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Chapter 681 Fortune and misfortune are intertwined, and one's cultivation advances greatly (Seeking monthly votes)
"Fellow Daoist Li! Your meridians..."

Su Muqing hurriedly supported him and asked worriedly.

"Husband..."

Zhao Qi was equally worried, her bright eyes glistening with tears.

"When cold enters the body, one needs to retreat into seclusion to resolve it."

Li Yunjing struggled to his feet, gazing at the collapsed ice abyss in the distance, and said with lingering fear, "The protective restrictions on this 'Nine Revolutions Profound Ice Lotus' were likely left behind by an ancient powerful being. If we hadn't been so well-prepared..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a strange movement beneath his feet.

The four looked warily at the ice field.

Countless icy blue lines were spreading outwards from the Ice Abyss as its center!

"not good!"

Zhao Qi's expression changed drastically. "The cold air is spreading! The entire ice field is about to awaken!"

As if to confirm her words, a loud "crack" came from afar, and a towering ice mountain suddenly rose from the ground, pressing down on them!

"The restriction has been restored!"

Ye Wuhen gasped, "Let's go! We can't withstand the power of the natural environment here!"

When the "Sky Patrol Ship" was restarted, the four people were surrounded by an apocalyptic scene.

The ice field was boiling, countless ancient beasts frozen in ice broke free, the sky was shrouded in cold mist, and even the sunlight turned an eerie blue.

Looking at the trembling Xuanbing Box in his arms, Li Yunjing suddenly realized: "What we took away was not the spiritual medicine... but the array core that suppresses this ice field!"

"Boom!"

The "Sky Patrol Ship" sped across the boiling ice field, its hull trembling violently, as if it might be swallowed up by the icy mist sweeping in from behind at any moment.

Li Yunjing gripped the gunwale tightly, his knuckles turning white. The Xuanbing Box in his arms trembled more and more violently, each tremor feeling like a direct blow to his heart.

"Faster!"

Zhao Qi took over the ship from Li Yunjing, continuously issuing tokens to fully activate the "power furnace," injecting countless spirit stones to enhance the ship's defense and speed systems.

Sensing the immense danger, Zhao Qi was extremely anxious, and fine beads of sweat had already formed on her forehead.

Her eyes, which were always smiling, were now filled with seriousness, and she glanced at Li Yunjing with concern from time to time.

Su Muqing stood to the side, equally nervous.

"Terrible! Absolutely terrifying!"

Ye Wuhen's face was grim. "This is not ordinary cold air, but a change in the world caused by the activation of an ancient restriction. Unless one has the cultivation of the Nascent Soul realm, anyone here is at risk of perishing."

As the person with the highest cultivation level on the ship, Ye Wuhen took on the final defensive role!

He had to ensure that the "Sky Patrol Ship" could safely navigate this dangerous area.

"Ouch..."

Suddenly, a deafening roar came from below.

Everyone looked down and saw a huge crack opened in the ice field, from which a giant, crystal-clear beast crawled out.

It resembles a dragon, but has six legs. Each scale is carved from the purest ice crystals, reflecting a dazzling brilliance under the deep blue sky.

"Ancient Ice Dragon!"

Su Muqing exclaimed in shock, "Weren't these kinds of ferocious creatures extinct long ago?"

The ice dragon raised its head, and two eerie blue flames suddenly lit up in its empty eye sockets, locking onto the "sky patrol ship" in the air.

With a single push from its six legs, its massive body soared into the air like an arrow released from a bow!

"pay close attention!"

At this moment, Li Yunjing no longer cared about suppressing the cold air. He shouted and activated all seventy-two tokens, unleashing the strongest power of the "Sky Patrol Ship".

"Boom!"

The void near the "Sky Patrol Ship" collapsed, and the next moment, the huge warship disappeared.

Then, it appeared ten miles away, narrowly avoiding the attack of the ice dragon.

The Sky Patrol Ship's most powerful teleportation function has been activated!

"No, if this continues, we'll all be frozen into ice sculptures!"

Ye Wuhen gritted his teeth and said, "We have to come up with a solution!"

"I'm giving it all!"

Without hesitation, Li Yunjing threw hundreds of thousands of high-grade spirit stones into the "power furnace," declaring, "Even if the 'Sky Patrol Ship' disintegrates, we must break out!"

"Boom!"

Under Li Yunjing's control, the "Sky Patrol Ship" teleported again. After the warship appeared outside, it disappeared again.

The continuous teleportation caused the "Sky Patrol Ship" to emit a terrifying "creaking" sound!
This warship seems to be in a state of constant disintegration.

