After being reborn, the villain comes with a spoiler tag.

Upon entering the deep cave, Huo Yu felt as if he had fallen into an endless abyss, his body involuntarily accelerating its descent.

All around was a thick darkness, where even the concepts of time and space were swallowed up by the abyss. The only sound was the whistling wind as they fell, mixed with a low hum, like a distant whisper from the depths of the earth.

At the same time, Huo Yu keenly sensed that there was an invisible resistance below, like a thick barrier, intending to keep all outsiders out.

A voice from Long Yucheng, tinged with tension and doubt, reached his ear:

"Senior brother, where is this place?"

Huo Yu's gaze could not penetrate the surrounding darkness, but his divine sense could clearly perceive that Long Yucheng was not far from him, falling rapidly in the endless darkness with him.

He didn't say much, but simply spread his protective spiritual energy to where Long Yucheng was, offsetting the resistance from below, before transmitting his voice:

"I don't know, just stay close to me."

The further they fell, the stronger the resistance from below became. At this point, the resistance had reached an astonishing level, forcing them to slow their descent.

Huo Yu's expression remained unchanged; he simply enhanced the flow of spiritual energy around his body.

In an instant, a thin red light curtain appeared beside him and Long Yucheng, like a barrier, stubbornly resisting the increasingly heavy pressure below.

Not far behind them, Hua Yushi also emitted a dark aura, resisting the pressure around her.

Her face remained calm and serene, as if she already knew what lay below, her eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

As for Dongxuzi, who was at the back of the group, he still maintained a calm and composed demeanor.

He gently waved the folding fan in his hand, and with each wave, the resistance outside his body decreased.

As Huo Yu fell, he silently calculated the time and distance in his mind.

At his current speed, he has probably already passed tens of thousands of feet, yet he is still shrouded in thick darkness, as if this deep cave has no end.

His divine sense tried to probe downwards, but was blocked by a mysterious force, as if an invisible barrier was firmly shutting out his perception.

Time passed silently in the endless darkness. After an unknown amount of time, Huo Yu's consciousness finally broke through that invisible barrier, pierced through the deep darkness, and glimpsed another world he was about to fall into.

The moment Huo Yu saw that world clearly, his eyes flashed slightly, and his spiritual power surged suddenly. In a flash, he appeared beside Long Yucheng.

Almost simultaneously, the red light curtain surrounding him and Long Yucheng solidified further, like an indestructible barrier, firmly protecting the two within it.

Before Long Yucheng could even be surprised by this sudden intimate contact, Huo Yu had already carried him out of the dark and deep passage.

In an instant, they broke through some invisible shackles. When the endless darkness finally ended, what appeared before Long Yucheng was a fantastic world made entirely of crystal.

The earth of this world is entirely composed of a peculiar white crystal; as far as the eye can see, there is nothing else but this crystal-clear liquid.

These crystals are not laid flat on the ground, but rather, like a thousand swords being fired simultaneously, they break through the soil, with crystal pillars of all sizes rising from the ground and pointing straight to the sky, emitting a soft and pure white radiance.

These crystal pillars are the only source of light in this strange world, illuminating the entire space as bright as day.

A surge of celestial energy emanated from these crystals, permeating the surrounding air, making one feel as if they were in a fairyland.

The moment Long Yucheng stepped onto the ground paved with strange white crystal, he was taken aback—a system notification suddenly sounded in his mind:

[Main Quest: Enter the Tomb of Ten Thousand Soldiers, Completed. Rewards have been added to your temporary inventory.]

Long Yucheng quickly checked his temporary inventory and saw two Nascent Soul Transformation Pills lying quietly inside. One was a reward he received when he entered the Ancient Immortal Realm, and the other was a reward he received when he entered this Crystal World.

Immediately afterwards, the system's voice sounded again, and a new main quest appeared:

Main Quest: Obtain the Immortal Weapon Wufeng. Quest Reward: One Immortal Jade.

While Long Yucheng was studying the new mission, Huo Yu, who was beside him, immediately looked up at the sky after entering this world.

Above the sky, a hazy, indistinct image could be vaguely seen. Within that image, mountains, rivers, stars, and the sun and moon intertwined to form a magnificent picture, yet it was as blurry and indistinct as a reflection in a mirror or the moon in the water, as if it were a reflection of another world.

The dark passage they had come from was now completely lost. The surrounding crystal pillars, like a dense forest, completely blocked their way, as if the two of them had leaped out of nothingness and appeared here.

Huo Yu's heart stirred slightly, and he probed his storage bag with his divine sense, discovering that the reply order was still valid here.

This undoubtedly indicates that they are still in the ancient immortal realm, or even possibly still in the fragments of wind, but have entered a completely different space.

Just then, Huo Yu's gaze sharpened slightly as Hua Yushi and Dong Xuzi appeared one after the other from a void and landed steadily on the ground of this crystal world.

Hua Yu glanced at the surrounding crystal pillars, showing no surprise at the dense celestial energy in the air, as if she were quite familiar with the place.

Dongxuzi, meanwhile, gently waved his folding fan, his gaze sweeping around. Especially after catching a glimpse of the dreamlike, illusory figure in the sky, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Although I already knew that this fragment was extraordinary, I never expected that there would be such a fairyland beneath it. It has truly broadened my horizons."

At this point, he suddenly turned to Huayu, closed his folding fan, slightly bowed, and said sincerely:

"I am deeply grateful for your guidance, Fairy. Would you be so kind as to extend a detailed explanation of this place to me, Fellow Daoist Huo, and Fellow Daoist Long?"

His tone was gentle, without deliberately revealing the oppressive feeling of being in a distracted state. However, Hua Yushi felt an indescribable pressure that made her unable to have the slightest thought of resistance.

After a moment of silence, she spoke:

"This place is called 'Tomb of Ten Thousand Soldiers,' a phantom projected by the Immortal Realm onto the Ancient Immortal Realm. Although it is not the true Immortal Realm, it is not far off. There are projections of ten thousand immortal weapons here, and one real weapon is hidden within. Anyone who can step into this place has one chance to obtain an immortal weapon. Regardless of success or failure, whether one obtains a projection or the real weapon, one cannot try a second time."