I gain ten years' worth of cultivation every day, and even geniuses will only see my doorstep!

"A mere trick." Qin Yuan snorted coldly. He activated the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique at full power, and nine-colored spiritual light flowed across his body, shattering the frost that adhered to it. The cold and yin energy was also dispelled by the pure and peaceful Profound Origin spiritual power.

At the same time, the second layer of the "Undying Body of the Universe Stars" "Star Bone" quietly activated within his body. A warm current originating from the depths of his bones surged throughout his body. The extreme cold that was enough to freeze a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator had limited effect on him!

Ignoring the ice crystals filling the sky, he accelerated once more, unleashing a punch straight at the heart of the enemy!

Wherever the fist passed, the azure ice crystals shattered, and a passage was forcibly torn open in the icy domain!

Young Master Youquan's pupils contracted, not expecting that his Xuanming Cold Qi Domain would be broken through so easily by the other party! He dared not take it head-on, and his figure retreated rapidly. At the same time, he opened his mouth and spat out a stream of dark blue innate cold qi, which transformed into a thick Xuanbing shield in front of him!

"Bang!"

Qin Yuan's fist slammed solidly into the Xuanbing Shield! Spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread across the shield's surface. Young Master Youquan groaned, forced back several steps along with the shield, his chest heaving with blood and qi. He was horrified; his opponent's strength seemed even greater than it had been at Meteor Lake!

"Mysterious Netherworld Claws!" Young Master Youquan steadied himself, his hands forming claws as he reached out to grab Qin Yuan from afar! Ten dark blue claw shadows tore through the air, accompanied by mournful ghostly howls, attacking Qin Yuan's vitals from different angles with treacherous trajectories, and the claw winds contained disturbing ghostly sounds from the underworld!

Qin Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly. Although this Young Master Youquan was injured, he still possessed considerable skill. He no longer held back, bringing his right index and middle fingers together, a pale golden light flickering at their tips.

"Mysterious Origin Demon-Slaying Finger!"

With a single finger strike, it wasn't a single burst of energy, but rather ten incredibly fine, yet perfectly concentrated, golden rays that precisely met the ten dark blue claw shadows!

"Pfft pfft pfft pfft..."

A series of soft popping sounds followed, and the ten claw shadows dissipated like balloons punctured by needles! The Xuan Yuan Po Sha Finger is specifically designed to break through evil and malevolent energy, making it the nemesis of these kinds of ghostly claws!

The force of the finger strikes, still strong, shot towards Young Master Youquan! Young Master Youquan was shocked and hurriedly dodged, but was still grazed on his left shoulder and right rib by the two finger strikes. His protective aura instantly broke through two small holes, his clothes were torn, his skin was torn, and there was even a trace of pale golden spiritual energy left at the wounds, which continuously eroded his Netherworld spiritual energy, bringing him burning pain!

"Ah!" Young Master Youquan cried out in pain, his eyes filled with a visceral venom of hatred. He roared, "You forced me to this! Nine Netherworld Profound Nether, Soul Sacrifice!"

He bit his tongue hard, spitting out a mouthful of blood essence that merged into the chilling blue aura surrounding him! Simultaneously, his hands rapidly formed hand seals, and a strange, dark blue rune appeared between his brows! A terrifying aura, even colder and more violent than before, seemingly emanating from the depths of the netherworld, rose from his body! His aura began to surge wildly, faintly touching the threshold of the Void Refinement stage, but his face was even paler, his eyes sunken, clearly indicating he had paid a tremendous price, most likely burning a portion of his divine soul essence!

"Qin Yuan! Die! Nine Nether Profound Netherworld, Great Extinction Hand!"

Young Master Youquan, seemingly possessed, spread his five fingers wide and pressed down on Qin Yuan in mid-air! A gigantic ghost hand, several feet in diameter, composed entirely of dark blue, icy energy and ghostly fire, appeared out of thin air. Countless vengeful spirits seemed to wail and float within its palm, carrying a terrifying pressure capable of annihilating all life, and slammed down towards Qin Yuan! Wherever the ghost hand passed, even space itself slightly distorted, and a deep palm print was pressed into the floor of the ice cave!

This attack was far more powerful than the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and almost as powerful as the full-force attack of a cultivator in the early stage of the Void Refinement stage! It was clearly Young Master Youquan's trump card, a desperate move he had been holding back!

