With the Ice Flame Cave temporarily inaccessible, Su Ling went straight to the Ice Flame Sect's main hall to rest, waiting until the next morning.
"My lord, the passage into the Ice Flame Cave wasn't damaged much. They probably ran out of time. After a night of digging, we've successfully cleared it, but..." Ice Leopard Douluo paused.
"Go on!" Su Ling said.
"The Ice Flame Cave was severely damaged and is practically unusable. The ice flames it gathers are less than a tenth of what they used to be," Ice Leopard Douluo said.
Su Ling said, "Doesn't that mean the Ice Flame Cave is ruined?"
"Yes, the original chamber is ruined. It used to benefit even Titled Douluos cultivating there. Now, it might only offer some benefit to Soul Masters below the Soul Ancestor rank."
"However, beside it, the destruction seems to have exposed a larger opening. The ice flames inside are stronger than before. After going over three hundred meters in, I discovered... discovered a huge chamber filled entirely with terrifying ice flames."
"Those ice flames are so powerful that even I didn't dare get too close! I also vaguely spotted a palace, as though something truly terrifying lurked inside," Ice Leopard Douluo said.
"There's even a palace?"
"Interesting. The people of the Ice Flame Sect wanted to destroy the Ice Flame Cave, but who would have thought they might expose its true secret instead? Even Ice Flame Douluo might not have known about this place."
"Take me there!" Su Ling said.
"This way, my lord!" Ice Leopard Douluo said.
"Also, keep the Ice Flame Cave secret. If anyone asks, tell them the Ice Flame Sect's people destroyed it," Su Ling said.
"Yes, my lord!"
Before long, the two returned to the Ice Flame Cave. Its passage was now