Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao Chapter 1532 - 56: Holy Spirit Cold Ice

Nearby, it was as if an entirely separate domain had manifested, completely cut off from the outside.

Zhou Yan gazed intently at that area for a considerable duration but ultimately decided against pursuing it.

He lacked both the capability and the raw strength required to venture in.

Under these circumstances, despite harboring a sense of unwillingness, Zhou Yan steeled his resolve. He then transformed into flames and departed from this Land of Heavenly Fire.

Upon returning to the original Primordial Magnetic Pole Light Land, Zhou Yan pressed onward. After navigating the entirety of the Nine Layers of Heavenly Fire Land, he soon found himself in another world, one steeped in mystery and wonder.

Whereas the preceding Holy Spirit Land had been a Domain of Fire, saturated with Purple Flames, this new environment was entirely different.

This time, Zhou Yan had entered the Land of Cold Ice.

Glaciers stretched as far as the eye could see.

The pervasive chill in the air was so profound it possessed the power to freeze all existence, even the Eternal Holy Spirit itself.

Abruptly leaving the warmth of the Heavenly Fire Land and unexpectedly entering this frigid domain, Zhou Yan was instantly assailed by the intense cold. His entire being became encased in ice with startling speed, nearly trapping the Eternal Pseudo Saint Spirit within its icy grip.

It was solely due to the residual fierce flame element on Zhou Yan’s Thunder Flame Seal, which had not yet dissipated, that the immediate danger was not as catastrophic.

In such a perilous state, Zhou Yan remained exceptionally vigilant.

The unique nature and inherent dangers of the Holy Spirit Land were, indeed, far beyond what he had initially imagined.

Shielding himself with the origin essence of Heavenly Fire, Zhou Yan gradually managed to thaw his frozen form. After a significant period, he meticulously gathered all the foundational power of the fire element’s original laws. He then commenced the arts of form and meaning transformation, integrating his various King Immortal principles to transmute into the elemental origin of cold ice.

The cold ice element maintains a distinct separation from the water element.

This fundamental difference was exceptionally clear within the Holy Spirit Land, prompting Zhou Yan to directly manifest the ice element rather than a water-based form.

During this process of form and meaning transformation, Zhou Yan experienced a state akin to his previous encounters with flames—a profound spiritual emptiness. His soul detached, allowing him to derive the ice element as an Eternal Pseudo Saint Spirit, which then ascended into the heavens.

It felt as though gravity had ceased to exist, leaving him to float freely in the void.

Within this new celestial expanse, Zhou Yan performed a silent ballet, his essence merging with the boundless origin of cold ice power as he moved towards the distant depths.

Drawing upon the experiences gained in the Land of Heavenly Fire, Zhou Yan proceeded in a remarkably similar fashion, and the journey unfolded with relative smoothness.

However, in terms of sheer difficulty, this trial proved considerably more arduous than his time in the Land of Heavenly Fire.

Previously, within the Land of Heavenly Fire, Zhou Yan wielded the Silent Annihilation Purple Flame Power, which mitigated the pressure across the initial five layers.

But in this realm of cold ice, Zhou Yan lacked innate proficiency. Consequently, even the first layer of the Cold Ice Holy Spirit Land presented him with substantial challenges.

Having transformed into the Eternal Spirit and subsequently integrating with the remaining cold origin essence, Zhou Yan made progressive advances through the layers, encountering escalating levels of difficulty.

With each deeper stratum he penetrated, Zhou Yan could perceive the Pseudo Saint Spirit, previously static, beginning a subtle yet significant transformation.

The further he delved, the more pronounced and beneficial these transformative effects became.

Through careful analysis, Zhou Yan deduced that this phenomenon was a direct consequence of the concentrated purity of the origin rules at play.

The origin rules within the Holy Spirit Land represented the most fundamental principles of existence. Their aggregation and subsequent absorption during cultivation offered benefits even surpassing those derived from the origin of the Life Ancient Tree.

Comprehending this, Zhou Yan felt a strong urge to explore the deepest reaches of the Cold Ice Land. Yet, he recognized that the path forward would only grow more perilous, fraught with potentially grave risks.

Considering these factors, Zhou Yan refrained from rushing. He initiated a deliberate process of comprehending the origin rules of the cold ice element, starting from its most rudimentary aspects.

This endeavor mirrored the process of understanding the elemental rules he had encountered on the Town Domain Demon Origin Sky Road.

These challenges, by comparison, no longer posed significant difficulty for Zhou Yan.

Consequently, as Zhou Yan immersed himself in deciphering the origin rules of the cold ice element, he gradually developed the resilience needed to withstand the land's potent ice power.

Under these evolving conditions, Zhou Yan began to notice a striking parallel—he seemed to have discovered a method to counter the formidable cold ice power wielded by Mu Qingyan, the Lord of Cold Ice.

As Zhou Yan engaged in this contemplative process, dissecting the situation step by step, the advantages conferred by his exceptional intellect became increasingly apparent. The Thunder Flame Sword Shape Seal adorning Zhou Yan's form began to absorb the cold ice element. This absorption occurred organically, alongside the existing flame element, refining into the seal in incremental stages.

This symbol signified the King Dao, and with a Pseudo Saint Spirit, its presence would become more pronounced. A True Holy Spirit, however, would engrave its King's Rule directly into the mark upon the brow.