"This is the tenth time! The ship can't hold on any longer!"

Zhao Qi screamed and grabbed the handrail on the bulkhead, the entire "Sky Patrol Ship" emitting a tooth-grinding metallic twisting sound.

Ten consecutive overload teleports have turned this priceless warship into a paper boat being crumpled by a tremendous force, with several shocking cracks already appearing on its deck.

"boom……"

As the light from the final teleportation faded, the ship suddenly sank, nearly plummeting from mid-air.

Li Yunjing gripped the control panel tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

The chill within his body raged once more due to the depletion of his spiritual energy, and his meridians felt as if they were being pierced by thousands of ice needles.

"We... escaped?"

Su Muqing asked in a trembling voice, her Taoist robe soaked with cold sweat and clinging to her back.

Ye Wuhen strode to the stern of the ship and gazed into the distance.

A hundred miles away, the ice field had turned into a blurry blue storm, with countless icebergs rising and falling within it, and the roars of ancient beasts could be faintly heard.

"It's safe for now."

He breathed a sigh of relief, but when he turned around, he found that Li Yunjing had slid to the ground, his face as pale as paper.

"Husband!"

Zhao Qi rushed over to support him, but her hands were met with an icy chill.

To her horror, she discovered that a thin layer of frost had formed on Li Yunjing's skin.

"Quick! Warm Jade Pill!"

Su Muqing took out a jade bottle from her storage ring and poured out three bright red pills.

Zhao Qi pried open Li Yunjing's jaw and put the pill into his mouth.

The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, and a warm current spread out, temporarily suppressing the rampant cold.

"Cough cough..."

Li Yunjing coughed violently a few times before finally opening his eyes.

His first reaction was to reach into his robes to confirm that the Xuanbing Box was still there.

"Don't worry, it's fine."

Zhao Qi said softly, while simultaneously channeling a wisp of gentle spiritual energy into Li Yunjing's body to help him regulate his disordered meridians.

"It's okay!"

Li Yunjing finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to say something, the "Sky Patrol Ship" made a loud "boom".

"Oh no! The port-side power unit is about to explode!"

Zhao Qi's expression changed drastically, and she rushed towards the control panel.

The continuous teleportation caused irreversible damage to the "Sky Patrol Ship". The power furnace on the port side had overheated to its limit, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the outer shell, from which blazing white light shone.

"This won't do! Let's disembark! The 'Sky Patrol Ship' is basically a total loss. We'll have to find someone to repair it once we get back to the sect!"

Li Yunjing shook his head, controlled the "Sky Patrol Ship" to emit light, and launched Zhao Qi, Su Muqing, and Ye Wuhen out.

Only then did he use his magic to slowly shrink the "Sky Patrol Ship" and put it into the "Purple Gold Gourd".

"Let's go! Get on my 'Heavenly Demon'!"

Seeing Li Yunjing fly over, Ye Wuhen chuckled and casually tossed his weapon. A streak of dark light flashed and transformed into a colossal warship tens of thousands of feet tall in mid-air!
This is a ghost ship, entirely black, with huge, pale white canvases painted with devilish patterns, and skulls at the bow. The whole ship exudes an eeriness.

"This is... the 'Heavenly Demon Ship'?"

Zhao Qi stood on the deck of the black warship and couldn't help but shiver.

The entire ship exuded a chilling aura, completely different from the spiritual energy fluctuations of ordinary magical artifacts.

A ghostly green flame flickers intermittently in the hollow eye sockets of those skull figureheads, sending chills down one's spine.

"Indeed, this is a secret treasure passed down through our sect. It has the bones of Nine Netherworld Iron, the body of ten-thousand-year-old Yin Wood, and is further enhanced by the spirit of eight hundred vengeful souls..."

Ye Wuhen stroked the ship's hull with pride, as if caressing a lover's skin: "At full power, it's no less powerful than the 'Divine Firmament Warship' of the 'Divine Firmament Dao Sect'!"

This was only because he was considering Li Yunjing's feelings; otherwise, he would have just said that one of the three top-tier warships of the "Divine Firmament Dao Sect" could take them down!

Su Muqing frowned slightly, a wisp of green light gathering at her fingertips as she warily scanned her surroundings: "The yin energy is too heavy. Cultivating here for a long time may affect my Dao foundation."

"That's right! That's why I didn't take out the 'Heavenly Demon Ship' and invite you to ride it at the beginning."

Ye Wuhen looked meaningfully at Li Yunjing, who was sitting cross-legged in the center of the deck, and said, "But for Fellow Daoist Li, this is actually a good thing."

