Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

This is a sign that I am about to win!

"Hahaha……"

He burst into laughter; he had won this battle once again.

That being said—

He seems to have overlooked one thing.

By the time he realized it, it was too late.

Two ice lotuses.

Three rings.

On Jiang Yuetian's magical spear, there was also an ice-blue ring!

"what?!"

Jiang Shengxuan exclaimed in surprise, his eyes flashing with boundless fear.

Because at this moment, that ring, along with Jiang Yuetian's last bit of spiritual energy, completely turned into dust and scattered away!

Exquisite ice blooms within the flames.

So……

The problem is coming.

In extreme heat, extreme cold suddenly appears; if the two collide...

boom! boom! boom!

What it produces is the terrifying temperature difference...

explosion.

In an instant.

The sky and earth changed color.

Or rather, everything seemed to lose its meaning at this moment. The sword formation disappeared, the fighting arena disappeared, and even... the two colliding spears disappeared and were annihilated in this endless explosion.

No one knows how long the explosion lasted; all the participating cultivators know is...

This was a terrifying explosion that shook the heavens and the earth... it almost shook the very foundations of the secret realm.

Jiang Yuetian, who did all this, completely lost consciousness in the shock of the explosion.

147. A Secret Realm Near the Threshold – Flaming Mountain Marathon

Within the secret realm of a near-level cultivator.

All around, covering the view, are seemingly endless lava volcanoes, with lava occasionally erupting from afar accompanied by violent roars and emitting thick, pungent black smoke.

The temperature around them was so high that it was almost unbearable. Perhaps it was because they were in this unknown lava field, but Ye Yuchan and Zhang Ruoxue felt as if their tender skin was being scorched.

The silver-haired maid, with dead fish eyes resembling those of a certain thug, surveyed the lifeless surroundings with a look of deep emotion.

"Although I was prepared beforehand, I didn't expect it to be so hot when I got close... It's like a volcano."

Zhang Ruoxue fanned her delicate face with her bandaged right arm. "Yeah... but what kind of place is Flaming Mountain?"

"A place where a life-winner old bull spirit and a tigress princess live, oh right, they also have a brat who's all on fire."

After listening, Zhang Ruoxue raised an eyebrow and said, "Yu Chan, why do you talk like a teacher, saying things that are hard to understand?"

—Of course, if you understand that, then you must also be a transatlantic traveler who came here illegally without a visa.

Ye Yuchan silently complained to herself, waved her hand to signal Zhang Ruoxue not to worry about these details, and then turned her gaze to the magnificent and beautiful scenery in front of her.

Although it is described as a scenic spot, Ye Yuchan believes more that it is not the work of nature, because the enormous volcano of unpredictable height almost completely obscures her view. Roughly estimated, the base of this towering mountain alone may occupy hundreds of thousands of square meters.

Given such a terrifying range, its height is naturally extraordinary as well.

From Ye Yuchan's and her companion's perspective, the summit was completely invisible.

Unfortunately, that was their goal.

All cultivators at the next level must climb this unknown mountain in the secret realm, and the first person to reach the summit will end the competition. The height reached by all cultivators will then be used as the basis for the rankings.

In other words, it's a race.

A race to see who reaches the summit first.

Yu Chan rubbed her sore neck. Looking up for so long made her think she might develop cervical spondylosis. "Ruo Xue, are you rested enough? It's time for us to set off."

"There shouldn't be any problems."

Zhang Ruoxue stood up, adjusted the arm armor on her right hand slightly, and then a resolute expression appeared on her face.

In fact, when the two of them first entered the secret realm, they unexpectedly encountered another team. The other team clearly wanted to eliminate Ye Yuchan and Zhang Ruoxue from the very beginning, but they obviously underestimated the two girls' abilities.

After annihilating that group of people, Zhang Ruoxue had very little spiritual energy left. After arriving at the foot of this secret mountain, Ye Yuchan and Zhang Ruoxue had been resting.

Until now—

How do we get up there?

Zhang Ruoxue has never been one to plan or design. She looked at Ye Yuchan, hoping to get an answer from her.

"How else can we get up? Although we don't have the ability to fly on swords, climbing a mountain shouldn't be a big problem, right?"

"Oh, I see. You crawl, right? I get it."

Zhang Ruoxue clapped her hands in sudden realization, then clung to the rough, dark rocks of the mountain, grabbed the slightly protruding rocks with both hands, and with a push of her right foot, she soared upwards several meters.

Watching Zhang Ruoxue climbing using rather primitive methods, Ye Yuchan slapped her own snow-white forehead, revealing a helpless expression.

"Are you trying to imitate Spider-Man with me? We're monks, monks, use your brains!"

