Chapter 540 - 324: The Activated Ascension Platform, Mr. Qi’s Resurrection Ritual, Saint Qi Xingyan (Part 2)

"No!"

In that instant, a golden seam split open between her brows, blazing with immense light before opening wide!

In the next moment, an ancient Flying Sword shot out from the opening, and Yun Qinghe’s figure vanished in a flash.

A razor-sharp Sword Qi shot toward the heavens. The Dharma Aspect of an ancient Sword Immortal’s Primordial Spirit materialized behind Yun Qinghe, standing a full thousand zhang tall.

The Snake Consort was secretly alarmed by this display of power. Forgetting all about retrieving the man’s Flesh Body, she quickly extended her two slender arms and drew a circle, forming hundreds of vortexes of Powerful Qi to neutralize the heaven-piercing Evil Qi carried by the Immortal Sword.

"So, you’re a descendant of an Ancient Sword Immortal, and you even have a strand of a ten-thousand-year Sword Immortal’s Lifebound Primordial Spirit protecting you," the Snake Consort sneered. "I really underestimated you."

However, at this very moment, Yun Qinghe looked toward Lu Mingyuan, who had already fallen into the sea. A wave of sorrow and an indescribable melancholy washed over her heart.

And above all, endless fury!

"I’ll make you pay with your life!!"

A woman’s furious roar echoed across the mountaintop.

Under the dark night sky, an iceberg over a thousand zhang tall floated on the sea. Starlight scattered across its surface, causing it to reflect sparkling points of light.

What was visible above the water was merely the tip of one of many icebergs.

In truth, a large number of Ice Corpses had sunk to the bottom of the sea.

Lu Mingyuan was at the bottom of the Returning Ruins Silent Sea, sinking slowly.

His entire body was wracked with excruciating pain. It had been a long time since he had felt anything like it.

A thick layer of ice had already formed on the surface of his Great Unbinding Martial Saint Armor.

Before long, he would become just like one of those icebergs—a frozen specimen.

Lu Mingyuan felt his heart about to stop, submerged in the freezing seawater.

The sensation of death.

’I experienced it once inside the Grand Thousand Canglan Map, but I never expected the real thing to be so quiet.’

As he sank toward the seabed, he saw an iceberg resting there.

Through the thick ice, he could faintly make out the form of an incredibly beautiful female corpse lying within. She wore a patterned purple robe, and strangely, she had a vertical eye in the middle of her forehead.

’How could someone have three eyes?’

On her snow-white chest was a pendant.

The pendant was a small, three-leafed flower made of jade. It emitted nine rings of cyan sacred light, its halo shimmering beautifully, like a cyan lamp flickering in the dark depths of the sea.

Lu Mingyuan gazed at this ice sculpture as if it were a work of art, for the woman within was simply too breathtaking, a perfect fusion of sacred aura and temperament.

’Her strength in life must have been in the Upper Three Grades, right? At the very least, a Human Immortal.’

’But... I probably don’t have the luxury of thinking about this anymore.’

As his thoughts grew sluggish, he wondered, ’Am I really going to die?’

’But why hasn’t the Six-Yao Turtle Shell shown a prompt?’

Just as he was thinking this, a small Wooden Peach Talisman in his Dantian began to emit a golden stream of energy. It flowed endlessly into his Flesh Body—into his muscles and bones, his internal organs, his heart, his brain—until it completely enveloped him.

A warm current circulated through his body.

Lu Mingyuan’s body began to warm up, growing hotter and hotter.

The very sea around him began to boil.

The surrounding icebergs began to melt from the scorching heat!

Four icebergs melted, revealing the beings within, including the woman in the purple robe.

’I can’t fall here!’

’Reviving Mr. Qi is within my grasp!’

Lu Mingyuan’s eyes shot open. He gripped the Yuqing Peach Talisman, feeling his body once again brimming with power.

’If it weren’t for the Yuqing Peach Talisman, I would have truly died.’

’Before the Yuqing Ancestor Master left, he must have stored a wisp of his power in the Peach Talisman. It seems he foresaw that I was fated to face this tribulation.’

BOOM.

From among the icebergs beneath the Ascension Platform, a fierce, scorching fluctuation of Primordial Qi erupted. A sphere of gold and red light burst open, sending a ten-zhang-high wave across the surface of the sea.

This scene caught the attention of many Cultivators.

"His Majesty isn’t dead!"

"His Majesty is still alive!"

Many people who sensed Lu Mingyuan’s aura were overjoyed and utterly shocked.

Even the Snake Consort, who was fighting Yun Qinghe, was completely astonished.

’Lu Mingyuan actually took a direct hit from the Dragon Halberd and didn’t die? Even an ordinary strike is enough to kill any Middle Fifth Grade Cultivator. A Thirteenth Realm Human Immortal Demon Emperor would be severely wounded and left half-dead. How could he possibly get up without a scratch?’

He had captured everyone’s attention.

What no one noticed was that the purple-robed woman, who had been sealed at the bottom of the sea, opened her beautiful eyes, and her fingers twitched slightly.

"Quick, go and fight for the Ascension Platform! I will burn a hundred years of my life to aid you."

At that moment, a telepathic message from the Chess Saint entered Lu Mingyuan’s mind.

"Alright!"

Lu Mingyuan naturally agreed.

Enveloped by the Peach Talisman, Lu Mingyuan transformed into a streak of light and shot toward the ten-thousand-meter summit, heading straight for the Ascension Platform.

The Chess Saint bit his fingertip and drew upon his Life Essence Blood.

Twelve Golden Lotuses appeared on the Heaven and Earth Chessboard in the sky.

Each Golden Lotus transformed into a chain that suppressed the space and time of the entire area, making it impossible for anyone to escape.

Lu Mingyuan seized the opportunity to slip into the mountain cave where the Ascension Platform was located.

Along the way, both the Dragon Halberd and the Snake Consort tried to stop him.

But they found that space itself was sealed, preventing them from using any spatial Divine Techniques to stop Lu Mingyuan.

"You’re courting death!"

The Dragon Halberd was unable to contain its rage. It mobilized over a hundred streams of Profound Yellow Qi, which shot out from its Treasure Pearl toward the Chess Saint’s Chessboard.

The Snake Consort also brandished her Treasure Mirror. In an instant, a full moon ten thousand zhang wide materialized and smashed toward the Heaven and Earth Chessboard.

The Chessboard was smashed to pieces.