Inside the mountain peak, as Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu both entered a special state of cultivation, the space within this mountain became quiet.
Even the strange, perpetual cold wind gradually began to subside.
Above the cold pool, a bizarre, pitch-black gate stood on the water's surface. On the stone path beside it, illuminated by numerous night-luminescent pearls and the shimmering water, two slender figures, one in azure and one in white, were intertwined.
Around their bodies, one could faintly sense waves of special energy fluctuating.
These special energies were black and white, like a pair of yin-yang fish chasing each other's tails. In the dim stone cave, Ying Huanhuan's azure dress also appeared ink-black, reflecting the energy surrounding her body.
"Buzz!"
At a certain moment, the black and white energies suddenly stopped rotating. In the next instant, Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu opened their eyes almost simultaneously.
Looking at their senior (junior) sister so close, Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu were first stunned, then instinctively pushed each other away gently, separating instantly.
Standing apart, facing each other, both Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu felt a blush rise on their faces, their minds involuntarily recalling the previous scene.
Under the influence of that special energy, Ling Qingzhu, in order to resist the Illusion Demon King's Illusion Demon Qi, subconsciously activated the Supreme Force within her body. At the same time, to eliminate the Illusion Demon Qi, she automatically expelled it outwards.
As a result, the Illusion Demon Qi not only erupted within Ling Qingzhu's body but also entered Ying Huanhuan's body.
Along with the Illusion Demon Qi, Ling Qingzhu's Supreme Force also entered.
The Supreme Force was the main force against the Illusion Demon Qi and the only effective power. Ying Huanhuan's body did not possess true Supreme Force, but it had a nascent form. To quickly eliminate the 'enemy,' the Supreme Force naturally operated together with the unrefined Supreme Force within Ying Huanhuan's body.
In other words, the situation at that time was that the energies within the two bodies merged together, working side by side to completely eliminate the Illusion Demon Qi.
What truly made Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu feel somewhat ashamed was not just the energy fusion, but also the special illusion formed by the Illusion Demon Qi within their souls.
Fortunately, Ling Qingzhu's heart was as clear as ice. That amorous feeling came quickly and left quickly. After calming herself, she looked at Ying Huanhuan opposite her with a complex expression and sighed softly.
"Senior sister, hope you have been well!"
Startled awake, Ying Huanhuan's expression faltered for a moment, then she smiled faintly at Ling Qingzhu, as if she hadn't understood the meaning in Ling Qingzhu's words.
"Senior Sister Ling, how is your body now? Don't leave any hidden injuries, or someone will be distressed."
Looking at her senior sister's charming smile, Ling Qingzhu sighed slightly in her heart. Perhaps only that guy could make her senior sister fall in love regardless of everything?
As soon as she thought of that person's shadow, Ling Qingzhu couldn't help but recall that absurd scene in the illusion, her face slightly flushed. Then, she quickly shook these distracting thoughts out of her mind.
"Thank you for your concern, senior sister, I have recovered. Speaking of which, I haven't congratulated senior sister yet. This time, you might be able to take another step forward!"
Ling Qingzhu responded softly. Although the previous experience was extremely absurd for them, these senior and junior sisters, it was of great benefit to both of them.
That special experience allowed the senior and junior sisters to enter a special state of semi-soul fusion. Although it was different from complete soul fusion and could not fully experience each other's experiences, they could still gain many benefits from each other's souls.
For Ling Qingzhu, the Ice Master's cultivation experience was of great help to her. At least, in the future, she would not have to spend too much effort in the cultivation of Origin Power and spiritual power, and she would be able to reach the level of an ordinary Reincarnation Realm naturally.
For Ying Huanhuan, the harvest was equally great. The breakthrough in the Supreme Induction Sutra, in a sense, made up for the last weakness of the Ice Master.
The two people were like complementary talents, making up for each other's shortcomings in cultivation.
"I still have to thank Senior Sister Ling for your guidance. Otherwise, junior sister doesn't know how long it would take to make a breakthrough."
A few more smiles appeared on Ying Huanhuan's face. The breakthrough in the Supreme Induction Sutra made the burden on her shoulders a lot lighter, and she also had the capital to be willful.
The previous Ying Huanhuan always had the Ice Master's concerns in her heart. Although Lin Xuan had extremely high talent and cultivated extremely fast, Ying Huanhuan's heart always had some apprehension.
Lin Xuan could support it now, but if the Demon Prison erupted too quickly, it would plunge this world into crisis. She feared that her willfulness would lead to her being unable to shoulder the burden her teacher had entrusted to her when this world needed her most.
