Chapter 1190

"Ah?" Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Shilou thought he had misheard.

"What did you just say?" Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Shilou repeated carefully again.

He raced against time to create a method, just to ask the Snow Emperor to save Lu Yang.

"I'm only a half-immortal, I can't beat an immortal." The Snow Emperor said seriously, feeling no problem with himself; on the contrary, it would be strange if he could defeat an immortal.

The far northern lands were originally sparsely populated, with numbers far lower than the Central Continent, Buddha Kingdom, Demon Realm, and Eastern Sea; it was rare to see a half-immortal emerge in a hundred thousand years, let alone immortals, which had never appeared.

"Change your wish, and I can make you a half-immortal, grant you boundless wealth, and teach you all cultivation methods and spells from ancient to modern times."

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Shilou gritted his teeth, kowtowing repeatedly: "Save Daoist Lu Yang, this is my only wish!"

The Snow Emperor felt embarrassed; this was his first change in expression, and by convention, he needed to fulfill one wish for those who passed the trial.

But the problem was he truly could not defeat an immortal.

"If you truly wish to save someone, there is a way."

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Shilou looked up in delight; indeed, the Snow Emperor had a method.

"By convention, the Snow Emperor must fulfill one wish for the trial passer. If you have no objection, I will now yield the Snow Emperor's position to you, so you may fulfill your own wish."

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Shilou: "..."

Seeing Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Shilou disappointed, the Snow Emperor spoke earnestly: "Our Snow Emperor lineage is destined to be half-immortals, possessing a lifespan of a hundred thousand years. In that time, who knows how many friends we will make and how many old companions we will see depart. Your friend's fall is merely the destined fate of our Snow Emperor lineage's friends; you must learn to accept it."

The Snow Emperor silently added in his heart, unless the ancient immortal who bestowed upon him the embryonic Dao fruit intervenes.

Thinking of this, the Snow Emperor unconsciously touched the characterless white jade tablet on his chest.

But this was impossible.

Once again, a loud self-explosion echoed from the sky, drawing the Snow Emperor's attention.

Originally pierced by ribs and pinned in this space, Lu Yang self-exploded again to break free, even startling Si Ming, who could no longer remain seated.

A junior used the same method to escape repeatedly under his nose; if he truly escaped, it would be fine, but the key is that after leaving the prison, this junior stood nearby, showing no intention to flee far!

It was utterly dismissive of him!

"Myriad Ghosts Corrosion."

Thick smoke billowed from the bone staff, each wisp a manifestation of a Ghost King; myriad ghosts roamed the heavens, blocking the sky and sun, devouring spiritual energy wherever they passed.

The Great Qian Dynasty popularized human sacrifice—sacrificing humans to gods, to the state, to heaven; Great Qian cultivators never lacked ghosts and evil entities, and if none existed, they would simply create them.

The Snow Emperor shook his head; this junior was unfortunate, let alone this junior—even if he went up himself, it would be either death or injury.

The characterless white jade tablet on his chest trembled, inquiring of the Snow Emperor what had happened outside.

The Snow Emperor told the supreme existence residing in the white jade tablet everything he had seen, without omission.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing his description, the supreme existence reacted with abnormal intensity.

"Indestructible, that is an indestructible technique—what relationship does that youth have with indestructibility!"

"This is a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity; that youth must be related to indestructibility and cannot be allowed to come to harm here!"

"But once leaving this place will invite disaster..."

"What the hell to fear!"

Before the Snow Emperor could speak, a beam of immortal light flew from the white jade tablet, shooting toward the sky, leaving the Snow Emperor stunned.

"How, how is this possible? He has not made a move in three hundred thousand years!"

An immortal suddenly appeared before Lu Yang, moving with speed nearing instantaneous translocation.

Facing the surging, gloomy myriad ghost kings, the immortal stepped on the Taiji Diagram, surging with utmost yang power, burning all things in the world, making even the sun appear dim and dull at this moment.

"Get lost, all of you!"

