Shengui Changsheng: Start from Zhenwuwei and add some points to cultivate immortality

"Trying to escape?" Fu Shaoping wouldn't allow him to get away and report. A golden light flashed in his eyes, and his "Breaking Law Spirit Eye" locked onto the trajectory of the fleeing light. At the same time, he attached a trace of the "Causal Connection Contract" to the blue blood that had been stained when he injured the opponent, mixed it with the true essence of the contract, and flicked his finger!
A pale golden contract mark, like a maggot clinging to a bone, ignored the distance and instantly entered the body of the Ice Blood Envoy!
Iceblood felt his body sink, as if he were marked and bound by something invisible, and his speed of escape was greatly reduced. He was terrified.

Fu Shaoping had already caught up on his flying sword, and a sword light that had condensed the power of the nascent "Evil-Sealing Seal" pierced through his heart!

Iceblood froze, staring incredulously at the sword tip protruding from his chest. His eyes dimmed rapidly, and he collapsed onto the snow.

Fu Shaoping quickly cleaned up the battlefield, burning the three corpses and the remains of the two herb gatherers, and erasing all traces of the battle. Then, he looked at the two surviving herb gatherers.

The two were an old man and a young man. The old man was at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, while the young man was only at the Sixth Level of Qi Refining. At this moment, they were both still in shock, and their eyes were filled with gratitude and awe as they looked at Fu Shaoping.

"Thank you so much for saving my life, senior!" The old man pulled the boy to kneel down.

Fu Shaoping raised his hand in a gesture of support: "No need for formalities. Are you cultivators from this area? Do you know the origins of these blood-robed men?"

The old man, still shaken, replied, "Senior, we are herb gatherers from 'Ice Valley.' These blood-robed demons only appeared in the tundra in the last few days. They are incredibly ferocious and have already robbed and killed several groups of herb gatherers. They seem to be searching for something... They call themselves 'Holy Envoys,' and they are looking for a young cultivator carrying a 'holy relic'..."

As expected! Fu Shaoping sneered inwardly. The Blood Shadow Sect had indeed spread the kill order here.

"This place is not safe to stay any longer. You should return to the valley immediately and not go out again in the near future," Fu Shaoping reminded them, then tossed the old man a bottle of healing pills. "Hurry up and leave."

The two thanked him profusely and left in a hurry.

Fu Shaoping didn't stop and continued his rapid journey towards the Frost and Snow Strait. He sensed that the causal contract mark implanted in the Ice Blood Envoy's body was continuously emitting faint signals, pointing in a certain direction of the tundra. This indicated that the Blood Shadow Cult might still have a stronghold or informants in the tundra.

"We must cross the tundra and strait as soon as possible and enter the vast ancient plains." Fu Shaoping quickened his pace. He had a vague premonition that the real danger might still lie ahead.

Three days later, a narrow sea area covered by eternal ice and snow, with a frozen surface and shrouded in mist appeared before us. We had arrived at the Frost Snow Strait.

Across the strait lies the legendary, vast, ancient, and dangerous Cangmang Ancient Plain.

Fu Shaoping stood on the frozen shore, gazing at the land across the river shrouded in a gray mist, where the outlines of undulating mountains were faintly visible, and took a deep breath of the crisp air.

A new journey is about to unfold on this ancient land. The pursuers behind him and the unknown ahead will all become new whetstones on his path of contracts.

He took a step forward, and his figure disappeared into the icy mist that filled the Frosty Snow Strait.

The icy fog of the Frost and Snow Strait was like solid cotton wool, thick and cold, with visibility less than ten feet. Fu Shaoping did not fly; the frozen ice on the sea surface was uneven, with turbulent undercurrents beneath, and unknown cracks and dangerous sea beasts lurking. He circulated his true energy and used his lightness technique, moving swiftly across the undulating ice like a snow fox. His "Spell-Breaking Spiritual Eyes" opened to their full extent, piercing through the fog and probing the energy flow and potential dangers beneath his feet.

The biting wind, carrying ice crystals, swept across the area like knives; ordinary Qi Refining cultivators would freeze solid in moments without special protection. Fu Shaoping, however, was protected by his Foundation Establishment True Essence and surrounded by the warm, moist vapor emanating from his "Mysterious Origin Heavy Water Shield," so he was not afraid of the severe cold; however, the suppression of his divine sense was still quite noticeable.

After traveling about a hundred miles, the ice layer on the sea surface gradually thinned, revealing large areas of broken floating ice. The ice fog also seemed to become denser, carrying a strange sense of stagnation, which even slightly affected the circulation of true energy.

Fu Shaoping stopped, his brows furrowing slightly. The information from the "Spell-Breaking Eye" was somewhat chaotic. The energy field ahead was extremely complex, and the ice mist seemed to contain some kind of natural illusion array power, interfering with his sense of direction. There were also faint fluctuations in spatial folds.

“A natural maze, plus spatial disorder…” He recalled the markings on the map; there was a dangerous area in the middle of the Frost Snow Strait known as the “Misty Maze,” and it seemed this was the place.

