The universe near the world of cultivation can be roughly divided into six regions, namely the six heavens, according to distance.

The demons in the first heaven are the weakest, but there are many types and numbers of them, such as Gandharvas, Kinnaras, Putanas, Pisachas, etc. They can transform into handsome men and beautiful women, but their true forms are almost all strange and bizarre.

With the help of A Jing's magic, Luo Yan and Shi Liuli safely escaped to the vicinity of the third star.

The star here is not a burning fireball, but a huge floating meteorite, almost the same size as the celestial sphere where the world of cultivation is located.

"If we can dig a hole here and get in, maybe we can survive until the end of the secret realm trial." Shi Liuli said as he threw out a coin and quickly cast a fortune.

The hexagram still showed a very bad omen. Shi Liuli looked at it silently for a moment and said calmly:

"I don't know how these demons detected our presence, but with the illusion we used before, there shouldn't be any problem, right?"

Luo Yan: ...

The Kunlun Mirror's illusion was a sensitive topic, so he didn't want to talk about it any more. He just said:

"With my Five Elements Divine Light, even if I'm found by the demons hiding in the meteorite, it will be easy to escape."

"That's true." Shi Liuli nodded in agreement.

If an ordinary cultivator hides in the depths of a meteorite, once he is discovered by the demon, he will immediately be in danger of being caught in a jar.

However, Luo Yan's Five Elements Divine Light could easily break through the ground and penetrate mountains, so he could use the complex structure of the meteorite to delay the speed of the demon's pursuit.

So the two of them drilled into the meteorite, with Luo Yan leading the way.

The five-colored divine light flowed rapidly in his hands, creating a narrow passage in front so that the two of them could bend over and enter, and then gluing the gap in the back together with mud, turning it back into cold rock.

"My husband's secret method is really useful." Shi Liuli praised, "To some extent, it is close to the level of Tao."

"That's still a long way off." Luo Yan said modestly, "I still can't deal with things outside the five elements... huh?"

The five elements divine light in front pierced through the rock wall, revealing the cave entrance behind it.

Shi Liuli exclaimed, and realized that this was not a natural cave, but a man-made building - there were obvious traces of flying swords grinding and cutting around the walls.

She casually threw out a coin, told the divination, then chose a direction and walked towards the depths of the meteorite.

Luo Yan followed behind her, blocked the passage in the future, and scanned the front vigilantly.

This is just a simulation of the secret realm, so there won’t be too many details. However...combining the things about Kunlun Fenbao Rock and Tianmen Peak Secret Realm, can we assume that these secret realms should all be extracted from the old man’s memory?

The secret realm of Tianmen Peak is the cave where the old man once lived, so the same scene is constructed in the secret realm.

In contrast, other places in the cultivation world are almost all bare land, submerged by sea water and stars. Perhaps it is because the old man has no special impression of most places in Shenzhou.

Thinking of this, Luo Yan suddenly realized that since there was a passage built in this meteorite, could it be because the old man had been here before?

What was he going to do inside the meteorite?

The two men walked through the long corridor and saw a large cave in front of them.

There were tables, chairs, beds, cabinets, and all kinds of furniture needed for immortals to practice meditation, but the space above was empty, with nothing placed on it.

"It looks like someone has lived here." Shi Liuli said lightly.

"And there are quite a few people." Luo Yan counted the number of beds, "Eight people."

"So many people, what are they doing outside the sky?" Shi Liuli frowned.

"It should be ascension." Luo Yan said thoughtfully.

“Ascension?”

So Luo Yan told Shi Liuli the details of his ascension.

"I see." Shi Liuli also sighed, "I thought that after ascending, I went directly to the fairyland."

"It's not that easy." Luo Yan shook his head and said, "The power of ascension only pulls you away from the barrier of the celestial sphere. To reach the fairyland, you still have to cross the many distant celestial rivers."

"On this journey, we not only have to overcome the biting cold of the Tianhe River, but also resist the endless attacks of the demons. This is a huge drain on our spirit and energy. It is really ingenious to think of digging a hole in the rock and resting for a while."

Shi Liuli was silent for a moment, then suddenly shouted:

"not good!"

"What's wrong?" Luo Yan asked in surprise.

"The rocky meteorite can be used as a resting base by the ascending human immortals. Is this a secret?" Shi Liuli asked quickly.

"No way." Luo Yan thought, "On the way to ascend, my true energy is insufficient, and I am harassed by the demons. It would be abnormal if I saw a huge rock nearby and thought of hiding in it."

"That's right." Shi Liuli said in a deep voice, "If the human cultivators can think of this, can't the demons think of it?"

