Deep winter had arrived. The bitter wind howled, sweeping great flakes of snow through the sky, and the piercing cold left even the Forest Trolls, longtime inhabitants of the Dark Forest, with freezing hands and feet. Fortunately, Han Shuo had brought enough food and thick clothing this time, or this brutally cold winter would have been a disaster for them.
For several days, Han Shuo and the Forest Trolls traveled farther into the Dark Forest. This time, rather than heading directly deeper toward the south, they veered west from the outset.
During those days, Han Shuo also had the Forest Trolls make him a crude sedan chair, inside which he quietly practiced the Nine Heavens Demon Art. The Nine Heavens Demon Art, which enabled flight, required Demonic Essence to be channeled into the meridians of the hands and feet, then circulated in a particular way to propel the practitioner into the sky.
Having completed the foundational cultivation of the three stages-Solid Body, Meridian Expansion, and Soul Molding-Han Shuo, now in the True Demon realm, progressed far faster with the Nine Heavens Demon Art than he had with the Mystic Ice Demon Flame Art. His meridians had already been expanded and toughened, so he felt no resistance at all when circulating his energy along the paths prescribed by the Nine Heavens Demon Art.
Over the following days, Han Shuo stopped staying in the sedan chair. Making a casual excuse to remain behind, he secretly attempted flight using the Nine Heavens Demon Art. Knowing how to use it was one thing, but actually flying required mastery of certain tricks. Despite many attempts, Han Shuo could only get himself airborne. His control over direction remained unpracticed, and several times he fell out of the air.
That day, the heavy snow stopped ravaging the