"Elder Fei, how did you manage to comprehend so many powerful laws at once?"
On an immortal boat, the doll-faced female cultivator from Golden Glow Grotto-Heaven stood beside Xiao Fei, curiously asking for his advice.
After overcoming her initial fear of Xiao Fei's appearance, they gradually became acquainted, and she found this Elder Fei to be a truly enigmatic man.
"To comprehend laws, there are no shortcuts; only diligent effort will suffice!"
Xiao Fei now knew that this doll-faced female cultivator was named Yun Que, a disciple of Xia Fei Xue.
As for his own cultivation experience, Xiao Fei had always felt it was due to diligence and hard work.
"Heaven rewards the diligent; everyone's cultivation and strength are gained through arduous effort, and one must never slacken."
Xiao Fei, adopting the demeanor of someone who had been through it all, imparted his cultivation experience to Yun Que.
Yun Que nodded, clenching her fists, determined to work hard and one day catch up to Elder Fei's footsteps.
"May I ask, how many hours do you cultivate on average each day, Elder Fei?"
Xiao Fei pondered for a moment and replied, "I spend at least half of my time cultivating each day."
"Only half? I cultivate for two-thirds of the day every day."
Yun Que felt a little wronged. By this logic, she cultivated for longer hours and worked harder, yet her achievements were far inferior to Elder Fei's.
Could it really be that she was too foolish?
"Perhaps your direction or method of effort is incorrect!"
Xiao Fei could only offer such a perfunctory explanation. He couldn't possibly say that he often drank from the Enlightenment Spring like water, and that he had over a hundred times the normal time in his spatial dimension for slow contemplation.
Standing behind the two were ten Earth Immortals, standing respectfully.
This time, Xiao Fei and Yun Que, both True Immortals, were responsible for leading the expedition.
As for the remaining ten Earth Immortals, only five were official disciples of Golden Glow Grotto-Heaven, while the other five were laborers, meant to fill numbers and serve as cannon fodder.
Before departing, Xiao Fei made a deal with Xia Fei Xue.
Xia Fei Xue informed Xiao Fei about the news of the Qian Yuan Immortal Fruit.
The Qian Yuan Immortal Fruit could only survive in places with extremely dense immortal energy. As the concentration of immortal energy in the Immortal Realm continued to decline, this fruit had become nearly extinct.
However, Xia Fei Xue knew of a place where this immortal fruit still grew, specifically on one of the Nine Heavens.
The Nine Heavens were small worlds opened up by powerful beings, who used formations to continuously draw immortal energy from the Immortal Realm to supplement the immortal energy within their small worlds.
It was just that this place was in the Nine Heavens, and ordinary immortals had no chance to access it.
When Xiao Fei received this news, he felt despair.
If his divine soul had not been damaged, with his peerless talent in the Immortal Realm, he would have had a chance to interact with powers in the Nine Heavens after joining the various sacred lands.
But now, he was merely a minor elder of a grotto-heaven, his status not high, and his future potential limited.
Even the sacred lands disdained him, let alone the powers of the Nine Heavens.
However, Xia Fei Xue promised that as long as Xiao Fei was willing to lead this expedition, she could help him obtain an opportunity to enter the Nine Heavens.
"We've arrived! Elder Fei, look, that's the assembly point for Jade Void Sacred Land ahead," Yun Que said excitedly, pointing to a plain in front.
A considerable number of cultivators had already gathered on a plain ahead. In the center stood a large banner with the words "Jade Void Sacred Land" written in large characters.
There were also some smaller banners bearing the insignia of various grotto-heavens such as "Heavenly Water Grotto-Heaven," "Virtuous Cloud Grotto-Heaven," "Myriad Void Grotto-Heaven," and so on.
Jade Void Sacred Land governed thirty-six grotto-heavens, and this time, all thirty-six grotto-heavens had gathered and set off in a mighty procession.
In addition to Jade Void Sacred Land, there were nine other sacred lands that had also gathered their forces and were marching towards the lower realm.
Xiao Fei looked at the vast number of people, noting that it was even more grand than the previous time when the eight sacred lands besieged the Blood Sea Sacred Land.
It seemed that the major powers of the Immortal Realm attached great importance to the Dao Worms, even more so than the Creation Jade Disk.
This time, several major sacred lands had dispatched Heavenly Immortals to oversee the operation, with experts as numerous as clouds.
Xiao Fei even saw the Heavenly Demon Guard of Green Hill Sacred Land among them.
When the Heavenly Demon Guard saw Xiao Fei in the crowd, he glared at Xiao Fei with sharp eyes, as if wishing to kill him with a single glance.
However, he did not make a move in front of so many people; it would be too embarrassing if he were defeated.
As a master, the most important thing is to have self-awareness and know when to advance and when to retreat.
He had already lost face once and had become a negative example, his primary role in the Immortal Realm being to highlight Fei Xin's excellence.
Whenever someone spoke of a True Immortal with an unremarkable appearance, the Heavenly Demon Guard would be brought up for ridicule.
He had already suffered enough humiliation, and if he were to seek trouble with Xiao Fei again now, it would only be to invite further disgrace.
This time, due to the excessive number of experts in the Heavenly Realm army, they could not descend into a specific world and had to descend into the chaotic void.
