands.

At this point, the connection between the body and the body is lost, which is equivalent to a person having their hands cut off, affecting the balance within the body!

"You lost!"

Zhang Yan did not answer; instead, a burst of bluish-white light erupted from his body.

The Vermilion Bird and the Azure Dragon coiled together and slammed heavily into Shi Xiao's body!
Originally, he and Shi Xiao were evenly matched.

Now that he's been distracted, he's completely gained the upper hand!
Bang!
Shi Xiao's stone knife and arm were all shattered, his body was covered in cracks, and he fell backward, crashing to the ground.

Its original aura, which was about to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, rapidly shrank.

above the sky.

Only Zhang Yan, with boundless divine might, wielded the blue and red swords, looking down upon all living beings.

"what?"

"Even Lord Shi Xiao is no match for him?"

The snake-headed demon's smile froze on his face, looking even uglier than a cry.

"Senior brother has won!"

Song Qizhen and the disciples of the Divine Weapon Pavilion cheered.

The disciple who had reached the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage had a livid face and remained silent.

This person cannot be judged by ordinary standards!

"Let's go, let's leave this place of trouble."

With only his head and most of his chest remaining, Shi Xiao felt a sense of urgency to retreat.

It has just recovered and doesn't want to fall into slumber again.

Moreover, even with its limited knowledge, it couldn't understand how Zhang Yan had severed its connection with its physical body.

"I will open the spatial passage now."

Upon hearing this, the snake-headed demon immediately produced a blood-red banner stained with golden light.

Through some kind of supernatural power.

Behind it, a space passage large enough to accommodate the mountain took shape.

The power of that flag was quickly eroded by the power of heaven and earth in the Xuanhuang Secret Realm, causing cracks to appear.

"This flag."

"Similar to the Blood Spirit Summoning Banner."

"But we can only let them leave, and it's a one-time thing."

Zhang Yan saw through the flag's mystery.

"Lord Shi Xiao."

"let's go!"

The passage quickly took shape, and the snake-headed demon led Shi Xiao inside.

"Little Prince, what should we do?"

The remaining demons were dumbfounded and asked questions one after another.

"You stay."

"Stop those humans."

"After I leave, I will truthfully report your contributions."

The snake-headed demon replied, clearly having planned this all along.

"Human race."

"Sooner or later, I will reclaim my body with my own hands!"

Shi Xiao gave Zhang Yan a cold look and entered the spatial passage.

It has just recovered and its strength is almost gone.

Once it recovers to the strength of the seventh realm, killing Zhang Yan will be as easy as turning one's hand.

"I can kill you once."

"I'll let you have a second chance!"

Zhang Yan replied calmly, his expression unchanged.

but.

He wouldn't just watch that snake-headed demon leave!

"Azure Dragon Tremors Wood Sword!"

Zhang Yan didn't have much magical power, so he could only rely on the power of the Azure Dragon Tremor Sword itself to unleash another strike.

The phantom of the Vermilion Bird vanished.

The illusory image of the Azure Dragon soared into the sky, its power and energy evolving endlessly.

The five hedgehog demons and two spider demons only managed to hold out for a moment before being devoured by the Azure Dragon, turning into a rain of blood.

At this moment, Shi Xiao entered the spatial passage.

The snake-headed demon still had a small part of its body left outside the spatial passage.

"Quick! Faster!"

Seeing Zhang Yan riding the Azure Dragon and rushing towards him, the snake-headed demon was filled with horror, wishing he could use all his strength to squeeze himself into the spatial passage.

"You killed so many of my junior brothers."

"Still want to leave?"

Zhang Yan's voice, like a death knell, reached the snake-headed demon's ears.

Stab it!

The Azure Dragon stretched out its agile body and grabbed the snake-headed demon with one claw, tearing off half of the demon's body.

The snake-headed demon's soul was located within this half of its body.

The Azure Dragon crushed flesh and blood, and its demonic soul fell into Zhang Yan's hands.

This demonic soul is the same as the snake-headed demon's true form.

On its abdomen are seven glistening reverse scales.

represents.

This demon soul is equivalent to a seventh-stage Nascent Soul in the human race.

Holding the demon soul in his hand, Zhang Yan stopped in his tracks. The spatial passage had vanished without a trace.

Does this count?

"Kill half and release the other half?"

Zhang Yan muttered to himself.

He was fast enough, but the snake-headed demon still had half its body that teleported away, and it was unknown whether it was dead or not.

However, the most important demon souls were left behind.

The snake-headed demon was not dead, but it was not much different from being dead.

"And that Shi Xiao!"

Zhang Yan put away the demonic soul, knowing that Shi Xiao was the biggest threat.

"Big Brother!"

When it was all over, the entire demon race was wiped out, and the disciples of the Divine Weapon Pavilion surged over, surrounding Zhang Yan.

However, everyone's gaze involuntarily turned to one side.

