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The weather was clear and sunny, with not a cloud for ten thousand li. A blinding ray of sunlight poured down over the magnificent Water Cloud Immortal Capital, bathing half the city in bright light and the other half in shadow.

Inside the City Lord’s Mansion, in an ordinary reception hall.

Dou Zhao kept her head lowered, her mind tense as she answered City Lord Yuan’s questions. Twenty years had passed. Even without particularly diligent cultivation.

With her fire-element Heavenly Spirit Root aptitude, she had long since reached the peak of Qi Refining. She was only one step away from Foundation Establishment and should have been busy preparing for breakthrough during this period.

Yet she had been suddenly summoned by the City Lord’s Mansion. Although she kept silently thinking of Wang Yu, who had vanished twenty years ago, no matter how the other party questioned her, she truly could not contact him.

She could only explain with the lowest possible posture.

“City Lord, Dou Zhao and that senior merely met by chance. At best, there is only the bond of a single meal.”

She then laid out the entire sequence of events plainly and positioned the Dou Family as shameless flatterers who had forced themselves onto him.

Rather than claiming any ancestral friendship.

Every word was true, and it also indirectly proved that Wang Yu had a good character, helping dispel any suspicion that he was a demonic cultivator.

Of course, verification would not rely solely on her words.

City Lord Yuan listened and still smiled warmly.

“So that means your Dou Family has no other connection with that mysterious cultivator?”

“Yes…”

Dou Zhao answered with a stiff face. This was also true, because Wang Yu had a connection with her personally, not with the entire West Mountain Dou Family. As for how valuable that connection truly was, she herself had no idea.

“Very good!”

City Lord Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The gap in their cultivation was enormous. With a subtle divine sense scan of Dou Zhao’s expression, he could basically confirm whether she was lying.

On the other hand, Taihu had a divine beast called the Xiezhi that could distinguish truth from falsehood. In simple terms, it could detect lies.

The enforcement elders of the Blood Reversal Sect each carried a Xiezhi Crown.

It symbolized that ability.

This beast lived in Taihu. City Lord Yuan possessed a headband refined from a Xiezhi horn that had naturally shed. It also had the power to detect lies.

It was only effective on third-rank and below cultivators. He was currently wearing it.

With double verification, he was certain Dou Zhao had not lied. In that case, the Dou Family was not worth worrying about. He was just about to dismiss her when.

A steward suddenly walked in from outside.

“Third Young Master has something?”

This steward was the personal servant of his third son. He was both a manager and a protector. His sudden arrival made City Lord Yuan think the boy had caused trouble again.

The old servant transmitted a message while occasionally glancing at Dou Zhao.

This immediately gave her a bad premonition.

Moments later.

“Miss Dou Zhao, Third Young Master requests your presence.”

After the old servant finished communicating, he invited Dou Zhao to move to the rear garden of the City Lord’s Mansion right in front of City Lord Yuan. Her face was full of vigilance, and her unwillingness was shown completely.

“My father and uncles are waiting outside the mansion. I don’t have time right now. Why don’t we ask Third Young Master to make another appointment another day?”

The old servant immediately sneered.

“Since you have nothing to do with that senior, Miss Dou, there is no need to pretend. Today you will go whether you want to or not. Please do not make things difficult for this old servant.”

Dou Zhao’s expression remained calm. She turned to look at City Lord Yuan.

Her voice cold.

“Under everyone’s watchful eyes, if Dou Zhao enters the City Lord’s Mansion for questioning and something happens, when that senior returns in the future, he might do something.

“Does the City Lord truly intend to let your son act lawlessly?”

City Lord Yuan glanced at her contemptuously.

“Little girl, this entire Water Cloud Immortal Capital belongs to my Yuan Family. Your life also belongs to us. For such a small matter, this City Lord can still suppress it…”

Before he could finish, a cold rebuke rang out from the sky.

“Dog thing! You dare humiliate someone of my status?!!”

Boom!

Half of the City Lord’s Mansion collapsed before anyone could react. Countless dazzling blue-winged butterflies wrapped in boundless ice-flame seas descended like heavenly fire burning the world.

Wang Yu’s peak fourth-rank divine sense was released without reservation, instantly putting knowledgeable cultivators on high alert. The flame power of the Ice Flame Butterflies differed from the Ice Chi Pill Flame.

