Beside them, the Cultivators who had fortuitously arrived at this place from the Ancient Ice Glacier, as well as Liu Jin, Fang Hong, and the Evil King, were all without exception shocked.
The previous Ghost Fox Blood Claw, although much stronger than this one, was defeated by a single punch from a grayish-brown-robed woman whose strength was also extraordinary!
To Liu Jin and the others, Zhou Yan’s progress seemed so apparent, so defying of the heavens!
They were all nearly astounded.
Zhou Yan paid no attention to their surprise or the grayish-brown-robed woman’s wariness. With a wave of his hand, he derived Soul Killing Chains from the Tai Chu Killing Spirit, instantly causing the woman’s body to tremble as if she were a servant bound in chains, suddenly flying towards Zhou Yan of her own accord.
The grayish-brown-winged woman called out respectfully.
Then, she bent her body and knelt above the Void in front of Zhou Yan, bowing to him.
Zhou Yan said coldly.
The obedient grayish-brown-winged woman lifted her head, her lifeless, gray-white eyes filled with a sense of vacuity.
Zhou Yan opened the Eye of Destruction and looked at the woman’s brow. Through it, he found the imprint of a Time Origin Point and finally understood that this world was indeed a derivation from the Endless Ice Palace, which had evolved autonomously and developed its own rules.
According to the correct deduction, after this world appeared, Thunderflame Breaking Path Mountain replicated this scene. Under different Time Rules, the same growth was manifested.
It was like the known circular track, and the result after copying.
The world inside Thunderflame Breaking Path Mountain and this world were both real, yet both illusory.
It was like a preset Ancient Array, the effects of the Array, and the changes within it, were actually already determined at the time the Array was set.
This world was copied over by Thunderflame Breaking Path Mountain and experienced changes over time. Thunderflame Continent inside Thunderflame Breaking Path Mountain was this world’s past, or future.
There was no significant difference. The only difference lay in the strength.
"Copy a world? Let the world go through Time Rules changes to spy on the future transformations of the Endless Ice Palace?"
"Suppose there are no external influences and it continues to develop, the world inside Thunderflame Breaking Path Mountain might, due to faster time and a larger scale, develop the situation tens of thousands or even millions of years in advance, while this Endless Ice Palace should still be in its initial state..."
"Is it so? It depends on whether Princess Hongyi recognizes me or not."
Zhou Yan pondered thoughtfully and immediately cleared up the fact, deducing the reasons for this series of changes.
Still, who had such a big hand to simulate all the conditions of the Endless Ice Palace, and then with the power of a Great Power’s Soul Sea, create the illusion of the Thunder Origin Sword God to replicate a world for ’derivation’?
"This is truly the work of a once-in-a-lifetime genius, a heavenly stroke!"
"Just the Soul Sea in that part of Thunderflame Breaking Path Mountain, how many Cultivator Souls had to be consumed? To copy this Endless Ice Palace, what exactly does this person want to know?"
Having understood all this, Zhou Yan was profoundly moved; this method was earth-shattering, even more so than learning that Wu Ji was a replacement.
Zhou Yan’s mind moved, his Soul Power touched the Time Origin Point on the woman’s brow. That instant, the woman’s body trembled violently, regaining lucidity for a moment, but then her body was suddenly enveloped by endless blood. In an instant, large patches of red fur grew all over her body, rapidly transforming into a ferocious and violent Blood-colored Ghost Fox.
But as soon as her body became the Blood-colored Ghost Fox, it immediately exploded into a puff of blood mist.
All the black blood now turned extremely scarlet, exuding an intense, sickening stench of blood.
Zhou Yan’s mind stirred, and from his palm derived the Silent Annihilation Purple Flame with the primordial Tai Chu Rune. With a flash of the Purple Flame, it ignited in the void, and in an instant, all of the Blood-colored Ghost Fox’s Blood Qi was completely burned away by the Purple Flame, ceasing to exist.
None of the people around dared to even let out a breath at this time, and some Cultivators from the Ancient Ice Glacier were secretly relieved they had not clashed with this Venerate, King Yan.
These Cultivators from the Ancient Ice Glacier recognized the identity of Lei Yan King from Zhou Yan’s methods and actions, and this recognition only made them even more terrified.
Zhou Yan pondered, gazing at the Ancient City. He was reminded of Gu Xi’s experience within Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain in the Lei Yan Continent. He immediately summoned the Tai Chu Killing Spirit—Body Soul.
As the original soul manifested, Zhou Yan gathered endless killing intent, the Twelve Battle Beasts Sword Soul merged, deriving a colossal Soul Sword.
Then, Zhou Yan soared into the void and launched a mighty Immortal Sword towards the distant Ancient City.
It was a stack of all his powers, his strongest strike!
Tai Chu Killing Spirit, Soul Path Vast Qi.
The War Beast of intent, Emperor Qi Dragon Transformation.
All techniques combined, this strike was like an Immortal Strike, shattering the Ancient City as if the very Heaven and Earth were being broken.
As this cataclysmic destruction descended, even the Cultivators from the Ancient Ice Glacier were completely dumbfounded by Zhou Yan’s strike, and a number of them had their Soul Bodies instantly obliterated, reduced to ashes in the aftermath.
Had Lei Yan King become this formidable? Or were the rules of this world unable to touch him?
A chill ran through the Cultivators’ hearts as they desperately fled the scene.
The void cracked, the Ancient City crumbled, and a large group of Cultivators flew out; some older ones emerged in a sorry state, tumbling and scrambling up from the ruins, their bodies streaming with blood, utterly disarrayed.
"Who dares to attack the Endless War Soul Hall, this is audacity at its finest!"
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! To arms!"
Chaos ensued as various voices emerged. Soon enough, numerous Ghost Fox ladies and crones flew out, guarding in every direction, and men in pitch-black armor surrounded Zhou Yan and his companions.
By Zhou Yan’s side, Evil King and the others were completely taken aback. Liu Jin and Fang Hong exchanged wry smiles, unable to understand what madness had possessed Zhou Yan to cause such a commotion.
Only Fairy Die and Qian Yao seemed to have some understanding of Zhou Yan’s past, vaguely guessing at something, but they did not ponder it deeply as they felt that many coincidences were unlikely.
"Your Soul Hall has imprisoned a woman, hasn’t it? Release her, and have Commandery Princess Hongyi bring her to me,"
Zhou Yan said indifferently.
It was like giving a command, leaving no room for refusal.
"Who are you, to dare—"
An elder Nine-tailed Demon Fox stepped out, her presence exuding a powerful charming aura.
But before she could finish her sentence, she was struck by Zhou Yan’s Killing Spirit Divine Dao at the Time Origin Point between her brows, turning into a mist of blood and dying instantly in that moment.