"Huh?" Zhang Ruoxue, who was clinging to the rocks like an octopus, glanced down from a height of over ten meters. "Didn't you tell me to climb?"

"Climbing mountains is just a general term; it doesn't mean you actually have to climb them!"

Ye Yuchan was truly impressed by Zhang Ruoxue's straightforwardness. What else was in this girl's head besides alcohol?

She's never seemed that stupid in our usual conversations. Could this be a case of being naturally ditzy?

She sighed, then stepped onto the dark gray stone. A flash of lightning appeared, and she pushed off with all her might, gathering her spiritual energy under her feet. She seemed to defy the laws of gravity and soared into the air, her feet firmly planted on the stone. Her body was at a ninety-degree angle to the mountain, as if she were being sucked in.

Ye Yuchan rushed over to Zhang Ruoxue, who looked completely bewildered, and rolled her eyes at her. "What are you still standing there for? Let's go."

"Ah... Oh oh."

Zhang Ruoxue paused for a moment, then followed Ye Yuchan's example, successfully shifting her gaze and standing horizontally on a rock at the foot of the mountain.

The towering peak was no longer an endless expanse that couldn't be seen even by looking up; to them at that moment, it felt more like the finish line of a marathon.

We can't see it yet, at least not now.

Ye Yuchan's gaze passed over the lava erupting from the crater to the right and then fell upon several small but rapidly moving black shadows. Her tone immediately became tense: "I think we need to hurry. There should be quite a few people rushing here now, and there should even be people who are faster than us who have already started climbing."

"After all, we wasted some time on that first group." Zhang Ruoxue clenched her fists. Even though she had already given them a good beating, she still didn't seem satisfied.

"Let's not think about that too much for now, let's just—"

The word "walk" hadn't even finished.

Ye Yuchan's dark eyes widened, lightning flashed beneath her feet, and her figure transformed into a serpentine bolt of lightning as she charged towards Zhang Ruoxue.

"Eh?!"

Caught off guard, Zhang Ruoxue was immediately pulled into Ye Yuchan's arms. In the next instant, she saw a long, crimson halberd, about a meter tall, stuck in the spot where she had landed.

Holding Zhang Ruoxue in a princess carry, Ye Yuchan gazed solemnly at the red-haired boy, who looked about thirteen or fourteen years old and stood on the halberd, staring at her with great interest.

She remembered the boy.

Before entering the secret realm, she sensed an almost manic hostility emanating from the young man standing behind her, and it was clear that it was directed at her and Ruoxue.

More importantly, the young man was wearing the blue and white Taoist robe from the Three Heavens Academy...

Three days at the academy.

In terms of fame, it is probably even greater than the Lantian Empire of the Desolate Sky Domain and the Northern Ice Palace!

Because the Three Heavens Academy was originally founded by Emperor Wen, and it has cultivated generation after generation of terrifyingly powerful individuals who have reached the pinnacle of sainthood. Even the most renowned and mysterious Forging Saint today came from the Three Heavens Academy.

Therefore, the Three-Day Academy also has another name.

Monster Academy.

That doesn't mean the people inside are bloodthirsty like monsters, but rather that their talents are all monstrous; any one of them could be a prodigy in a powerful force.

Without a doubt, the red-haired boy in front of them was also one of the monsters.

"I finally found it! Sisters, it took me a lot of effort to find it."

The moment he opened his mouth, an overwhelming aura of evil poured forth.

That aura should have belonged to evil cultivators, but this young man dressed in the robes of the Three Heavens Academy possessed a malice even more terrifying than that of evil cultivators.

Those unique scarlet eyes scanned back and forth between Ye Yuchan and the other person, a playful and teasing expression slowly emerging in them—it was as if he were looking at two toys that pleased him.

Ye Yuchan slowly put Zhang Ruoxue down, then stared warily at the boy who called himself Mo'er. "You're looking for us?"

"Yeah~" The boy chuckled and licked his lips. "I saw it very clearly. The teacher specifically showed me the second round of your battle in the Ten Thousand Schools Showdown."

“You are very strong. Originally, I was planning to take action against those people from the Extreme Heaven Domain, but now the only ones I can stand up to are you two sisters.”

"Now that Mo'er has found her sisters, then... then... then..."

He looked at Ye Yuchan and Zhang Ruoxue with anticipation, and casually drew out the extremely heavy halberd, "Which of you will go to your death first?"

Go to death.

The moment she uttered those two words, Ye Yuchan felt a sudden chill run down her spine, and a wave of killing intent caused her consciousness to waver subtly.

That's no joke.

The boy in front of them truly possessed an extremely intense killing intent... and it was a rather frenzied, irrational killing intent.

He wanted to kill someone!

This is bad, very bad.