In a blink of an eye, another fifty years have passed.

Wang Wu smoothly increased his Cold Resistance to 2,000 Points, and with the addition of the Third Sequence Creation Ice Spirit Pill, he can now withstand the penetration erosion of Level 36 Azure Sea Cold Qi for at least 50 seconds.

This is a huge progress, and it’s so easy.

He’s truly enjoying himself; why would he want to leave?

Every fifty years, that Cold God goes out to plunder once, and Wang Wu takes the opportunity to exploit a glitch every time, increasing his Cold Resistance by about 1,000 Points each time.

Although each time he is persuaded by that giant worm, he just treats it as wind past his ears.

When his Cold Resistance finally reached 4,999 Points, the 99 layers of Venerable Ultimate Cold Qi he obtained each time from exploiting the glitch became insufficient and couldn’t penetrate his Cold Resistance.

At this point, he can already withstand the penetration erosion of Level 36 Azure Sea Cold Qi for twelve hours.

Even with Level 40 Azure Sea Cold Qi, he can last over ten minutes.

"Seems it’s time to have a good talk with that giant worm."

The thought flashed in Wang Wu’s mind, because based on his past experience with brushing Resistance to Yin Fire, Evil Wind, and Yang Thunder—these Three Calamities—the first 4,999 Points of Cold Resistance is one matter, surpassing 5,000 Points is another, and reaching 6,000 Points, 7,000 Points, all the way to 9,000 Points would require an astronomical amount of Azure Sea Cold Qi.

However, before Wang Wu had the chance to enter the Alchemy Furnace to negotiate with that giant worm, he was suddenly stopped one day by a white-haired man.

The man blocked Wang Wu directly.

"Wang Wu, you better stop! The Cold God has already reported your actions to the Twelve Celestial Immortal Realms, and I am here under orders to capture you and take you back to the All Heavens Immortal Realm to face punishment!"

What the hell!

Wang Wu was stunned!

When did the Cold God discover him and report him? Didn’t the Cold God and the Twelve Great Luo conspire together, not to mention going out to plunder Taiyi True Immortals—they pretended to be blind previously!

But the opponent seemed to be a Half-step Daluo himself, and Wang Wu vaguely recognized him, as if he were a formidable figure of the Cyan Dragon Race. Sixty thousand years ago, when the Half-step Daluo from Profound Celestial Sect advanced to Daluo, he attended the ceremony, but at that time he was merely a Taiyi Ninth Tier Cyan Dragon.

Unexpectedly, sixty thousand years have passed, and he is also a Half-step Daluo.

"I don’t understand what you’re saying. You want to challenge me to a life-and-death duel?"

Wang Wu tentatively asked, cautiously glancing around. Over the past few hundred years, he had already figured out the basic situation of the Cold God; it only awakens once every fifty years, and during other times, it transforms into a Cangming Clan member to enjoy worldly pleasures in the Cold Realm, while its true form remains in slumber.

But it is always wise to be cautious.

"Humph! Sure enough, a wild Ancient Bear! Are you unaware that the Cold Realm, Fire Realm, Wind Realm, Thunder Realm, and Cyan Wood Realm are all under the jurisdiction and protection of the Twelve Celestial Immortal Realms? These five realms are the sources of operation for the Twenty-four Solar Terms and are vital forces in the reconstruction of the Cultivation Realm. You’ve wantonly committed excesses in the Cold Realm, privately extracting enormous amounts of Top Grade Cold Marrow, which is unforgivable! Surrender and plead guilty now, and you may have a chance of reduced punishment. Otherwise, do you think I can’t capture you?"

The white-haired man sneered, exuding extreme confidence.

His words were strange indeed.

Wang Wu wore a peculiar expression, not dwelling on this man’s confidence, just puzzled and asked, "Since when were these five realms under the jurisdiction and protection of the Twelve Celestial Immortal Realms? I remember those Twelve Daluo Golden Immortals created the Twelve Celestial Immortal Realms just over fifty thousand years ago. So, is it just that whoever has the bigger fist is right?"

