97: Pure Yin

The ancient aura of ten thousand years of ice seal up permeated the core area of the entire Cold Desolate Ancient Realm. The enormous ice coffin, like a crystal-clear ice mountain, held a sleeping woman who exuded a suffocating Nascent Soul Late Stage Peak pressure.

Lin Chen stood before the ice coffin, his expression solemn and fervent. In his hand was the Profound Frost Sword Maiden, whom he had completely conquered. At this moment, her face was pale, and trickles of crimson blood dripped from her frost-like fingertips onto the ten-thousand-year-old ice.

"Xuan Shuang, your bloodline is the ultimate of the extreme Yin pulse. Only your essence blood can awaken this existence, which is even more ancient and powerful than you," Lin Chen's low voice seemed to carry a sacred temptation.

The Profound Frost Sword Maiden was now completely subservient to him, her delicate body trembling, yet her eyes were filled with fervent attachment and a hint of unspeakable jealousy. She understood that she was merely a stepping stone on Lin Chen's path to ascendancy, and her blood would be sacrificed to him for an even more formidable female venerable.

As the essence blood fell into the ice coffin, the originally indestructible ten-thousand-year-old ice began to sizzle and dissolve as if doused with hot oil. Deep fissures appeared in the ice coffin, and then, a massive surge of cold air erupted like a volcanic explosion, instantly transforming the entire cave into a world of absolute zero.

"Who dares to disturb this Venerable One's ten thousand years of peaceful cultivation!"

A phoenix cry, filled with boundless majesty and fury, echoed through the sky. Terrifying ice laws, like materialized chains, instantly tore apart everything around. The ice coffin completely shattered, and the woman who emerged from it was like a goddess of ice and snow descended from the Nine Heavens.

Her long silver hair cascaded down, tied only at her waist with an ice-blue ribbon. Her flawless face bore an eternal, unyielding coldness and arrogance. She wore an extremely simple ice-gauze gown that accentuated her graceful curves. The cold energy within her was restrained, yet it possessed a more lethal allure than any lavish attire.

The Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign—this legendary invincible existence from the Central Continent Sacred Domain billions of years ago—as soon as she broke free, her ice-blue eyes locked onto Lin Chen. There was no emotion in her gaze, only a longing for freedom and a killing intent towards her disturbance.

"Insignificant male, you have successfully angered me." She raised her slender hand, and an ice cone, condensed from the essence of ice laws, instantly formed. It was entwined with the Dao Heart charm of a Nascent Soul Peak cultivator, easily capable of freezing a small world!

Without the slightest hesitation, she shot this ultimate ice cone towards Lin Chen's glabella, attempting to obliterate this unsightly "male" ant before escaping.

However, Lin Chen remained motionless, not even a flicker in his eyes.

"Courting death!"

The ice cone slammed into Lin Chen's chest! There was no imagined splatter of flesh and blood, nor the messy scattering of ice shards. Lin Chen's Chaos Dragon Elephant physique now displayed its true power. A vast golden light enveloped his body; every muscle and every blood vessel surged and roared like ancient dragon elephants.

Clang—!

A crisp metallic clang resounded. The ice cone, capable of freezing the divine soul of a Late Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, was actually shattered into a sky full of ice crystals by the terrifying physical strength upon impact with Lin Chen's chest!

A ripple of shock finally appeared in the Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign's eyes. She had never seen such a physique in any male. The raw and domineering power it contained caused her Dao Heart, which had been dormant for ten thousand years, to tremble for a fleeting moment.

"Trying to escape? Do you think I went to such lengths to save you just to let you be free?" Lin Chen's lips curled into a wicked smile, one that held an absolute confidence that looked down upon the world.

"'Save' me? You used a blood sacrifice to try and enslave this Venerable One!" The Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign roared, her Late Nascent Soul Stage power erupting completely. A set of armor made of pure ice crystals instantly condensed around her, and at the same time, all the cold energy in the entire cave seemed to respond to her call, converging towards her to form streaks of Ice Phoenix phantoms.

"Enslave? No, I'm here to redeem you, Ice Phoenix." Lin Chen's voice suddenly became gentle and seductive, yet it was more penetrating than any ice law, striking directly at her soul.

"You were sealed for ten thousand years, have you ever considered who sealed you? It was that group of self-proclaimed 'holy' and high-and-mighty female venerables in Central Continent. They feared your power, envied your beauty, and regarded you as an anomaly!"

He walked closer step by step, his vast Late Nascent Soul Stage divine sense, like a warm tide, forcibly dispersed the cold barriers around her.

"They treat males as slaves and female venerables like you as threats. Their world is filled with hypocrisy, suppression, and the repression of fundamental human desires." Lin Chen raised his hand, gently touching the tender skin exposed by her ice crystal armor. The temperature beneath that skin was colder than ten thousand years of ice, yet it held a fatal allure.

"You, the dignified Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign, should have been a symbol of freedom, yet you slept in an ice coffin for ten thousand years, missing countless glorious eras. And I am the only man in this world who can give you true freedom and the ultimate feast!"

His divine sense was like a sharp awl, instantly piercing deep into the Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign's Dao Heart.

"Freedom... feast..." she murmured, confusion finally appearing in her ice-blue eyes. Yes, the humiliation of her sealing originated precisely from this distorted matriarchal world! The 'dao' they espoused was nothing more than shackles suppressing all beauty!

