Having fled for four days, Mo Wuji stopped, drawn in by the biting cold around him. Upon approaching the source of the chilling aura, he discovered a frozen waterfall of extreme ice.

Normally, when cold reached a certain degree, it would freeze into ice. The ice waterfall before him clearly wasn't frozen, yet the extreme cold emanating from it made Mo Wuji, even with his semi-sage body, shiver involuntarily upon approaching.

Mo Wuji was certain that ordinary Celestial God cultivators would be frozen solid if they entered this extreme ice waterfall without any protective treasures.

Such a non-freezing waterfall was usually created by pure, ice-attributed treasures. Due to the rules, no matter how cold it was, it would not freeze.

Mo Wuji scanned the area with his spiritual will, then flashed and stepped directly into the extreme ice waterfall.

He naturally wouldn't miss such a treasure.

As soon as he entered the extreme ice waterfall, Mo Wuji knew that others had been here before him. Not just one person, but at least three had come here before him. Judging by the traces, they hadn't been here long and had likely ventured deeper inside.

The inside of this extreme ice waterfall was like a Water Curtain Cave, with a cave extending deeper. The ice-attributed rules within the cave were powerful, hindering Mo Wuji's spiritual will and making it difficult to see clearly.

Mo Wuji simply concealed his aura and figure, and with the Wind Escape Technique activated, he entered the depths of the cave like a wisp of wind.

There had to be good things inside, and he didn't want to miss them.

In less than half an incense stick's worth of time, Mo Wuji stopped. Before him was a vast lake, its surface as calm as a mirror, in stark contrast to the powerful ice waterfall outside.

Three people stood by the lake, and Mo Wuji was surprised to recognize one of them.

It was Wan Ru, a woman with only a Godly Infant Realm Layer 6 cultivation. Yet, she was able to stand in this extremely cold place. However, Mo Wuji quickly understood why Wan Ru could stand here. Wan Ru, along with the two men beside her, were all supported by a kind of talisman.

Mo Wuji was a level three talisman master, but he couldn't recognize this particular talisman. It seemed to be at least a level four divine talisman.

One of the men standing beside Wan Ru was dressed in red, with extremely pale skin and a Celestial God Realm Layer 9 cultivation. The other was tall and thin, wearing a green divine cultivator's robe, also with a Celestial God Realm Layer 9 cultivation.

Mo Wuji felt that the red-clad guy had solid Dao rhythms around him and seemed stronger than Gai Ji.

Using Gai Ji, one of the top ten Celestial Gods of the Nirvana Learning Academy, as a reference, Mo Wuji was sure that this red-clad guy could at least rank in the top five. Well, it was only natural that someone by Wan Ru’s side wouldn’t be mediocre, given her outstanding beauty.

"Senior Brother Fei, I heard that the extreme ice around the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo increases several times when it emerges from the ice lake. Our talismans are only level four, can they withstand it?" asked the tall and thin cultivator.

Judging by his tone, he addressed the red-clad man as Senior Brother.

Mo Wuji was shocked. Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo? Could it be that the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo was in this lake?

Although he hadn't seen the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo, he had heard of it twice. The first time was in the inheritance of the Green Robe God Pill King, in the God Realm spiritual plants. The second time was when Chi Bing mentioned it.

This was a top-tier treasure, and it was rumored that the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo had no grade. That is to say, the lowest grade of this spiritual object was also a level seven divine spiritual herb. Only divine spiritual herbs exceeding level seven were rarely recorded in the God Continent.

The Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo had many uses, but condensing a body for a Primordial Spirit was just one of its most common uses.

It was rumored that the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo was undoubtedly the best among all known treasures for purifying spiritual roots. Things like the Purifying Spirit Dao Fruit were trash compared to the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo.

Ice-attributed cultivators could use the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo during specific periods to transform their spiritual roots into flawless spiritual roots.

However, these were not the greatest uses of the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo. Its greater use was purification. If one wore it on their body while cultivating, they could ignore all distractions and purify all impurities and chaotic rule auras in the divine spiritual energy they absorbed.

This was terrifying. Why was Mo Wuji's cultivation speed so much faster than others? Besides having one hundred and eight meridians, his Mortal Dao could eliminate all complex Daos and absorb pure divine spiritual energy. This showed how precious the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo was.

Mo Wuji had previously thought that since so many resource tokens were lost on this planet, the experts from the Nirvana Learning Academy must have come here. Now he was beginning to doubt his assumptions. No matter how strong the experts from the Nirvana Learning Academy were, they wouldn't ignore the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo. They certainly wouldn't leave the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo for these disciples fighting for resources. In some ways, the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo was more precious than the Primordial Breath.

"It should be fine. As far as I know, the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo only appears for a very short time, only ten breaths. Our talismans are top-grade level four cold resistance talismans. Even if the cold here increases by about double, these talismans can resist it for a small half incense stick's worth of time. In that amount of time, Big Brother Fei will have already collected the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo." To Mo Wuji's surprise, it was Wan Ru who said this.