He dared not be careless and cautiously stepped into the ice floe area. The ice beneath his feet rose and fell with the waves, colliding and making a teeth-grinding crunching sound. The fog grew thicker and thicker, greatly diminishing his senses, as if he were in a pure white void.

The "Contract Identification Technique" quietly activated, attempting to sense the spiritual energy of this area and the "contract" contained within the mist. Unlike man-made formations, this naturally formed illusionary maze is often related to a "natural contract" formed by ley lines, water currents, or even fragments of some chaotic laws of heaven and earth. If one can understand its rhythm, perhaps a safe path can be found.

He closed his eyes, relying solely on his "Spell-Breaking Eyes" and the perception of the contract to move forward. With each step, he carefully sensed the interaction between the ice and water beneath his feet, and the surrounding mist and energy. Gradually, he seemed to "hear" the unique "pulse" of this area—the "contract of birth and death" of ice breaking and freezing, the "contract of movement and stillness" of the surging and stagnant seawater, the "contract of illusion and reality" of the gathering and dispersing mist... These extremely primitive and chaotic "natural contracts" intertwined to form the foundation of this labyrinth.

Fu Shaoping tried to adjust the frequency of his true essence and soul power, simulating the chaotic rhythm of the contract, like a drop of water merging into a river. After a moment, he felt the suffocating stagnation around him lessen considerably, and the mist no longer seemed to blindly obstruct his vision, but instead revealed some vague energy flows.

He cautiously proceeded along one of the relatively stable energy flows, which seemed to follow some kind of cycle of "rupture and rebirth." After walking for about half an hour, the mist ahead suddenly churned violently, and at the same time, a strong spatial fluctuation and... the stench of blood wafted over!

Fu Shaoping felt a chill run down his spine and immediately concealed all his aura, hiding behind a huge ice floe.

Just a few dozen feet ahead, two long, narrow black bone boats were locked in fierce combat as they broke through the ice! On one of the bone boats stood three cultivators, dressed in simple white robes embroidered with snowflakes and stars. Their auras were pure and sharp, all of them at the Foundation Establishment stage, with the leader being at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage! They wielded ice crystal flying swords and frost seals, launching fierce attacks.

On the other bone boat were five blood-robed cultivators, none other than the Ice Blood Envoys of the Blood Shadow Sect! Their cultivation levels ranged from the early to mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and the leader was none other than the leader of the lineage to which the Ice Blood Envoy had been killed by Fu Shaoping earlier, a peak mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator! Their bodies were intertwined with blood light and cold air, condensing into various ferocious blood-ice beast shapes and sharp ice spikes, as they launched a fierce counterattack.

The battle was exceptionally fierce, with ice shards and blood splattering everywhere. The surrounding floating ice was constantly shattered and evaporated by the violent energy. The two sides had clearly been fighting for some time. Although the white-robed cultivators were outnumbered, their exquisite techniques and perfect teamwork gave them a subtle advantage. The Blood Shadow Sect, on the other hand, appeared even more fearless, launching a frenzied offensive.

"The Ice Patrol Envoy of Star Snow Palace?" Fu Shaoping recognized the white robe. Star Snow Palace was a rather mysterious sect on the northwestern border of Zhao Kingdom. It was said that its lineage was related to ancient stars and the Dao of Ice and Snow. It rarely intervened in external conflicts, but its power should not be underestimated. Its members patrolled the border ice plains year-round. How could they be fighting with the Blood Shadow Sect here?

"Remnants of the Ice Blood Sect! How dare you trespass on the territory guarded by my Star Snow Palace and slaughter the herb gatherers! Today, I will make sure you perish in the icy sea!" The middle-aged cultivator leading the Star Snow Palace shouted fiercely, slashing with his ice crystal longsword, summoning a blizzard that transformed into a giant ice tornado, roaring towards the Blood Shadow Sect's bone boat!

"Heh heh, you little brats from Star Snow Palace, mind your own business! We're looking for a kid carrying an 'Origin Artifact.' Once we find him, we'll leave!" The Blood Shadow Cult leader chuckled, his hands surging with crimson light as he conjured a thick, menacing ice-blood shield in front of him, bracing against the ice tornado!

With a deafening roar, an energy storm swept through! The Ice Blood Giant Shield shattered, and the ice tornado dissipated in large part, but the aftershocks still forced the Blood Shadow Cult's bone boat back several feet.

"Origin items?" The Star Snow Palace cultivator frowned. "This area is under our palace's patrol. Whatever you're looking for, indiscriminately killing innocent people is a capital offense!"

It seemed that the Blood Shadow Cult's atrocities in the Icewind Tundra had attracted the Star Snow Palace's purge. Fu Shaoping felt slightly relieved; having the Star Snow Palace restraining him was a good thing. Just as he was about to quietly detour away from this troublesome place, suddenly, during a break in the fierce battle with the Star Snow Palace cultivators, the Blood Shadow Cult leader abruptly took out a dark red, cracked, rhomboid crystal and infused it with an evil power!
The crystal flashed, but instead of attacking, it emitted a strange, silent, blood-red ripple that spread in all directions!
Fu Shaoping's heart skipped a beat! The aura of that crystal... actually resonated with the "Qiyuan Star Core Fragment" in his arms in an extremely faint way. More accurately, it was... a contractual connection of "location" and "search"!

