The largest abyss in the ice of the [Ninefold Calamity-Dispelling Palace].
Though it was an abyss, it did not look dark from above. Instead, this exceedingly deep chasm radiated a dim violet glow, and the scenes within it shifted with the flickering purple light.
Sometimes it became a shadowy complex of black palaces steeped in profound darkness, sometimes a vast ocean with no boundary in sight, and sometimes a battlefield of Primordial Era cultivators locked in ceaseless combat.
Just then, the arm holding Zhang Yuan, Ao Zhi, and Xie Jingxin appeared above the abyss. The scene within froze into a towering mountain range, stretching on without end and brimming with spiritual beauty. Moreover, Zhang Yuan knew this mountain very well.
Mount Great Mystery.
Or Sky Mountain.
Clutched in the palm, Zhang Yuan could not see the scene within the abyss. He only felt the arm hurl him violently downward. He fell in an instant, thrown so fast that he had no time even to use [Golden Carriage Luan Chariot] or "As Though the Emperor Walked in Person" to hover before he slammed straight into the ground.
"Pfft."
The three landed at the foot of Mount Great Mystery.
Zhang Yuan was at the very bottom, with Ao Zhi and Xie Jingxin piled on top of him. They were unbearably heavy. Even with his Celestial Person-level Dharma Body, the two women nearly crushed his poor lower back in half. Their weight truly knew no bounds.
"My back's about to break. Hurry up and get off," Zhang Yuan said.
Hearing this, Xie Jingxin, who was on top, lightly hopped down. Ao Zhi followed, climbing off Zhang Yuan. She sniffed gently with her delicate nose, then swept her ocher tail over herself to brush away the dust and the scent of Zhang Yuan that