Arc 73The Cold Abyss Secret Realm

Chen Changming secured the Chen Household’s place in the Cold Abyss Secret Realm while the Imperial Clan plotted to kill him and claim his Ghostface Butterfly. As the secret realm changed and its Yin-Yang Tree withered, Chen Changming killed the cultivators sent against him, while the missing Snow Bamboo Sect women remained captive to the Bloodthirsty Demon King.

  • The Ghostface Butterfly survived its tribulations, but Xiao Han and Ice Ripple Sect elders tried to seize it before Chen Changming defeated them and claimed three Immortal Sealing List Fragments.
  • Chen Changming returned to the Chen Household, defeated Wang Lin to preserve the Yin-Yang Token, and killed Shi Chu and the Imperial Clan experts who tried to capture him.
  • The Snow Bamboo Sect’s True Person Xue Yan and other women disappeared, and Chen Changming suspected an evil dual-cultivation scheme as the Bloodthirsty Demon King imprisoned them in the Icebound Blood Pool.
  • Chen Changming advanced to the Second Layer of the Void Refinement Realm and joined the Chen Household’s journey to the Cold Abyss Secret Realm, where Emperor Xiao Yuan arranged an ambush against him.
  • Chen Changming reached the summit of Yin-Yang Mountain and found the Yin-Yang Tree bare as resurrected ancestors from several clans gathered outside the secret realm.
  • The Yin-Yang Tree withered, the secret realm’s suppression lifted, and Chen Changming killed the nine cultivators who had planned to ambush him.
  • The secret realm’s entrance began to tremble and churn violently after Chen Changming gathered the slain cultivators’ Storage Rings.
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Ch. 1801The Ghostface Butterfly Undergoes Its Tribulation

The Ghostface Butterfly broke through to Void Refinement and survived six waves of heavenly tribulation while Chen Changming watched over it. Elders Li and Wu and Xiao Han arrived intending to seize it, but the newly transformed butterfly turned its cold gaze on them as its tribulation ended.

  • The Ghostface Butterfly emerged from its cocoon at the First Layer of Void Refinement and endured the first waves of lightning and heart demon tribulations.
  • Chen Changming collected the shed cocoon fragments and four wings, then warned the overconfident Ghostface Butterfly that each tribulation wave would grow stronger.
  • Elders Li and Wu of the Ice Ripple Sect arrived, recognized the Ghostface Butterfly, and secretly plotted to kill Chen Changming and take it.
  • Xiao Han, the tenth-layer Void Refinement vice sect master of the Cold Ink Sect, arrived and also concealed his intention to seize the butterfly.
  • True Person Xue Yan recognized Chen Changming and intercepted curious Snow Bamboo Sect members so they would not disturb him.
  • The Ghostface Butterfly endured the sixth lightning and heart demon tribulations, recovered through the heavenly reward, and fixed its cold gaze on the three cultivators coveting it.

Ch. 1802The Green Toad Palace's Legacy?

Xiao Han revealed his hidden Green Toad Palace legacy and attacked Chen Changming and the newly ascended Ghostface Butterfly with his Heaven-Swallowing Green Toad. Chen Changming subdued Xiao Han and the two Ice Ripple Sect elders with the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica, then questioned Xiao Han about the green toad’s origins.

  • Elder Li attacked Xiao Han while Elder Wu struck at Chen Changming and tried to seize the Ghostface Butterfly.
  • Xiao Han blocked Elder Li’s sword with his Ice Inkstone and summoned the high Void Refinement Heaven-Swallowing Green Toad to capture the Ghostface Butterfly.
  • Chen Changming recognized the green toad’s spirit-devouring power as part of the Green Toad Palace legacy and used the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain Replica to disarm Elder Wu and pin Xiao Han, Elder Wu, Elder Li, and the toad against the mountain.
  • The Ghostface Butterfly used its newly awakened Void Imprisonment ability to halt the toad’s tongue, but the toad broke free before Chen Changming’s magnetic suction stopped it.
  • Chen Changming asked Xiao Han about the green toad’s spirit-devouring art, and Elder Li identified Xiao Han as a survivor of the destroyed Green Toad Palace.
  • Xiao Han refused to explain how he obtained the legacy and answered with a cold laugh.