But now, that worry was gone. Even if an accident really happened, she had the strength to clean up her own mess at a crucial moment.
Now, she could be at ease being a junior sister, not an Ice Master, at least, not while this world didn't need her.
"Being able to help senior sister is this junior sister's honor."
Ling Qingzhu said softly. For some reason, for a moment, she felt like she and Ying Huanhuan had switched roles. Clearly, her senior sister was the aloof woman with a heart like ice, but now, compared to her senior sister, she seemed even colder.
It was fortunate that Yan and Desolation weren't here, otherwise, who knew what they would say about these two, each claiming to be a junior sister, wondering if they had some kind of fetish.
"Ling senior sister, shall we go down and take a look?"
After looking around, Ying Huanhuan realized that Lin Xuan's figure was nowhere to be seen, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If Lin Xuan saw her like that just now, she would probably have to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
"Mm!"
Ling Qingzhu nodded slightly. Immediately afterward, with a wave of her fair hand, the pitch-black gate quickly shrunk, landing on Ling Qingzhu's palm, and then directly burrowed into Ling Qingzhu's hand, leaving a special mark on her palm.
Staring at Ling Qingzhu's movements, Ying Huanhuan's eyes flickered, but she didn't say anything, just watched Ling Qingzhu.
Under Ying Huanhuan's gaze, Ling Qingzhu, who had absorbed the Earth Gate into her body, pondered for a moment, then waved her fair hand again, and a special force enveloped both her and Ying Huanhuan.
In the next moment, Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu plunged into the cold pool, constantly swimming towards the depths of the pool.
The deeper they swam, the more shocked Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu became. They had never imagined that this seemingly unremarkable cold pool was so deep. They had been sinking for nearly a quarter of an hour and still hadn't reached the bottom of the pool.
Moreover, the deeper they swam, Ying Huanhuan also noticed that the cold air here was strangely receding, instead carrying a hint of scorching heat. Even, there was a trace of faint light in the pool, coming from who knows where, illuminating the cold pool.
Ling Qingzhu looked up and exchanged a glance with Ying Huanhuan, suppressing the shock in her heart, her eyes filled with a hint of vigilance, and continued to sink deeper.
After sinking for another incense stick's worth of time, Ying Huanhuan's brow suddenly furrowed, looking at the pool water that suddenly had strands of blood color, her heart inexplicably panicked. The bloody smell that came made Ying Huanhuan even more uneasy.
Ying Huanhuan subconsciously sped up and swam downwards, while Ling Qingzhu, looking at the blood that seemed to be integrated into the pool water, became even more vigilant. Seeing Ying Huanhuan accelerate, Ling Qingzhu, feeling a little worried, quickly followed.
But soon, Ling Qingzhu noticed that Ying Huanhuan in front suddenly stopped. Puzzled, she came to Ying Huanhuan's side, Ling Qingzhu was about to ask, but immediately stopped her voice.
Her cherry lips slightly parted, a pair of clear eyes filled with disbelief. Ling Qingzhu looked at the figure not far away, suspended in the water, motionless, constantly having some blood dissipate around it. For some reason, a touch of sorrow welled up in her heart.
In the pool water, a white-clothed figure was suspended there, a pitch-black Sword pierced through his chest, and blood was overflowing from the wounds at both ends of the Sword.
"Impossible, impossible..."
Ying Huanhuan's eyes were a little dull, and in the next moment, her eyes suddenly became sharp. A Origin Power practice instantly waved out from her hand, heading straight for that 'Lin Xuan'.
Instantly, Ying Huanhuan's pupils shrank slightly, because that Origin Power practice actually passed through 'Lin Xuan's' body without any obstruction.
"Illusion?"
Ling Qingzhu's eyes narrowed, and she said in a deep voice. Turning her head and exchanging a glance with Ying Huanhuan, after nodding, they quickly swam towards the bottom of the pool together.
After swimming for less than a teacup's worth of time, they finally saw a stone wall, and a hint of joy flashed in the eyes of Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu.
Coming to the stone wall, before Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan could carefully search, they were attracted by the ancient characters on the stone wall.
On the stone wall, two very conspicuous huge ancient characters were engraved on the stone wall, and around the two huge ancient characters, many small ancient characters were densely engraved.
"Supreme Force!"
Ying Huanhuan murmured, turning her head to exchange a glance with Ling Qingzhu, who nodded slightly in response.
"This is the Supreme Induction Sutra. Presumably, Teacher's Supreme Induction Sutra was obtained from here."
Ling Qingzhu said with some emotion. She had not expected that the origin of the Supreme Induction Sutra would be recorded here.