After hearing what she said, Luo Yan immediately realized the problem.

If the human cultivators in the past had never drilled into the meteorites to avoid the war, then the demons certainly would not dig in here for no reason.

But now there are stone-carved tables, chairs, beds and cabinets here, proving that some human monks have taken refuge here before - how could the demon who has been chasing and killing human monks not know about this?

This place is not safe!

Luo Yan quickly increased the distance and scanned a wider range of the surroundings. Sure enough, he found a demon who was rushing towards him from a distance.

The demon was shrouded in black fog, with a slender figure looming in the fog. It was obvious at first glance that he was no ordinary creature.

What's more troublesome is that the black fog did not go through the passage inside the meteorite, but went straight through the wall, and the speed was much faster than expected!

Seeing Luo Yan's silence, Shi Liuli felt something in his heart and made another divination, frowning and saying:

"A powerful enemy is coming!"

"Get out of the way first." Luo Yan grabbed Shi Liuli's hand and started to drill a hole with the Five Elements Divine Light.

The demon seemed unaware of their existence. He just kept passing through the wall quickly and entered a cave to search, obviously looking for traces of the two people.

Luo Yan roughly estimated the speed and realized that if he repaired the rear passage, he might not be able to get rid of the opponent in time. So he simply used all his strength to dig a hole in the front and rushed out with Shi Liuli.

When they were still several hundred feet away from the meteorite, the demon in the back finally arrived at the passage dug by Luo Yan, and immediately rushed over here fiercely, with a speed several times faster than before!

Luo Yan could only speed up the drilling process, but unexpectedly, Shi Liuli next to him grabbed the copper plate and suddenly said:

"Husband, I'll hold it back later, you go first."

"Let's go together!" Luo Yan refused without giving any explanation.

"No." Shi Liuli explained, "These demons beat the small ones and then come to the big ones. It will never end if it goes on like this. Sooner or later, we will be exhausted to death here."

"If my wife is gone, I..." Luo Yan was about to refute her theory when he heard Shi Liuli say:

"Without me being a burden, my husband can use that illusion technique to escape the entanglement of these demons, right?"

Luo Yan: ...

It’s over, she’s seen through me and I was conserving my strength!

"In fact, I already knew this." Shi Liuli continued, "My husband has always been a person who likes to hide his abilities. The strength you are showing now is totally inconsistent with your actual strength, right?"

"Liuli, please listen to my explanation..." Luo Yan said anxiously.

"It was the illusion that concealed my figure just now, but I don't know what kind of illusion can deceive the demons." Shi Liuli smiled and said, "You know, the demons are a race that is naturally good at illusions."

Luo Yan was still trying to defend himself:

"This world of cultivation is so vast, it's normal that my wife doesn't know what secret technique can restrain the demons, right?"

"Hmm." Shi Liuli blinked, "So what kind of illusion is this?"

Luo Yan was just about to make up a name and origin for the secret technique when he heard Shi Liuli say:

"I don't really need to be so meticulous about my husband, but this secret trial is different from what I originally thought. The universe is full of dangers and there are too many places where you need to fight. I'm really not good at fighting, and I will only be a burden to you here."

"How can it be a burden? At least you can..." Luo Yan tried his last effort and heard Shi Liuli say:

"I'm running out of energy."

Luo Yan was suddenly speechless.

My true energy has been exhausted, there is really nothing I can do about it.

For cultivators, there are only two ways to replenish their true energy: one is to meditate and breathe, and the other is to take medicine and then refine the medicinal power.

The former takes a long time, and although the latter is more efficient, it does not replenish your true energy immediately after taking the pill.

However, in this universe, there are extremely aggressive demons everywhere, and it is impossible to find the right time to restore your true energy - otherwise why would the old man say that it is almost impossible to reach the fairyland without becoming a Chaos Daluo Jinxian?

Isn’t it because unless you have infinite true energy, you will be exhausted to death in the universe sooner or later!

"That's it." Shi Liuli smiled and kissed his cheek, then showed a slightly shy expression, "Anyway, it's not real death, just being eliminated."

After saying that, she struggled to break free from Luo Yan's hand and flew straight towards the demon with her sword.

Luo Yan was not willing to take the opportunity to leave, and was about to turn his sword to rescue him, but the demon had already rushed up to him and pounced on the unsuspecting Shi Liuli, who immediately turned into white light and disappeared.

Then, a slender and charming woman appeared from the black fog, touching her belly and smiling:

"Such delicious flesh... So it's just the two of you? No more Terrans?"

Luo Yan stared at her and suddenly asked:

"How do you want to die?"

