Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

The land is frozen solid for thousands of miles, and the chilling air hangs heavy in the sky.

Suddenly, the world turned upside down, and Jiang Sheng looked around and found himself in a frigid extreme place.

The earth is frozen for thousands of miles, with palaces and pavilions built of ice crystals stretching like mountains, and glaciers reaching tens of thousands of miles high lying across the north and south, seemingly without end.

Looking at this icy land called the Taiyin Illusion, Jiang Sheng frowned slightly: "The Taiyin Illusion?"

“Something is not right. The Taiyin is dark yet clear, cold yet radiant. It is the glorious righteous path, the source of all things. Therefore, it is neither turbid nor dirty, neither ice nor frost, but clear and transparent, mysterious and pure. Thus, it transforms into chaos with the Taiyang.”

"The Taiyin Illusionary Realm should have all sorts of strange phenomena, giving rise to twelve mysterious colors, transforming into dreamlike shadows, creating ethereal scenes that seem both real and unreal, clear and cold yet bright. How could it be so icy and desolate?"

Thinking of this, Jiang Sheng couldn't help but recall the pavilions and palaces he had seen when he met Shuangque Yuanjun earlier.

The celestial palaces and cloud palaces rise in layers of mountains, pavilions and towers stand in rows, springs and waterfalls cascade, exotic flowers and rare herbs grow, laurel and winter fungus flourish, magnolias and weeping willows abound.
That celestial palace truly deserves the title of the Lord of Taiyin Guanghan. The power of Taiyin within it condenses into ethereal mist, its clear and cold light shimmering and shining. It is indeed a celestial palace in the heavens, the Guanghan Palace of the Moon.

But this so-called Taiyin Illusionary Realm looks more like a barren wasteland where criminals are exiled.
Jiang Sheng kept recalling the events in his mind. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the Cold Frost Palace Sovereign was not quite right. However, he had received too much information in a short period of time, and the environment had changed one after another, making it difficult for Jiang Sheng to sort out the clues.

But deep down, Jiang Sheng was already on high alert towards the Cold Frost Sovereign. Even if what she said wasn't entirely false, it certainly wasn't entirely true either!

As he pondered, a cold wind howled in, accompanied by a howling gale. It was as if some colossal entity in the world had awakened and turned its gaze upon Jiang Sheng.

As the cold wind howled and frost flowers danced wildly, the world was icy cold. In the raging snowstorm where even a person could not be seen three feet away, a dark figure rose from the ground, standing as majestic as a mountain.

Immediately following was a deep, muffled voice that echoed through the cold wind: "I am the Frost Giant God, guarding this place by order of the Lord of Guanghan. You audacious sinner, why don't you surrender immediately?!"

A criminal?!
Jiang Sheng looked up and saw that there was something wrong with the wind and snow in this area.

Jiang Sheng could clearly sense that the frost flowers dancing wildly in the sky seemed to have some special characteristics. Not only could they hinder the perception of the soul and affect the five senses and six consciousnesses, but as the cold wind blew and the frost flowers fell on his shoulders, they also gave Jiang Sheng a numb and tingling feeling that his bones and muscles were about to be broken by the cold wind and his soul was about to be frozen by the frost flowers.

In the next instant, Jiang Sheng suddenly moved, and a frost iron chain, a hundred feet thick and covered in frost, pierced through the wind and snow and landed where Jiang Sheng had just been. The end of the chain was deeply embedded in the ancient glacial permafrost beneath his feet, instantly forming a layer of ice several feet thick on the ground.

Jiang Sheng frowned slightly. The Frost Giant was hiding in the wind and snow, but the wind and snow covered the sky and the earth and had the effect of hindering perception and numbing the soul. Didn't this mean that the Frost Giant could attack Jiang Sheng without restraint?

Moreover, the Frost Giant God itself should be a kind of innate spirit belonging to ice and cold. In this environment, Jiang Sheng is restrained by others at every turn, but it can unleash ten or even twelve percent of its power. Fighting with it is really disadvantageous for Jiang Sheng!

