Snow Empress walked through the city gate, crossed a long street, and arrived at the mountain gate of the Ziwei Sect. The mountain gate of the Ziwei Sect was a huge stone gate, with a stone pillar on each side. The stone pillars were carved with lifelike Qilin riding the clouds.
Snow Empress walked up the stone steps and arrived at the mountain gate. Just as she was about to knock, the stone door opened automatically. A young Daoist priest dressed in a blue robe walked out from inside. The priest looked to be in his early twenties, with a handsome face, but his eyes revealed a composure that was not commensurate with his age.
"Miss Snow Empress, the Alliance Leader has been waiting for you for a long time," the Daoist priest said.
Snow Empress was taken aback. She had just arrived at the Ziwei Sect, how did the Alliance Leader know she was coming? Without thinking too much, she followed the Daoist priest inside. After passing through several corridors, they arrived at a spacious hall. In the center of the hall sat a middle-aged man. The man wore a golden robe and had a dignified face; he was none other than Zhang Tianxing, the Alliance Zhang Tianxing the Heavenly Dao Alliance.
When Zhang Tianxing saw Snow Empress, he smiled slightly and gestured for her to sit down on the chair next to him.
"Miss Snow Empress's visit so late at night must be for something important," Zhang Tianxing said.
Without sitting down, Snow Empress asked directly, "Does the Alliance Leader know about the Chaos Pearl?"
Zhang Tianxing's smile froze instantly. He remained silent for a moment, then stood up, walked to the window of the main hall, and turned his back to Snow Empress.
" The Chaos Pearl is a supreme treasure of the Chaos Era," Zhang Tianxing said slowly. "It contains boundless Power of Chaos. If refined by a righteous person, it can allow their cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds. However, if it falls into the hands of someone with malicious intent, the consequences are unimaginable. This pearl appeared once ten thousand years ago, triggering a great calamity that caused countless powerful figures to perish in its struggle. Later, an ancient Mighty One named Xuanjizi sealed the Chaos Pearl underground within the Ziwei Sect and set up a restriction. Only every ten thousand years will the restriction automatically loosen, allowing the Chaos Pearl to briefly reappear in the world."
The Snow Empress asked, "Will the Chaos Pearl appear in the underground of the Ziwei Sect three months from now?"
Zhang Tianxing turned around and looked at Snow Empress in surprise. "You even know this? This matter is a top secret of the Heavenly Dao Alliance; only I and a few elders know about it."
"It was my future self who told me," Snow Empress said.
Zhang Tianxing frowned. "Your future self?"
Snow Empress recounted her experiences within the ice mountain seal to Zhang Tianxing in detail. This included her future transformation into Primordial Demon God, how she entered the seal and witnessed the future, and everything the guardian elder had said.
After listening, Zhang Tianxing's expression turned solemn. He sat back in his chair, his fingers lightly tapping the armrest.
"Three months later, the Chaos Pearl will reappear," Zhang Tianxing said. "At that time, the Demon Venerable will also break free from his seal. And you said the Demon Venerable's strength is twice as great as before."
"That's right." Snow Empress nodded.
Zhang Tianxing stood up and paced back and forth in the main hall. He walked back and forth more than a dozen times before suddenly stopping.
"Three months is too short," Zhang Tianxing said. " The Chaos Pearl is sealed underground in the Ziwei Sect. I'll find a way to weaken the seal and allow the Chaos Pearl to appear in the world ahead of schedule."
Snow Empress's eyes lit up. "Appearing in the world ahead of schedule?"
"That's right," Zhang Tianxing said. "The seal was set up by Xuanjizi. He was my grandmaster, and in the notes he left behind, there was a method to weaken the seal. Originally, I didn't want to use this method because weakening the seal would cause the Chaos Pearl's aura to leak out, attracting unnecessary trouble. But now we can't worry about that anymore. Now that we know the Chaos Pearl is the root cause of your transformation into Primordial Demon God, we must deal with it before it causes greater harm. I'll go prepare tonight, and we can make our move in three days. When the Chaos Pearl appears in the world ahead of time, we'll seize it first and then destroy it."
The Snow Empress said, "What about the Demon Venerable? He won't break free from his seal for another three months. If we destroy the Chaos Pearl Chaos Pearl in three days, even if he comes out, he won't be able to obtain it."
Zhang Tianxing shook his head. "It's not that simple. Although the Demon Venerable is sealed, his divine sense can still seep out. Once the Chaos Pearl appears, the aura of chaos will permeate the world. The Demon Venerable's divine sense will definitely be able to sense it. He will try every means to break the seal, even at the cost of sacrificing his own power to break it prematurely. If he comes out in three days, our situation will be even more dangerous."
Snow Empress clenched her fist. "Then we have no choice but to act quickly. The Chaos Pearl will appear in three days. We'll seize it as fast as we can and destroy it immediately."
Zhang Tianxing nodded. "That's what I was thinking too. You'll stay at the Ziwei Sect for the next three days, and I'll have someone arrange your accommodations. We'll meet at the underground palace at midnight three days from now."
The Snow Empress nodded, turned and left the main hall.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
On the third night, at 3:45 PM, Snow Empress followed Zhang Tianxing to the underground of the Ziwei Sect. There was a deep, dark passage underground, with luminous pearls embedded in the stone walls on both sides, emitting a pale light. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, a large bronze door appeared ahead. The door was covered with densely packed runes. Zhang Tianxing to the door, placed his hands on it, and chanted incantations. The bronze door slowly opened, and a wave of intense heat rushed out from within.
Snow Empress looked into the doorway and saw a huge underground palace. In the very center of the palace, a bead the size of a fist floated. The bead was gray all over, with a faint chaotic luster flowing across its surface. Golden chains Entanglement around the bead, the chains being the power of sealing, firmly imprisoning the bead in place.
Zhang Tianxing entered the underground palace and stopped three zhang in front of the Chaos Pearl. He took out a white jade plate from his robes and placed it on the ground. The jade plate was covered with runes. Zhang Tianxing bit his fingertip and dripped a drop of blood onto the jade plate. The jade plate emitted a buzzing sound, and the runes on its surface began to light up.
" Snow Empress, take ten steps back," Zhang Tianxing said.
Snow Empress retreated as instructed. Zhang Tianxing hand seals, and beams of golden light flew from his palms, landing on the jade plate. The light on the jade plate grew brighter and brighter, and the temperature in the underground palace began to rise. The golden chains on the surface of the Chaos Pearl began to crack and rattle, and cracks appeared on them.
"Almost there," Zhang Tianxing said through gritted teeth, cold sweat already beading on his forehead.
One by one, the golden chains surrounding the Chaos Pearl shattered. When the last chain broke, the Chaos Pearl emitted a buzzing sound, and the chaotic luster on its surface suddenly surged. A vast power surged out from the Chaos Pearl, forcing Zhang Tianxing and Snow Empress back several steps.
"Get it!" Zhang Tianxing shouted.
Snow Empress steadied herself and was about to fly forward when, in that instant, a large hole suddenly exploded in the ceiling of the underground palace. Countless rubble fell from above, and a dark figure fell straight down from the hole, landing in front of the Chaos Pearl.
It was a man dressed in a long black robe. The man had a handsome face, a wicked smile on his lips, and eyes as black as ink, with dark red light flowing in his pupils. It was the Demon Venerable.