Immortal Road.

"Rumble, rumble~"

Suddenly, a loud explosion rang out in the sky, creating a massive vortex hundreds of feet high. Inside, a spatial interlayer was connected, and a broad road paved with the void stretched far into the distance, to who knows where.

The ice python suddenly raised its head, its cold, triangular eyes gleaming with a chilling light.

"Oh? You're trying to summon your true form!"

It was quite surprised.

Because in the Nascent Soul stage, the consensus among everyone is that the main body stays hidden and does not come out, while the primordial thought clone travels around.

Even if the clone perishes, the main body will never be deployed!
If you don't even have this much self-control, wouldn't it be easy to fall into someone else's trap and die completely?
The older people get, the more they cherish their lives and the more afraid they are of taking the wrong step and suffering irreversible consequences.

This is the first time the Ice Python has ever seen its true form personally come to rescue its avatar; it's truly a once-in-a-lifetime event!
Go against Tiangang!

He's really young and impetuous; he's being too reckless.

To be honest, even the Ice Python felt it was making a mountain out of a molehill. After all, there was no real deep-seated hatred between them. If you kill one of my avatars, I'll kill one of yours, and we'll call it even. It's fair and reasonable.

Why would the real body have to come and attack me in person?!
It was astonishing from its perspective, unable to understand whether this kid was simply loyal and righteous, or confident that his true form could take him down.

The ice python was not overconfident. Although it had the upper hand at the moment, Lin Shan's unusual behavior made it sense something was wrong.

Something unusual must be going on. I can't possibly confront the other party's true form head-on. Even if it feels that this secret realm has a geographical advantage and is its home ground that it has created for thousands of years, I won't take that risk.

"Very good. This place is extremely far from the main world. Even if your true body travels through the void, it will take at least three hours or even half a day to get here. By then, I will have already wiped you all out!"

It did not deliberately delay, but intended to finish the battle quickly and avoid Lin Shan's main body.

Lin Shan and the others didn't just stand there foolishly; instead, they turned around and ran, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

Sailor Moon knew how to leave this secret realm, and led them in a direction where they ran wildly, seemingly very certain that there was an exit there.

Lin Fan and Chicken Brother followed on either side, looking at the void vortex that kept moving with them above their heads, and asked with concern.

"Are you sure you want the real body to come? If it also gets destroyed here, then the three of us will be completely finished!"

"Oh, right! Lin Shan, you should stay outside and cultivate properly. When you grow stronger, you'll settle scores for us. Don't come here to die."

They both felt that Lin Shan was being too arrogant. In front of an ancient and respected figure like the Ice Python, it was best not to be too reckless.

"What will you do if I don't come?"

Lin Shan stated that he would never betray his brothers, and that loyalty is the most important thing when traveling!
"That's easy. Anyway, with your Yuan Nian avatar covering our rear, even if things get really bad, the Yellow Turban Warriors can still hold off the Ice Python by self-destructing, right?"

"With our Lightning Release Technique and Kun Flight Technique, escaping is a piece of cake, isn't it?"

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Well, Lin Shan is speechless.

I told you two kids had nothing good going on in their heads!
So you're telling me to use my Yuan Nian incarnation and the Yellow Turban Warriors to sell them?
That would be worse than the real body descending!
Losing two powerful Nascent Soul level warriors at once would be extremely painful for him at this stage, and he wouldn't give them up easily.

Most importantly, he had already killed one of the Ice Python's primordial avatars in Lei Bohai. Since this feud had been formed, he might as well eliminate it completely!
Taking advantage of knowing the location of the demon's true form, he used his Yuan Nian avatar to locate and descend, and confronted it head-on with thunderous methods. This was also part of his plan.

Not to mention Sailor Moon, who is bound to the Ice Serpent. If the Ice Serpent is not eliminated, there will never be peace in the future!
"You two stop arguing. Just wait for my true form to descend. Let's escape from the secret realm first."

The ice python relentlessly pursued them, engaging in a fierce battle with the Yellow Turban Warrior and Yuan Nian's clone, but it did not attempt to destroy the void passage above their heads.

Because it knows that destroying this is useless, the real target is this primordial avatar. As long as it can kill Lin Shan's main body before he arrives, the descent will be interrupted; otherwise, it cannot be stopped.

"Come with me, this is it!"

Sailor Moon led them to a glacial crevasse ahead, from which wisps of cold smoke rose and the bottom was nowhere to be seen.

Lin Fan and Brother Chicken looked at each other, somewhat hesitant and looking around furtively.

"This...this doesn't look like an export destination at all."

Their hearts tightened, and they looked back at the sky. Lin Shan and the Yellow Turban Warrior were locked in a fierce battle with the Ice Python and had no time to pay attention to what was below.

Shui Bingyue frowned, unsure how to explain, and simply asked in a cold voice.

