The surrounding coldness intensified, and Mo Wuji estimated that he would be frozen again as he had been before. When he practiced the first form of the Heavenly Thunder Seven Styles, flames would burn within him. Now that he had successfully cultivated it, the burning sensation had decreased drastically as he continued to circulate his cultivation technique.

If the burning sensation disappeared, he would end up like the pair of male and female cultivators from before.

Mo Wuji didn't dare to hesitate for even a moment. He quickly plucked the two ice flowers, along with half a foot of their roots, and quickly rushed up the ice steps.

Half an incense stick later, Mo Wuji stood panting in the original hall once more. He looked at the ice steps leading down with lingering fear. He had almost died down there this time.

Mo Wuji was certain that there were more than just these two Immeasurable Soul Forging Crystals down below. Perhaps there were even better things, but unfortunately, he didn't dare to stay down there any longer.

The two ice flowers in his hand emanated a cool aura, making one feel refreshed and incredibly comfortable. Mo Wuji was sure that even if they weren't Immeasurable Soul Forging Crystals, they were still extraordinary items.

Mo Wuji took out two rectangular jade boxes and carefully placed the two Immeasurable Soul Forging Crystals inside, then put the jade boxes into his storage bag.

He had nearly frozen to death down there, but he wasn't without gains. At least he had learned the first form of the Heavenly Thunder Seven Styles. Or rather, perhaps he hadn't learned the true Heavenly Thunder Seven Styles. After all, the diagram was incomplete, and some of the meridian pathways were unclear. He had used his understanding from the Immortal Mortal Technique to fill in the missing parts.

Regardless, he could now control lightning to attack.

Thinking of this, Mo Wuji circulated his Yuan Qi, cast several hand seals, and then slapped his hand out. Six or seven streams of Yuan Qi were blasted out, transforming into lightning that exploded around him.

Unfortunately, the first form of the Heavenly Thunder Seven Styles wasn't visually impressive. When he blasted it out, there were no lightning arcs, only Yuan power. The Yuan power only exploded into lightning after it was blasted out, rather than being lightning from the start. This lacked a sense of awe and felt somewhat awkward.

Mo Wuji quickly formed several more hand seals. This time, instead of blasting out six or seven streams of Yuan power, he gathered the Yuan power together.

"Boom!" A lightning blast, several times stronger than before, exploded two zhang in front of him. The hard ground was blasted into a cluster of lightning flowers, and some of the ice shards clinging to the ground were shattered into pieces.

Mo Wuji looked at his hand with satisfaction. Although his first form of the Heavenly Thunder Seven Styles wasn't pretty, it was practical. The prerequisite was that he couldn't disperse the lightning, as its power would be greatly reduced.

The first form of the Heavenly Thunder Seven Styles was called 'Thunder Falls on the Earth'. His version was definitely different. He might as well call it 'Thunder from Thin Air'. This name sounded grander than 'Thunder Falls on the Earth'. One was from the sky, and the other from the earth, naturally different. After amusing himself for a while, Mo Wuji reluctantly glanced at the ice steps behind him. This place had good things, but unfortunately, he could only stare at them.

He should leave this ice palace quickly, as it was getting quite cold.

Mo Wuji quickly returned to the stone door, worried that it wouldn't have a keyhole and he wouldn't be able to get out. After all, he had been in a hurry when he came in and hadn't had time to observe.

Mo Wuji was clearly overthinking it. The keyhole in the stone door was very obvious, identical to the one outside. Mo Wuji breathed a sigh of relief and took out the key. Just as he was about to insert the key into the keyhole, a series of muffled booming vibrations came from outside.

Not good, someone else was coming here. Judging from the sound, they were definitely attacking the stone door. Mo Wuji didn't dare to open the door. He stood by the door and listened for a while. The attacks outside not only didn't weaken, but were getting stronger.

Mo Wuji didn't dare to stay by the door any longer. He carefully retreated to a secluded corner of the hall before stopping.

At this moment, Mo Wuji was praying that the stone door wouldn't be opened. Once the stone door was opened, the hall was so small that he would be found sooner or later.

A full hour passed, and the booming sound from the stone door continued to come, but the stone door remained motionless, showing no signs of being opened.

Mo Wuji calmed down and finally felt the cold. Although it was much better up here than down on the ice steps, he couldn't stand it for too long.

Mo Wuji quickly took out a pile of Earth-grade spirit stones and placed them under him, while also taking out a Spirit Strengthening Pill. He planned to use cultivation to resist the cold. Cultivating the Immortal Mortal Technique couldn't resist the extreme cold of the ice steps, but it could resist the cold up here.

He had now opened up seventy-two meridians, and he estimated that reaching the ninth layer of Meridian Opening Realm would be the limit, at most allowing him to cultivate to the peak of the ninth layer of Meridian Opening Realm. After reaching the peak of the ninth layer of Meridian Opening Realm, he wouldn't rush to break through to the Spiritual Building Realm. Shen Lian had said that if he could cultivate to the tenth layer of Meridian Opening Realm, he would have a chance to break through to the Human Immortal Realm when he reached the ninth layer of Mortal Shedding Realm. He had Meridian Opening Medicinal Liquid and naturally wanted to break through to the Human Immortal Realm.

If he couldn't configure the subsequent Meridian Opening Medicinal Liquid, and he couldn't cultivate to the tenth layer of Meridian Opening Realm, then he could choose to break through to the Spiritual Building Realm later.