Although the nature appeared the same, one was Gu fire and the other was pill flame. In terms of offensive power, the Gu fire ice flame was even stronger than the Ice Chi Pill Flame.

The scene of butterflies and flames forming destruction was breathtakingly beautiful. Dou Zhao watched in a daze until that familiar white-robed figure appeared before her.

White clothes and silver hair, handsome beyond mortal appearance.

He stared arrogantly at City Lord Yuan.

The other party’s face turned iron-green: “Daoist, why go this far? Are you not afraid of the Azure Cloud Sect’s punishment?!!”

“Punishment? This lord is here today to punish you!”

Boom.

Black clouds rolled across the sky as thunder gathered.

A pitch-black lightning bolt slashed down. City Lord Yuan flew backward and summoned his life-bound magic treasure, a small yellow-green cauldron, to forcefully block one Black Demon Thunder.

He tried to call for help from Uncle Red Sea, but the words stuck in his throat. Before he could shout, everything before his eyes turned black.

Within an endless blood sea, corpses piled into mountains.

The Blood Sea Asura rose from within, delivering a heavy blow straight to his mind.

Asura Dao intent — Blood Slaughter Heart Sword!

A red line slashed out instantly. The Blood and Flesh Demonic Sword formed from bones emitted an extremely terrifying bloody aura. City Lord Yuan was scared out of his wits.

He was merely an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. What qualifications did he have to face a triple-layered attack combining a fourth-rank superior-grade magic treasure, Dao intent, and a fourth-rank perfected divine ability?!!

The blood line flashed past. City Lord Yuan’s body stiffened.

The sword light seemed to split the entire Water Cloud Immortal Capital in half. As the primary target, City Lord Yuan’s physical body was cleaved into two.

His mind suffered a devastating blow and fell completely silent.

Wang Yu seized the moment and stepped forward. Heavenly Demon Malicious Intent surged out. In an instant it took control of the body. He opened his mouth and gently inhaled.

City Lord Yuan’s plump, rounded body rapidly shriveled like a deflated balloon. His Nascent Soul silently extinguished. The massive life force quickly made Wang Yu’s complexion rosy again.

His bones crackled. The Immortal Spirit Body showed faint signs of entering the entry level. In fact, as long as he filled the gap in life force, the nourished Indestructible Spiritual Bone would naturally complete the entry-level cultivation of the spiritual body.

Helping him smoothly step into late fourth-rank body refinement!

City Lord Yuan’s vitality was decent, but still a little short. The gap left by the Heaven-Refining Demonic Flame was truly terrifying. Just a little more and it would have damaged his foundation.

This was after Wang Yu had already used the Deer Antler Pearl to replenish it twice. Otherwise, his lifespan might have suffered a great loss.

In the field.

City Lord Yuan had fallen too quickly. The others had not even reacted before Wang Yu killed him on the spot with “three punches and two kicks,” using an extremely demonic method.

He had sucked him dry…

Dou Zhao’s expression was grave and she said nothing.

The steward old servant directly collapsed to the ground. Before he could even beg for mercy, he was burned into a pile of ice powder by the Ice Flame Butterflies.

At this moment.

Dou Zhao finally spoke, her voice careful.

“Senior… Wang… you…”

Wang Yu glanced back at her.

“You have always wanted to know your ancestor’s true identity. With your intelligence, you must have already guessed it. He became a demonic cultivator.

“He should have broken through to late-stage Nascent Soul by now and is known as Yin Gui Demon Lord. This lord is his only close friend. The righteous path is full of scheming and refuses to act like humans.

“Demonic cultivators are even worse; they do not even bother pretending. The most essential thing in this world is power. Only power can dominate everything and control oneself!”

Wang Yu’s string of words left Dou Zhao speechless.

With her aptitude, Core Formation was already in her grasp. With effort, Nascent Soul was also possible. Dou Xiong becoming family head was partly due to her birth.

As for her father’s earlier threat to marry her off.

It had only been a scare tactic to push her to cultivate harder. Otherwise, he would have at least chosen a husband instead of marrying her off so recklessly.

The current situation was not suitable for a long heart-to-heart talk, nor for such topics. She quickly said.

“You should leave quickly. The City Lord’s Mansion has a fourth-rank formation and a mid-stage Nascent Soul. There is also an ancient teleportation formation near Water Cloud Immortal Capital. Azure Cloud Sect’s reinforcements will arrive soon.”

“No need.”

Wang Yu waved his hand.

