Chapter 578: Winter God Finally Revealed (4K)

Before me stood a celestial beauty like a heavenly immortal consort, dressed in pale pink immortal robes, her long hair simply tied at her shoulders, her figure possessing a classical beauty that stirred the soul, her deep eyes warm and moist, carrying a hint of clear gentleness.

She was Miao Ling Xianjun.

Among the top ten at the Yaochi banquet, she was likewise seated in the upper place by the Queen Mother of Yaochi.

For these thousands of years, curious immortals have compiled a Dao-seed ranking; most of the Ten Immortals are on it, but in terms of ranking, this female immortal even surpasses Zhang Jian.

Miao Ling Xianjun smiled faintly.

"The position of the Xuanming Deity is of great importance; many immortal divine clans in the heavenly voids, the Nine Heavens Dao lineage all pay attention to it, so Penglai Dao Palace naturally is no exception, hence they sent me to investigate in the Nine Heavens, to visit!"

"But thinking that Daoist Zhang here serves as the Eternal Heavenly Sovereign, I came to pay a visit, and moreover, many matters still require Daoist Zhang's convenience!"

Zhang Jian smiled faintly.

"No problem!"

Yet in Zhang Jian's heart, he secretly felt some trouble.

Penglai Dao Palace is no ordinary immortal sect lineage; their abilities surpass imagination, and he must still be cautious in dealing with them.

Upon hearing this, Miao Ling Xianjun smiled slightly and immediately introduced to Zhang Jian the many Penglai Dao Palace immortals behind her.

Among these Penglai Dao Palace immortals, two or three are elders of Penglai Dao Palace, immortals of the Taiyi True Number level.

Although their cultivation is somewhat lower, each holds in hand a specialty immortal art they excel in.

Either tracking, or tracing origins, or possessing a special Xuanming bloodline.

There are also several young men and women, whose cultivation is not weak; one of them is even a Taiyi Great Perfection, and judging by seniority, seems to be above Miao Ling Xianjun.

That immortal is called Cangnan Xianjun.

His entire being also bears an aura of eternity, transcendence.

Clearly he has surpassed the third step of Taiyi Great Perfection; it is just unknown exactly which step he has stepped upon.

After receiving the Penglai Dao Palace immortals, Zhang Jian then offered a group of people a choice.

One is as guests, he will accompany them to walk around and see everywhere.

But the Eternal Ice Fortress, as a forbidden zone of the Eternal Immortal Prison, cannot have visiting time too long.

Zhang Jian frankly said this is the rule of the Heavenly Court.

The second is to enter the Eternal Ice Prison by special identity to cultivate.

The Eternal Immortal Prison has many quotas in this regard; considering the face of acquaintances, Zhang Jian will give some consideration.

Obviously, Zhang Jian, whether public or private, cannot possibly lift the legal禁令 of the Eternal Ice Fortress, let alone the Eternal Ice Prison, which is of paramount importance.

Taking everyone around for a walk is already considered fulfilling the duty of friendship!

Miao Ling Xianjun, Cangnan Xianjun immediately agreed wholeheartedly; for them, several days is already enough.

Moreover, they also understand that this place is after all the Heavenly Court's immortal prison.

Penglai Dao Palace has great influence, but it cannot surpass the rules of the Heavenly Court.

That night.

The Hidden Moon Immortal Palace of the Ice Fortress became the lodging place for many immortals of Penglai Dao Palace.

Cangnan Xianjun, Miao Ling Xianjun, and the various immortals sat facing each other.

At this moment, one of them, an old Daoist wearing a three-star Dao robe and leaning on a Cangpine immortal staff, spoke.

"Cangnan senior brother, Miao Ling junior sister, this place possesses a supreme treasure sealing it; all our heavenly secret arts and techniques, as well as tracing treasures, are almost all in a state of failure; we fear we cannot trace the whereabouts of the Xuanming Deity's secret藏!"

Cangnan Xianjun, Miao Ling Xianjun's expressions remained unchanged.

At this moment, one of them, whose divine power surged all over, wearing the Winter God's robes, also slightly clasped his hands and said.

"Two immortal sovereigns, this minor god follows the meaning of the two immortal sovereigns, using bloodline to trace the supreme treasure, yet also felt no imprint aura of the Xuanming Ancestral God!"

