Game Cultivation World: I'm really playing games

Before the spatial rift in the ancient battlefield of the Heavenly Demon Domain, clone number 527 was comprehending the laws of space.

Suddenly, ripples appeared in the void behind him, and a creature with a silver-gray body appeared with cat-like steps.

This is the same Time-Space Beast that fought Xue Tianhan and the others before. It did not die completely and has now come back to life, and its strength has become even greater.

"Finally found you." The Time-Space Beast's amber eyes flashed with a cold light. "You'll have to pay for the injury that Chaos Entity inflicted on me last time!"

Before 527 could react, he was swallowed whole by the Time-Space Beast.

The Time-Space Beast licked its paws contentedly: "Hmm, that's the taste. I knew last time that kid had a scent I liked, and it was right. I was just too impatient back then, and I was still trying to be strong even though I was in the weakened stage of evolution!"

……

The Celestial Realm, the Northern Sea of ​​the Big Dipper Celestial Domain.

Xue Tianhan stood on a patch of pitch-black frozen earth, the ice beneath his feet gleaming with a ghostly blue light, countless fine cracks extending beneath the ice surface like the veins of the earth.

In the distance, towering icebergs pierced the blood-red sky, their surfaces covered in millennia-old, unmelting ice, the chilling air transforming into a tangible white mist that drifted slowly through the air.

"Is this the Northern Sea?" he murmured to himself, his breath instantly freezing into ice crystals that fell down in a flurry.

In the chaotic space, Qingyao's aura grew increasingly weak. The black aura of the Immortal King's curse had spread to half of her cheek, writhing like a living thing and constantly eroding her immortal essence.

Xiao Qi and the others took turns using their immortal powers to prolong her life, but with little effect.

Xue Tianhan gripped the dirty jade pendant in his hand—the three characters "Defying Heaven Palace" were faintly visible. He looked up at the tallest ice mountain in the distance, where a faint blue light flickered at the summit; this should be the Xuanbing Cave the old Taoist had mentioned.

"We have to hurry up."

He had just taken a step when the ice beneath his feet suddenly cracked open with a "crack!" A dark shadow darted out from the crack like lightning, lunging straight for his throat!

Xue Tianhan dodged to the side, and the dark figure grazed his neck, leaving a trail of blood.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a jet-black ice snake with blood-red eyes, and venom dripping from its fangs corroding the ice surface, leaving pits in its surface.

"The Northern Dark Serpent?" Xue Tianhan's pupils contracted slightly.

This monster is said to feed on the cold, icy air, and when it grows up, it is comparable to a Golden Immortal. Its toxicity is even capable of corroding an immortal's body.

Before he could think further, the surrounding ice shattered one after another, and dozens of black snakes burst out, surrounding him completely! As their tongues flickered, a pale blue poisonous mist filled the air, and even the space itself was frozen with fine cracks.

"You're courting death!" Xue Tianhan snorted, and the chaotic energy in his palm surged, transforming into a jet-black longsword.

The sword was shrouded in a hazy mist, and wherever it passed, even the light was swallowed up.

“Shua——”

With a single sword strike, the three black snakes were instantly severed in two. No blood flowed from the wounds; instead, they were directly annihilated into nothingness by the chaotic energy!

The remaining black serpents emitted a piercing hiss, their bodies swelled up strangely, and ancient runes appeared on their surfaces.

"Self-destruct?" Xue Tianhan's eyes narrowed, and he retreated rapidly.

However, these black snakes actually formed a kind of formation, blocking all his escape routes!

At the critical moment, the world seed of the chaotic space within his body suddenly trembled, and a wisp of seven-colored light surged out along his meridians, forming a thin light membrane around him.

"Boom—!"

Dozens of black snakes exploded simultaneously, unleashing a terrifying storm of icy poison that swept across an area of ​​hundreds of feet! The ice collapsed, space distorted, and even distant icebergs were shaken, causing snow to fall in abundance.

