Lin Daqiao and the others were extremely surprised when they just scanned Li Yan with their spiritual sense. Judging from his realm alone, Li Yan was already the number one person after Gong Chenying and Wei Chituo.
Even Yun Chunqu is still lingering in the late stage of foundation building. Except for Lin Daqiao, they are all considered veteran foundation building cultivators.
So Li Yan’s move just now gave people an extremely unreal feeling.
Before, everyone thought that Li Yan must have encountered some great opportunity during his training outside, which was why his strength increased greatly and his cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds.
However, situations like this often require cultivators to retreat for several years before they can stabilize, especially for someone like Li Yan who, in less than two years, had advanced from the initial stage of foundation building to several small realms, an almost monstrous advancement.
To reach the peak of foundation building in such a short time, the foundation must be weak and fragile. It will probably take about ten years of seclusion and hard practice to stabilize the realm.
Therefore, although Li Yan's realm seemed surprising to them, his combat power was already good enough to be at the level of a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building.
Unlike Lin Daqiao, who nearly died dozens of times before accumulating a wealth of experience, making his spiritual power as pure as steel and his foundation as solid as a mountain.
They have personal experience of the fighting power and physical condition of the demon cultivators. A cultivator of the same level can make a demon cultivator vomit blood in a head-on fight.
Then his own realm is either far higher than that of his opponent, or he is also a top-level body cultivator, like Gong Chenying, Zhao Min, and Wei Chituo.
But Wei Chituo could only gain the upper hand by fighting hard with the early stage demon soldiers, and his victory was not too easy.
Li Yan didn't see what magic weapon he used just now. At least they didn't see Li Yan use the magic weapon, and the skinny and powerful demon cultivator was already dead.
"I..., you ate dragon bones and phoenix marrow?"
Wei Chituo wanted to swear, but in the end he could only speak weakly.
Gong Chenying's beautiful eyes quickly scanned Li Yan. She wanted to confirm again whether Li Yan's "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique" had broken through to the fourth level.
Otherwise, even with her ability at the peak of the third level of "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique", it would be impossible to do it.
But she was just surprised in her heart. It was obviously impossible because Li Yan did not have the mantras for the third level of "Qiongqi Purgatory Technique".
Moreover, based on her understanding of the Qiongqi Purgatory Technique, she can see that Li Yan's Qiongqi Purgatory Technique is only at the second level, which is particularly puzzling.
She had never seen Li Yan's miraculous body movements before.
Gong Chenying and the others didn't know that in a face-to-face situation, Li Yan didn't need to use his full strength to display the "Feng Chongtian" skill. He only used 40% of its speed just now.
Otherwise, in their consciousness, Li Yan might have never moved at all, and the death of the skinny demon cultivator could only be the result of someone else's secret attack.
At the same time, Gong Chenying and the other two did not stop their actions and their offensive continued unabated. Their questions were just casual sighs.
Li Yan was also very satisfied with his performance just now. Ever since he absorbed some of the essence and blood of the "Immortal Dark Phoenix" for the second time, his strength has rarely been rivaled among people of the same level.
At least, up to now he has not encountered a cultivator of the same level who can make him use his full strength. Li Yan felt quite pleased that he could surprise several of his fellow disciples.
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Wei Chongran's figure turned into a shadow, moving quickly through the thick fog under the cliff. He had already deployed all his cultivation skills, and his spiritual power was spread everywhere without hesitation, regardless of the cost.
It is basically difficult for any demon generals to rush over from the demon world through the cracks in Yinmo Cliff. He is very clear about this. He is particularly familiar with the environment here, so he is relatively relieved that he will not encounter strong enemies here.
At this time, in the sky above Yinmo Cliff, the battle between the Divine Incarnation and Nascent Soul of both sides was extremely fierce, so no one would pay special attention to him.
Before, when the ancient wine flag was chasing after the great master, Wei Chongran was about to call upon Zuo Qiudan and join forces again to face the demon cultivators.
