After descending the mountain, my aloof fiancée became completely devoted to me.

The evening breeze swept through the courtyard, dispelling the last traces of gloom and turbidity from the southern frontier. The clear light of the stars and moon shone on the Wutong Manor, creating a tranquil and peaceful scene of scattered light.

But this peace lasted only a moment.

In the dark night sky a thousand miles away in the northern region, a wisp of scarlet energy pierced through the clouds, like an ancient and undying blood-red gleam, firmly fixed on the small area of ​​Wutong Manor.

A chilling, ancient, and desolate pressure instantly overwhelmed the entire southern border region.

Shen Aoxue, who had just awakened her dual souls and taken control of the earth's veins, suddenly trembled violently. Her ancient divine soul, which had just been calmed down, became restless again. A deep-seated fear swept over her entire body. She tightly gripped Lin Ping's clothes, her pretty face deathly pale.

"The Ancient Abyss...it really is them!"

Her voice trembled, and she couldn't help but take a half step back, her heterochromatic eyes filled with extreme fear.

Having lain dormant in the southern borderlands for millennia, what she feared most was never the sinister old ghost who coveted her body, but rather the ancient Prison Abyss forces that had severely injured and sealed her, severed her soul, and imprisoned her here for millennia.

It is a forbidden existence that transcends the rules of this world, a terrifying and malevolent force that spans countless ages.

Alu's smile froze instantly, her hair stood on end, and she subconsciously took a step forward, pressing herself tightly against Lin Ping's side. Her small hands gripped the hem of her clothes tightly, and she instantly channeled her spiritual energy into her entire body, looking warily towards the northern horizon.

"Prison Abyss? What's that? Is it even more powerful than that old ghost from before?"

Zhu Xiaohan's face darkened completely, her cold eyes fixed on the Northern Region. She unleashed her full cultivation power, instantly opening up the spiritual energy barrier around her, her brows furrowing with extreme seriousness.

She possessed profound cultivation and knew most of the ancient secrets of this world, but the four words "Ancient Prison Abyss" remained a top-level taboo that she had never touched.

The millennia-long conflicts, the evil influences of the earth's veins, and the deadly traps of fate in this world are nothing more than a child's farce in the face of the power of the Prison Abyss.

"It was an extraterrestrial evil force from countless ages ago." Shen Aoxue bit her red lips, her voice dry and heavy. "Back then, my divine soul was at its peak, and my Dao fruit was perfected, but I was ambushed by the powerful beings of the Prison Abyss. They forcibly severed my divine soul, sealing half of my origin in my physical body to sleep, while the other half was forced into the earth's veins, where I survived for ten thousand years by relying on the power of evil."

"That sinister old ghost was nothing more than a remnant phantom left behind by Qiu Yuan back then, its purpose being to trap me, wear down my divine soul essence, and prevent me from making a comeback!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the atmosphere in the courtyard became completely silent.

Everyone instantly understood that this fateful game in the Southern Frontier, which had lasted for tens of thousands of years, was neither the scheme of the sinister old ghost nor Shen Aoxue's plan to nurture her soul. From beginning to end, it was the controlling hand of the ancient Prison Abyss that was secretly manipulating things.

Old Ghost is the pawn, Shen Aoxue is the prey, and the entire southern border region is a prison and hunting ground set up by Prison Abyss for ten thousand years.

Boom!

The crimson aura in the northern sky suddenly surged, the clouds for thousands of miles exploded, and a thick blood mist swept across the sky, obscuring the stars and moon.

A hoarse, cold male voice, carrying the aura of ancient decay, pierced through the void for thousands of miles and exploded above the Wutong Manor.

[Shen Wu, after ten thousand years of dormancy, nourishing his soul with malevolent forces, and devouring all the remaining pieces, has he finally dared to fully awaken?]

[I laid down a cage that would last for ten thousand years, leaving a wisp of remnant energy to grind down your foundation. I thought your soul had long since crumbled, but I didn't expect you to be so patient and even dare to use the hands of a mortal to break free and be reborn.]

As the voice faded, a terrifying suction force emanated from the Northern Region, locking onto Shen Aoxue's body and forcibly pulling away the ancient Daoist essence and the power of the Southern Border's earth veins that had just been stabilized within her.

