Haotian Huang

As Bai Qianshuang obtained the inheritance, the power of the secret realm began to wane rapidly, and even the stability of the entire space started to collapse.

Ye Chuan and Bai Qianshuang hurried toward the exit, but just as they were about to leave, the young woman paused and glanced back at the spot where her master’s remnant soul had vanished.

"Master, senior sisters… I will carry the Jade Void Sect forward."

"And… don’t worry about me. I have a home now."

She whispered these words in her heart, and when she turned back, the fragility in her eyes had completely faded, replaced by a frost-like determination.

"Let’s go, Ye Chuan."

"Mm."

The moment they stepped out of the secret realm’s entrance, a deafening explosion erupted behind them—the entrance collapsed entirely, dissolving into motes of energy before being buried under snow and rubble. The landscape smoothed over, as if the secret realm had never existed.

"I didn’t expect your master to leave you something," Ye Chuan remarked.

"Mm." Bai Qianshuang tightened her grip on the spirit sword in her hand.

This was the only thing her master had left behind.

"..."

But before they could even catch their breath, an overwhelming pressure suddenly descended from the sky!

The oppressive force was like an invisible mountain, crushing down on their shoulders, freezing the very air around them.

Bai Qianshuang, already weakened from inheriting the legacy, let out a muffled groan as her body slightly buckled under the pressure.

Ye Chuan was momentarily stunned, but his Primordial Indestructible Body instinctively activated the moment he sensed the pressure. He looked up and realized this force carried a trace of law energy, making even the swirling snowflakes slow to a crawl.

Who was this?

The terrifying aura made Ye Chuan narrow his eyes.

Above them, the clouds over Frostmoon Mountain were forcibly torn apart, revealing a figure clad in cyan robes embroidered with Qingyun motifs, hovering midair.

The man was enveloped in a faint cyan spiritual light, and behind him loomed a shadowy figure over ten feet tall. Though its face was indistinct, it exuded an overwhelming, domineering presence.

Qin Tianya!

"So, you’ve found something in this demonic sect," his voice, though not loud, pierced clearly into Ye Chuan and Bai Qianshuang’s ears.

"Bai Qianshuang, the Demon Sect’s Holy Maiden."

"Was it you who slaughtered so many of my Qingyun Sect’s elders and disciples?"

His sharp, hawk-like gaze bore down on them, filled with unquestionable authority.

But when his eyes landed on Ye Chuan’s face, he suddenly frowned. "You… Why does your face seem so familiar?"

Seeing Qin Tianya again, Ye Chuan didn’t bother hiding. He merely sneered.

"Huang Haotian?!" Qin Tianya finally seemed to recognize him, his voice laced with fury.

"You—you’re not dead?!!"

"You’ve mistaken me for someone else. I am Haotian Huang," Ye Chuan replied coolly. "Huang Haotian was my elder brother, already slain by your sect."

Qin Tianya scrutinized him for a long moment before snorting and suppressing his doubts.

"If he was your brother, why do you not share the same surname?"

"Regardless of who you are, since you’ve dared to kill my Qingyun Sect’s disciples and elders, and caused the disappearance of our Heavenly Water Divine Mirror, today, both of you shall perish on Frostmoon Mountain!"

Before his words even faded, he raised his hand, and the surrounding spiritual energy surged violently, forming an enormous cyan formation before him.

The formation spanned hundreds of feet in diameter, its surface densely inscribed with glowing runes that pulsed with a world-suppressing aura. Now, amplified by Qin Tianya’s half-step Great Ascension realm power, it instantly sealed off the entire area!

"With this formation activated, there’s no escape for you!" Qin Tianya’s voice echoed through the valley.

"Hand over the Heavenly Water Divine Mirror and the Jade Void Sect’s inheritance, and I might spare your lives!"

Bai Qianshuang’s eyes flashed with killing intent as she tightened her grip on her spirit sword.

