Hu Lie couldn't help but curse with a grin, "Goddamn it… how is its nose so damn sharp?"

As he spoke, that enormous paw swept toward the four of them, like an unstoppable wall, with infinite power pushing through.

The four shattered the snow layer above their heads, dodging the Snow Ape's strike, all looking somewhat embarrassed.

It was only after they burst out that they realized Long Qiushui, Huang Wushuang, Lu Hongxue, Xuan'er, and Xiaoyu were also standing there with embarrassed expressions. Seeing the four of them, a hint of awkwardness appeared on everyone's faces.

Clearly, they weren't the only ones who had just tried to use the snow avalanche to travel stealthily under the snow. Everyone had similar thoughts.

At this moment, they had all reached close to eight thousand zhang high, where the wind of Dao Conversion howled, as if it wanted to blow people away on the spot.

Then, that immense, all-white creature was squatting there, coldly watching them with a mocking glint in its eyes.

Thinking that hiding deep in the snow would make them safe? How naive!

The Snow Ape seemed to have no intention of continuing to attack, but it definitely wasn't going to give way either.

Sitting there like a small mountain, it eyed everyone relentlessly.

Long Qiushui and Huang Wushuang both looked quite frustrated, then turned to glance at Lu Hongxue and the others before finally letting their gaze fall on Chu Mo and his companions. In their eyes, a faint resentment flashed. Faced with Young Master Chu, the young noble still found it hard to let go. If there was a chance to trample on Chu Mo, he would definitely not pass it up.

But now was not the time!

They had just tried attacking the Snow Ape but were shocked to find that the creature's defense was unimaginably high, despite being roughly at the same realm as them.

Despite their all-out attack as peak true immortals, they failed to inflict any damage. Instead, it was they who ended up in a sorry state due to the Snow Ape's incomparable strength and intense Cold Ice attribute.

Although the battle was brief, both of them understood that subduing this terrifying creature of the heavenly road alone was certainly not enough.

"Lu Hongxue, under these circumstances, we only have a chance if we cooperate. The woman in black has already climbed further. If we get stuck here, we will lose all opportunity," Huang Wushuang looked at Lu Hongxue and said, "Why don't we join forces and attack together? As for the gentiana… when the time comes, everyone can rely on their own abilities."

Lu Hongxue smiled, "I have no objections."

Huang Wushuang nodded and then turned his gaze toward Chu Mo's group. His look swept past Chu Mo and fixed on Yiyi, "What do you think, Lady Yiyi?"

Yiyi smiled and said, "I'll listen to him." Saying this, she glanced at Chu Mo beside her.

"…" Long Qiushui's mouth twitched.

"…" Huang Wushuang's eyelids twitched.

"…" Lu Hongxue was speechless.

Xuan'er and Xiaoyu, on the other hand, looked at Yiyi in shock. They hadn't expected their little aunt to be serious this time!

What was the reason?

For Long Qiushui, there could be no worse news.

One was the crazy woman, the little demon, whom he feared in his heart; the other, a foe whose lower realm yet unparalleled strength had nearly cost him all his face. Now, these two had actually joined forces… could there be anything worse and more infuriating than this?

Huang Wushuang also felt uneasy about the combination of Chu Mo and Yiyi. Both were not the type to sit quietly. It seemed grabbing the gentiana just got a lot more difficult!

"Young Master Chu, what do you think?" Huang Wushuang went with the flow, suppressing the thoughts in his mind, and turned his attention to Chu Mo.

Chu Mo nodded, "I have no objections."

Without getting past Snow Ape, no one could reach the peak, so cooperation was necessary. Even if they disliked each other, they had no choice but to hold their noses and endure for now.

At that moment, however, Hu Lie stopped everyone and said, "Let me communicate with it first. Ask why it's blocking the way here?"

It was then that everyone remembered; Hu Lie was a Beast Cultivator from the Beast Clan, and this Snow Ape... was also a Beast Cultivator. The only difference was that one had taken human form, and the other had not.

Huang Wushuang nodded, "If you can communicate, that would be best. If it has any demands that aren't too excessive, we can try to accommodate them."

Not all Beast Cultivators would take human form, nor were all willing to communicate and interact with humans. But being from the Beast Clan, Hu Lie could speak the beast language, making communication with Snow Ape seamless.

Hu Lie slowly approached Snow Ape and, after a few steps, revealed his true form—a huge and fierce, variegated tiger. His true immortal presence flowed through him, causing a hint of wariness to appear in Snow Ape's eyes.

"Why are you stopping us here, fellow Daoist?" Hu Lie asked in the beast language.

None of the people present could understand what Hu Lie was saying. But Chu Mo knew, not because he understood, but because the Celestial Mirror translated the dialogue directly for him!

"You have stepped into a sanctuary you should not have entered. Turn back," Snow Ape said in a deep voice in the beast language to Hu Lie.

"But people have already gone in ahead of us!" Hu Lie said. "A woman dressed in black—I refuse to believe you didn't see her."

"That person is different from you all. She is from the Elf Clan and carries a token," Snow Ape provided an unexpected answer to Hu Lie.

As the Celestial Mirror translated Snow Ape's words, Chu Mo's body shivered slightly, and his eyes revealed shock.

It was indeed her!

Chu Mo felt a spark of excitement, but then it turned to sorrow and anger. Because inside Qi Xiaoyu's body, it was almost certain... her soul was no longer there!

To Chu Mo, this was the saddest and most infuriating thing.

The woman he loved still looked the same, yet her soul was nowhere to be found.

Facing this, he was powerless!

That sorrow and anger spread through Chu Mo's heart, and he tried to contain it, not letting his emotions show.

However, Yiyi by his side seemed to have a hunch and glanced at Chu Mo with a hint of confusion. She whispered, "Can you understand the beast language?"

Chu Mo was taken aback, thinking how incredibly strong this woman's intuition was, and how sensitive... He shook his head, "I don't understand."

Yiyi looked at Chu Mo with suspicion, then turned her head towards Hu Lie and thought, 'Yeah right, as if I believe you!'

Meanwhile, Hu Lie asked, "Token? What token?"

"Heavenly Road Token," Snow Ape didn't hide anything and simply said, "She must have come to the heavenly road before, but that was a long time ago. On the heavenly road, she obtained the Heavenly Road Token. With such a token, one can enter all the forbidden zones of the heavenly road. Passage must be granted."

Hu Lie, in his true form, couldn't help but widen his tiger eyes as he looked at Snow Ape, "So you mean that if we want to get past, we just have to defeat you?"

"That's right, there's no other way..." Snow Ape was saying when suddenly its eyes bulged in disbelief, staring at the blade hanging in front of its forehead, swallowing the rest of its words.

"Can this blade be used as a token?" Chu Mo did not use the beast language but spoke directly.

His action also startled Long Qiushui, Huang Wushuang, and others nearby. They thought, what's going on... why attack all of a sudden? What happened to the plan of joining forces?

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