My father is the main character, but the female leads want to kill me.

Mu Shishuang looked at the rock giant with some surprise. She hadn't expected that this big guy would have regenerative abilities. But if it could regenerate, then it must have a key core that supplies power.

Mu Shishuang's eyes flashed with a deep blue light. She could roughly see where the rock giant's core supplied its power, and the light from its head was the most dazzling. Clearly, the core that supported its movements was located in that area.

At this moment, the rock giant opened its arms, and icy blue light shimmered on its hands. The stones hidden by the snow "broke out" and floated in the air, as if a powerful magnetic force was supporting these boulders. The rock giant pushed its hands together forcefully towards its chest and clasped them together.

The boulders seemed to have eyes, streaking across the sky and being hurled towards Mu Shishuang. When they reached her vicinity, they would explode with a "bang," turning into rock bombs and leaving Mu Shishuang covered in dust and debris.

Faced with this situation, Mu Shishuang showed little panic. She dodged to the side, avoiding the explosions of several rock bombs. The hand seals in her hands kept changing, and a silver ball of light surging with terrifying spatial power condensed and transformed into a beam of light, shooting towards the head of the rock giant.

It actually tore through space, taking the giant's head into the spatial turbulence, where it was instantly shredded into dust and then disappeared into the void.

The floating boulders, having lost their levitation, tumbled down the cliff and were buried in the white snow.

Mu Shishuang patted the dust off her body and continued climbing towards the snow mountain. However, to her surprise, when she reached the mountainside, she encountered a human-headed, horse-bodied creature holding a strange long sword, which had been standing still.

Upon seeing Mu Shishuang, her eyes, like those of the rock giant before her, blazed with a ghostly blue flame. The longsword in her hand drew an arc in the air, the ghostly blue flames clinging to it. She then slammed it into the ground beside her, creating a trench.

"Another monster at the Undying Realm... what exactly is this place...?"

When Mu Shishuang saw the monster, her pupils were filled with surprise. She now understood why this place was called the Death Zone by the people of Jiezhou. How could they deal with such a monster without spiritual power?

The monster, with a human head and a horse's body, gripped a strange longsword tightly. Then, its entire body transformed into a dark blue fire shadow and rushed towards Mu Shishuang.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Mu Shishuang, and slashed straight at Mu Shishuang with his long sword. However, the long sword passed right through Mu Shishuang's body. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an illusion, while the real Mu Shishuang had already appeared behind the group of people.

He quickly formed hand seals, and silver spatial energy transformed into silvery-white crescent moons, shooting densely towards the monster.

But the monster seemed to have eyes in the back of its head. It swung its long sword backward, and the dark blue flame barrier swallowed all the spatial blades. It let out a low roar and stretched out its left hand towards the sky. A dark blue ball of light condensed in its palm, and the entire arena floor was instantly lit up with spider web-like dark blue patterns.

Mu Shishuang felt that the dense veins on the soles of her feet were actually absorbing the energy and blood in her body. This made Mu Shishuang shout and leap into the air. She used her skills to hover briefly in mid-air to resist the anti-air zone here.

His eyes lit up with a deep blue light once more as he searched for the monster's weakness. The light on its chest indicated that it was the centaur's core of power.

Mu Shishuang discovered the weakness, closed her eyes and chanted a strange incantation. Behind her, a phantom figure appeared, almost invisible, but the huge figure somewhat resembled Mu Shishuang herself.

Suddenly, a point of light appeared in the sky. The light was like an invisible pen, quickly outlining a huge and profound deep blue magic circle in the air. The terrifying aura pressed down like a mountain.

The monster below seemed to sense a threat from the magic circle, roaring to the sky. Its strange longsword was suspended in mid-air by a mysterious force, and eerie blue flames poured out from the monster's body, flowing into the strange longsword.

The patterns on the long sword lit up with a dazzling, eerie blue light. The monster suddenly spurred its four legs, leaping four or five meters high. The terrifying force caused the earth to crack, and the monster flew into the air, grabbing the long sword in mid-air with its right hand.

"Roar!"

A fiery slash, seemingly capable of splitting mountains and seas, struck towards Mu Shishuang, who was casting the spell.