Those were two wisps of primordial yellow energy left behind by the demon race.

Before, when even their lives were in danger, they dared not think about it. Now that there is no external threat, the Xuanhuang Qi is naturally more important.

"My senior brother annihilated the demon race."

"These two wisps of primordial energy should be distributed by Senior Brother."

Huang Yun'er stepped forward and reminded them in a crisp voice.

"That's how it should be."

Although the disciples were envious, they dared not snatch it in front of Zhang Yan.

"Qizhen".

“Take a wisp of this primordial energy.”

Zhang Yan looked at Song Qizhen and distributed a wisp of Xuanhuang Qi.

He then allocated the remaining strand to a Golden Core Peak cultivator who had performed well earlier.

He is currently only at the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

The primordial energy cannot be absorbed within the secret realm; it will dissipate once you leave.

Therefore, it would be a waste for him to keep it.

Moreover.

He already possessed the ancient Xuanhuang soil, whose Xuanhuang essence was comparable to twelve strands of Xuanhuang energy.

Even if he were to break through, he would no longer be interested in ordinary Xuanhuang Qi.

"Thank you, Senior Brother!" The disciple who received the Xuanhuang Qi was overjoyed.

As for Song Qizhen, she kept Zhang Yan's kindness in her heart and planned to repay him in the future.

"Big brother."

"The east is not yet bright because of the primordial energy."

"To die at the hands of the demon race, as compensation."

"Shouldn't you, senior brother, grant us a wisp of Xuanhuang Qi?"

At this moment, the sixth-stage Nascent Soul cultivator shamelessly spoke up.

"Dongfang Weibai died because of his own greed."

"What compensation? How dare you people even ask for it?"

Song Qi was furious and cursed loudly.

"Your senior brother saved you, but you didn't even give him a thank-you gift!"

Another disciple mocked.

Those disciples from Dongfang Weibai's faction were so insulted by the other disciples that they couldn't even lift their heads.

Zhang Yan, too lazy to waste words, led his regular disciples and flew towards the pillar of light of the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

There are only a few days left until the end of the secret realm.

not enough time.

Song Qizhen obtained the Xuanhuang Qi, but could only temporarily store it in his dantian. He would absorb it again after leaving the secret realm, and then shatter his dantian to form a nascent soul.

……

Exit of the Mysterious Realm of Xuanhuang.

Crimson Heavenly Lord stood at the forefront of the Divine Weapon Pavilion's side, his expression not very pleasant.

Because there is another force here, the Human Alliance.

The leader was Black Wind Heavenly Lord.

Black Wind Heavenly Lord stood at the exit with a smile on his face, waiting for something.

"Black Wind".

"Your Human Alliance has gone too far!"

"Crimson Heavenly Lord spoke, his face dark.

Five years after the opening of the Xuanhuang Secret Realm, a year ago, the Human Alliance and the Divine Weapon Pavilion negotiated.

For some unknown reason.

Black Wind Heavenly Lord was granted permission and actually obtained the qualification to enter the Xuanhuang Secret Realm.

He made no attempt to conceal his purpose, revealing his true identity as someone who had come to welcome the disciples of the Human Race Dao Alliance.

It would be strange if the Crimson Heavenly Lord didn't have a good expression.

"Crimson Flame".

"What are you in a hurry for?"

"Your Divine Weapon Pavilion is famous for crafting weapons, isn't it enough to keep the geniuses in weapon crafting?"

"Anyway, you can't cultivate any famous prodigies."

"Why not let my Human Dao Alliance train us? After all, we are of the same origin as the five great immortal sects, and we are not outsiders."

Black Wind Heavenly Lord gave a forced smile and spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"you!"

Crimson Heavenly Lord pointed at Black Wind Heavenly Lord, his eyes almost spitting fire.

Although the Divine Weapon Pavilion is indeed the weakest of the five great immortal sects.

But it's not Black Wind Heavenly Lord's turn yet.

"What are you?"

"Did I said wrong thing?"

"Moreover, such a large immortal sect is so stingy with its disciples."

"Look how generous our Human Alliance is, we're even willing to take out the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seeds."

"No wonder your Divine Weapon Pavilion can't cultivate any geniuses!"

Black Wind Heavenly Lord crossed his arms and replied with a cold laugh.

In an effort to win over Dongfang Weibai, the Human Alliance offered up the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed.

With this item, if one also obtains the Xuanhuang Qi...

Even before dawn, he could at least achieve the seventh stage of Nascent Soul cultivation.

It might even be able to break through to the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage!
In this way, the Divine Weapon Pavilion will lose a genius, while the Human Alliance will gain a genius.

This was the beginning.

In the future, the Human Alliance will be able to gradually break free from the influence of the five major immortal sects and become its own power.

"Crimson Flame".

"Instead of wasting time on empty talk."

"How about we make a bet: will your Divine Weapon Pavilion obtain more Xuanhuang Qi, or will my Human Race Dao Alliance obtain more?"