But soon, a wave of doubt rose in Ling Qingzhu's heart. If the Supreme Induction Sutra came from here, then where did the Supreme Induction Sutra of their Nine Heavens Great Purity Palace come from?
It couldn't be from the bottom of this cold pool, could it? If so, then the Illusion Demon King must have had interactions with their ancestral master, but there was no record of it in the ancestral master's notes.
And this cold pool is also a bit strange, full of oddities everywhere.
"Senior sister, this place is a bit strange!"
Ling Qingzhu said in a deep voice, but Ying Huanhuan could not detect anything unusual. Everything around them was so real, eerily real, and realistically eerie.
"Chī!"
Lin Xuan forcefully pulled the long Sword from his chest, instantly bringing out a smear of blood that splattered on the ground. He reached out and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes fixed on a special stream of light in front of him, his expression very calm.
"Why must you refuse to give them up? A group of things that have already died."
In front of Lin Xuan was a special stream of light, vaguely resembling a human form, but also appearing very illusory, as if it were just a phantom, the voice without emotional fluctuations came from that phantom.
"Death is also rebirth!"
Lin Xuan replied softly, his gaze not moved by the identity of the stream of light in front of him. In his eyes, this stream of light in front of him was not very special.
And after hearing Lin Xuan's words, the stream of light shook its head slightly, seemingly not very able to understand what Lin Xuan was saying.
After pondering for a while, the stream of light spoke to Lin Xuan again.
"Your talent far exceeds the creatures of the entire world. Although you are not a creature of this world, I sense the only vitality from your body. As long as you give them up, I am willing to acknowledge you as my master."
"It is Lin Xuan's good fortune to be favored by the Plane of Origin. However, Lin Xuan will never give up, no matter what it is, as long as it is what Lin Xuan holds firm in his heart, he will never give it up."
The calm voice slowly sounded, causing the Plane of Origin to be slightly stunned. Lin Xuan's reaction was something it had never seen before. In the past, which of those creatures did not have an incomparable desire for it? Even those few creatures from the outside world had an extremely strong possessive desire for it.
But now, it had already chosen the person in front of it, and yet, he actually refused?
"Why? Without me, you can't defeat that demonic creature sealed in the Plane of Origin rift!"
The Plane of Origin was a little confused. In fact, it had been paying attention to this outsider for some time. This time, it just so happened that this creature came to the place where it was hiding, so it used some power to guide him over.
However, what the Plane of Origin couldn't understand was that this creature in front of it actually chose not to accept it? Even, in order to resist its entry, he did not hesitate to suffer backlash.
"In the heart of a swordsman, there is never an opponent that cannot be defeated!"
Lin Xuan also did not expect that he would meet the Plane of Origin here, and even more did not expect that this guy would want to devour the eight Beast Spirits in his body as soon as he came.
"You seem very confident? But, in my perception, your surroundings, like me, are filled with the aura of Death. If you don't accept my power, what you will face is only Death!"
The Plane of Origin could not understand Lin Xuan's thoughts. In its view, Lin Xuan was its only chance to survive, and it was also Lin Xuan's only chance to survive!
"You, are you afraid of Death?"
"I don't know, I just don't want to be destroyed."
Facing Lin Xuan's questioning, the Plane of Origin shook its head slightly, as if it didn't understand Lin Xuan's thoughts. It also couldn't feel emotions like fear, only the instinct to not be destroyed.
"They are the same!"
Lin Xuan lowered his eyes slightly, a glimmer of light seeming to flicker within them, and sheathed the blood-stained Sword in his hand.
"Moreover, it's not that Lin Xuan never gave up on them, but that they never gave up on themselves, just as you have never given up on finding a chance of survival."
The Plane of Origin nodded as if understanding, it could feel the firm belief in the heart of the person before it.
"You, are you not afraid of Death?"
"Death is the end of everything, only by reaching the end, and surpassing it, can one transcend Death!"
The Plane of Origin was stunned, it looked at those bright eyes, and felt a special feeling it had never experienced before, like the Chaos world welcoming the sunlight.
The Plane of Origin looked around, it had initially come seeking that glimmer of life in the darkness, but now, after being rejected, the Plane of Origin realized that the aura of Death on its body seemed to have dissipated quite a bit.
After this discovery, even more special feelings emerged in the Plane of Origin's heart, and even the light on its body brightened a little.
"I originally came seeking a chance of survival, but now, I have found it, and it is time to leave. I hope you can transcend Death, my... friend, that's what you humans call it, right?"
"Friend, goodbye!"