Chapter 532: Chapter 174: Six Years Passed, Blade Unleashes Dragon Breath, Divine Techniques of the Six Paths—Human World Transformation

Very soon, he arrived at a pitch-black ice plain.

This place was already quite far from the Nine Flames Clan settlement.

However, Li Yuan himself was of fire, so he could sense the fires in the distance and wouldn’t get lost.

His eyes reddened, observing his surroundings.

Here, everything was frozen, devoid of the slightest vitality.

Yet, Li Yuan’s eyes could see some "frozen food" beneath the permafrost at his feet.

Those were three frantic deer running, two large and one small, seemingly a family of three.

Further away, a lion was darting out from the dense shrubs.

And the backdrop was a grassland.

The frozen trees underground had maintained their frozen state for countless years.

"It’s like an ordinary grassland suddenly frozen in an instant." Li Yuan muttered to himself.

These abnormal scenes always gave him a chill, especially the family of three deer, which made him quite uncomfortable.

This made him wonder if one day, he and his family might be eating when suddenly frozen like this, and then become food dug out from the permafrost by others?

"Here it is then."

Li Yuan stopped his steps and drew out the Cyan Snake Blade.

As he raised his blade, the wind and snow around him turned into finer white mist, enveloping Li Yuan.

Buzz~~~

A sharp sacred sound tore through the wind and snow, adding an extra note to the monotonous howling of the wind.

This was the Blade Qi spreading out.

Boom!!

A wave of fire blasted through like a charging giant snake, violently impacting the ground, leaving a gully on the permafrost.

Ice and snow parted, a depth of ten feet, stretching for dozens of meters.

This was the power released after the ten restraints were broken.

The young man wielded the blade, swiftly slashing, honing his skills in this vast, desolate darkness where no one could see.

Sometimes he employed the Sea Calm Blade.

Sometimes he used the Blast Blade.

Sometimes he operated the "Nine Yang Martial Technique."

Sometimes he even returned to the use of the Demon Blade, Absolute Blade, Overlord Blade, City Destruction, ...

He deconstructed each move, then recomposed them.

Analyzed, then combined.

Reasoned, and then comprehended.

His blade danced like a tempest, yet he cherished the blade as gold, holding it the whole day without swinging even once.

Whenever he felt tired or satisfied, he would return to the Zhenyan Clan.

Sometimes when he returned, Zhenyan Xue would already be asleep, and he would quietly slip into bed beside her without waking her.

Sometimes, if awake, they would play together as a family of three, with games like "Xiaohuang catching Father, knocking out the branch in Father’s hand."

Normally, Zhenyan Huang, this immature child, wouldn’t touch Li Yuan.

Yet, Li Yuan would always secretly let loose after fiercely "abusing" his son, who wasn’t even one year old, allowing him to succeed.

The silly son would always think it was the result of his own efforts, then cheer excitedly.

And when Li Yuan wasn’t around, he would call on other Ice Barbarians to play with him.

But how could the other Ice Barbarians be a match for this "Innate Saint King"? Forget chasing or knocking out the branch; Zhenyan Huang could even take them down directly.

And every time Zhenyan Huang ran, the Ice and Snow Giant Wolf named Xiaobai would always follow diligently.

And so a deep friendship was forged between the child and the giant wolf.

Time passed day by day, and Zhenyan Huang started to look forward to Father coming back every day.

If Father didn’t return, he would go find "Uncle Xiong."

In his view, "Uncle Xiong" was the only other person in the camp who could play with him.

...

Time flew by, and three years passed.

After three years, Zhenyan Huang found "Uncle Xiong" dull as well.

But soon, he discovered that "Uncle Xiong," holding the golden axe, was quite formidable.

Therefore, every time, he would ask "Uncle Xiong" to wield that golden axe.

But "Uncle Xiong" said this axe couldn’t be used lightly, which made Zhenyan Huang lose interest again.

He began to anticipate his father’s return every day.

But Li Yuan, there was much to do.

Most of the time, he was cultivating, immersed in enlightenment.

At other times, he would meet with Yan Yu, Xue Ning...

He personally saw Xiaozhao going to Xue Ning’s side, learning from Xue Ning how to run a business association, how to manage people, and fifty Ice Barbarian infants and their families were sent to Xue Ning’s manor.

Ice Barbarian children walked early, spoke late.

But when they reached four or five years old, they could open their mouths and articulate clear titles.

Here, Li Yuan also witnessed Xue Ning’s extraordinary methods.

Those fifty Ice Barbarian children surprisingly all called Xue Ning "Big Mother," and Xiaozhao "Big Sister," then happily went to the manor to eat and drink well, obediently following the tutors to learn, then played and learned together with Xiaozhao.

He also received a letter from Yaojue.

Yaojue talked about Divine Wood City’s situation and expressed how much she missed him.

This web of relationships made Li Yuan feel that living wasn’t half bad.

He might temporarily part with some family members years later, but he would live passionately forever and, when strong enough, resurrect those slumbering relatives.

In this year’s end, Li Yuan had an epiphany.

Years of accumulation and toil finally bore abundant fruit.

He sheathed his blade in the permafrost, then swung it again.

At the moment the blade was swung, the permafrost suddenly erupted into a brilliant, eye-searing crimson.

Crimson rushed forward in an instant, not with an "impact," but in a "momentous wave trace," cleaving the dozens of feet of snow and ice in half, instantly vaporizing into surging mist, standing out spectacularly against the snowy permafrost.