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

Yu Jinchen stared at the woman for a long time before recognizing her amidst her increasingly dark expression. It turned out that this person was Xiao Ruxue from the Xiao family of Yangcheng.

Yu Jinchen nodded to her, only called out, "Fellow Daoist Xiao," and then said nothing more.

"Brother Yu, have you joined a sect yet? If not, why not join our sect? In times like these, being a rogue cultivator would be very inconvenient."

Even though Yu Jinchen didn't want to pay attention to her, Xiao Ruxue kept pestering him, nagging and nagging, which was incredibly annoying.

"We don't seem to know each other very well, please call me Senior Yu. Besides, I already have a sect and will not join any other sect, so you don't need to worry about it."

Seeing that his lover was being completely ignored by this woman, Yu Jinchen spoke calmly, but there was a hint of displeasure in his voice.

"Uh, I... Yu Da..."

Before she could utter the word "brother," Xiao Ruxue stopped talking under Yu Jinchen's imposing presence, bowed her head, and replied, "Yes, Senior Yu, Senior Xu, I was rude, please forgive me."

Seeing that the two ignored her, Xiao Ruxue had no choice but to leave with resentment.

Just as she returned to her sect's headquarters, she heard a gloomy voice in her ear, "Ru Xue, do you know those two? Which sect are they disciples from?"

"Uh, Grandmaster Uncle, those were two people I knew before I entered the immortal sect. They were rogue immortals and didn't belong to any sect yet."

Seeing that her sect's grandmaster Jin Xingzhou had designs on Xu Qingman, Xiao Ruxue thought about their attitudes towards her, and a thought arose in her mind.

If the woman surnamed Xu falls into the hands of my grandmaster uncle, then wouldn't I have a chance with Yu Jinchen?

Seeing that most of the people had arrived, the Great Elder Hongguang of the Wuji Sect shouted "Let's go!" and took the lead in flying forward on his sword.

“Wife, the one in front with Ancestor Hongguang is Ancestor Wuji of the Wuji Sect. It is said that he is over 1,600 years old and has already reached the Integration Stage.”

Xu Qingman looked over with shining eyes, "Wow! That's a master in the Integration stage! Look at his imposing aura, he exudes the demeanor of a strongman."

When they were still dozens of nautical miles from the island, Ancestor Hongguang ordered the cultivators to split up and encircle it, trying their best to prevent the island's monsters from rushing onto the land.

As the cultivators on Xu Qingman's side were flying forward, they suddenly saw a huge whirlpool appear on the sea ahead. Several cultivators flying in front were sucked in before they could react, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared without a trace.

Seeing this horrifying scene, the cultivators behind all retreated, fearing that if they were too late, they would follow in the footsteps of those people.

Someone shouted, "Retreat quickly! Call a high-level cultivator over here! Judging from this situation, the demonic beasts here are probably at least fifth-level. One of the ones that were just sucked in was a Nascent Soul cultivator."

"It might be more than that. Look, not a single person has escaped from the water yet. I'm afraid they're in grave danger."

"Yes, if it were a fifth-tier demon beast, it's impossible that the Nascent Soul stage cultivator wouldn't have failed to even make a sound. Even if they couldn't escape, they wouldn't have failed to use a single spell."

After they finished speaking, their faces turned pale.

Xu Qingman and her husband exchanged a horrified glance. The path to immortality was truly fraught with peril; a single misstep could cost them their lives. "Sigh! We'd better be more careful in the future; our family can't be without them."

"Did you see clearly what kind of monster was causing trouble just now?" A Nascent Soul cultivator rushed over to ask after hearing that something had happened.

"We didn't see them clearly. They disappeared in the blink of an eye. We still haven't realized what happened."

A male cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage chimed in, "That's right, I almost flew to the vortex. Luckily, my master called out to me, which made me pause for a moment, otherwise I might have been swept away as well."

As he spoke, the male cultivator patted his chest with lingering fear and repeatedly thanked his junior sister.

Seeing that they couldn't get any information, the Nascent Soul cultivator and another Nascent Soul cultivator carefully flew towards the vortex.

The scene was too frightening, and no one dared to get too close, only staying far behind the two.

The two Nascent Soul cultivators flew to within a few meters of the vortex, then stopped and threw down several lightning talismans. With a few loud rumbles, a giant snake, tens of meters long and covered in blood, emerged from the water.

The giant serpent had five ferocious eyes on its head, from which jets of water were spewing out. One of the Nascent Soul cultivators, caught off guard, was swept away by the water jets and thrown into the sea.

Seeing this, the Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators who had already surrounded the area desperately retreated. This was terrifying; a single water column was enough to render a Nascent Soul cultivator powerless.

Yu Jinchen pulled Xu Qingman and flew in another direction. "Let's hurry and call for help. I remember there is a Nascent Soul Ancestor here. If this drags on any longer, the two of them may not be able to defeat him."

The two flew for less than a minute before encountering Thunder Spirit Ancestor of the Cloud Mist Sect. He had probably also noticed the commotion and was heading this way.

“Ancestor Lei Ling, there’s a very powerful sixth-tier demonic beast over there. Even the two of you at the Nascent Soul stage can’t handle it.” After Yu Jinchen finished speaking, he pointed in the direction they came from.

Ancestor Lei Ling grunted in response and then flew forward swiftly like a beam of light.

Yu Jinchen hurriedly pulled Xu Qingman to catch up, "Wife, let's hurry over and take a look. It's not easy to see a battle between high-level cultivators."

As expected of a battle between masters, the human and the demon were already locked in a fierce struggle on the sea. The collision of their spiritual energies caused the sea to explode with a deafening roar.

Even the air in this area seemed to be torn apart, and in an instant, the sea became turbulent and filled with smoke.

The onlookers were so frightened that they retreated again and again, fearing that they might be accidentally injured.

After a fierce battle of three hundred rounds, the snake demon gradually became outmatched. Human cultivators, after all, possessed a constant stream of magical treasures and talismans, while demonic beasts could only rely on their own spiritual power to withstand the attack.

Strangely enough, even though the sea is the snake demon's main battlefield and it could better utilize its strengths if it returned to the sea, it would rather fight on than retreat back into the water.

Xu Qingman and her husband exchanged a knowing glance, then quietly retreated to the outer perimeter and plunged into the water when no one was looking.

After entering the sea, one of them took a water spirit pearl he had bought in the Lingchuan Realm and swam down to the bottom of the battlefield.

The snake demon's refusal to go into the water, even at the cost of its life, was very strange; there must be a secret it didn't want anyone to discover.

Upon arriving at the location, they didn't see anything unusual, but the strange behavior of the monster made them realize that something was definitely wrong.

Since we're already here, we'll definitely search every inch of this place before we're satisfied. Anyway, with the Water Spirit Pearl in my mouth, I'm not afraid even in the deepest water.

The two slowly descended until they reached a depth of nearly two thousand meters, at which point they touched the seabed.

The seabed here is full of huge reefs, and after looking around, I didn't find anything strange.

"Honey, look behind those rocks, it looks like there's a greenish light leaking out."