As the Eldest Senior Brother cried out in alarm, Jiang Jichen felt a chill rise from the depths of his soul, so cold it threatened to freeze his very thoughts.

An indifferent, icy voice spoke up. "It seems you don’t understand either, Senior Brother. The ultimate realm of the Profound Yin Spirit Technique is to transform Yang into Yin. With a single wisp of Yin Spirit, all things live and die. My cultivation of the Profound Yin Spirit Technique has reached a bottleneck, and I’ve been searching for a Yin Yang Spirit Pool. You’re so considerate, Senior Brother. With your Fiery Sun Body and cultivation of the Pure Yang Wuji Technique, you fit my requirements perfectly. Otherwise, why would I have come here alone with you?"

These were the exact same words the Eldest Senior Brother had just spoken, but now Ouyang Xue had turned the tables, and hearing them from her lips sent a profound chill through the air.

Though terrified and shocked, the Eldest Senior Brother was, after all, at the Innate Third Realm Perfect Realm. With his powerful cultivation, he quickly calmed himself and stared coldly at Ouyang Xue. "The Ice Spirit Soul is indeed extraordinary, but you are still just at the Ninth Level Mortal Realm. You haven’t even reached the Innate Realm. How could you possibly be my match?"

Ouyang Xue said faintly, "You’re overthinking things."

Her voice had barely faded when a bloodcurdling scream rang out. The Eldest Senior Brother’s despairing voice cried, "How is this possible? This... this is the inherited power of the Ice and Snow Goddess! I can’t accept this..."

His voice faded into silence. Ouyang Xue, with her snow-white hair, exuded an aura of cold despair. Everything in her path froze solid.

The Ice Spirit Soul was inherited from the Ice and Snow Goddess; it was a power far beyond her ability to control. Even when activated, it only unleashed an uncontrollable Power of Destruction. For this reason, she normally couldn’t use it at will.

Only as she had said before—by refining Yang into Yin—could she create a wisp of Yin Spirit, where the life and death of all things could be decided with a single thought!

The Eldest Senior Brother was now completely encased in ice, a frozen sculpture. He had lost consciousness, with only a single thread of life remaining—deliberately left by Ouyang Xue.

Ouyang Xue then walked slowly into the Cold Pool, her entire body sinking into its water.

In that instant, the water of the entire Cold Pool became dozens of times colder than before. Even Jiang Jichen, whose body had been tempered by the cold qi, began to shiver, his teeth chattering uncontrollably.

However, his eyes were fixed on Ouyang Xue as she slowly submerged into the frigid water.

’So Ouyang Xue is this well-endowed!’

Even at a time like this, Jiang Jichen couldn’t help but have such a thought.

Perhaps the waters of the Cold Pool had the effect of masking auras, because even now, Ouyang Xue had yet to discover Jiang Jichen’s presence.

She began to circulate the "Profound Yin Technique," absorbing the Cold Pool’s Qi. Once her cultivation broke through to the Innate First Realm, she could use a Secret Technique to refine the Eldest Senior Brother and seize all of his Pure Yang Power.

Jiang Jichen remained submerged at the bottom of the Cold Pool, holding Su Fei in his arms. Her body was now rigid and completely unable to move. It was only thanks to the warmth radiating from Jiang Jichen that she hadn’t lost consciousness.

Jiang Jichen glanced at Ouyang Xue, who was completely immersed in her cultivation. Gritting his teeth, he thought, ’She’s at a critical point in her cultivation. This is the perfect time for a sneak attack!’

Immersed in her cultivation, Ouyang Xue continuously absorbed the Cold Pool’s Spiritual Qi, already beginning her push into the Innate First Realm!

The effects and speed of cultivating in this Yin Yang Pool were truly astonishing. Jiang Jichen had completed his Body Refining in just a short while, and Ouyang Xue was already about to break through to the Innate First Realm after just a single circulation of the "Profound Yin Technique."

Jiang Jichen knew this was his only chance. If he waited for Ouyang Xue to break through, he wouldn’t stand a sliver of a chance.

Jiang Jichen concealed all of his Spiritual Power!

He was only a few meters away from Ouyang Xue. Her entire body was suspended in the water of the Cold Pool, with only her head above the surface.

A cold mist swirled across the surface of the Cold Pool, preventing Ouyang Xue from seeing clearly beneath it. However, in the midst of her cultivation, her eyes suddenly snapped open.

She sensed danger and was about to dodge away, but the attack was too fast. In the very instant she perceived it, a blast of Palm Power had already struck her shoulder from behind.

BOOM!

Endless Ice Spirit Power erupted from Ouyang Xue’s body, sweeping through the area and nearly freezing the entire cavern solid.

PFFT!

In the end, Ouyang Xue spat out a mouthful of blood. Her face instantly turned deathly pale. She was heavily injured, and her Ice Spiritual Power had become completely unusable.

That last palm strike had completely bypassed her Ice Defense, striking her internal organs directly.

Her gaze was like ice as she watched the figure burst out from the Cold Pool.

The Ice Spiritual Power that had just erupted washed over the man, instantly encasing him in ice. But in the next moment, countless ice shards flew apart; the Ice Spiritual Power couldn’t freeze him in the slightest.

Cradling a woman in his arms, he landed gracefully in the distance, standing in opposition to Ouyang Xue, who hovered over the Cold Pool.

"It’s you, Jiang Jichen!"

She never would have imagined that the one to appear here and ambush her would be Jiang Jichen.

"Hello, beautiful Miss Ouyang Xue!"

Jiang Jichen greeted her with a smile as a scorching aura erupted from his body, rapidly evaporating the water from his and Su Fei’s clothes.

Although he wore a smile, Jiang Jichen was inwardly shocked to his core.

Looking at the frozen world around them, he could only imagine how terrifying a casual strike from an uninjured Ouyang Xue would be.

’Awakening the Ice Spirit Soul really does make one powerful!’

The blood Ouyang Xue had spat out had already turned into crimson ice crystals, but she paid them no mind.

She looked at Jiang Jichen with an icy gaze, as if staring at a dead man. "Leave your last words. I’ll allow you one final sentence."

Jiang Jichen’s expression turned a little strange. Then, he gritted his teeth and said, "Beautiful Miss Ouyang, you forgot to put on your clothes!"