Upon hearing this, Cangnan Xianjun spoke calmly.

"It seems that the Eternal Heavenly Sovereign has made preparations!"

Miao Ling Xianjun sighed.

"As expected!"

They entered the Eternal Ice Fortress because they obtained definite intelligence, someone stated categorically, saying that the Xuanming Deity's position lies within the Eternal Forbidden Zone.

Moreover, they had long since discovered that the three suppressing divine artifacts of the Eternal Ice Fortress are indeed made from the bones of three Xuanming deities refined.

Under normal circumstances, this Penglai Winter God, tracing the source by bloodline treasure, would at least have some reaction.

But now there is not the slightest reaction.

This is sufficient to prove that the other side should have made preparations.

"If we had known earlier that the depths of the Eternal Ice Fortress might hold the inheritance of the Xuanming Deity's position, during the Yaochi gathering it would have been a good opportunity!"

"Previously, the immortals all mocked this Eternal Heavenly Sovereign; now it seems he came prepared!"

Cangnan Xianjun slightly smiled, yet there was no smile in the depths of his eyes.

Miao Ling Xianjun's expression remained unchanged, only she said.

"We investigated in the Eternal Ice Fortress and found no other useful information; the Eternal Ice Prison probably cannot be penetrated deeply; we can only leave for now and think of other ways!"

Cangnan Xianjun nodded slightly.

"We will first explore a bit of other places in the Eternal Forbidden Zone; if the Xuanming God truly fell here, the Xuanming Deity's secret藏遗留 here, will surely leave behind many Xuanming ancestral qi, even traces of Xuanming essence qi!"

A hint of sternness appeared in the depths of his eyes.

"This matter cannot be concealed tightly by others; once we have obtained definite evidence, we can naturally request the elders of the Dao Palace to decide, and operate to produce an Ice Fortress Inspector!"

Upon hearing this, all the immortals nodded slightly.

Recently, the Eternal Ice Fortress has seen consecutive incidents: first, the prison guard deity Ice Yuan Godjun secretly refined magic arts; then, the deputy fortress lord of the Eternal Ice Fortress, the commander of the Eternal Heavenly Army, Wuchun Xianjun, colluded with demonic heads; they can completely use this as a reason to operate and produce an inspector, to re-investigate past cases, or investigate the fortress's operational situation, etc.

If really impossible, with the power of Penglai Dao Palace, causing a bit of trouble inside the Eternal Ice Fortress, then producing an Ice Fortress Inspector is also not difficult.

Then we can openly and legitimately search the interior of the Eternal Ice Fortress.

……

On the second day, Cangnan Immortal Monarch and Miaoling Immortal Monarch led all the immortals of the Penglai Dao Palace away together.

On the tower of the Ice Fortress City, Zhang Jian watched as the group departed.

Zhang Jian slightly furrowed his brow, knowing that this group of people would probably not easily let the matter rest.

Not only the Penglai Dao Palace, but other celestial immortal sects and lineages from the heavens were continuously arriving, or were on their way.

Some immortals and gods might be determined to cause him trouble.

Zhang Jian immediately reconvened the many immortal officials within the Ice Fortress, ordering them to lead the heavenly soldiers and generals inside the Ice Fortress to strengthen patrols.

Upon discovering anyone trespassing into the Eternal Ice Fortress forbidden zone without authorization, or suffering an attack, he authorized the immortals to retaliate to the greatest extent.

This order of his was issued very timely.

In a short time, within part of the forbidden zone of the Eternal Ice Fortress, including the Eternal Ancestral Aperture and the surroundings of the Eternal Ancestral Vein, figures of immortals and gods appeared.

These immortals and gods appeared and disappeared mysteriously, their cultivation not weak.

For this reason, the Eternal Ice Fortress had several collisions with immortals and gods from the outside world.

There were also heavenly soldiers and generals who were injured.

In response, Zhang Jian was greatly angered and immediately announced that he would activate the Eternal Ice Fortress forbidden law to seal off an area of several million square kilometers around the Eternal Ice Fortress.

Once the forbidden law was activated, immortals were not allowed to trespass without authorization.

If anyone trespassed into the vital areas of the Ice Fortress, they would bear the consequences of life and death.

