Without discussing what Nascent Void is suppressing, just the three Dragon Children protected inside—Bixi, Bian, and Pulao—and the Void-Devouring Tiger show how extraordinary this place is.

Otherwise, the True Dragon wouldn’t have left the three children behind, and the Void-Devouring Tiger Race wouldn’t have neglected Hu, choosing instead to guard their Primordial Spirit with a Sacred Artifact.

Moreover, Yang Yan, who has always stayed true to his word, promised Bixi, Bian, and Pulao to rescue them, and he definitely won’t break that promise.

Although now is not the time, he has already kept this task in mind and will do his utmost to help when the right moment arises.

Yang Yan thought about many things, tossing and turning restlessly in bed.

Unable to sleep, he simply got up and started evaluating his harvest from these past days.

Dragon Lotus, Mysterious Key, two lamps, the Yin Yang Five Elements Array Map, and a seemingly unremarkable yet very significant puduan.

Although the effect and purpose of some items are not yet clear, Yang Yan knows that any one of these, if put outside, would cause a bloody storm.

After pondering each item for a long time without results, Yang Yan focused his attention on the puduan.

No one knows what branch this puduan is made from, but holding it gives an unspeakable comfort.

Most importantly, it has remained intact for so many years in the Underground Hall.

One should know that around the altar, there should be many decorations.

But when they arrived, everything had turned to dust due to the passage of time.

The fact that this puduan can remain intact shows that it is extraordinary.

Yang Yan quietly stared at it for a while, then suddenly, with a thought, he sat down on it.

He shifted his body, found a comfortable posture to sit cross-legged, gently closed his eyes, and tried to condense his mind.

Indeed!

He merely had a testing attitude, but now he was pleasantly surprised to find that the effect was several times stronger than his previous practice of Qi Absorption!

Just sitting on it, it’s easy to reach a state of emptiness, abandoning all distractions and entering a realm of self-forgetfulness.

What a treasure!

Yang Yan couldn’t help but be secretly amazed.

If one cultivates with this puduan, it would certainly achieve twice the result with half the effort, as if assisted by divine power.

Although this journey to the Demon Cave was fraught with danger, it has irrefutably yielded great rewards!

If he ingests the Dragon Lotus, his Spiritual Power and Soul Power can be greatly increased.

The more Yang Yan thought, the more excited he became, and simply gave up the idea of sleeping, sitting on the puduan to practice Qi Absorption and enhance his strength.

Time flashed by, and in the blink of an eye, several days passed.

Lin Zimu’s injuries were nearly healed thanks to the Pill Sect’s treatment.

And Yang Yan’s injuries, due to his own physique, coupled with the mysterious puduan, had long since healed.

If not for the forces from the Biluo Sect, Yizheng Sect, and Lingying Sect still not arriving, they would have been ready to leave.

Yang Yan understood why the Yizheng Sect and Lingying Sect hadn’t arrived yet.

After all, none of the people who entered the Demon Cave from their sects had come out; how could they just leave?

As for why the Biluo Sect was still lingering in the Demon Cave, Yang Yan did not know.

He was still unaware that Lin Hao had already perished in the Demon Cave.

They weren’t in a hurry, taking the opportunity to rest and prepare for what would happen next.

Several days quickly passed.

The Yizheng Sect, Lingying Sect, and Biluo Sect, who were reluctant to leave, sent several waves of people back into the Demon Cave to investigate the whereabouts of Ouyang Jinjie and others.

Unfortunately, they were already dead, with no remains, so of course, there were no results.

After repeated failures, and with none of the people they sent in returning, these sects finally gave up hope.

Leaving a group to guard the place, the leaders of each sect gathered their disciples and prepared to leave, joining with the rest of the sects.

If Yang Yan knew the reason behind this, he would laugh heartily.

Their disappearance is indeed indirectly related to Yang Yan.

Such is fate!

