After conquering the Empress, I proved my Dao with the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace!

He stepped forward, and his aura suddenly surged.

Looking at Qin Chuan, Wang Zhuoyun took a deep breath, clasped his hands, and bowed again.

"Since Brother Qin has spoken, I, Wang, will naturally not contest this place."

However, Brother Qin, I have long admired you based on the rumors about you from back then.

"Now that we've met, I'd like to ask Brother Qin for some guidance!"

As he spoke, his aura grew even stronger.

Qin Chuan frowned. He was pressed for time and didn't have time to worry about anything else.

Almost the instant Wang Zhuoyun uttered his words.

Qin Chuan flicked his sleeves and took a step forward.

The oppressive aura, comparable to that of a Xuanzun, instantly pressed down on Wang Zhuoyun.

boom!

Wang Zhuoyun trembled, his face turned pale, and after taking seven or eight steps back, he gave Qin Chuan a deep look before turning and leaving.

Qin Chuan raised his head and glanced at Wang Zhuoyun's back. This prodigy of the Wang family had left a deep impression on him.

"Under my first command, he was a Xuanzong Ninth Heaven."

Surprisingly, he was only pale-faced, with no blood visible...

Wang Zhuoyun's combat strength is probably comparable to that of an ordinary peak ninth-level cultivator.

As Qin Chuan seemed to be deep in thought, he turned and glanced at Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou immediately tensed up, for he knew all too well the terror of Qin Chuan before him.

That person was capable of fighting against Ancestor Yuwen, and was comparable to the level of an ancestor.

At this moment, he was filled with anxiety, fearing that if he used a tiger to drive away a wolf, the tiger would devour him.

"Thank you for saving me, Senior Qin. I will definitely report this matter to the Ancestor truthfully."

We will surely repay the kindness shown to us by our predecessors.

Zhao Gou took a few steps back and spoke cautiously, no longer daring to address Qin Chuan as "brother," but instead being extremely respectful.

"I promised Ancestor Yunlu that I would take care of you here, and I have fulfilled my duty."

This is not a good place. If you insist on choosing it, be prepared for death.

Qin Chuan saw through Zhao Gou's thoughts, but he even gave up the inner disciple status that Huo Shuixian had given him.

Naturally, they wouldn't choose this place, even though it's where a skeleton of higher status might reside.

"Thank you for your kindness, senior. I know what I'm doing, and my ancestor has also helped me devise some methods..."

Zhao Gou hesitated for a moment, then forced himself to speak.

Qin Chuan glanced at Zhao Gou, and that glance immediately made Zhao Gou even more nervous.

"I can't stay here for long. You have a choice, so take care of yourself."

Qin Chuan nodded and put away the jade tube in his hand.

This document contains all the words and actions spoken throughout the entire process, which can be considered as proof for Ancestor Yunlu.

Qin Chuan stopped looking at Zhao Gou, turned around, and disappeared in an instant.

Only after seeing Qin Chuan completely disappear did Zhao Gou breathe a sigh of relief.

He glanced around cautiously, looking somewhat hesitant, before finally gritting his teeth.

Instead of leaving, they followed the instructions to enter the place where the bones were hidden.

In that anxious and tense atmosphere, I waited for time to pass.

Qin Chuan continued straight to the fourth peak without stopping for a moment.

During the journey, Song Jia's words before leaving came to mind, and his eyes slowly softened.

"Is that little girl here too...?"

Qin Chuan glanced at the Demon Immortal Sect around him, and in silence, his speed increased.

Several hours later, as the second day was almost over.

There are only two hours left until the end of the first stage.

Qin Chuan had appeared at the foot of the fourth peak.

He looked up at the majestic mountain peaks before him; the mountains were so vast that he could not see the end.

Compared to him, Qin Chuan was like an ant, utterly insignificant.

But a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

At the foot of the mountain, he took a deep breath and, without hesitation, chose to climb up.

Fortunately, most areas of the first realm opened by the Demon Immortal Sect were shrouded in restrictions.

There will be no danger as long as you don't touch it.

During his ascent up the mountain, Qin Chuan saw countless restricted areas.

He circled around, trying to avoid it as much as possible.

After more than an hour, the mountaintop finally came into view.

"Half an hour left..."

Qin Chuan stood on a large protruding rock on the fourth peak, looking at the summit, and suddenly hesitated.

Time was about to run out, and he didn't know if his choice was right.

If it is incorrect, then everything is meaningless.

When he arrived, Qin Chuan had considered taking Xu Fu's remains with him.

But when he tried to move, he found that the skeleton was rooted there and he could not move it at all.

What is mine will eventually belong to me.

If it's not mine, and I've already forced it, then even if I don't get it...

At least, I don't regret it!

Qin Chuan suddenly smiled nonchalantly, no longer considering gains or losses.

Instead, in the last half hour, they slowed down and walked along the mountain path.

Looking at the ruins around him, he felt the grandeur of the once powerful Demon Immortal Sect and strolled along.

Qin Chuan has come to terms with the gains and losses, and is no longer worried about time constraints.

In this calm, with only one hundred breaths left.

He reached the summit of the fourth peak!

The moment Qin Chuan stepped onto the last step, he stood atop the fourth peak.

From a distance, the mountain peaks appear sharp, but when you actually stand here, the ground is flat.

It resembled a plaza, with nine large cauldrons covered in cracks placed around it.

In the very center, there was a wooden coffin.

The coffin had no lid, and instead of runes, it was carved with a depiction that conveyed a sense of age.

It contains auspicious clouds, mythical beasts, mountains and rivers, and the starry sky.

It appears complex at first glance, but upon closer inspection, simplicity seems to be hidden within that complexity.

It's an indescribable feeling, contradictory yet harmonious.

Qin Chuan strode forward, and when he reached the edge of the coffin...

He saw that the coffin was empty; there was no body, no remains, nothing at all.

There is no place to stay here...

At this moment, there are less than eighty breaths left before the second realm opens.

Qin Chuan stood beside the coffin, looking at its empty interior, and sighed softly in his heart.

It's impossible not to be disappointed.

He relinquished the inner disciple status offered by Huo Shuixian and insisted on his own ideas.

But the harsh reality ultimately left Qin Chuan with a complex mix of emotions in his soft sigh.

In the silence, Qin Chuan raised his head and looked down the mountain.

With only seventy-odd breaths left, he could no longer find any more skeletons.

Moreover, as he walked along, he discovered that there were no more skeletons from the waist down.

Qin Chuan looked down the mountain. From this vantage point, he could overlook the entire Fourth Peak.

It was filled with one restriction after another.

These restrictions are so dense that they almost cover the entire mountain peak.

Even Qin Chuan sensed that there was a barrier around the mountain, preventing everyone from entering.

Even now, looking at these densely packed restrictions...

Any one of these techniques, if Qin Chuan were to touch it, would cause him to be utterly destroyed, body and soul.

Unconsciously, Qin Chuan felt a little dazed.

How did I get up here?

Qin Chuan frowned, suddenly thinking of this problem.

He didn't notice this while he was in the mountains.

It seemed quite easy; it only took two hours to walk from the foot of the mountain to here.

But looking at it from this perspective...

This fourth peak is clearly a forbidden zone!