Mu Shishuang suddenly opened her eyes. The rotating deep blue magic circle lit up with a dazzling light, and huge deep blue vines emerged from the center of the magic circle, directly attacking the powerful flame slash.

Pale pink flowers bloomed on the vines. When the flowers touched the fiery slash, they exploded with an astonishing sound. The powerful impact spread in all directions, and the snow mountain was shaken. The snow that had accumulated on the mountaintop for a long time rolled down the mountain with a rumbling sound, looking from a distance like a white ocean churning.

Meanwhile, halfway up the mountain, the powerful fiery slash was devoured by the strange vines. The remaining deep blue vines wrapped around the centaur-like monster, and the fragrance of the pink flowers transformed into threads that burrowed into its body, continuously absorbing its energy. When the heavy snow buried the monster, the eerie light in its eyes was like a candle that had burned out, extinguishing its last light.

Mu Shishuang fell from the sky and landed with a thud in the thick snow. She managed to crawl out with difficulty and spat out a lot of the snow she had eaten.

She collapsed onto the snow, taking out a lot of pills from her spatial ring to restore her energy and stuffing them into her cheeks like candy. Just now, in order to finish the battle quickly, she chose to use her ultimate move to kill the monster, but this also nearly exhausted her.

Mu Shishuang looked at the ever-bright blue sky and felt the pill transform into qi and blood, flowing through her body to her limbs and bones. It felt like a warm current flowing through her whole body, which was quite comfortable. However, she thought that she had been here for several days and was only halfway up the mountain. There must be other trials at the top. She hoped that it wouldn't be a high-level immortal realm expert.

Her strength is only enough to bully Lin Ran. Saying she's a top expert on the continent is relative. Within the Spirit Clan, she's definitely a weakling, easily manipulated. As a clan leader, she doesn't even have any say in anything.

"Sigh, once I revive that Lin Ran, I must..." Mu Shishuang chewed on the pill, then stopped talking. Instead, she slowly sat up, lowered her head, and muttered softly, "I'll talk about those things later..."

The journey up the snow-capped mountain became even more treacherous, with powerful monsters constantly appearing in Mu Shishuang's path, causing her to expend a great deal of energy.

After recovering seventy or eighty percent of her strength, Mu Shishuang headed towards the final challenge of the snow mountain. As she followed the stone steps and trudged through the snow to the summit, a huge arena appeared before her. Beside the arena, a path led to an even higher platform, where one of the treasures Lin Ran needed, the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus, should be located.

This huge arena is completely white, but I can't see any guardians here. What's going on?

Mu Shishuang cautiously stepped into the arena, even jumping around a few times, but nothing happened. Sensing something was wrong, she rushed straight to the path, but didn't trigger anything.

When she climbed onto the stone platform, there was indeed a pool of crystal-clear, icy spring water, but she did not see the figure that resembled the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus.

No, or rather, there isn't even a Nine Heavens Azure Lotus here, just a spring, nothing else.

Upon seeing this scene, Mu Shishuang's mind went blank for a moment, her legs went weak, and she collapsed onto the cold stone ground. Sweat soaked her clothes, and the cold wind made her feel exceptionally cold. Her heart felt as if it had fallen into a deep abyss, chilled to the bone.

Even when facing those monsters, she had never felt such fear and dread. Just like when she was a child, she curled up into a ball, clutching her hair tightly, her eyes unfocused, muttering anxiously, "No, there must be... How could there not be... There definitely is... Didn't I pass the test... What were all those monsters I fought my way here... Why is this place..."

Mu Shishuang was trapped in a vicious cycle of doubt. She was panicked and terrified. She couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if she really failed. She was afraid to see that future. She was afraid that her sister would find out, afraid that her sister's child would find out. She was afraid, and she regretted her past actions more and more...

At this moment, large snowflakes began to fall from the sky, gradually accumulating on Mu Shishuang's body in this desolate snow-covered mountain where birds had vanished and human tracks had disappeared.

Only Mu Shishuang remained, huddled atop the mountain, as if abandoned by the world, letting the snow engulf her, seemingly burying even her hope within it…

……

Chapter Seventy-Nine: Lin Hongjia's Fury

On the mountaintop, snow was falling heavily. A person sat there, hugging their knees, buried in the snow, their life or death unknown. How much time had passed was unknown—perhaps a day, two days, a week, or a month…

After an unknown amount of time, the "snowman" actually started to move, but lost its balance and fell headfirst into the icy cold pool in front of it.

