Chapter 424: Ice Prison

A grand battle came to an end in just one day under the eyes of the world.

This super fast speed made many cultivators who hadn't had time to rush to Fenxiang Valley to watch the battle sigh with regret.

No one expected, no one expected!

The Flame Alliance, which still maintained some great sect heritage, would be destroyed so quickly.

And without any great sect main force taking action.

But as the details of the Battle of Fenxiang Valley were passed on by the cultivators who participated in the battle, one after another.

They also knew why it ended so quickly.

The Flame Alliance did not withstand the pressure of the great enemy head-on.

Then, under the impact of tens of thousands of cultivators, it was directly pushed by the wall and everyone, without any resistance.

In this battle, Flame Alliance cultivators were almost all killed in battle.

From the three great Jin Dan Elders to thousands of Qi Refining cultivators.

Even the new Sect Master Xiao Lian died tragically under the sword of Danyangzi of Qingdan Valley.

Only a few remnants managed to escape, but they couldn't become any climate.

And in the talk of many loose cultivators, the name that appeared most frequently was Luo Chen!

It was him who united all parties to form the Anti-Flame Alliance Army.

It was him who slaughtered dozens of Foundation Establishment True Cultivators with his own power, changing the battlefield.

It was also him who frontally bombarded and killed the Flame Alliance's strongest cultivator, Qin Tairan, laying the foundation for the final victory.

His powerful fighting ability was constantly mentioned in the spread of Yuding Region cultivators over and over again.

Even more, they dug out all the battle records he had made along the way.

When weak, Qi Refining killed Foundation Establishment!

At the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, without relying on any magic tools, he fought four cultivators of the same level alone, suppressing the Tianlan Qin-Flower River bank.

After the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, he galloped on the Jilei Mountain battlefield, triggered the God Transformation ruins heavenly thunder, and bombarded and killed Flame Alliance Jin Dan Di Wanyun.

After he was promoted to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, outside Danxia Peak, he instantly killed several Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators with his own power!

Until the Fenxiang battle!

This person used all his means and showed all his trump cards.

Not only is the fire method domineering, but his body-refining technique is also far beyond his own realm, and he can even fight head-on with Jin Dan cultivators.

Such battle records, after being dug out and organized by those with intentions, spread like crazy to every place where cultivators gathered in the Yuding Region.

Yuding Six Sects, major first-rate forces, ten great immortal cities, large and small markets...

Almost everywhere, one could see people discussing Luo Chen's deeds.

The reason for such a sensation is also completely understandable.

Winning against the strong with the weak, fighting across realms, is always the drama that bottom-level cultivators like most.

And the countless bottom-level cultivators are precisely the largest group that makes up the cultivation world.

Their talent is not good, and resources are hard to come by.

After struggling for half a lifetime and finding that they couldn't achieve great success, they could only spend the second half of their lives in mediocrity.

In this case, what they usually discuss is either trivial matters around them or secrets covering high-level cultivators at the top of the cultivation world.

Strong men like Luo Chen who emerged suddenly are naturally the best talk.

After all, in the rumors, Luo Chen also crawled out of loose cultivators.

Not only that, Luo Chen's Daoist name, Fire Spirit Lord, was also mentioned more than once.

Even later, it gradually surpassed his Daoist name, Danchenzi, which was famous in the Yuding Region before.

Danchenzi represents his alchemy attainments that suppressed the Seven Sons of Qingdan.

And Fire Spirit Lord is the best summary of his fighting ability.

Some good people have already put the title of Yuding Region's number one Foundation Establishment on him.

Surpassing countless loose cultivator heroes, great sect Daoists, and superior sect true transmissions in one fell swoop!

Regarding this, many Foundation Establishment powerhouses expressed dissatisfaction.

But under Luo Chen's battle records one after another, they could only suppress the dissatisfaction in their mouths.

Cultivation, the later it gets, the harder it is!

