Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 853 - 836: Spectacular Scenes of the Ice Cave!

Zhouyang is, after all, a Tribulation Crossing True Immortal. Although the words and actions of Zhou Guangzheng, this "unfilial son," made him very angry and annoyed, by the time he reached the Broken Cloud Mountain Range, he had already restrained his anger well, showing no signs of anything unusual.

He stayed as a guest at the Broken Cloud Mountain Range for more than half a month, during which he held secretive meetings with the Heaven-Reaching True Spirit for several days, discussing the part where the Heaven-Reaching True Spirit would exert effort in the future Ascension Technique and advising him to start preparing now.

He then urged two Demon Kings to quickly master the Immortal Techniques of [Void Shift] to prepare for traversing the Chaos Void in the future.

After that, he directly changed course to the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm, heading towards the Beiting Continent Cultivation Realm.

As it turns out, he was ultimately worried that something might happen to his eldest disciple, Lu Xuewei, and wanted to personally go over to find her.

At this moment, Zhouyang was actually a bit regretful. If he had learned the refining method of [Void Celestial Pearl] earlier and refined one for Lu Xuewei to carry with her, he wouldn't need to make this trip personally now.

But since things had come to this, regret was useless, and he could only make the trip personally.

With Zhouyang's current cultivation strength, crossing the Endless Snowfield was as easy as eating and drinking water. In less than three months, he appeared in the Beiting Continent Cultivation Realm.

With Lu Xuewei's Soul Token left in his possession, he did not need to seek out anyone or inquire. Instead, he used the Soul Token as a medium to perform the Person-Seeking Secret Technique, sensed briefly, and immediately pursued in the direction indicated by the secret technique.

This way, tracing all the way, Zhouyang eventually arrived above a glacier mountain deep within the Extreme North Icefield.

"It's here, Xuewei seems to be trapped below!"

With a sweep of his Divine Sense over the glacier mountain, Zhouyang sensed an extremely cold power hidden beneath, seemingly a natural perilous area.

He knew that Lu Xuewei came to the Beiting Continent Cultivation Realm to seek a chance to break through to the Late-Stage Nascent Soul.

Looking at the situation, Lu Xuewei apparently discovered the extreme cold power beneath the glacier mountain and considered it as an opportunity, intending to absorb and refine this extreme cold power for a breakthrough.

Now that he found the person, things were easier to handle.

Zhouyang didn't believe that with his current cultivation strength, there was any place in this "Spirit Realm" that could pose a life-threatening danger to him.

Thus, even knowing that the extreme cold power beneath this glacier mountain could trap even Lu Xuewei, a Mid-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator practicing the "Ice Soul Profound Nether Immortal Scripture," he still unhesitatingly bored through the mountain and opened a cave, violently breaking into the depths of the glacier mountain.

After delving thousands of feet into the glacier, Zhouyang's figure finally came to a halt.

In front of him was an ice cave located in the mountain's belly, filled with an ice-blue mist, with a barrier formed by Frost Power blocking the ice-blue mist within the cave, preventing it from dispersing.

The missing Lu Xuewei was currently sitting cross-legged inside the ice cave, frozen into a solid blue ice.

If Zhouyang wasn't aware that Lu Xuewei had left a still-burning "Soul Lamp" in the Zhou Family's ancestral shrine, he would have almost thought Lu Xuewei had perished inside.

"Wait, perish, perish..."

Zhouyang's eyes moved, as if he recalled something, and suddenly revealed a look of joy.

After a slight hesitation, he suddenly summoned his clone and let the clone replace him to go inside and bring Lu Xuewei out.

This wasn't because he was afraid that the extreme cold power inside would hurt himself, but worried that his body filled with Extreme Yang Attribute Magical Power entering inside might trigger some anomaly and destroy the environment inside.

It's undeniable, the extreme cold power inside the cave, which could even freeze Lu Xuewei, was indeed formidable.

Zhouyang's clone had Tier Seven Cultivation, but once it entered and was touched by the ice-blue mist, it still formed thick frost on its body, seemingly about to follow in Lu Xuewei's frozen footsteps.

Yet as the Immortal Yuan Magical Power erupted inside the clone, all the frost shattered, and a faint layer of cyan Spiritual Light enveloped the clone, preventing the ice-blue mist from approaching.

The clone then quickly reached Lu Xuewei's side, directly lifting her and the block of ice together, rushing out of the ice cave.

The barrier outside the ice cave, seemingly naturally formed, did not hinder passage, merely prevented the ice-blue mist from leaking out.