“Today this lord will teach you a lesson. Ants have cheap lives, but to those stronger than them, even a mid-stage Nascent Soul… is also an ant!”

With that, he shot into the sky.

The Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal suddenly stretched out. The ground instantly turned into a Yellow Springs Great Swamp. The long-absent Yellow Springs Earth Resentment Puppet kicked out, sending the Red Sea Old Daoist who was rushing toward the formation core flying into the air.

It collided perfectly with Wang Yu’s outstretched Yellow Springs Hand.

This type of limb-extension divine ability could combine with Body-refiner power. Especially when Wang Yu compressed the boundless brute force of the Silver Blood Divine Marrow into a tiny space using the Force Domain.

Even though the Yellow Springs Great Hand Seal had not yet advanced to fourth rank.

It displayed extremely tyrannical power. While Red Sea cried out in alarm, the life-bound magic treasure he summoned turned out to be a flaming spear.

Despite his thin and frail appearance, he was actually proficient in close combat. Crimson flames surged from the spear, attempting to burn away the Yellow Springs Hand.

The Ice Flame Butterfly swarm met it head-on. Ice flame and crimson flame clashed evenly. Wang Yu opened his mouth and spat out the Ice Chi Pill Flame, executing the Ice Dragon Technique.

It directly suppressed the crimson sea of fire released by the flaming spear.

The Yellow Springs Hand smoothly seized Red Sea Old Daoist, turning him into a dried-up old bird in the blink of an eye.

“Daoist, please calm down! This matter was caused entirely by City Lord Yuan alone. It has nothing to do with this old Daoist!!!”

“So what? This lord simply wants to kill you.”

Aurora light flashed.

Wang Yu instantly appeared in front of Red Sea Old Daoist. Asura Dao intent was used once more. This time it was one of the killing techniques: Eye Killing Sword!

The sword light was cold and bloody, emphasizing extreme speed.

The mind was shaken by killing intent, and Asura Dao intent specialized in breaking the mind.

After Red Sea Old Daoist fell silent, Heavenly Demon Malicious Intent replicated the same operation used on City Lord Yuan. Wang Yu opened his mouth and gently inhaled. His previously slightly pale face instantly became rosy.

Life force fully replenished. He felt every bone in his body stirring with an unbearable itch.

This was the sign that the Immortal Spirit Body was about to enter the entry level.

Having slain the two Nascent Souls of Water Cloud Immortal Capital in succession, the Azure Cloud Sect side should have reacted by now. Wang Yu needed to leave quickly and find a place to break through his Body Refinement realm.

He had already regarded Taihu as his hunting ground.

Combining the Blood Pill Dao and Human Pill Dao with the Idle Slots would be his shortcut to rapidly complete Nascent Soul stage accumulation. Since the path was open, there was no reason not to try it.

These insects were simply wasting air by living. They might as well contribute to his great dao!

In The Pursuit Of Power.

Wang Yu was the most ruthless and merciless demonic giant. The name Supreme Law Profound Pill Demonic Lord would spread from the Crimson Kite to Taihu. The process would be extremely fast.

Having newly harvested two Nascent Soul storage rings.

Wang Yu landed in front of Dou Zhao and spoke concisely.

“Do you want to come with me?”

Dou Zhao was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood.

“You mean the West Mountain Dou Family will be implicated and punished?”

“Of course. The matter has already blown up.”

Wang Yu nodded and added.

“Later I will use great mana to erect an ice monument. I will publicly announce the cause and effect of the Cold Current Disaster, as well as the City Lord’s Mansion forcing local noble clans to take the blame.

“If the Azure Cloud Sect still wants to maintain its moral high ground on the surface, they will definitely reopen a thorough investigation. The two people killed by this lord will be branded as criminals.

“Although the West Mountain Dou Family will not be exterminated, you have had too much contact with me. That will be a flaw. Once the matter is exposed, the entire clan will be punished!”

Wang Yu did not say some things.

The internal struggle between the Seven Colored Cloud Lineages of the Azure Cloud Sect meant the opponents of the Red Cloud Lineage would not miss this chance to kick them while they were down. But his own situation was equally precarious.

Faced with this sudden situation, Dou Zhao was forced to make a quick decision. She soon said.

“I will go with you. Let me speak a few words with my father. They are waiting outside the City Lord’s Mansion.”

“Good.”