Similarly, the higher the realm, the more powerful the power controlled by cultivators.

Winning against the strong with the weak, following the superior, will become more and more difficult.

Qi Refining wins Foundation Establishment, rumors are common.

But Foundation Establishment killing Jin Dan is rare in the world!

Perhaps the only thing the true disciples of those Nascent Soul and Jin Dan sects can still be stubborn about is that Luo Chen used methods beyond the Foundation Establishment stage both times he slew a Jin Dan cultivator!

One was the heavenly lightning from the Soul Transformation ruins.

The other was a one-time magic treasure capable of blasting a Jin Dan cultivator to death—the Lightning Immortal Bead.

While they remain stubborn, many more people are still singing Luo Chen's praises.

And this wave of praise has unknowingly fallen upon the Ice Fortress.

After all, Luo Chen's attainments in alchemy are extremely high, and the combat prowess he has now revealed is so formidable; he can truly be called an peerless prodigy of the younger generation in the Yuding Domain!

For the Ice Fortress to gain such a person is no less than adding wings to a tiger.

In another one or two hundred years, the Ice Fortress will likely rise to become another Falling Cloud Sect within the Yuding Domain.

Facing such a situation.

The Ice Fortress is not foolish either.

This is "killing with praise"!

They have also gradually realized that while those people are targeting Luo Chen, they are also targeting the Ice Fortress.

Perhaps they are even aiming directly at the Ice Fortress.

Under these circumstances.

Another piece of news was actively released by the Ice Fortress, beginning to circulate among the countless cultivators of the Yuding Domain.

In the battle of Burning Incense.

The Fire Spirit Lord Luo Chen crossed a major realm to battle and kill a Jin Dan True Person.

Although he achieved glorious results, he himself suffered uncontrollable, severe injuries.

After being rescued, the Ice Fortress Supreme Elder—True Person Cang Long—personally treated him and diagnosed that his foundation had been damaged.

He has even been in a coma for over half a year and has yet to wake up.

His life or death is now uncertain.

Even if he is saved, his future is likely bleak.

Regarding this news, the cultivators of the Yuding Domain went from initial disbelief and unwillingness to believe it.

To later, when some details of the great battle at Burning Incense Valley were disclosed, they had no choice but to choose to believe it with great regret.

Many people saw the details of that battle clearly.

When the Lightning Immortal Bead blasted Qin Tairan to death, Luo Chen himself was also caught in the aftermath.

Even if his body refinement technique were stronger, could it really be stronger than a Jin Dan True Person's life-bound magic treasure?

One must know that Qin Tairan's life-bound magic treasure, the Taiyang Furnace, shattered before everyone's eyes.

Right now in the Yuding Domain, there are quite a few Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators who possess one or two fragments of the Taiyang Furnace.

The might of the Lightning Immortal Bead is truly terrifying!

Besides that.

Qin Tairan's final counterattack before death also caused Luo Chen to suffer severe injuries.

How could a Jin Dan strike be so easy to endure?

At the time, under the gaze of the masses, many people saw clearly that Luo Chen was blasted into the ground by a single strike.

When he was brought out, it was by the Heartless Fairy, using an ice coffin.

If the Heartless Fairy hadn't said Luo Chen was not yet dead to reassure others.

People at the time would have almost thought Luo Chen was already dead.

After this news was released, two or three years passed, and the trend of praising Fire Spirit Lord Luo Chen and "killing with praise" the Ice Fortress gradually dissipated.

Because, indeed, no one had seen Luo Chen for a very long time.

In the far north of the Yuding Domain, adjacent to the Great Snow Mountain, there is a high mountain covered in ice and snow all year round.

This mountain is named Mount Tian!

It is precisely the sect grounds of the Ice Fortress, one of the current six sects of Yuding!

Above Mount Tian.

A stunningly beautiful figure wrapped in a snow-white fox fur let the sky-filling wind and snow drift onto her body.

