189: Clean everything up, time to divide the spoils!

The Void Realm returned to a deathly silence.

That ancient Vicious Beast, which had stirred up hundreds of millions of miles of the starry sea, did not leave behind even a scrap of residue.

It was as if it had never existed.

Thump.

Wang Duojin collapsed onto the cold deck of the Spirit Frost Divine Hall, his face as pale as paper.

The golden abacus in his hand had dimmed, and there was even a crack on one of its beads.

"My capital..."

He trembled, his lips quivering, his voice carrying a sob.

"I've lost everything this time!"

"Cough... cough cough!"

Not far away, Zhao Wuyou knelt in the Void Realm, the dragon emperor halberd thrust into the space beside him to support his body.

The dragon scale armor on his body was shattered beyond recognition, golden blood constantly dripping from the corner of his mouth, his aura withered to the extreme.

Yet, in his golden pupils, a vigorous Battle Intent burned.

"Satisfying!"

He grinned, revealing a mouthful of blood-stained white teeth.

"It's just... not very durable."

The figure of Ye Wushang emerged from the shadows.

He licked his lips, a flash of lingering satisfaction in his eyes.

The Origin essence energy consumed from that Leviathan at the end was a great tonic for him.

Ye Chenfeng sheathed his sword, his figure swaying slightly.

That sword strike that split the heavens had almost drained all the Chaos Sword Essence within his body.

His gaze swept across everyone, finally landing on Su Linger.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

Su Linger nodded. Controlling the divine hall had exhausted a great deal of her mental energy, and her face was even paler than before.

She looked at the massive spatial rift that had been completely revealed before their eyes after the storm dissipated, light shimmering in her cold, clear eyes.

"Senior Brother."

"The real gift is still inside."

"Gift? What gift?"

Wang Duojin jumped up from the ground as if jolted, his eyes shining.

Ye Chenfeng ignored him.

He took several bottles of Medicinal Pill from his storage ring and threw them to the others.

"Heal your injuries first."

Zhao Wuyou took the Medicinal Pill and swallowed it without even looking, the massive medicinal power dissolving within his body.

He stood up, shouldering the dragon emperor halberd, his gaze burning as he stared at that rift.

"Senior Brother, what are we waiting for?"

"Clean up the battlefield."

Ye Chenfeng's voice was calm.

The battlefield he spoke of was behind that rift.

Everyone said no more, quickly adjusting their breathing.

A stick of incense later.

Although their injuries had not fully healed, everyone's aura had stabilized significantly.

Ye Chenfeng was the first to move, transforming into a streak of sword light, flying toward the ferocious spatial rift.

Su Linger and the others followed closely behind.

The moment they passed through the rift, an indescribable ancient chill rushed toward them.

Wang Duojin shivered, feeling as if his Divine Soul was about to be frozen solid.

The scene before everyone made their breath hitch.

This was a broken world.

A world composed entirely of ice and snow.

The sky was an aurora of eternally flowing ice-blue light.

The earth was crystal-clear, ten-thousand-year profound ice.

In the distance, magnificent ice crystal palaces remained in their pre-collapse postures, forever frozen in time.

One could even see some lifelike ice sculptures.

They were the former living beings of this world, completely frozen at the moment of the world's destruction.

Every inch of air here was filled with the purest, most original Law of ice and snow.

"My god..."

Wang Duojin stared blankly at all of this.

"Did... did they empty out the entire lair of an Immortal King?"

"No."

Su Linger shook her head gently, her voice carrying a trace of inexplicable intimacy and sorrow.

"This is the place where an Empress fell."

Her Spiritual Frost Dao Body felt unprecedented comfort here.

It was as if she had returned to her mother's embrace.

Everyone flew toward the center of the world.

The further in they went, the more intense that Origin chill became.

Finally, they stopped before a massive fault in the Void Realm.

In the center of the fault.

A crystal about the size of a house, composed entirely of countless ice-blue Law runes, was floating quietly.

It pulsed slowly like a heart.

Every pulsation caused the Laws of the entire broken world to resonate with it.

The primal ice core!

And it was the main body, ten thousand times larger than the fragment Su Linger had obtained previously!

"We're rich!"

Wang Duojin's eyes instantly turned into the shape of Immortal Stone.

"If this thing were taken out to sell..."

His words were cut off before he could finish, glared back by a cold look from Ye Chenfeng.

"This is Second Senior Sister's Opportunity."

Ye Chenfeng's voice brooked no argument.

Su Linger did not speak.

She just looked quietly at that ice core and walked over, step by step.

As she approached.

The primal ice core, which had been silent for countless millennia, seemed to receive some kind of summons and began to vibrate violently.

Hum—

A beam of ice-blue divine light shot out from the ice core, gently enveloping Su Linger.

Su Linger's body floated up uncontrollably.

The ice throne in her Sea of Consciousness manifested with a boom.

A supreme Empress pressure, dominating the world and wielding the ice and snow of the ages, erupted from her!

"This... this is..."

Zhao Wuyou and Wang Duojin were forced to retreat repeatedly by this pressure, their eyes full of shock.

Ye Chenfeng and Ye Wushang also tightened their expressions, resisting with all their might.

For the first time, they felt a terrifying power from their cold, clear Second Senior Sister that was enough to make even them tremble.

Within the divine light.

Su Linger slowly closed her eyes.

Countless fragmented images, massive amounts of information, and ancient Legacies flooded into her mind like a bursting dam.

These were the lifelong memories belonging to Empress Lingshuang.

These were the most extreme insights into the Dao of ice and snow.

Her aura began to climb, step by step, at an inconceivable speed!

Mid-stage Profound Immortal peak...

Late Stage Profound Immortal...

Profound Immortal Perfection!

In just a few breaths, she had crossed the threshold that countless Cultivator would need to toil for thousands of years to reach!

And this was only the beginning!

The primal ice core was slowly decomposing, transforming into the most original power, merging into her limbs and bones, reshaping her Dao body and Divine Soul.

"Not good!"

Ye Chenfeng's expression suddenly changed.

"The energy is too massive! Second Senior Sister's Dao foundation cannot withstand it!"

He could see it clearly.

Su Linger was currently like a balloon about to burst; blood was already beginning to seep from the surface of her body, and her aura had become chaotic.

The power of the Legacy far exceeded her current limit.

If this continued, she would explode and die!

"What do we do!"

Wang Duojin was sweating profusely from anxiety.

Zhao Wuyou shouldered the dragon emperor halberd and wanted to rush up to interrupt the Legacy.

"Don't move!"

Ye Chenfeng shouted sternly to stop him.

"If you forcefully interrupt it, her Divine Soul will be destroyed!"

He stared fixedly at Su Linger in the divine light, his brain working at high speed.

Revered Master once said, Chaos is the end, and also the beginning.

It can consume, but it can also transform.

In an instant.

He made a decision.

"Come here, all of you!"

He shouted in a deep voice to Zhao Wuyou and Ye Wushang.

"Use your Origin power to help Second Senior Sister share the burden!"

"Third Junior Brother, set up a formation! Stabilize this space!"

After speaking.

He was the first to sit cross-legged, his hands forming seals.

A wisp of extremely pure Chaos Sword Essence flew from his fingertips, carefully merging into the ice-blue divine light enveloping Su Linger.