"Why should my true self stop you?"

Emperor Jiang gazed at Feng Xianxian, whose expression was wary, with a look that was hard to fathom.

Feng Xianxian had nothing to say and could only casually change the subject: "Those people are about to break through the entrance of the Grotto Heaven. When do you plan to make your move?"

Emperor Jiang turned his head toward the Magic Platform and leisurely said, "No rush! Let them go inside for a while. After all, it's the Immortal Mausoleum Palace; the dangers inside are not to be underestimated."

Following his gaze, Feng Xianxian saw countless starlights flowing into the "Light Point" in the upper sky like a galaxy. The entrance to the Grotto Heaven rapidly expanded, revealing a three-foot "Light Cave" filled with dazzling starlight, behind which a vast, endless land faintly emerged, the surface rugged and desolate.

"Our transaction will automatically be completed once I bring you into the Ling Palace Coffin Hall. I hope you will keep your promise then and retrieve that Treasure for me."

As his words fell, Emperor Jiang gently clapped his hands and smiled faintly: "My true self always does what it says. However, I hope Daoist Feng can go in your true body, rather than a mere avatar."

Saying this, Emperor Jiang glanced at the golden strange ape squatting on the ground.

Feng Xianxian's expression changed dramatically at these words, and she exclaimed, "Emperor Jiang, you're too much."

"Oh, really? I don't think so."

As he spoke, an incredible and towering figure suddenly reflected in the depths of Emperor Jiang's eyes. An indescribable secretive wave shot through his invisible gaze, instantly penetrating into Feng Xianxian's eyes and directly into her consciousness and Divine Soul.

Feng Xianxian's face suddenly changed, and in the next instant, her entire body abruptly turned into a gray-white statue.

Once petrified, the intrusive secretive wave was immediately isolated outside and could no longer connect with Feng Xianxian's Divine Soul.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Jiang's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and the towering figure in the depths of his pupils slowly disappeared.

At this moment, two completely different voices suddenly came from Emperor Jiang's mouth in turn: "Petrifying life, a very interesting idea... The one lying inside... is it truly the Stone Ancestor in my memory? Emperor Jiang, I'm very curious! Go, satisfy my curiosity!"

"Emperor Jiang complies with the Lord's decree!"

...

The Ice Sealed Demon Abyss was vast and deep, shrouded in icy fog that enveloped most of the Void.

A stream of light shot up from the depths of the darkness, continuously breaking through the fog, soaring to the Cloud Sky.

Zhao Sheng's gaze was like lightning, with his Will Field constantly covering dozens of miles ahead, always avoiding the strange lifeforms that suddenly appeared in the fog.

He did not know that after he left, Feng Xianxian actually came to an agreement with Emperor Jiang, and the two had secretly reached some kind of transaction.

Though Zhao Sheng was unaware of this, his sharp intuition from the depths of his Divine Soul kept urging him to leave quickly.

Therefore, he asked almost nothing and quickly withdrew from the ruins following Feng Xianxian's suggestion.

Did Zhao Sheng guess that Emperor Jiang and Feng Xianxian had already "cooperated" secretly? Perhaps he vaguely guessed, or perhaps not!

But now none of this matters, for he has already voluntarily left that place of trouble, and danger has also departed.

One day later, vast, boundless ice layers in the upper sky quietly "drifted" with massive, chaotic blackness like a black storm spanning the sky, devouring everything in the Void.

Below it, an endless ice layer split open with an immeasurable huge Abyss. Beneath the Abyss, wisps of pale fog seemed to rise, countless fog vortices stirring the cold winds, sealing the endless cliffs on both sides.

At the edge of one cliff, Zhao Sheng stood atop a tall protruding ice pillar, looking down calmly at the Abyss ahead.

He had been waiting here for nearly an hour; at this moment, the familiar wave from within the Treasure grew stronger and stronger, as if heralding the imminent arrival of someone.

"It's here!"

A moment later, Zhao Sheng's eyes flickered, suddenly looking towards a fog vortex below.

As soon as he spoke, a stream of water rapidly tore through the fog vortex and quickly crossed several thousand feet of the Void to land mid-air opposite him.

The water gathered into a mass, spinning countless times before a slender figure wearing Water Blue Armor, with golden eyes and snow-white teeth, emerged—a "dislimbed survivor" of Wuzhi Qi.

The person's missing limbs had completely regenerated, their once bloated body now slender and proportional; if not for the Treasure still present, they would have been hard to recognize.

"Kui Niu!"

"Wuzhi Qi!"

The two almost spoke simultaneously, and then burst into laughter with almost simultaneous voices, "Haha..."

After laughing long enough, Zhao Sheng restrained his laughter and asked, "Senior Brother, do you know where the others are now?"

Wuzhi Qi suddenly stopped laughing, speaking in a very cold tone: "The Soaring Snake is dead, and Emperor Jiang and Huo Dou both vanished. Now only we two are left."

"Then... should we wait here for some time? Maybe..."

Zhao Sheng hadn't finished speaking when Wuzhi Qi interrupted him: "No need! Emperor Jiang absolutely won't die, as for Huo Dou, his life or death is Emperor Jiang's concern, not ours!"

Zhao Sheng heard these words and immediately realized there was something implied, so he didn't pursue further.

Wuzhi Qi pointed to the sky, speaking coldly: "The Ice Period is approaching! We cannot linger at the Ice Sealed Demon Abyss. Otherwise, when the Ice Period comes, we will not be spared. Time is of the essence, let's return to Gui Xu Square immediately."

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