263: Chapter 263 Spirit Beast

In Su Xuanchen's left palm, the ice soul pearl, which was emitting extreme cold, was quietly floating.

He clenched his right hand in the air.

"Crack, crack, crack, crack!"

The Immortal Devil Divine Rings bound to the Ice Spirit Snow Ape King's body instantly erupted with a terrifying constricting force.

The scalp-numbing sound of bones breaking echoed densely across the deathly silent ice field.

This terrifying Vicious Beast, with a body as massive as a mountain and a cultivation level at the Half-Step True Immortal Realm, was now like a doll held in a palm, being forcibly lifted into mid-air.

Its indestructible Physical Body, under the strangulation of the immortal and demonic qi, was constricted until deep-to-the-bone bloody gashes appeared. Scalding beast blood poured down like a waterfall, burning countless deep pits into the ten-thousand-year-old ice below.

"Wu... Roar!"

The Snow Ape King struggled frantically, its massive claws desperately clawing at the divine ring around its neck, but it was all in vain.

Su Xuanchen, dressed in white, had an extremely cold gaze.

"You don't understand human speech, do you?"

Su Xuanchen's lips curled into a cruel sneer as he suddenly tightened the five fingers of his right hand.

"Then keeping you around is useless. Shatter for me!"

Gu Hongchen stood behind, watching this scene, so terrified that her breathing stopped.

She gripped the biluo emperor sword tightly, feeling her heart drumming frantically in her chest. That was a Half-Step True Immortal Rank Vicious Beast! In the hands of this Su Family Ancestor, it didn't even have room to resist; if he said he'd crush it to death, he'd crush it to death!

At the critical moment when the Immortal Devil Divine Rings was about to completely sever the Snow Ape King's neck bone!

The intense life-and-death crisis completely shattered the psychological defenses of this overlord of the extreme cold.

"Great Immortal, spare my life! I'll talk! I'll speak human language!"

An extremely coarse, raspy voice filled with heavy sobbing suddenly boomed over the ice field without warning!

The entire field fell into a deathly silence.

Ji Luanxi, who was about to take out a fruit to eat, suddenly jerked her hand, and the translucent ice spirit jade fruit fell directly onto the ice.

She widened her watery beautiful eyes, a look of seeing a ghost on her face, as she pointed at the Snow Ape King in mid-air.

"Oh my god! This big monkey has become a spirit! It actually speaks human language!" Ji Luanxi exclaimed, her peculiar train of thought leading her to complain, "And its voice is so unpleasant, like a broken gong!"

Gu Hongchen was also dumbfounded, completely stunned.

Su Xuanchen's movement paused slightly.

He raised an eyebrow, looking at the Snow Ape King whose eyes were rolling back from being strangled, his tone extremely playful.

"Oh, you could speak human language but didn't say so earlier?" Su Xuanchen didn't let go; instead, he sneered, "Did I have to loosen your bones before you'd straighten your tongue?"

The Snow Ape King was strangled so hard it couldn't breathe, and massive tears burst from its eyes, shattering as they hit the ice.

"Great Immortal! Grandpa! Ancestor! Please loosen your grip a bit; if you squeeze any more, it'll really break!"

The Snow Ape King completely abandoned its dignity as a king, crying and begging for mercy repeatedly.

"I'll confess everything! That ice soul pearl wasn't my own thing at all!"

Like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube, it poured out all the secrets hidden in its heart.

"I picked it up by chance from the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins in an extremely ancient age!"

"I was originally just a small Spirit Beast in the Ancient Heavenly Court, responsible for guarding the periphery of the South Heaven Gate!"

Upon hearing the four words "Ancient Heavenly Court."

Chang Xiyue, who had been standing behind with a cold expression, suddenly trembled, and stormy waves instantly surged in her cold eyes.

The Snow Ape King dared not hide anything and continued to wail about that buried, earth-shattering secret.

"In the ancient era, the Heavenly Court met with an unimaginable catastrophe!"

In the Snow Ape King's crimson eyes, extreme fear emerged, as if it were recalling that terrifying era when even the firmament was shattered.