Her graceful gaze stared at the ice fortresses standing below the mountain, as if piercing through the ground to look deep into the earth.

Her crystalline earlobes suddenly twitched.

She revealed a faint smile.

"Xiao Rou, you're back!"

The Heartless Fairy walked out from behind her with a helpless expression.

As her figure was revealed, the sky-filling ice and snow seemed to fade slightly.

"Senior Sister, your spiritual sense is too sharp; even my Ice Evasion couldn't hide from you."

True Person Cang Long smiled faintly, "Do not be discouraged. This Ice Evasion is a fourth-tier evasion technique. That you could catch a glimpse of the path at the fourth level of Jin Dan is already an extremely remarkable thing. Once you achieve minor success, combined with your path of talismans, you will be no less than the Yuding sword cultivators or Falling Cloud puppeteers."

The Heartless Fairy shook her head; she considered herself quite talented in the path of spells.

Using this, she drew inferences and concurrently studied the path of talismans.

But it was always easy to enter the door, yet difficult to master.

Unlike that person.

Even though they were just ordinary first or second-tier spells, he could always cultivate them to the pinnacle.

In his hands, they were used with ease, and their power was magnificent!

A single second-tier Solar Flare spell could actually achieve ten suns across the sky, comparable to a third-tier spell.

Thinking of that person.

The Heartless Fairy couldn't help but ask: "What is Luo Chen's specific situation now?"

Facing this question, the smile on Cang Long's face grew deeper.

"He is naturally safe and sound. You didn't actually believe the fake news we released ourselves, did you?"

The Heartless Fairy shrugged her shoulders slightly and walked to Cang Long's side.

"There's no helping it; who told Luo Chen's state three years ago to be truly frightening."

Cang Long sighed with emotion: "How could it not be frightening? Caught in the aftermath of the Lightning Immortal Bead and suffering a Jin Dan strike from Qin Tairan. If it were an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, there would be nothing left of them; it was only because his physique was strong that he endured it. If it were just that, it would be fine! But he was bold enough to forcibly absorb the Wither-Bloom Fire that the Yan Alliance had inherited for three hundred years... Tsk tsk, I have never seen such a daring existence in my life."

"Daring?" The Heartless Fairy curled her lips, "I think it was reckless. If I hadn't been on the scene, he would have been burned to ashes by the backlash of that Wither-Bloom Fire, no matter how strong his physique was."

"But he knew very clearly that you were on the scene, and he was very clear that you would take action to save him," Cang Long said.

The Heartless Fairy frowned.

Cang Long pursed her rosy lips and smiled: "Not only that, he even knew you had the Ice God Talisman for calming the mind, as well as the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Coffin that our sect's Jin Dan True Persons must carry when going out. Both of these were enough to save him and bring him back to our Ice Fortress's Ice Prison. That is the most suitable spiritual land for refining origin true fire!"

Hearing these words.

The Heartless Fairy's delicate brows furrowed even tighter; she couldn't understand how Luo Chen, a mere rogue Foundation Establishment cultivator, could know so many secrets.

And he had manipulated her psychology perfectly.

An elegant voice reached her ears.

"In this matter, Luo Chen must have received guidance from an expert!"

An expert?

The Heartless Fairy was startled; for her Senior Sister, who was nearly at the Jin Dan Great Perfection, to call someone an expert...

"Could it be True Person Han?"

Cang Long's smile gradually faded, "Although I don't know how he got involved with that person, the only one who knows so many of our sect's secrets is Han Zhan. He only learned these things when he borrowed our sect's Ice Prison to cultivate soul secret techniques. In the battle of Burning Incense Valley, Luo Chen knew the Yan Alliance's situation like the back of his hand, whether it was the number of enemies, the terrain of Burning Incense Valley, or even the existence of the Wither-Bloom Fire, etc. Someone must have helped him with these, and the only one who knows these things best is the Falling Cloud Sect."