With a wave of his hand, Wang Yu sent Dou Zhao directly to Dou Xiong and the others waiting outside the City Lord’s Mansion. A thousand-zhang ice monument rose from the ruins at extreme speed.

Although Dou Xiong and the rest had witnessed the entire event.

With their cultivation and perception, everything still felt like a blur. They had not yet sorted out exactly what had happened.

Dou Zhao appeared in front of them in an instant.

Dou Xiong was completely dazed.

“Zhao… Zhao’er? How did you suddenly come out? What exactly happened inside?”

“Senior Wang has arrived. The situation is urgent, so daughter will only say the important parts. The City Lord and the Supervisory Envoy have both been killed by Senior Wang. Azure Cloud Sect experts will soon arrive via the ancient teleportation formation.

“I will leave with Senior Wang. The Dou Family may face some blame in the future. Endure what you can. When daughter returns after completing her studies, she will definitely restore the glory of the Dou Family!”

In her heart she understood the truth clearly.

Following Wang Yu was extremely dangerous. The threats she would face were all at the Nascent Soul level. An ant like her could easily die in the aftermath.

She could only use the excuse of “studying” to temporarily comfort her family.

Having seen Wang Yu’s bearing, the Dou Family members believed her without question. They even assumed Wang Yu had killed the City Lord and Supervisory Envoy because of Dou Zhao.

After all, the City Lord’s profligate son had been eyeing her, and that was no secret. He had even publicly insulted her on multiple occasions.

“Then Zhao’er, do you have a set return date…”

Hearing this.

Dou Zhao, who had been emotionally stable until now, instantly had red-rimmed eyes.

There were not many emotions in this world that could truly touch the heart.

Familial love was one of them.

And this departure… might very well be permanent. Dou Zhao could not say those words. She could only choke back a few sobs and force the brightest smile she could manage.

“Don’t worry. Zhao’er will come back.”

“I promise!”

Crackle~

Black Demon Thunder pulled out a streak of pitch-black lightning. Wang Yu suddenly appeared and nodded to everyone. He grabbed Dou Zhao’s shoulder with one hand and shot into the clouds as a beam of light.

Moments later, a massive ice mountain slammed down.

It completely razed the City Lord’s Mansion of Water Cloud Immortal Capital to the ground.

A terrifying cold current spread outward. Even the moisture in the air was frozen solid, like countless ice flowers blooming in the sky. Extreme cold power brewed within them.

Causing the frozen ice flowers to appear pitch-black.

The entire lineage of the City Lord’s Mansion was wiped out. Only the ice monument remained standing. The enormous characters ensured anyone within several kilometers could see them clearly.

Wang Yu had deliberately infused the ice prison demonic imprint with an extremely heavy demonic essence aura and the over-spec power of a fifth-rank divine ability.

Although the first layer “Ice Prison Suppresses Heaven and Earth” mainly focused on control, its power was still far beyond what ordinary Nascent Souls could withstand. Just the extreme low temperature alone could completely destroy a Nascent Soul’s physical body.

He had left this trace on purpose, mainly for deterrence.

At the same time, it would force the Azure Cloud Sect to guess which demonic Nascent Soul had “infiltrated” the Taihu Spiritual Domain.

Afterward, Wang Yu took Dou Zhao and headed north.

They advanced toward Ice Plains Prefecture with the goal of hunting Azure Cloud Sect Nascent Souls to continue gathering main materials for refining Blood Nascent Pills.

Having experienced the wondrous effects of blood-path spiritual pills.

The slow pace of proper spiritual pills now felt far too inefficient.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

That was exactly the principle at work here.

Along the way, the marvelous combined escape light made Dou Zhao feel as if her entire body was being gently caressed. A mere Qi Refining cultivator, even when using a flying artifact, mostly remained in a standing posture.

Only after reaching Core Formation and cultivating escape techniques could one truly fly at high speed with escape light.

This unprecedented experience made her unable to hold back a sound.

She spoke to prevent herself from getting lost in the sensation and embarrassing herself.

“Senior Wang… where are we going?”

“Ice Plains Prefecture. We will coordinate with the Cold Blood Peak cultivators from inside and outside to break through Ice River Pass.”

Wang Yu did not hide his purpose at all.

Although he had “escaped,” he had actually calculated that the Blood Reversal Sect would be unable to withstand the pressure from the Heaven-Refining Demonic Sect and would be “forced” to hand him over.