The devil said strangely:

"If possible, I'd rather die in any way I want. But don't you know that we demons are immortal?"

Luo Yan did not answer, but quickly activated the Five Elements Divine Light to surround the demon from all sides, front and back, top and bottom.

Although this demon was more powerful than the previous one, he was not as powerful as the Great Freedom Demon that Qiu Changtian had encountered before. Therefore, he only fought with Luo Yan for less than a quarter of an hour before he was directly killed by him with the Five Elements Divine Light.

However, as the other party said, the devil is immortal and will be reborn somewhere sooner or later.

In addition, all of this was simulated by the secret realm, which resulted in Luo Yan not feeling any pleasure of revenge after killing it, but only feeling depressed.

"Forget it." He sighed and said, "A Jing, use your illusion to cover it up for me. I'm too lazy to waste time with these demons."

"Isn't this bad?" Kunlun Mirror asked, "If the old man finds out that you have an illusion that can evade the demon's pursuit, he might have to report your coordinates regularly like Ling Yunpo did... That would actually make it more difficult for you to pass the level."

"Who cares!" Luo Yan said in self-abandonment, "Anyway, according to the history of Qiu Changtian and Ling Yunpo, I have successfully survived to the last twelve people and successfully obtained the master of Qibao Xuanyuan."

"History that has already happened cannot be changed, so no matter what I do, I will be able to succeed in the end, right?"

Seeing that he was showing an attitude of giving up, Kunlun Jing also had a headache. Just as he was about to continue to persuade him, he suddenly saw the old man flash in front of him:

"Okay, there are only twelve people left in the secret realm. You have passed..."

As he spoke, the old man suddenly looked around him and said in surprise:

"Where's your companion who was practicing the Secret Records of the Five Dimensions? Was she eliminated?"

Luo Yan replied with a wooden face:

"Well, thanks to the senior, we were besieged by the demons and finally couldn't hold on."

"How strange." The old man frowned and said in confusion, "Logically speaking, her star secret technique is very compatible with the environment of the universe. Logically, she shouldn't be defeated, right?"

Luo Yan no longer had any intention of refutation. He thought that the Star Secret Art was indeed powerful, but it could not withstand the attack of Miss Shi, who was a weakling in combat and had already had her true energy squandered. What else could he do if he didn't want to be eliminated?

Of course, if we knew at that time that there were only thirteen people left in the secret realm, then it would not be impossible to try to hold on for a while longer... but who could have known!

There is no need to elaborate on what happened next.

Luo Yan and the other winners gathered together, and after listening to the Sanskrit chanting that contained clues to the secret realm of the Great Light Palace, they were sent out of the secret realm of Qibao Xuanyuan.

As soon as he left the secret realm, Luo Yan immediately flew towards the Penglai main camp on his sword.

Shi Liuli left the main formation to come to greet them. Before the two of them met, she could be heard saying in secret:

"Husband, hurry up, the sect is about to leave!"

Luo Yan quickly scanned the surroundings and saw that although the battle had not yet begun, the Demon Cult had set up a trap in the secret realm broken by Ling Yun, and their hostility and murderous intent towards Shushan could no longer be concealed.

Penglai was not good at fighting, and its big brother Kunlun had no intention of joining forces with the Three Pure Ones to take the blame for the Shushan swordsmen, so they were ready to run away quickly.

So the two of them quickly returned to their main camp, and then the elders of Penglai showed their magical powers, activated many magic weapons and flying swords, and quickly evacuated to the southeast.

The Demon Cult also sent out people to stop them, but the head of Xuandu Sect made a prompt decision and sent out some elders who were good at actual combat to cover the rear and intercept them, and escorted most of the elders to evacuate the battlefield.

Logically speaking, Luo Yan has the Five Elements Divine Light and the Huangting Kunwu Sword in his hands. As one of the most powerful elders in Penglai, it is more appropriate for him to stay behind to cover the retreat.

However, he had already obtained the position of the master of Qibao Xuanyuan and had clues about the secret realm of Daguangming Palace in his mind. Master Xuandu did not dare to let him make any mistakes, so he would rather go there himself to escort him back to Penglai Island safely.

In this way, everyone returned to Penglai Island without any danger.

Before Luo Yan and Shi Liuli could rest in Tiangong Workshop, someone came to the door and said that "Immortal Wanxiang wants to invite Elder Jingyun."

Upon hearing that it was an invitation from an immortal, Luo Yan prepared to set off.

Before leaving Tiangong Workshop, as soon as I walked out of the wing room, I saw Wanxiang Immortal already impatiently walking quickly into the yard from outside.