After this, things became much quieter.

In the Eternal Hall, inside the Eternal Ice Fortress, at this moment Zhang Jian once again summoned the immortals to come and make arrangements.

Zhang Jian would never underestimate those immortals and gods' desire for power.

The slaughter forbidden law of the Eternal Ice Fortress might not necessarily be able to stop the footsteps of the immortals.

In this process, it is probably inevitable that 'accidental killings' will occur!

Once an accidental killing occurs, it will inevitably offend other immortal and god factions.

However, for the immortals of the Eternal Ice Fortress, completing the immortal offices bestowed by the Heavenly Court is the primary consideration; therefore, Zhang Jian still encourages the immortals to strike with full force.

For those immortals and gods who dare to touch the bottom line of the Eternal Ice Fortress, there is no need to hold back.

Especially those immortals and gods who injure the Eternal Heavenly Soldiers, they should be apprehended on the spot and directly sent into the depths of the Eternal Ice Prison.

"Heavenly Monarch, but this is not a solution either; they keep loitering around the Eternal forbidden zone, and in the end they will disturb the normal operation of the Eternal Ice Fortress!"

The supervising immortal official Gu Ning Daoist furrowed his brow.

At this moment, the Lingwu immortal official Yuan Jiang also had a solemn expression on his face.

He is merely a Taiyi Heavenly Immortal-level immortal and god.

But now outside the Eternal Ice Fortress, there are not a few Taiyi Perfection immortals and gods; it is rumored that a Dao Monarch has already appeared—how could this not cause the hearts of the Eternal Heavenly Army up and down to tremble with anxiety?

Zhang Jian's expression was calm.

"It's fine; once they fail to find what they are looking for in the Eternal forbidden zone, they will naturally leave!"

"And now that the forbidden law is activated, the immortals just need to guard their posts well; if a Dao Monarch recklessly intrudes into the immortal prison's vital areas, naturally a Heavenly Court Dao Monarch will come to deal with it!"

Upon hearing this, the immortals' expressions relaxed.

Zhang Jian gave them a reassuring pill.

Indeed, the Eternal Immortal Prison is fundamentally a vital area of the Heavenly Court, not a place where other immortals and gods can run wild.

On the Heavenly Monarch's divine throne, Zhang Jian remained expressionless, but deep down he felt somewhat solemn.

Actually, he is not afraid of the immortals and gods outside breaking in; rather, he worries that the Heavenly Court will use this as an excuse to send people to take over the Eternal Ice Fortress.

At that time, he would instead find it inconvenient to act.

Zhang Jian sighed inwardly.

In fact, he is also preparing to wait for a period of time, until after his Dao heart is completely sublimated and in contact, before going to meet that terrifying Nine Phoenix.

But now he has no choice but to deal with the other party again.

……

Having made up his mind, Zhang Jian immediately ceased to hesitate.

The ninth layer of the Eternal Ice Prison.

The biting cold air pierced to the bone; the huge Xuanming Treasure Tree stood towering in the chaotic airflow, its crown reaching the heavens.

Countless Xuanming ancestral qi transformed into wandering dragons and snakes that pierced through the Nine Phoenix's true form; her limbs were stretched into a large-character shape, and if one looked closely, one would see a thin layer of light covering her entire body.

Deep within the light, brushstrokes moved like dragons and snakes, and another terrifying talisman suppressed her true form, rendering her unable to move her entire body, to the extent that even her Dao Monarch primordial spirit was forced to sink into the eternal desolation.

The Nine Phoenix spent countless derivation eras before managing to extend a wisp of her primordial spirit's power.

But even that was limited to this; the seal on her body was very terrifying.

Therefore, the Nine Phoenix knew that relying on herself alone, she could not escape her predicament.

At this moment, she sensed the fluctuation of the divine power of the Zhen Tian Xuanming ancestral qi in the void of the ninth layer of the Eternal Ice Prison, and a smile immediately appeared on her face.

She knew that the person she was waiting for had finally been unable to restrain themselves any longer.

Her expression was calm, but in her dark, ink-like pupils there appeared a trace of rare ripples.

She had been imprisoned here for too long; she did not want to continue like this.

Moreover, she still bore a deep grudge as deep as a sea of blood.

