Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 1129 Solo Incursion into the Ice Spirit Clan

Within the icy wonderland, a majestic figure illuminates the sky, its boundless aura resonating like an abyss within this secluded little world.

At the same time, in this icy world, four ancient glaciers collapsed suddenly, revealing huge ice sculptures frozen inside.

The next moment, the four statues formed of ice crystals moved, and a powerful aura soared into the sky, instantly sealing Li Qing, who was sitting cross-legged on the Chaos Green Lotus.

The Great Ascension stage ancestor of the Ice Spirit Clan has been revived. They had been sleeping within the glacier for countless years, and even the disaster of the Demon Realm invasion could not awaken them.

However, Li Qing's arrival brought too much pressure. He was a Mahayana-stage Celestial Venerable who cultivated the Chaos Dao, and his power of law surpassed that of the Ice Law. He was by no means an ordinary Mahayana cultivator!
"Arrogant! Even when Jianglong and Fuhu were alive, they didn't dare to trespass on the territory of my Ice Spirit Clan alone. Where did you get your courage?!" An Ice Spirit Clan patriarch, wielding an ice crystal spear, roared angrily. Snowflakes swirled around him, revealing him to be a forbidden existence at the mid-stage of the Mahayana realm!
As far as Li Qing knew, the Ice Spirit Clan had five ancestors in the Mahayana stage, two of whom were at the mid-Mahayana stage.

The other three massive ice crystal bodies were all at the early Mahayana stage, while the last one, a mid-Mahayana ancestor whose whereabouts were unknown, must have gone to the battlefield between the two realms.

Sensing the four auras locking onto him, Li Qing's expression became extremely solemn. This was definitely going to be a fierce battle, and if it really came to blows, he would have almost no chance of winning.

However, he had no intention of backing down. Instead, he used the power of chaos to keep his physical body at its peak and strongest.

"I'll say it one last time: the Ice Spirit Clan took away one of my old friends, and I've come here today to take her away as well."

"If you insist on not releasing them, then fight! I may die today, but before I die, it shouldn't be difficult to take a few with me to my grave."

As soon as he finished speaking, six streams of spiritual fire rose from Li Qing's body. These six streams of fire gathered together and, under Li Qing's will, transformed into a giant sword of flames.

Immediately afterwards, the four swords of Zhuxian shot out simultaneously, the four swords with infinite killing power merging into one, transforming into a four-colored killing sword!
The flaming greatsword and the four-colored killing sword fell into Li Qing's hands, and the power of chaos gathered in his palms, and a terrifying aura rippled out from his body.

This shows they are prepared to fight to the death, not giving an inch!
"So this is the so-called Limitless Celestial Venerable! I'd like to see what makes you think you can make us all die with you!"

The Ice Flower Ancestor was the first to act, her body adorned with delicate petals, each petal containing the laws of ice.

In an instant, the power of extreme cold surged forth, transforming into an ice crystal storm that swept towards the majestic figure on the horizon.

Li Qing raised his flaming greatsword high with his left hand and decisively slashed down. A blazing sword aura swept out, instantly obliterating the ice crystal storm containing the laws of ice.

Since we've already started, there's nothing more to say.

Outnumbered, Li Qing had no choice but to fight back. He crossed his sword with both hands, empowered the blade with the power of chaos, and unleashed two more terrifying sword energies containing the laws of chaos.

"You're courting death!" The second Ice Spirit Clan ancestor moved. This was an Ice Spirit Clan member who had been formed from millions of years of mysterious ice. His path to enlightenment was very long, and he was a being from the Primordial Era, named Cold Stone Saint Venerable.

A powerful surge of extreme ice energy tore through the universe and struck Li Qing's physical body.

At the same time, the third Ice Spirit Clan ancestor also made her move. She was known as the Ice Emperor by the Ice Spirit Clan. Although she was a latecomer among the Mahayana ancestors, she had already comprehended the laws of ice to a very high degree, and was in no way inferior to the other two early Mahayana ancestors.

Facing the combined attack of three powerful cultivators at the early stage of Mahayana, Li Qing remained calm and fearless. He held his sword with both hands, and the power of chaos surged within his body.

The flaming giant sword slashed unstoppably towards the Cold Stone Saint Venerable. All the cold mist evaporated and melted instantly. With the blessing of the Chaos Law, the flaming sword energy traversed 30,000 miles and struck the opponent's body, which was formed from millions of years of Xuanbing ice.

The combined power of the four swords of Zhuxian, now unified into a four-colored killing sword, is even more terrifying. The Great Dao groans beneath its blade. This sword seems capable of severing all life force, easily shattering the powerful offensive of the Ice Flower Ancestor.

