Nether Abyss Iceflame, a Channel for Acquiring Treasures; a Thousand-Year-Old Ruin, Calamity out of the Blue

"Whew..."

High above the clouds, astral winds blew fiercely.

A white-robed figure had appeared at some unknown moment, standing atop the clouds with his robes fluttering, like an immortal descending to the mortal world.

Who else could it be but Lin Changheng, who had just left [Water Origin City]?

He stood with his hands behind his back, not a trace of magical power stirring around him, as though he truly were nothing more than a cloud, a wisp of wind. Without releasing his divine sense, he swept his gaze downward through layer upon layer of mist, as though he could see through everything.

Even the deep lake below, its waters green as jade, could not obstruct him in the slightest.

This was the place where the [Core Formation Spirit Object] formed, which Lin Changheng had found using the jade slip that stored those memories.

It was a vast lake on a plateau, like a heavenly pool.

The lake stretched for dozens of li, its waters emerald green. Mountains encircled it, their peaks blanketed in white snow, with meltwater trickling down to feed this heavenly pool on the plateau.

Clouds and mist wreathed the mountainsides, gathering and dispersing, lending an immortal air to the landscape. It was a rare and beautiful mountain retreat.

Originally, this place had belonged to the Righteous Path Alliance's territory, in the Yue Kingdom's northern frontier.

But now, it had fallen into the Demonic Path's hands.

To be safe, Lin Changheng had deliberately taken off his black robe and donned this white one. White blended better into the sky, making man and heavens one color and rendering him harder to detect.

Before setting out, he had thought this journey would be rather dangerous. After all, he was venturing deep into territory occupied by the Demonic Path, where