Immortal Martial Emperor

Hong Yu took a deep breath and held Little Chenxi a little tighter in his arms.

Little Chenxi naturally snuggled into his embrace. It wasn't that Hong Yu wanted to bring the little one along on this adventure; he had tried to leave her with the Xu Family.

Unfortunately...

Little Chenxi had refused to leave his arms no matter what. Left with no choice, Hong Yu could only continue to be her full-time dad!

"Little Chenxi, you have to be a good girl when we're in there!" Hong Yu said, looking down.

Little Chenxi puffed up her cheeks and waved her tiny, pink fists, letting out a series of "EE-EE, YA-YA" sounds.

She seemed to be saying: 'When have I ever not been good?'

Hong Yu laughed and looked at Xu Wudi, who was walking over. He took a Black Iron Spirit Plate from his robes. "This is a Sensing Spirit Plate I recently refined. Keep it with you. If you run into danger, just crush it. I'll sense the Spiritual Seal on you and find you!"

"Alright! You be careful too!" said Xu Wudi.

Hong Yu nodded with a smile, then stepped into the Teleportation Array.

This wasn't his first time using a Teleportation Array, but the one for the Profound Ice Secret Realm was particularly strange. There was none of the usual jarring sensation; instead, it felt comfortable and welcoming, like a perfect fit.

Hong Yu attributed this to his comprehension of the Power of Space Transfer.

He now possessed a certain natural affinity for space.

But the feeling was all too brief. Before Hong Yu could fully savor it, he had already arrived in the Profound Ice Secret Realm.

Although it was called the Profound Ice Secret Realm, the world within was no frozen wasteland. It was a Peach Blossom Spring, filled with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers. Dazzling flowers bloomed everywhere, while all sorts of rare birds and Exotic Beasts flew through the sky or ran wild on the ground.

A fluffy little rabbit came hopping slowly toward Hong Yu.

Hong Yu glanced down, but his brow furrowed slightly. He felt a sense of apprehension from this fluffy little rabbit.

'How is that possible? This rabbit is so small and cute...'

He had barely finished his thought when the meek and adorable little rabbit suddenly lunged at him.

In mid-air, the fluffy rabbit swelled to dozens of times its original size.

It went from being merely palm-sized to as large as a yak.

"ROAR!"

The fluffy rabbit's two large front teeth suddenly sharpened, becoming like a pair of long scythes.

It was utterly terrifying!

Seeing the rabbit's sudden transformation, Hong Yu, who was already prepared, snorted coldly. He raised his hand and threw a punch, unleashing a brilliant fist of light.

The light from the fist was blinding!

An incredibly terrifying punch came crashing down.

The rabbit was clearly not very intelligent. Unable to dodge the punch, its head was smashed to pieces with a loud "BOOM."

BOOM!

The fluffy rabbit abruptly shrank.

It returned to its palm-sized form, but it was now completely dead.

"This Profound Ice Secret Realm is too bizarre. A seemingly ordinary little rabbit is actually comparable to an Early-stage Primordial Core Realm expert?" Hong Yu was quite surprised.

He continued onward.

But he was much more cautious now, avoiding the seemingly ordinary beasts.

Even so, this strange place was simply too peculiar. A beetle no bigger than a baby's fist could also transform into something as terrifying as a giant bear.

The beetle's black carapace was extremely hard.

Even Hong Yu had to use the Thunderfire Heaven-Breaking Finger to kill it, which made him even more cautious.

Taking a map from his robes, Hong Yu spread it out and frowned. "This place isn't marked on the map? Strange, this is too strange!"

This map had been given to him by the Xu Family.

The locations marked on it were compiled and drawn by generations of Xu Family pioneers who had explored the Profound Ice Secret Realm. It marked nearly all the dangerous areas and treasure-filled lands within the entire realm.

Naturally, that included the Profound Ice Valley, where the Ten Thousand Years Cold Ice was located!

'This Profound Ice Valley not only has the Ten Thousand Years Cold Ice, but it's also said to be a Martial Arts Holy Land? The reason so many experts enter the Profound Ice Secret Realm is for this Profound Ice Valley!'

Hong Yu raised his eyebrows. 'With my current foundation, breaking through to the Primordial Embryo Realm would be a simple matter. However, I want to completely merge my several True Martial Arts Intents, and that will take some time. I wonder if the Profound Ice Valley can help me with that?'

As he murmured to himself, Hong Yu's expression suddenly changed, his eyes flashing with a sharp gaze as fierce as lightning.

His figure abruptly shot up, ascending a thousand meters into the sky to gaze toward the East.

A powerful energy fluctuation was coming from that direction, and terrifying Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was surging wildly. 'What a powerful technique, to be able to mobilize the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. There must be experts fighting over there. I'll go take a look for now. Maybe I can ask for the location of the Profound Ice Valley!'

At this thought, Hong Yu took a deep breath and flew off.

His speed was incredibly fast; a distance of a hundred li would only take him about ten minutes.

「...」

This was a secluded lake.

The tranquil surface of the lake was a clear, azure blue, reflecting the image of the sky so perfectly that one couldn't tell if the lake was the sky, or if the sky was the lake.

"BOOM!"

Suddenly, two powerful bursts of energy exploded above the lake's surface.

This was the force generated by a collision of incredibly potent Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

A handsome young expert, dressed in lavish robes and holding a feather fan, stood on a disk, hovering in the air. Orbs of condensed Thunder Power surged around his body, emitting terrifying crackles of electricity.