The Ice Empress, arriving late, instantly closed in on Li Qing's back. Her arm transformed into an ice spike, piercing directly at Li Qing's physical body.

The attack struck decisively. The extreme cold power of the Ice Law invaded Li Qing's body. This power was extremely fierce, freezing Li Qing's blood and true essence in the shortest amount of time, and it seemed to be freezing him into an ice sculpture.

But the next moment, the five chaotic halos surrounding Li Qing's Dharma body converged, and the chaotic blue lotus under his feet also merged with his Dharma body.

boom!
With chaos enveloping him, he is immortal through countless eons and impervious to all laws!

The extreme cold power that had invaded his body evaporated instantly. Li Qing turned around and struck out with a palm strike, his face expressionless.

Space exploded inch by inch. His physical body was terrifying. Even a True Spirit of the same level could not compare to him. The Ice Emperor's beautiful face showed horror. Her body, which was forged from eternal ice, was actually shattered by the opponent's palm.

The terrifying power nearly disintegrated the Ice Spirit Clan ancestor, who was at the Mahayana stage, and even her Ice Dao Laws were collapsing.

Just as Li Qing was about to point his finger at the other's brow again, a sudden sense of crisis surged into his heart. Without thinking, he immediately mobilized the power of chaos and concentrated it at his fingertip, and a beam of chaotic light shot out.

Boom!

The chaotic beam struck an invisible and intangible seal of extreme ice, and an ice storm surged forth in an instant.

The mid-stage Mahayana expert who had been watching the battle intervened and saved Ice Emperor's life from Li Qing's grasp. Otherwise, if that finger had landed, Ice Emperor would most likely have perished.

"Alright, let's all stop." Han Songzi said. He had come to believe what Li Qing had said. If they really fought at all costs, this human Mahayana cultivator really had the ability to drag several Ice Spirit Clan ancestors down with him.

The Ice Flower Ancestor and the Cold Stone Ancestor did not look good. Just now, they were both entangled by the Flaming Giant Sword and the Four-Colored Killing Sword that Li Qing had summoned, and they had not even been able to gain the upper hand.

If Han Songzi hadn't intervened in time, the three of them might very well have been killed one by one by that human.

The Ice Spirit Clan cannot afford this price, because the Fire Spirit Clan has always been eyeing them covetously. If they lose three Mahayana Ancestors just like that, the Ice Spirit Clan will only face the crisis of extinction.

With a slight thought, Li Qing's flaming giant sword disintegrated, transforming into six streams of heaven and earth spiritual fire that returned to his body, and the four-colored killing swords also fell into his hands.

"Concession."

The combat power that Li Qing displayed at this moment put pressure on several elders of the Ice Spirit Clan. Even Han Songzi sighed and said, "Ice Flower, in all these years, only you and Shuang Ye have thawed. Now that Shuang Ye has gone to the battlefield between the two realms, tell me, what exactly is the situation with the human that this Fellow Daoist Wuji wants?"

Upon hearing this, Binghua's eyes showed a conflicted expression, but she still sighed and said:

"The human woman you're looking for has now become a member of my Ice Spirit Clan." Upon hearing this, a hint of killing intent flashed in Li Qing's eyes. His expression immediately turned cold as he asked, "What exactly happened?"

He knew that unique elemental races like the Ice Spirit Clan and the Fire Spirit Clan had unique methods of birth, capable of transforming the spiritual fire of heaven and earth or the ancient ice of ten thousand years into their own people.

"Fellow Daoist Wuji, please don't be anxious. Since you are an old friend of Ningbing, you should know that the cultivation method she practices contains a forbidden secret technique, right?"

Memories flooded Li Qing's mind, and he quickly recalled that when they were in the lower realm, Shen Ningbing had indeed used a forbidden secret technique from her cultivation method several times. Whenever her mana was exhausted, using this secret technique would transform a part of her physical body into an ice crystal body!
Once more than 50% of the body has transformed into an ice crystal body, even if the forbidden secret technique is stopped, the physical body will slowly transform into an ice crystal body.

Shen Ningbing's master, the Ice Ancestor of the Lingyun Sect who once descended to the lower realm, used this forbidden secret technique multiple times, which caused her body to be completely frozen into ice, turning her into a human-shaped ice sculpture.

And this process is very similar to the process of transforming into an Ice Spirit!
Li Qing muttered to himself, "Could that cultivation technique be related to the Ice Spirit Clan? What a coincidence! She clearly started cultivating this technique in the lower realm!"

"Where is she now? I want to see her."

Ice Flower Ancestor spoke up: "Fellow Daoist Wuji, please don't be impatient, let me explain in detail."

"My Ice Spirit Clan once obtained a celestial cultivation technique called 'Mysterious Ice Immortal Technique,' which was acquired from the Guanghan Heaven Secret Realm."

