Half a month later, the Ice Emperor City was still tranquil.
Ten days ago, Bing Qing Tong, Han Cui, Shuang Yu Zhu, and Leng Dan Qing had all broken through in the ice chamber that Shi Yan had built with the Ice Cold Flame. Bing Qing Tong and Han Cui had reached the Third Sky of Spirit Realm, while Shuang Yu Zhu and Leng Dan Qing had entered the Second Sky of Spirit Realm.
After they had broken through, Bing Qing Tong immediately sent the news to the General Union. The manager of the General Union was so excited when he heard that they had entered the new realm.
The war that the Heaven Temple and the Fighting Union was about to start was postponed because of the breakthrough of Bing Qing Tong and the others.
The Fighting Union had tried their best to protect the Ice Emperor City, even using the strongest force of the Fighting Union to fight against the Heaven Temple. As the manager of the Heaven Temple saw the Fighting Union's strong and persistent attitude, he considered the pros and cons. Eventually, he warned the Ning family not to act rashly.
The war that was about to happen had ceased. It was unknown what the leaders of the Heaven Temple and the Fighting Union had discussed in private. Both sides had stopped.
After Ba Si Teng and Ba Fei knew that the Ice Emperor City was safe, they bid farewell to Shi Yan and left for the Ba family's ancestral home to find the treasures of the Ba family.
Shi Yan stayed in the Ice Emperor City to build an ice chamber for the city. With the two drops of the Cold Chalcedony, the Ice Cold Flame and the Holy Spirit God's intellect had been upgraded one level, which made these two strange creatures more humanized. After the Holy Spirit God had taken in a drop of the Cold Chalcedony, its white bone body became as translucent as a beautiful jade, with a cold aura and a dazzling divine light.
The Ice Cold Flame had circled around the Bitter Cold Land to replenish its cold aura. Its power was restored fast.
Today, after Bing Qing Tong's group of four had finished cultivating in the ice chamber, Shi Yan told them that he wanted to leave for a while, saying that he wanted to go to the Dead Soul Mountain range.
Bing Qing Tong knew what he was worried about, so she tried to persuade him to stay. Seeing his persistence, she reluctantly agreed.
Although they hadn't spent much time with Shi Yan, their feelings for Shi Yan weren't shallow. They wanted to keep Shi Yan in the Ice Emperor City and spend the rest of their lives with Shi Yan. Unfortunately, Shi Yan didn't appreciate their kindness. He also said that he couldn't spend the rest of his life in one place. Since they couldn't persuade Shi Yan, they could only accept their fate.
As Bing Qing Tong and the others cultivated the Ice Jade Technique, the Ice Emperor City and the cold land around were the best places for them to cultivate.
To reach a higher realm, they couldn't leave the Ice Emperor City. Leaving with Shi Yan to the unknown Dead Soul Mountain range, they could only watch Shi Yan leave.
At this moment, their realms had increased massively. The Fighting Union also valued them a lot. Even if Ning Du Quan came here one more time, with their realm and cultivation base, they wouldn't be afraid of the Ning family.
If the Fighting Union wanted to protect them, the Heaven Temple wouldn't dare to act rashly. Thus, Shi Yan wasn't worried about their safety.
After comforting the four women for a while, Shi Yan left the Ice Emperor City alone, continuing his journey.
On the way to the Dead Soul Mountain range, he ate the wind and drank the dew. Along the way, he always cultivated the power Upanishads he had mastered.
Negative energy, the Immortal Rebirth Secret, the Star Martial Spirit, the Death and Life Seal, and the other powers Upanishads he had mastered, he was trying to comprehend them and increase his realm one more time, entering the Spirit Realm.
The Three God Realm was the ultimate threshold of a warrior. Entering the Three God Sect meant that a warrior had stepped into the realm of the strongest warriors. To reach the Three God Sect, countless warriors had been chasing after it bitterly. They had stayed in the deep forest all year round to comprehend the mysteries of their powers and the true meaning of their realms.
Shi Yan had many kinds of martial spirits, but it wasn't something he could achieve in a short time if he wanted to master the true meaning of a power Upanishad.
However, if he knew it was difficult but he didn't try hard, he would never be able to cross this threshold for the rest of his life. Thus, on the way, whenever he had free time, he would ask himself to sink in and calm down to comprehend the true meanings of different powers.
With his efforts, his understanding of the powers Upanishads he had mastered had reached a whole new realm.
Although he still couldn't rely on sudden enlightenment to make a breakthrough, he could increase the power of a certain type of power. His understanding of the Seal of Life and Death was incomparably deep. Once he released the Life and Death Intent, he could even affect all living creatures and plants in the surrounding area.
The Star Martial Spirit had a change. During this time, it continued to absorb the sunlight.
Although it was late at night, he could still feel the scorching sun in the vast sea of stars. He could feel the feeble power of the sun seeping into his body.
The stars, the sun, and the moon were immortal. They wouldn't disappear with the change of day and night. They would just be covered for a while.
As long as his martial spirit was strong enough, he could still sense the power of the sun, moon, and stars. Whether it was day or night, he could continue to absorb and sense them. However, the speed of absorption would be different.
