The entire Ice Abyss trembled as the energy flowed through it, groaning under the strain.
Countless ice crystals formed and shattered in midair, reflecting dazzling light.
At the heart of the energy storm, Li Xiaoyu stood as immovable as a boulder.
His face was pale, beads of sweat covering his forehead.
With his cultivation at the Upper Purity Realm, urging the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to devour such an immense source of power was a tremendous trial.
Li Xiaoyu could feel the Spiritual Energy within him draining at an astonishing rate, like floodwaters unleashed from a gate.
A stabbing pain shot through his meridians.
But his gaze remained resolute. He did not waver.
He could feel that the Immortal-Slaying Gourd was undergoing a transformation unlike any it had ever experienced.
With every bit of energy it devoured from the Northern Profound Dark Iron, the Immortal-Slaying Gourd's aura grew stronger, colder, and sharper.
Beyond the five-colored golden, purple, crimson, white, and green radiance already shining across its surface, another layer of silvery-white patterns appeared, like ice crystals.
The silvery-white patterns swirled, radiating a bone-deep chill that could freeze the soul.
The space inside the gourd underwent a world-shaking transformation.
A golden sea formed from Geng Metal Qi collided and mingled with a silvery-white sea born of the Northern Profound Dark Iron's energy.
Golden sharpness and silvery-white, bone-freezing cold—two forces evolved within the gourd.
Li Xiaoyu's mind sank into the revelation, utterly absorbed.
Outside the Ice Abyss, on the glacier.
Lu Xueqi stood at the entrance to the Ice Abyss, clad in white and holding the Tianya Divine Sword.
She was like a snow lotus blooming in a world of ice, cool and breathtakingly beautiful.
Her eyes never left the light-shrouded depths below.
Though she could not see Li Xiaoyu, she could feel his