Indeed, Li Yunjing was enveloped in a layer of icy blue light, which seemed to blend somewhat with the chilling aura of the Heavenly Demon Ship. He had immediately gone into seclusion after boarding the ship, with the Xuanbing Box placed in front of his lap, wisps of cold air being absorbed into his body, intertwining and flowing with those mysterious runes.

"Is Yun Jing... really alright?"

Zhao Qi looked at her husband with concern.

Even from several meters away, she could feel the bone-chilling cold. An ordinary Golden Core cultivator would probably be frostbitten in no time if he got close.

"Don't worry, his situation is very special right now."

Ye Wuhen activated the protective array of the Heavenly Demon Ship with a hand seal. A black light screen rose up, keeping out the howling cold wind: "With his foundation, there is no way his life could be in danger!"

At this moment, Li Yunjing had no time to pay attention to the three people outside. He felt as if he were in an icy blue world.

Looking inwards into the Purple Mansion, one sees that a ring of glaciers has appeared around the original Golden Core.

Those mysterious runes traveled across the glacier, and with each completed cycle, a wisp of extremely pure ice-attribute spiritual energy was injected into the golden core.

"Click..."

A faint cracking sound came from inside the golden core.

Li Yunjing raised an eyebrow; this was not a good sign!
Sure enough, the surface of the golden core became covered with cracks the next moment...

The cracks on the surface of the golden core spread like a spider web, but Li Yunjing remained unusually calm at this critical moment of life and death.

He clearly sensed that this was not a sign of going astray, but rather that the yin and yang energies within his body were finding a new balance.

The extreme cold of the "Nine Revolutions Profound Ice Lotus" and the dense Yin Death Demon Qi on the "Heavenly Demon Ship" are currently in a delicate standoff within his Purple Mansion.

The icy spiritual energy is on the left, towering like a glacier; the deathly aura is on the right, surging like the River Styx.

The two are incompatible, yet they maintain a fragile balance due to some mysterious connection.

"The Yin-Yang Mirror...that's it!"

Li Yunjing had a flash of inspiration and took out an ancient bronze mirror from his storage ring.

This treasure is an ancient magical artifact, with the front side representing Yang and the back side representing Yin, capable of harmonizing the two energies of Yin and Yang.

Without hesitation, he hung the precious mirror above his head, and the mirror shone brightly from both sides at the same time.

"Om..."

The precious mirror trembled, and a beam of white light and a beam of black light descended simultaneously, enveloping Li Yunjing.

A miraculous change occurred.

Suddenly, an S-shaped dividing line appeared between the glacier and the River Styx, and began to slowly rotate like a yin-yang symbol.

"This is... a Tai Chi Yin Yang diagram?!"

Li Yunjing looked inward and was shocked to discover that what was forming within the golden elixir was none other than the supreme symbol of Taoism.

Glaciers are the yin eyes within the yang fish, while the Styx is the yang eyes within the yin fish. The two are mutually reinforcing and restraining, in a continuous cycle.

Even more astonishingly, the golden core, which was on the verge of shattering, was now enveloped by the yin and yang energies, and wisps of black and white energy seeped out from the cracks.

These energies intertwined and entwined, eventually forming mysterious patterns on the surface of the golden core.

Half of it is ice-blue runes, and the other half is a strange, pitch-black symbol.

"Life and death cycle, yin and yang complement each other..."

A sudden realization flashed through my mind like lightning.

Li Yunjing suddenly understood the true meaning of death.

It is not the end of life, but a new life in another form.

Just as winter freezes everything, yet gathers strength for the coming spring; just as darkness envelops the world, yet gives birth to the dawn's first light...

"boom!"

The Purple Mansion trembled violently, and the outer shell of the Golden Core completely peeled off, revealing a brand-new core inside.

A two-colored golden pill, half ice blue and half jet black!

The newly formed golden core was smaller than before, but more solid, with yin and yang runes flowing endlessly on its surface, radiating a heart-palpitating fluctuation.

The Azure Dragon and White Tiger are becoming increasingly realistic, as if they truly have come to life!
This is an evolution!
Moreover, Li Yunjing felt that his understanding of the power of death had reached an unprecedented level.

With a slight thought, a cloud of black mist appeared in his right palm, from which the wails of wronged spirits could be faintly heard; while in his left hand, an ice crystal lotus flower condensed, exuding a chilling aura.

Two completely opposite forces coexist perfectly within him.

At this moment, Li Yunjing had a deeper understanding of the Dao of Ice and the Dao of Death, which was second only to his Dao of Yin and Yang, Dao of Thunder and the Dao of Five Elements!
Outside, the three people guarding the area simultaneously noticed something amiss.

