So, obviously, Li Qingfeng, who was new to the World and full of righteousness, naturally wouldn't return to the mountain just like that.
Whether it was out of revenge for his family or the righteous path cultivator's desire to eliminate demons and protect the Dao, he had to find the murderer to prevent them from causing harm again.
After some tracking, he did indeed find the demonic cultivator who had massacred the village.
Unfortunately, although Li Qingfeng was righteous and possessed extremely high cultivation talent, he had only been cultivating for twelve years after all, and was from a small, not-so-famous sect, lacking much combat experience.
In the end, not only did he lose, but he was also ambushed from behind by the opponent's Bloody Nail-shaped magic treasure, losing his life.
Actually, that demonic cultivator wasn't a powerful character. How could a demonic cultivator who massacred ordinary villagers to cultivate have high cultivation? The real demonic cultivator experts all used righteous path cultivators for their cultivation.
In the memory, when Li Qingfeng and that demonic cultivator began fighting, they were evenly matched, or rather, Li Qingfeng even had a slight advantage. His magic treasure, the Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl, was personally passed down by his Master Daoist Qingzhu.
It's just that he didn't expect that during the fight, while the demonic cultivator used the Blood Fiend Banner to defend, he unexpectedly disregarded the rules and secretly used a Bloody Nail to go around and launch a sneak attack.
"Since I'm using your identity, I might as well help you get revenge."
After sorting through all the input memories, Li Chuan immediately decided to avenge Li Qingfeng by killing that demonic cultivator.
The main reason was that if he didn't kill that demonic cultivator, that demonic cultivator would kill him, because after killing Li Qingfeng, that demonic cultivator hadn't gone far, but was in front, refining Li Qingfeng's magic treasure, the Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl.
Perhaps after refining the Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl, he would also refine Li Qingfeng's physical body, which was now him.
"You're not dead!"
The handsome demonic cultivator in black clothes, noticing the movement from Li Chuan's side, immediately stopped refining the Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl and revealed a surprised expression.
He clearly saw his magic treasure, the Bloody Nail, penetrate the opponent's head and destroy their soul, so how were they alive again?
However, he then immediately chuckled evilly:
"As expected of a righteous path disciple, you actually have a substitute magic treasure. I guess you come from a large sect and have a good Master. It's a pity to use it on you, because you're about to die again!"
Substitute-type magic treasures, a kind of magic treasure he had only heard of in legends, he didn't expect this righteous path disciple with not-so-great strength in front of him to actually have one, but using it was a waste.
Before, the opponent could fight him because they had a magic treasure, but now that the opponent's magic treasure was in his hands, it was even more impossible for them to be his opponent.
"Who dies, that's hard to say."
Li Chuan shrugged.
According to the strength displayed by this demonic cultivator in Li Qingfeng's memory, he felt that dealing with the opponent wouldn't be a big problem.
The cultivation realms in this World are mainly divided into foundation establishment, core formation, nascent soul/yuanshen (primordial spirit/soul) (loose immortal), earth immortal, and heavenly immortal.
Foundation establishment is about absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the dantian and cultivating one's own true essence. This enters the foundation establishment realm, which is also the realm of most cultivators in the cultivation World. Many cultivators stay in this realm their entire lives.
Both this demonic cultivator in front and Li Qingfeng belong to this realm.
Breaking through foundation establishment and condensing true essence into a core is the Core Formation Realm. This is already the realm of the sect masters of some small sects. Li Qingyuan's Master, Daoist Qingzhu of Xiao Zhu Mountain, is in the Core Formation Realm.
After the Core Formation Realm is the nascent soul or the yuanshen (primordial spirit/soul). Nascent soul and yuanshen (primordial spirit/soul) belong to the same realm, but the direction of cultivation is different. Yuanshen (primordial spirit/soul) is more inclined towards the soul, while nascent soul is more inclined towards true essence and magic power.
Cultivators in the yuanshen (primordial spirit/soul) realm have stronger souls, and cultivators in the Nascent Soul Realm have deeper magic power. This mainly depends on which side the cultivation method leans towards.
Cultivators who reach this realm are generally referred to as loose immortals in this World.
After that is the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation. Those who can pass the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation become earth immortals. Earth immortals are basically the peak existence in this World. At this time, the desire tribulation has passed, and only the emotional tribulation remains.
But after passing the emotional tribulation, one can transform from an earth immortal into a heavenly immortal and ascend to the upper realm.
If one feels they cannot pass the emotional tribulation, or dies from a human tribulation while passing the emotional tribulation, they can only disband and reincarnate to start over.
Reincarnation is possible in this World. Many cultivators who eventually passed the tribulation and ascended as heavenly immortals actually succeeded after reincarnating more than a dozen times.
As for the so-called emotional tribulation, it doesn't just refer to love, but all emotions in a person's life, such as family affection, friendship, regrets about a certain matter, or lingering thoughts about a certain person, etc., all are possible.
As for how exactly to pass it, these were not in Li Qingfeng's memory. Li Qingfeng's realm was too low, and these were all told to him by his Master Daoist Qingzhu.
Of course, realm doesn't completely represent combat power. Cultivation methods, spells, and magic treasures, etc., all affect the outcome of a battle. It is also common for disciples of some large sects to defeat enemies across realms.
"Boasting shamelessly, watch as I refine your flesh and blood into my Blood Fiend Banner!"
The demonic cultivator snorted coldly upon hearing this, opened his mouth, and a blood banner filled with black fiendish energy flew out. After expanding to over ten meters in size, it rolled towards Li Chuan.
That black fiendish energy looked extremely corrosive. If an ordinary person were caught in it, they would likely turn into bloody water in less than a moment and be absorbed by the blood banner.
Although Li Chuan's physical body was strong and his healing ability was also extraordinary, he wouldn't joke around with his own body. He quickly formed hand seals:
"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"
A large lightning spear flew out from his hand, meeting the incoming blood banner.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, the blood banner was directly struck by the lightning and sent flying back, and more than half of the black fiendish energy instantly disappeared.
"Lightning magic!"
Seeing that Li Chuan actually used lightning magic, which was the most effective against his type of magic treasure, the demonic cultivator's face suddenly changed.
He couldn't understand why the opponent didn't use lightning magic in the previous battle if they knew it.
"It seems the Lightning Release is indeed effective."
Seeing the appearance of that demonic cultivator, Li Chuan immediately understood that his Lightning Release, like the lightning-type spells in this World, had a good restraining effect on demonic cultivators.
"Since that's the case, let's end this quickly!"
Li Chuan formed hand seals:
"Shadow Clone Technique."
He split out twenty Shadow Clones, and then they simultaneously formed hand seals again:
"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"
Instantly, twenty-one large lightning spears shot towards the demonic cultivator in front.
Demonic cultivators have always been known for their numerous methods. Having just arrived in this World, to avoid any unforeseen complications and situations beyond his control, he didn't plan to waste words or time. He decided to get rid of the opponent as quickly as possible first.
"How is this possible!"
Seeing that Li Chuan used the rare clone technique again, and then instantly released twenty-one lightning spells, the demonic cultivator's face changed dramatically.
He hurriedly used his magic treasure, the Blood Fiend Banner, Bloody Nail, and the Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl he had just refined a little to set up a defense in front of him, attempting to block this terrifying blow.
"Boom!"
An explosion sound dozens of times stronger than before rang out. When the lightning dispersed, only three magic treasures that had been struck down remained where the demonic cultivator was. The demonic cultivator's figure had disappeared.
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