The Divine Great Land was immensely vast. The Ice Emperor City was just a corner of the Far West region. After he had left the Ice Emperor City, he had visited many big countries. Those countries were dependent on the powerful forces like the Heaven Temple or the Fighting Union. Every time there was a festival, the Kings of the mortal world would visit the capital cities of those warriors or the powerful families to greet them.
The empires in the secular world were just vassals of those powerful cultivator forces. Every once in a while, they would have to pay a large amount of cultivation resources to provide for those cultivators to cultivate or refine pills and artifacts.
Some of the powerful empires had vast territories with millions of people. However, facing the powerful warriors who could topple the mountains and overturn the sea, they had to lower their heads and show their humble side.
Along the way, he had passed through many powerful empires. The forces of those empires weren't comparable to the Raging Fire Empire or the God-blessed Empire in the Quiet Cloud. However, no matter how strong they were, they couldn't compare to the ancient factions in the Divine Great Land that had existed for tens of thousands of years.
Each ancient faction had a True God Realm warrior. In the Divine Great Land, a True God Realm warrior was equal to a God!
As long as a True God Realm warrior wanted to, he could destroy any empire that didn't have a warrior at the same realm. Under this intimidating intimidation, the big countries didn't dare to resist. Instead, they submitted to him wholeheartedly, willingly offering their cultivating resources.
Countless famous mountains and rivers, countless warriors cultivating alone. Along the way, Shi Yan had seen a lot of luxuries that he couldn't see in the Endless Sea.
He had passed through many countries, crossed many famous mountains, and sensed many strong warriors. Gradually, he had a deeper understanding of the Divine Great Land.
Along the way, he didn't provoke any strong enemies or rely on his power to kill people. Quite the contrary, he was like an ascetic monk, walking alone in his sackcloth and hemp clothes in the deep mountains and swamps.
Staying with the demonic beasts, using the heaven and earth as his seat, he became taciturn. He didn't talk to anyone, only wholeheartedly pursuing the path.
The acme of the martial path could move the mountains and move the seas. He could fly up to the sky, and his body could travel to the Sky Realm …
In this lonely journey, he had wholeheartedly tried to comprehend the acme of the martial path. With a clear direction, he walked step by step towards the acme of the martial path. His spirit, Qi, and soul were condensed, and his mind was empty. He just wanted to take one more step to reach the Spirit Realm.
Time flew quickly. He didn't know how long it had been, or how many big countries and mountains he had passed. Today, after crossing an endless swamp, he finally saw many majestic mountains that pierced through the sky.
Those mountains were like sharp swords, piercing the sky. Clouds were everywhere, and demonic beasts were flying.
The continuous mountain range seemed to have no end. There were hundreds of mountains in front of him, each of which was extremely majestic. Heaven and earth aura was thick in the mountains in front of him. Demonic beasts were wreaking havoc. Sometimes, strong warriors could be seen, as if they were hiding in the caves, cultivating ascetically.
Masses of green smoke scattered around the mountain range like cotton balls. Inside the green smoke, a strange Yin Qi was released. From time to time, some evil dead souls could be seen in the green smoke. Those dead souls didn't have a real body, but they gave people a terrifying feeling.
The Dead Soul Mountain range was the most mysterious and dangerous place in the Divine Great Land. This mountain range had almost one thousand mountains of different sizes. Warriors and demonic beasts lived on each mountain. Some of the demonic beasts living on the mountains were extremely intimidating. They could transform into human beings with the same appearance as the warriors. If they didn't use their power, normal warriors couldn't tell them apart.
In the Dead Soul Mountain range, there were dead souls. Perhaps they were the souls of the strong warriors who had absorbed Yin Qi, or they were the souls of the demonic beasts living in the mountain range. There was another saying that those dead souls were the alien tribes, who had come to the Grace Mainland through the green clouds.
The green clouds that looked like cotton balls scattered in the Dead Soul Mountain range were called the dead souls' evil lairs. It seemed that only dead souls could move in the dead souls' evil lairs. Once human warriors and demonic beasts came near, their souls would be attacked, and they would turn into dead souls.
In the legends, the dead souls' evil lairs were another kind of heaven gate that connected to the mysterious outer space.
Unfortunately, ordinary warriors and demonic beasts didn't dare to come near them. As long as a creature had a soul, once it came near the dead souls' evil lairs, it would be eroded and turned into a dead soul. Even the Spirit Realm warriors couldn't escape this calamity.
The dead souls' evil lairs were the special features of the Dead Soul Mountain range. They existed in the clouds, which people could observe from a distance, but they couldn't get in.
Every few years, strange things would happen in those dead souls' evil lairs. Sometimes, some terrifying dead souls would appear, or some mysterious energy would spread out, which would shake the entire Dead Soul Mountain range. Some strong warriors of the Divine Great Land used to come near the dead souls' evil lairs. Someone used to see flickering shadows in the dead souls' evil lairs from a very close distance.
The story about the dead souls' evil lairs had been spread for tens of thousands of years in the Divine Great Land. However, until now, no one could tell what the dead souls' evil lairs were, or what they kept inside.
Perhaps, some people knew the secret of the dead souls' evil lairs, but they didn't want to share it with others.
Looking at the majestic mountain range from a distance, Shi Yan's eyes sparkled with divine light. He contemplated for a while and then muttered, "Finally, we're here."
Then, he strode in.
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