Extracting all things: My attributes grow infinitely.

The two continued on their way.

Along the way, Jiang Chuan's conjecture was indeed confirmed.

Chang Yuexian knew this secret realm like the back of her hand; she knew exactly where the restrictions were and where the ambushes were.

With her leading the way, the originally perilous secret realm became somewhat like a leisurely stroll.

Occasionally, a few ignorant demons would appear, but she would sense them in advance and either avoid them or deal with them herself, so Jiang Chuan never had to lift a finger.

"arrive."

Chang Yuexian suddenly stopped.

Jiang Chuan looked up.

Before us stood a natural stone wall, tens of feet high.

The stone wall was entirely black, smooth as a mirror, and the spiritual energy fluctuations on its surface were as calm as water, appearing unremarkable at first glance.

Without careful observation, it would be difficult to discover that the entrance to a cave is hidden deep within this stone wall.

The door has two panels, each engraved with an extremely complex hexagram.

Chang Yuexian stared at the two doors and suddenly fell silent, her gaze becoming somewhat distant.

"I stood in front of this door just as I do now."

She suddenly spoke, her voice cold and clear, as if she were talking to Jiang Chuan, or perhaps to herself.

"At that time, I was traveling with Bai Qiuhan, and I was still cultivating the Gui Water Dao Foundation."

Jiang Chuan's brow twitched almost imperceptibly.

"He cultivates the Ren water element, which is both yin and yang, and their destinies are compatible. That's why we came to this door and opened it with our own hands."

Chang Yuexian's voice was calm, but Jiang Chuan could hear the deep hatred hidden beneath her calmness.

"Behind the door lies a rare opportunity: a second-grade, third-level Gui Water Qi."

Second rank, third grade!?

Jiang Chuan was surprised to hear this.

This is indeed an extraordinary opportunity, comparable to the True Monarch Daoist Scripture that Ye Wanxia and Long Yuan obtained in the Heavenly Ruins Secret Realm!

but,

Chang Yuexian is clearly cultivating Ding Fire now!?

She slowly spoke, "That should have been my Great Dao Secret. If I could obtain it, my path of Gui Water would be smooth sailing, with no bottlenecks whatsoever. But right at the door, Bai Qiuhan suddenly turned on me and snatched my opportunity!"

Chang Yuexian skipped over the complicated details and simply said, "Take it away," which made Jiang Chuan's heart tremble slightly.

For two companions, the most unpredictable thing is often not the restrictions or monsters, but the inner demons of the companions themselves.

"He stole my opportunity and cut off my path. Tell me, what would you do in his shoes?"

She suddenly turned her head and looked at Jiang Chuan.

Jiang Chuan remained silent for a moment, then replied with only four words:

"Irreconcilable enemies."

Chang Yuexian neither nodded nor shook her head.

Her gaze lingered on his face for a moment before returning to the tightly closed stone door.

"Later, I had another opportunity to change my cultivation to Ding Fire and start over. You don't need to know how much suffering I endured. Outsiders say that I was entangled with him and that I hated him because of love. But in the end, they just think it's more interesting to say it that way. From beginning to end, there was only one thing between him and me."

"The Debate over the Great Dao".

"A fight to the death."

Her voice was tinged with hatred, like a dark river slowly flowing beneath the ice.

Jiang Chuan offered no comment.

For him, the hatred of being deprived of his path was indeed a thousand times heavier than matters of love and sex.

Now it all makes sense why Chang Yuexian would appear here, and why she would knowingly walk into a trap set by Bai Qiuhan.

However, as Chang Yuexian gazed at the two stone doors, her mood was not as calm as she appeared.

A thought that she had been trying to suppress for many years suddenly surfaced uncontrollably at this moment.

If only she had obtained that Gui Water Qi back then.

Was she already a Foundation Establishment True Person who looked down upon all living beings?

Would she have been spared all this suffering alone on this path for so many years?

"If it were me back then..."

A wild thought that should never have crossed Chang Yuexian's mind suddenly flashed through her mind.