Shen Aoxue groaned, her body staggering as if about to fall. Her two souls clashed violently, and her divine soul, which had just achieved balance, was on the verge of chaos.

She poured all her cultivation into resisting, but in the face of the absolute power of the Prison Abyss, the earth vein power she controlled was utterly ineffective, and the Dao aura around her crumbled layer by layer.

"They're extracting my Dao Fruit!" Despair flashed in Shen Aoxue's eyes. "The Prison Abyss has locked onto my divine soul's origin. If they pull me there, both my souls will be annihilated, and I'll be completely scattered!"

Seeing this, Alu did not hesitate to raise her hand and unleash several sharp spiritual energies. Golden spiritual light shot straight into the blood mist, trying to block the pulling force of the void.

But the moment the spiritual energy touched the crimson aura, it instantly vanished into nothingness, without even causing the slightest ripple.

puff!

The backlash caused Aru's blood to surge, and she spat out a mouthful of blood, staggering backward.

"So strong... I can't stop them at all!" Aru gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with resentment and helplessness.

Zhu Xiaohan formed intricate hand seals with her fingertips, and her spiritual power transformed into countless ice blades that tore through the air and impacted the blood-red aura, but the result was still exactly the same.

All their attacks were futile, failing to even budge the slightest bit of the opponent's pressure.

[Two mere ant-like cultivators dare to try and stop a chariot?]

A cold, mocking laugh rang out again, and a thin, blood-red streak of light pierced through the void for miles, instantly landing above the courtyard and striking Zhu Xiaohan and Alu directly.

The speed was so fast that it gave the two no chance to dodge.

The crimson light, carrying the malevolent power of the Prison Abyss, would instantly corrode the physical bodies and souls of the two people upon impact.

Shen Aoxue's pupils shrank drastically. She desperately tried to stand in front of the two, but the pulling force of the void held her body firmly in place, making her unable to move.

At the critical moment, a calm figure stepped out steadily.

Lin Ping stood with one hand behind his back, his posture upright and composed, letting the blood-red aura wash over him without the slightest fluctuation in his expression.

Just as the crimson light was about to fall on the two women's heads, he casually raised his palm and lightly closed his five fingers.

There were no earth-shattering phenomena, no overwhelming bursts of spiritual power.

A simple palm print, a light touch as it strikes the falling crimson light.

Snapped!

A crisp, loud bang echoed through the courtyard.

The Prisoner's Abyss Fiery Light, powerful enough to instantly kill even the top cultivators of this world, shattered into countless fine blood mists the moment it touched Lin Ping's palm, completely disappearing without a trace.

The gale suddenly stopped, and the oppressive force dissipated.

The terrifying aura that had once overwhelmed the world vanished instantly.

The entire room fell silent.

Aru stood frozen in place, staring blankly at the figure in front of her, her face still pale, her eyes filled with shock.

Zhu Xiaohan's tense body suddenly relaxed, and she stared at Lin Ping in disbelief, her eyes surging with extreme astonishment.

That seemingly insurmountable and ferocious attack was actually neutralized by Lin Ping with a casual palm strike.

Shen Aoxue stared blankly at Lin Ping, her heterochromatic eyes once again surging with turbulent emotions.

She knew that Lin Ping's strength was unfathomable, far exceeding the limits of this world, but she never expected that he could break through the malevolent power of the Ancient Prison Abyss so easily!

You must know that is a top-level forbidden power that has spanned countless ages and suppressed her for countless years!

【Um? 】

Deep within the void of the Northern Region, the aged, cold voice carried a distinct surprise for the first time.

[This barren land actually harbors such a powerful expert? Who are you?]

Lin Ping raised his eyes, his gaze piercing through the blood mist for miles, staring directly at the terrifying hidden figure deep in the void of the Northern Region. His voice was calm and even, yet it carried a chilling coldness that seemed to penetrate eternity.

"Hiding a thousand miles away, concealing your true identity, do you even have the right to ask me who I am?"

Arrogant!

A furious roar resounded through the void, and the blood mist churned violently. An even more terrifying and malevolent power coalesced and took shape, condensing into a blood-red giant hand a hundred feet in size, which covered the sky and crushed down from the northern sky.

Wherever the giant hand passed, space shattered layer by layer, black cracks appeared in the void, all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was swallowed up, the entire southern border trembled violently, mountains and rivers shifted, and the earth's veins flowed backward.