MWM Chapter 220

So, it was clear that the inexperienced yet righteous Li Qingfeng would not simply return to his mountain.

Whether driven by a desire for vengeance for his family or a righteous duty to eradicate evil as a cultivator of the Orthodox path, he was determined to find the culprit and prevent them from causing further harm.

After some tracking, he indeed found the demonic cultivator who had massacred his village.

Unfortunately, although Li Qingfeng was righteous and had great potential in cultivation, he had only been cultivating for twelve years in a relatively unknown sect and lacked substantial combat experience.

In the end, not only did he lose, but he was also killed when the demonic cultivator’s nail-shaped magical weapon ambushed him from behind, striking the back of his head.

The demonic cultivator, in truth, wasn’t particularly formidable. A demonic cultivator who massacres ordinary villagers for cultivation couldn’t have a very high cultivation level; true demonic masters would use Orthodox cultivators for their training.

According to his memory, when Li Qingfeng first fought this demonic cultivator, they were evenly matched, or perhaps he even had a slight advantage. His magical weapon, the Scarlet Flame Pearl, was personally handed down to him by his master, Daoist Qingzhu.

However, he didn’t expect that during the fight, while the demonic cultivator used the Blood Fiend Banner to defend, he would resort to dishonorable tactics, secretly using a blood nail to ambush from behind.

“Since I’m using your identity, I might as well avenge you,” Leo thought.

After sorting through all the received memories, Leo immediately decided to avenge Li Qingfeng by eliminating the demonic cultivator.

After all, if he didn’t deal with the demonic cultivator, the demonic cultivator would come after him. The demonic cultivator hadn’t gone far after killing Li Qingfeng but was ahead, refining Li Qingfeng’s Scarlet Flame Pearl.

If he managed to refine the Scarlet Flame Pearl, he might try to refine Li Qingfeng’s body next, which was now Leo’s.

“You’re not dead yet!”

The handsome demonic cultivator, dressed in black, noticed the commotion from Leo’s side and immediately stopped refining the Scarlet Flame Pearl, a look of surprise on his face.

He was sure he had seen his blood nail magical weapon pierce through the opponent’s skull, destroying their soul. How could he still be alive?

But then, he quickly laughed sinisterly:

“Ah, a righteous disciple indeed, possessing a life-saving magical weapon. I imagine you come from a prestigious sect and have a good master. Too bad it’s wasted on you, as you’re about to die again!”

Life-saving magical artifacts were something he had only heard about in legends, and he never expected a not-so-strong Orthodox disciple to possess one. Still, using it was a waste.

Before, the opponent could fight him only because of the magical weapon. Now that the weapon was in his possession, the opponent would stand no chance.

“We’ll see who dies.”

Leo shrugged.

Based on the strength displayed by this demonic cultivator in Li Qingfeng’s memory, Leo felt confident in taking him down.

In this world, cultivation realms are mainly divided into Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul/Primordial Spirit (Loose Immortal), Earth Immortal, and Celestial Immortal.

Foundation Establishment involves absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the dantian, cultivating one’s true essence, marking the entry into the Foundation Establishment realm. This realm encompasses most cultivators in the cultivation world, and many remain stuck at this stage for their entire lives.

The demonic cultivator and Li Qingfeng were both in this realm.

Breaking through Foundation Establishment and condensing true essence into a core marks the Core Formation stage. This stage is typically the realm of leaders in smaller sects. Li Qingyuan’s master, Daoist Qingzhu of Xiaozhu Mountain, is in the Core Formation realm.

Beyond Core Formation lies the Nascent Soul or Primordial Spirit realm. Both belong to the same level, with different cultivation focuses—Primordial Spirit emphasizes the soul, while Nascent Soul focuses more on true essence and magical power.

Thus, a cultivator at the Primordial Spirit stage has a stronger soul, while a Nascent Soul cultivator has deeper magical power. This distinction largely depends on which aspect their cultivation techniques favor.

Cultivators who reach this level are generally considered Loose Immortals in this world.

Then comes the Four-Nine Tribulation. Those who survive it become Earth Immortals, who are essentially the pinnacle beings in this world. At this stage, all but the emotional tribulation is overcome.

However, if one overcomes the emotional tribulation, they can ascend from Earth Immortal to Celestial Immortal, soaring to the higher realms.

If they feel they cannot overcome their emotional tribulation or face death from a mortal calamity during it, they can only reincarnate and start anew.

Reincarnation is possible in this world. Many cultivators who eventually ascend to Celestial Immortal after the tribulation have reincarnated multiple times before succeeding.

As for the so-called emotional tribulation, it doesn’t refer solely to romantic love; it encompasses all emotions experienced in a lifetime—familial love, friendship, regrets over certain matters, attachments to certain people, etc.

How exactly to overcome it isn’t covered in Li Qingfeng’s memories; his cultivation level was too low, and these were things his master, Daoist Qingzhu, had told him.

Of course, cultivation level doesn’t fully determine combat effectiveness; cultivation techniques, spells, magical artifacts, and other factors all affect the outcome. It’s common for disciples of major sects to defeat enemies of higher levels.

“Such arrogance! Watch as I refine your flesh and blood into my Blood Fiend Banner!”

The demonic cultivator snorted coldly at Leo’s words, opened his mouth, and a blood banner filled with dark, ominous energy flew out. It expanded to over ten meters wide and swept towards Leo.

The black aura surrounding the banner was obviously highly corrosive; an ordinary person caught in it would likely dissolve into blood within moments, absorbed by the banner.

Although Leo had a strong body and exceptional healing abilities, he wasn’t about to gamble with his life. His hands quickly formed seals:

“Lightning Style: False Darkness!”

A giant spear of lightning flew from his hand, colliding with the incoming Blood Fiend Banner.

“Boom!”

With a loud explosion, the Blood Fiend Banner was sent flying back, and half of the dark aura dissipated instantly.

“Lightning magic!”

Seeing Leo use lightning magic, the most effective counter to his type of artifact, the demonic cultivator’s face changed dramatically.

He couldn’t understand why, if his opponent knew lightning magic, he hadn’t used it in their previous battle.

“Looks like Lightning Style works quite well.”

Seeing the demonic cultivator’s reaction, Leo immediately understood that his Lightning Style technique had a similar effect to this world’s lightning-based spells, effectively countering demonic cultivators.

“In that case, let’s end this quickly!”

Leo formed seals with his hands:

“Shadow Clone Technique.”

He created twenty shadow clones, and they all formed seals simultaneously:

“Lightning Style: False Darkness!”

Instantly, twenty-one giant spears of lightning flew toward the demonic cultivator.

Demonic cultivators are known for their numerous tricks, but Leo, being new to this world, didn’t want to risk unforeseen complications. He decided to eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible.

“How is this possible!”

Seeing Leo use a rare cloning technique and then instantly release twenty-one lightning spells, the demonic cultivator’s face turned pale with fear.

He hastily deployed his Blood Fiend Banner, Blood Nails, and the barely-refined Scarlet Flame Pearl as defenses in front of him, hoping to block this terrifying attack.

“Boom!”

The explosion, dozens of times stronger than before, resounded. When the lightning dissipated, all that remained were three fallen magical artifacts where the demonic cultivator once stood. His figure had vanished.

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