The mark impressed by a Pseudo Saint Spirit represents merely one ten-thousandth of the comprehension and refinement of the rules it embodies.

The closer a Pseudo Saint Spirit draws to a True Holy Spirit, the nearer this condensation effect approaches one hundred percent.

Zhou Yan found himself in the state of a Pseudo Saint Spirit, yet the cold ice element he had comprehended was perfectly imprinted into the mark on his forehead.

Consequently, upon that sword-shaped mark, in addition to the initial Thunder Flame, the profound elements of cold ice began to manifest.

Having attained this stage, Zhou Yan's cultivation realm naturally ascended to the second layer of the Eternal Nine Rules.

With this advancement, Zhou Yan burst through three layers of the cold ice rule dimension, entering the seventh level of the Cold Ice Land!

This progression was even swifter than his journey through the Land of Heavenly Fire.

Moreover, as the king's mark on his brow now embraced the cold ice rule, Zhou Yan faced considerably less resistance from the potent ice element. Through a transformation of form and essence, Zhou Yan became one with the cold ice origin rule, appearing as a streak of tragic white light, and began to merge into the deepest stratum of the nine-layered Cold Ice Land.

This immersion, though fraught with potential peril, was successfully completed without incident.

While immersed in this profound state, Zhou Yan experienced wondrous insights. However, upon penetrating the deepest core of the nine-layered Cold Ice Domain Land, amidst an endless expanse of tragic white light, Zhou Yan once again encountered a most familiar woman.

Had it not been for the distinct maturity in her aura, Zhou Yan might have almost mistaken her for someone else entirely!

This time, the woman was not Yanyan, but Yanyan's mother, Mu Qingyan!

It was indeed Mu Qingyan, the revered Lord of Ice and Snow!

Much like Yanyan, Mu Qingyan was deeply engrossed within the core depths of this nine-layered Cold Ice Land, actively refining and absorbing the formidable cold ice origin rule to continuously augment her combat prowess.

Furthermore, the speed and sheer capability with which she devoured and refined this power left Zhou Yan utterly astounded!

Her speed, her ability, the very aura she exuded—everything about her astonished and shocked Zhou Yan!

Zhou Yan, having reached his current cultivation level, could almost instantaneously vanquish an ordinary half-step Monarch Realm Pseudo Saint Spirit!

With his soul strength magnified a hundred million times and the foundation of nine distinct King Immortal principles, achieving such feats was effortless for Zhou Yan!

Yet, confronting the chillingly potent Mu Qingyan in the depths of the Cold Ice Domain, Zhou Yan felt utterly outmatched, unable to contend with her in a single exchange.

Whether this Mu Qingyan was the genuine article or a mere imitation, Zhou Yan couldn't be sure, but she was vastly more formidable than the Lord of Ice and Snow he had previously encountered.

That previous Mu Qingyan would have been annihilated almost instantly before this current iteration!

The sheer contrast, the overwhelming difference, was palpable!

It mirrored the immense disparity between Yanyan beside the Lord of Ice and Snow Mu Qingyan and the Yanyan encountered in the Land of Heavenly Fire—the difference was simply too pronounced!

Zhou Yan grew profoundly vigilant, sensing he had stumbled upon something unusual, perhaps glimpsing a truth beyond the ordinary.

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Yan swiftly moved closer to Mu Qingyan, addressing her, "Qingyan, is that truly you? It is I, Zhou Yan, Thunder Flame Monarch Lee Yi."

Zhou Yan's voice was gentle, imbued with an incomparably tender tone.

As he spoke, his words were laden with genuine affection, revealing the depths of his feelings for Mu Qingyan.

However, Mu Qingyan appeared entirely unresponsive to Zhou Yan's words, maintaining an air of cold indifference.

Zhou Yan intended to speak further, but at that precise moment, similar to Yanyan's experience in the Land of Heavenly Fire, Mu Qingyan's gaze swept over him. That look was terrifyingly ruthless and frigid, radiating a chilling killing intent and a cruel will that sent shivers down his spine.

Such a piercing gaze caused Zhou Yan's heart to constrict, his pupils to narrow, and he promptly lost any inclination to continue speaking.

From the outset, an indescribable dread had permeated his being.

Though Zhou Yan often acted on impulse in many matters these days, fear was not among the emotions he typically experienced!

Yet now, under Mu Qingyan's sweeping glance, Zhou Yan trembled uncontrollably, assailed by an inexplicable sense of foreboding!

Taking another deep breath, Zhou Yan wisely retreated several paces, choosing not to press his encounter with Mu Qingyan any further.

With a frigid and sharp gaze cast upon Zhou Yan, Mu Qingyan transformed into a streak of light, soaring into the core region of the Cold Ice domain's void and vanishing into the distance. This action strikingly mirrored Yanyan's previous behavior, where she autonomously sealed off a section of the Holy Spirit Land, deliberately excluding Zhou Yan and preventing his access to the preserved area.

Zhou Yan stood there, rendered momentarily speechless.

It was as if this exact scenario had replayed itself from their time in the Land of Heavenly Fire.

Curiously, within this very domain, Zhou Yan's cultivation efficiency mirrored that of the earlier location. The sole distinction was that here, the transformation he was nurturing involved the potent essence of cold ice.