The rift in space grew wider, the fabric of the swirling void rippling violently.

The space was turbulent, chaotic with raw energy.

And then, from the swirling chaos, two figures emerged.

The woman moved with chilling grace.

Her bare feet touched the ground lightly, her head adorned with a magnificent headdress.

She wore a white robe carefully embroidered with delicate snowflake patterns that fluttered as she moved.

Though the robe was somewhat loose, it could not conceal her well-shaped form.

Her features were exquisitely sculpted, radiant yet cold, noble and majestic.

Her presence exuded an icy breath that froze the air itself.

With each step, frost crystallized beneath her feet, and snowflakes danced gently around her.

Beside her stood a young boy, barely fourteen.

His hair was as white as driven snow, his visage handsome and striking.

Rare blue eyes sparkled with an icy aura, a presence that repelled unwelcome intruders.

"Aunt Iris, it's so noisy here," the boy frowned.

"In these barbaric lands, spiritual energy is thin and only low-level monsters dwell."

"Let them perish!" the woman known as Aunt Iris said coldly.

She waved her hand gracefully.

A sharp, powerful aura of cold enveloped the surroundings.

Wherever the breath of ice passed, everything froze instantly—birds in flight, roaring beasts alike turned into lifeless ice sculptures.

Such power could only belong to a cultivator far beyond the Mahayana Realm—in the Supreme Realm!

"Aunt Iris, wait. I sense a familiar Ice energy."

"Where?"

Aunt Iris promptly withdrew her ice breath.

The merciless killing ceased, sparing countless lives.

The boy pointed into the distance.

"In the mountains over there."

Aunt Iris narrowed her eyes and sent her spiritual energy to sweep the area.

Moments later, her lips curled in a smile.

"That Ice energy… it belongs to the Ice Spirit Soul Body. One of the ancient world's top ten spiritual bodies."

"I didn't think such people could still be found in such a wild, desolate place. It's rather surprising."

"My father said that the power of the Ice Spirit Soul Body can complement my sister's incomplete Nine Ice Demon Holy Body. Is that true?" the young man spoke.

"Yes, it is."

"We came under imperial orders, to find clues about the Original Stone Tablet and the Ice Spirit Soul Body."

"The Emperor has blessed us, the Ice Spirit Clan. We found one who carries the Ice Spirit Soul Body soon after arriving."

"This mission is half complete. We shall capture them."

Aunt Iris said coldly.

"Um."

The boy nodded silently and took her hand.

In an instant, they vanished into the mountain mists.

Deep in the cave, Seraphina's eyes snapped open.

"It's so cold. Why do I feel this penetrating chill?"

Though she cultivated ice attribute techniques and bore the Ice Spirit Soul Body, immune to cold, this chill was different.

It was not the cold of the Ancestral tomb or environment, but something more profound, more violent.

"No, this is very strange," she murmured.

Seraphina rose slowly.

After seven days of recuperation, all her wounds had healed almost completely save for her left arm, which remained immobile.

Her cultivation had returned to the mid-Tribulation Transcendence Realm.

Yet, she could clearly feel the resistance pressing upon her realm—heavier than ever before.

If before it took a year to ascend to the peak of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, now it would stretch to three years or more.

And all of this was because of Ethan!

"Ethan!" she clenched her fists, eyes darkening with frustration.

"Calm down."

She forced herself to suppress her anger.

If this continued, Ethan would become her inner demon, strangling her future progress.

No, she could never allow this.

She drew a deep breath and prepared to leave the cave to see what was transpiring.

At the cave's entrance, a sudden roar shattered the silence.

The heavy boulder sealing the entrance exploded into fragments and powder.

Seraphina raised her arms, shielding herself from biting winds and billowing dust.

Through the narrow opening, she glimpsed two indistinct silhouettes.

A frown creased her brows.

"Who are you? Why disturb my practice?" she demanded

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Late night shrouded the scene.

Storm clouds rumbled as fierce winds howled.

Rain fell like shattered beads from a torn curtain, lightning stabbing the dark sky.

The vast heavens and earth stretched endlessly.

Inside the cave, all was calm and quiet.

The protective formation muffled the thunderstorm's rage, becoming nothing more than a low hum, like distant echoes in an old movie.

Ethan's eyes suddenly snapped open.

A final surge of earth energy poured into him.

He roared vehemently, "Open!"

His voice rang out like a command through the cave.

Immediately, the blood pills within his body trembled violently.

A torrent of blood surged forth, flooding his meridians and coursing under his scalp.

The converging powers of earth energy and blood surged in tandem.

The Eight Trigrams Formation beneath him rotated rapidly.

The shackles restraining his cultivation at the peak stage began to crumble and shatter.

Buzz!

Raw energy funneled powerfully into his head.

Time passed.

The shackles of his Celestial Jade Physique Scripture cultivation were nearly broken.

A buzzing echoed in his ears—a sound familiar and resounding.

The moment he broke past the peak stage.

Ethan's eyes opened wide in astonishment.

He felt himself soaring beyond the limits of the sky, flying with freedom unknown before.

A mysterious power poured forth from within the pinnacle of his head, flooding his meridians and infusing his limbs and bones.

Boom!

Golden light cascaded like sunlight from above, enveloping Ethan's body.

The Eight Trigrams Formation beneath him expanded and shimmered bright gold.

The colossal corona extended tenfold, illuminating the entire cave.

The massive chain in the starry sky reappeared.

Yet, the mysterious golden power broke past the blockade of the chain, streaming into Ethan's body.

Though the effect was diminished many times, it was still potent enough to incite a fundamental change in his being.

Simultaneously, his skin's pores opened, invigorated.

His blood boiled within.

Ethan clearly sensed his body undergoing dramatic transformation.

This was unlike any previous advancement—unprecedented in its intensity and scale.

At this pivotal moment, the breakthrough to the peak of the fourth level was complete.

He noticed his blood pills changing.

The crimson pill, encased in mysterious divine essence, suddenly melted.

It transformed into a vast sea of blood within his dantian!

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