Demon Cultivator: Heaven and earth are the cauldron, and all living beings are the medicine

Inside the first level of the Hidden Path Secret Realm.

Ning Lu could be seen tightly gripping a flying sword in his right hand, while his left hand shimmered with dazzling, multicolored light. His figure darted through a group of heavily wounded desolate beasts, leaving nothing but barrenness in his wake. The young man's hands moved swiftly, slaughtering one desolate beast after another.

"Ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine..." Ning Lu muttered, his hands never stopping. His snow-white robe was already dyed crimson with blood.

"Die!" With a loud shout, the young man's figure shot forward, wielding his long sword and heavily cleaving it down upon the last desolate beast.

"Roar!"

As the earth-shattering wail faded away, the last desolate beast was split in two by the young man. Blood gushed out like a tidal wave, and the young man felt a surge of heat as the blood splattered onto his delicate face.

"Hoo!"

Ning Lu exhaled a long breath, wiped the blood from his face, and sheathed his five flying swords. He looked down to see a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood beneath his feet.

In the next moment, two light gates suddenly appeared before the young man, one leading to the next level and the other to the outside world.

But the young man was not in a hurry to make a choice. Instead, he took out a scarlet-red furnace from his sleeve and sucked all the corpses of the desolate beasts into it, instantly refining them!

Immediately, strands of blood energy surged out of the Primordial Ancient Cauldron like smoke, swirling around the young man and slowly seeping into his body.

The blood energy flowed continuously within him, aiding his cultivation.

"Alas! It seems this effect isn't very good! A hundred desolate beasts only provided such a small improvement. As my cultivation increases, there is now an insurmountable bridge between each minor realm. Breaking through is becoming increasingly difficult!"

Ning Lu sighed inwardly, slowly put away the Primordial Ancient Cauldron, approached the light gate, and stepped directly into the next level of the Hidden Path Secret Realm.

The moment the young man's foot stepped into the light gate, a powerful suction force struck again. Just like before, the young man felt his vision darken, the world spin, and the scene before him suddenly change.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

A huge volcano appeared before Ning Lu, its summit filled with lava that was about to overflow, emitting bursts of black smoke and making buzzing noises.

Ning Lu looked around and found that all the paths were blocked by a dark red barrier, and only a stone staircase leading to the inside of the volcano remained.

"This barrier, such a strong aura!" Feeling the powerful aura emanating from the surrounding barrier, the young man couldn't help but walk up to the barrier and strike it heavily twice, but the light curtain remained motionless, like a mosquito biting a copper wall.

"It seems that the only way to pass this level is to follow this stone staircase and enter the interior of this volcano.

So be it! I was just worried about not being able to sense the fire element between heaven and earth. Now that such a large volcano is in front of me, perhaps I can use this to comprehend the mysteries of the fire element and cultivate the Five Elements Sword Art to perfection in one fell swoop!"

With this thought, Ning Lu resolutely strode forward, following the stone staircase and entering the interior of this huge volcano without hesitation.

As he got closer and closer to the depths of the volcano, the young man felt the stones under his feet begin to become scorching hot. Even through his shoes, he could feel the intense heat.

The temperature of the surrounding air also increased sharply, as if the space itself was beginning to become distorted and blurred. Being in it felt like being roasted on a raging fire.

"Gravity Art!" Ning Lu shouted inwardly, a faint blue light flashing in his eyes, dispersing the heat in the surrounding air and ensuring that the space around him was not affected, and could still maintain a normal temperature.

About a quarter of an hour later, the young man reached the end of the road. He saw that there was no road ahead, and below was all hot, scorching magma. Even ahead was a sea of magma that stretched as far as the eye could see, with no way out to be found.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

The hot magma made bursts of strange noises, and several fish-like demonic beasts suddenly jumped out of the magma, spraying hot balls towards the young man.

"Die!" Ning Lu shouted, a blue light flashing in his eyes. Suddenly, several stones soared into the sky, heavily smashing into the demonic beasts, instantly killing them.

These demonic beasts were not strong, only at the Qi Refining Realm, but their numbers were extremely terrifying, densely covering the entire magma sea.

"How could this be? The road outside is completely blocked. If there is no way to pass through the volcano, then where is the exit?"

Ning Lu frowned, looking around, trying to find a way to break the situation, but to no avail.

Suddenly, the young man raised his head and looked into the distance.

He saw three figures in the distance coming into view.

"It's them. It seems that the checkpoint on this level is to pass through this magma sea. All the trial participants will be teleported here!" Ning Lu thought to himself.

The three figures were Fifth Prince Li Mo, Young Sect Master Chen Xuan of the Hengmo Sect, and Young Sect Master Tang Xuan'er of the Bloodwing Gate.

The three were using their respective methods to speed across the magma sea, while constantly dealing with the red fish-shaped demonic beasts below.

Chen Xuan was sitting on a huge ink dragon, which carried him across the magma sea, while spitting out ink of considerable power, killing all the demonic beasts.

Chen Xuan looked leisurely, without any pressure, even humming a cheerful tune.

On the other hand, Li Mo and Tang Xuan'er looked a little strained.

Tang Xuan'er had a pair of huge blood-colored wings attached to her body, like bat wings, carrying the woman flying over the magma sea. She constantly cast spells, throwing out blood blades, concentrating on killing the demonic beasts.

Li Mo was standing on a huge book, flying at a very fast speed over the magma sea, holding a cone in his hand, constantly waving it in the air, as if he was writing something.

The demonic beasts, at the moment of leaping out of the magma, instantly withered and turned into white bones, as if Li Mo's pen contained infinite power.

"Interesting! I've long heard that Fifth Prince Li Mo is a scholar, with his cultivation reaching the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. I originally thought he was not good at fighting, but his performance in the sect competition really shocked me. He actually won the championship as a Confucian cultivator!

Now that I've witnessed it with my own eyes, Li Mo is indeed extremely powerful! Confucian cultivators are really very interesting!"

Ning Lu marveled in his heart, looking at Li Mo with admiration and praise.

The young man did not admire Li Mo as a person, but was deeply shocked by the power displayed by Confucianism.

Since Ning Lu's growth all the way to the present, Li Mo is the first Confucian cultivator he has seen, and the young man can't help but feel curious and shocked by this.