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Ya glared fiercely at Zhong Li before following suit.

Zhong Li shook his head helplessly, deeply ashamed. As a War General, he was severely injured and unable to fight. He wouldn’t have made such a request if it weren’t absolutely necessary.

Yet, without the assistance of the Divine Artifact, the Immortal Realm was destined to lose this battle. If the Immortal Realm fell, wouldn’t the world suffer greatly?

Although Lan Xi was young, she was the Immortal Realm’s only hope. In such times, if she didn’t step forward, when would she?

Lan Xi stepped on clouds, flying toward Jiuyou.

In the Extremely Cold Land of the South Pole of Jiuyou, the Qiankun Gu was sealed.

"Ah Qing, are you scared? What does the Qiankun Gu look like? Will it eat us directly?" Lan Xi sat on a cloud, her hand propping up her chin. The journey was long, and it might take a long time to reach their destination. Hence, she was lost in wild and fanciful thoughts.

The man in black, his dark eyes still icy cold, let a faint smile curl on his thin lips, "Lan Xi, don’t be afraid, I’m here with you."

Upon hearing him, Lan Xi blinked her beautiful eyes, feeling much more at ease in her heart.

She rested her head on the man in black’s legs and asked in a light tone, "Ah Qing, how did we meet? Why do I feel so familiar when I see you?"

The man in black instinctively clenched his fist. His thin lips parted, but not a single word came out.

After a long while, his hand fell on Lan Xi’s head, caressing her ink-black hair, his voice firm, "Lan Xi, no matter when, I will always be with you!"

Mi Xi quickly caught up to Lan Xi. Seeing her heavy-hearted, he hurried to her side, sitting with her on a Bai Yun.

"Junior Sister! On this trip, we’ll just go and have a look. If we can’t retrieve the Qiankun Gu, we should hurry back. The battlefield still needs everyone’s help," Mi Xi said. Most importantly, he didn’t want Lan Xi to overexert herself and get into trouble.

"Don’t worry, I’m not stupid." Lan Xi assured with a smile.

Ya also caught up soon afterward, bringing along a dozen celestial soldiers.

The group traveled for the better part of a day before finally reaching Jiuyou.

What appeared before everyone was a vast expanse of white Snow Mountain, where the perpetual ice and snow had made the land barren of any vegetation.

"Where is the Qiankun Gu?" Mi Xi looked around. In this vast expanse of nothingness, the world was empty.

They certainly couldn’t dig three feet into the ground to look for the sealed Divine Artifact.

"I’ve seen a description of the Qiankun Gu in the Scripture Pavilion," Ya explained. "It’s a relic left by the first generation War God. Because of its immense power, if it is not handled properly, it can bring disaster to all living beings, so it was sealed in the extremely cold land of Jiuyou."

"Then tell us how to find it! Since it’s a Divine Artifact, it must be very powerful." There was no need to elaborate, Mi Xi urged.

"Listen to me first," Ya continued, "The Divine Artifact has been around for millions of years. Over long periods in this frozen snowy land, it must have been buried underground."

"Are you kidding? Buried underground, how do we find it? Surely we aren’t really expected to move mountains and seas to remove this Snow Mountain?" Mi Xi wrapped himself in immortal power, fending off the cold outside.

Ya rolled his eyes. This guy was always so impatient, "The Divine Artifact is sentient. If we sense it with our hearts, we should easily find its location. Plus, where the Seal is, there will definitely be fluctuations of power."

Before Ya could finish speaking, Lan Xi had already set foot on the snowy ground with the man in black.

"Ah Qing, I feel a very strong power fluctuation," Lan Xi said as she walked briskly forward, grabbing the wrist of the man in black behind her. With a reduction spell, they were in the center of the snowfield in the blink of an eye.

Lan Xi looked at the snow beneath her feet, "It’s here!"

The man in black drew his Longsword and said to the woman beside him, "Lan Xi, step back a little."

Lan Xi nodded and retreated some distance.

The man in black lifted his Longsword high and struck the ground with it.

Sword Qi descended, sinking deeply into the snow.

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

"Boom!"

A golden light followed, shooting up from the ground and slashing straight at the black-clothed youth.

Lan Xi cried out in alarm, "Ah Qing, watch out!"

The man in black disappeared from his spot without hesitation, easily dodging the golden light, and landed steadily beside Lan Xi.

Lan Xi’s heart, which had been suspended in fear, now thumped with relief.