Facing him, a Desolate Beast exuding an extremely powerful aura coiled in the air.

This was a Tier Five Advanced Desolate Beast, comparable to a human powerhouse at the Peak of Primordial Embryo Realm.

The Desolate Beast was pink all over.

It was shaped like an octopus, but it was dozens of times larger. Its body alone was over twenty meters wide, and each of its tentacles was over a hundred meters long. They writhed chaotically in the air, like giant pythons twisting through the void.

Facing such a Desolate Beast, the young man with the feather fan showed no fear. He sneered, "You beast, you really don't know what's good for you. This young master merely wanted to enter this lake to find some treasures, and you dare to block my way?"

"ROAR!"

The octopus Desolate Beast let out a low growl.

Although its meaning was unclear, the cold glare in its blood-red eyes made it obvious that the beast was furious to the extreme.

It roared repeatedly, then suddenly gathered its massive tentacles and charged at the young man.

"Hmph, you're courting death!"

The young man sneered. The disk beneath his feet began to spin, and wisps of Spiritual Power imbued with Thunder Power surged across it.

His speed was incredible. Streaking across the sky like a flash of violet thunder, he rushed toward the octopus.

"CRACKLE!"

The immense force from the swing of the hundred-meter-long tentacles shattered the void, creating a series of deafening sonic booms.

Yet the young man's expression remained as calm as ever.

With a light wave of his feather fan, the eight orbs of thunder light floating beside him shot out, circled through the air, and slammed viciously into the tentacles.

"BOOM!"

A terrifying, Heaven- and Earth-penetrating tremor shook the area.

The resulting storm of energy swept outward like the wrath of a Celestial God, howling with fury. A hurricane tore through the air, churning the calm lake below and pulling up a massive water dragon a hundred meters long.

"Fleeting Images!"

The young man shouted softly. His body erupted with lightning as he charged at the octopus Desolate Beast.

The octopus immediately swung its long tentacles, each possessing immense power, striking like whips wielded by Deities.

"CRACK! CRACK!"

Amidst the deafening cracks, the young man was sent flying again and again.

The young man roared in frustration, "Damn you! Damn you, you dead fish! This young master will go all out against you!"

"Thunderous Fury!"

Violet Spiritual Power surged around the young man's body.

He was an extremely powerful Spirit Cultivator.

He was not an expert from the Ice Kingdom. He was just passing through when he heard that the Profound Ice Secret Realm was opening, so he bought a Profound Ice Crystal Stone and entered to try his luck.

He just happened to be teleported to this location.

He discovered a treasure hidden beneath the lake. Being naturally greedy, the young man's eyes lit up and he charged straight into the water. In the end, he didn't get the treasure and ended up provoking this octopus instead.

Desolate Beasts were inherently stronger than humans.

Even though the young man was an Early-stage Primordial Embryo Realm expert, and a True Dragon Demon Fiend of the Third Transformation of Heaven Realm at that, he could only fight the octopus Desolate Beast to a draw, unable to defeat it.

After several hundred rounds of combat, they were still tied.

This infuriated the young man.

The moment he unleashed his ultimate move, "Thunderous Fury," the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi behind him rapidly gathered, condensing into a thundercloud. With rumbling thunder sounds, bolts of lightning converged into a dragon and charged forward.

Faced with the charging dragon of lightning, the octopus Desolate Beast was clearly afraid.

After a series of terrifying explosions, the smell of burnt flesh wafted from the octopus's body.

It couldn't help but let out a pained shriek. It stared at the young man with venomous eyes, but there was a hint of hesitation and fear. Suddenly, with a "GWAAH," it spewed out a cloud of black mist.

The black mist spread out, obscuring the young man.

"Fuck, are you farting again!" the young man roared.

By the time he used his Spiritual Power to disperse the black mist, he only saw ripples on the lake's surface. The octopus Desolate Beast had actually fled back into the water.

"Damn it, damn it all! You spineless Desolate Beast! If you have the guts, come fight this young master for eight hundred rounds! You had the balls to ambush me, so why don't you have the balls to come out now?" The young man's feather fan and robes gave him an elegant appearance, yet his words were so crude.

This took Hong Yu, who had just arrived and witnessed the final scene, by surprise.

The young man also noticed Hong Yu.

He paused for a moment, looking Hong Yu up and down. He had an outgoing personality. "Hey, friend over there! You came from the Ice Kingdom too, right?"

"I am Hong Yu. May I ask your name, friend?" Hong Yu hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"My surname is Ye, and my name is Yeban! Everyone calls me Young Master Yeban!"

Young Master Yeban laughed, glancing with surprise at Little Chenxi in Hong Yu's arms. He clicked his tongue and said, "Well now, this little girl is really pretty and cute. What's the deal, brother? Is this your daughter?"

"..."

Hong Yu broke out in a sweat and said with a wry smile, "This is my sister!"

"Oh, your sister! Hmm, she really is cute. She'll definitely be a great beauty when she grows up. It's just a pity..." Young Master Yeban said, shaking his head.

Hong Yu asked, confused, "A pity about what?"

Young Master Yeban waved his feather fan and said, "A pity she's too young. Otherwise, I might've tried to woo her!"

Hong Yu's eye twitched. '...' 'You bastard, who talks like that?'

'Little Chenxi is only a few months old!'

While he was fuming, Young Master Yeban gave him a mysterious smile and suddenly spoke...

"Brother Hong Yu, are you interested in striking it rich with me?"