Sword Sweeps the Enemy's Nest

Bai Ye's figure vanished from the sight of Azure Cloud Sect's disciples.

He plunged into the clouds, standing aloft in the void.

"Since I've already made my move, I might as well root out the weeds..."

Bai Ye discerned his bearings and murmured softly to himself.

He had originally only wanted to quietly hide away and cultivate, but now it seemed the heavens ultimately defied his wishes.

The next moment, he had already activated the [Movement Character Secret].

Transforming into a pale golden streak of light that tore across the sky.

With his current strength, his speed had reached its absolute limit!

The airflow along his path was ripped into fine ripples, and even the high-altitude clouds were split open into a straight channel by the streak of light, heading straight toward the location of the three major powers!

A faint aura of Chaos Qi swirled around Bai Ye, completely concealing his cultivation level.

It wasn't that he feared anyone, but rather that he didn't want to waste time along the way.

His first stop was the Cloud Snow Celestial Palace, the closest to Azure Cloud Sect.

The "Ten Thousand Year Ice Plains" in the northern part of Azure State served as the foundation of Cloud Snow Celestial Palace.

This mountain range of ice and snow stretched for thousands of miles, perpetually blanketed by heavy snowfall.

The peaks thrust into the sky like sharp ice blades.

Spiritual Energy between the mountains condensed into crystalline ice crystals, carrying dense fluctuations of Spiritual Energy as they drifted down with the wind.

Deep within the mountain range, a palace complex carved from thousand-year-old Mysterious Ice stood silently.

Thick snow covered the palace rooftops, and icicles several zhang long hung from the eaves, refracting a rainbow of halos under the sunlight.

This was the core of Cloud Snow Celestial Palace.

And the Forbidden Zone at the rear mountain of Cloud Snow Celestial Palace was even more secretive.

The entrance to the Forbidden Zone was hidden beneath a colossal ice peak dozens of zhang high, engraved with the Celestial Palace's guardian sacred rune.

The rune glowed with a cold blue light in the wind, forming an invisible barrier that kept outsiders at bay.

Inside the Forbidden Zone was a circular ice hall, at the center of which stood three bronze soul lamps, their bases carved with intricate ice patterns.

At this moment, two of the soul lamps had already gone out not long ago, their wicks reduced to ash swept up by the hall's chilling wind, leaving only the last lamp flickering weakly.

The dim yellow light made the cold in the hall even more biting.

"How could this be!"

A Middle-aged Cultivator with graying hair stood before the soul lamps, his hands clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

He wore the ice-blue Daoist robe of Cloud Snow Celestial Palace, embroidered with a third-grade ice crystal flower—this was Bing Xuanzi, the last Nascent Soul Old Ancestor of Cloud Snow Celestial Palace at this time.

The moment those two soul lamps had abruptly extinguished, his heart sank to the depths.

Soul lamps were linked to a cultivator's divine soul; when the lamp went out, the person died. Yun Moqing and Yun Wu'er had actually fallen!

"Azure Cloud Sect clearly has no Nascent Soul cultivator left. Even with their sect's hidden reserves, they couldn't possibly kill two Nascent Souls at once... Could Skywind Dynasty and Blood Spirit Sect have turned traitor?"

Bing Xuanzi muttered to himself, his eyes filled with anxiety.

He quickly walked outside the hall and barked at the disciple guarding the Forbidden Zone entrance: "Quick! Send someone to Azure Cloud Sect to investigate. You must find out the cause of death of Old Ancestor Yun Moqing and Old Ancestor Yun Wu'er!"

"Yes!" The disciple dared not delay and turned to leave on his flying sword.

But at that moment, a terrifying pressure to the extreme suddenly descended upon the entire Cloud Snow Celestial Palace!

The pressure crashed down like a tidal wave from a vast ocean, instantly sweeping across the thousands of miles of ice and snow mountains.

The snow on the peaks shook and fell in cascades, icicles shattered with a roar, and even the last soul lamp in the Forbidden Zone flickered violently, as if it might go out at any moment.

The disciples of Cloud Snow Celestial Palace fell to their knees, their Spiritual Energy completely suppressed by this pressure. They lacked even the courage to lift their heads, their bodies icy cold, as if plunged into a frozen cellar.

