While the player is in Battle Through the Heavens, the system is in The Great Ruler.

Chapter 43 Breaking the Seal, Feeling Refreshed and Exhilarated by the East Sea Waves!

After spending a tender moment with Xun'er, Lu Yu returned to his courtyard in a cheerful mood, still holding the precious jade slip in his hand.

As soon as I stepped into the courtyard, I saw Hai Bodong sitting leisurely on a stone bench, enjoying the breakfast prepared by Little Fairy Doctor.

"Ei-bi? What brings you here?"

Lu Yu asked, slightly surprised.

Hai Bodong slowly sipped a mouthful of rice porridge, glanced at him, and said, "What, can't an old man like me come here to beg for food?"

He put down his chopsticks and said meaningfully, "Someone promised to help me break all the seals..."

Lu Yu smiled upon hearing this: "What a coincidence, this is exactly what I was just about to tell you."

His expression turned serious, and he solemnly said, "Today, I will help you completely remove all the seals and return you to the realm of Dou Huang."

"really?"

Hai Bodong paused with his chopsticks, his eyes flashing with a sharp light.

"nature."

Lu Yu nodded with a smile and explained, "I gained some insights when I was breaking the Five Serpent Poison Seal, and now I am fully confident."

He had his own reasons for breaking the seal for Hai Bodong at this time. Rather than breaking it in two separate attempts, it was better to break it all at once.

This can also be considered as earning a favor from Elder Hai.

More importantly, he has now safely returned to the Xiao family and will be heading to Canaan Academy in just over two months, so he no longer needs Elder Hai's protection.

It's time to give him a clear sky and a vast ocean!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Hai Bodong was overjoyed upon hearing this and grabbed Lu Yu's wrist, trying to pull him into the house.

"Young Lu, I knew I hadn't misjudged you! So what are we waiting for? Let's begin!"

"Wait a minute, Ebi!"

Lu Yu quickly withdrew his hand, pointed around with a wry smile, and said helplessly, "Let's go to the back mountain instead. If you get too excited, my yard will probably be full of ice sculptures again."

He still feels lingering fear when he recalls the chilling aura that erupted when he broke the seal several times before.

"Hahaha, that's true!"

Hai Bodong laughed loudly, and suddenly a pair of crystal-clear, ice-blue battle aura wings unfurled from his back. Before Lu Yu could react, he grabbed him and transformed into a streak of light, soaring into the sky.

"Mr. Hai! Slow down—"

Lu Yu's exclamation lingered in the air, and in the blink of an eye, the two had disappeared from the courtyard.

……

The mountain behind the Xiao family.

Yao Lao was intently instructing Xiao Yan on his cultivation technique when his expression suddenly hardened, and he said in a deep voice, "Little Yanzi, a Dou Wang expert is approaching! I will hide myself first, and you can cultivate on your own for a while..."

Before Xiao Yan could respond, Yao Lao's soul had already swiftly disappeared into the storage ring.

In the blink of an eye, a blue streak of light pierced the sky and landed steadily in front of Xiao Yan.

As the light faded, an old man in a blue robe stood with his hands behind his back, and standing beside him was none other than Lu Yu, whom Xiao Yan knew all too well.

Xiao Yan stared in surprise at the old man who had suddenly appeared before him, and hesitated before asking, "Brother Lu, who is this...?"

Lu Yu smiled slightly and gestured to introduce, "Brother Yan, let me introduce you. This is Senior Hai Bodong, who was once one of the top ten strongest people in the Jia Ma Empire, and is known as the Ice Emperor!"

"The Ice Emperor? A Dou Huang level expert?"

Xiao Yan's pupils contracted, his heart filled with shock. His father had clearly said that this old man was a Dou Wang, but he never expected that Brother Lu would bring back a Dou Huang!
"I'm going to help Elder Hai break the seal later, so you should stay back a bit to avoid getting caught in the crossfire."

Lu Yu gave instructions.

"Hmph, kid, enough with the nonsense!"

Hai Bodong could no longer contain himself. With a flick of his sleeve, a gentle aura of fighting spirit swept up Xiao Yan and carried him away to a distance.

"Crack!"

A crystal-clear ice wall instantly solidified in front of Xiao Yan.

Hai Bodong said without turning his head, "I have already set up defenses, there is no need to worry about him. Now—we can begin!"

Lu Yu nodded, then sat down cross-legged and gestured for him to sit down, saying, "Elder Hai, please sit down. This junior is about to begin."

Without saying a word, Hai Bodong immediately sat down on the ground.

Lu Yu's expression hardened, and his hands rapidly formed hand seals, with profound runes appearing at his fingertips. Azure and crimson energy imprints flowed between his palms, and with a soft shout, these imprints were successively injected into Hai Bodong's body.

"Ugh!" Hai Bodong's body trembled violently, and his battle qi, which had been dormant for many years, suddenly surged violently. A dark blue snake-shaped mark gradually appeared between his eyebrows, exuding an extremely cold and sinister aura.

