"My ghost! My ghost!" The cultivator holding the Soul Refining Cauldron had bloodshot eyes filled with indescribable terror and despair.

He stared intently at the void before him, searching for any possibility of redemption. He had expended countless efforts, traversed numerous eerie places, and endured countless hardships to finally collect so many wandering spirits.

In that dark and gloomy chamber, with endless patience and strange magic, he refined them bit by bit. These vengeful spirits had become an extremely important reliance on his cultivation path, his strongest weapon!

But now, with just one action from this old man, everything vanished in an instant. This sudden change was like a knife plunged into his heart, causing him excruciating pain, as if his soul had been ripped out.

Who exactly is this old man?

"Damn it, no matter what you are, I will kill you! I'll throw you into my Soul Refining Cauldron and refine you into a Yin spirit, so you can also taste this endless pain!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure swiftly swooped down like a ghost, and with a grab in the air in front of him, a magical artifact radiating an ancient aura and shaped like a giant rock instantly appeared in his palms.

He gathered all his strength into his arms, roared, and with boundless killing intent, hurled the giant stone artifact towards the old man. The boulder ripped through the air, leaving a dark red trail.

At the same time, the other three Void Refinement stage experts also instantly flashed and summoned their respective magic weapons.

One person took out a blue sword; another person quickly formed hand seals and summoned a long spear whose surface was engraved with hideous ghost faces; and yet another person took out a crystal clear bead from his pocket.

In an instant, the light shone brightly, and various magical artifacts emitted completely different lights, illuminating this world with a dazzling array of colors.

Even though the old man seemed unfathomable and exuded a powerful aura that was hard to fathom, why would the four of them be afraid?

They are renowned top experts in the cultivation world at the Void Refinement stage. The four brothers have been adventuring together for many years, and their tacit understanding and seamless cooperation are remarkable.

In this world of cultivation, they believed they were virtually invincible, and who could withstand their combined attack?

Today, we must utterly kill this old man who appeared out of nowhere, so that he will know that the only consequence of provoking them is death and annihilation, a miserable and tragic end.

"Go to hell!"

The four shouted in unison, their voices converging like rolling thunder.

They stared intently at their magical artifacts and shot towards the old man.

Each of their magical artifacts was their strongest reliance, accumulated through countless perilous explorations and life-or-death battles throughout their cultivation. Each one contained years of their hard work and spiritual power. Now, with all four artifacts used together, they would surely kill the old man on the spot.

However, just as those magical artifacts were about to touch the old man, the four men's faces turned deathly pale, their eyes filled with terror and disbelief.

To their astonishment, they discovered that the connection between their divine senses and the magical artifact was instantly severed. It felt as if a part of their body had been forcibly torn apart, and the intense pain nearly made them lose their balance.

The old man remained calm and unhurried, simply extending a finger and casually hooking it in the air.

In an instant, the four magical artifacts, which originally carried the power to destroy the world, were as if guided by an invisible hand and landed steadily in front of him.

The old man slightly raised his hand, and a black storage bag appeared in his palm. The bag opened slightly and instantly sucked the four magical artifacts into it.

The scene before them left these four usually arrogant Void Refinement stage experts completely stunned and frozen in place.

Their minds went blank, as if they had been struck hard by a hammer, unable to believe what was happening before their eyes.

"How is that possible?"

Some people couldn't help but shout out loud.

Those four are all at the Void Refinement stage!

In this world, they have already reached the pinnacle of strength, and are beings that everyone looks up to.

Could it be that...?

Their gazes slowly rose, filled with trembling and awe, as they looked at the old man before them in disbelief.

Could it be that he is in the fusion stage?

"How is this possible?" The moment this thought crossed their minds, their faces turned ashen.

After all, cultivation techniques are extremely scarce in the lower realms, and breaking through the Void Refinement stage to reach the Body Integration stage is harder than ascending to heaven.

Does the Body Integration Stage truly exist in this world?

A deathly silence fell over the scene. Everyone, including the cultivators who had been cautiously observing from a distance, stood frozen in place as if under a spell. Their eyes were wide open, filled with astonishment and disbelief, their gazes fixed on the old man.

Among the crowd, a cultivator couldn't help but whisper, "Could he really be at the Integration Stage? I've lived for so many years, and I never imagined that a master at the Integration Stage could appear in our Lower Realm. I've heard that a long time ago, our Lower Realm had a wealth of intermediate-level cultivation techniques, but then a powerful being descended from the Upper Realm, whose methods were extremely ruthless, destroying all the intermediate and advanced cultivation techniques in the Lower Realm. Since then, it's been incredibly difficult to find any cultivation techniques above the intermediate level in our Lower Realm." As he spoke, he kept glancing at the old man, his eyes filled with awe and curiosity. "If he really is at the Integration Stage, that's incredibly powerful."

Everyone's eyes were fixed intently on the old man.

“Impossible,” some disagreed. “I absolutely do not believe that there is still a Nascent Soul stage cultivator in this world. In my opinion, he is at most at the Great Perfection of the Void Refinement stage.”

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