Ch. 1803A Frog in a Well's Provocation

Xiao Han sacrificed his body to restore the ancient remnant soul inside the green toad, which devoured Elder Li and Elder Wu before attacking Chen Changming. Chen Changming revealed his Fusion Realm body-cultivator strength and pursued the toad into a sealed underground cavern, where it threatened him with the Divine Stone Sealing Array.

  • Xiao Han dissolved into blood essence that the green toad absorbed, allowing the ancient remnant soul to take control and break through to the second layer of the Fusion Realm.
  • The green toad swallowed Elder Li and Elder Wu, escaped the Primal Magnetism Ren Mountain, and attacked Chen Changming.
  • Chen Changming punched the toad's tongue aside, revealing himself as a Fusion Realm body cultivator, and chased it as it fled across the snowfield.
  • The green toad hid in an underground fissure, but Chen Changming followed it through a maze and entered a cavern that suppressed divine sense.
  • The green toad confronted Chen Changming behind a strange silver stone and warned him that the Divine Stone Sealing Array would kill him, but Chen Changming dismissed its threat.

Ch. 1804Gathering Three Immortal Sealing List Fragments

Chen Changming discovered a third Immortal Sealing List Fragment in the Green Toad Palace Ruins and defeated the Green Toad, who sacrificed himself to become a Spirit Treasure. After the new fragment acknowledged Chen Changming as its master, he stored all three fragments for his future entry into the Immortal Sealing Hall.

  • Chen Changming used his two Immortal Sealing List Fragments to subdue the fragment revealed when the Green Toad shattered a silver stone.
  • Chen Changming overwhelmed the Green Toad with a punch, and the wounded Green Toad used a secret art to turn himself into a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.
  • Chen Changming shattered the Spirit Treasure with the Golden Dragon Horn, and the Green Toad's soul remnant dispersed.
  • Chen Changming summoned the Heaven-Devouring Toad, which swallowed the Green Toad's fragments and gained the potential to strengthen Chen Changming through its transformation.
  • The third fragment learned why the other two acknowledged Chen Changming and chose to submit to him as well.
  • Chen Changming placed all three Immortal Sealing List Fragments in his Storage Ring, securing them for his future entry into the Immortal Sealing Hall.

Ch. 1805His younger cousin, Chen Jinghong

Chen Changming learned that the Ghostface Butterfly had awakened Spatial Confinement, then returned toward the Snow Bamboo Sect. His younger cousin Chen Jinghong intercepted him with news of an emergency at the Chen Household, and he agreed to accompany her home.

  • Chen Changming asked the Ghostface Butterfly about its new Spatial Confinement ability and promised to seek spatial treasures to help it grow.
  • True Person Xue Yan explained that she had kept Snow Bamboo Sect disciples away from the Ghostface Butterfly's tribulation and gave Chen Changming a map of Cold Light Province.
  • Chen Jinghong stopped Chen Changming near the Snow Bamboo Sect and told him an emergency had struck the Chen Household.
  • Chen Changming agreed to return with Chen Jinghong and reviewed Chen Chuan's memories of the Chen Household as they flew toward it.

Ch. 1806The Wang Family's Prodigy Was All Reputation and No Substance

Chen Changming returned to the Chen Household and learned that the Wang Family was trying to seize its Yin-Yang Token through a duel between their younger generations. After Chen Jinghong lost to Wang Lin, Chen Changming used his Ghostface Butterfly to immobilize Wang Lin and kicked him off the platform.

  • Chen Yuanyue explained that the Chen Household's Yin-Yang Token secured access to the Cold Abyss Secret Realm and that the Wang Family was challenging them for control of it.
  • Wang Lin defeated Chen Household challengers and wounded Chen Jinghong in the arena.
  • Chen Changming stepped onto the platform and provoked Wang Lin into attacking first.
  • Chen Changming summoned his Ghostface Butterfly, whose Void Imprisonment froze Wang Lin and his flying sword.
  • Chen Changming kicked Wang Lin off the platform, stunning the gathered Chen and Wang families.

