Ascending by Nightfall After Hearing the Dao by Dawn, Sect Master Feng Yin!

Because of a barrier at the core, Lin Hai didn't know what was inside before entering the dark tunnel.

Actually, if he didn't mind consuming his power, he could have conducted a preliminary investigation of the situation inside.

But doing so might affect his companions beside him.

Therefore, Lin Hai decided to go in and see for himself.

At first.

Inside the dark tunnel.

There was nothing.

It was a true void.

No air.

No light.

No sound.

Even space itself was nothingness.

It was clearly space within the world, yet such a situation could occur.

"Quite interesting," Lin Hai murmured, lowering his head.

"However, it's just a little trick to blind the eyes."

"You can't fool me."

"Sect Master of Spirit Sword Mountain, Feng Yin."

With that said.

He waved his hand directly, and a massive platinum wind blew deep into the darkness.

A moment later, a strange thing happened.

The void, which originally had nothing.

Was actually blown away by this wind.

Like spring breeze melting ice and snow, it tore through the silent night, revealing the true appearance inside.

It turned out this tunnel was not a true void.

But a cultivation purgatory filled with space-time energy.

In the deepest part of the tunnel.

Sect Master Feng Yin hovered there. With one hand, he used his fly-whisk to bind Liang Bing, while the other hand formed a hand seal.

"Heaven-Turning Seal!"

Following his soft shout.

Massive seals appeared in all six directions around Lin Hai.

They charged toward him simultaneously.

However, when this power came within five meters of Lin Hai, they strangely changed direction and flew away.

Without harming even a single strand of Lin Hai's hair.

At this moment, Liang Bing, who was captured by Sect Master Feng Yin, regained consciousness.

She struggled to free her body from the binding threads of the fly-whisk.

Only to find that her Supreme-class power was completely useless.

"What on earth is going on?"

"Why?"

"Why is my power so useless?"

"Feng Yin, you damn old man, let this old lady go right now!"

"This is outright rebellion!"

"My combat power rank is higher than yours, why is this happening?"

The corrupted Liang Bing couldn't figure it out.

Why, when they both received power from the Demonic Beast Marrow and were both powerhouses on the combat power leaderboard.

Her rank was higher than this old man's.

But why, right now, she was in the opponent's hands, without any power to resist.

Sect Master Feng Yin hovered in the air, looking no different from usual.

He ignored the raging Liang Bing and slowly explained, "Your rank being higher than mine doesn't mean you are stronger than me."

"We cultivators can achieve 'ascending by nightfall after hearing the Dao by dawn.'"

"I taught you all of this, but you had no interest in hard cultivation and didn't pay any attention."

Hearing this, memories flooded back to Liang Bing.

It seemed there was indeed such a thing.

But at that time, she only felt these words were a scam.

How could someone just start cultivating in the morning and become the strongest ascended being by evening?

But now, it seemed that although they were both Supreme Beings, Sect Master Feng Yin's power was far stronger than hers.

She had no power to fight back in his hands.

If the level of power increase obtained from corruption was the same.

The part of power where this old man surpassed her was very likely cultivated by himself.

"But even if you are a true genius, you couldn't have made such a massive leap in such a short time."

"I know well that even if your realm increased, it couldn't possibly affect the Supreme class!"

Sect Master Feng Yin slowly stood straight and laughed at Liang Bing.

"That's why I said you don't have the aptitude for cultivation."

"...Who said my strength increased after receiving the power of corruption?"

"This old man was originally a peerless genius. After receiving guidance from Lord Core, I finally reached the end of the realm that almost no one in the entire cultivation world can touch."

"And here, through this old man's talented spiritual eyes, I quickly comprehended the Dao of Supreme power."

"My Dao is the Dao of that supreme realm."

"What is sensing and utilizing rules?"

"What this old man wants to do is seize the creation of heaven and earth—I want to create rules!"

With that said.

Sect Master Feng Yin waved his fly-whisk, and a bundle of white threads tightly bound Liang Bing's mouth, preventing her from speaking another word.

He quickly turned around, casting his gaze toward Lin Hai, who was hovering in the air in the distance.

"Lord Demon King."

"We cultivators value repaying favors. Lord Core granted me such powerful strength; I have no reason to betray him."

"Therefore, even though you are someone I deeply admire... our stances are different, so today, this old man wishes to challenge you!"

With that said.

Daoist Feng Yin bowed deeply to Lin Hai.

His attitude was sincere, his posture solemn.

Anyone who didn't know the situation would think the Daoist was apologizing to his opponent.

After bowing.

Daoist Feng Yin stood straight.

He muttered unknown incantations under his breath.

The entire space-time within the tunnel instantly fell into chaos.

Not only did space shatter.

Time here also became extremely chaotic.

"Lord Demon King, can you withstand this strike of this old man?"