Leaving on his own preserved everyone’s face and also gave the Blood Reversal Sect a reasonable excuse for being unable to produce him.

Otherwise, when he entered the Blood Reversal Sect’s mountain gate, the Sect Master—who controlled the demonic star mystical formation—would definitely detect him. At that time, Wang Yu’s condition had been terrible.

He had been reduced to just a head wandering around, practically looking for death.

This tacit understanding meant that the Blood Reversal Sect kept silent about Wang Yu’s affairs. They neither declared he had defected nor said he was innocent and could return.

He could simply stay outside. He was still a person of the Blood Reversal Sect.

Scorching Sun Old Demon’s death was also kept secret. The blame had been pinned on the Crimson Heaven Demon Venerable. The Yellow Springs Monastery Lord could prove this—he had personally witnessed Crimson Heaven destroying Scorching Sun’s physical body.

Only the nearly extinguished Nascent Soul had escaped.

Therefore, Wang Yu’s current actions—cooperating with Cold Blood Peak’s strategy while hunting Taihu Nascent Souls—were perfectly normal.

However, stating it so openly left Dou Zhao completely stunned.

“Senior… aren’t you trusting Dou Zhao too much?”

“Trust? You are now just a little burden. Besides me, who else can you rely on?”

The words were brutally honest and left Dou Zhao speechless.

After a moment of silence.

Wang Yu said.

“I heard everything you said outside the City Lord’s Mansion. In the future, would you be willing to cultivate demonic path techniques?”

Besides surprise, joy filled Dou Zhao’s heart.

“Disciple greets Master!”

Wang Yu seemed slightly taken aback by her answer. His escape light stiffened for an instant, but he quickly continued as if nothing had happened.

“The formal apprenticeship ceremony can wait until we reach our destination.”

“Mm-hmm.”

This was completely different from the two family disciples he had casually accepted in Jade Spirit City purely for networking. Back then he had not even touched the pair of sisters who had thrown themselves at him.

This showed how clear his intentions had been. Taking Dou Zhao as a disciple now was different. She was a descendant of Yin Gui’s lineage and already had that layer of connection.

Moreover, her earlier words had reminded Wang Yu of his own precarious days. Therefore, he intended to teach her real skills.

Dou Zhao had a Heavenly Fire Spiritual Root, which did not match his path.

But after obtaining the Innate Demonic Embryo Physique, ice-path techniques were no longer his only option. Once his cultivation reached the required level, he could even switch to the second half of the Rakshasa True Demon Scripture!

The demonic embryo physique encompassed all phenomena. Any demonic path technique could advance by leaps and bounds without attribute restrictions.

The reason he continued cultivating the Ice Soul Holy Demonic Scripture was because his entire foundation had been built on it. After so many years of ice-path cultivation, the amount of cold ice spiritual materials he had absorbed was astronomical.

This had given his frozen demonic essence extremely high intensity. The cold power he possessed was not inferior to that of the Ice Soul Fairy. Abandoning it now would be far too wasteful.

As for Dou Zhao’s path, he still needed to think carefully.

In terms of fire-element demonic techniques, the Heaven-Refining Demonic Sect had the most authority. He could try to obtain some later. Before she reached Nascent Soul, her demonic path foundation was not yet fully set, so there was no need to rush.

After flying for several days, the two crossed from Water Cloud Prefecture into Ice Plains Prefecture territory. Wang Yu decided to find a suitable second-rank spiritual vein location first to help Dou Zhao build her foundation.

At the same time, he would gather intelligence on the war situation and find the right moment to act.

Thus.

More than a month passed in the blink of an eye.

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The eastern region of Ice Plains Prefecture, near Ice River Pass, had been completely placed under control. Mortals had been relocated to rear cities, and the frontline areas were now occupied by Azure Cloud Sect cultivators.

Half of those areas had been temporarily taken over by the arriving Blazing Sun Sect as support troops. Nominally they were under the command of the Azure Cloud Sect’s overall war commander.

In reality, they could only set the general direction. The specific battle details still had to be decided by the Blazing Sun Sect themselves.

On this day.

Cold Pine City, Star Sky Tavern.

Wang Yu used a human-skin medium to change his appearance and entered the city alone to gather information. Dou Zhao had been placed by him in a small family’s second-rank spirit vein deep in the mountains and wilderness.

The Yellow Springs Earth Resentment Puppet was personally guarding her, so there would be no major problems.

At that moment.