Ch. 1807The Cold Abyss Nation's Royal Family

Chen Changming defeated Wang Lin with the Ghostface Butterfly, preserving the Chen Household’s Yin-Yang Token and driving the Wang Family away. After Chen Yuanyue warned him to conceal the rare insect and gave him spirit talismans, the Wang Family Patriarch reported the defeat to Elder Shi Chu, who recognized the Ghostface Butterfly and coveted it for the Cold Abyss Royal Family.

  • Chen Changming defeated Wang Lin with the Ghostface Butterfly, and the Chen Household celebrated its victory and the preservation of the Yin-Yang Token.
  • The Wang Family Patriarch led his injured clansmen away after Chen Yuanyue declared the wagered duel settled.
  • Chen Yuanyue warned Chen Changming to keep the Ghostface Butterfly secret and gave him more than ten fifth-tier spirit talismans.
  • The Wang Family Patriarch returned to the ancestral lands and told Elder Shi Chu how Wang Lin had lost to the Ghostface Butterfly.
  • Elder Shi Chu recognized the Ghostface Butterfly and decided that the Cold Abyss Royal Family should obtain it.

Ch. 1808How Dare You Question the Imperial Clan's Actions!

Emperor Xiao Yuan sent Shi Chu and Imperial Clan experts to capture Chen Chuan and seize his Ghostface Butterfly. Chen Changming killed the infiltrators and concluded that the Imperial Clan had been using the Wang Family to collect the Yin-Yang Tokens, though he suspected it had a deeper reason for wanting them.

  • Shi Chu reported the Ghostface Butterfly to Emperor Xiao Yuan, who ordered him to infiltrate the Chen Household and bring Chen Chuan to the imperial capital.
  • Shi Chu led masked Imperial Clan experts into Chen Changming’s courtyard and demanded that he surrender and offer up his fortuitous opportunity.
  • Chen Changming recognized the intruders as members of the Imperial Clan and effortlessly subdued them despite their superior cultivation levels.
  • Chen Changming questioned Shi Chu about the Imperial Clan’s role in the Wang Family’s pursuit of the Yin-Yang Token, and Shi Chu’s reaction confirmed his suspicion.
  • Chen Changming killed Shi Chu and the other intruders, then deduced that the Imperial Clan was gathering the Yin-Yang Tokens to monopolize the Cold Abyss Secret Realm’s opportunities.

Ch. 1809The Secret Realm Entrant Is Chosen

Chen Changming killed the imperial clan’s infiltrators, while Emperor Xiao Yuan planned to have Chen Chuan ambushed in the Cold Abyss Secret Realm. The Chen Household chose Chen Chuan to enter the realm, and Chen Changming prepared to return to the Snow Bamboo Sect, wondering whether the imperial clan would attack him again.

  • Chen Changming destroyed the isolation formation, concealed the imperial cultivators’ deaths, and resumed cultivating.
  • Emperor Xiao Yuan learned that Shi Chu and his companions had died, then approved a plan to have cultivators from nine clans kill Chen Chuan in the secret realm and seize his Ghostface Butterfly and Yin-Yang Fruit.
  • Chen Yuanyue and the Chen Household elders agreed that Chen Chuan should enter the Cold Abyss Secret Realm with their Yin-Yang Token.
  • Chen Changming accepted the assignment and agreed to return to the Snow Bamboo Sect until the secret realm’s opening approached.
  • Chen Changming wondered whether the imperial clan would attack him on his way back to the Snow Bamboo Sect.

Ch. 1810Upheaval in the Snow Bamboo Sect

Chen Changming escorted Chen Jinghong to the Cold Ink Sect, then returned to the Snow Bamboo Sect to cultivate as the sect leader and several elders mysteriously vanished. The sect leadership suspected a Fusion Realm cultivator was responsible, and Sun Lei revealed that Chen Chuan was actually a secret Medicine Sect elder from headquarters.

  • Chen Jinghong told Chen Changming that female disciples had gone missing from the Cold Ink Sect, so he escorted her safely to its gates before returning to the Snow Bamboo Sect.
  • Chen Changming secluded himself in the Ninth Spiritual Medicine Valley and cultivated the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art for ten days, nearing the seventh layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
  • The Snow Bamboo Sect’s leader, True Person Xue Yan, and several female Void Refinement elders vanished overnight without leaving signs of a struggle or disturbing the sect’s formation.
  • Sun Lei and the elders concluded that a Fusion Realm cultivator might have abducted them and agreed that the sect could not handle the threat alone.
  • Sun Lei disclosed that Chen Chuan was actually an Elder Chen from Medicine Sect headquarters who had secretly assumed Chen Chuan’s identity and been cultivating in the Ninth Spiritual Medicine Valley.