In the pool, Mu Shishuang felt herself fall into the icy water. She didn't even need to use her qi and blood to resist; she just let the cold seep into her body. Perhaps this would help her wake up. She opened her eyes in a daze, and there seemed to be all sorts of lights and shadows in front of her... some of them so dazzling that they were almost blinding.

Mu Shishuang rubbed her eyes and opened them again. When the scene in front of her became clear, she saw that the bottom of the pool was shining with a dazzling blue light. It was very gentle and mild, and when she got close, it seemed to dispel some of the coldness of the pool.

She instinctively moved towards the light, and as she entered it, she involuntarily closed her eyes. A voice rang in her ears, and the space seemed to be changing.

When Mu Shishuang opened her eyes again, she found herself in a cave, soaking in a small pool. Water dripped from the cave ceiling, but what attracted the most attention was the small pool in the center of the cave.

There grew a lotus flower and lotus leaf, the most dazzling of which was the one that surpassed all the other lotus flowers. Its nine petals were light blue, and its roots and leaves were also very peculiar, being light blue and transparent. You could vaguely see that it was absorbing the energy of the pool water, and the faint fragrance it emitted could make people feel happy and comfortable.

When Mu Shishuang looked at the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus, which was almost identical to the one described in ancient books, her lifeless eyes suddenly seemed to fill with light. She couldn't help but exclaim, "Why is this Nine Heavens Azure Lotus at the bottom of this pool...?"

Although I really want to know the answer to this question, it's not as important as the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus anymore.

The most important news is that the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus, which could have saved Lin Ran, is still there. However, how to pick the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus in front of her is another problem. The ancient books do not say how to pick and consume it. If she accidentally makes a mistake, she will ruin such a treasure.

"Isn't there any other information about this cave?"

Mu Shishuang began searching the cave, and sure enough, on a wall, she found a piece of ancient script written with very vigorous strokes, but much of it was already blurred and difficult to recognize. She could only decipher a part of it.

"This is the Nine Heavens of Twin Mountains... the conditions are harsh... to pluck it... one must use Twin Magnolias..."

She could only decipher a few fragments; most of the words were so blurred that they were no longer recognizable, even though she could manipulate the power of time.

But to be honest, she rarely uses such a forbidden bloodline talent. Every time she uses it, she pays a huge price. Even predicting the future consumes most of her power, let alone the powerful power of time.

"Perhaps to pluck the Nine Heavens Azure Lotus and unlock its secrets, we must travel to another mountain to find the answer..."

This news was good news for Mu Shishuang; at least it gave her hope. Otherwise, she really wouldn't know how to cope.

After leaving this space, Mu Shishuang returned to the deep, cold underwater world and swam upwards. When she reached the mountain peak outside, Mu Shishuang breathed a sigh of relief. Even though she was soaked, the icy wind made her feel the biting cold.

Compared to before, at least now hope has been rekindled in her heart, dispelling the chilling despair that was so frightening.

"The other mountain... it must be that one, right?"

Mu Shishuang used her qi and blood to evaporate the water droplets on her body, her eyes gazing at another snow-capped mountain that looked exactly like the one beneath her feet.

"I guess we should just keep attacking. I'm so tired. Why did I ever do something so thankless and exhausting? I got nothing, lost everything..."

Mu Shishuang shook her head. She had been out for a long time and had been following Lin Ran for almost a year. At first, she thought of secretly killing Lin Ran, but then she wanted to see what he was up to. So she followed him for several months. When she was about to actually do it, she changed her mind and started to torture him. Then she got angry from being scolded and almost killed him.

What is she thinking every day?

Following the path I had come from, I descended the mountain, lost in thought, and headed towards another snow-capped mountain.

.......

In the Central Region, on a sky island thousands of miles above, Lin Hongjia stood at the highest point of one of the sky islands, gazing into the distance. In her palm was the Dragon and Phoenix Heart Jade, but at this moment, the soul imprint on the jade pendant had become extremely dim and dull, as if it would be extinguished at any moment.