Once he cultivated to the peak of the ninth layer of Meridian Opening Realm, and he couldn't break through to the tenth layer of Meridian Opening Realm, then he would continue to cultivate his Spiritual Will. That was why Mo Wuji had taken out both spirit stones and Spirit Strengthening Pills at the same time.

Once Mo Wuji began to cultivate, the surrounding spiritual energy was constantly drawn to him. Dense spiritual energy circulated around Mo Wuji's body, and the true essence within him stirred, directly driving away the surrounding cold.

The spiritual energy here was already dense, and with Mo Wuji taking out a pile of spirit stones, his cultivation base was rising rapidly. In just three days, he had cultivated to the peak of the ninth layer of Meridian Opening Realm. As Mo Wuji had expected, he couldn't break through to the tenth layer of Meridian Opening Realm.

After swallowing a fast-replenishing pill, Mo Wuji continued to cultivate his Spiritual Will with Spirit Strengthening Pills. By this time, Mo Wuji naturally knew that Spiritual Will was a good thing. If it weren't for his superior Spiritual Will, he would be no different from an ordinary ninth-layer Meridian Opening cultivator, let alone being able to come in and obtain the Immeasurable Soul Forging Crystal.

Time gradually passed as Mo Wuji cultivated. At first, Mo Wuji was worried that the stone door would be blasted open, but later, Mo Wuji was completely immersed in the cultivation of his Spiritual Will. As for the stone door, he had long forgotten all about it.

He didn't know how long had passed, but Mo Wuji felt that his Spiritual Will had reached its limit, and then suddenly exploded, seemingly advancing to a new realm. At this moment, Mo Wuji suddenly opened his eyes, and his Spiritual Will swept out.

The Spiritual Will power, several times stronger than before, instantly swept through every corner of the hall. The powerful feeling made Mo Wuji eager to find a Spiritual Building Realm expert to test himself against, to see how much he differed from a Spiritual Building Realm cultivator.

Deep down, he had a feeling of confidence that even if he faced an early-stage Spiritual Building Realm cultivator, with such a powerful Spiritual Will, he would have a chance to fight.

"Hoo!" Mo Wuji exhaled and stood up. Before he could check the remaining pills, his Spiritual Will suddenly stopped.

He saw a complex pattern. He seemed to have seen this pattern somewhere before. He remembered, it was the pattern on the bracelet. When he discovered that the bracelet could indicate direction, he had specifically used his Spiritual Will to penetrate it and examine it. The pattern inside the bracelet seemed to be something similar.

The patterns here were very detailed, and there were even some written explanations.

Mo Wuji withdrew his Spiritual Will. He decided to check the stone door first, and then go and look at those patterns. The stone door was currently silent, indicating that it hadn't been opened.

He had taken out a bottle of fast-replenishing pills, and there were only five left. A bottle of fast-replenishing pills had eighteen, and calculating one pill every two days, Mo Wuji realized that he had been here for almost a month. As for the Spirit Strengthening Pills, they were also almost used up. Out of two bottles of Spirit Strengthening Pills, only one remained.

Putting away the pills and the remaining spirit stones, Mo Wuji specifically walked to the stone door and listened. Confirming that no one was attacking outside, he turned and walked towards the corner of the hall where the patterns were engraved.

Upon getting closer, Mo Wuji could see it even more clearly with his Spiritual Will. This didn't seem to be a stone wall, but a wall made of some kind of metal. The wall was densely covered with writing. Not only were there words, but also various patterns and some graphics. These things covered almost half of the wall.

Mo Wuji walked to the very beginning, where it was clearly written, "Little Chick Strip, wanting to use a mere ice palace to lock up your grandpa Chu Xingzi, did you eat too much pig brain? When your grandpa opens this broken palace, I'll tell you, little Chick Strip, how your grandpa left..."

"...Little Chick Strip, you learned a little something from that woman's belly, right? Not bad, you've trapped your grandpa for a day. But your grandpa also wants to tell you, you piece of trash, that woman was sick of my [expletive]."

Seeing this, Mo Wuji pictured an image of someone spitting and cursing. One moment calling himself "Old Man," another calling himself "Grandpa," expressing the extreme anger of this Chu Xingzi.

Mo Wuji chuckled in his heart. This Chu Xingzi really didn't have the demeanor of an expert. Weren't experts supposed to be subtle in their speech? This Chu Xingzi was like a street thug, without the slightest restraint.

"...Not bad, that woman really did give you everything she had in her belly. Although everything that woman had was given to her by Grandpa, Grandpa is still very unhappy. You actually trapped Grandpa for a month..."

"Bitch, slut... Garbage that I, Old Man, don't want, so what if you taught that Little Chick Strip everything I taught you? So what if you trap Old Man for ten years? Can you trap your grandpa for a lifetime? Little Chick Strip, you even slept with that kind of slut to learn Grandpa's array techniques. Kneel down and call me Grandpa, and Grandpa will personally teach you."

"Good, that's right, today Grandpa will pass the array techniques to you, you little Chick Strip. It's ten thousand times better than what that slut taught you..."

Mo Wuji felt a little depressed. He seemed to see Chu Xingzi trapped here, from cursing and scolding to finally despairing. Seeing this last line of writing, Chu Xingzi was obviously so angry that his mind was a little unclear.

"Arrays are very simple. Me setting up an array is like making a cage, with living ones, dead ones, and ones that are neither alive nor dead... Look at Grandpa's array patterns. This first array pattern is called the Activation Pattern. Only the best Activation Pattern can create the best grand array..."

Mo Wuji continued to read, becoming more and more surprised. Chu Xingzi's explanation of array techniques was simple and easy to understand, without any abstruse language.

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