Lin Chen gave her no more time to think. He knew that once a female venerable of this level had her Dao Heart waver, he had to press the advantage, thoroughly dismantling her pride and persistence, from spirit to body!

He suddenly raised his hand, and the powerful Chaos Dragon Elephant aura instantly enveloped her, shattering the ice crystal armor on her body!

"Ice Phoenix! Your ice laws are resisting me, but your body yearns for true masculine energy! You have been sealed for ten thousand years, and your Ice Phoenix Divine Body has also fallen into extreme Yin coldness—that is a premonition of your Dao Heart's decay! Only my Chaos Dragon Elephant energy can rescue you from that illusory coldness!"

His voice was like thunder, yet also like the most lingering love words.

The Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign's delicate body trembled violently. She could feel that under Lin Chen's vast and domineering Yang energy, her Ice Phoenix Divine Body actually let out a joyful whimper—a thirst like that of a long-parched land finally meeting sweet rain! That craving instantly devoured all her reason and arrogance.

"No... I am a female venerable... I cannot..."

Her voice of resistance was as faint as a mosquito's hum, but it was completely interrupted by Lin Chen.

"There is no 'cannot'! You and I are inherently the most perfect Yin and Yang complement in heaven and earth! Let go of your ridiculous 'female venerable' pride, and let your body tell me what kind of ultimate redemption ten thousand years of suppression requires!"

Lin Chen pulled her cold, soft, and flawless delicate body into his embrace. The Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign's skin, astonishing to the touch, carried the chill of ice and snow, yet under the impact of Lin Chen's Dragon Elephant Yang energy, it instantly melted, softened, and erupted with scorching heat!

It was a frozen volcano erupting instantly!

She completely gave up resisting. Tears of regret and fanaticism intertwined flowed from her ice-blue eyes. All her Dao Heart, pride, and modesty were crushed under Lin Chen's unparalleled "redemption" offensive.

Her Ice Phoenix Divine Body completely submitted to Lin Chen. The ten thousand years of pure cold energy contained within that divine body now found an outlet, rushing into Lin Chen's body like the most docile stream.

This was an ultimate feast for a Nascent Soul Great Perfection! Lin Chen's Nascent Soul and the Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign's Nascent Soul Late Stage Peak divine soul completely merged and became one at this moment, ascending together in the supreme realm of dual cultivation.

Lin Chen felt that this was not just a fusion of power, but a conquest of the soul. The Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign's extreme coldness and arrogance were stripped away by him little by little, transforming into extreme docility and passion. Her Ice Phoenix Divine Body opened up a whole new world for Lin Chen.

When her silver-white long hair completely spread out, her skin, like condensed moonlight, was flushed with the blush of spring. In her once cold eyes, only fanaticism and submission to Lin Chen remained. All the ice laws within her body were now like tamed beasts, joyfully integrating into Lin Chen's body, becoming part of his power.

Ding! Congratulations, host! Successfully harvested [Ice Phoenix Divine Body] (Nascent Soul Late Stage Peak)!

Cultivation breakthrough in progress...

Within Lin Chen's body, the indestructible barrier of the Late Nascent Soul Stage shattered under the impact of the Ice Phoenix Divine Body's pure and vast power!

Ding! Congratulations, host! Cultivation breakthrough to [Nascent Soul Great Perfection]!

Obtained Divine Ability: [Human Emperor Domain] (Complete Version)!

An unprecedented powerful force filled Lin Chen's limbs and bones. His Nascent Soul instantly surged from nine inches to one foot, exuding a terrifying pressure comparable to that of an Initial Stage of Spirit Transformation cultivator.

Lin Chen's aura was restrained. He felt the abundant power within him, his heart filled with satisfaction. He slowly rose, looking down at the Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign, who was now infinitely charming and completely subservient to him.

At this moment, she was no longer the high-and-mighty female venerable, but his most core and perfect collection.

"My master..." The Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign trembled as she raised her hand, her eyes full of adoration and reverence. Her voice, too, had transformed from its former cold majesty into extreme softness and tenderness.

Lin Chen gently stroked her silver-white hair, his gaze like a torch: "Tell me, the true structure of the Central Continent Sacred Domain, and their rules of dominion over males."

The Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign, now named Han Ling, nestled obediently in his arms, slowly revealing secrets sealed for ten thousand years.

"Master, the Central Continent Sacred Domain is ruled by Nine Great Female Venerable Holy Lands. They believe in the 'Path of Pure Yin,' considering males to be the source of all defilement. All males, except for a few exceptionally talented individuals who are raised as cultivation cauldrons, are locked in mines and herb fields, denied freedom for life, like pigs and dogs."

"My sealing was precisely because I once tried to break this rule. They feared my power, and even more, they feared my desire to vindicate males and restore the balance of Yin and Yang in heaven and earth."

Han Ling's eyes were filled with pain and resentment.

"And the most terrifying thing is that they invented a 'Dao Heart Lock,' specifically targeting us top female cultivators. Once locked, the Dao Heart will lean towards extreme Yin coldness and arrogance, severing all desires, becoming a tool for their rule."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen's eyes blazed with cold light. What a nine great Holy Lands! What a Dao Heart Lock! This distorted rule must be ended by him!

He held Han Ling tightly in his arms, feeling the warmth emanating from her body.

"Very good. Han Ling, you are now my most core female slave under the Human Emperor Domain. Your mission is to guide me to Central Continent and destroy that false 'Path of Pure Yin.'"