Black Wind Heavenly Lord was extremely confident and continued to provoke Crimson Flame Heavenly Lord.

"A meaningless trick."

Crimson Heavenly Lord's face darkened further; he hadn't fallen for the trick.

"Hahaha!"

Even yourself.

"No one has any confidence in the disciples of the Divine Weapon Pavilion!"

Black Wind Heavenly Lord laughed loudly, extremely pleased with himself.

Crimson Heavenly Lord glanced at him and said nothing more.

The Divine Weapon Pavilion has always admired those with exceptional talent in weapon crafting.

Zhang Yan was accepted as the sect leader's disciple because of his extraordinary talent, which allowed him to reach the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

The disciples of Dongfang Weibai were recruited by the Human Race Alliance.

In terms of cultivation talent, they are indeed superior.

Therefore, even the Crimson Heavenly Lord lacked confidence.

"I just hope I don't embarrass myself too much."

Chi Lian Tianjun thought to himself silently.

Zhang Yan's talent for cultivation was not low, but he was ultimately only at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

Even if one has the opportunity, the best one can achieve is the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

In the Xuanhuang Secret Realm, towards the end, the Nascent Soul stage is the decisive factor in determining the outcome.

No matter how extraordinary Zhang Yan's abilities were, he couldn't control the course of the battle.

time flies.

hum!
The exit of the Xuanhuang Secret Realm caused the space to tremble.

The disciples have finally returned.

As the rosy light shimmered, a tall, slender figure appeared first—it was none other than the eldest disciple, Zhang Yan.

"Tianjun."

Zhang Yan bowed respectfully upon seeing the Crimson Flame Heavenly Lord.

"It's good that you got out safely."

"Come to me."

Sensing the fluctuations of late-stage Golden Core magic power emanating from Zhang Yan, Crimson Heavenly Lord waved for him to come over.

As he expected, there were no major fluctuations.

"Tianjun."

Next, a large number of disciples from the Divine Weapon Pavilion filed out.

Among these disciples, a few broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, but most were at the third or fourth stage.

"Ugh!"

Seeing this, Crimson Heavenly Lord sighed inwardly.

"The Divine Weapon Pavilion is declining more and more."

On the other side, Black Wind Heavenly Lord became increasingly smug.

At that moment, Hwang Yoon-ah and Song Qi-jin came out.

The Daoist aura emanating from the sixth-stage Nascent Soul cultivator was as distinct as moonlight in the night, attracting the attention of Crimson Flame Heavenly Lord and Black Wind Heavenly Lord.

"Your name is Huang Yun'er, right?"

"A sixth-stage Nascent Soul is quite impressive!"

"You obtained the Primordial Chaos Qi in the secret realm?"

Crimson Heavenly Lord, his face flushed with excitement, asked.

"Huitianjun."

"I did not obtain the primordial energy."

"It's a breakthrough achieved by absorbing the energy of Geng metal."

Huang Yun'er bowed and glanced at Zhang Yan before replying.

"It turns out that he did not obtain the Xuanhuang Qi either."

Black Wind Heavenly Lord's laughter rang out.

"Not relying on the Qi of Xuanhuang".

"Condensing a sixth-stage Nascent Soul."

"This is enough to prove that you have a solid foundation and will surely become a pillar of our Divine Weapon Pavilion in the future."

Although Chi Lian Tianjun was somewhat disappointed, he still praised Huang Yun'er.

"Black Wind Heavenly Lord?"

Standing to the side, Zhang Yan saw the people from the Human Alliance and Black Wind Heavenly Monarch, and understood the current situation.

"There's something good to watch."

A smile appeared on Zhang Yan's lips as he waited patiently.

Soon, all the disciples appeared, with Zhang Yan standing at the front, gesturing with his eyes.

Neither Song Qizhen nor another disciple spoke out.

At this moment, the traitorous disciples emerged from the secret realm.

On Zhang Yan's side, not many disciples have broken through to the Nascent Soul stage.

But the other side is even more so.

In fact, only one remained, a sixth-stage Nascent Soul cultivator; the rest were all Golden Core cultivators.

Moreover, Dongfang Weibai, on whom high hopes were placed, is still nowhere to be found.

These people don't even bother to act.

They stood directly on the side of the Human Race Alliance.

"what happened?"

"Less than half the people came out?"

"You're just a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

"And what about Dongfang Weibai?"

Black Wind Heavenly Lord's face was even more unsightly than that of Crimson Flame Heavenly Lord before, as black as the bottom of a pot, and he asked a series of questions.

"Tianjun."

"Dongfang Weibai...died in the secret realm."

The sixth-stage Nascent Soul cultivator answered honestly.

"what?"

Black Wind Heavenly Lord was so enraged he was practically spitting fire, and he grabbed the Nascent Soul disciple and lifted him up. (End of Chapter)