"This is……"

Ye Wuhen suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with disbelief, "The Law of Death?! How could Fellow Daoist Li comprehend the laws of my Demonic Sect?"

"Is this the Frozen Road?"

Zhao Qi was so shocked that she covered her mouth.

What she saw was different from what Ye Wuhen saw; she saw a power of the same attribute, even more powerful than her, a cultivator with a top-grade ice spirit root!

"Why has his aura become so... eerie?"

Su Muqing's eyes flickered: "It's like you've become a completely different person!"

Li Yunjing opened his eyes at that moment.

His left eye was ice-blue, like ancient ice, while his right eye was pitch black, like the deepest abyss.

He slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, the breath simultaneously carrying a bone-chilling cold and the decay of death.

"Yun Jing, are you... alright?"

Zhao Qi asked cautiously, holding a crimson pill in her hand, ready to step forward at any moment.

Li Yunjing blinked, and the strange phenomenon gradually faded away.

He gave a reassuring smile: "Better than ever before."

As he spoke, he reached out and lightly touched the deck.

A horrifying scene appeared.

Centered on his finger, one half of the wooden deck was covered in thick frost, while the other half rapidly rotted and charred!
"The Two Paths of Life and Death!"

Ye Wuhen gasped, "Fellow Daoist Li, do you know what you have comprehended? This is a supreme mystery that even a True Monarch at the Nascent Soul stage has failed to fathom!"

"It's just a coincidence."

Li Yunjing withdrew his supernatural powers and pondered, "If it weren't for the 'Nine Revolutions Profound Ice Lotus' and the death energy of the 'Heavenly Demon Ship' counterbalancing each other, and the 'Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror' harmonizing them, I would have already exploded and died."

Having comprehended two supreme Daos, his cultivation level hasn't improved much, but his combat power has undergone a dramatic transformation.

This greatly boosted Li Yunjing's confidence!
In the future, as long as he cultivates the various Great Daos to their peak, he will be the overlord of "Tianlan Star," an unparalleled master who will dominate the rise and fall of "Tianlan Star."

And that step is not far off.

He has seen hope!

Li Yunjing firmly believes that when he reaches the sixth level of the Golden Core realm, he is invincible, and when he breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm in the future, he will still be invincible!

Even if a demonic calamity were to descend in the future, he was confident that he would suppress all enemies in the world.

And Li Yunjing only needs less than two hundred years to achieve this future!

Of course, he couldn't tell the truth when talking to Ye Wuhen now.

For now, Ye Wuhen has an overwhelming advantage over him and won't take him seriously. But if Ye Wuhen knew his potential, he probably wouldn't be able to sit still.

Li Yunjing couldn't guarantee that this guy wouldn't have malicious intentions and try to kill him beforehand!

This is Li Yunjing's biggest hidden danger at present!

A month later, the "Tianmo" sailed eastward at a rate of 100,000 kilometers per day, and finally saw the boundless sea.

That's the end of the East!
The snow-white glacial mountains are 180 miles away from the "Tianmo" ship. On the mountains, several ice palaces stand.

This place is filled with ice and abundant spiritual energy, making it a treasure trove for ice-type cultivators.

This is the only human faction in the "Far North," the "Little Arctic Palace."

At that moment, as the demonic energy surged forth, warning bells rang out from within the "Little Arctic Palace."

"Boom...boom...boom..."

Nine chimes resounded through the sky, and layers of ice-blue light instantly illuminated the sky above the "Little Arctic Palace".

More than three hundred disciples dressed in snow-white Taoist robes quickly formed a formation, their ice swords reflecting a chilling light.

With the mountain-protecting formation fully activated, the entire glacial mountain range seemed to come alive, with countless icicles standing upright like the fangs of a giant beast.

"He who comes is stopped!"

A clear shout came from the palace, and an old woman with white hair rose into the air, holding an ice crystal scepter, surrounded by six constantly rotating pieces of cold jade.

With each step she took, an ice lotus bloomed beneath her feet, and the oppressive aura of the third level of the Nascent Soul realm surged forth like a tide.

The "Heavenly Demon" came to a slow stop ten miles from the mountain gate.

"Is this how the 'Little Arctic Palace' treats its guests?"

Ye Wuhen stood at the bow of the ship, his black robes fluttering in the wind, a nonchalant smile on his face: "We've come all this way, and you don't even have a cup of hot tea?"

"You little devil!"

A young female cultivator behind the old woman shouted sternly, "Get out of here with your filthy demonic energy! This is not a place for you!"

Just as Ye Wuhen was about to retort, Li Yunjing stepped forward.

(End of this chapter)