Are you leaving or not?

Left with no other choice, they jumped in.

They regretted it as soon as they jumped down, because a strong chill hit them and the pure power of heaven and earth instantly froze them!
The ice crack suddenly closed, trapping the person and the chicken inside.

Two pairs of eyes looked up in shock, peering through the transparent ice surface. Sailor Moon then let out a cold, chuckling laugh.

"What two idiots! Why did that kid choose you? His cultivation is decent, but his brains aren't working. Just stay here obediently under this eternal ice, and I'll let you taste the pain I've endured for so many years while I was sealed away!"

Lin Fan and Brother Chicken couldn't speak, they were sealed down there and couldn't move, they couldn't even open their mouths, only their eyes could dart around.

Lin Shan in the sky was initially startled by the situation, but then he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two of them were only temporarily trapped and not in any danger to their lives.

"What a trick!"

He couldn't help but marvel at how the illusion technique was indeed the Ice Spirit Illusion Python's specialty; it was incredibly realistic, even fooling someone as familiar with Sailor Moon as himself.

But those two guys were really straightforward; they went down there even though they knew something was wrong. I really don't know what they were thinking.

"Where's Bingyue? What did you do to her?"

"Hmph, you men are all the same, brother. You've already been tricked, and you're still thinking about women? Tsk tsk tsk~"

Even then, the ice python didn't forget to sow discord. Sure enough, the two brothers inside the ice crevice below had strange looks in their eyes, staring at Lin Shan with an innocent expression.

We risk our lives for you, and you're thinking about other people?

Lin Shan hadn't expected these two to be so sensitive, and he quickly tried to calm them down during the fight:

"Nonsense! Brothers are like limbs, women are like clothes. How could I be the kind of person who would forget loyalty for the sake of beauty?"

A cold, clear voice suddenly came from the other side.

"Oh? Brother Lin, is that really what you think? Then it seems that I'm just clothes in your eyes?"

Lin Shan turned around upon hearing the sound and saw yet another Sailor Moon gracefully walking towards him!

She wore a faint smile, seemingly pleased that Lin Shan had come all this way to rescue her, but her brows clearly showed dissatisfaction with what he had just said.

Upon seeing this, the ice python paled instantly and questioned him sharply.

"Weren't you trapped by me? How did you get out?"

"Hehe, since we're sealed together, if you break free, I'll naturally break free too. Didn't you say that?"

Lin Shan had doubts in his heart at this moment. The Ice Spirit Illusion Python's ability was too powerful, and he couldn't tell whether Shui Bingyue was real or fake.

However, the other party did not explain to him, but directly stepped forward to help him relieve the pressure and started a fierce battle with the ice python! The situation that was originally at a disadvantage was instantly reversed with the addition of Sailor Moon, and the two sides were evenly matched.

Only then did they realize that Sailor Moon had somehow also entered the primordial spirit realm!
He had only just completed the fifth step of the Primordial Spirit stage, and still had the Sixty-Nine Thunder Tribulation to overcome.

Lin Shan was shocked and found it hard to believe that the Ice Soul Inheritance was so heaven-defying that it could directly reach the primordial spirit.
This speed is almost catching up with my own late-stage Spirit Tide level.

He remained wary, but was also happy with the situation. Once his true form arrived, he would be able to take control of the situation, so this stalemate was not a bad thing.

However, the ice python quickly realized it couldn't do anything to the two, and inexplicably roared behind it.

"Fellow Daoist Yanxi, how long are you planning to hide? You said you'd wait for this kid to come to you and ambush him, where are you?"

"!!!"

Lin Shan was taken aback. There was someone else?
"Ah~"

With a sigh, a figure emerged from the white mist behind the massive ice python, its silhouette intertwined with the dappled light and shadow, and the aura of its primordial spirit swept over you!

It was none other than the Supreme Elder of the Ghost Valley Holy Land.

Lord Anxi!

"It is truly an honor for me, Lin, to be targeted by the Ghost Valley Holy Land. You must have been waiting here for a long time, right?"

Lin Shan's eyes were like knives. Looking back now, he realized that the Ice Python deliberately dropped the Moon Pattern Silver Sword, clearly knowing that Shui Bingyue was asking for help, in order to lure him here and ambush him together with the Supreme Elder of the Ghost Valley Holy Land.

You're going to put yourself in a deadly situation!

"Brother Lin, I have been in seclusion for some time and I really don't know what's going on outside."

Shui Bingyue, fearing he might misunderstand, quickly explained.

The god Yanxi opposite him remained calm and spoke leisurely.

"Master Lin, since you dared to kill Duan Tong, the Grandmaster of Military Strategists of my Holy Land, you should have expected this consequence. I like to plan before I act. There is no point in fighting alone. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I have been waiting for you here for no more than three months."

