The pitch-black passage hid the scenery all around. Li Yunjing protected himself with the Five-Colored Divine Light and took the lead, bringing Zhao Qi and Su Muqing deeper inside.
After a hundred or so breaths, the scene before their eyes abruptly shifted. Their view suddenly opened wide—it was actually a world of ice and snow.
Goose-feather snow drifted through the sky. In the distance, ice mountains towered, and an ice-crystal palace could be faintly seen.
"This is the Mystic Ice Secret Realm?"
Zhao Qi exclaimed in wonder, "Such dense ice-type spiritual energy!"
"Let's go! Up the mountain!"
The three continued exploring deeper into the secret realm. The chill around them grew heavier and heavier, until even the breaths they exhaled instantly condensed into ice crystals.
"There's something strange about this cold."
Zhao Qi rubbed her arms. "Even my protective spiritual power is almost unable to withstand it."
Li Yunjing took out two crimson jade pendants from his Storage Ring. "These are Flame Sun Pendants I got from Han Song. Put them on."
Su Muqing accepted the jade pendant and immediately felt a warm current flow into every limb and bone.
"Fellow Daoist Li, this is too valuable—"
She was startled to discover that the jade pendant had actually been carved from the rare Geocentric Fire Jade. It was worth a fortune.
"The secret realm is full of dangers. Staying in peak condition matters most."
Li Yunjing waved his hand and said it without taking it to heart.
As they were speaking, a crisp crack suddenly came from ahead.
The three stopped alertly. They saw countless fine lines split across the ice, and a crystalline ice wolf crawled out from the crack, fully ten zhang in size!
"A fourth-rank demonic beast—the Mystic Ice Demon Wolf!"
Zhao Qi cried out in alarm.