"Those four heartless beasts, the Four Heavenly Emperors, rebelled collectively! They colluded with terrifying powerful enemies from the outer domains and joined forces to besiege the Empress!"

"That battle caused the galaxy to invert and the Myriad Daos to collapse!"

The Snow Ape King's voice trembled violently.

"Although the Empress was peerless and had unparalleled combat power, she ultimately couldn't withstand so many opponents. She exhausted her last bit of Origin to slay countless enemies, but in the end, she was struck into the deepest part of the Boundary Sea by their combined efforts, her fate unknown!"

Boom!

This news was like a heavy hammer, slamming hard into everyone's hearts.

Gu Hongchen sucked in a breath of cold air, her scalp tingling.

The Four Heavenly Emperors rebelled? The Empress struck into the Boundary Sea? If this secret were to spread outside, it would surely stir up a terrifying storm that would overturn the All Heavens and Myriad Realms!

The Snow Ape King sniffled and continued in an extremely wretched manner.

"My cultivation was extremely meager back then, and I didn't even have the qualification to participate in the battle. When the Heavenly Court collapsed, I was so scared that I hid in the ruins and barely managed to save my lowly life."

"Later, I followed that broken piece of the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins and drifted in the endless Void turbulence for an unknown number of eons."

"Eventually, the ruins smashed through the Void barrier and ended up in the depths of this Extreme Cold Ice Domain. I took the opportunity to settle here and have been lingering on until today."

After listening to the Snow Ape King's confession.

"Say that again!"

An extremely shrill voice, filled with endless grief, indignation, and despair, suddenly rang out.

Chang Xiyue's eyes were blood-red, and her face, which was usually as cold as an immortal's, had now completely lost its color.

"The Empress... what happened to her?!"

Chang Xiyue trembled violently, unable to accept this cruel reality.

"Zheng—!!!"

A sword hum that could pierce metal and stone, filled with an endless Aura of slaughter, boomed!

Chang Xiyue suddenly grabbed with her right hand.

Brilliant azure imperial light soared into the sky, and that supreme treasure forged by the Empress herself—the biluo emperor sword—instantly appeared in her hand!

The terrifying imperial Sword Intent, like a tangible storm, raged frantically in the Extreme Cold Ice Domain, shredding all the surrounding frost into nothingness.

The Snow Ape King, suspended in mid-air, the moment it felt this Sword Intent...

Its massive eyes suddenly widened, staring intently at the azure longsword in Chang Xiyue's hand.

"This... this Aura..."

The Snow Ape King completely forgot the intense pain in its body; its hideous ape face was filled with extreme disbelief and shock.

"This is the Empress's biluo emperor sword!"

The Snow Ape King cried out in shock, its voice as loud as a thunderclap.

It suddenly turned its head, staring fixedly at Chang Xiyue holding the sword.

Under the guidance of that familiar imperial sword Aura.

In the Snow Ape King's massive mind, those childhood memories from an extremely distant age, sealed for countless eons, surged forth like a flood breaking a dam.

In that extremely glorious ancient era.

The peerless Empress sat high upon the Nine Heavens divine throne.

And by the Empress's side, there always stood a cold-looking personal maid holding an azure longsword.

That maid's face gradually overlapped perfectly with the red-eyed woman before it.

"You... you are..."

The Snow Ape King completely lost its composure, its massive body trembling violently within the Immortal Devil Divine Rings.

"You are Aunt Xiyue who stayed by the Empress's side back then?!"

Su Xuanchen watched this scene, his brow raising slightly.

He casually snapped his fingers.

"Swish!"

The Immortal Devil Divine Rings constricting the Snow Ape King instantly shattered, dissipating into a sky full of light specks.

Losing its restraints, the Snow Ape King, like a mountain of flesh, crashed heavily onto the ten-thousand-year-old ice below.

"Bang!"

The ice surface was smashed into a huge deep pit.

But the Snow Ape King didn't care at all about the terrifying deep-to-the-bone injuries on its body.

It crawled out of the deep pit in a very wretched state, its massive body suddenly lunging forward.

"Thump!"

This arrogant Half-Step True Immortal Rank giant beast that ruled the Extreme Cold Ice Domain actually knelt on both knees in a very comical manner.

