Ice Venerable Prepared for Revenge; Lu Heng Emerged from Seclusion to Find the Jade Slips Shattered!

Ice Venerable rose to his feet, his white robes stirring without a breath of wind.

The cold poison in his body flared up every three years. The agony was worse than death, and only by devouring the true source of the Innate Woe Poison Physique could he completely mend the flaws in his cultivation art.

It was his only hope of reaching Five-Star Dou Zun, or even Dou Sheng. He would never give it up.

"Acting at someone's request?"

Ice Venerable gave a cold snort.

"I don't care who asked him. In the Northern Domain of the Central Plains, no one can stop Ice River Valley from taking someone it wants."

He looked down at Tian Shuangzi and ordered,

"Go soak in the Ten-Thousand-Year Marrow Spring on the Back Mountain for seven days. Purge the Flame Poison from your body and mend your severed meridians."

"After seven days, I'll go to Tianbei City myself."

Tian Shuangzi looked up, excitement entering his voice.

"With you taking action personally, Valley Master, that old monster is doomed, even if he has the power to reach through heaven and earth!"

Ice Venerable waved him off and settled back into his chair of beast hide.

"Go. Tell Bing Yuan and Sky Serpent to prepare as well."

"He dared injure the Great Elder of Ice River Valley. Leave no one in the Han Clan alive—not even the chickens or dogs."

"Yes!"

Tian Shuangzi kowtowed respectfully, then clutched his chest and staggered out of the hall.

Silence returned to the hall. Only the icy mist flowed quietly between the stone pillars.

In the Inner Domain of Saint Dan City, in the Central Region of the Central Plains.

Deep within the Pill Tower's core lay the Astral Constellation Secret Realm.

The Secret Chamber for cultivation had been