Published: February 24, 2025
At the same time, at Ice Clear Immortal Mountain, in the Ice Clear Hall.
"Miss, you have been awake for half a month without rest. We need to investigate Tan Yun's death, but you must take care of your health as well!" Shen Qingfeng looked at Shen Subing, whose eyes were filled with bloodshot veins, and spoke with concern.
"Yes, Miss." Shen Wende echoed.
"To be fair, in the thirty years since I became the chief, I have never felt sorry for anyone nor been unfair to any disciple, but I am filled with guilt regarding Tan Yun."
Shen Subing, her lonely figure exiting the Ice Clear Hall, raised her head slightly and gazed at the vast starry sky. With a faint sigh, she said in a melancholic tone, "Once, a once-in-a-generation genius reached the 108th level of the Supreme Mustard Seed Time-Space Pagoda before me, and I didn't cherish him. If heaven gives me another chance, I would definitely take him as my closed-door disciple, protecting him and allowing him to grow well."
"But now, it's all too late. This is the biggest mistake I've made in my life!"
"If I don't find the murderer, I will find it hard to be at peace..."
Four hours later, at the early hour of the tiger, as night transitioned to day, Tan Yun flew across fifty thousand miles of void, descending from the sea of clouds onto the summit of a peak, passing through a cave dwelling.
"Who are you..." A disciple at the eighth layer of the fetal soul realm on a bed spoke, and as he opened his mouth, a pair of enchanting red eyes appeared in his vision, dazzling him. Immediately, this person was stunned.
"Tell me, where is Sun Abe’s Immortal Mountain?" Tan Yun asked.
"One thousand miles to the east." As soon as the disciple finished speaking, he regained his senses and shook his head in confusion. "Did I see a ghost? I think I saw a shadow!"
The disciple rubbed his eyes, and his field of vision was empty. "Damn it, I've become a cultivator and I'm still hallucinating. It seems I'm too tired, I’ll just sleep for a bit first."
This person then covered himself with a blanket and fell asleep...
A thousand miles away, in a dreamlike cave dwelling at the peak of an Immortal Mountain, Sun Abe, who had lost his lower legs, was fully focused on controlling his destiny true fire to refine elixirs...
Having lost his legs, his only belief now was to advance to a mid-grade grand alchemist as soon as possible, to show his prowess, and then think of a way to attach a pair of legs for himself!
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, a wave of spatial fluctuations swept through the cave dwelling, startling Sun Abe. "Soundproof barrier!"
"Who..." Just as Sun Abe opened his mouth, a purple flame surged in from outside the cave, engulfing him!
"Ah... No!" Sun Abe rolled on the ground in the fierce fire, wailing, "Who... Please let me go... Spare my life!"
As he rolled, his robust spiritual power continuously surged to the surface, trying to resist the searing flames.
He was simply unable to break free from the clutches of the purple flame, fully aware that once he stopped resisting, he would be burned to death in an instant!
But unfortunately, his spiritual power rapidly dissipated in the flames. At this speed, in no more than five breaths, he would turn to ashes!
"Grandson Abe, we meet again." A shadow slowly stepped into the cave dwelling, walking straight into the purple flames.
"Senior, please spare me, I have no enmity with you, don't kill me..." Sun Abe cried out in the flames, releasing his spiritual power while repeatedly bowing in submission.
"Then tell me, do we really have no enmity?" Tan Yun slowly lifted the Ghost Breath Cold Silk, looking at Sun Abe with a half-smile.
"You’re already dead... how could you possibly come back to life!" Sun Abe screamed in horror, "Your life lamp in the Lamp Soul Palace has gone out; how could you not be dead!"
"You truly are insidious, to have learned about the situation in our herb garden disciples' Lamp Soul Palace. You probably won't believe I'm dead until you see my life lamp extinguished, right?" Tan Yun smiled brightly, squatting down to lift the struggling Sun Abe, suspending him above the Dan Ding.