236: Frozen Throne

Lin Qianqian was also a bit nervous now.

“Xue Ning.”

Su Lei softly called out.

Li Xue凝 understood perfectly, extending her jade hand to gently press against the cold crystal viewport.

A surge of the purest, most extreme Ice Phoenix Gang Qi erupted from her body, passing through the ship's hull, and remarkably, it resonated with the domineering ice energy field outside.

That energy field, powerful enough to freeze everything, seemed to have met its monarch, actively parting to both sides, creating a pathway.

The descent speed suddenly accelerated!

Three thousand meters!

When the black tortoise's drill broke through the final layer of deep blue Xuanbing rock, an incredibly vast underground space suddenly appeared before their eyes.

It was a City of Frozen Ice, eternally frozen.

The magnificent buildings were not made of brick or stone, but carved from a type of solid ice that emitted a faint blue glow.

Wide streets, towering spires that reached the ceiling, exquisitely carved bas-reliefs on the walls—everything was preserved in eternal stillness.

The city's dome was not rock, but a starry sky composed of countless blue light points; these were the cores of countless Demonic Beasts trapped within the solid ice, the sole, hauntingly beautiful light source of this underground city.

“This…”

Even with Li Xue凝's cool Heart-Nature, she couldn't help but lose herself in the sight.

This was the Valkyrie Empire, a lost civilization that had wielded the power of ice to the Divine Power Domain.

The black tortoise slowly sailed through the silent City of Frozen Ice; the life detection System showed no response, the entire city resembling a mausoleum of ultimate grandeur.

“The Sand of Time's guidance indicates that the crown of wisdom is within that central White Tower.”

Su Lei's gaze had long since locked onto the towering giant tower that stood out in the city center.

The black tortoise quietly landed in the plaza before the giant tower.

The hatch opened, and an aura blending the essence of ancient ages with extreme coldness rushed forth.

Su Lei and Li Xue凝 stepped out, one after the other, their combat boots making a distinct “crunch” sound on the mirror-smooth ice, which echoed exceptionally clearly in the deathly silent plaza.

Just as they were about to step onto the White Tower's stairs, an anomaly suddenly occurred!

In the center of the plaza, the eyes of a statue of a female warrior holding a giant frost axe, which had been closed for a thousand years, suddenly lit up with a deep blue glow! Immediately after, a second, then a third—in an instant, hundreds of frozen statues across the entire plaza “came alive” all at once!

“Crack! Crack, crack!”

The ten-thousand-year-old solid ice covering them shattered inch by inch, and powerful, suffocating auras erupted from these awakened warriors.

They were not living beings, but Ice-Sealed Guardians, constructed from pure ice energy and an unyielding will to fight!

The Ice-Sealed Guardian closest to Su Lei and Li Xue凝 transformed into a blue line of death, its crystal ice spear tearing through space, thrusting directly at Su Lei's throat! Before the spear tip even arrived, the killing intent, capable of freezing a Soul, had already descended!

Facing this deadly strike, Su Lei didn't even bother to look up, merely flicking a finger.

Clang!

A crisp sound, as clear as shattering glass.

That Ice-Sealed Guardian, comparable to a Grandmaster, along with the sky-filling killing intent it had stirred up, disintegrated inch by inch from spear tip to heel with that single flick, turning into the purest ice dust and vanishing into nothingness.

Killed in one blow!

This terrifying scene, however, did not deter the other guardians.

The moment their comrade was annihilated, the remaining hundreds of Ice-Sealed Guardians surged forward like a blue tide, launching a fearless charge from all directions!

For a moment, Sword Qi crisscrossed the entire plaza, axe shadows whistled, and countless ice energy attacks wove into a net that covered the sky and earth, overwhelming them!

Facing this siege, powerful enough to level a modern city, Su Lei simply stood still.

He extended his hand and, facing the surging blue tide, gently pressed forward.

“Disperse.”

His words became reality.

An irresistible decree suddenly spread out from him as its center!