However, the sound of the ancient wine flag suddenly rang in his mind, and Wei Chongran was very surprised.
"Brother Wei, you must now complete one thing with all your strength. Place this thing at a location 24,000 feet below the crack in the Yin Demon Cliff. You know that location. There is a plant there..."
Soon, Wei Chongran received an order. As the ancient wine flag's message fell, he discovered that a storage bag had appeared on his waist without him noticing.
This made Wei Chongran admire the methods of an old ancestor in the Spirit Transformation Stage. Although he claimed to be knowledgeable and experienced, that realm was still beyond his imagination.
The biggest advantage of telepathic communication is that, with just a thought, a large amount of information can be transmitted to the other party in an instant, which is simply impossible to achieve by describing it with words.
Gujiuqi still used the name he used at Xiaozhu Peak, calling Wei Chongran "Junior Brother Wei". However, Wei Chongran would never dare to call his "senior brother" by that name again, even if he was beaten to death.
Maybe it was because of the decades of interaction with Wei Chongran, the way he addressed him and his tone were as normal as ever, just like any ordinary conversation they had in front of the "Treasure Pavilion" on Xiaozhu Peak.
But this time, Wei Chongran just listened and didn't say anything, and at most he just agreed.
Gu Jiuqi also briefly told Wei Chongran that he spent most of his time under the crack of Yinmo Cliff when someone went to the "Treasure Pavilion" in Xiaozhu Peak.
Either what was seen was a trace of his spiritual consciousness transformed into the appearance of a man in gray, or his figure was revealed when he returned to Xiaozhu Peak in an instant.
Therefore, Wei Chongran and the others could always see where the ancient wine flag was, but it always looked like it was sleeping and just muddling through the rest of its life.
Of course, this only refers to the period of time that Gu Jiuqi spent on Xiaozhu Peak. In the past tens of thousands of years, Gu Jiuqi has appeared in different peaks of the Wuliang Sect, constantly showing different appearances, but always so inconspicuous, so there is no need to tell Wei Chongran about this.
The reason why Gujiuqi told Wei Chongran all this was, of course, related to the next task assigned to Wei Chongran.
In addition to protecting the Wangliang Sect over the past tens of thousands of years, his other most important task was to study how to seal the cracks in the Yinmo Cliff and completely disconnect the Desolate Moon Continent from the two realms of the Demon Clan.
This is also another important mission and task of generations of demon envoys since the invasion of the demons.
However, as the laws of space are too profound and obscure, no generation of demons has been able to complete this task, and Gujiuqi has been constantly trying and failing again and again.
It was not until more than a thousand years ago that his true body had a major breakthrough in the fairy world, which allowed the incarnation of his divine consciousness that remained in the Wuliang Sect to improve his understanding of the laws of space.
Finally, he discovered a place 24,000 feet below the crack of Yinmo Cliff. The space outside the barrier was different from other places.
The space barrier there is abnormal, and the direction of the flow of the laws within it is not evenly distributed, but rather a 70:30 split, with the direction of the flow of the laws being more biased towards the demons.
Logically speaking, such a space barrier will fall into the direction with larger flow, causing the space to be damaged and then reorganized into a balanced flow of laws to form a new stable barrier.
But for some reason, the barrier between the two worlds here has always remained intact. This is something that Gu Jiuqi cannot comprehend now.
But this discovery made Gujiuqi extremely excited. If this place was broken, given that the power of the surrounding space laws was balanced, then at the moment of breaking, the power of the surrounding laws would surge here.
Before the force of the law is replenished and reaches a balance, the force of the law at this point of fulcrum will be suddenly pressurized, causing the space barriers between the two realms to be misaligned and accumulated.
In the end, it is very likely to lead to the reorganization of the space cracks that have already formed in the surrounding area, that is, the reorganization of the cracks in the Yinmo Cliff.
This will completely block the passage between the two realms, which means that the cracks in the Yinmo Cliff will be completely closed, completely cutting off the barrier between the two realms.