"Those exiled to this place are mostly immortals and gods."

"But after they entered this place, they were still lively and energetic one day, but the next day they were so frozen that their souls cracked and their flesh turned to ice, and they begged me to whip them so that I could give them a chance to live."

"How long can you, a sinner, hold on here?"

The Frost Giant laughed loudly, and iron chains and hooks shot out from the wind and snow, piercing towards Jiang Sheng from all directions. The hooks, engraved with various magical restrictions and spiritual marks, went straight for Jiang Sheng's hands, feet, and chest, as if they wanted to pierce through Jiang Sheng's hands and feet and hook onto Jiang Sheng's ribs and spine.

With just a glance, Jiang Sheng saw no less than a dozen kinds of magical restrictions on these hooks, including blocking magical power, shielding perception, locking immortal source, and even numbing the physical body and freezing the soul; while the spiritual marks on the hooks were mainly for breaking restrictions, destroying magic, suppressing the soul, shattering spirit, sharpness, hardness, immortality and so on.

If this hook were to pierce Jiang Sheng's body, even with his current level of cultivation, he wouldn't fare well for a while.

Looking at the hooks and chains that were piercing in from all directions, Jiang Sheng channeled his magical power and casually unleashed bolts of magical energy to repel the hooks and chains.

But then they heard the iron chains whistling through the air, piercing the void with a chorus of buzzing sounds like a swarm of snakes, disturbing people's minds and giving them splitting headaches. Even Jiang Sheng couldn't help but shake his head to dispel the dizziness in his mind.

"Hahahaha, you sinner, you deserve to die!"

Upon seeing this, the Frost Giant couldn't help but burst into laughter and raised his hand to grab Jiang Sheng.

In an instant, the wind and snow became even more turbulent and violent, with the cold wind mixed with frost and snow pressing down all over the sky, as if it wanted to swallow up the heavens and the earth.

Amidst the wind and snow, a gigantic hand, forged entirely of ice and covered in blue-nailed armor, descended from the sky and reached out to grab Jiang Sheng.

The Frost Giant God, convinced that Jiang Sheng was powerless to resist, decided to seize the little insect and torment it.

However, when that giant icy hand descended from the sky, a glint of light flashed in Jiang Sheng's eyes!

"You're the one I've been waiting for!"

In an instant, the soaring sword intent pierced the sky, suppressing the frost and snow for millions of miles and avoiding the cold wind for tens of millions of miles.

As the blizzard was extinguished by the sword intent, the Frost Giant hidden in the snow revealed half of its arm.

The sharp and indomitable sword intent was so piercing that it seemed to be able to cut through anything and sever all obstacles, causing the Frost Giant to exclaim in disbelief, "What?!"

As the blue rainbow shimmered, the three calamities of destruction flowed on the Qingping Sword in Jiang Sheng's hand, and the final calamity and fortune formed a powerful force: "The wind and snow were too disturbing, making it really difficult to find your trace."

"But now that you've revealed your true form, you can forget about leaving!"

The Frost Giant realized something was wrong and immediately tried to retract its arm and hide itself back in the snowstorm, but unexpectedly a magnificent sword technique locked onto its trail, giving it no chance to hide.

This sword technique was majestic and righteous, radiant and brilliant, like wind, thunder, water, and fire surging, like the awe-inspiring destruction of the three calamities. In an instant, an infinite force pressed down, as if heaven and earth were shattered and all laws were vanished, causing the Frost Giant God to change his expression.

In an instant, the Azure Sword Light surged into the sky, and in a flash, it seemed as if the earth and sky had collapsed, and chaos vanished without a trace.

Before the frost giant's utterly horrified eyes, a sword beam, seemingly forged from the very essence of time, slashed straight down. In an instant, as the sword light struck the heavens and earth, in the frost giant's eyes, it seemed as if endless wind, thunder, water, and fire surged forth, and boundless aura of calamity permeated the air. The wind, thunder, water, and fire, carrying the aura of calamity, poured down like a flood, as if an unstoppable, overwhelming force.