Ch. 1811Did He Really Think He Was a Clay Bodhisattva?

After learning of the Snow Bamboo Sect’s crisis, Chen Changming was summoned to the Deacon Hall, where Elder Han tried to arrest him as a traitor. Chen Changming knocked Han unconscious and arrived at the hall, where the elders greeted him as Elder Chen; after Han woke, he accused Chen of being a spy in front of everyone.

  • Sun Lei ordered Elder Han to summon Chen Chuan to the Deacon Hall without revealing that Chen was a Medicine Sect elder.
  • Blaming Chen for Elder Yu’s punishment, Elder Han smashed the protective formation at the Ancient Hall and accused Chen of being a traitor.
  • Chen discovered that the sect master and several elders had vanished and that his message token could not reach True Person Xue Yan.
  • Elder Han tried to seize Chen, but Chen knocked him unconscious, placed him in his Storage Ring, and flew to the Deacon Hall.
  • Sun Lei and the senior elders bowed to Chen as Elder Chen, and Chen brought the unconscious Han into the hall and revived him.
  • Elder Han accused Chen of being a spy connected to the sect master’s disappearance and urged Sun Lei to seize him.

Ch. 1812Were all the missing people women?

Chen Changming stopped Sun Lei from executing Han Cheng and learned that the Snow Bamboo Sect’s master and several female elders had vanished. He suspected the kidnappings were part of a wider scheme to gather powerful female cultivators, and the sect decided to seek help from Medicine Sect Headquarters.

  • Han Cheng accused Chen Changming of being a spy, and Sun Lei knocked him unconscious and ordered his execution.
  • Chen Changming spared Han Cheng, ordering Sun Lei to erase his memories of the accusations while leaving his knowledge of the sect’s crisis intact.
  • Sun Lei told Chen Changming that the sect master and several female elders had disappeared overnight without leaving traces.
  • Chen Changming concluded that the kidnappings were likely connected to the missing female disciples of the Cold Ink Sect and an evil dual-cultivation art.
  • Chen Changming advised the Snow Bamboo Sect to report the disappearances to Medicine Sect Headquarters and use its intelligence network to investigate.

Ch. 1813An ascender from the Human Realm

Chen Changming’s Dao cultivation advanced to the second layer of the Void Refinement Realm as he resumed body cultivation. Meanwhile, a woman from the Human Realm ascended into Cold Light Province, where a powerful blood-shrouded woman confronted her and discovered she was no longer a virgin.

  • Chen Changming instructed Sun Lei to report the suspected Fusion Realm evil cultivator to the Medicine Sect headquarters, then returned to the Ninth Spiritual Medicine Valley to cultivate.
  • The Heaven-Devouring Toad’s absorption of the Green Toad fragment helped Chen Changming break through to the second layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
  • A cross-realm disturbance erupted beneath the Snow Mountain Forbidden Zone, and a blood-shrouded woman in a Blood Palace sensed that someone had ascended from the Human Realm.
  • The White-Clad Woman arrived in the snow mountains and realized she had reached the Spirit Realm.
  • The blood-shrouded woman appeared before the White-Clad Woman, suppressed her with demonic aura, examined her, and mocked her for no longer being a virgin.

Ch. 1814Icebound Blood Pool

The Bloodthirsty Demon King captured the White-Clad Woman, an Ice Spirit Fairy successor, and brought her to the Icebound Blood Pool as nourishment for its formation. The Snow Bear Demon King arrived with dozens of abducted cultivators, including True Person Xue Yan, whose resemblance to the White-Clad Woman drew a Demon King’s attention.