Seeing the jade pendant in this state, Lin Hongjia felt as if a thousand-pound boulder was pressing down on her heart, making it hard to breathe, and she gripped the jade pendant even tighter.

"Miss, I'm here!"

A portal of light appeared behind Lin Hongjia, and Old Wang, dressed in a long robe embroidered with gold patterns, walked out and respectfully addressed Lin Hongjia.

Lin Hongjia turned around, waved casually, and asked anxiously, "Old Wang, have you found out what I asked you to do?"

Old Wang glanced at the young lady today. He felt that she had been cultivating more and more diligently lately, to the point of almost becoming possessed by demons. But today, her face was cold, as if she was suppressing her anger. He couldn't help but wonder, "Who has offended the young lady?"

However, in response to the young lady's question, Old Wang replied promptly: "I have found out the information you asked me to investigate. Clan Chief Lin Ran has indeed disappeared."

It might be related to the Spirit Clan. Through my clan's secret methods, I found that Clan Chief Lin Ran had only been in contact with the Spirit Clan during the Ji Dynasty for a short time before being taken to Jiezhou.

Subsequent investigations revealed that we had been detected by the other side, who then implemented countermeasures to block out the secrets of heaven. Judging from their methods, they are at least at the Immortal Realm. That's all we know for now.

"What about Brother Lin Chong? Is he alright?" Upon hearing "Jiezhou," Lin Hongjia immediately thought of Lin Chong's safety and asked anxiously.

Old Wang shook his head and said, "Young Master Lin Chong is doing very well. He is cultivating at Tianli Academy and there are no safety issues for him."

"Then, Elder Wang, have you found out who that Spirit Clan member is?" Lin Hongjia asked after a moment's thought.

Old Wang stroked his white beard, thinking about this with a bit of a strange feeling, and said: "Speaking of this, I also have some doubts. Based on the clues left by the other party, and the fact that he is an Undying Realm cultivator, and the Spirit Clan is now sparsely populated, that Undying Realm cultivator may be the current Spirit Clan Chief, Mu Shishuang."

What I want to know is, why would a Spirit Clan Chief be involved with Chief Lin Ran? This is too much…”

Although Elder Wang knew that the Spirit Clan's patriarch was just a puppet, someone who had been put on the throne, he was still an Undying Realm cultivator. How could he be connected with Patriarch Lin Ran? This was simply too unbelievable.

Upon hearing Elder Wang's words, Lin Hongjia was startled and quickly asked, "What is the relationship between this Mu Shishuang and Mu Qiqin, the former Holy Maiden of the Spirit Clan whom I asked you to find before?"

"relation?"

Old Wang was taken aback, and frowned as he recalled those old stories. After a while, he suddenly clapped his hands and said in surprise, "That old codger Mu Qiuen has two daughters. The younger daughter was born later, and the older daughter seems to be Mu Qiqin. She and the current clan leader Mu Shishuang should be sisters."

Lin Hongjia finally understood a lot of things. Although she didn't know exactly what had happened, one thing was certain: that damned bitch Mu Shishuang must have done it for her sister, which led to Lin Ran's current state. But she wouldn't impulsively call on Old Wang to catch Mu Shishuang and avenge Lin Ran.

First, that damned stupid woman has no idea where she led Lin Ran. Second, her voice and status within the clan have only just been established. Once she has enough voice and status, she will be able to command more elders. In addition, she is still too weak now and has not yet reached the point where the clan can fight against the Spirit Clan on her behalf.

So, getting rid of that stupid woman will take time, but the longer she waits, the angrier she gets…

"Old Wang!"

Lin Hongjia's cold shout startled Old Wang, who quickly asked respectfully, "Miss, what are your orders?"

"Keep an eye on that stinky woman named Mu Shishuang. Once you find her, Old Wang, you'll come with me to teach that ungrateful bastard a lesson."

"what?"

Old Wang was momentarily at a loss, and quickly advised, "Miss, the other party is the current patriarch of the Spirit Clan. Even if he's just a puppet put on the throne, if we take action, word will get back to the Spirit Clan, and they'll come knocking on our door to settle scores. You'll face criticism within the clan..."

"Can't you hide your identity? Even if they know we're from the Celestial Clan, so what? Just beat them up. Give them a good beating before they come back for more."