Several disciples of the Blazing Sun Sect wearing crimson crow-patterned daoist robes were drinking to drown their sorrows. After just a few small cups, they were already drunk and talking wildly, spilling everything without restraint.

This was naturally Wang Yu’s doing. After the Taiyin Nether Eyes completely refined that Moon Core fragment, it had reached perfection. This caused the four eye techniques—Moon Observation, Illusionary Moon, Falling Moon, and Void Moon.—to simultaneously reach fourth-rank level.

Under the derivative effect of the Illusionary Moon Technique, with just a tiny bit of force, these cultivators, who were at most Foundation Establishment—would reveal everything Wang Yu wanted to know.

“I heard those bastards from the Azure Cloud Sect were recently put in a very awkward position by a new demonic genius.”

“Oh? Tell me more~”

Wang Yu had not expected the first thing that left a deep impression on them to be his deeds in Water Cloud Immortal Capital. His expression instantly became a bit strange.

“That person calls himself the Supreme Law Demonic Lord—the supremes of laws, how arrogant! But what he did was truly fierce. His sword light parted Water Cloud Immortal Capital right down the middle, and the City Lord’s Mansion was flattened into a bald patch.

“The Yuan Family of the Red Cloud Lineage was directly wiped out by half. The losses were quite heavy. He even publicized all the rotten things that group did to the world. The Azure Cloud Sect is now in a complete mess!”

Another person said in shock.

“There’s actually such a thing? Has that Supreme Law Demonic Lord been executed?”

“Not yet. I heard he disappeared. No tracking secret art can find any trace of him.”

At this moment, the third person had a worried look.

“What if he comes to Ice River Pass?”

The others fell silent for a long time.

After a while.

Someone weakly said.

“The nether beasts of the Nether Mountain Sect are countered by the Fire Crow Clan. Our sect’s Golden Flame Dao Lord has even cultivated the Golden Crow divine ability technique. He should not fear this Supreme Law Demonic Lord.”

“One thing at a time. Didn’t the Yin Flood Dragon Demon Lord also beat Old Daoist Huang Yun until he screamed, with half his waist bitten off? Both are late-stage Nascent Soul great cultivators. Excluding the factor of technique counters, it’s hard to say who would win.”

After listening for a while, he finally got some decent information.

“Golden Flame and Yin Flood Dragon, huh.”

These two were fairly famous. After all, at the great cultivator level, they were basically celebrities known across both domains, except for a few who had just broken through and had not yet made a name for themselves in battle, such as Jade Water……

“Sigh, these powerhouses are too far from us. Let’s talk about something closer. Half a year ago, that battle killed almost all my brothers. Only you few drinking buddies are left.

“I wonder if Kuangmei Mountain can continue to hold.”

Hearing the words “Kuangmei Mountain,” Wang Yu’s heart stirred.

Ice River Pass was built above the Qingyu River. There were three ways to break through this pass.

The first was a frontal assault. The success rate was quite low.

The dangerous passes in the cultivation world were not just due to terrain. There were also special environments, formations accumulated over many years, restrictions… all of which were natural moats blocking attacks!

The second was an underwater assault. The Qingyu River’s depth was unimaginable. It was the most famous great river in the Ice Prison Realm, directly connecting to Taihu and spanning nearly half the Ice Prison Realm.

The third was this “Kuangmei Mountain.” Its elevation was the highest in the Ice Prison Realm, even surpassing the high-altitude astral wind layer. Following this path to the summit.

One could bypass the no-flight restriction limit of Ice River Pass and directly take the cloud path, jumping over Ice River Pass to invade the Taihu Spiritual Domain.

This strategy also had two flaws.

First, the attack was difficult. Second, after invading, securing the retreat was hard. There was the risk of being surrounded and annihilated. Moreover, when re-entering the astral wind layer, only Core Formation cultivators could withstand it.

Therefore, it had to be paired with the carrying capacity of war vessels.

Wang Yu had read the million books in the Scripture Pavilion. These terrain maps were already deeply etched in his mind. For low-rank cultivators, these were secrets that were hard to know.

Learning that the focus of the Ice River Pass battle was on Kuangmei Mountain.

He had an idea.

He quietly left the tavern and returned to the small family he had temporarily controlled in the mountains. The Foundation Establishment spiritual item for Dou Zhao was provided by him.

