Chapter 815: Frost Falls on the Nine Heavens

Relying on the ability of his Mind's Eye, Yao Geng discovered Ye Lin at the very first moment.

Yao Geng became instantly excited; Ye Lin appearing again clearly meant he had come to rescue him.

Since they parted last time, he had waited bitterly for over a dozen years, and finally, he had seen the light at the end of the tunnel.

"Old brother, don't be afraid. I'm going to get you out right now."

Ye Lin attempted to approach Yao Geng, but the restriction laid down by Xue Bingxiao immediately surfaced once more.

"You are only at the early stage of the Swaying Realm; are you truly sure about this? Once you touch this restriction, Xue Bingxiao will discover it immediately," Yao Geng said with some worry.

"Rest assured, this time is different."

Ye Lin directly pulled out the Human Emperor Flag, and with nine strands of Human Dao Imperial Qi coating his body, his cultivation instantly rose from the early stage of the Swaying Realm to the mid-stage of the Spirit Vortex Realm.

Following that, Ye Lin pulled out the Ten Thousand Soul Banner that sealed the remnant soul of the Demon Venerable.

With his current strength, he was already able to slightly discern the mechanics of the restriction Xue Bingxiao had laid down.

This restriction was filled with the most cold and frigid Extreme Yin energy, so it naturally had to be broken with the most hot and rigid Extreme Yang energy.

As it happened, he had exactly that here.

He refused to believe that the power of the Nirvana Demon Venerable's remnant soul could not break a single restriction laid by Xue Bingxiao.

"Come out! The remnant soul of the Nirvana Demon Venerable, the Giant Kun!"

Yao Geng was blind, so he could not see what was happening before him.

However, relying on the ability of his Mind's Eye, he could sense that an extremely terrifying pillar of energy seemed to have appeared not far in front of him!

"Old brother, I'm saving you now. Smash it for me!"

Ye Lin controlled the remnant soul Giant Kun and slammed it fiercely toward the restriction in front of him.

Boom!

Although the power of the Nirvana Demon Venerable was only a remnant soul, it was, after all, the remnant soul of a powerhouse at the Supreme Realm.

Under the full-force strike of the Nirvana Demon Venerable's remnant soul, the restriction before them instantly rippled.

Deep within the Joyous Union Sect, a young girl in a white dress with a delicate, porcelain-like face instantly opened her beautiful eyes, her face filled with gloom.

"Someone has touched my restriction. Is it the person from last time?"

Xue Bingxiao vanished from where she stood in an instant, heading toward the Thousand Red Cavern to catch the person who dared to touch her restriction.

Upon seeing Xue Bingxiao, Pei Jiuye felt a shock in his heart.

He had not expected that Xue Bingxiao would actually be alarmed and come over; what on earth had that brat Ye Lin done in the Thousand Red Cavern?

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

Pei Jiuye hurriedly bowed.

Xue Bingxiao frowned slightly, looking at Pei Jiuye as she asked.

"Did you open the door to the Thousand Red Cavern?"

"Yes, I promised a disciple that I would let him go into the Thousand Red Cavern to find a suitable cauldron."

Pei Jiuye began to fabricate a reason for Ye Lin.

Generally, there was nothing to do in the Thousand Red Cavern other than finding a cauldron.

"A disciple? Which disciple?" Xue Bingxiao immediately pressed.

"Ye Xiehong," Pei Jiuye told her truthfully.

"Ye Xiehong?"

Xue Bingxiao had heard this name; it seemed he was a disciple taken in by the Hall Master of the No-Thought Hall, Lin Muxi. It was said he had high talent, but she had never paid much attention to him.

"Move aside!"

Xue Bingxiao spoke in a cold voice.

Pei Jiuye's expression stiffened. He would have liked to move aside, but under the pressure of his Dao Oath, he had to bite the bullet and say:

"Sect Master, may I ask what the matter is? You might as well tell me, and I am willing to do it for you."

Xue Bingxiao was just about to say something, but at that moment, she sensed that the restriction she had set had been struck again!

Furthermore, the restriction showed faint signs of being broken.

At this moment, Xue Bingxiao could not care about anything else and immediately erupted, attacking Pei Jiuye as strands of cold emotional threads coiled toward him!

Pei Jiuye's expression changed, and he immediately manifested a blood-colored giant hand to strike at the emotional threads, wanting to block Xue Bingxiao.

"Pei Jiuye, are you trying to betray the Joyous Union Sect?" Xue Bingxiao shouted coldly.

"Apologies, Sect Master, but I am also forced by circumstances!"

Pei Jiuye gritted his teeth, not giving an inch.