On the other side, the Wood Spirit Twins and Yun Qingyao were engaged in a fierce battle with the two Netherworld Palace disciples, "Ghost Shadow" and "Ghost Fiend." The Wood Spirit Twins shared the same cultivation method and cooperated seamlessly. Although their cultivation was slightly inferior, they managed to barely hold off Ghost Shadow, a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, thanks to their exquisite wood-elemental interactions and formation coordination. Yun Qingyao's cloud and mist techniques were unpredictable, and with the life-saving item Qin Yuan had given her, she was temporarily safe from the mid-stage Nascent Soul Ghost Fiend, though at a disadvantage.

However, when Young Master Youquan unleashed his "Great Extinction Hand," the terrifying pressure swept across the entire ice cave, causing the four to tremble violently and momentarily freeze in their tracks. Taking advantage of this, Ghost Shadow and Ghost Fiend intensified their attack, putting the Wood Spirit Twins and Yun Qingyao in grave danger!

Qin Yuan looked up at the dark blue ghostly hand that was slamming down, its gaze finally turning serious. This attack truly had the power to threaten his life.

He took a deep breath, simultaneously activating the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique and the Universe Star Undying Body to their fullest potential! The Nine Revolutions Nascent Soul shone brightly, its powerful spiritual energy surging like a river! Deep within his bones and muscles, pale silver starlight flowed, and his physical strength coalesced!

He did not choose to dodge. In this relatively narrow ice cave, the opponent's desperate attack had a huge range, and dodging might actually drag the Wood Spirit Twins and Yun Qingyao into it.

Then let's fight it out head-on!

Qin Yuan stood with his feet slightly apart, his right fist clenched, and slowly brought it to his waist. Nine-colored spiritual light and pale silver starlight intertwined and swirled on his fist, and an equally terrifying power rapidly condensed and compressed at the knuckles!

"Mysterious Origin Suppresses the Mountains, Stars Shatter the Sky!"

With a low shout, he unleashed a punch, gathering his strength to its peak, like a dragon emerging from the abyss, fiercely striking upwards! It met the descending, gigantic ghostly hand head-on!

The fist was thrown, but silently.

But the air in front of the fist seemed to be instantly sucked out, compressed, and then suddenly exploded! A nine-colored fist aura, condensed to its extreme, tore through the dark blue cold air like a shooting star and slammed into the palm of the ghost hand!

"BOOM—!!!!"

An indescribable roar erupted within the ice cave! An extremely violent energy shockwave swept outwards like a tsunami! The millennia-old ice walls of the cave crumbled and collapsed as if made of paper! Countless massive ice blocks crashed down, causing the earth to tremble violently!

The Wood Spirit Twins, Yun Qingyao, and Ghost Shadow were all thrown back by the terrifying impact, crashing into the distant ice wall. Their blood churned, they coughed up blood, and stared in horror at the center of the explosion!

Where the azure ghost hand collided with the nine-colored fist energy, a brief energy vacuum was created, where countless azure chills and nine-colored spiritual lights were frantically annihilated and exploded! The ghost hand let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain, and a large hole was blasted into its palm by the fist energy. Countless vengeful ghost phantoms vanished into thin air in the nine-colored spiritual light! The entire ghost hand trembled violently, and cracks appeared everywhere!

The fist energy that Qin Yuan unleashed was also constantly being consumed and shattered during the impact!

Finally, with an even more violent explosion, the Azure Ghost Hand and the Nine-Colored Fist Qi perished together, both disintegrating! The remaining turbulent energy blasted a huge crater in the center of the ice cave!

Qin Yuan stood rooted to the spot, his figure swaying slightly, the ice beneath his feet cracking, and a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. Taking a direct hit from this near-Void Refinement attack had, even with his current strength, caused him some internal injuries; his blood and qi surged, and his spiritual energy fluctuated. But his eyes remained bright, his fighting spirit undiminished.

In contrast, Young Master Youquan was struck hard the moment the Ghost Hand was broken. He spat out a mouthful of black blood, and his aura plummeted like a deflated balloon, falling directly from the level close to the Void Refinement stage back to the mid-stage of the Divine Transformation stage. He was weak and listless, with unfocused eyes. Clearly, the backlash from the secret technique had exacerbated his injuries, making it difficult for him to even stand.