What's more important is that the trajectory of the space laws there is biased towards the demons. The huge destructive impact force brought about by the reconstruction of the barriers will minimize the damage to the Desolate Moon Continent when heading towards the Demon Realm.
This discovery made Gu Jiuqi extremely excited, and he began to work on this matter.
In the following years, he used many methods, but what ultimately frustrated him was that with his strength he was simply unable to break the spatial barrier at that location, let alone reorganize the spatial barrier.
He calculated that it might be possible only if his true body descended. However, after his true body descended, it was estimated that as soon as his cultivation power was unleashed, it would be squeezed out of here by the laws of heaven and earth.
If his control force deviated slightly in his haste, the result would not be to close the crack in the Yinmo Cliff, but to open it completely. The catastrophic consequences it would bring would be something that the Wild Moon Continent could not bear.
In addition, there is another important reason, which is whether cultivators above the Void Refinement Realm can directly intervene in the mortal world.
Otherwise, if the extremely powerful true body forcibly descends, it will disrupt the power of the laws of heaven and earth in the mortal world, which will only cut off the roots of the immortal world.
The demon clan also has the consciousness of a Black Demon Emperor, who nominally only protects the Black Demon clan, and his real body cannot descend.
The Dark Demon Emperor's spiritual power was also at the Spirit Transformation Stage, and was of a similar nature to the Ancient Wine Flag.
Although Gujiuqi found a seemingly feasible method, the absolute power that could break the unstable barrier between the two worlds was simply impossible to obtain.
Gu Jiuqi finally thought of a solution, which was the "Boundary Breaking Pearl" refined by the Demon Realm. This kind of magic weapon was a peerless magic weapon that the demon clan had used all their strength to refine, and only four of them were refined over tens of millions of years.
There were a total of three beads that were originally stranded on the Wild Moon Continent, but what made Gu Jiuqi quite annoyed was that the refining method of the "Boundary Breaking Pearl" was extremely special.
Even with his magical powers, he couldn't find any clues after searching the entire Desolate Moon Continent. This thing could only be found by using a sensing magic weapon that was also refined.
After that, he searched for thousands of years. At the same time, he kept trying other methods to see if he could break the barrier of that place, but all he got was failure again and again.
It was not until last year that the three "Boundary Breaking Pearls" finally appeared, and one of the four major sects actually got one by accident.
However, when Da Ling and his four companions first obtained the "Boundary Breaking Pearl", they studied it all night long. The "Boundary Breaking Pearl" was always in their sight, which meant that Gu Jiuqi, who did not want to reveal his identity, could not get it immediately.
Finally, after a period of time, the four people of Daling gave up their research on the "Boundary Breaking Pearl", and Gujiuqi had the opportunity to take action. Just when Gujiuqi thought that he could try to destroy the crack of Yinmo Cliff before the demons invaded.
His plan was finally disrupted. First, when he sneaked into the Pure Land Sect to check the "Boundary Breaking Pearl", an accident happened on that day.
On that day, a demon general led his men into the crack of the Yinmo Cliff, and recklessly activated another "Boundary Breaking Pearl" and threw it into the crack of the Yinmo Cliff.
It is very easy to activate the "Boundary Breaking Pearl", and once it is activated, even the Ancient Wine Flag would not dare to take it.
When the ancient wine flag sensed the fluctuations on the other side of the crack in Yinmo Cliff, it was too late and it was no longer able to stop it. The result this time was that the crack in Yinmo Cliff widened a lot.
At the same time, the explosion of the "Boundary Breaking Pearl" caused the spatial laws of the Yinmo Cliff crack to change again, and even increased the thickness of the barrier at the location he had found with great difficulty. This made Gu Jiuqi furious, but he was powerless to reverse the situation.
Gu Jiuqi had to conduct many more experiments afterwards, which instantly dampened his originally active mind.
After he repeatedly checked on site the power of the explosion of the "Boundary Breaking Pearl" that Mo Qing brought back, he finally discovered helplessly that the power of one "Boundary Breaking Pearl" was no longer able to completely shake the barrier.