"Enemy attack! Activate the sect-protecting grand formation!" Bing Xuanzi's face changed drastically as he shouted.

Hum—!

The next instant.

Cloud Snow Celestial Palace's sect-protecting grand formation, the "Ten Thousand Year Ice Curtain," activated instantly!

A massive ice-blue light curtain rose from the palace complex, densely packed with runes flowing across its surface.

These runes were imbued with the aura of thousand-year cold ice, enough to withstand a full-force strike from a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator!

This was a formation that Cloud Snow Celestial Palace had spent thousands of years crafting, having repelled many foreign invasions—it was the Celestial Palace's final barrier.

But the next moment, an ice-blue Sword Qi suddenly slashed down from the horizon!

"One Sword Frost Cold Nine Heavens!"

Bai Ye's voice was calm and flat, yet it rang clearly in everyone's ears.

This was a Saint-grade High-tier sword technique he had obtained through check-in, unmatched in power!

The Purple Firmament Sword in his hand had already been infused with the Profound Meaning of this Saint-grade High-tier sword art. The Sword Qi transformed into an ice-blue rainbow dozens of zhang long, surging into the sky!

Where the rainbow-hued sword-light passed, the air instantly froze into ice crystals, even the world's spiritual energy congealed solid!

Crack—!

The moment the Sword Qi struck the Ten Thousand Year Ice Curtain, the runes on the light screen shattered in an instant. The ice-blue barrier fissured like glass, then exploded into fragments with a thunderous crash!

Countless shards of ice flew in all directions, landing on the ground with crisp, splintering sounds. The protective grand formation of Cloud Snow Celestial Palace—it couldn't even withstand a single sword strike!

Bing Xuanzi's pupils contracted sharply. Cold sweat soaked his Dao robe in an instant.

He looked up and saw a figure in grey-blue robes standing in midair, faint mist swirling around him. The face was indistinct, yet the pressure he exuded was like facing heaven and earth themselves.

"F-Forefather!" Bing Xuanzi's legs gave way. With a thud, he dropped to his knees, pressing his forehead hard against the icy ground. His voice trembled. "May I ask how my Cloud Snow Celestial Palace has offended you, Forefather? Please enlighten me—our palace is willing to offer every treasure we possess, only begging you to spare the lives of our disciples!"

Bai Ye couldn't be bothered with his blathering.

He raised his sword and swung—another ice-blue Sword Qi slashed out!

Schlick!

The Sword Qi swept across Bing Xuanzi's neck. Blood sprayed onto the ice, instantly freezing into red crystals.

The last Nascent Soul Old Ancestor of Cloud Snow Celestial Palace had fallen!

In the next breath, Bai Ye swept his Spiritual Sense outward, locking onto every high-ranking member of the palace.

Profound Comprehension Realm elders, hall masters, stewards.

He swung the Purple Firmament Sword again and again. Ice-blue Sword Qi rained down like hailstones. Screams rang out one after another. In mere seconds, all of the palace's upper echelons lay dead.

The ordinary disciples below trembled in terror, prostrating themselves on the ground, not daring to lift their heads. Tears fell onto the ice, freezing instantly into tiny crystals.

Their hearts were shattered, their livers split. One thought echoed in every mind: Cloud Snow Celestial Palace is finished!

Bai Ye landed slowly at the entrance of the Forbidden Zone. His gaze swept over the soul lamps inside the hall. He raised a hand and pointed at the void. "System, check in."

Ding! Host detected checking in at the Cloud Snow Celestial Palace Forbidden Zone. Super reward triggered!

Congratulations, Host! You have obtained a True God Ninth-Rank Pill—the Cloud Snow Sacred Extreme Pill!

The next second.

A pill of pure ice-blue materialized in Bai Ye's palm.

Its surface was wreathed in faint white mist, exuding a pure aura of life force.

Bai Ye probed it with his Primordial Spirit and felt a flicker of surprise.

This Cloud Snow Sacred Extreme Pill could heal any physical wound. Even if the Dao Body was shattered and the soul damaged, as long as a single breath remained, it could forcibly sustain life.

It was a supreme treasure worthy of the name "Bringing the Dead Back to Life"!