People looked up and saw that among the continuous peaks covered by ice and snow, one mountain in the northwest of this land towered into the clouds. It was mostly gray, with two-thirds of its body carved with runes inherited by the Chu family, and the remaining third covered by black and red gas.
"This entire mountain resembles that wooden sword very much. The hilt pierces the heavens, and one-third of the blade drives the Dao rhythm of this realm, while the other two-thirds are submerged deep into the earth, likely suppressing something formidable!" Wang Zhuo whispered.
At this moment, spiritual energy surged between heaven and earth. The gray wooden sword-shaped peak began to shed numerous gray fragments, and the thick ice and snow on its body also dispersed. In this instant, an supreme sword intent permeated the ice and snow world.
"What happened? This peak is flowing with strange divine power. All the other peaks remain as they were, but only this one has undergone a transformation."
"Not good!"
"The great hall behind us has vanished!!" Su Dan Fiction Network
Wang Yunxuan exclaimed.
Everyone turned their heads and saw that the palaces behind them, which had been traversed and filled with the corpses of Void Demons, had completely disappeared. An endless expanse of ice and snow stretched out behind them.
"From now on, no one should move. This place is extremely strange, not only with the aura of Void Demons but also with the aura of the Immortal Lord. I believe we are approaching the core of this secret realm!" Xia Xin Yu said with a grave expression.
After speaking, she closed her eyes and remained silent. A five-colored light ignited between her brows, and a pair of fiery wings fluttered behind her. After a few breaths, she folded her wings, opened her eyes, and walked directly towards the wooden sword peak.
"You guys said that the mysterious palace was the palace of the Void Demon leader. Could this ice and snow world be the place where the Immortal Lord suppressed the Void Demon leader?" Yang You Ji followed behind Xia Xin Yu, asking with uncertainty.
"It shouldn't be. After the war of the gods, the Phoenix tribes, along with the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise, only tested the Immortal Lord and Candle Dragon. We don't even know what the Void Demons are or where they came from. The Immortal Lord came from the Immortal Realm, and he is an immortal! How could he not defeat the leader of the Void Demons?" Wang Zhuo shook his head, his expression filled with doubt.
"Did your Wang family already know this?" Xia Xin Yu turned back, her expressionless.
"After the war of the gods, when the Immortal Lord imparted the Longevity Art to my Wang family, he informed our ancestor," Wang Zhuo said.
Xia Xin Yu believed him wholeheartedly: "It's not certain whether the Immortal Lord could defeat the Void Demon leader. If the Void Demon leader wasn't powerful back then, how could he have suppressed the combined efforts of the Immortal Lord and Candle Dragon?"
"Looking at the current situation, it's possible that the Void Demon leader met a similar fate to Candle Dragon, perhaps also sealed."
"But this is just speculation. As for what exactly is inside, we'll find out when we reach the wooden sword peak."
Several hours later, they finally reached a thousand li away from the wooden sword peak. On the flat ground, a three-zhang wooden sword was slanted in the earth.
"Another wooden sword refined from a branch of the Heaven-Supporting Wood. This is the third one I've seen on this journey. The Immortal Lord cut down the Heaven-Supporting Wood and refined so many wooden swords. What exactly is he trying to do?" Xia Xin Yu's expression instantly changed as she looked at the wooden sword slanted in front of her.
This wooden sword had only its tip buried in the ground. Layers of blue light swirled around the long sword, and a rune flowed at the hilt. Below it was a gray mirror.
"There are words on that wooden sword, ancient script!" Long Ju said, looking at the long sword. He then looked at a corner of the sword guard and saw two ancient characters lying there.
Xia Xin Yu looked at the two characters and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. She was directly forced out of her Undying Immortal Phoenix form, her body retreating a thousand zhang before stopping and transforming back into a human.
"Go! Quickly go!!"
Xia Xin Yu warned, her eyes filled with deep apprehension. She stepped aside, bypassing the area of the long sword.
"Let's go!"
Wang Zhuo grabbed Wang Yun Xuan and quickly left the vicinity of the wooden sword. Dian Wei and the others hurried to catch up, not daring to linger.
The few dared not speak. Seeing the weakened Xia Xin Yu beside them, they dared not ask. Even Xia Xin Yu, who had been reborn, could not withstand it, showing how terrifying the two characters on the wooden sword were.
Silently, it had nearly killed her!
Half an hour later, the group arrived at the foot of the wooden sword peak, where a massive stone tablet appeared before them.
The stone tablet was large and square, with a wooden sword carved on it. At the corners, two ancient characters were also carved, identical to the ones on the sword guard of the previous wooden sword.
"Boom!"
Dian Wei and the other five, who had just arrived, had not yet stabilized themselves when the stone tablet began to vibrate violently, centering on itself. A vast divine power pressed down. The five could not resist and were instantly pinned to the ground. The terrifying force descended upon every living being, yet the pressure varied. Xia Xin Yu and Wang Zhuo received the strongest divine power.
"Don't resist!"
Wang Zhuo spat out a mouthful of blood. His physical body was pressed thin like paper, yet strangely, it did not shatter. Dian Wei and the others were the same; there was a powerful pressure constantly compressing their bodies, while a divine power protected them, preventing them from breaking apart.
Just as the few were struggling, the stone tablet suddenly stopped vibrating, and an illusory figure emerged from it.
The figure was dressed in white. With one hand outstretched, heaven and earth split apart, and continuous mountains rose from the ground. With another gesture, a palace shrouded in black and red gas appeared before them. With a boom, the figure stepped into the sky, and a massive rune projected from its eyes, directly suppressing the mysterious palace.
With another extension of its hand, a colossal wooden sword, thousands of zhang tall, descended from the sky and was slightly slanted into the mountains that had just risen. After half an incense stick's worth of time, the illusory figure disappeared, and the terrifying pressure on Dian Wei and the other five dissipated. The world returned to tranquility.
"Was that figure the Immortal Lord?" Yang You Ji panted, lying on the ground.
"I'm not sure. It looked similar, yet not. The figure was too blurry!" Xia Xin Yu struggled to get up, wisps of divine fire emanating from her body to repair her injuries.
"What are those characters on the stone tablet? They are the same as the ones on the wooden sword, and they are terrifying," Wang Yun Xuan sat cross-legged.
The stone tablet before them was now completely silent, but a crack had appeared where the wooden sword was carved.
"Ye Xuan!"
Xia Xin Yu spoke.
"Ye Xuan?"
"Who is he?"
Even Wang Zhuo was startled. Who was Ye Xuan? Among the recorded powerful figures from ancient times, there had never been anyone by that name!