Their group journeyed through the chaotic void, and successfully finding the Dao Worms was not an easy task.
After deliberation among the experts of the Ten Great Sacred Lands, it was decided to scatter the teams. Once a trace of a Dao Worm was discovered, other teams would immediately provide reinforcement.
Xiao Fei and Yun Que led the ten members of Golden Glow Grotto-Heaven as a separate team.
They were issued a jade disk, which allowed them to communicate with each other in the chaotic void.
Xiao Fei held the jade disk, on which there were many red dots, each dot representing a nearby team.
Just then, a red dot on the jade disk began to flash rapidly.
This was a signal of discovery and a request for support.
"There's a situation, go!"
Xiao Fei shouted, and the immortal boat beneath his feet turned, speeding towards the direction where the red dot was flashing.
This immortal boat was specially made to adapt to various harsh environments, powered by immortal stones, and could move freely even in the void.
Soon, they arrived at the scene of the incident, where dozens of cultivators were already surrounding a Dao Worm and attacking it fiercely.
The Dao Worm was not particularly large. According to the classification of Dao Worms in some ancient texts, it should be considered a second-tier Dao Worm.
A first-tier Dao Worm refers to a Dao Worm that has just been gestated and is in its weakest state, but it is still far stronger than an Earth Immortal, likely comparable to a True Immortal.
A second-tier Dao Worm, after being gestated, has consumed one or more worlds. It is stronger than a True Immortal, and the powerful ones are comparable to Heavenly Immortals.
Among those besieging it were dozens of Earth Immortals, over ten True Immortals, and other nearby teams were also rushing to the scene.
"Boom boom boom!"
"Rumble rumble rumble!"
As more immortals arrived and their attacks intensified, under a series of assaults, the Dao Worm's body was torn apart, transforming into a large mass of black mist.
This black mist still tried to re-gather, but every time it condensed slightly, it would be immediately dispersed by attacks.
Xiao Fei also joined in the attack, but his heart was filled with anxiety, feeling even worse than if he had lost millions of immortal stones out of nowhere.
The black mist formed by the Dao Worm was all good stuff! As long as it was collected into the Yellow Gourd, a large amount of blood water and crystal beads could be refined.
However, he dared not take out the Yellow Gourd in front of everyone.
Now, almost the entire Immortal Realm knew that the Yellow Gourd belonged to Xiao Fei. If he took out the Yellow Gourd, his identity would be exposed.
At that time, all the immortals on the battlefield would likely abandon the Dao Worm and swarm to attack him.
He could only summon the Five Elements Great Formation to trap a portion of the black mist within it, then seal it, and collect it with other containers.
But this method was extremely inefficient and slow, only allowing for the collection of a small amount of black mist.
However, it was better than nothing!
The battle here quickly attracted a sacred land, with over forty grotto-heavens and more than 600 people coming to participate in the siege.
Finally, everyone used their respective methods, each subduing a small part of the Dao Worm's body, successfully resolving the first Dao Worm they encountered.
Xiao Fei also successfully sealed and collected a portion of the black mist within the Five Elements Formation, preparing to throw it into his spatial dimension later.
This was the first battle for everyone after entering the void. Despite the significant advantage in numbers and strength on the Immortal Realm's side, many people still died.
In the following period, they encountered several more Dao Worms, and undoubtedly achieved victory, but their losses in personnel continued to increase.
One day, another team requested reinforcements. When Xiao Fei led his team to the scene, they found that only a little over a hundred people had arrived. Although other nearby teams were on their way, they were moving slowly.
Clearly, they wanted to preserve their strength.
Since they had already arrived, they had no choice but to go all out.
In this battle, more than half of the more than 100 people present died, leaving only just over 20 survivors to barely kill the Dao Worm.
All ten disciples of Golden Glow Grotto-Heaven brought by Xiao Fei and Yun Que perished in this battle, leaving only the two of them.
Xiao Fei could do nothing about this, and moreover, the terms of his deal with Xia Fei Xue only required him to look after Yun Que's safety.
"Finally killed this Dao Worm!"
"It's a pity for my senior brothers, who were devoured by the Dao Worm, leaving not even a speck of dust."
"It's all because people like these thought of preserving their strength, causing us heavy casualties."
The surviving twenty-odd people lamented the deaths of their friends and relatives while also cursing vehemently.
In reality, everyone's true thought was that if given another chance, they would definitely preserve their strength as well.
They would never again charge to the front like this, risking their lives for little gain.
Just then, the void ahead churned, and a large black head emerged from the chaos.
"How is there another Dao Worm?"
"Another second-tier Dao Worm!"
"We're doomed this time!"
"Everyone, run quickly!"
The moment the second Dao Worm appeared, the remaining twenty-odd cultivators, having exhausted their strength in the previous battle, could only flee as far as possible.
Xiao Fei and Yun Que could only drive their immortal boat to escape.
Perhaps it was their terrible luck, but the Dao Worm did not pursue anyone else; it specifically chased after the two of them.
"Fellow Daoist Fei, what should we do? The Dao Worm is about to catch up."
Xiao Fei glanced back, estimating that at their current flying speed, they would soon be overtaken by the Dao Worm.
"Fellow Daoist Yun Que, you will flee to the front left alone in a moment. I will find a way to lure it away!"