A great emperor master every day—the good-for-nothing young master is having a blast!

The huge iceberg was empty, which gave Chen Yue a very strange impression from the start.

Since there is no other living person to be seen besides him.

The only thing that could have been imprinted with the source energy mark was this strange iceberg.

Icebergs do not exhibit signs of life and cannot think independently.

Therefore, it must have been an order issued by the previous generation of practitioners of the Cold Rain Ice Illusion Technique.

If any unlucky soul enters the Frost Rain Illusion Technique, it will trigger the source energy imprint left behind, thus causing the Dead End to be activated.

Clearly, Chen Yue was the unlucky one.

"It seems there is no hope of removing the source energy mark from my body."

"However, that doesn't mean there aren't other options."

Chen Yue had a sudden inspiration and mobilized a wisp of source power to plant a source power imprint inside the Ancient Tower of Babel.

Before the ice cone could even condense, Chen Yue quickly erased the source energy imprint.

"Just as I suspected!" Chen Yue exclaimed with delight, confirming his guess.

Source energy imprints can be planted not only on people, but also on inanimate objects.

Since the source energy mark on my body can't be removed, I'll plant a source energy mark on the iceberg and fight it to the death.

Let's see whose Cold Rain Ice Illusion Technique is superior.

Chen Yue guessed that the previous generation of cultivators had simply left the source energy commands in some corner of the iceberg.

However, we cannot rule out the possibility that it is the entire iceberg.

Regardless, this iceberg must be destroyed.

Inside the Ancient Tower of Babel, Chen Yue had such a powerful support, so the dozens of ice spikes couldn't touch his body at all.

After leaving the Ancient Tower, we arrived inside the iceberg.

Plant a source energy imprint on the ground, activate the Dead End, and immediately return to the Ancient Tower of Babel.

The process was swift; even the ice picks couldn't keep up with Chen Yue's pace.

"It's just a mere iceberg; it'll shatter into pieces soon."

Inside the iceberg, thick, dark red ice cones slowly condense and form.

"Let's see who can outlast whom."

Dozens of dark red ice spikes, united together, launched a frenzied attack on the iceberg.

Large and small pieces of ice crashed down.

The dark red icicles, constantly colliding with the iceberg, are riddled with cracks.

"continue!"

Chen Yue simply connected the Source Sea directly to those dark red ice cones.

With the support of source energy, the ice cones that Chen Yue condensed were several times stronger than the ice cones that fell from the iceberg.

Before long, a large hole was chiseled into the iceberg.

At this rate, the iceberg will disappear in no time.

Meanwhile, Chen Yue stayed inside the Ancient Tower of Babel, leisurely listening to the sound of the iceberg outside constantly cracking.

Chen Yue looked down at the source energy mark on his chest and noticed the change.

"The source energy imprint has faded considerably compared to the beginning."

"It seems we've hit a crucial point."

"Then I'll have to work even harder."

As soon as he finished speaking, the dark red ice spikes grew even larger, making their attacks on the iceberg even more powerful.

Chen Yue didn't care about the consumption of source energy and kept going at full power.

"It was so bland it was almost gone, I was at my wit's end, but I managed to find a way out."

Chen Yue put away the Ancient Tower of Heaven and stood calmly inside the iceberg.

Looking up, I saw that it was no longer a sealed block of ice, but a sky that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Those dozens of thick icicles became weak and powerless.

It posed no threat whatsoever to Chen Yue's source energy protection, not even causing the slightest scratch.

Until the iceberg was chipped away, leaving only broken ice on the ground.

The source energy mark planted on Chen Yue's body also quietly disappeared.

The mission was completed, and the huge dark red ice cone, formed from dozens of ice spikes, transformed into a ball of source energy and returned to Chen Yue's source sea.

Previously, I only had theoretical knowledge and no practical experience.

After this test on the iceberg, Chen Yue became completely proficient in using ice picks.

This test is actually extremely difficult for Chen Yue, who is at the Condensation Origin Realm.

The main reason Chen Yue was able to pass through unharmed was thanks to the protection of the Ancient Tower of Babel; otherwise, it would have been a lose-lose situation.

The test was successfully passed, and the iceberg that had shattered into pieces miraculously returned to its original state.

A ray of light flashed halfway up the iceberg.

It was a short time, but Chen Yue still managed to notice it keenly.

"It can actually be restored to its original state. It seems that it will welcome the next test subject."

"My mother will come here sooner or later. I need to talk to her about the illusion when I have time, so that she can be mentally prepared."

When Chen Yue opened his eyes again, he was back in his familiar room.

He exhaled a breath of cold air, stretched his body, and the ice shards on the surface fell to the ground.

Inside the Chen family residence, in the Chen Ming Mansion.

The door was tightly shut, and several servants who passed by hurried away in fear.

"Fake, absolutely fake!"

Chen Ming was disheveled, and his mental state was somewhat abnormal.

He gripped the tattered book tightly with both hands; the blood on it had already dried.

After this period of cultivation, Chen Ming has gone from being a firm believer to being half-believing and half-doubting, and now he is absolutely determined.

This is a fake product, the fake product that swindled him out of tens of millions of high-grade source stones!

I've been practicing for so long, but there's been no effect whatsoever.

He should have realized long ago that there was no way a Heaven-Rank cultivation technique could exist in Jiangcheng; it was a fake from the start.

The current head of the Chen family, Chen Zhaowu, is Chen Ming's father and a powerful expert at the seventh level of the Spirit Mansion realm.

After various attempts, he suddenly realized that his precious eldest son had squandered the Chen family's fortune and brought back a fake book!

The moment they realized what was happening, they beat Chen Ming up.

He immediately went to find Director Shan of Jiangcheng Auction House and berated him for his bad character, accusing him of taking bribes and selling counterfeit goods.

Despite being a powerful expert at the eighth level of the Spirit Mansion realm, Shan Xingzhang remained completely unfazed when facing Chen Zhaowu, the head of the Chen family.

He personally inspected the technique and only agreed to the auction after confirming there were no problems.

Moreover, if a problem really did occur, why did it take so long to contact us?

They immediately started yelling "Damn it, refund my money!" That's slander, absolutely slander!

A refund is out of the question, especially since those tens of millions of source stones aren't even in his possession.

Shan Xingchang hated nothing more than people causing trouble at his place.

Even the renowned Chen family patriarch, Chen Zhaowu, couldn't do it.

He ordered his men to drive him away, then locked the door and refused to receive any guests.

Chen Zhaowu was turned away and realized that the exorbitantly priced fragment of the Heavenly Rank manual was a fake.

The anger in his heart could not be calmed for a long time. The efforts of generations of the Chen family had been destroyed by Chen Zhaowu.

Not many people knew about this news, and that was the general impression people had of the Chen family.

Still at the Jiangcheng Auction House at that time, Chen Ming spent tens of millions of high-grade source stones to defeat Lin Sheng of the Lin family and Ye Heng of the Ye family.

He won the bid for the incomplete Heavenly Path in one fell swoop, becoming the talk of the town, and the news spread throughout Jiangcheng.

From 99-year-old seniors to one-year-old children, everyone has heard that the Chen family possesses a legendary Heavenly Rank manual.

Even most of the Chen family's servants were unaware that the Heavenly Rank item was a fake, and they were still proud to be servants of the Chen family.

The Chen family's apparent success in the eyes of outsiders is rather ironic.

Only a handful of people knew that the Chen family was truly doomed.