The scene transformed.
Yi Feng's eyes lit up as a brand new environment appeared before him.
Towering trees.
An atmosphere filled with ethereal mist.
Distant peaks shrouded in clouds and fog.
Just taking a breath of the fresh air gave one a sense of spiritual refreshment.
"Now this is more like it!"
"This is the real Immortal Realm, damn it!"
Yi Feng's face beamed with delight.
He had finally arrived in the true Immortal Realm.
"This time, I won't be a slacker or a waste."
"This time, I'll have the entire Immortal Realm under my feet."
Yi Feng recalled the incredible speed at which he had cultivated the Demonic Body last time, and he was suddenly filled with ambition, ready to make great achievements in the Immortal Realm starting now.
However, at that moment.
A severed hand fell from above, hitting Yi Feng on the head.
"Ouch, what the hell!"
The bloody severed hand scared Yi Feng out of his wits.
Looking up, he saw two groups of people fighting fiercely in mid-air.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The sound of clashing weapons was incessant, and explosions rang out melodiously.
As the two groups fought more intensely, their eyes reddening with bloodlust, Yi Feng barely had time to catch his breath before two more people fell at his feet.
One had been cut in half.
The other was missing half of his body but seemed to still be alive. His blood-soaked hand grabbed Yi Feng's ankle.
"Save... save me..."
Yi Feng jumped in fright and started running.
"Oh my god, I don't want to be an immortal anymore, I'd rather be a coward!"
As he fled with his head in his hands, he wanted to return to Dark Shadow Island, but suddenly realized that the teleportation had a one-day cooldown.
Yi Feng cursed loudly and had no choice but to change direction, running until he disappeared from sight.
The next day.
After hiding for a day nearby, Yi Feng wanted to return to the same place to activate the teleportation back to Dark Shadow Island.
But as soon as he ran back, he found that people were still fighting there.
Not only had their numbers not decreased, but they had actually increased, clearly reinforcements had arrived for both sides.
The ground was covered with corpses, various dismembered limbs scattered everywhere, and the pungent smell of blood permeated the air, making one feel sick to their stomach.
"Forget it, forget it, I can't go back for now. I'd better find a small town to lay low for a few days."
Yi Feng vanished in a flash once again...
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
On Dark Shadow Island.
Amidst the raging sandstorm, a woman walked alone with difficulty.
Her once fiery red clothes, which should have been vibrant, were now covered in yellow sand, turning them a muddy color.
She walked with a hunched back, stopping to catch her breath every two steps.
Even though her entire being was exhausted, and her inner cultivation had been eroded by the island's violent forces, leaving her in tatters and on the verge of death, the woman remained incredibly resilient.
Each step, though slow, was determined.
A man watched everything from above the windswept sands.
This person was Gong Chen.
Following the instructions of Master Yi, he had been recruiting people above the Reincarnation Realm on Dark Shadow Island for some time.
He had been following this woman in red for several days.
Usually, people would have died long ago in such an environment.
Even someone as resilient as himself would have only found a relatively secluded and safe place to hold his breath and sleep, waiting for death.
But she hadn't stopped moving for days, let alone waiting for death.
Sometimes she would go east to look at the horizon, sometimes she would go to the Black Sea to watch the Shadow-Devouring Fish jumping out of the water and ponder, sometimes she would follow the corpses of Shadow Wolves, searching for something.
Gong Chen knew she was constantly looking for a way out.
Such a tenacious woman truly impressed Gong Chen.
Even in a place as harsh as Dark Shadow Island, where death was almost certain, she never gave up hope.
It was time.
Watching the woman slowly creeping through the sandstorm, Gong Chen moved and flew down.
As the storm hit, Jiang Zhi raised her arm to block the sand. When she lowered her hand, she saw someone standing in front of her.
Startled.
"Senior?!" Jiang Zhi was overjoyed.
For days, Jiang Zhi had been searching for traces of this person! This powerful being who could freely use his cultivation on Dark Shadow Island!
He was her only hope of escape!
Gong Chen nodded, standing with his hands behind his back as he looked at Jiang Zhi.
"Where are you heading?" Gong Chen asked.
Jiang Zhi looked a bit embarrassed, "Forgive my boldness, but... I've been tracking Senior's whereabouts for days."
"Tracking my whereabouts?" Gong Chen raised an eyebrow, seeming surprised, "For what purpose?"
Seeing that the other person wasn't offended by her pursuit, Jiang Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and frankly said, "Senior is the only person on Dark Shadow Island who can use cultivation freely without restrictions."
"I want to leave Dark Shadow Island, and Senior is my only hope."
"You want to leave this place?" Gong Chen asked, feigning ignorance.
Jiang Zhi nodded firmly, "Yes."
"Do you think you can leave?" Gong Chen asked in return.
Jiang Zhi hesitated, then became anxious, "Senior is my only hope..."
Hearing this, Gong Chen smiled. He neither confirmed nor denied her statement.
He looked at Jiang Zhi for a moment, then said, "I've been observing you for days, and you haven't disappointed me."
"However, I'm not your only hope. In fact, I'm not hope at all. If I could leave this place, why would I still be here?" he said, watching the light in Jiang Zhi's eyes slowly dim.
He didn't offer any comfort.
Instead, he pointed to the nearby corpse of a Shadow Wolf, "Did you see that I could use my cultivation and assume I killed those wolves?"