"However, this immortal cultivation technique is incomplete and difficult to cultivate successfully. Later, my elder brother Shuangye tried to complete the missing parts of this immortal cultivation technique and also incorporated some characteristics of our clan's techniques."

"The final cultivation technique has been completed to a certain extent, but it is not suitable for my Ice Spirit Clan to cultivate. Over the years, no one in the clan has ever succeeded in cultivating it. The root cause is probably that this immortal cultivation technique was created by a human true immortal from the upper realm."

"Later, when my elder brother went on a journey, he used this immortal cultivation technique to trade for some of the things he needed for his own cultivation. This technique then ended up on the Northern Cold Continent in the outer sea."

"And on that continent, there is a human power known as the Ice Palace!"

Upon hearing the words "Ice Palace," Li Qing felt a surge of emotion, and he immediately understood the whole story.

There was also an Ice Palace in the lower realm. Before ascending to the upper realm, he had asked the incarnation of the Ice Palace Master for some guidance.

Having said that, many things became clear.

"Where is Ningbing now? Can I see her?"

"She slumbers within the Cold Abyss of my clan, for she is an Ice Spirit who was born into this world and needs a long time to adapt to her icy body," the Ice Flower Ancestor replied truthfully. "I can take you to see her, but she cannot leave the Cold Abyss at the moment, otherwise her primordial spirit will face the danger of being frozen."

"Take me to the Cold Abyss!" Li Qing said.

"No problem, but please restrain your aura, fellow Daoist. There are other members of my clan who were recently born in the Cold Abyss!"

As he spoke, the Ice Flower Ancestor led Li Qing to the depths of the Ice and Snow Wonderland. On the land formed by ice crystals, there was a shocking abyss, tens of thousands of feet long, from which gusts of bone-chilling cold air drifted.

This is the Frost Abyss of the Ice Spirit Clan. As soon as Li Qing approached, he could sense that some life force was brewing within this cold abyss.

He followed the Ice Flower Ancestor down into the Cold Abyss, where naturally formed Dao patterns were imprinted on the ice walls on both sides, extremely profound and intricate.

Li Qing's current Mahayana Dharma Body is naturally unafraid of the invasion of this terrifying cold air. He doesn't even need to use his magic power to protect himself, and he easily resists the cold air that ordinary people cannot withstand.

Before long, at the very bottom of the extremely cold abyss, Li Qing saw a piece of ancient ice that had been frozen for ten thousand years. Inside this ice, a human-shaped ice sculpture, its entire body transformed into ice crystals, was frozen solid.

When Li Qing saw this piece of ancient ice, a look of emotion appeared in his eyes.

"Junior Sister Shen, it's been a long time." Li Qing murmured, her expression extremely complicated.

"How long will she need to remain dormant in the icy abyss before she can leave?"

The Ice Flower Ancestor replied, "If we calculate the time, it should take another thousand years. By then, her primordial spirit will have fully adapted to this new body."

"However, it is possible to briefly awaken her now and communicate with her through divine sense. With your Mahayana divine sense, it should not be difficult to do this."

Li Qing wasn't in a hurry to do that. He frowned slightly and said, "Why did you try so hard to stop me from seeing her before?"

The Ice Flower Ancestor said somewhat awkwardly, "This woman has mastered the 'Mysterious Ice Immortal Technique.' After she ascended to the Tianyuan Continent, my brother sensed it immediately."

"At that time, nearly 90% of her physical body had been transformed into an ice crystal body. If she did not enter the Frozen Abyss and transform into an Ice Spirit, her life would be in imminent danger."

"Because of these circumstances, my brother has designated this woman as his only successor. Now that my brother is not in the clan, it is naturally impossible for you to meet her easily."

It can only be said that Li Qing's current strength is so great that he managed to subdue these Ice Spirit Clan elders; otherwise, he might not have been able to enter the Cold Abyss and meet Shen Ningbing today.

Subsequently, under the guidance of the Ice Flower Ancestor, Li Qing separated a wisp of divine thought and spread it into the ancient, unmelting, ten-thousand-year-old mysterious ice in front of him.

Although his divine sense was weak, it was extremely strong, and he easily probed into Shen Ningbing's sleeping sea of ​​consciousness.

Before long, the humanoid ice sculpture, which had been frozen in the ancient ice for thousands of years, slowly opened its eyes. Li Qing's face was reflected in its clear, icy pupils, and then a drop of ice appeared at the corner of its eye.

"Senior Brother Li, is that you?"

“It’s me, Junior Sister Shen. I’m late,” Li Qing replied with his divine sense.

"Senior brother, I miss you so much."

(End of this chapter)