She suppressed the inexplicable flutter in her heart, turned her head subtly, and glanced at the man behind her out of the corner of her eye.

Jiang Chuan was looking up at the stone wall, his brows slightly furrowed. As if sensing her gaze, he turned his head and his eyes met hers.

"What's wrong?"

Chang Yuexian withdrew her gaze, her face as cold as ice: "It's nothing, open the door."

Jiang Chuan stepped forward without hesitation.

The two men placed their palms on the two marks almost simultaneously.

One was as fiery as a flame, the other as serene as the moon.

The Qi of Bing Fire and Ding Fire converged in the stone gate, like two opposing forces of destiny colliding violently.

Buzz...!

A burst of spiritual light shone brightly above the stone gate, and countless lines spread out from the two marks, instantly covering the entire doorway.

The heavy stone door slowly slid open to both sides, and an ancient aura poured out from the cracks in the door.

When everything behind the door came into view, even Jiang Chuan was stunned.

It was a small stone chamber with smooth, jade-like walls, yet no one paid any attention to them.

Because right in the center of the stone chamber, on that half-person-high stone platform, a deep blue stream of light was suspended in mid-air!

The streak of light was only about a foot long, its entire body a deep blue like the sea, with tiny specks of light floating within it, as if a deep sea were sealed inside.

Upon seeing it for the first time, the Qi in Jiang Chuan's dantian began to tremble on its own.

【Taiyin Xuan Shui Qi】!

Second-grade spiritual energy.

A truly pure Gui Water Qi that is comparable to the Qi in his furnace!

"That's impossible!"

Jiang Chuan turned his head and saw that Chang Yuexian's cold and aloof face showed an uncontrollable shock for the first time. Her pupils trembled slightly, her breathing became rapid, and even the moonlight flowing around her was disordered.

"That's absolutely impossible!"

She took a half step back, as if she had seen something beyond the realm of common sense.

"He can replicate this secret realm! But this [Taiyin Profound Water Qi]... how can it still appear here?!"

Jiang Chuan could understand Chang Yuexian's shock.

Second-grade spiritual energy is not like a common cabbage found in the mountains.

The entire northern region.

No, even if you look across the entire Heavenly Chapter Realm, you might not be able to find a second identical second-grade spiritual energy!

How could Bai Qiuhan possibly produce a second dish?!

Chang Yuexian's voice trembled.

next moment.

The delusional thought in her heart was suddenly magnified.

Whoosh!!

Her figure shot out like an arrow in an instant.

Jiang Chuan felt a sense of dread.

He tried to stop him, but the moon-white figure was too fast, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of the stone platform.

But when her fingertips were only a hair's breadth away from the [Taiyin Xuan Shui Qi], Chang Yuexian suddenly froze.

Her body was stiff and cold.

It was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over his head.

wrong!

What she is repairing is no longer the Gui Water Dao Foundation.

It is Ding Fire.

Moreover, he had already cultivated to the point of perfect Qi Refining!

Even if this Qi is excellent, it's like flowing water reflecting flowers to her. Why would she suddenly have the delusional thought of changing her path?

She stared at the deep blue light, her eyes flickering several times, her breath almost stopping.

"Junior Sister Chang."

A cold, hoarse voice suddenly rang out from the depths of the stone chamber.

Jiang Chuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

Deep within the stone chamber, a cold, grayish-white light appeared, and Bai Qiuhan's illusory figure slowly coalesced from nothingness.

He was dressed in a Taoist robe, his face was pale, and his narrow eyes were half-open and half-closed. He looked so haggard that he seemed like he could be blown away by the wind at any moment.

He looked at Chang Yuexian with a deep gaze, as if he were talking about the greatest regret of his life, "How I wish that the person who took this spiritual energy back then was you."

"Bai Qiuhan, you..."

Chang Yuexian didn't even have time to finish the last word.

A phantom flicked its sleeve.

The [Taiyin Profound Water Qi] had already risen up like a living thing, heading straight for her palm!