Chapter 153: Entering the Ice Phoenix Divine Temple

Sphinx had originally wanted to stop it, but ultimately abandoned the idea.

"Never mind, I won't get involved."

The undead lion not only passed Anubis's ninth trial, but even obtained the highest authority of Anubis's pyramid, and was deeply valued by Lord Anubis.

After thinking it over, Sphinx finally decided to pretend he hadn't seen anything.

In the early hours of the morning.

A total of 6 bronze pyramids had been conquered, and only then did Chen Mo stop his plan to continue descending.

Descending consumed his spiritual power as well as a certain amount of faith power.

Moreover, there were currently only 6 undead creatures with a faith value exceeding 80.

Watching the undead leaders occupy each pyramid one after another, as though stocking up on goods.

Frost Lion Xiongba watched with envious eyes.

He wished he could become an undead creature himself.

Should he eat more undead divine medicines too?

But the thought of turning into a pile of bones and having to feed on carrion and dry bones made Xiongba abandon that plan.

There were countless paths to becoming stronger; there was no need to pursue a wrong path of "evolution" for the sake of a small advantage.

As long as he kept following His Majesty, there would surely be opportunities to continue growing stronger! ————————————

The sun rose in the east.

Golden morning light coated all the pyramids with a layer of golden radiance.

After testing the effects of 【Totem Lion】, Chen Mo headed to the Golden Pyramid, preparing to find the Anubis statue and see if there was a chance to complete 【Weapon Great Lion】.

Chen Mo awakened the sleeping Anubis statue.

"You want to learn forging skills from me?"

Upon learning of Chen Mo's intentions, the Anubis statue looked astonished.

Just as Chen Mo had guessed, his forging skills were indeed outstanding; in the Underworld, he was even called the "God of Craftsmanship" and the "God of Forging."

Although he was only a wisp of Anubis's consciousness, he still possessed considerable forging skill.

"Yes, I also hope to master superb forging skills."

"You may!"

The Anubis statue readily agreed.

Teaching this giant lion forging techniques could also deepen his faith.

His true self had already planted the Seed of Faith; as long as he continuously bestowed favors upon the suanni, he could make it unconsciously deepen its faith and ultimately pledge loyalty to him.

Anubis never imagined that Chen Mo could not only see the "Seed of Faith" but even manipulate faith power to directly consume his "Seed of Faith."

Eat the "sugar coating," discard the "shell"! "Senior Anubis, under your guidance, is there a chance I could forge a King-tier weapon within three months?"

To be safe, Chen Mo asked one more question.

"With your aptitude, it shouldn't be difficult."

The Anubis statue was quite confident in his forging skills; forging a King-tier weapon was not difficult for him.

After seeing the Anubis statue nod, Chen Mo initiated the 【Weapon Great Lion】 self-discipline challenge.

"With the materials currently available in the Trial Temple, the only King-tier weapon that can be forged is probably the Sword of the Undead. I'll teach you sword forging first!"

The Anubis statue said.

Chen Mo nodded.

"The forging technique I will teach you is the Netherfire Forging Method!"

"By manipulating netherfire, you refine away the impurities in metals and minerals. At the same time, you can also control the proportion of each material."

"First, the very first step is to ignite the forging netherfire."

Thus, under the Anubis statue's guidance, Chen Mo began forging weapons.

Very soon, he discovered that the process of forging a bronze sword was extremely similar to the process of the Release Method.

Smelting, pouring, and refining required controlling the proportions of various metals and mineral materials, while also mastering the temperature of the netherfire.

【Teach Lion +】 had enhanced his aptitude, and combined with Chen Mo's control over his own power having already reached a hair-thin level of precision.

In just one day's time, Chen Mo was already able to forge Lord-tier weapons.

If he practiced like this every day, forging a King-tier undead greatsword within three months shouldn't be difficult.

Over the next few days, Chen Mo once again began his life of self-discipline.

【Martial Dao Grandmaster】 self-discipline challenge, Day 25.

Chen Mo had already fully digested all 10 bottles of River Styx water.

At this moment, the conversion progress of the death origin energy within his body had reached 52%.

If he relied solely on "eating dirt" from here on, he still wouldn't be able to advance to the Calamity Realm in a short time.

"It's time to explore the inner world of the Great Snow Mountain."

Chen Mo thought to himself.

According to the Canopy Ice Spider, trial grounds also existed within the inner world of the snow domain.

If possible, Chen Mo hoped to fleece them for another wave of benefits.

It would be even better if he could find a treasure to help him advance to the Calamity Realm.

So through the threads of faith, he once again established contact with the Frost Nether Crow.

"Crow, I need you to help me explore the inner world of the snow domain next."