Seeing this, Lu Yu's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he shouted in a low voice, "The seal has appeared, Elder Hai, hold on!"

Before he finished speaking, a burst of crimson light erupted from his fingertips, and runes coiled around him like chains, piercing fiercely into the dark blue serpent seal.

"laugh--!"

The snake mark trembled violently, emitting a piercing hiss, and struggled as if it were alive. Hai Bodong groaned, veins bulging on his forehead, and an uncontrollable burst of cold energy erupted from his body, instantly freezing the ground into a thick layer of frost.

"Break it for me!"

Lu Yu's hand seals suddenly changed, and the cyan and crimson marks suddenly shone brightly before shooting out and slamming into the snake seal.

"Crack!"

A crisp cracking sound rang out, and countless cracks appeared on the surface of the snake mark. The next instant—

"boom!"

A violent surge of battle aura erupted from Hai Bodong's body, pressing down the trees on the entire back mountain. The old man's silver hair danced wildly, his cloudy eyes regained their sharpness, and long-lost power surged through his body like a tidal wave.

"Hahahaha!"

Hai Bodong laughed heartily, his immense Dou Huang aura sweeping across the surroundings, causing the air in the entire back mountain to seem to freeze for a moment. Layers of ice crystals formed on the ground, frost covered the vegetation, and even the clouds in the sky were driven back by this chill.

"I, Hai Bodong, am back!"

Xiao Yan gripped the edge of the ice wall tightly, his knuckles turning white. His eyes widened as he stared at the figure as imposing as an ice peak, a storm raging within him—this was the true Dou Huang powerhouse!
That suffocating sense of oppression was far beyond what a Grand Master or even a Spirit Master could match.

"Congratulations to Elder Hai for breaking the seal and returning to the Douhuang realm."

Lu Yu clasped his hands in a fist salute and smiled, his eyes also showing a hint of amazement.

Hai Bodong calmed his breathing and landed slowly. He stretched his limbs, his face full of satisfaction: "That feels great! After all these years of being suppressed by that damned seal, today I can finally hold my head high!"

He patted Lu Yu on the shoulder and said magnanimously, "Young man, I'll remember this favor!"

Xiao Yan finally snapped out of his shock and couldn't help but swallow hard.

He looked at the radiant Ice Emperor before him, then at Lu Yu with a smile on his face, and sighed inwardly: Brother Lu was able to help a Dou Huang powerhouse break through the seal, just how many more skills does he have up his sleeve?

"but……"

Lu Yu suddenly spoke, his gaze sweeping over Hai Bodong, and said with a solemn expression, "This junior observes that although Elder Hai has broken the seal, it seems he has not yet recovered to his peak condition?"

Hai Bodong's expression faltered slightly, then he sighed softly, "Being suppressed by this damned seal for too long, it will indeed take some time to fully recover..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu's lips curled up slightly, and he took out a jade bottle from his storage ring: "Elder Hai, why don't you try this?"

"This is... a recovery pill?"

Hai Bodong raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, and asked, "Where did you get this from?"

"When we visited Master Guhe a few days ago..."

Lu Yu blinked and lowered his voice, saying, "I just took a few extra ones on the spur of the moment."

As a fifth-grade healing pill, the main function of the Restoration Pill is to restore vital energy and repair some of the aftereffects caused by the sealing.

At the time, he asked for them under the pretext of healing Yun Yun's injuries, and Gu He didn't think much of it and gave him three. Now there are two left.

Hai Bodong took the jade bottle, a hint of appreciation flashing in his eyes: "Young Lu, I will remember this kindness."

He uncorked the bottle, and a refreshing medicinal fragrance immediately filled the air. Without any hesitation, he tilted his head back and put the Rejuvenation Pill into his mouth.

As the pill entered his stomach, a surge of powerful battle qi erupted from Hai Bodong's body. His icy blue battle qi surged around him as if it were solid, and the temperature of the entire back mountain plummeted once again.

"This is……"

Xiao Yan's eyes widened as he watched Hai Bodong's aura rise at a visible speed. His cultivation, originally at the level of a one-star Dou Huang, was now advancing rapidly!

"Two stars...three stars...four stars...five stars!"

In just a quarter of an hour, Hai Bodong's cultivation level returned to the Five-Star Dou Huang realm. He slowly opened his eyes, his gaze seemingly filled with the icy chill of millennia, and every gesture he made carried a chilling aura.

"Hahahaha!"

Hai Bodong suddenly threw his head back and laughed loudly, his laughter filled with indescribable joy. He clenched his fist, and the air within a hundred feet instantly condensed into countless ice crystals, which refracted brilliantly in the sunlight.

"That felt great! It really felt great!"

"I have never felt so refreshed!"

As he spoke, his battle aura flowed naturally around him, and every gesture exuded a refined and natural charm. This was the true Ice Emperor's demeanor—awe-inspiring and unparalleled!

Ice Emperor, Hai Bodong!

(End of this chapter)