All the Ice-Sealed Guardians charging at him, along with their world-destroying attacks, vanished silently the moment they touched this power, as if wiped from this world by an invisible hand.

The entire plaza, in just one second, returned to its ancient stillness.

Geocentric Shelter, Class A Abandoned Laboratory.

The air was filled with the acrid smell of burnt metal and the lingering embers of spatial energy.

Li Xue凝 stood before the gigantic black crystal cocoon, a hint of determination flashing in her cold eyes.

Should she destroy it, eliminating future troubles? Or control it, transforming this Demonic God's egg, destined to bring Chaos to the world, into the sharpest, most dangerous sword in the New Federation's hands?

She reached out and pressed her hand against the cold crystal cabin wall.

She chose the latter.

The nascent Ice Phoenix Domain erupted!

The purest, most extreme Domain power swept through the entire ruin like a storm, instantly calming and freezing all the turbulent energy in the air!

Her Mental Energy transformed into a lifelike Ice Crystal Phoenix, letting out a clear Phoenix cry that pierced the clouds and shattered rocks, then plunged into the chaotic darkness!

Her consciousness sank into a realm of Chaos.

This was the core of the embryo, where two frenzied wills tore at each other ceaselessly.

On one side was Qin Wuyan's fragmented Divine Soul, filled with possessiveness and ambition, transformed into a viscous black storm; on the other was the thousand-year-old Netherwind Peng's beast Soul, defiant even in death, transformed into green wind blades that tore through everything.

Li Xue凝's Ice Crystal Phoenix, like a divine light of judgment, descended right into the center of this storm, instantly breaking the fragile balance!

“Roar!!”

The black storm and green wind blades actually ceased their battle temporarily, fusing into a terrifying winged serpent entwined with spatial cracks and dark lightning, and with an aura of destroying everything, it fiercely lunged at her, the outsider!

Li Xue凝's will, however, was like ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing.

Her Ice Phoenix Domain began to systematically erode and assimilate this chaotic Mental Energy space.

A speck of ice-blue stubbornly spread amidst the mad intertwining of black and green.

“Now!”

Li Xue凝 precisely seized the flaw that arose from the two conflicting wills of her opponent.

The Ice Crystal Phoenix suddenly broke into countless fragments, bypassed the attack, and directly rushed into the winged serpent's interior, re-forming once more!

“Condense!”

Li Xue凝's will transformed into a cold syllable.

The massive body of the Mental Energy winged serpent suddenly stiffened, and countless ice-blue cracks crazily spread from within its body! An absolute zero originating from the depths of the Soul completely froze and separated the two conflicting wills!

The Ice Crystal Phoenix opened its giant maw, swallowing Qin Wuyan's rootless black storm in one gulp, and then absorbed the Origin of the Netherwind Peng along with all its wind blades.

The entire chaotic space was left with only an Ice Crystal Phoenix radiating ice-blue Divine Power and whose aura had surged dramatically… In the real world, at the center of the ruins.

The gigantic black cocoon shattered, replaced by a fist-sized, multifaceted crystal core within which an ice Phoenix seemed to spiral.

Li Xue凝's eyes snapped open, and an unprecedented, immense Mental Energy erupted from her Sea of Consciousness! Her perception was infinitely magnified, and the entire Xinghui City seemed to be enveloped by her will!

She grasped the unowned crystal core, but instead of examining it closely, she immediately sat down cross-legged and began frantically searching and organizing the vast memory fragments she had just absorbed.

Soon, she found what she wanted.

A memory belonging to Qin Wuyan.

In the scene, Qin Wuyan stood in a mysterious space shrouded in darkness.

Before him stood a vague figure, also enveloped in darkness, emanating a terrifying aura that threatened to drag the world into eternal stillness.

“Divine Soul grafting is a Heaven-Defying technique.”

The mysterious person's voice was neither human nor Demonic Beast: “It requires an absolutely ruthless Heart-Nature, one that views all things as tools.”

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