  • The Bloodthirsty Demon King revealed her deep hatred for the Ice Spirit Fairy and decided not to kill the White-Clad Woman, but to take her away.
  • The Bloodthirsty Demon King threw the White-Clad Woman into the Icebound Blood Pool, where she tried to resist its freezing power by circulating her cultivation art.
  • The Snow Bear Demon King arrived and reported that the Iron Sword Alliance had abducted several dozen female cultivators with pure Dao bodies for the Blood Pool.
  • The Snow Bear Demon King produced the captives, including True Person Xue Yan and the missing Snow Bamboo Sect elders, while the formation prevented Xue Yan from sending a message for help.
  • A Demon King noticed that True Person Xue Yan closely resembled the White-Clad Woman and asked the Snow Bear Demon King about it.

Ch. 1815Finding a Kindred Soul in Desperation, Becoming Sisters on the Road to the Underworld

True Person Xue Yan and Gu Huaibei discovered they looked almost identical while imprisoned in the Icebound Blood Pool, and they swore sisterhood amid their desperation. As the Demon Kings began to suspect Xue Yan was the ultimate cultivation vessel sought by Lord Bloodthirsty, Gu Huaibei asked her why he wanted one.

  • The Snow Bear Demon King forced the captured female cultivators into the Icebound Blood Pool and left the other Demon Kings to watch them suffer.
  • True Person Xue Yan and Gu Huaibei saw each other in the pool and were shocked by how closely their faces and bearing matched.
  • Xue Yan introduced herself to Gu Huaibei and proposed that they swear sisterhood before they died.
  • Gu Huaibei agreed, and the two women swore to share hardship and fortune as sisters of different surnames.
  • A Demon King suggested that Xue Yan might be Lord Bloodthirsty's ultimate cultivation vessel, prompting the others to reconsider her potential.
  • Gu Huaibei secretly asked Xue Yan why Lord Bloodthirsty sought a human cultivation vessel for his dual cultivation technique.

Ch. 1816Still alive after holding on this long

Gu Huaibei and True Person Xue Yan endured the Icebound Blood Pool while the Demon Kings watched for the final cultivation vessel, and Chen Changming learned that the search for the missing sect master and elders had found no clues. Chen Changming left for the Chen Household ahead of the Cold Abyss Secret Realm, while Xue Yan was nearing her limit in the pool.

  • True Person Xue Yan vowed to die alongside Gu Huaibei if Gu Huaibei perished, but Gu Huaibei urged her to keep living while there was still hope.
  • After half a month of cultivation, Chen Changming asked Sun Lei about the search, and Sun Lei reported that headquarters had found no trace of the missing sect master or elders.
  • Chen Changming left the Snow Bamboo Sect and flew toward the Chen Household in Cold Abyss Nation, with the Cold Abyss Secret Realm opening only days away.
  • The Demon Kings marveled that Gu Huaibei had survived the Blood Pool despite her low cultivation, while most of the other female cultivators were close to death.
  • Gu Huaibei remained stable through the Nine-Turn Cold Ice Art, but True Person Xue Yan admitted that she was struggling to endure.
  • The Demon Kings discussed how the last cultivator to survive the Blood Pool would become Lady Bloodthirsty's final cultivation vessel and wondered why she sought women for dual cultivation.

Ch. 1817About the Cold Abyss Secret Realm

Chen Changming returned to the Chen Household after breaking through to the Second Layer of the Void Refinement Realm, and received the Yin-Yang Token for the coming Cold Abyss Secret Realm expedition. As the Chen Household set out, Chen Yuanyue warned him about dangers inside the realm, while Chen Changming knew the Imperial Clan of the Cold Abyss Nation posed the real threat.

  • Chen Changming arrived at the Chen Household, where Chen Yuanyue was astonished to learn he had advanced to the Second Layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
  • Chen Yuanyue gave Chen Changming the Yin-Yang Token and told him to rest and stabilize his cultivation before they departed in three days.
  • Chen Changming cultivated in seclusion for three days, then boarded the Chen Household's Immortal Boat with Chen Yuanyue and the elders.
  • Chen Yuanyue asked whether the missing Snow Bamboo Sect master had been found, and Chen Changming said there was still no trace of the sect master.
  • Chen Yuanyue described the Yin-Yang Fruit and warned Chen Changming that rival cultivators, especially the Wang Family, might ambush him inside the secret realm.
  • Chen Changming dismissed the Wang Family as a defeated foe and privately recognized the Imperial Clan of the Cold Abyss Nation as his true enemy.