The Heartless Fairy showed a look of shock.

During that battle, she hadn't thought too much about it; she had just gone to the battlefield to fight.

Looking at it now, Luo Chen truly had a grand plan.

He had actually united the three major Jin Dan sects and the Nascent Soul upper sect, Falling Cloud.

"Let's leave Luo Chen alone for now; let him stay in the Ice Prison as long as he wants!"

Cang Long set aside this matter and asked about another thing she was more concerned about.

"Have you found out who released the news to 'kill with praise' our Ice Fortress?"

The Heartless Fairy nodded quickly, "I did find some clues; it seems the news was released from the Green Elixir Valley side."

"Green Elixir Valley?" Cang Long frowned slightly.

But after only a moment, she relaxed.

"If it was them, then it makes sense. They are afraid that the two major Nascent Soul upper sects will target them again, so they want to divert the disaster and shift the upper sects' attention to our Ice Fortress!"

The Heartless Fairy nodded, "I think so too. Senior Sister, should we..."

"No need!" Cang Long waved her sleeve, "Let them be; these matters are already unimportant."

"Hmm?" The Heartless Fairy was puzzled.

Someone outside is targeting the Ice Fortress, and this is not important?

Then what is important?

Just at this moment, her pupils suddenly shrank, and she looked at Cang Long in utter astonishment, even stepping back several paces.

"Senior Sister, you!"

Cang Long glanced at herself, then laughed dumbly.

"Sorry, my realm is finally complete. With the core formed and the fetus moving, sometimes I cannot control my aura."

What is meant by core formed?

When the Jin Dan is fully formed and enters perfection, it is core formed.

What is meant by fetus moving?

When the spiritual fetus is built and only awaits the shattering of the core to form the Nascent Soul, it is fetus moving!

Once at this realm, there is only one thing left to do.

Cross the heavenly tribulation, condense the Nascent Soul, and achieve that Pure Yang True Person!

The Heartless Fairy, who was always cold and taciturn, could not help but become excited at this moment.

In the entire Yuding Domain, there are two Nascent Soul True Persons, dozens of Jin Dan, and nearly ten thousand Foundation Establishment, but the number of existences at the Jin Dan Great Perfection is very few.

Even that Supreme Elder of Green Elixir Valley, who has lived over five hundred years, is only known as being infinitely close to the Jin Dan Great Perfection.

No one expected that Senior Sister Cang Long, who rarely walked outside, had unknowingly reached this step.

Then what is left to do...

"Senior Sister, when will you form your Nascent Soul?"

Cang Long shook her head, "I still have to wait."

"Wait?"

"Yes, wait for time, wait for people, wait for an opportunity!"

White snow covered the ground, and ice layers were piled up.

Deep in that ice field, a thousand zhang underground.

There is a place that looks like a labyrinth.

This place is one of the most important forbidden areas of the Ice Fortress.

The terrain inside is complex, with much thousand-year profound ice growing, which blocks the release of spiritual sense; ordinary cultivators who enter it will only get lost inside.

It is like a prison; without the method, one cannot get out.

Therefore, Ice Fortress cultivators call it the Ice Prison!

And in this vast Ice Prison, a young Daoist with graying hair has sat in meditation for three full years.

Suddenly!

A deep, cyan fire light emerged and expanded from his body.

Just as it was about to touch the nearby ice wall, it was forced to retract.

Then, it appeared again, and retracted again.

This cycled until, after the ninth time, the cyan fire completely subsided and was suppressed within the young Daoist's body.

A breath of turbid air was exhaled from his mouth, and upon touching the cold air outside, it turned into a white dragon of air.

The young Daoist slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, fire light seemed to flicker in his pupils.

The dark and cold Ice Prison seemed to be illuminated, appearing for a moment like broad daylight.

This person is none other than the Fire Spirit Lord—Luo Chen, who had disappeared for three years!