No matter the ghost kings' former cultivation, or what devouring thoughts Si Ming had imbued them with, facing the utmost yang and rigidity, they all burned and self-annihilated, vanishing into ash and smoke in an instant.

The immortal wore coarse hemp clothes, unkempt, his appearance like a wild man emerging from some ancient cave, full of wildness.

Upon seeing the immortal, Si Ming felt as if facing a great foe and slowly spoke out the other's title.

"Nine Heavens Immortal!"

Hearing Si Ming announce the title of the Nine Heavens Immortal, the area beneath Mu Xue City simply exploded.

"Nine Heavens Immortal?! Is that the legendary first immortal to achieve ascension, the Nine Heavens Immortal!"

"Besides him, who else dares to bear this title!"

"Heavens, even the Nine Heavens Immortal has come out!"

The Nine Heavens Immortal turned his head to glance at Si Ming: "Si Ming of Great Qian? You too, get lost! I have no mood to deal with you!"

"Kid, where did you learn this self-destruct trick, and what is your relationship with Indestructibility!"

"Nine Heavens?" The Indestructible Immortal Maiden did not expect the Nine Heavens Immortal to suddenly appear here.

The Nine Heavens Immortal froze, staring in shock at the Indestructible Immortal Maiden: "This tone... you are Indestructibility! How did you revive?"

"No, now is not the time to speak of this; I cannot remain in the outer world too long, for Extinction will come seeking..."

"You mean the Extinction Immortal? She is already dead."

"What?" First Indestructibility revived, then Extinction fell—these consecutive good tidings left the Nine Heavens Immortal unable to react.

"God-Demon Seven Slaughters!" Si Ming flung out seven tokens; this was the Soul-Fixing Art, capable of fixing an opponent's three souls and seven spirits, rendering them immobile and subject to slaughter.

"Ah, you're really annoying, Indestructibility—wait for me to deal with him, then we can talk again!"

The Nine Heavens Immortal impatiently turned his head, focusing his attention on Si Ming.

He flipped both hands: left hand grasping the small sun symbolizing utmost yang, right hand grasping the blood-stained round moon, revealing utmost yin qi; holding sun and moon, he directly smashed them toward Si Ming!

Si Ming had no time to react at first; only after realizing what the Nine Heavens Immortal was doing did he raise his bone staff to block the sun and moon.

Ancient texts record that the Nine Heavens Immortal's combat style is not close-quarters melee.

The Snow Emperor watched the Nine Heavens Immortal fighting in the sky; his pupils held only shock, no other emotion.

"This is impossible!"

"What's wrong?" Snow Ten Pavilion asked, puzzled.

The Snow Emperor then remembered that Snow Ten Pavilion was still here.

"Since you passed the three trials, it's fine to tell you these things."

"Our Snow Emperor lineage has produced six Snow Emperors in total, and you will be the seventh."

"Although the extreme north regards the Snow Emperor as a faith, in truth the Snow Emperor's true identity is the envoy of the Immortal Jiu Chong."

"Envoy of the Immortal Jiu Chong?"

"Yes, this is the agreement made between the Immortal Jiu Chong and the first Snow Emperor: the Immortal Jiu Chong resides in this blank white jade tablet, and the Snow Emperor wears the blank white jade tablet while traveling in the extreme north, gathering information from the outside world."

"And the Immortal Jiu Chong bestows upon the heirs of each generation of Snow Emperor the embryonic form of the Yin-Yang Dao Fruit, helping them become half-immortals—I am no exception."

"According to the descriptions of past Snow Emperors, for three hundred thousand years, the Immortal Jiu Chong has never left the white jade tablet; today, for some unknown reason, it has left the white jade tablet and come to the outside world!"

The Snow Emperor had thought Snow Ten Pavilion's wish to save Lu Yang was already outrageous, but never expected the Immortal Jiu Chong to actually go save Lu Yang!

"Immortal Maiden, what are you thinking about?" Lu Yang regained control of his body and noticed the Immortal Maiden was deeply pondering something.

"The Immortal Jiu Chong didn't used to be like this; before, he wasn't so unrestrained in battle."