Shen Yu’s actions attracted the attention of many.

Liu Ciming frowned slightly: "What is that person doing?!"

"Hmm?"

The gazes of the demonic Cultivators and fiends all converged, looking towards Shen Yu.

"He..."

"He seems... to be refining this Avici Hell?"

"Ho ho, how is that possible?"

Liu Ciming sneered: "The ink treasure is not a Spiritual Artifact, so how can it..."

But he suddenly reacted halfway through his sentence, freezing in place.

"That’s right." Zheng Daming still had that smiling expression: "Now Jin Tianya is using a secret technique to refine his soul into it."

"The nature of this ink treasure has changed."

He also began to imitate Shen Yu, tentatively sinking his spiritual power and Divine Thought into the inky blackness.

Several Yellow Springs Path demonic Cultivators, including Liu Ciming, followed suit one by one.

Even the fiends of Corpse Bone Abyss joined in.

Although this Avici Hell was strange, refining it from the outside did not pose too much risk.

One only needed to guard their mind and continuously circulate their spiritual power.

However, even with Shen Yu’s spiritual power at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, he could only carve out a narrow Path within the inky blackness, slowly extending towards White Bone Mountain.

During this process, many careful Cultivators discovered something else.

The Path formed after several Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators refined it seemed to have significantly reduced the resentful Qi of the vengeful spirits upon it.

In fact, no new ghost shadows would be born.

This discovery prompted many others to start taking action.

Xu Ziqing, of course, knew that with his spiritual power Realm, it would be difficult to achieve any substantial results in this struggle.

However, let’s not forget that at this moment, there were still two of his own Disciples struggling within this Avici Hell.

If the Path formed by spiritual power refining could save their lives, then for him, it would be a good thing.

Several Elders who were still observing immediately poured out their spiritual power and began to refine... the Avici Hell.

Song Yan and Li Qingfeng, the two unfortunate brothers, were still trudging outwards with great difficulty.

Their spiritual power was rapidly depleting, and their physical strength was gradually failing.

The demonic sounds in their ears grew more chaotic, and illusions began to appear before them.

"This is bad..."

Under the multiple torments and tortures, both of them felt a sense of dread.

If not for the bothersome ghost shadows all around, their situation would have been better, only needing to walk forward.

But now, their condition was quite desperate.

Song Yan looked around, wondering how many of the dozen or so Qi Refining Cultivators in the Master’s Ancient Plaza were still alive.

Just as Old Song was filled with worry, Li Qingfeng seemed to be finding it unbearable.

He made a certain decision.

"Damn it!"

Li Qingfeng gritted his teeth, brandished the kitchen knife in his hand, and cut down two ghost shadows that lunged at him.

This time, however, he didn’t wait for them to dissipate on their own, but instead grabbed the two ghost shadows in his hands!

Then he held his large black pot horizontally and threw the ghost shadows into it.

"Boom—"

The remaining spiritual power in his body surged madly, and a large fire ignited under the black pot!

Song Yan was dumbfounded: "Qingfeng... you... what are you doing?!"

Li Qingfeng was probably crazy.

"As the old saying goes, you are what you eat!"

"This young master is going to taste what these vengeful spirits are like today!"

"Hmph..."

In the blink of an eye, the two ghost shadows melted and refined in the black pot until they were refined into a small black pill by the intense fire.

Li Qingfeng held the pill in his hand, and without any hesitation, threw it into his mouth.

"Hmm... this is my secret technique..."

He chewed the pill, refined from the ghost shadow, in his mouth while saying something to Song Yan.

It was just that the ghost pill seemed a bit sticky in his mouth, making it difficult for Song Yan to hear clearly.

With a gulp, Li Qingfeng swallowed the ghost pill.

"We’ve been through life and death together, so I won’t hide it from you."

"My Kitchen God’s Secret Art can cook and refine all things in the world!"

"Eating it can increase cultivation and spiritual power, and of course... it has other effects."

After their trip to Peach Blossom Dock, they had a life-and-death friendship, and Song Yan had just saved his life, so he no longer concealed anything.

"Refining spiritual objects, their effects are usually related to the nature of the spiritual object itself."

"If eating this ghost pill can make us immune to all ghosts, then we’ll have a much better chance of getting out of this Avici Hell."

"It’s just... I’ve never cooked this kind of thing before."

"...So that’s how it is!"

Song Yan suddenly understood; he had thought Fat Li had gone mad.

Then he was surprised, thinking that the secret arts and classics in the cultivation world were truly bizarre.

"This secret art is so powerful! It can even cook and consume these vengeful spirits."

Song Yan praised: "When I was on Stone Ridge, a wandering Daoist said he could chew ghost bones dry, and I thought he was lying..."

"...That one really is a lie."

"..."

"...So, how do you feel now?"

Li Qingfeng was stunned: "Eh?"

The two of them realized that since eating the pill, no vengeful spirits seemed to have come towards them.

Although the reflections of Hell still reached out their hands, the pressure was finally much less.

"Old Song, the special effect obtained from refining spiritual objects can only take effect once in a short period."

"I can’t tell if this ghost pill has a time limit, so cut down some more vengeful spirits, and I’ll refine another pill."

"You’ll eat it later."

"Okay!"

Although no ghost shadows were rushing towards them for the time being, that didn’t mean there weren’t any nearby.

On the contrary, whether it was their illusion or not, the surrounding ghost shadows seemed to be getting more and more numerous.

Song Yan cut down three ghost shadows and threw them into Li Qingfeng’s large black pot.

Before Li Qingfeng could start refining, Elder Xu Ziqing’s voice transmission came to his ear.

"All Disciples in the ghost domain, listen up!"

"The Elders are refining the source of this anomalous scroll; you all quickly flee to the northeast, following the refined Path, and you will be safe."

Scroll?!

Was such a heaven and earth anomaly merely a painting by some Senior?

But then, Song Yan and Li Qingfeng were both delighted.

At this moment, with the ghost pill’s blessing, they could finally manage to spare some effort to glance at the scene in the sky from afar.

The Elders of several Sects were all fully circulating their spiritual power, trying to refine a safe passage for their Disciples to escape.

Elder Xu Ziqing had already found the closest direction to the two of them, and the Path refined by spiritual power went straight towards them.

He had no intention of "taking a chance along the way."

That Path was very close to them!

The two no longer wasted time; Li Qingfeng put away the black pot and quickly walked with difficulty in the direction Elder Xu Ziqing had indicated.

In the very center of Avici Hell, atop White Bone Mountain.

Jin Tianya looked at the movements of these Foundation Establishment Cultivators outside the Realm and snorted coldly.

"It’s not that easy."

He spread his hands, and the entire Avici Hell rumbled and trembled.

The inky blackness beneath his feet suddenly cracked open, then quickly shifted.

Indeed, he could not escape the fate of being refined by someone and losing his self-awareness.

But if he could keep these Qi Refining Realm Cultivators and strengthen himself, he might just be able to try and contend with these Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators who were eyeing him covetously from outside.

...

[Will this work get another castle or spaceship so that it can finally earn something this month? Do tell so that I can start yet another massive release today. Thank you.]