257: Chapter 257 Extreme Cold Wasteland, Snow Ape Attack

In the Extreme Cold Ice Domain, the gray chaos qi had long since frozen into ice crystals dancing throughout the sky.

"Wooo—!"

The piercing cold wind was like a peerless bone-scraping blade, raging wildly in this deathly silent frozen world. Every wind blade that scraped past carried a terrifying destructive power sufficient to easily tear apart the Physical Body of a Great Emperor Realm expert.

"Clang, clang, clang, clang!"

The dense sound of metal clashing rang out incessantly.

Su Xuanchen, dressed in white, stood proudly at the center of the storm. Above his head, the simple and heavy myriad things mother qi cauldron floated quietly, with billions of strands of mysterious yellow mother qi and grayish-white chaos qi intertwined and falling, transforming into an absolutely indestructible defensive barrier.

While driving the precious cauldron to resist the violent cold wind outside that was enough to freeze the Divine Soul, he forcibly carved out a path forward in this desolation, all while firmly protecting the three women behind him within the sanctuary.

Inside the cauldron, the atmosphere seemed somewhat oppressive.

Gu Hongchen's expression was solemn to the extreme. Her hands rapidly formed seals, injecting the few remaining strands of True Immortal magic power in her body into the biluo emperor sword before her, focusing intently on controlling the emperor sword to search for the ethereal location of the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins.

Chang Xiyue and Ji Luanxi stood to the left and right of Gu Hongchen, both of them with nerves tensed, their beautiful eyes vigilantly scanning the bottomless frost mist surrounding them.

"In this godforsaken place, not even a trace of Spiritual Power can be sensed." Gu Hongchen gritted her silver teeth, fine beads of cold sweat seeping from her smooth forehead. "If we continue to consume like this, even if we don't freeze to death, we'll become cripples due to the exhaustion of our magic power."

Everyone tried their best to suppress their Spiritual Qi consumption to the absolute minimum.

After all, in this land beyond the laws, there was no Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to replenish at all, and no one could say for sure how much further the road ahead was.

However, among these women who were walking on thin ice, only Su Xuanchen seemed out of place.

"It's no big deal, look at how worried you all are."

Su Xuanchen let out a lazy yawn, his face full of indifference.

He casually wiped his right hand through the Void Realm, and his storage ring flashed with light.

"Clatter!"

Accompanied by a series of crisp clashing sounds, a large pile of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, emitting an extremely rich and pure aura, were tossed at the feet of the three women like worthless rotten cabbage.

This pile of Spirit Stones was stacked like a small mountain, and the Spiritual Qi they emitted instantly dispelled much of the extreme cold within the cauldron.

"Take them and absorb as you please; if it's not enough, I have more." Su Xuanchen waved his hand grandly. "Everyone, keep your status at the Peak; don't be stingy."

Looking at the pile of eye-blinding Top-Grade Spirit Stones at her feet, Gu Hongchen was completely stunned.

As a core True Immortal of the Gu Family, what kind of great storms hadn't she seen? But she had truly never seen such a spendthrift behavior as Su Xuanchen's, scattering Top-Grade Spirit Stones like they were candy.

"You... did you bring a Spirit Stone mine with you?" Gu Hongchen gasped, the corners of her eyes twitching wildly. "These are Top-Grade Spirit Stones! A strategic resource that has long since gone extinct in the outside world, and you're actually taking them out as consumables just like that?"

"Aren't they just a few broken stones?" Su Xuanchen curled his lips and retorted in an extremely annoying manner. "Could my, Su Xuanchen's, women be allowed to suffer out here? Hurry up and absorb them; don't delay leading the way."

Gu Hongchen was nearly choked with anger, but her body was extremely honest as she grabbed two Top-Grade Spirit Stones, frantically absorbing the pure Spiritual Qi within.

With Su Xuanchen's almost perverse financial support, the hearts of the three women that had been hanging in suspense finally settled back into their chests.

Following the guidance of the biluo emperor sword, the group continued forward through the Extreme Cold Ice Domain.

They flew for a full three days.

During these three days, they crossed tens of millions of miles of frozen territory every day.

However, as they went deeper, their forward speed had to slow down repeatedly.

The surrounding cold wind could no longer be described as merely violent.

"Screech—!"

In the Void Realm not far ahead, two extremely terrifying extreme cold storms collided with a bang!

Under the overlapping of the wind blades, their power instantly surged geometrically. The originally incomparably solid spatial barriers were actually torn apart by the overlapping cold wind like a piece of ragged cloth!

A spatial rift thousands of feet long, deep and pitch-black, appeared abruptly on the path the group had to take.

Within the rift, violent void turbulence and extreme cold qi intertwined wildly, emitting a hair-raising aura of destruction.

