In the Demon Realm, at the entrance of a passage leading to the Eastern Continent, the eldest disciple of the Demon Dragon Clan stood with a grim expression.
After a long hesitation, he finally took out a丹瓶 (dan pin), poured out a dark pill, and swallowed it in one gulp.
Someone had poisoned the cross-realm passage, causing him immense inconvenience.
To address this, he summoned a group of demon cannon fodder to scout 36 passages.
After suffering considerable losses, they concluded that all 36 cross-realm passages had been poisoned with a potent toxin.
Subsequently, he spent vast amounts of resources, wealth, and lives searching for a method to counteract the poison, but to no avail.
Finally, he had no choice but to seek help from the Seventh Elder. The Seventh Elder, in turn, obtained two pills from the Clan Leader.
These two pills were extremely rare throughout the Demon Realm, both being high-grade elixirs, said to be derived from ancient recipes passed down from the Upper Realm.
The Seventh Elder stated that these two pills would ensure his safe passage through the cross-realm passage and back.
After swallowing the pills, the eldest disciple proceeded into one of the passages...
Six months later, at a Demon Sealing Well on the Eastern Continent.
The sealing array that Xiao Fei had set up at the well's entrance was torn open by a dark, sharp claw.
The eldest disciple of the Demon Dragon Clan clambered out of the Demon Sealing Well, looking disheveled.
His robes were now stained crimson with blood, layers of dried blood caked on them, forming thick scabs in places.
He never imagined that this poison could be so insidious.
Without experiencing it firsthand, no one could comprehend how he had endured the past six months.
Even Xiao Fei, the master of "Crimson Jade White Bones," had never lasted so long against such a potent toxin.
This poison not only ravaged the body but also posed a severe test to one's willpower.
Countless times, he had been tempted to lie down within the cross-realm passage and never emerge.
If he succumbed to its allure, even the best antidote would be useless.
He was a ruthless individual, and to constantly remind himself,
He wielded a sharp blade, stabbing himself at intervals.
The intense pain jolted him momentarily from his stupor, but the intoxication soon returned.
Thus, the myriad scars on his body were all self-inflicted.
Emerging from the Demon Sealing Well, the eldest disciple sat by its edge, gasping for breath.
He had finally escaped that malicious yet alluring environment.
However, before he could even catch his breath, an endless torrent of flames surged towards him from all sides.
"Ah! Break for me!"
The eldest disciple, already seething with frustration and nowhere to vent it,
Now faced the array meticulously arranged by Xiao Fei, spewing fire at him. How could he tolerate this?
With a roar, a dark dragon claw reached out.
"Boom!"
Following a deafening explosion, the entire array painstakingly set up by Xiao Fei crumbled, and even his teleportation array failed to activate.
After blasting through the grand array, he transformed into a colossal demon dragon and soared out of the demon sealing cave.
The dragon ruled the skies, its might boundless, striking fear into the hearts of humans for dozens of miles around.
With a flick of its tail, a human settlement was instantly reduced to ashes.
With a sweep of its massive claw, another human village was obliterated without a trace.
By the time Xiao Fei received the news, this demon dragon had already destroyed dozens of villages and a city.
Countless humans had perished.
Xiao Fei immediately mounted his Flying Fish and shot out of Meteorite Island.
"Guard Meteorite Island well. I'm going to confront him."
As Xiao Fei uttered these words, he had already vanished into the horizon.
"I'm going too!"
"I'm going too!"
"Me too!"
Seeing Xiao Fei heading alone to battle the Void Refining realm demon dragon, Xiao Lan, Zhu Yu, Huang Feifei, and Ji Wudi also flew out from the island.
However, their speed was far inferior to that of the Flying Fish, and they could only watch as one person and one fish disappeared into the sky.
The four could only pursue rapidly in the direction the demon dragon had appeared, hoping to arrive in time to collect Xiao Fei's corpse.
The gap between the Void Refining realm and the Nascent Soul realm was vast; most were crushed in a single exchange.
Only a select few exceptionally talented cultivators, whose strength far surpassed their peers, could withstand a blow from a Void Refining expert, lasting at least five to six exchanges before being defeated.
It was estimated that Xiao Fei was such a gifted individual, capable of enduring five to six slaps before perishing.
No matter how talented he was, his death would ultimately be a loss.
Therefore, the most anxious at this moment were Xiao Lan and Huang Feifei.
They greatly feared that when they found Xiao Fei, he would already be a cold corpse.
In the battles of cultivators, sometimes not even a corpse could be found.
Zhu Yu also urged her flying sword forward at full speed.
Although Xiao Fei was an irritating person, often jealous of her beauty, she still did not wish for his demise.
The slowest among the four was Ji Wudi. He was already exerting his utmost effort, but speed was never his forte.
He felt at peace within his heart, as he was prepared to fight and die alongside Xiao Fei this time.
He, Ji Wudi, was never one to shy away from death.
When Xiao Fei found the demon dragon, it was recuperating its injuries, coiled around a mountain peak.
"Hey, black loach ahead, if you have the guts, come and fight Grandpa for thirty thousand rounds."
Xiao Fei roared at the demon dragon, simultaneously throwing a large handful of prepared Bursting Juice Fruits at it.
These Bursting Juice Spirit Fruits exploded in mid-air, turning into a shower of red blood that rained down on the demon dragon, corroding its body with a sizzling sound.
The demon dragon roared in fury. How dare a mere Nascent Soul cultivator provoke him?
These Bursting Juice Spirit Fruits did not inflict significant damage, but they caused an unbearable itch all over its body.
"Roar! You court death!"
It immediately let out a furious roar and charged towards Xiao Fei.
Xiao Fei was merely boasting; he had no intention of engaging in a direct confrontation. He did not wish to perish before his ambitions could be realized.
He still had a bright future ahead of him, a promising path forward. He truly did not want to die!
He promptly patted the Flying Fish's back, directing it to turn around and flee, accelerating to twice its previous speed.
"Fly towards the southeast!"
Xiao Fei guided the Flying Fish towards a mountain valley.
He once possessed an evil blade named "Bloodthirsty," which had nearly drained him dry.
Later, it had transformed into a maiden with pointed ears and left him.
However, he had always kept track of this pointy-eared maiden's movements; she resided in a valley ahead.
No living creature could approach the valley where she dwelled.