The Frost Giant's last memory was the soft chant of the Seven-Foot Taoist, who was as insignificant as dust:
"Severing the heavens and cutting off time."

The sword flashes, time is cut short, and heaven and earth crumble.

The cold wind subsided, the frost flowers dispersed, and even the gods were slain.

As the snowstorm subsided and the world returned to normal, the Frost Giant collapsed and disintegrated into countless ice crystals. On the earth, a bottomless sword mark stretched across the land from east to west, cleaving open the distant palaces and pavilions, cutting off the vast glaciers behind it, and finally extending eastward, its length unknown, reaching millions of miles.

Jiang Sheng casually sheathed his sword, glanced at the ice crystals that had dissipated before even hitting the ground, and snorted coldly: "Just a primordial spirit."

The Frost Giant's cultivation is indeed remarkable; his realm should be the Integration Realm. In this icy world, with the support of various favorable conditions, he is able to unleash the power of the Third Tribulation Integration Realm.

And this is the result of this world being sealed off for 40,000 years.

If this were in the previous era, the true realm of this Frost Giant God should have been the Fifth Tribulation Daoist, enough to unleash the power of the Mahayana realm. This would be in line with its statement that it was "ordered by the Lord of Guanghan to guard this place and punish sinners."

However, no one can stop the passage of time. The Frost Giant God, who was majestic in the previous era, has not only fallen in realm in this era, but his cultivation has also declined. He is no longer as powerful as he was in the previous era.

Or rather, it's already unexpected that it can maintain its current level of performance.

However, the Frost Giant God died too quickly, leaving Jiang Sheng nothing behind. Not to mention any magical treasures or artifacts, not even fragments of scriptures were found.

Fortunately, Jiang Sheng had anticipated this situation. Looking at the wind and snow that had already dissipated under the sword's edge, and at the straight sword mark that seemed to reach the sky, Jiang Sheng took a leisurely step forward, his figure disappearing and reappearing thousands of miles away. Then he took another step forward and appeared in front of the palace that had been cut open.

"Heaven and earth are shrouded in darkness, a vast and cold mirror palace."

Softly reciting the couplet from the palace gates before this continuous series of halls, Jiang Sheng tilted his head to look at the plaque that had been cut in two: "Hanxuan Prison Realm".

"The Frosty Prison Realm. This place is not a celestial palace illusion, but a frosty prison?!"

As he pondered, Jiang Sheng suddenly rose into the air and stood high above, looking down at the continuous palaces. He saw that the palaces were deathly silent and eerie. Although the spiritual light on them was dim and the immortal marks were mottled, various sealing patterns still remained.

The array patterns and Dao traces were faintly visible, shrouded in wind and snow.
This is not some grand formation protecting the celestial palace and cloud hall; it is clearly a restriction that locks down this prison!
Recalling the words of the Frost Giant God, the palace complex must contain the Xuanhuang Realm Immortals and Gods of the previous Yuanhui!

However, with the change of eras, the Taiyin Star no longer had a master. Forty thousand years later, it suffered from the chaos caused by the Heavenly Demon. Not only did the Taiyin Star lose a lot of power, but this prison also fell into a trough.

So much so that when the Frost Giant guarding the prison was killed by Jiang Sheng, the prison could no longer be maintained and was also cut open by Jiang Sheng.

With the Qingping Sword in his palm, Jiang Sheng flashed into a palace. The palace was empty and cold, with traces of ice everywhere. The walls and ceiling were covered with dense magical and spiritual patterns, and even the floor was engraved with fine array patterns and spiritual seals.

Inside this grand hall, chains forged from frost extended from the hall's pillars, piercing through a withered body at the center of the hall.

It was a hundred feet tall, wearing a bright jade and gold crown and a brocade robe with flying phoenixes. It must have been a noble immortal. However, this immortal was bowing his head, his limbs and bones were pierced by chains, and he could only sit there without moving an inch. Moreover, his breath had dissipated without a trace.