"Not good! It's a magic artifact for searching for the source of the contract!" Fu Shaoping instantly realized that the Blood Shadow Sect was using this method to search for him in the vast ice fog! That fluctuation just now had probably already swept over his area!
Sure enough, the Blood Shadow Cult leader's expression changed drastically. His crimson eyes, like searchlights, flashed towards the huge ice floe where Fu Shaoping was hiding. His face revealed wild joy and ferocity: "Found it! The 'Origin' is nearby! Right behind that ice floe!"

All the Blood Shadow Sect cultivators, and even the Star Snow Palace cultivators in the midst of the fierce battle, subconsciously looked in Fu Shaoping's direction!

"I've been exposed!" Fu Shaoping cursed under his breath. He stopped hiding and shot out from behind the floating ice like a cannonball, rushing deeper into the maze! At the same time, several speed-up talismans and a "phantom talisman" were activated, leaving behind several afterimages that were hard to distinguish from the real ones.

"That's him! Chase him!" The Blood Shadow Sect leader roared, ignoring the attacks from the Star Snow Palace cultivators, and withstood an ice sword strike head-on. Spitting out blood, he led his remaining four subordinates and charged towards Fu Shaoping like madmen! For them, finding the "Contract Source" was more important than anything else!

The three cultivators from Xingxue Palace were also stunned. They didn't know the specifics, but seeing the Blood Shadow Sect relentlessly pursuing a young cultivator who had suddenly appeared and claiming to be a "source object," they realized that this person probably had a major secret.

"Follow them and see!" The leading Star Snow Palace cultivator made a decisive decision, also urging his bone boat to give chase.

In an instant, the original melee between the two sides turned into a three-way chase! Fu Shaoping fled for his life in front, with the five members of the Blood Shadow Sect in hot pursuit behind, while the three members of the Star Snow Palace kept a distance, both wary of the Blood Shadow Sect and on guard against Fu Shaoping.

Within the maze, the chase became extremely chaotic. Fu Shaoping, relying on his "Spell-Breaking Spiritual Eyes" and his rudimentary grasp of the rhythms of the Natural Contract, barely managed to navigate through the shattered ice floes and turbulent energy flows, attempting to shake off his pursuers. However, the Blood Shadow Sect's search crystals seemed to consistently pinpoint his approximate location, making it impossible to shake him off. The people from Star Snow Palace were like leeches clinging to his bones.

"This can't go on!" Fu Shaoping felt his true energy being consumed more rapidly, while the fog ahead grew thicker and the spatial fluctuations became more intense and chaotic, as if they were approaching the core of the maze or another dangerous place.

His mind raced, and his gaze swept across the surroundings. Suddenly, he "saw" a region several hundred feet to his right, deep within the mist, where the energy flow was unusually violent and chaotic. Countless tiny spatial rifts appeared and disappeared like a spider web, forming a natural "spatial turbulence zone"!
That place is extremely dangerous; even a Foundation Establishment cultivator who accidentally wanders in could be torn apart by spatial turbulence or banished to an unknown land. But at this moment, it is the only place where he might be able to shake off his pursuers, or even use their strength against them!
He gritted his teeth, abruptly changed direction, and rushed headlong into that spatial turbulence zone!
"He's trying to enter the turbulent zone! Stop him!" The leader of the Blood Shadow Cult saw through Fu Shaoping's intention and was both shocked and furious. He used all his strength to unleash a thick chain of ice and blood, which swept towards Fu Shaoping!

The Xingxue Palace cultivators also sensed the danger and subconsciously slowed down.

Fu Shaoping didn't even turn his head. He slashed several incoming blood ice attacks with his sword, and at the same time, he activated the "Mysterious Origin Heavy Water Shield" to its maximum to protect his back. His speed increased instead of decreased!

Just as he was about to rush into the edge of that bizarre and destructive spatial turbulence zone, a ruthless glint flashed in Fu Shaoping's eyes. He suddenly took out the "Contract Origin Star Core Fragment" from his pocket and frantically poured a wisp of pure contract true essence and soul power into it!
This time, instead of triggering its original manifestation, it is used as the purest "contract beacon" and "source of interference"!
The star core fragment suddenly burst forth with a brilliant yet not dazzling golden light, and an indescribable, lofty and profound aura of the origin of the contract spread out!

This aura instantly disrupted the already chaotic natural contract field around it, and even resonated strangely with some disordered laws in that spatial turbulence zone!

In an instant, the mist within a hundred feet of Fu Shaoping churned violently, and the energy flow became completely violent! The icy blood chains shattered inch by inch! The Blood Shadow Sect's searching crystal let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain, its surface cracks widening, and its spiritual light dimming instantly! (End of Chapter)