Hundred-Thousand Demon Mountain, overheard talking about his master, Thousand Prison Dragon-Imprisoning Hand

Just moments ago, he had already snatched the Nine Prison-Suppressing Arts from her, and now he had mastered them completely.

He had to admit that this immortal technique was far more powerful than the Azure Immortal Canon and Great Reincarnation Art he currently practiced.

This cultivation technique centered on nine prisons and nine suppressions, each interlocking with the others, with tremendous killing power.

At that moment, Yue Mingsha spoke. "While you were out gaining experience, did you hear any news of the other half of the Heaven-Mending Pearl? Back then, opening the Immortal Venerable's Secret Realm required both pieces of the Heaven-Mending Pearl. We went to all this trouble to obtain this half, but we still don't know where the other half ended up."

Hearing this, Yun Che thought for a moment, recalling the mysterious fragmentary scroll he had previously unearthed in the Black Hound Immortal Sect's Treasury, then spoke pensively.

"When I wiped out the Black Hound Immortal Sect, I happened to find a fragmentary scroll. It briefly mentioned the other Heaven-Mending Pearl. Its location seemed to be deep within Hundred-Thousand Demon Mountain, but that place was too far from here. I was escorting the Heaven-Mending Pearl the whole way and didn't have time to verify it."

Yue Mingsha's eyes lit up, and she raised a hand to smooth the hair beside her ear. "Hundred-Thousand Demon Mountain? It seems our next step will be to make a trip there. But you've only just arrived, so focus on cultivating for two months first and stabilize your realm before anything else. Opening that Secret Realm will require waiting until the next celestial alignment anyway. There's still nearly half a year left, so there's no hurry."

Yun Che agreed and followed the steward out toward Clear Bamboo Peak. On the way, he