Ch. 1818Emperor Xiao Yuan

Chen Changming and the Chen Household arrived at the Cold Abyss Secret Realm, where the other clans had secretly agreed to hand over the Yin-Yang Fruits and join forces to kill Chen Chuan. Emperor Xiao Yuan arrived with the Imperial Clan, but he failed to recognize Chen Changming as Chen Chuan and wondered why his target was missing.

  • Chen Changming and Chen Yuanyue discussed the Imperial Clan’s late arrival as the Chen Household’s Immortal Boat reached the secret realm.
  • The Sun Family noticed that Chen Changming had advanced to the second layer of the Void Refinement Realm, while the Wang Family Patriarch dismissed his progress and recalled the plot to kill Chen Chuan with nine experts.
  • Emperor Xiao Yuan arrived on a Snow Domain Flying Eagle and received the assembled clans’ salutes.
  • Chen Changming refused to bow to Emperor Xiao Yuan, telling Chen Yuanyue that he would understand later.
  • Emperor Xiao Yuan searched the Chen Household for Chen Chuan but could not find him, leaving him displeased that the Imperial Clan’s plan might fail.

Ch. 1819Even with three heads and six arms, he could not escape death

Emperor Xiao Yuan confirmed that Chen Chuan had reached the Second Layer of the Void Refinement Realm but remained determined to have him killed inside the Cold Abyss Secret Realm. Chen Chuan entered the realm as nine Void Refinement experts prepared to target him, while Xiao Yuan and his ancestor waited for the Yin-Yang Fruits needed to extend the ancestor’s life.

  • Emperor Xiao Yuan discovered that Chen Chuan had broken through to the Second Layer of the Void Refinement Realm and realized the ambush against him would be more difficult.
  • Emperor Xiao Yuan announced that conflicts inside the Cold Abyss Secret Realm carried no consequences outside, signaling the clans to kill Chen Chuan there.
  • Chen Chuan challenged Emperor Xiao Yuan’s veiled threat, then entered the fully opened secret realm with his Yin-Yang Token.
  • Emperor Xiao Yuan assured his ancestor that nine Void Refinement experts would kill Chen Chuan and that he relied on the Ghostface Butterfly to survive.
  • The ancestor revealed that his Primordial Unity Pill required ten Yin-Yang Fruits to extend his lifespan by three hundred years, then waited for news of victory.

Ch. 1820The Ancestors Who Rose from the Dead

Chen Changming raced through the Cold Abyss Secret Realm toward Yin-Yang Mountain, while ancestors who had once eaten Yin-Yang Fruits rose from their tombs across the Cold Abyss Nation and flew toward the secret realm. Their descendants were left unaware of the unfolding crisis.

  • Chen Changming summoned the Ghostface Butterfly and flew after the nine people racing toward the depths of the secret realm.
  • The imperial clan’s ancestral grounds shook, and dozens of buried ancestors burst from their tombs and flew west.
  • Guards at the imperial burial grounds rushed to report the upheaval to His Majesty.
  • The Wang Family’s buried ancestors also rose from their tombs and headed west, prompting family members to argue over whether their return was a blessing or a danger.
  • Elders of the Wang Family suspected the ancestors were bound for the Cold Abyss Secret Realm, while similar resurrections spread through the clans that had possessed Yin-Yang Tokens.

Ch. 1821The Yin-Yang Fruit Was Gone

Chen Changming reached the summit of Yin-Yang Mountain ahead of the other cultivators, only to find the Yin-Yang Tree bare and the fruit missing. Outside the Cold Abyss Secret Realm, Emperor Xiao Yuan sensed several Fusion Realm powerhouses approaching and secretly warned the ancestor in the Universe Pagoda.

  • Chen Changming flew to Yin-Yang Mountain on the Ghostface Butterfly, but turned back when the mountain’s rules stopped it from flying higher.
  • Chen Changming climbed the mountain on foot while Sun Danyi, Wang Kui, Shi Taiyan, and the other cultivators followed, unable to find him on the trail.
  • Chen Changming reached the summit and discovered that the Yin-Yang Tree had no fruit and showed no signs of anyone picking it.
  • Chen Changming waited at the summit for the others, hoping to learn what had happened to the Yin-Yang Fruit.
  • Emperor Xiao Yuan sensed several Fusion Realm cultivators approaching the Cold Abyss Secret Realm and secretly alerted the ancestor in the Universe Pagoda.