To be honest, despite his calm demeanor, his sigh just now betrayed him.

Originally, when he saw Lin Shan preparing to summon his true form, he had been secretly advising the Ice Python not to rush and deliberately held back until the boy arrived, so that he could catch both his avatar and his true form in one fell swoop!
The ice python wouldn't listen and insisted on publicly shouting to force him out, which was quite serious to some extent, equivalent to a backstab!

The ice python's considerations were quite simple.

Its greatest enemy is Sailor Moon, and it is in its best interest to kill Sailor Moon now, before Lin Shan's main body arrives.

What if Lin Shan's true form descends and Shui Bingyue can't suppress him?
Now that things have come to this, the hidden conspiracy has been exposed, and Lord Yanxi has no choice but to accept it reluctantly.

Since the truth has already been revealed, we might as well cut off Lin Shan's arm first. I imagine that a Yuan Nian avatar and a Yuan Shen puppet would be enough to make this kid heartbroken for a long time.

Lin Shan was somewhat surprised that the Ghost Valley Holy Land had found out he had killed Duan Tong. Logically speaking, he should have wiped out all those who knew about it back in the Red Dust Star Sea.

As the spiritual tide receded and the event ended without any explosions, he assumed the matter was over and done with.

Who would have thought that the truth would eventually come out!

In that case, it's understandable that Lord Yanxi would come looking for trouble with him, but he really didn't expect that Lord Yanxi could get together with the Ice Python!
However, this reveals a problem: the Sailor Moon who is fighting alongside him is probably a real person this time.

Lin Shan did not deny killing Grandmaster Duan Tong. The other party was clearly certain of his intentions, so the truth of the matter was no longer so important.
He couldn't help but take another look at Sailor Moon and found that she was different from before. For the first time, her usually cold face became bright, and she became a little gentler when she looked at him, no longer giving people a sense of distance.

There was just an inexplicable feeling, as if she wanted to tell me something, but she kept hesitating.

Meanwhile, the ice python on the other side could no longer wait and attacked again. With the help of the god Yanxi, the balance of the battle tilted once more.

Lin Shan felt immense pressure. This Yuan Nian avatar only possessed 60% of its strength, and weakening it further would be equivalent to cutting it in half!
It made him feel extremely frustrated.

The Yellow Turban Warrior's Star Element Module is also about to run out; without energy to power it, it's just a pile of scrap metal.

Lin Fan and Brother Chicken were merely powerful cultivators, and they had fallen into the Ice Python's trap, becoming trapped in an ice crevice and unable to move, putting them in a very unfavorable situation.

He estimated the speed at which his main body would arrive. Even though he had just broken through and was already far beyond the normal Nascent Soul stage, it still wouldn't be able to get there in a short time.

At that moment, Sailor Moon suddenly reached out her hand to him.

Lin Shan noticed that her expression subtly conveyed a sense of reluctance, helplessness, longing, and hope.
Layers of shimmering light dappled her skirt, highlighting her delicate features, just like when we first met.

A powerful, rumbling energy emanated from outside the Void Secret Realm.

"Brother Lin, it's great to see you again, but life is full of disappointments, and our time together is always so short."

"Bingyue, what's wrong?"

He had a strange feeling that something was wrong; the feeling seemed familiar, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Shui Bingyue smiled at him like a spring flower in full bloom; this was the first time Lin Shan had ever seen her smile so gently.

"Actually, I've been suppressing myself from breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, just waiting for you here."

"wait for me?"

"I was waiting for you to come and rescue me, so I wouldn't be bound by all these rules and regulations. Now I understand why the Ice Soul Ancestor left the Ice Python behind. Fortunately, you came, even if you didn't come in your true form."

"No, what are you talking about? I don't understand."

"The Ice Soul inheritance has been passed down for three generations. The first two generations will break through the primordial spirit and ascend to heaven. As the last successor in the lower realm, once I fully accept the inheritance, I will be drawn away."

Shui Bingyue looked at him, as if trying to imprint him in her heart. This moment was too sudden for Lin Shan.

It happened completely without warning, without any preparation whatsoever.

But in her time, she had been waiting for who knows how many years!
"Bingyue, it's me."

He hurriedly reached out to grab her, but at that moment, the rumbling thunder outside began.

Hiss~~
The Void Realm was suddenly opened up by a force field, and the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool appeared with overwhelming heavenly might.

At the same time, a special passage was projected down from the distant celestial realm.

Envelop her!

Lin Shan was pushed away by a gentle force.

"If your avatar is affected by the Six-Nine Lightning Tribulation, it will be difficult for you to survive. Don't take any risks."

Shui Bingyue turned around to face the astonished ice python and the caught-off-handed Yanxi God.

"Have you two had enough? If you have, then come at me together!"

(End of this chapter)