It kowtowed extremely piously and forcefully to Chang Xiyue, who held the biluo emperor sword.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Each time the Snow Ape King kowtowed, it smashed the hard ice surface to pieces.

"Wuwuwu... Aunt Xiyue! It really is you!"

The Snow Ape King cried with snot and tears, its coarse, raspy voice filled with endless grievance and sorrow.

"This little monkey thought I would never see an old friend from the Heavenly Court again in this life! Empress, where on earth are you!"

The dozens of Ice Spirit Snow Apes around that had been beaten black and blue by Su Xuanchen and were lying haphazardly on the ice.

Seeing their king actually kneeling before a human woman and kowtowing frantically while crying.

Although this group of Vicious Beasts with low intelligence was full of confusion, they were intimidated by their king's majesty.

They also hurriedly scrambled over.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

Dozens of Vicious Beasts above the Great Saint Realm knelt down in a large crowd.

They imitated the Snow Ape King, kowtowing frantically to Chang Xiyue and the biluo emperor sword, making for an extremely spectacular and comical scene.

Ji Luanxi stood to the side, still holding half a fruit in her hand.

Her red lips parted wide as she looked at the weeping giant snow ape and then at the tear-streaked Chang Xiyue.

"Husband..." Ji Luanxi tugged at Su Xuanchen's sleeve, her peculiar train of thought prompting her to ask again, "This big monkey actually calls Sister Xiyue 'Auntie'? Then wouldn't it have to call me 'Little Auntie'? This relative-recognizing is a bit too casual!"

Gu Hongchen listened from the side, her face covered in black lines.

Looking at this extremely shocking reunion scene, she felt her worldview being violently impacted.

A Half-Step True Immortal Rank Chaos Sea Vicious Beast was actually a gatekeeping Spirit Beast of the Ancient Heavenly Court? And it was here weeping over a sword?

Chang Xiyue held the biluo emperor sword, tears falling frantically like broken strings of pearls.

Looking at the Snow Ape King weeping on the ground, the desolation and despair in her heart almost completely swallowed her.

Su Xuanchen strode forward.

He reached out his broad and powerful hand, dominantly putting his arm around Chang Xiyue's slightly trembling, slender shoulders, protectively holding her in his arms.

Su Xuanchen's gaze was as cold and sharp as a knife as he looked down upon the Snow Ape King weeping on the ground.

"Alright, stop wailing."

Su Xuanchen's voice was extremely cold, carrying an unquestionable absolute authority, directly interrupting this reunion drama.

"Since you are a former subordinate of the Heavenly Court, then cut the crap."

He looked directly into the Snow Ape King's eyes and demanded sternly.

"You just said the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins ended up here. Now, tell me its exact location immediately!"

Shaken by Su Xuanchen's overbearing Aura, the Snow Ape King trembled all over and quickly stopped crying.

It glanced at Su Xuanchen with extreme awe and pointed its thick finger toward the bottomless end of the Extreme Cold Ice Domain.

"In reply to the Great Immortal!"

The Snow Ape King confessed honestly.

"Just follow this direction and completely cross this Extreme Cold Ice Domain."

"Then, after crossing that extremely violent Chaotic Void on the periphery of the ruins, you can directly reach the location of the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins!"

Upon hearing this extremely definite answer.

Gu Hongchen slapped her thigh excitedly.

"Great! We've finally found the right place!" Gu Hongchen let out a long breath, and the exhaustion of the past few days seemed to vanish instantly.

Ji Luanxi also waved her little fist excitedly.

However.

The joy of the group hadn't even had time to fully blossom on their faces.

The Snow Ape King, kneeling on the ground, helplessly shrank its massive neck.

Its hideous ape face was filled with extreme bitterness and wariness.

"But... Great Immortal, Aunt Xiyue..."

The Snow Ape King swallowed hard, its voice getting smaller as it revealed an extremely fatal unexpected situation.

"Outside the Ancient Heavenly Court Ruins, there is a terrifying Sealing Formation."

"The rules of that formation are extremely domineering; they only allow exit, not entry. Let alone you all, even I, who managed to escape from inside back then, cannot enter even half a step now."