Chen Mo's voice rang in the Frost Nether Crow's mind.

He planned to descend upon the Frost Nether Crow and conduct the initial exploration of the inner world through it.

Currently, the Frost Nethercrow was absolutely his strongest general.

At the extraordinary rank of a High Lord, it had mastered life-saving abilities such as skeletal reassembly, and also possessed a golden battle armor—its survivability was terrifyingly strong.

"The inner world hides dangers; you may have to pay with your life."

"Caw!" (Crow is not afraid of danger!)

The Frost Nethercrow replied without hesitation.

"Caw!" (Crow wishes to become Your Majesty's sharpest blade!)

It was willing to give everything for Chen Mo, even its own life! "Don't panic."

"When the time comes, I will descend upon your body. If you encounter a danger you cannot contend against, you can flee straight back."

"Caw!!"

After giving a few more points of notice, Chen Mo brought the Frost Nethercrow to Ice Spider Mountain in the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm.

"You have already begun your transformation?"

The Sky Canopy Ice Spider awakened from slumber, and upon seeing Chen Mo, asked in a surprised tone.

It could sense that the death energy within Chen Mo's body had already begun transforming into death essence.

The speed at which this suanni before its eyes grew stronger was simply too fast!

Who knew where it had gotten yet another treasure containing essence energy.

"My luck was not bad. I obtained a treasure containing death essence from a secret realm that had just recently revived."

Chen Mo's tone was calm.

"Senior, I came to find you today because I wish to head to the Snow Domain inner world."

"Truly!?"

Hearing this, the Sky Canopy Ice Spider's eyes lit up, very excited.

Finally this day had come! "I will help you open the bronze door to the inner world right now!"

It could no longer wait.

"Right, take this with you."

Just as the words fell, a crystal-clear little spider appeared before the Sky Canopy Ice Spider.

It was only about the size of a baby's fist—for the current Chen Mo, it could be said to be extremely mini. "What is this?"

"Eye of the Ice Spider."

The Sky Canopy Ice Spider replied: "Although I cannot enter the inner world, I can observe everything you encounter in real time through this Eye of the Ice Spider."

"If you encounter danger, it can also provide you with suitable advice."

Chen Mo examined it carefully and found that its appearance was identical to the Sky Canopy Ice Spider. It was very likely a clone of the Sky Canopy Ice Spider, but its extraordinary rank did not even reach Lord.

It could probably only serve as a guide.

Relying on it for help in battle would be virtually impossible.

"The one heading to the inner world this time is not me, but the Nethercrow."

"I possess a method similar to yours, and can explore the inner world through the Nethercrow's perspective."

"Let this Eye of the Ice Spider be carried by it!"

Chen Mo spoke.

Hearing this, the Sky Canopy Ice Spider's gaze turned toward the Frost Nethercrow.

"Caw!"

The Frost Nethercrow could feel the terrifying aura radiated by the Sky Canopy Ice Spider—clearly, this too was an extremely fearsome existence.

But thinking that it now represented His Majesty the Lion King, it suppressed its physiological fear, gathered its courage, and greeted the Sky Canopy Ice Spider.

"Alright, no problem."

The Sky Canopy Ice Spider nodded.

Somewhat enlightened in its heart.

It had wondered why this extremely cautious suanni was willing to head to the inner world—so it had mastered an ability similar to "descent."

The crystal-clear little spider crawled rapidly along the Frost Nethercrow's skeletal frame, climbed to the top of the Frost Nethercrow's head, and then settled down quietly.

"I am going to open the bronze door!"

After everything was ready, the Sky Canopy Ice Spider said in a deep voice.

It began to mobilize the power of rules within its body, and mighty power of rules surged into the bronze door.

This bronze door connected two worlds and was clearly also a divine-artifact-level existence, requiring the power of rules to drive it.

With the power of rules within the Sky Canopy Ice Spider's body, it could only open it twice.

As the power of rules surged in, a streak of golden light appeared at the center of the bronze door, and then the golden light slowly extended toward both sides.

The bronze door opened! Behind the door was incomparably dazzling golden radiance, like a dimensional passage, making the scene beyond the door impossible to see clearly.

"Caw!" (Your Majesty, I'm off!) The Frost Nethercrow flapped its pale-white skeletal wings that burned with flame, took a deep breath, and then flew into the giant bronze door.

"Caw!"

The stars shifted and space transformed.

The instant the Frost Nethercrow passed through the bronze door, the first thing it felt was a bone-chilling cold.

At the same time, its figure plummeted straight downward, crashing flat onto a field of snow.

The gravity of the inner world behind the bronze door was far greater than Earth's!

"Caw!"