Such a small thing had tortured him quite a bit when he was searching for it back then. But for the current him, he had as many as he wanted. While Dou Zhao was breaking through, Wang Yu also prepared to cultivate and completely enter the entry level of the Immortal Spirit Body.

He would smoothly break through to late fourth-rank Body Refinement. The barriers on this path had all disappeared. Breaking through would be effortless.

Once successful, he could indeed rightfully bear the title of great cultivator. He also needed to refine some new magic treasures for use.

Most of his gains from the Human Emperor Secret Vault were not presentable, but a few were quite good.

For example, that damaged three-point two-bladed spear.

After refining it into a Blood and Flesh True Artifact with the Demon Refining Artifact Art, it would be perfect as a weapon for displaying his Body Refinement power. After all, the Evil Demonic Dragon Armor was a defensive amplification treasure.

He was still missing a suitable close-combat true artifact. As the saying went, one force can subdue ten techniques. He would soon enter this stage and display the invincible divine strength talent of Body Refiners in close combat.

Although this path consumed many resources, once he reached this stage.

In terms of physical body strength alone, there was truly no same-realm cultivator in the Ice Prison Realm who could compare to him. Especially after the Indestructible Spiritual Bone was fully integrated and he cultivated the fifth-rank Immortal Spiritual Body.

He would be hard to kill even if he wanted to!

Harboring expectations for the future, Wang Yu broke through near the place where Dou Zhao was in seclusion. In the blink of an eye, another year passed.

On this day.

In the cave abode piled with several hundred supreme-grade spirit stones, Wang Yu’s seated body suddenly erupted with a terrifying devouring and absorbing force. Pure spiritual power converged into a funnel shape.

It was all drawn into his body. Under the wash of massive spiritual power.

The Indestructible Spiritual Bone instantly bloomed with brilliant light, making his physical body look like a layer of transparent cicada wings. All the bones connected more tightly.

Toughness and hardness rose straight up.

To this day, the long-pursued path of Body Refinement had finally broken through to late fourth-rank. Immediately after, the Silver Blood Divine Marrow became even more viscous, mixed with faint golden threads.

The indestructible spiritual light blooming from the bones formed an invisible bone membrane. This membrane had no defensive ability against offensive divine abilities, but it possessed an extremely special effect.

It could resist the erosion of time. Even after a thousand or ten thousand years, even if Wang Yu had fallen for many years, the Indestructible Spiritual Bone would not decay and would still remain bright and clean as new.

The Indestructible Body referred to exactly this kind of indestructibility.

If he encountered a desperate situation, this indestructible bone membrane could also become a life-saving straw, preserving the last wisp of life essence. Under suitable conditions, it could allow revival once more.

Of course, there were prerequisites.

The prerequisite was that Wang Yu’s own lifespan had not yet been exhausted. Within that range, revival would have no side effects. Time beyond his lifespan would cause rapid aging and other conditions.

—Until old age and death!

Someone once said: The so-called longevity methods are simply ways to stubbornly refuse to die.

As long as one finds the right direction, many inheritance lineages actually have traces to follow. This unique indestructible bone membrane of Body Refiners has the potential for this as well.

Expanding it from the bones to the flesh, and then truly affecting the flow of time, hiding outside the long river of time and unaffected by the passage of time.

It was not impossible!

It was just that the realm required was far beyond what the current Wang Yu could reach. The path of cultivation had many forks, was full of thorns, and was extremely difficult to pioneer.

“Still need to work hard…”

He used these four words as the evaluation for this period.

Wang Yu hurriedly left the temporary cave abode. As expected, he saw Dou Zhao who had broken through to the first layer of Foundation Establishment. The Dou Family’s inherited techniques were few in number and only reached third rank at most.

In terms of intensity, they were at best third-rank mid-grade techniques.

The divine abilities only had the most basic Three Pill Flame Spitting method, which was rather crude.

“Congratulations, Master, on exiting seclusion!”

Seeing this, Wang Yu deliberately patted Dou Zhao’s head.

“Master will first teach you a secret art. Comprehend it for now. Ask me directly if you don’t understand anything, but when cultivating, remember to inform me.”

The technique he taught was naturally the foundation of Wang Yu’s rise.

Demonic Embryo Mysterious Origin Secret Curse!

The mortality rate of cultivating this secret art was too high. Wang Yu came up with a compromise method: let Dou Zhao absorb the Heavenly Demon Malicious Intent from his body to nurture the demonic embryo.

This was also a way of exploiting a bug!