After Zhouyang's clone brought Lu Xuewei out, it was promptly retracted by him, and he placed his hand against the block of ice, causing his body to surge with Extreme Yang Attribute Magical Power, swiftly melting the ice block that was much tougher than millennium profound ice.

At the same time, Lu Xuewei inside the ice block sensed something and was in the process of awakening, as her eyelashes slightly quivered.

But until Zhouyang thoroughly melted the ice block, she couldn't truly open her eyes.

Seeing this, Zhouyang's gaze slightly flashed with contemplation, he placed his hand on the disciple's back and forced a wisp of Divine Sense into her Purple Mansion.

As Zhouyang expected, Lu Xuewei's Nascent Soul within the Purple Mansion was also sealed by a layer of frost, which was the reason she hadn't opened her eyes yet.

"What kind of extreme cold power is this, capable of even sealing Xuewei's Nascent Soul?"

Zhouyang turned to deeply look at the ice-blue mist inside the cave, then directly released his Immortal Soul, forcefully invading Lu Xuewei's Purple Mansion.

Being his disciple, Lu Xuewei was naturally very familiar with his aura, harboring no defenses against him. This was the most direct reason his Immortal Soul could invade her Purple Mansion.

Another reason was, of course, that Lu Xuewei's Nascent Soul was currently sealed by ice and unable to resist Zhouyang's Immortal Soul intrusion.

At this moment, Zhouyang's Immortal Soul entered Lu Xuewei's Purple Mansion like a blazing sun, emitting endless heat to vaporize the extreme cold power sealing her Nascent Soul.

Before long, Lu Xuewei's small Nascent Soul, with eyes tightly closed, opened its eyes and immediately saw Zhouyang's Immortal Soul in the Purple Mansion, glowing with scorching golden light.

Upon witnessing this, excitement flashed in her eyes, and she wanted to speak. But Zhouyang's voice interrupted her first: "It's unsuitable for me to stay here long, now that you're awake, check your own condition first!"

Before the words fell, Zhouyang's Immortal Soul had already exited Lu Xuewei's Purple Mansion.

Once Zhouyang's Immortal Soul returned to his Immortal Body, after waiting for around half a moment, Lu Xuewei abruptly opened her tightly closed eyes, immediately rising to bow towards him, "Disciple is unworthy, troubling Master to travel vast distances to rescue me, I implore Master to punish me."

"Stand up, as long as you're safe, everything else is trivial."

Zhouyang slightly shook his head, not faulting her over anything.

In a certain sense, Lu Xuewei's devoted pursuit of the path, this type of character, was quite similar to his.

So although Zhouyang had some criticism over Lu Xuewei's reckless venture into the ice cave for cultivation and getting trapped, he did not hold it against her.

After all, judging from Lu Xuewei's current Late-Stage Nascent Soul cultivation, she has indeed gained something from this adventure.

"Disciple thanks Master for your understanding."

Lu Xuewei expressed her gratitude, stood up from the ground, and then curiously asked Zhouyang, "May I ask, Master, how many years have passed since I left home for my journey?"

"What? As a Mid-Stage Nascent Soul cultivator, you don't know how many years you've been in there?"

Zhouyang's expression shifted slightly as he asked in return.

He had his reasons for saying this.

Nascent Soul stage cultivators have a strong sense of their remaining lifespan, so they only need to estimate their remaining lifespan to know how many years have passed during a retreat.

And earlier, he had already given Lu Xuewei half a quarter of an hour.

Upon hearing his response, Lu Xuewei replied with a face full of confusion: "It's precisely because this place feels strange to me. From Master's rescue, it must have been at least a hundred years since I went into seclusion to break through. However, I feel that my lifespan seems to have only diminished by less than five years, which is extremely odd!"

"It has been over two hundred and seventy years since your last message to the clan!"

Zhouyang spoke calmly to his confused disciple.

"What? It's been over two hundred years?"

Lu Xuewei's expression changed dramatically. She was shocked by the result Zhouyang stated, her pretty face full of astonishment.

Meanwhile, Zhouyang, with a thoughtful expression, murmured to himself: "It seems I was not wrong. After being sealed by the extreme cold power inside this ice cave, one indeed falls into a state of neither life nor death, greatly slowing down the loss of lifespan!"

At this point, he slightly frowned and looked at Lu Xuewei, saying: "I just don't know if being sealed for too long would lead to complete annihilation, never to awaken again!"

This question could only be answered by Lu Xuewei, who had been sealed for over two hundred seventy years.