After the storm subsided, Xue Tianhan stood there and was surprised to find that the seven-colored light membrane had completely isolated the cold poison.

Even more miraculously, the light membrane is absorbing the essence of the cold poison and transforming it into pure energy to nourish itself.

"The fragments of the world's origin have such wonderful uses?" He was overjoyed and, without further delay, leaped towards the iceberg.

The closer one gets to the mountain peak, the colder it becomes. In the last hundred feet, even immortal energy begins to stagnate, making flight extremely difficult.

Due to the snow and cold, one had to climb on foot onto the ice.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks.

On the icy steps ahead, a woman in white sat cross-legged. Her eyes were closed, her face was beautiful and lifelike, but her body was devoid of any vitality, clearly indicating that she had passed away many years ago.

What's chilling is that a crystal-clear ice sword is stuck in her heart, its blade piercing through her chest and pinning her to the ice wall.

Snowy and cold, I cautiously walked around her, but in the instant we brushed past each other, I heard a soft sigh:

"Thirty thousand years... Finally, we've waited for the Chaos Body..."

"Who?!" He turned around abruptly, only to see the woman still sitting with her eyes closed, as if what had just happened was just an illusion.

But the next second, the ice sword in the woman's chest suddenly rang out softly, and dense ancient characters appeared on the blade.

Upon closer inspection, Xue Tianhan realized it was the complete manual of the "Northern Darkness Cold Soul Technique"!

"This is... a legacy?" He was shaken.

This woman was at least a Celestial King in her lifetime, and she actually passed away here, waiting for her successor.

After a moment's hesitation, he reached out and grasped the sword hilt. In that instant, countless images flooded his mind—

Amidst a raging sea of ​​blood, the woman in white battled alone against nine celestial kings, only to be pierced through the heart from behind by the one she loved most...

"My name is Hanpo, and I was betrayed by my Daoist partner and the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion..." The woman's lingering will echoed in his mind, "Those who inherit my legacy must swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao: to kill the current master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion!"

Before Xue Tianhan could respond, the seed of the world within his body suddenly vibrated violently, drawing upon the chaotic energy to forcibly devour the inheritance within the ice sword!

"No—!" The woman's lingering will roared in unwillingness, but it vanished the moment it touched the World Seed.

The ice sword shattered into pieces, eventually leaving only a blue crystal the size of a pearl in his palm.

"The Dao Seed of the Frost Soul Immortal King?" Xue Tianhan gasped. This was a treasure even more precious than Xuanbing!

Suddenly, the entire iceberg began to shake violently! A deafening roar echoed from the Xuanbing Cave at the summit:

"Who dared to disturb my junior sister's remains?!"

A terrifying pressure poured down like a celestial river, and Xue Tianhan felt his bones cracking and bleeding from all seven orifices. This was definitely a peak Immortal King!

He gritted his teeth, crushed the jade tablet of the Heaven-Defying Palace, and a golden light enveloped his entire body as he bravely endured the oppressive force and rushed into the Xuanbing Cave.

Inside the Xuanbing Cave, the extreme cold condenses into a tangible frost mist, and with each step Xue Tianhan takes, ice crystal lotuses bloom beneath his feet.

The cave walls are inlaid with countless blue crystals, emitting a faint, cold light that illuminates the entire cave like a starry sky.

The roar still echoed, causing icicles to fall from the cave ceiling.

Snowy cold sweat seeped from his palms, and the golden protective shield formed by the jade tablet of the Heavenly Palace was being eroded by the cold air, making a "crackling" sound as it could not bear the weight.

Suddenly, the frost and mist surged ahead, and a blurry figure slowly emerged—

It was a giant nearly ten feet tall, its entire body composed of crystal-clear black ice, with blue blood-like energy flowing through its veins. Its eyes were like two cold moons, and wherever its gaze fell, even the air froze into ice powder that fell in a flurry.

"A mere Golden Immortal dares to trespass into the Northern Underworld Forbidden Land?" The giant's voice was like ice shattering against ice, "And even disturbed the remains of Han Po..."