"Stop!"

Su Xuanchen suddenly halted his steps, his expression becoming extremely solemn.

He stared fixedly at that spatial rift and raised his hand to stop the group from continuing forward.

"It can even tear through the Void Realm so easily..." Chang Xiyue looked at the rift, her cool face filled with horror. "The power of this cold wind has actually reached such a terrifying level!"

Su Xuanchen narrowed his eyes, not being overconfident.

Even though he had the Chaos Immortal Bone and Nine Tribulations Immortal Light to protect his body, he did not dare to lightly touch the edge of that spatial rift when facing such an extreme environment capable of tearing through the Void Realm.

"Go around it."

Su Xuanchen gave the order decisively, controlling the myriad things mother qi cauldron to carefully avoid that extremely unstable spatial collapse zone.

This kind of dull and tedious flight, accompanied by constant lethal danger, was the most grueling for one's mind.

"Just how much further is it..."

Ji Luanxi pouted her red lips, her beautiful face written all over with impatience.

Her originally lively and active nature had been worn down to the point of going crazy in this oppressive frozen desolation for three whole days.

"This godforsaken place, there's nothing but ice and snow, not even a living creature. It's boring to death!" Ji Luanxi kicked the ice crystals on the ground in frustration and couldn't help but complain loudly.

Just as her voice fell.

"Eh?"

Su Xuanchen, who had been walking at the very front with his Divine Sense fully active, suddenly let out a light exclamation.

He stopped his steps, his gaze penetrating the layers of frost mist, staring straight at a towering snow mountain extremely far to the right.

"Stop complaining, there seems to be something good over there." A smile curled at the corner of Su Xuanchen's mouth as he pointed at the cliff of that snow mountain.

Upon hearing this, the three women's spirits were instantly lifted, and they looked as far as they could in the direction Su Xuanchen pointed.

On that towering, steep cliff of the snow mountain, which looked as if it had been carved by a knife, a small tree less than half a person tall was actually growing tenaciously!

In this deathly silent Extreme Cold Ice Domain, a plant had actually appeared!

"Let's go and take a look."

Su Xuanchen directly changed direction, leading the three women to quickly approach that snow mountain cliff.

When everyone clearly saw the true appearance of that small tree, they all gasped.

The small tree was crystal clear throughout, even its branches and leaves seemed to be meticulously carved from the purest ice crystals, without a single trace of Impurities.

Even more strange was that the branches of this small tree were densely packed with over a dozen immortal fruits the size of pigeon eggs, emitting a faint silver glow.

An extremely refreshing and soul-penetrating fragrance drifted out from those immortal fruits.

This fragrance seemed to contain some extremely profound Dao Law; just a single sniff made one feel their spiritual platform clear and their Divine Soul transparent.

Ji Luanxi, whose heart had been filled with frustration and irritability, was suddenly stunned the moment she smelled the fruit fragrance.

Her impatience and other negative emotions were instantly smoothed out by this fragrance, and she became as calm as still water.

"This... what kind of divine tree is this?" Ji Luanxi's beautiful eyes widened, her face full of disbelief.

Gu Hongchen stared fixedly at that small ice crystal tree, her breathing instantly becoming extremely hurried.

"ice spirit jade fruit tree!"

Gu Hongchen's voice was trembling with excitement as she suddenly turned her head to look at Su Xuanchen.

"Old Ancestor Su, we've struck it big! This is the legendary ice spirit jade fruit tree!"

Gu Hongchen swallowed her saliva and quickly shared her knowledge: "This kind of divine tree is only born in Extreme Cold Desolations, blooming once every ten thousand years and bearing fruit once every ten thousand years. The ice spirit jade fruit it produces can directly wash a Cultivator's Divine Soul and help one clarify their state of mind."

"If a Great Emperor Realm Peak expert swallows one, the chance of comprehending the Dao when breaking through to the True Immortal Realm can be increased by at least thirty percent!"

Hearing these words, Chang Xiyue also showed a look of shock.

An immortal fruit that could help one comprehend the Dao and increase the chance of Breakthrough to the True Immortal was an absolute supreme treasure that would cause countless old monsters to fight frantically, even in those ancient Holy Lands that had been passed down for tens of millions of years in the outside world!

"Wow! It's actually such a powerful treasure!"

Ji Luanxi's eyes shone; she no longer cared about any boredom or frustration.

With a cheer, she directly skipped out of the myriad things mother qi cauldron's range of protection and pounced toward the ice spirit jade fruit tree on the cliff with wild joy, wanting to pluck those fruits emitting an alluring glow.

"Lianxi, be careful!"

Seeing this, a strong sense of unease suddenly rose in Chang Xiyue's heart, and she hurriedly called out a warning.

However, it was too late!

