The message on the communication jade slip instructed Zhang Tie to proceed to the nearest Ten Directions Tower stronghold. The sender was Fang Qing.
He slowly put away the jade slip, his fingertips lightly brushing across its surface.
He had joined the Ten Directions Tower more than a century ago. Now, the time had finally come to leave.
For the true immortal-grade spirit beast blood essence, he had not hesitated to conceal his identity and infiltrate the Ten Directions Tower in the Northern Cold Immortal Domain. Now, not only had he successfully refined the blood essence and broken through to the Melting God Realm, he had also unexpectedly obtained the ice phoenix's innate divine ability to traverse space.
Recalling the perilous moment several days ago when he had rescued Han Li from a Golden Immortal, a trace of relief flashed through Zhang Tie's eyes. If not for that spatial divine ability, the two martial brothers would likely have perished at that Golden Immortal's hands.
"It is time to leave," he murmured. His figure gradually faded amid the wind and snow before vanishing completely.
The Ten Directions Tower branch was located within a glacial crevice. The entire structure was built from ten-thousand-year black ice, radiating bone-piercing cold. Zhang Tie's figure slowly materialized before the branch entrance. When the two Snow Demons guarding the gate saw the black token at his waist, they immediately bowed and let him pass.
"Exchange all my contribution points for Immortal Essence Stones." Zhang Tie placed his token on the counter, his voice calm and even.
The man in charge of this branch was a middle-aged man in gray robes. His appearance was ordinary, but his eyes held a restrained gleam. When he saw the conspicuous words "Xuan Qi" on Zhang Tie's token, surprise flickered through