After the changing of dynasties and forty thousand years, the immortals and gods imprisoned here had long since exhausted their lifespans and perished, leaving only their spotless robes and incorruptible corpses.

Jiang Sheng walked up to the corpse and took a jade pendant from its waist. The pendant was very exquisite. It was made of galaxy soft jade with gilded edges. The front was engraved with the shape of the sun and moon, and the back was inscribed with the three palaces' prosperity. Auspicious clouds and bright jade hung on it, and twelve bright pearls with six marks hung down. It also had a jade tassel hanging from the tail. It was truly exquisite and luxurious.

"Shuangyi Dao Palace, the deputy ruler of the nine military departments under the three palaces, Chang."

This immortal deity named Chang was none other than the Deputy Lord of the Military Affairs Department, one of the three palaces and nine offices under the jurisdiction of the Shuangyi Dao Palace during the previous Yuanhui.

According to Jiang Sheng's memory of the description of the Shuangyi Dao Palace in "The Great Thousand Era", the highest level of the Shuangyi Dao Palace is the Sun and Moon Shuangyi, which are arranged in three palaces below, respectively in charge of Heaven, Earth and Man. Below the three palaces are nine departments, each with its own functions, and they are all extremely noble.

If the ruler of the Three Palaces is a Mahayana Immortal Lord, then the ruler of the Nine Departments must be a Dao Integration Realm cultivator. And this Deputy Lord of the Military Affairs Department named Chang has reached the Fourth Tribulation Realm.

Such a revered and highly accomplished immortal was trapped and died in this great prison.

The entire hall was spacious and clean, completely free of clutter. There wasn't even a single candle; only the magical seals and spiritual marks on the four walls and the dome floor emitted a faint glow.

Therefore, apart from the jade pendant that proved his identity, Chang only had his clothes and hat. His natal magic weapon and other belongings were probably not brought in when he was locked up here.

Looking at the attire, Jiang Sheng thought for a moment but couldn't bring himself to strip it off. He only took the jade pendant and then entered another palace.
Before long, Jiang Sheng had explored the entire Cold Profound Prison Realm. The once heavily guarded and powerful arrays and spiritual restrictions had long since lost their effectiveness with the changing of the ages, and the passage of forty thousand years had caused all the immortals and gods imprisoned within to perish.

Jiang Sheng searched the entire prison and found a total of ninety-seven remains of immortals and gods from the previous Yuanhui. Of these, thirty-seven remained intact and dressed in their best clothes, while the rest were decayed and their clothes were torn.

From these immortal and divine corpses, Jiang Sheng collected ninety-seven jade tablets representing the upper three realms from the Shuangyi Dao Palace, and also obtained a lot of information.

Some of them knew they couldn't leave, so they engraved their skills on the floor to pass them on; others, out of boredom, engraved their understanding of the world and their insights into the Dao; still others left behind their understanding of alchemy, talisman making, and weapon crafting as a legacy.
Ninety-seven immortals and deities imprisoned here left behind seven volumes of cultivation techniques; five chapters of insights and reflections on the principles of heaven and earth, yin and yang, and water and fire; three chapters on alchemy; one chapter on talisman-making; and seven chapters on weapon crafting.
These things were more useful to Jiang Sheng than a large number of rare and precious natural treasures.

After making copies of these items, Jiang Sheng left the prison and appeared tens of thousands of miles away, standing in front of the cleaved glacier.

Gazing at the massive glacier before him, which was over 100,000 miles thick and stretched for millions of miles, Jiang Sheng carefully sensed its aura and then smiled: "It seems that this glacier is the natural barrier separating the Cold Profound Prison Realm from other places."

"So, this Taiyin Illusionary Realm contains not only the Cold Profound Prison Realm, but also other special realms."

After some thought, Jiang Sheng leaped into the air, traversing a glacial crevice stretching tens of thousands of miles eastward. (End of Chapter)