He could be beaten away by Xue Bingxiao until he was exhausted, but he could not actively retreat, or else he would be violating his Dao Oath.

"You think you can stop me?"

Xue Bingxiao laughed out of extreme anger; the hem of her white dress fluttered in the air along with countless emotional threads, each thread radiating extreme chill.

Ordinary cultivators would likely be frozen into ice sculptures the moment they were touched by even one.

Feeling that aura from Xue Bingxiao, Pei Jiuye's pupils instantly shrank violently.

"You... have already stepped into the second transformation, the Dao Source Realm?"

Before, when he joined the Joyous Union Sect, the top combat power of the sect consisted only of him, Pei Jiuye, the four Hall Masters, and the Sect Master Xue Bingxiao—the six of them, all located at the first transformation of the four Law transformations, the Law Comprehension Realm.

He had not expected that in less than a hundred years, Xue Bingxiao would have already broken through to the Dao Source Realm!

Xue Bingxiao sneered; with the help of that heaven-defying cauldron beneath the Thousand Red Cavern, let alone the Dao Source Realm, even stepping into the Divine Form Realm or the Divine Domain Realm was not a dream for her.

But she naturally would not explain so much to Pei Jiuye.

"Since you know I have broken through to the Dao Source Realm, why haven't you rolled away?" Xue Bingxiao shouted.

"Apologies, Sect Master, I truly cannot help myself."

Cold sweat dripped from Pei Jiuye's forehead. Had he known Xue Bingxiao had already broken through to the Dao Source Realm, he would not have so easily sworn a Dao Oath, leaving him in this dilemma.

"You, Pei Jiuye, your wings have truly hardened!"

Xue Bingxiao stopped holding back, and countless emotional threads pierced straight toward Pei Jiuye. These were all manifestations of Xue Bingxiao's Law power; if pierced, even Pei Jiuye would be severely injured.

"Heaven-Toppling Blood Hand!"

Pei Jiuye did not dare to be negligent, condensing a blood-colored giant palm to try and defend.

However, the moment it touched the emotional threads, the blood-colored giant palm exploded into a sky full of viscous blood mist.

Those emotional threads seemed to have eyes, passing through the blood mist and heading straight for Pei Jiuye's vital points.

Wherever the emotional threads passed, even the blood mist was frozen into blood-colored crystals.

Pei Jiuye's expression changed, and unable to dodge in time, his thigh was instantly pierced by an emotional thread.

A bizarre power instantly rampaged through Pei Jiuye's body; his flesh and blood were frozen into ice crystals, and what was terrifying was that Xue Bingxiao used the emotional thread as a medium to make Pei Jiuye fall into an emotional tribulation!

In an instant, a woman's shrill, mournful wail exploded in Pei Jiuye's mind, and he recalled once again the scene of fighting his enemy for his wife.

"Pfft!"

Pei Jiuye spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with ice shards; Xue Bingxiao, having broken through to the Dao Source Realm, was clearly not someone he could handle.

But under the pressure of the Dao Oath, he had to give it his all.

"Blood Escape!"

Pei Jiuye transformed into a blood shadow, forcibly breaking free from the restraint of the emotional threads, and immediately cast a spell, drawing his bow and nocking an arrow, attacking Xue Bingxiao with a blood-colored arrow.

This was Pei Jiuye's strongest strike, the Blood Shadow Bizarre Arrow!

The moment the blood-colored arrow neared Xue Bingxiao, a piercing, sharp shriek unique to resentful souls rang in her ears, attempting to affect her sanity.

"I did not want to kill you, but it seems you are truly seeking death!"

The anger in Xue Bingxiao's eyes could no longer be hidden; her bare white toes tapped lightly in the void, manifesting a black ice lotus.

The black ice lotus began to spin gently, and countless cracks appeared in the surrounding void.

If the Law Comprehension Realm was a preliminary attempt to grasp the power of Laws, then after breaking through to the Dao Source Realm, a cultivator could almost use the power of Laws with ease.

"Suppress for me!"

In front of that black ice lotus, the blood-colored arrow was instantly destroyed as if it were made of paper.

Pei Jiuye spat out another mouthful of blood, his aura wilting instantly.

Seeing that he was about to be sent flying by the black ice lotus, a smile of relief appeared on Pei Jiuye's face.

He was being beaten away after exhausting his strength, so it naturally did not count as violating the Dao Oath, and he had indeed blocked Xue Bingxiao for a period of time.

Finally, he was to be liberated.

Just as Pei Jiuye thought the matter of the Dao Oath would end there, a flash of deep blue sword light suddenly arrived, piercing through the air!

"Frost Falls on the Nine Heavens!"