Chapter 355: Glacial Prison, Nether Abyss

'Celestial Demon Power?'

Shen Daoxing paused for a moment, then smiled faintly.

'How could that possibly compare to a Venerable Supreme!'

Without the slightest hesitation, he gently lifted his hand. The Great Ming Demon Sparrow swung high and slashed down again, unleashing a colossal beam of sword light that seemed vast enough to sunder mountains.

CRACKLE!

Black bolts of electricity flashed past, leaving a chain of dark arcs in the sky.

BOOM!

A deafening explosion erupted, sending fiery rock fragments flying in all directions.

The massive volcano shattered with a deafening roar, a huge section of it breaking away.

Before the black arcs of electricity, the red Celestial Demon Power was as fragile as paper, shattering on contact.

A cool, refreshing breeze washed over the crowd. The mountain fire that had been raging moments before now had a huge section carved out of it, as cleanly as slicing a cake.

The searing heat in the air dropped dramatically.

Overjoyed, the group began to greedily gulp down the cool air.

Within the sundered volcano, a staircase leading down was revealed.

It was the path to the level below.

Elated, the group started to move forward.

But Shen Daoxing wasn't finished yet.

With a light push from his feet, he shot up from the ground, soaring high into the sky.

The seven-colored Profound Platform within him suddenly began to spin. As black arcs of electricity crackled, the immense power of a Venerable Supreme abruptly flowed out from the Profound Platform. It surged violently, gathering upon Shen Daoxing's raised hand.

In moments, a pitch-black longsword materialized in Shen Daoxing's hand. As he held it aloft, the very space around it seemed to begin to warp.

"Venerable Taboo, Kunlun Duanyue!"

Suddenly, Shen Daoxing moved. The Venerable Sword in his hand erupted with a boundless black radiance, extending its Sword Aura to a length of hundreds of feet.

CRACKLE!

Black arcs of electricity flickered unceasingly along the Sword Aura.

Shen Daoxing swung it down gently.

The immense black Sword Aura, hundreds of feet long, slashed down.

RUMBLE!

In that instant, the ground shattered, sending rubble flying into the air.

A vast expanse of black light blotted out their vision as it swept across the ground.

The crowd felt the ground tremble and the world spin around them.

A massive chasm, hundreds of yards long, now tore across the ground before them.

And after the chasm appeared...

WHOOSH!

A piercingly cold wind gusted up from the deep blue chasm below.

A shiver ran through the crowd. The temperature around the Volcano Prison had already dropped by several degrees.

Chu Guifeng, Ma Wan, and Tao Ying hurried forward and peered into the chasm, only to see a world of blue ice and snow below.

Involuntarily, Chu Guifeng, Ma Wan, and Tao Ying exchanged a stunned glance.

Shen Daoxing's single strike had torn straight through the ground.

While the others stood there stunned, Shen Daoxing leaped down, carrying Xin and taking Elder Mu with him.

After a moment of shock, the others quickly deployed their Magical Treasures, took to the air, and hurried after them.

One moment, it was as if they were in a scorching furnace; the next, they had arrived in a polar abyss. They all hugged their chests, unable to stop shivering.

Looking around, they saw a world of blue ice crystals; everything was frozen solid.

The biting wind felt like knives on their skin, a pain so piercing it felt as if it reached their very bones.

Shen Daoxing quickly looked down at Xin in his arms. The boy's face was pale and he was trembling uncontrollably with his eyes squeezed shut. His entire body was covered in frost, as if he were about to freeze solid.

"Hui!"

Shen Daoxing called out urgently.

The Golden-Eyed Treasure-Seeking Rat zipped out from Shen Daoxing's robes. It glanced at Xin's perilous condition, and though somewhat reluctant, it slowly opened its mouth.

A fiery red, steaming pearl, shimmering with a radiant light, slowly floated out of its mouth.

The fiery pearl circled once before gently falling into Xin's mouth.

In moments, all the frost on Xin's body melted away. Color returned to his pale face, his furrowed brow relaxed, and he fell into a peaceful sleep in Shen Daoxing's arms, his breathing now steady.

Seeing this, Shen Daoxing breathed a sigh of relief. He looked up to see the vast, blue expanse of the frozen world around them. The biting wind still howled, sharp as a blade.

The environment was still just as harsh.

Shen Daoxing turned to Tao Ying. "Where's the exit?"

Tao Ying quickly flipped through the book in her hand, then pointed to a large ice mountain not far away. "There!"

Before she had even finished speaking, Shen Daoxing's figure flickered and vanished.

The next moment, he reappeared, soaring high into the sky, hundreds of feet in the air.

"Venerable Taboo, Kunlun Duanyue!"

The Venerable Sword materialized in Shen Daoxing's hand once more, and a black Sword Aura hundreds of feet long swept slowly downward.

CRACK! CRACK!

A series of sharp cracks echoed out!

The entire world of ice and snow began to shake violently. A black light blotted out the sky for an instant, and then the frozen landscape was split cleanly in two by the massive black Sword Aura.

Suddenly, a sinister and terrifying aura rose from beneath the ground.

The sound alone was enough to send a chill down their spines.

"HEH HEH HEH HEH! HEH HEH HEH HEH!"

A bloodcurdling sound erupted without warning, echoing up from the shattered ground.

Then, one by one, dim, hazy apparitions floated up, baring fangs and brandishing claws. They let out shrill, terrifying laughter that made one's blood run cold.

"This is bad! It's the evil spirits from Youwang Prison!"

Seeing this, Tao Ying froze for a moment before quickly pulling a small bell from her robes.

JINGLE JINGLE! JINGLE JINGLE!

Tao Ying shook the bell relentlessly.

Upon hearing the sound, the evil spirits shrieked in agony. They clutched their heads, writhing in pain, and dissipated into nothingness just a moment later.

At that moment, Shen Daoxing, holding Xin, leaped lightly onto the Great Ming Demon Sparrow and flew down toward Youwang Prison.

Deep below, the evil spirits of Youwang Prison saw the two living beings plummeting toward them. They cackled viciously, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws as they swarmed toward Shen Daoxing and Xin, extending their withered talons.

Seeing this, Tao Ying grew anxious. "Young Master Yang, be careful! These aren't ordinary evil spirits. They were corrupted by a Celestial Demon in their past lives and fell to this state. Let me use the Soul-devouring Bell to clear a path for you."

But the words had barely left Tao Ying's mouth.

A small, pure-white jade seal suddenly flew out from in front of Shen Daoxing, erupting in a dazzling white light.

The Venerable Dharma Seal transformed into a white rainbow, flashing through the cavern. A supreme, primordial aura emanated from it—an aura capable of annihilating anything with the slightest gesture.

The evil spirits froze. They looked down to see their forms pierced by beams of dazzling white light, riddled with countless holes. Then, tragic screams echoed throughout the entire hell, as if innumerable spirits were crying out in agony.

The people back in the Cold Ice Prison froze for a moment, then hurried to follow.

The evil spirits of Youwang Prison looked at Shen Daoxing as if they were seeing some terrifying creature. They fled in a desperate panic, as if Shen Daoxing were the true evil spirit.