In this unequal standoff, the Fire Spirit held out for a while longer, but finally succumbed. It dimmed its dazzling light and ceased its attacks on Shi Xuan, adopting a docile demeanor. It was clear it had surrendered.

Seeing this, Shi Xuan stopped the consumption of spiritual power by the myriad things.

She began trying to communicate with it using her spiritual power, attempting to tame the fire spirit. The fire spirit obediently connected with her spiritual power and her body's meridians, and everything seemed to be going smoothly.

However, just as the fire spirit was about to be absorbed into Shi Xuan's meridians, a strange phenomenon occurred. The fire spirit suddenly turned against him and its power suddenly increased. It actually tried to destroy Shi Xuan in one fell swoop at this critical moment!

Its previous docility was all a facade; it was patiently waiting for its chance to act!

Shi Xuan's face turned pale, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

But how could she not take precautions when subduing the fire spirit? In that instant, Shi Xuan suddenly enlarged the Cage of Fate. Only a part of the fire spirit had been pulled out to begin with, and now that the cage had enlarged, it put it back in.

If you refuse a toast, you'll have to drink the penalty cup!

At this moment, Shi Xuan stopped thinking about subduing the fire spirit. She used her spiritual power to control the Fate Cage and sent it to the outer edge of her body, a place where the fire spirit could not attack her, while her Myriad Life tightly entangled the fire spirit.

The overwhelming force of the myriad things enveloped the fire spirit, leaving it no room to resist. Shi Xuan freely absorbed spiritual energy to improve his cultivation. In an instant, the spiritual energy in this cave seemed to condense into wind, swirling around Shi Xuan.

Fire Spirit truly regrets this time; its sneak attack failed, and now its situation is even more dangerous.

It once again adopted a submissive posture, restrained itself, and declared its weakness to the times.

However, Shi Xuan remained completely unmoved by its performance, not even bothering to glance at it. Before long, Shi Xuan reached the barrier of the next minor stage, focused his mind and energy on breaking through, and soon succeeded in breaking through again, advancing to the seventh level of Foundation Establishment.

With its spiritual energy continuously depleted, it no longer needed to pretend and truly became listless.

The fire spirit huddled trembling in a corner of the cage of fate. So, had its retaliation just now angered the female cultivator? But it wouldn't do it this time. Quickly, check on it; it definitely won't do it this time!

But Shi Xuan couldn't hear its inner voice. The cycle of life continued, becoming even more ferocious because of her advancement.

Amidst Huo Ling's despair, Shi Xuan sat there motionless, repeating the same action. After a long time, until she stabilized her cultivation at the eighth level of Foundation Establishment, she finally looked up and coldly glanced at Huo Ling.

The fire spirit was no longer as bright and dazzling as before; not only had its color become dull, but its size had also shrunk.

Seeing that Shi Xuan was finally looking at it, the Fire Spirit immediately fawned over Shi Xuan and carefully fanned its small flame, its intention to curry favor was very obvious.

The tide has turned. If the fire spirit had any power to fight back before, it is now completely at a disadvantage.

Without wasting words, Shi Xuan directly extended his spiritual power to envelop it, this time his actions were extremely forceful and left no room for negotiation.

By this time, the fire spirit had long lost the courage to resist and was completely subdued by Shi Xuan, entering her meridians.

In that instant, because he had subdued the fire spirit, Shi Xuan's spiritual power surged again, leaping to the mid-stage of the ninth level of Foundation Establishment before finally stopping.

After collecting the fire spirit, Shi Xuan left the cave. She had found the two demonic beasts this time, but they also reminded her that this place was dangerous and she needed to be extra careful.

Just as he reminded himself to be careful, Shi Xuan sensed a fluctuation in his consciousness—someone was there!

If someone comes in at this time, it's definitely not a good thing; they're probably an enemy, not a friend.

In the blink of an eye, a man in white appeared out of thin air and landed in front of Shi Xuan, presumably having just come in from outside. Behind him, two more people entered, one in blue and one in black, making it a three-person group.

The three men came face to face with Shi Xuan as soon as they entered. The white-clad man at the head of the group immediately spoke up: "Shi Xuan?"

Shi Xuan looked the three people up and down and saw the logo of the [Newcomer] organization on their sleeves. Shi Xuan raised an eyebrow. The fact that they could get three tokens in such a short time showed the size of this organization.

The man in black behind him grew impatient. Seeing that Shi Xuan remained silent, he shouted sharply, "Did you blow up our Divine Descendant Village?"

"God's Descendant Village?" The three words circled in Shi Xuan's mouth. God's Descendant, the descendants of the gods, what a name they chose, as if they were afraid others wouldn't know it.

Seeing Shi Xuan's calm demeanor, the man in black became even angrier. "What have you done to the villagers?"

Shi Xuan then looked at the three of them seriously and said, "Who are you? Introduce yourselves."

The man in white was quite polite. He cupped his hands in greeting and replied, "The three of us are villagers from Shenyi Village. My name is Wang Yirang, and these two are Liu Gandang and Chen Qing."

Shi Xuan curled his lip impatiently. He said she was a villager, so he was a villager, without even considering whether she believed him or not. How could it be such a coincidence that three people from the same village went out and then managed to find her and gather all three tokens to enter?

“You’ve mistaken me for someone else,” Shi Xuan said. “My name is Shi Baiwan!” Ever since she collected a room full of spirit stones in the underground vault, she has become a woman who owns a million spirit stones!

Wang Yirang's cheeks twitched slightly. Shi Xuan's meaning was clear: since you're not telling the truth, then nobody should tell the truth either.

The two men behind him were even more furious. They had bombed their territory, stolen their spirit stones, and dared to mock them right in front of them!

Liu Gandang shouted, "Why waste words with her? Arrest her first!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and swung his knife down at Shi Xuan's head with a whoosh.

Wang Yirang originally wanted to test the waters first, but now it seems that this female cultivator is not to be trifled with. In addition, Liu Gandang has already made a move, so there is no point in saying more. The three of them attacked at the same time, with the knife cultivator, the magic cultivator, and the sword cultivator all launching attacks on Shi Xuan.

Shi Xuan snorted coldly, took out the Puppet Sword and the Concealed Edge Sword. Holding the Puppet Sword, she used the Puppet Sword Technique she had learned in Silver Frost. Since Silver Frost came to her, she could practice her sword in her spare time, and now was the perfect time to test its effectiveness.

As for the Concealed Edge Sword, it is already a mature spiritual sword and should learn to fight on its own.

Shi Xuan used the puppet sword technique to fight off his enemies. When the sword energy was released, it carried a chilling light that made people afraid to look directly at it.

Liu Gandang and Chen Qing were both at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, but they seemed overwhelmed and flustered by Shi Xuan's attacks. Wang Yirang, however, appeared to be handling the battle with ease, and the techniques he used were definitely not something a Foundation Establishment cultivator could learn!

He's not at the Foundation Establishment stage!

Isn't the Azure Dragon Secret Realm only accessible to Foundation Establishment stage cultivators? Could it be that...

After observing for a few more rounds, Shi Xuan discovered that Wang Yirang seemed to have used some secret method to suppress his cultivation and tricked his way through the gate of the Azure Dragon Secret Realm!