Xue Tianhan tensed up, his chaotic power surging wildly within him. This ice giant was definitely a Celestial Venerable level being! He hurriedly raised the blue Dao Seed: "Senior, please understand, this junior merely—"

"The Frost Soul Seed?!" The giant suddenly roared in fury, and the entire cave instantly froze!

Xue Tianhan's legs were frozen solid in the ice, the cold seeping into his veins. "Junior Sister actually condensed her life's cultivation into a Dao Seed for you?!"

At the critical moment of life and death, the seed of the world within Xue Tianhan's body suddenly erupted with dazzling light! The Cold Soul Dao Seed was forcibly absorbed into the chaotic space, resonating strangely with the fragments of the origin. Seven-colored rays of light emanated from his body, melting a third of the surrounding profound ice.

"This is... the aura of the world's origin?" The giant paused, his icy face showing shock. "How can you have something like this on you?"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Xue Tianhan broke free from the ice and moved Qingyao out of the chaotic space: "This junior has come to save people and asks for the ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing to lift the Immortal King's curse!"

The giant's gaze fell on the black markings on Qingyao's neck, and he suddenly let out a deafening laugh: "The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's 'Heart-Eating Curse'! Good, very good!" With a wave of his giant hand, a piece of pitch-black Xuanbing flew from the depths of the cave, "This is the Nine Nether Xuanbing nurtured by the core of the Northern Underworld, which can break all curses."

Just as Xue Tianhan was about to accept it, the giant withdrew his hand and said, "But there are two conditions." His icy body crackled and shrank to the size of an ordinary person, transforming into an old man in a blue robe. "First, tell me why the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion is hunting you down; second—" He pointed to Xue Tianhan's dantian, "Let me see that world seed."

……

Half a day later, at the deepest part of the Xuanbing Cave.

Qingyao lay quietly on the Nine Nether Profound Ice Platform, as strands of black energy were being drawn out.

Xue Tianhan sat opposite the transformed Ice Soul Immortal, with a projection of the chaotic space floating in front of them.

"As expected." Ice Soul Immortal Venerable stared at the World Seed, his eyes flashing with blue light. "The great war 30,000 years ago was for this. The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion Master, together with the seven Palace Masters of the Immortal Court, ambushed my junior sister Han Po because she discovered the secret of the Origin Fragment."

Xue Tianhan's heart skipped a beat: "Senior, do you mean...?"

"The Nine Heavens of the Immortal Realm were originally created by ancient powerful beings using the seeds of the world," Ice Soul Immortal Venerable sneered. "And the 'Deducing the Heavenly Dao' technique possessed by the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion is actually a means of stealing the origin of the world!"

Suddenly, the world seed in the projection trembled violently, and fragments of the Cold Soul Immortal King's memories from his lifetime surfaced.

A colossal bronze gate opened in the void, behind which countless chains entwined a cluster of multicolored light. The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion Master and the seven Palace Masters stood before the gate, while the Cold Soul Immortal King was impaled through the chest by chains...

"This is..." Xue Tianhan suddenly stood up.

"The biggest secret of the Immortal Realm." Ice Soul Immortal Venerable said slowly and deliberately, "The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion and the seven Palace Masters have long been the henchmen of Yuan Tiandao. They are constantly hunting down unpredictable geniuses."

Suddenly, a deafening explosion erupted outside the cave! The entire iceberg shook, and icy ice began to fall in a flurry.

"They've arrived quickly." Ice Soul Immortal Venerable sneered and waved his hand, revealing the outside world on the ice wall—across the Northern Sea, twelve Immortal Kings formed a great formation and were bombarding the glacier.

The leader, holding the Heavenly Mystery Compass, was none other than the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion!

"Boy, it's time to make a choice." Ice Soul Immortal Venerable suddenly slammed his hand on Xue Tianhan's skull. "Either fuse with the World Seed now, or watch everyone die!"