Understanding his meaning, Lu Xuewei also frowned slightly, deep in thought.

Zhouyang did not urge her, simply waiting for her response.

After a long contemplation, Lu Xuewei finally looked up and said: "Disciple cannot say for sure on this matter, for the circumstances of my being sealed were somewhat special. It was precisely during my breakthrough to Late-Stage Nascent Soul that I absorbed a large amount of extreme cold power, causing even the Nascent Soul to be sealed with me. Anyway, disciple feels there is nothing wrong with my body now."

"Is that so?"

Zhouyang's expression shifted slightly, then he suddenly looked at Lu Xuewei and said: "Well, Xuewei, would you dare to try again? Let's set a limit of fifty years. After fifty years, I'll come back to awaken you and see if there are any adverse effects!"

"Disciple is willing to try!"

With a calm expression, Lu Xuewei nodded in agreement.

Thus, under Zhouyang's watchful eye, she swiftly walked into the ice cave, sat down in meditation, and relaxed her resistance to the invasion of the icy blue mist, letting herself be sealed in ice once more.

After witnessing all of this, Zhouyang simply took a deep look at her and left the place, returning to the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm.

In the next two or three decades, Zhouyang accompanied his two Dao companions traveling throughout the cultivation realm and the mundane world, experiencing various life pleasures with different identities.

He was measured, not using his cultivation to change things, nor intervening in any conflicts among cultivators or mortals.

It wasn't until the news of his two daughters-in-law's failure to form Nascent Souls reached him that the trio returned to the Profound Sun Immortal Sect to comfort their grieving eldest son, Zhou Guangcheng.

"The life and death separation from loved ones and dear ones is indeed life's greatest sorrow. Back then, I watched your grandmother and grandfather pass away before my eyes, feeling just as sorrowful, even more so than you are now!"

"But sadness is temporary, and it serves no purpose; as cultivators, we have the ability to prevent such sorrow, depending on whether we are willing to work toward this goal!"

"Thus, your mother has always been urged by me to cultivate, to avoid that painful experience of losing loved ones coming upon her again!"

On Profound Sun Peak, Zhouyang, watching his downcast son, spoke calmly to comfort him.

Having long been accustomed to life and death separations, and having not spent much time with the two daughters-in-law, Zhouyang felt little sadness about their demise. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"Cheng'Er, you're not getting any younger, and preparing to break through to Tribulation Crossing Stage requires a considerable amount of time. I hope you can quickly overcome your sorrow and move on, as I don't wish to grieve the loss of a child and experience the pain of burying a child again!"

Zhouyang patted his son's shoulder and left, leaving Xiao Ying, the mother, to console him.

And just as Zhouyang said, sorrow is temporary and fades with the passage of time.

With the comfort from his parents and the kindness from his children, Zhou Guangcheng emerged from the grief of losing his spouse after a couple of years.

He then voluntarily traveled around the cultivation realm, seeking opportunities to break through the Ninth Layer Nascent Soul bottleneck.

At this time, Zhou Guangzheng had successfully led the Great Brightness Immortal Palace to unify the Westernmost Cultivation Realm. The remnants of the Anti-Light Alliance Nascent Soul stage cultivators and some high-tier cultivators could only flee in panic under pursuit, fleeing from the Westernmost Cultivation Realm through the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm to the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm, with their ultimate goal being the yet-to-recover Beiting Continent Cultivation Realm.

If given a choice, these people naturally wouldn't want to go to the harsh, cold region of the Beiting Continent Cultivation Realm.

But as a condition of the Zhou Family not preventing their escape, being exiled to the Beiting Continent Cultivation Realm was their only choice.

And with the Zhou Family's involvement, not even the daring Zhou Guangzheng dared to disrespect Zhouyang by continuing to pursue them across borders.

For he is well aware that behind this matter stands Zhouyang, the foremost True Immortal of the Human Race.

As time passed, the fifty-year agreement between Zhouyang and Lu Xuewei came due.

This time, Zhouyang also brought his two Dao companions to the site, and then sent an avatar into the ice cave to bring out the ice-sealed disciple, once again dispelling the internal and external ice sealing power.

"How is it? Xuewei, how do you feel this time?"

Outside the ice cave, Zhouyang looked at his awakened beloved disciple, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

In response to his expectant gaze, Lu Xuewei slightly nodded and said: "Master, you were correct. This state of ice-sealed abeyance indeed causes some harm to the Primordial Spirit, but the harm is not severe. At least I feel that the damage from these fifty years can be repaired in less than a year!"