After being reborn, I took my childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality.

After more than two hours, the flying boat arrived at the outer edge of Antarctica. As soon as the cultivators disembarked, two Foundation Establishment cultivators were already waiting there.

After meeting Meng Yuanzhou, the two told him that the temporary encampment of their country's cultivators was near the research station. Meng Yuanzhou said he understood and asked them to lead the way.

Although it was her first time visiting an Antarctic glacier, Xu Qingman immediately noticed something was wrong.

Visible to the naked eye, a massive black hole appeared in the sky above the southernmost point of Antarctica, with lightning flashing around its edges. The center of the black hole was bottomless, dark and menacing.

Someone asked, "Is that the place suspected to be a spatial rift?"

"Yes, that's it. It suddenly appeared more than ten days ago. Someone tried to get close to check it out, but was immediately swallowed up without leaving a trace."

Hearing the words of the cultivator who came to pick them up, everyone was terrified. In all their lives, none of them had ever witnessed anything like this; the more unknown something is, the more frightening it is.

For the next few days, the cultivators studied what exactly this thing was and where the end of the black hole led, but they had no clue.

That day, everyone sat down to discuss their next plan. Suddenly, a huge rumbling sound came from behind them. They ran outside and were stunned to see the glacier split into two large pieces.

Meanwhile, the black hole in the sky was rapidly expanding. The gaping hole resembled a gigantic monster, its mouth agape, ready to devour everything in the world.

No one dared to approach and investigate, because even without getting close, they could already sense a terrifying aura emanating from the black hole.

There was nothing anyone could do but stand there and watch the black hole grow bigger and bigger.

"Look! What are those black dots?" With a scream, everyone saw clearly that the approaching black dots were actually huge, ferocious beasts.

"Alert! Everyone, get your weapons ready!" Meng Yuanzhou roared, his voice hoarse as if it had been sliced ​​into pieces by a knife.

Everyone used their unique abilities, throwing various magical treasures and talismans into the air, instantly creating a protective net in the sky. Unfortunately, they were still a step too late.

With a piercing, shrill scream, everyone watched in disbelief as a young man in the Qi Refining stage was shoved into the mouth of the giant beast in front of him.

There was no time for grief; everyone unleashed their best skills, preparing to fight the ferocious beast to the death.

Yu Jinchen glanced at Xu Qingman with concern, telling her to take good care of herself, before resolutely throwing herself into the battle.

Before Xu was a beast resembling a water buffalo, possessing immense strength and the ability to breathe fire. After exchanging blows, she realized it was a third-tier beast, with a cultivation level equivalent to the early Golden Core stage of a cultivator. However, being a beast in its true form, it was far more powerful than a human.

Finally, Xu Qingman used several explosive talismans, along with her own spiritual power, to kill the monster.

Just as he was about to put the demonic beast into his storage ring and look for his next target, he saw several Foundation Establishment cultivators being attacked by five or six wolf beasts.

Seeing that they were all seriously injured and on the verge of defeat, Xu Qingman quickly threw down a protective array to shield them and allow them to heal. Only then did she face the wolf pack alone.

Facing multiple opponents, Xu Qingman knew she couldn't fight head-on, so she first applied two defensive talismans to her body before charging forward with her sword.

The wolf-like beasts had jet-black fur that gleamed with an eerie light. The leader was only a third-tier demonic beast, while the others were all second-tier, their strength comparable to that of Foundation Establishment cultivators. No wonder those Foundation Establishment cultivators were beaten so badly they were powerless to fight back.

After handling them, Xu Qingman discovered that this third-tier demon beast was not as powerful as the previous one. However, she didn't spend much effort to kill them all with her sword.

The battle was extremely fierce, with cultivators bitten and killed everywhere. Most of the dead and wounded were young Foundation Establishment cultivators with low cultivation and little experience, making them easy targets for the demonic beasts.

The ground was covered in bloodstains, a truly horrifying sight. Only after some of the Golden Core cultivators died, killing the demonic beasts they were fighting, and then charging into the horde with their swords, did the situation begin to turn around.

Soon, the demonic beasts were all slain by the sword. No more demonic beasts descended from the spatial rift, and the battle ended in a brutal manner.

Afterwards, each team began cleaning up the battlefield on their own initiative. Several major sects also dispatched Golden Core cultivators to guard the area in case the demonic beasts attacked again.

After counting, a total of more than 300 third-tier monsters and more than 2,500 second-tier and first-tier monsters were killed this time.

As for the cultivators, there were seventy or eighty seriously injured. As for the minor injuries, there was no need to count them; a single pill would cure them all.

The greatest loss was the seven Foundation Establishment cultivators who were bitten to death; none of them were even thirty years old, and they died at the hands of the demon beast.

After discussion, everyone unanimously decided that each of the Golden Core cultivators present would receive the corpse of a third-tier demonic beast, while each of the Foundation Establishment cultivators would receive the corpse of a second-tier demonic beast.

The rest were all left to the families of the sacrificed monks.

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After the beast tide subsided, the next few days were relatively peaceful. Some cultivators went to visit the settlements of other countries, and the situation there was far worse, with even more people killed or injured.

Especially in the Sun Kingdom, a team of over five hundred people was reduced to less than half, a truly pitiful sight.

Although this disaster caused great losses to humanity, it brought even more benefits.

This long-dormant planet is now visibly enriched with spiritual energy through a spacetime rift. Perhaps the era of spiritual energy revival has arrived.

The Antarctic Circle, however, breaks the rule of six months of daylight and six months of darkness. Like other places, it experiences a normal alternation of day and night each day.

The glaciers have mostly melted, revealing the islands beneath. Meanwhile, the sects in China have quickly established headquarters on several islands with the richest spiritual energy.

Afterwards, some cultivators boldly approached the crack and discovered that the concentration of spiritual energy there was unmatched by any sect's secret realm on Earth.

After discussion, some cultivators decided to form teams to go and see the other side of the world. Xu Qingman's team was among them.

For this reason, Xu Qingman and her companion made a special trip home and spent a few days with the Xu family.

After testing them with a spirit-testing stone, it was discovered that both parents had spiritual roots. They were then given a marrow-cleansing pill and taught cultivation techniques.

After witnessing their successful induction of qi into their bodies, he left behind some protective pills and talismans before bidding farewell to his family and returning to Antarctica.

Yu Jinchen's company was completely handed over to a few friends to manage. As for Xu Qingman's studies, there was no need for her to continue.

Now everyone knows about cultivating immortality, and all the major sects have started recruiting disciples. People who have been detected as having spiritual roots are rushing to become disciples and learn skills.

When Xu Qingman specifically asked Professor Shen to let her drop out of school, she also gave the old man a longevity pill and made him swallow it on the spot. The old man felt that he had recovered to the physical condition of his middle age and was as excited as a child.

After making all the preparations, the group of thirty-six Golden Core cultivators all mounted their flying swords and flew towards the spatial rift.

Approaching this place again this time, I could no longer feel that terrifying aura or the feeling that it wanted to tear people apart and devour them.

The group traveled through the black hole, and it took them more than half a month to finally see the world on the other side.

What came into view was a vast, boundless primeval forest, with tall, verdant trees and lush vegetation. In the distance, rolling mountain ranges stretched out, yet not a single bird could be heard, giving off an eerie and terrifying feeling.

The group carefully made their way through the woods when suddenly Lei Zhensheng pointed ahead and shouted, "Ah... look, what's that?"