Fire God Ning Lie's body flickered lightly, once again chasing after the other escaping people, who cried out in despair.

...

"Hm? There are people ahead!"

Continuously shifting, Chu Ming arrived in a desert. With his vision, he could clearly see over a dozen black dots flying around in the desert, looking disheveled and clearly running for their lives.

"Run faster, Desire Blood Sword Dai Yun is right behind us!"

At the forefront of the group was a youth dressed in a yellow robe, with clear eyes and delicate features. Judging by his spiritual power fluctuations, his combat strength was comparable to the Eighth Heaven of the Realm of Transcendence, making him a young master in the outside world.

"Senior brother, look at the sky!"

Suddenly, a girl in a yellow dress looked up at the sky and exclaimed.

Following the gaze of the girl in the yellow dress, the youth in the yellow robe's face turned pale and powerless.

"Stop running, everyone!"

The youth in the yellow robe said to the others with a dejected expression and a bitter smile.

"Why?!"

As soon as he spoke, everyone, including the girl in the yellow dress, looked puzzled. They had just barely escaped from Desire Blood Sword Dai Yun, and now their senior brother was telling them not to run. This made them feel as if they had misheard.

"We can't escape. The young man in the sky is much more powerful than Desire Blood Sword Dai Yun!"

The youth in the yellow robe smiled bitterly. He could clearly feel a terrifying aura tightly locking onto them, making them feel as though any movement would result in death.

"Who is he?"

The girl in the yellow dress was slightly stunned and asked. At this moment, behind them, a scarlet sword aura had appeared, seemingly sweeping across thousands of miles with a majestic momentum. Although they were unwilling, they knew that they had no chance of escaping today.

Although death in the Celestial Extreme Illusion Realm did not mean actual death, it would cost them half their points, and the number of points directly determined whether they could enter the Life and Death Tower to cultivate. Most importantly, each person only had five opportunities in the Celestial Extreme Illusion Realm. Once all five chances were used up, they would be directly eliminated.

"The fifth on the Transcendence List—Chu Ming!"

The youth in the yellow robe said word by word, his tone helpless.

"What?!"

When the others heard the youth's words, their faces turned pale. If they were facing young talents like Desire Blood Sword Dai Yun, they might still have a chance to escape, as Dai Yun was ranked only around one or two hundred on the Transcendence List. But facing Chu Ming, who was ranked fifth, they had no chance at all. The difference between the two was like an insurmountable chasm.

Boom!

In an instant, Chu Ming appeared in front of the group led by the youth in the yellow robe. His right hand's five fingers curved and stretched, releasing five semicircular bursts of finger force that pierced through the bodies of the five people in front. Killing in the Celestial Extreme Illusion Realm did not result in actual death, so Chu Ming felt no guilt.

Swoosh!

At this moment, a young man in a red robe emerged from the space behind the group led by the youth in the yellow robe. He stared coldly at the youth in the yellow robe and said in a sinister tone, "Run, why aren't you running?"

But before he could finish speaking, Desire Blood Sword Dai Yun noticed something was off. The youth in the yellow robe was looking at him with a wavering gaze, faintly filled with mockery.

Immediately, Desire Blood Sword Dai Yun's gaze shifted to Chu Ming. Upon seeing Chu Ming's face, his expression changed drastically, as if he had encountered a primordial beast.

"Chu... Ming?!"

Dai Yun stammered, swallowing hard. His spiritual power erupted, transforming into a blood cloud and flew away towards the distant space at an extreme speed.

However, compared to Chu Ming's sword light, his speed was ultimately a step too slow. Just as Dai Yun entered the space, a terrifying sword light descended from the sky, directly shattering Dai Yun's body.

Puff, puff, puff...

With just a light swing of his sword, Chu Ming killed everyone in the group, including the youth in the yellow robe. Although he gained quite a few points, with Dai Yun's points alone being around ten thousand, his rank still hovered around nine thousand.

"The others are certainly wild enough!"

Chu Ming thought to himself, but he wasn't in a hurry. The range of the Celestial Extreme Illusion Realm would gradually shrink, and he would eventually encounter the others.

The Celestial Extreme Illusion Realm was divided into four regions: east, south, west, and north. The terrain included mountains, forests, swamps, and deserts, with powerful demon beasts hiding in many concealed spots, and, of course, numerous valuable items and spirit grass.

Boom!

In a space in the eastern part of the Celestial Extreme Illusion Realm, a terrifying aura shot up into the sky. Immediately after, a gargantuan, one-horned rhinoceros began climbing out from the base of a mountain, shaking its massive body and filling the air with dust. In the sky, Immortal Changqing, with a cold expression, stared at the Dark Demon Bull before her, a hint of killing intent in her eyes.

The Dark Demon Bull was a top-tier Tier Nine demon beast, with a strength comparable to a martial artist at the Ninth Layer of the Realm of Transcendence.

"Just give me the Dark Nether Fruit, and I will leave immediately!"

Immortal Changqing stared at the Dark Demon Bull and said blandly.

The Dark Nether Fruit was a Tier Nine spirit fruit, priceless in the outside world, with one fruit selling for around thirty to forty thousand top-grade spirit stones. If refined into an elixir, it could stabilize a person's mind during a breakthrough, being of significant value.

"If you want the Dark Nether Fruit, you have to get past me first!"

The stentorian voice emanated from the Dark Demon Bull's mouth. The bull, engulfed in fiery flames, stamped its feet against the sky. The gray fumes exhaled from its nostrils turned into fire in the air.

Boom!

As soon as it finished speaking, the Dark Demon Bull turned into a virtual shadow, charging towards Immortal Changqing with terrifying pressure, tearing through the space layer by layer.

...

"There's a Fire Spirit Grass here!"

Chu Ming emerged from the space, arriving at a giant valley where flames could be seen everywhere. Rooted on a distant cliff was a fire-red spirit grass, seemingly burning with bright flames, resilient and gathering the surrounding spiritual power.

The Fire Spirit Grass was an Eighth Level spirit grass. If refined into a high-tier Earth Level elixir, the Fire Spirit Pill, it would greatly benefit martial artists cultivating Fire Attribute Techniques, saving them two to three months of hard training. Even if the Fire Spirit Grass itself was not useful, it could still be sold for around five thousand top-grade spirit stones.

Swoosh!

Chu Ming's body flickered as he approached the Fire Spirit Grass. When he was about three meters away, he extended his right hand and grabbed towards the Fire Spirit Grass!

Boom!

At this moment, the surrounding flames gathered rapidly, forming a vague figure in front of the Fire Spirit Grass, slowly emerging from the raging fire.