Ch. 1822The Imperial Clan's Ancestors Descended

Emperor Xiao Yuan and the clans outside the Cold Abyss Secret Realm feared that a host of Fusion Realm cultivators had come for the Ghostface Butterfly, until they recognized the first arrivals as the Xiao Household's resurrected ancestors. The strange ancestors rejected the Imperial Clan, and more powerful cultivators arrived, leaving the Imperial Clan ancestor wondering whether they had all come for the butterfly.

  • Emperor Xiao Yuan sensed a group of Fusion Realm cultivators approaching the Cold Abyss Secret Realm, alarming the Imperial Clan and the other clans.
  • The Wang Family Patriarch and Chen Yuanyue ordered their people to hold position and watched the newcomers approach.
  • A host of shroud-clad elders arrived, and Emperor Xiao Yuan recognized them as the Xiao Household's ancestors and released the ancestor from the Universe Pagoda.
  • The Imperial Clan ancestors ignored Emperor Xiao Yuan, then one of them shouted for him to scram, forcing the Imperial Clan to retreat.
  • More Fusion Realm and peak Void Refinement Realm cultivators arrived, and the Imperial Clan ancestor wondered whether the Ghostface Butterfly had drawn them all.

Ch. 1823What Exactly Happened?

Chen Changming confronted the nine Void Refinement Realm cultivators on Yin-Yang Mountain after the Yin-Yang Fruits disappeared, while hundreds of ancestors gathered outside the Cold Abyss Secret Realm. As Chen Changming prepared to descend and deal with his pursuers, the Yin-Yang Tree suddenly fell.

  • Chen Changming showed the nine cultivators the bare Yin-Yang Tree, and they realized none of its ten fruits remained.
  • The nine agreed to retreat and ambush Chen Changming outside the mountain so they could seize the Ghostface Butterfly.
  • Hundreds of resurrected ancestors gathered at the secret realm entrance, leaving Emperor Xiao Yuan and the patriarch puzzled about their purpose.
  • Chen Changming found nothing beneath the tree, decided to descend and finish off the nine cultivators, then heard a sound and saw the Yin-Yang Tree topple.

Ch. 1824Caught in the Game

After the Yin-Yang Tree died, Chen Changming suspected the Cold Abyss Secret Realm was changing, and its suppression suddenly lifted, restoring his cultivation. He confronted the nine cultivators at the mountain’s foot, where the Wang Family elder attacked him with a flying sword and Chen Changming reached out to catch it bare-handed.

  • Chen Changming watched the Yin-Yang Tree wither and die, then suspected the secret realm was being destroyed or transformed.
  • Chen Changming turned to descend the mountain, and the secret realm’s suppression vanished, restoring his Dao cultivation to the Second Layer and his body cultivation to the Sixth Layer of the Void Refinement Realm.
  • The nine cultivators at the mountain’s foot also recovered their cultivation, and the Wang Family elder vowed to kill Chen Chuan.
  • Chen Changming stopped before the nine and pretended to be shocked that their cultivation had returned.
  • The Wang Family elder launched his Life-Bound Flying Sword at Chen Chuan, and Chen Changming calmly reached out to catch it with his bare hand.

Ch. 1825What a Racket!

Chen Changming used overwhelming body-cultivation strength to kill the Wang Family and Imperial Clan elders who had attacked him, then collected their Storage Rings. Outside the Cold Abyss Secret Realm, its entrance began trembling violently.

  • Chen Changming shattered the Wang Family elder’s Life-Bound Flying Sword, causing the elder and the others to flee.
  • Chen Changming confined the fleeing cultivators with Spatial Confinement and killed the Wang Family elder as he tried to escape.
  • Chen Changming pulled the remaining eight cultivators back and killed an Imperial Clan elder who demanded to know who he was.
  • Chen Changming killed a Sun Family elder after the man warned that the Cold Abyss Secret Realm had undergone a great upheaval.
  • The remaining cultivators cursed Chen Changming, and he killed them all before gathering their Storage Rings.
  • The vortex entrance to the Cold Abyss Secret Realm began to tremble and churn violently.
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