Chen Mo, who had descended upon the Nethercrow's body, roughly sensed it and found that the inner world's gravity was approximately ten times that of Earth! Under such a gravitational environment, if any living beings existed, their bone density and physical strength would likely be far greater than those of living beings on Earth! The Frost Nethercrow flapped its skeletal wings, striving to adapt to this planet's gravity.

Meanwhile, Chen Mo took the opportunity to observe the surrounding environment.

The Frost Nethercrow seemed to have descended upon a vast, boundless snowfield.

The immense snowfield was completely empty, with only white snow and biting wind.

The temperature here was extremely low; even a high-level Lord-realm ice-element creature like the Frost Nethercrow felt a hint of cold.

At this temperature, unless one was a Lord-realm or higher creature, or a high-level Transcendent ice-element creature, survival was absolutely impossible.

After activating Spirit Sight, Chen Mo could see spirit power of various elements drifting through the air in distinctly different colors.

The spirit power in the Inner World was extremely dense!

Ice-element spirit power predominated among it, and Chen Mo could even sense the presence of ice-element origin energy!

The ice-element spirit power here was roughly ten times that of the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm! In this environment, even without consuming divine medicine, Transcendent creatures could achieve extremely rapid growth through passive absorption of spirit power.

If safety could be confirmed, some core ice-element followers with high faith values could be brought here to cultivate, and a high-level farm could even be established here! The third-tier divine medicine 【Ice Mountain Snow Lotus】, in particular, would likely only grow rapidly in this kind of environment.

Chen Mo had very strong farming genes in his bones; the moment he discovered the high spirit energy density, his first thought was whether he could farm here.

"Senior Ice Spider, is this the Divine Temple?"

Chen Mo asked.

According to the Canopy Ice Spider, the place connected to the bronze gate was the Ice Phoenix Divine Temple, an absolutely safe place.

But this place did not look like a divine temple no matter how one looked at it.

"That's right! This is the Ice Phoenix Divine Temple. The temple was originally a giant snow mountain, and we are currently near the mountainside."

The Canopy Ice Spider replied.

Its tone was somewhat excited.

The former Ice Phoenix Divine Temple was extremely vast, with its core area covering over 500,000 square kilometers, almost equivalent to half of Tanzania.

Many powerful ice-element Transcendent creatures once lived here.

The closer to the mountain's peak, the higher the spirit power density, and the stronger the Transcendent creatures that dwelled there.

And the ancient Ice Phoenix once roosted in the Ice Phoenix Parasol Tree at the summit of this divine mountain.

"Rest assured! Since the teleportation went without error and we have arrived at the Ice Phoenix Divine Temple, then this place is absolutely safe!"

"Let us go to the mountain summit first; that is where Lord Ice Phoenix slumbers."

"The Trial Tower, the Frost Holy Spring, and other most important structures are all there."

The Canopy Ice Spider spoke.

Both of these places were destinations on Chen Mo's trip.

Passing the Trial Tower's trials would yield rewards, and the high-level Frost Holy Spring was itself a treasure containing ice-element origin spirit power, which Chen Mo urgently needed.

In truth, the Canopy Ice Spider's heart was also slightly uneasy; so many years had passed, and it did not know whether these once-important structures still existed.

More importantly, it did not know whether Lord Ice Phoenix was well.

After adjusting slightly, the Frost Nethercrow finally spread its wings and soared once more.

The Frost Nethercrow flew for about ten minutes.

After Chen Mo's descent, its Transcendent level had briefly risen to King-realm, and its speed was extremely fast.

In just ten minutes, it had covered nearly a hundred kilometers and arrived at a position close to the snow mountain's summit.

Only, along the way, the Frost Nethercrow did not see any living creatures!

The entire snowfield was incomparably silent, exuding an aura of deathly stillness.

The absolute silence made the Frost Nethercrow feel slightly uneasy.

However, thinking of His Majesty who had descended upon it and the Canopy Ice Spider, it felt a wave of reassurance.

Now the crow had the protection of His Majesty and Senior Canopy Ice Spider.

Finally, amid the boundless blizzard, Chen Mo saw through the Frost Nethercrow's perspective a towering pure-white parasol tree reaching into the clouds.

Upon the pure-white parasol tree, Chen Mo faintly saw a massive phantom silhouette of a bird with blue wings.

Just one glance made the "Frost Nethercrow" feel a bone-chilling cold.

Clearly, this phantom was the ancient Ice Phoenix; though in a state of slumber, the aura it emanated still caused an extremely violent blizzard in the surrounding area.

"Caw—"

The Frost Nethercrow shivered; the temperature here already made it feel very cold.

Bitter winds blew and blizzards swirled—this was ice wind that could freeze the soul.

(End of chapter)