The Jade Green Bird flashed with a burst of green light,
and after flying a hundred li,
Xia Yan returned to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda with it.
On the Fourth Layer, a thin mist hung over the entire world,
and standing within it,
his whole body felt clear and refreshed, his spirits so lifted he couldn't help taking deep breaths.
The Blue Silver Emperor and the Immortal Herbs bathed in the mist, growing lushly,
while the ordinary Blue Silver Grass in his view looked withered. Ah Yin's leaves swayed gently, as if she were worried about her children.
Ordinary plants couldn't survive here. Only Immortal Herbs of the rarest and most precious kind could grow in the Ice and Fire Energy.
But Xia Yan knew that without their source, the energy in these springs would soon evaporate.
He had to hurry.
He came to the Ice and Fire Twin Lakes. Eight Dark Purple Spider Lances pierced through his clothes and grew out,
and as he used Soul Power to protect himself, he plucked two Immortal Herbs. Extreme cold and extreme heat immediately tormented his mind,
dyeing his entire body icy blue and scarlet red.
Enduring the agony,
he opened his mouth and swallowed both Immortal Herbs at once.
Two mutually repelling streams of energy surged from his mouth into his abdomen.
Pain!
Extreme cold and heat intertwined. In the bitterest cold, a layer of ice crystals formed over his body, only to be scorched by searing red flames moments later, alternating in an endless cycle.
It would never end.
Pain that pierced to the marrow tore wildly at his nerves,
threatening to destroy every organ and every part of his body!
Xia Yan's veins bulged as he suppressed the rampaging power. Cold sweat streamed down his face, and his vision