"Qin Tianya, you massacred over three hundred members of my Jade Void Sect, and now you dare spout such arrogance?! Even if I die, I will never submit to you!"

But her condition was dire—she was still weakened from the inheritance and needed time to recover.

Ye Chuan looked up at Qin Tianya and said softly to Bai Qianshuang,

"Qianshuang, leave him to me."

"No, he’s already at the half-step Great Ascension realm," Bai Qianshuang shook her head. "I’ll fight alongside you."

Qin Tianya laughed heartily at their defiance.

"Hahaha! You ignorant brats! Let’s see how you plan to escape my formation!"

He formed a hand seal, and the runes within the formation blazed to life. Countless cyan sword beams shot forth, slashing toward Ye Chuan and Bai Qianshuang with devastating force—each beam carried the might of the half-step Great Ascension realm, capable of obliterating even Spirit Transformation or Dao Comprehension cultivators instantly!

Ye Chuan shielded Bai Qianshuang behind him, his sword unsheathing with a resonant hum. A black sword beam, dozens of feet long, condensed and clashed against the cyan onslaught.

"BOOM—!"

The moment the two forces collided, Frostmoon Mountain trembled violently. Snow cascaded down the slopes, triggering small avalanches.

Though the black sword beam devoured most of the cyan attacks, it couldn’t block them all. Yet Ye Chuan remained unfazed, his body erupting with radiant light.

"Stack!"

With a wave of his hand, several more black sword beams surged forth, swallowing the remaining cyan strikes.

Seeing this, Bai Qianshuang immediately channeled her energy. Her spirit sword shimmered with intertwined azure and golden light.

"Ye Chuan, I’ll help you!"

She swung her sword, releasing a frost-laden beam that merged with Ye Chuan’s black energy, hurtling toward Qin Tianya’s assault.

Qin Tianya’s eyes flickered with surprise—he hadn’t expected Bai Qianshuang’s attack to carry a trace of power that even he found unsettling.

But he quickly regained his composure, smirking coldly. "Interesting. But this level of strength is still far from enough!"

"Suppress!"

With his roar, the thousand-foot Dao Avatar slowly raised its right fist.

The instant the fist lifted, all the spiritual energy of Frostmoon Mountain was drained. Winds reversed, snowflakes flew upward, and even light seemed to bend toward the gathering force.

The fist was wreathed in layers of cyan spiritual light, within which faint images of mountains and rivers flickered—as though a single punch could crush the very earth.

"BOOM!"

The fist slammed down, and the ground rippled like water before splitting apart with a thunderous crack. A bottomless chasm, hundreds of feet wide, tore open, its edges crumbling as rocks cascaded into the abyss.

"This… is the power of the half-step Great Ascension realm…" Bai Qianshuang barely steadied herself, still struggling to fully digest her inheritance. Against such overwhelming force, she had no means to retaliate.

Ye Chuan, however, seemed deep in thought.

Just then, Qin Tianya’s voice boomed once more.

"Enough warm-up. Now, witness the true might of the Great Ascension realm!"

"Mountain-Shifting Seal!"

He formed a hand seal, and suddenly, the entire Frost Moon Mountain began to tremble violently. The ground beneath Ye Chuan and Bai Qianshuang's feet slowly rose, while the surrounding snow, rocks, and ruined palace fragments lifted along with it.

"What?!"

Qin Tianya hovered mid-air, his hands gradually raising upward. His thousand-zhang Dao Avatar mirrored the motion, as if lifting the entire Frost Moon Mountain itself.

Snow on the mountainside slid away, revealing the dark bluish-gray bedrock beneath. The rocks, pulled by the Dao Avatar's power, were forcibly wrenched upward.

In mere moments, the towering Frost Moon Mountain was hoisted a thousand zhang into the air by Qin Tianya's Dao Avatar, as though he intended to wield the entire peak as a weapon and hurl it down upon the two.

"Crush them!"

The sky-obscuring mountain peak hurtled toward Ye Chuan and Bai Qianshuang, sealing off every possible escape.