The tall and thin man nodded and said, "That's right, Senior Brother Fei is ranked fifth among the top ten Celestial Gods in the Nirvana Learning Academy. He definitely doesn't need ten breaths to collect the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo."

Wan Ru's cultivation had been unable to increase, but her knowledge was definitely more than theirs. She loved reading all kinds of jade slips and ancient scrolls. Many God Monarch and even World God experts would ask Wan Ru about things they didn't understand.

Mo Wuji cursed inwardly, this was utter nonsense.

According to the introduction in the Green Robe God Pill King's manual, the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo grew in extreme ice cold lakes. It would emerge once every twenty-four hours, and each emergence would last for forty-nine breaths. Moreover, when the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo emerged, the surrounding cold would increase more than tenfold, definitely not just double.

With the icy aura here, an increase of tenfold would be difficult to withstand even with a level five cold resistance talisman, let alone a level four talisman.

If one wanted to collect the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo, they could only take it away the moment it emerged. Otherwise, once the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo was disturbed, it would disappear from here. As for how it disappeared, the Green Robe God Pill King recorded that it might dissolve into this world, but it was more likely that the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo had spatial talents and simply escaped.

If this Wan Ru wasn't talking nonsense, then she had ulterior motives.

Mo Wuji carefully communicated with the River Luo. He had a semi-sage body, and he wasn't afraid of ordinary cold. However, if the cold here increased tenfold, even his semi-sage body would be frozen.

The red-clad man nodded. "Wan Ru is right. I will collect the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo as soon as possible."

Time passed slowly. Before, Mo Wuji hadn't paid any attention to Wan Ru. Now, most of his attention was on Wan Ru. This woman was not simple.

After another two hours, ripples suddenly appeared on the calm, mirror-like surface of the lake.

Mo Wuji knew that the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo was about to emerge.

The other three also knew that the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo was about to emerge, and they were all focused on the lake. The Fei-named cultivator was ready to rush out.

"Crack!" Although it was lake water, there was a sound of ice breaking from the surface.

A crystal clear ice bamboo slowly stretched out from the lake, and the leaves of the bamboo were like snowflakes in a fairy tale, with rounded six petals. The surrounding cold dropped sharply, but still couldn't stop the faint fragrance.

The red-clad Fei-named cultivator was a little stunned. According to Wan Ru, the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo would only appear for ten breaths, and it should grow completely as soon as it emerged from the lake. At this speed, the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo probably wouldn't be fully out after ten breaths.

The surrounding cold rapidly increased. The red-clad Fei-named cultivator heard his cold resistance talisman cracking and looked urgently at Wan Ru.

"Senior Brother Fei, the cold is definitely more than double, it's still rising, let's go quickly..." Before the red-clad Fei-named cultivator could speak, the tall and thin cultivator shouted urgently.

Something was wrong. The Fei-named cultivator suddenly realized this. With a flash, he was about to flee this place.

But before he could move, two killing glows had locked onto the space and shot towards him.

"Crack!" At the same time, the Fei-named cultivator's cold resistance talisman shattered.

"Wan Ru, you..." The Fei-named cultivator stared at Wan Ru with his eyes about to burst, unable to believe that it was this woman, who was usually so gentle and only had a Godly Infant Realm Layer 6 cultivation, who had attacked him.

Wan Ru said calmly, "It is your honor to die by my side. Go in peace..."

As soon as she finished speaking, the tall and thin green-robed cultivator had already been torn apart by her sneak attack, turning into ice slag. He was already unable to hold on. If Wan Ru hadn't sneak attacked him, he would have had a chance to escape. Now that Wan Ru had attacked, he had no chance of surviving.

"Wan Ru, even if I, Fei Yidao, die, I will drag you, this vicious bitch, down with me..." As Fei Yidao’s voice fell, his body similarly turned into fragments, but a red light shot out from his body and struck Wan Ru directly.

Just as Fei Yidao had said, he would drag Wan Ru with him even in death.

Unfortunately, he had miscalculated. His red light struck Wan Ru, only splashing a burst of glaring white light. The talisman on Wan Ru seemed to shatter, and Wan Ru didn't explode as Fei Yidao had imagined. Instead, she closed her eyes and sat down, seemingly dispelling the cold that had invaded her body. She didn't even bother with the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo. Perhaps she didn't need to worry, she could just wait another twenty-four hours.

Mo Wuji was secretly horrified. This woman's strength was definitely not Godly Infant Realm Layer 6. He was sure that even in a head-on battle, Fei Yidao wouldn't necessarily be Wan Ru's opponent. This woman was hiding so deeply, what was she trying to do?

Whatever she was trying to do, it had nothing to do with him. Taking advantage of Wan Ru's healing, Mo Wuji transformed into a wisp of wind and rushed towards the Extreme Ice Celestial Bamboo in the lake.

(The third update is here, requesting monthly ticket support, there is also a fourth update, the time is uncertain.)