“Da … Da … Da … Da …”

Xiao Chen’s footsteps became slower and heavier. He could only see that Xiao Chen was slightly shaking. Up until today, there was almost no more intact area on his skin. Everywhere was scorched, and he began to crack. Blood was constantly flowing out of his pus. It looked extremely terrifying.

His consciousness gradually became more and more blurry, and his eyes gradually became cloudy. Finally, he could no longer hold on any longer. With a “putong” sound, he fell to the ground, stirring up dust all over the ground.

Seeing that he had fainted, Xuan Jizi was overjoyed. He increased his speed and chased after him. Although there was only thirty to forty feet left, the restrictions behind were getting heavier and heavier. His Immortal Sword had been severely damaged. In the next thirty to forty feet, it wouldn’t be able to pass without half a month.

Xiao Chen fell to the ground. Blood gradually dyed the ground around him red. His consciousness became more and more blurry, and his eyes slowly closed. After an unknown amount of time, he heard some familiar and unfamiliar voices.

“Yin Yang Transforming into Xuan Ji, Creation Seizing Life and Death … Soul Returning!”

“Who? Who is it? Is it the Sect Master?”

“Chen’er, have you forgotten what master said? Everything is born with its own spirit. These fish are alive and well. If you put them into the Tianshui Stream, wouldn’t they freeze to death?”

“Master … Master, is that you? Where are you, where are you, why … why can’t I see anything, where are you …”

“Xiao Yichen! Xiao Yichen! Wake up!”

“Who is it!”

Xiao Chen suddenly opened his eyes. The scene in front of him gradually became clear. The darkness around him was dense, and the strange peaks stood tall. They had actually returned to the original Tomb of Gods and Demons.

“You’re finally awake!”

A beautiful face appeared in front of him. Xiao Chen forcefully opened his eyes. When he saw the person in front of him, he couldn’t help but be stunned. He muttered, “Luo Die, how could it be you … Didn’t we already go out? Why did we come back here?”

“What are you talking about? We’ve never left this place before … Ah! I forgot to tell you, Thunderbolt Violet Lightning is a mole. He secretly colluded with the Immortal Alliance to trap us all here …” Luo Die stared at him blankly, “What are you talking about? We’ve never left this place before … Ah! I forgot to tell you, so it turns out that Thunderbolt Violet Lightning is a mole.”

“Thunderbolt Purple Lightning …”

Xiao Chen was stunned. Wasn’t that right? Could it be that everything that happened afterwards was just a dream? Could it be that he had never left Tomb of Gods and Demons, how could this be …

“Thunderbolt Violet Lightning isn’t a spy, it’s a Blood Drinking Daoist. Only Blood Drinking Daoist is … Luo Die! Be careful!”

A sword light pierced towards Luo Die from behind. Before Luo Die could dodge, it had already been pierced through her chest by a sword. Fresh blood immediately gushed out of her mouth, “Xiao … Xiao …”

In the darkness behind him, Daoist Blood Drinker’s ferocious face suddenly appeared. He smiled sinisterly and said, “You can’t leave. Tomb of Gods and Demons, there are no entrances and no exits. No one will be able to leave alive. On that day, the crack collapsed. We were actually all dead. Our souls will always linger here and will never leave. Hahahaha …”

“Dead … I’m already dead … No, impossible …”

Xiao Chen’s face was deathly pale. He slowly raised his palms. How could he be dead? Wei Yang … Wei Yang hadn’t woken up yet, and the Fusang Flower hadn’t been brought back. I couldn’t die, I couldn’t die here!

“Ah!”

Cold sweat dripped down his back as he stabbed at the cracked skin. Xiao Chen finally woke up from his nightmare. He was still inside the Demon Palace. The Demon Palace’s restriction actually possessed a strange power that could confuse people’s hearts.

“Rumble …”

Violet lightning faintly appeared on top of it. It was like a heavenly tribulation, revealing a sense of intimidation. If he took another step forward, he would definitely draw down the restriction lightning again. However, if he did not continue forward, his success would be in vain. There was still a distance of 30 feet before he could pass through the restriction of the Demon Palace.

“I can’t … die here …”

Xiao Chen was covered in blood. Although his consciousness gradually became clear, he was unable to stand up and continue resisting the restriction. He could only slowly climb out of the restriction bit by bit. The stone slabs along the way were dyed red with blood, leaving behind a long trail of blood.

“Boom!”

After he climbed a distance of half a zhang, the restriction lightning struck down again. This time, it hit his back heavily, causing his back to become bloody and charred black.

Xiao Chen endured the pain in his heart and used his last bit of strength to crawl outside the restriction, “Rumble!” The divine lightning struck down one after another like a heavenly tribulation. In just a short moment, his entire body had been beaten into a mess of flesh and blood, shocking to the eye!

“If you can’t even withstand a small setback and easily give up, then what kind of immortal is there to cultivate? Why don’t you go home and farm?”

At this moment, the voice that suddenly sounded in his ears was not Master’s voice, but the voice of the old man in the cave.

“I can’t … give up …”

Xiao Chen’s face was covered in blood, and even his eyes were covered with blood. He could not see clearly what was in front of him, so he could only slowly crawl forward bit by bit.

“Boom!”

Another bolt of divine lightning struck him. This time, even his bones were exposed. The entire scene was exceptionally bloody and terrifying.

Behind him, Xuan Jizi and Shen Quezi were shocked. They never thought that this child’s willpower would be so shocking and terrifying.

Master Shenque couldn’t help but be secretly shocked. With such a strong will, could Junior Brother really seize his good fortune … Everything could only be left to fate.

“Rumble!”

The restrictive divine lightning was like a heavenly tribulation, continuously striking down. Xiao Chen’s life was already hanging on the line. He only had one breath left, but he was still slowly crawling forward.

The path of cultivation was originally heaven-defying, and there was no shortcut to take. If one wanted to reach the peak, one would have to endure painful tempering that ordinary people could not endure. If one could not endure these painful tempering, then even if one transformed into a spirit, what was the difference between them and those pseudo-transformed people outside?

Now, Xiao Chen finally understood why in Purple Night Peak, no matter how stagnant his cultivation was, Master would never allow him to consume pills. External objects were still external objects. If he wanted to reach the legendary realm one day, the external objects that had helped his body grow rapidly in the past would become an obstacle in the future.

No wonder so many people were unable to break through the Grand Dao of Immortality even to their deaths. Pills or other foreign objects could take effect very quickly in a short period of time, but they had also set their final achievements in the future, turning infinity into a limit. When they reached that limit, they would no longer be able to break through the shackles, just like Xuan Jizi.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen gradually began to have a blurry consciousness. He suddenly felt fortunate. Fortunately, his cultivation came from his own body and was not caused by external objects. Otherwise, how could he withstand the bombardment of this restrictive divine lightning at this moment?

His eyes were covered in blood, and his vision gradually blurred. However, Xiao Chen could sense that there was only less than ten zhang left. The true meaning of this distance was not that he had passed through the restrictions of the Demon Palace, but that he had broken through his own shackles!

That’s why success lies in this distance, and defeat lies in this distance.

This distance was the distance between an immortal and a mortal.

“Boom!”

At this moment, the last restrictive lightning bolt finally struck down. The entire Demon Palace was instantly illuminated by this lightning bolt. That incomparable force struck down like the roar of an ancient furious beast, rushing straight towards Xiao Chen!