Thankfully, he was unharmed!

"Ah Qing, you’re so amazing!" Lan Xi touched his sword with a beaming smile.

The young man in black showed a faint smile, his ears turning imperceptibly red. He liked Lan Xi’s praise.

Not far away, the Snow Mountain that had been split open cracked a fissure several meters long.

Ya and Mi Xi soon caught up, and when they saw the rift and then looked towards the man in black, amazement was evident in their eyes.

They had thought he was a mere mortal with no significant abilities.

Yet now, armed with only a sword, he had actually managed to split open Snow Mountain.

Seeing this, Mi Xi’s face turned even darker, for if he were to try, he might not be able to split the mountain with a single blow.

This man...

After ten thousand years, Mi Xi had thought himself incredibly strong, far surpassing this mortal.

Unexpectedly, the man had also improved a lot since that time.

Ya was also astonished. At this moment, when he looked again at the man’s sword, his gaze carried a hint of wariness.

"Alright, now that Snow Mountain has been split open, the golden light we saw just now must have come from touching the Seal," Lan Xi’s eyes grew intense, "Considering the power of that golden light, we should all be cautious when entering."

The four, accompanied by ten celestial soldiers, flew towards the base of Snow Mountain.

With millions of years of accumulated snow, the area below was like an abyss, unfathomably deep.

The further down they went, the grimmer Mi Xi’s face became.

With such a deep ice mountain, even if he had the Sky-opener Axe, he might not be able to achieve this depth.

This man was indeed worthy of being Lan Xi’s little follower.

Upon reaching the base of the ice mountain,

Everyone finally saw an altar-like staircase, and at the top of the staircase, a golden barrier with runes, housing a gem-studded goblet.

"Isn’t this just a cup?" the celestial soldiers were utterly baffled. What use could such a Divine Artifact have?

"The Qiankun Gu! It looks like a mere goblet on the surface, but inside it contains a whole universe.

As for how to use it, we can only find out by lifting the Seal and subduing the Divine Artifact.

However, everyone should not underestimate the power of a Divine Artifact," Ya said with a grave expression.

Lan Xi circled the Qiankun Gu, knowing they had to act quickly.

"Let’s try to test the strength of the Qiankun Gu’s Seal together," Lan Xi said.

After millions of years, it was likely that the Seal’s power had weakened significantly.

If the four of them attacked the runes together, their chances of success were still quite high. Ah Qing had slashed it once before, and the reflective light from the runes was terrifying. As long as they were careful to avoid it, there shouldn’t be any issues.

The four stood in different corners, each brandishing their weapons and unleashing their most powerful Skills at the runes.

Upon contact with the force exerted by Lan Xi and others, the golden Seal emitted a crisp sound.

Subsequently, a ring of golden light spread from within the runes, radiating outwards in every direction.

Where it passed, the space itself seemed to warp.

Lan Xi’s face changed dramatically as she shouted, "Dodge!"

That kind of horrendous power was more than they could withstand.

Particularly, as the golden light spread, the surrounding air felt like it was solidifying; an endless pressure weighed down on her like mountains, even slowing down her use of Spiritual Energy.

Although Lan Xi reacted quickly, it was already too late. The runes imposed a strong suppression on Immortal Techniques and moved swiftly. By the time they thought to dodge, it was clearly too late.

Lan Xi’s expression turned cold; she had been too careless.

A Divine Artifact that hadn’t been disturbed in millions of years; how could it possibly be so easily unsealed by them?

Their power was still too weak.

The golden circle of light continued to expand, unstoppable in its path. Mi Xi and Ya, who were closest, were directly hit by the force and flung against the side of the ice mountain, coughing up fresh blood.

Lan Xi exerted all her strength to resist, but still could not negate the power of the golden light.

She was thrown out, and just as she was about to crash into the ice mountain, she was caught by the man in black in the nick of time and disappeared from sight, narrowly avoiding a devastating strike from the golden light.

By the time the man in black reappeared with Lan Xi, the golden circle of light had vanished, and in its place, the light barrier of the Qiankun Gu had grown by a whole ring.

Mi Xi and Ya were both badly injured.

Lan Xi had escaped disaster purely because the man in black could carry her through time and space, avoiding the power of the light circle.

Without any hesitation, Lan Xi immediately began healing Mi Xi and Ya.

A quarter of an hour later,

The four gathered around the Seal again, their expressions uglier than before.