……

In the chaotic airflow, Zhang Jian stepped onto the ninth layer of the Eternal Immortal Prison, and before him two forked paths appeared directly.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Jian's heart stirred, and he immediately stepped forward toward the left path.

Following this chaotic small path, Zhang Jian kept walking forward.

A moment later, Zhang Jian saw a vast, ice-sealed great river, this river extremely broad, desolate and uninhabited, with only pure white mist enveloping the icy surface of the river.

From this terrifying ice-sealed river, Zhang Jian sensed a terrifying chill.

Within it, there was faintly a kind of ice-sealing Heaven and Earth Grand Dao, the eternal loneliness of freezing the Dao-heart.

Zhang Jian was slightly astonished; he crossed the ice-sealed river, and at this moment he saw a rather unique sight—a small stone house appeared by the riverbank.

The stone house was built in the form of a small courtyard, and at this time this small courtyard was completely ice-sealed by the Xuánmíng divine power.

Zhang Jian glanced at the appearance of the small courtyard.

It was an ordinary courtyard, with wing rooms on both sides, and in the middle there was an ancient well.

By the ancient well, however, there was seen a line of peculiar dragon-phoenix treasure seal script, dragons flying and phoenixes dancing, engraved upon the earth.

Zhang Jian was not unfamiliar with the dragon-phoenix treasure seal; merely glancing at it, his eyes instantly showed something strange.

"Haotian, you cannot imprison this god!"

Haotian the Great Emperor—this is the name and title of a certain Heavenly Emperor after the ancient era.

However, this Heavenly Emperor's reign was not long; afterward came the Jade Emperor, the Great Heavenly Venerable.

It appears this imprisoned Daoist Sovereign has actually escaped confinement.

One does not know what method he used to break free from the Eternal Immortal Prison.

Even as strong as the Black Tooth Daoist Sovereign was suppressed to death, the Nine Phoenix Great God could not free himself, yet he managed to escape.

Zhang Jian secretly marveled.

But why did the Nine Phoenix guide him into this place?

Could it be that they wanted him to comprehend the method of the other's prison escape, to lend her aid?

If so, the Nine Phoenix would be thinking too highly of him!

Zhang Jian swept his gaze over the ice-sealed stone house; he did not enter it.

Inside and outside that stone house were scattered numerous twisted Grand Dao laws; entering it and becoming tainted might bring more trouble than benefit, so at this moment he simply turned and departed.

After he left this place, only a single path remained in the void.

He stepped into it; this chaotic small path was extremely long, and Zhang Jian faintly felt that as his steps went deeper inside, the interior grew ever colder, with an eternal loneliness' chill emanating from within.

Even with Zhang Jian's cultivation, at this moment he also felt a chill arising from within his heart.

The small path formed by the chaotic airflow beneath his feet gradually became ice-sealed.

Zhang Jian gradually felt he could no longer withstand this terrifying chill; even the controlled Earth Emperor's primordial qi, and even his Dao-fruit immortal light, faintly showed signs of unrest, so he could only activate the innate divine ability, the Nine Revolutions Chaos Qinglian Transformation and Birth Great Law.

Strands of chaotic qi burst forth from around his body, and only then did he feel much better.

Around him, wherever his gaze reached, he unknowingly saw layers of violent snowfall begin, these snows falling rustlingly, obscuring the sky and blocking the sun.

At this moment, even Zhang Jian felt himself enveloped by ice and snow, eternity, and freezing; before his eyes he lost his sense of direction, and his thoughts grew even more rigid.

An unprecedented terrifying divine power unknowingly began to float in the surroundings.

In Zhang Jian's eyes appeared some intense ripples.

This is indeed the power of the ancient rain and snow god, the winter god Xuánmíng.

Truly terrifying to the extreme.

Zhang Jian has also not been without contact with eternal-level immortal arts.

But the divine power of this winter god's office is truly too terrifying, as if a layer of cold current ice-sealed all heavens and myriad worlds, making the heavens and myriad worlds stiffen and lose vitality.

But Zhang Jian also knows that the appearance of such winter god authority means he has already approached the Xuánmíng god position.

In his heart there arose some slight ripples.

With such a vast power so near at hand, Zhang Jian still could not restrain his Dao-heart.