98: A test of the heart, a conspiracy to be passed down!

"Pfft!"

This sentence was like a sharp knife, ruthlessly stabbing into Cang Lan Daoist Lord's heart.

"Stranger... nuisance..."

Cang Lan Daoist Lord gave a miserable laugh, his eyes instantly turning dull, completely despairing.

So, his thousand years of devotion were, in her eyes, completely worthless.

"Time to go."

Fairy Lengyue stopped wasting words and raised her jade-like palm.

"Hum!"

Taiyin Law swirled, and a giant cold moon phantom condensed in her palm.

"Taiyin Great Handprint!"

She struck down with her palm.

That cold moon phantom transformed into a giant silver hand that blotted out the sky, carrying terrifying cold Qi capable of freezing the Soul, and slammed heavily onto Cang Lan Daoist Lord's crown.

"Bang!"

Cang Lan Daoist Lord, already heavily injured and with a shattered Dao Heart, had no strength to resist.

With a crisp sound.

His skull exploded like a watermelon, and along with his Primordial Spirit, it was instantly frozen and shattered under that Taiyin cold Qi.

A generation's Refining Void Great Power, a Grand Elder of the Tianlan Immortal Sect, died just like that at the hands of the woman he loved most.

After doing all this, Fairy Lengyue didn't even glance at the corpse. She turned to face Lu Yuan, the frost on her face instantly melting as she once again revealed that fawning smile.

"Senior, I have fulfilled the mission."

Lu Yuan looked at her deeply, a flicker of oddity flashing in the depths of his eyes.

Ruthless, decisive, and realistic enough.

This kind of woman, although heartless, was indeed a useful blade.

...Meanwhile, inside the Guanghan Immortal Mansion.

Passing through a long ice-crystal corridor, Gu Qingxue and Xiao Yuechan arrived at a hall shrouded in mist.

This was the first trial of the Legacy — the Heart Refining Road.

As soon as they stepped inside, their eyes instantly became unfocused.

In Xiao Yuechan's Sea of Consciousness, the scene changed.

She seemed to have returned to that dark, damp Nether Cold Prison of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

Cold chains pierced through her body, and blood dripped down.

And before her, Gu Changge's ferocious and cold face was infinitely magnified.

"Cousin, you are just trash; your existence is merely to fulfill me!"

"Hand over your Origin! Go to hell!"

Gu Changge sneered, his demonic blade stabbing into her heart again and again.

That despair, helplessness, and pain engulfed her like a tide.

"No... don't..."

Xiao Yuechan trembled, her Dao Heart on the verge of collapse.

Just as she was about to completely sink into the Heart Demon.

"Don't be afraid."

A gentle yet firm voice suddenly pierced through the boundless darkness.

A man in green robes appeared out of thin air, shattered Gu Changge's illusion with a single sword strike, and gently pulled her into his embrace.

"With me here, no one can hurt you."

Lu Yuan!

Looking at that familiar face, the fear in Xiao Yuechan's eyes instantly dissipated.

He was her light, her only salvation.

"Benefactor..."

Xiao Yuechan murmured to herself, and the heart that had originally been frozen within her quietly sprouted a glimmer of strange affection at this moment.

The illusion shattered, and she suddenly woke up, her forehead covered in cold sweat, but her eyes had become firmer than ever before.

On the other side, Gu Qingxue was also deeply trapped in the illusion.

She saw Lu Yuan standing high in the clouds, surrounded by countless stunning women: Lu Xueyao, Su Yueli, and even other unfamiliar faces.

Yet she was abandoned in a corner, only able to watch his back as he drifted further and further away.

"Qingxue, you are too slow; you cannot keep up with my pace."

The Lu Yuan in the illusion looked at her coldly, his eyes terrifyingly unfamiliar.

Gu Qingxue felt a pain in her heart.

Being abandoned, unable to keep up with his pace, had always been the deepest fear in her heart.

But the next moment, she took a deep breath, and the confusion in her eyes was instantly replaced by clarity.

"No, this is not my husband."

"My husband would never abandon me, and I will never stop moving forward!"

"I will become stronger, strong enough to always stand by his side!"

Her trust in Lu Yuan had long since surpassed all fear.

"Break!"

Gu Qingxue gave a light shout, waved the Azure Sky and Yellow Springs Sword in her hand, and directly shattered the illusion before her.

Both of them passed the Heart Refining trial one after another, and as they looked at each other, they both saw that glimmer of determination in each other's eyes.

Passing through the Heart Refining Road, the path ahead suddenly opened up.

A magnificent Inheritance Grand Hall appeared before them.

In the center of the hall was a pool emitting astonishing cold air — the Taiyin Cold Pool.

The pool water was milky white; not only was the temperature extremely low, but it also contained terrifying power of the Taiyin Law. Even if a Nascent Soul Cultivator fell into it, they would instantly turn into an ice sculpture.

"This is the second trial, the Baptism."

Gu Qingxue looked at the records on the stone tablet and said in a deep voice: "Only those with a supreme Yin and cold Physique who can persist in it for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn can obtain the qualification for the Legacy."

"I'll go first!"

Xiao Yuechan volunteered. She leaped and jumped into the cold pool.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!"

As soon as she entered the water, those waves of overbearing Taiyin Power pierced into her bone marrow like steel needles.

Xiao Yuechan gritted her teeth and persisted, her Beiming Ice Soul Body running at full power.

However, her Physique had only recently been awakened and was not yet fully developed, not to mention her Origin had been damaged previously.

She only managed to persist for half the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before her body began to freeze, and her consciousness became somewhat blurred.

"No good... if I continue like this, I will die..."

Xiao Yuechan had no choice but to leap out of the cold pool, trembling all over, her face full of regret.

"Sister, I can't do it."

Gu Qingxue patted her shoulder and comforted her: "It's fine. Since you have already followed my husband, there will be plenty of Opportunities in the future. Leave this to me."

After speaking, Gu Qingxue took a deep breath and stepped into the cold pool.

"Boom!"

Her Supreme Yin Body was instantly activated.

Unlike Xiao Yuechan's struggle, the water of the Taiyin Cold Pool seemed to have met a relative, happily surging into Gu Qingxue's body.

Behind her, a phantom of a bright, clear moon slowly rose, illuminating the entire hall.

She was like a fish in water in the pool; not only did she not feel pain, but she felt every pore in her body cheering, and her cultivation was rapidly increasing.

The time for an incense stick to burn passed in a flash.

"Hum!"

The hall shook.

An illusory figure slowly condensed above the cold pool.

It was a woman wearing white palace attire with a blurred face, but her aura was noble and cold, exuding a pressure belonging to an emperor.

"I am the obsession of the Ice Emperor."

The woman's voice was ethereal, her gaze landing on Gu Qingxue: "Countless years have passed, and finally, a perfect Supreme Yin Body has arrived."

"Junior, open your mind."

"I will imbue you with my lifelong Legacy."

As she spoke, the phantom floated towards Gu Qingxue.

However, Gu Qingxue did not do as she was told; instead, she frowned slightly and took a step back.

She keenly captured the fleeting greed and eerie green light in the eyes of that so-called "Ice Emperor's obsession."

That look was not at all like looking at a successor, but rather like looking at a perfect vessel!