Just as Ji Luanxi's fair and delicate hand was about to touch an ice spirit jade fruit.

"Roar—!!!"

An extremely violent, earth-shaking, and terrifying beast roar exploded without warning from the summit of the snow mountain!

This roar contained extremely terrifying extreme cold Laws, and the sound waves turned into a physical frost storm, directly shattering the surrounding Void Realm inch by inch!

"Rumble!"

The entire towering snow mountain began to shake violently; the ground moved and the mountain swayed!

Immediately after.

A massive white shadow, carrying a terrifying pressure that blotted out the sun, leaped down from the summit of the snow mountain, like Mount Tai pressing down, smashing fiercely toward Ji Luanxi on the cliff!

It was a giant Snow Ape with a body size comparable to a small hill!

It was covered in snow-white fur like steel needles, its arms were as thick as pillars supporting the heavens, and its blood-red eyes were filled with extremely cruel bloodlust.

"Ah!"

Ji Luanxi was deathly locked by this sudden terrifying pressure, feeling her blood instantly freeze and her mind go blank; she actually stood dazed on the spot, completely forgetting to dodge.

The Snow Ape's massive palm, carrying a terrifying power to tear through everything, was already less than a zhang away from the top of Ji Luanxi's head!

At the critical moment!

"Seeking death!"

An extremely cold snort, filled with endless killing intent, suddenly rang out.

"Swish!"

Su Xuanchen's figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

He pushed the "Xing Character Secret" among the Nine Secrets to the limit, transforming into an afterimage that the naked eye could not capture at all, directly ignoring the distance of space.

Just as the Snow Ape's giant palm was about to crush Ji Luanxi's head.

Su Xuanchen appeared at Ji Luanxi's side like a ghost.

His left hand suddenly reached out, grabbing Ji Luanxi's slender waist that could be held in one hand, and pulled her tightly into his broad embrace.

"Boom!"

Thunder light exploded beneath his feet.

Holding Ji Luanxi, Su Xuanchen's figure suddenly bent at an extremely incredible angle in mid-air.

"Bang—!!!"

The Snow Ape's world-destroying strike smashed fiercely onto the cliff.

The incomparably hard extreme cold ice rock shattered instantly, and the sky full of crushed ice flew wildly like hidden weapons. The entire cliff was forcibly smashed into a terrifying deep pit a hundred zhang in diameter!

Meanwhile, Su Xuanchen had already retreated steadily back under the protection of the myriad things mother qi cauldron, holding the shaken Ji Luanxi.

"Are you okay?" Su Xuanchen lowered his head and looked at the pale-faced Ji Luanxi in his arms, asking in a gentle tone.

Feeling that powerful heartbeat and familiar burning aura, Ji Luanxi finally recovered from her fear of death.

She hugged Su Xuanchen's neck tightly, her eyes slightly red as she whispered, "Husband... you scared me to death."

At this moment.

Standing to the side, Gu Hongchen and Chang Xiyue finally saw clearly the terrifying giant beast slowly standing up from the deep pit.

"Ice Spirit Snow Ape?!"

Gu Hongchen gasped, her face full of horror and shock.

She stared fixedly at the giant ape that was frantically pounding its chest and roaring at the sky, her voice trembling violently.

"And... this aura has actually reached the Emperor Realm Peak!"

Chang Xiyue also furrowed her delicate brows, her cool eyes filled with extreme confusion.

"How is this possible?" Chang Xiyue said uncertainly, "The Ice Spirit Snow Ape is a Vicious Beast species unique to the North Pole Ice Plain of our Xuanhuang Great World!"

"How could this kind of Vicious Beast cross the endless Star Domain and appear deep within the Chaos Sea in this land beyond the laws?!"

A native Vicious Beast of the Xuanhuang Great World had actually come to the Chaos Sea to settle down; this was simply more absurd than a fairy tale.

Gu Hongchen's brows were tightly locked as her mind worked rapidly.

"Could it be..." Gu Hongchen swallowed her saliva and proposed an extremely bold guess, "Before us, someone had already crossed the Star Domain and come to this Extreme Cold Ice Domain first?"

Hearing this serious analysis.

Ji Luanxi, still nestled in Su Xuanchen's arms, blinked her large, watery eyes.

With a face full of innocence, she looked up and asked an extremely inappropriate question:

"Sister Hongchen, are you stupid? Who would be so bored as to cross the endless Star Domain just to move house for a monkey?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The originally tense and murderous atmosphere instantly froze.

Su Xuanchen looked at this charming wife in his arms with her peculiar train of thought, and the corners of his mouth twitched wildly.

He helplessly supported his forehead with his hand, let out a deep sigh, and complained, "I'm begging you, if you don't know how to speak, just shut up. Where exactly is your focus grown?"