If Yang Yan and the Void-Devouring Tiger hadn’t stolen the Cold Flood Dragon’s Dragon Lotus, the Flood Dragon wouldn’t have become furious, searching the Demon Cave for Yang Yan and others.

These unfortunate teams just happened to enter the Demon Cave and encounter the rampaging Cold Flood Dragon.

The Flood Dragon knew only that its treasure had been taken by humans, so in a fury, it attacked indiscriminately.

In the Secret Realm, the Cold Flood Dragon, being a native, was already incredibly powerful; these people were no match for it.

They couldn’t even mount a necessary counterattack before they all ended up in the Cold Flood Dragon’s belly.

The Lingying Sect Leader He Luo, Yizheng Sect Leader Wang Bingye, and Biluo Sect Leader Lin Xuanzhi felt as if they had swallowed flies, their faces dark and somber.

This kind of loss would be difficult for anyone to bear.

After all, about thirty people were sent out, all of them top disciples, but those sent out disappeared again without a trace.

They were honestly terrified.

Continuing like this would severely weaken their sects, making it hard to protect themselves in this world of survival of the fittest, let alone compete with the Ancient Abyss Sect.

They dared not send any more disciples to their deaths.

The ruins before them seemed like a bottomless pit, with no return.

Helpless, the three sect leaders finally abandoned the idea of dispatching more people to search.

In truth, their sects were filled with panic.

Everyone knew that entering meant certain death, causing unease and fear of being drafted into the effort.

The three sect leaders ordered each sect to send a few people to form a team to temporarily guard the place, awaiting further instructions.

The main force was to regroup with the remaining seven sects.

Yet no one expected that after the Cold Flood Dragon in the Demon Cave devoured several teams, its hatred was not sated.

The Dragon Lotus was what it planned to use to break through bottlenecks and transform into a dragon.

Upon success in transforming into a dragon, it could even lift the Demon Cave’s suppression and escape.

But unexpectedly, a human and a little tiger cub emerged, snatching its treasure and driving it mad.

However, with these sect teams repeatedly entering the Demon Cave, the Cold Flood Dragon had ascertained the exit of the Demon Cave, foreseeing the end to its confinement...

It must reclaim its Dragon Lotus, or else its years of arduous cultivation would be rendered meaningless.

On the surface, the ten sects still appeared allied, but after the experiences in the Demon Cave, subtle changes were afoot.

Based on what was known and inferred, Yizheng Sect and Lingying Sect naturally pointed the finger at Yang Yan’s group for the disappearance of Ouyang Jinjie and Yu Ling.

Unfortunately, despite their suspicions, they had no concrete evidence.

Yang Yan, though unafraid of trouble, did not seek it out.

Feigning ignorance, he silently watched the two sects cause a fuss.

But Lin Xuanzhi, leader of the Biluo Sect, was completely in the dark about Lin Hao’s disappearance.

Despite his worries, he was at a loss about how to proceed.

It was You’Er, always lurking by Lin Hao’s side, who remained particularly calm, as if all that happened had nothing to do with her.

After absorbing Lin Hao’s cultivation, her progress was meteoric, suddenly becoming a master of the early Golden Core Realm.

However, she deliberately hid her strength, so who could detect it?

The other sect leaders were also at the Golden Core Realm; though there were differences in power, they had difficulty sensing You’Er’s deliberate concealment of her strength.

Though You’Er now had great power, she knew it wasn’t the time to step forward and reveal the truth.

After all, she was facing the Biluo Sect, equally one of the ten sects. Even with her Sword Sect, having two Golden Core Realm experts, easily swallowing Biluo Sect was no easy feat.

After a conference among the ten sects, it was decided to advance together to the center of the Land of the North Cold.

They originally expected danger, but surprisingly, it was smooth sailing all the way.

Yet this made everyone more cautious, advancing step by step with great care.

After all, on the outskirts of the Land of the North Cold, they were attacked by numerous creatures from there; logically, the inner circle should have been even more volatile.

When something seems abnormal, there must be some underlying cause!

No matter how cautious, it is always necessary.