"Isn’t that so? Of course, whoever has the bigger fist is right. Ever since the establishment of the Twelve Celestial Immortal Realms, celestial laws and heavenly regulations have been promulgated, incorporating the five realms under their jurisdiction, and published for thirty thousand years. In these thirty thousand years, anyone who disagreed could go to the Twelve Celestial Immortal Realms and debate with those Twelve Daluo. Why didn’t you go debate during this period?"

"Even now, you can go debate! Beat me, and you can ascend all the way to the Twelve Celestial Heaven."

"Wait a minute, I have witnessed firsthand that the Cold Realm’s Cold God emerges every fifty years, each time plundering millions of lives to refine the Longevity Immortal Pill. Why have the Twelve Celestial Immortal Realms ignored this?"

"Because this is a special permission!"

"The Twenty-four Solar Terms are the basis for the existence of the only Dao, and must operate normally. You say the Cold God emerges and devours living beings. Why didn’t you say, knowing that Great Cold and Minor Cold terms were approaching, you still went out?"

"The Cold God appears according to solar term rules, like a flood in the mortal world sweeping away dozens of mortals playing by the river. Do you blame the flood, or do you blame the government office for inaction, or blame yourself for being greedy for fun without danger awareness?"

"In fact, it is not only the Cold God, the other four realms are similar. When the Fire Realm’s Fire God appears, when the Wind Realm’s Wind God appears, when the Thunder Realm’s Thunder God and Cyan Wood Realm’s Poison God appear, those who can’t avoid them deserve death! This is clearly stated within celestial laws and heavenly regulations!"

Damn!

Wang Wu couldn’t argue.

At that moment, he changed the topic, "I want to know when the Cold God discovered me."

"Just a month ago, when you completed the first stage of Cold Resistance, the Cold God noticed you. You were too clever for your own good, too greedy. The Cold God endured without acting, reported the matter, which is why I’m here to handle it."

"So now, Wang Wu, do you want to engage in a duel with me or obediently go back with me to confess and be punished?"

Wang Wu stared at the white-haired man, suddenly asking, "Are you delaying time, or do you have other accomplices ambushed outside the Cold Realm? Is that why you’re talking nonsense?"

But the white-haired man arrogantly responded, "There’s no need for that; I alone am enough to capture you!"

"What if I don’t believe you?"

"Whether you believe or not, it’s meaningless. Ever since the establishment of the Twelve Celestial Heaven, you Half-step Daluos have harbored resentment. First was Dubhe, and now you, Wang Wu, are no different. No matter what, a clash is inevitable, let’s do it, they’re watching from above."

From above?

Wang Wu was frightened but did not dare to look up, "I don’t understand what you’re saying!"

"You don’t need to understand, just make your move!"

Saying so, the white-haired man, however, did not make the first move.

Wang Wu looked at him with terror, but gradually understood in his heart. This was either a scenario of buying a bone for a thousand gold or killing the chicken to scare the monkey, and he had no choice.

"Very well then!"

Nodding slightly, Wang Wu solemnly clasped his hands, "I, Wang, humbly request your guidance, my friend!"

Then, unexpectedly, the white-haired man also solemnly clasped his hands, "Baiyu of the Cyan Dragon Race, please!"

As soon as the words fell, this white-haired man withdrew fifty thousand miles away. Was this an arrest or a friendly duel? It was far too courteous for a competition unless the opponent had an overwhelming chance of victory and intended to blind him with flashy moves paid with real money. Regardless, Wang Wu already smelled a strong scent of pretentiousness.

Nonetheless, Wang Wu dared not be careless, and also retreated fifty thousand miles. Then, with a gesture of his hand, the Heaven and Earth Shield appeared tens of thousands of meters above his head.

Almost at the same time, Baiyu had already thrown out a complete Heaven and Earth Tower.

In an instant, a beam of Yin and Yang Qi shot forth from the Heaven and Earth Tower, striking Wang Wu’s Heaven and Earth Shield.

This move was very skillful.

It was equivalent to gaining the upper hand in an electromagnetic war by suppressing Wang Wu first.

This was likely the fighting style between Half-step Daluo practitioners.

They no longer needed to compete in whose Daoist Divine Techniques were more advanced, but directly cut off the source of each other’s techniques.

Without the illumination of Yin and Yang Qi, add another interference, and Wang Wu would face the same backlash from forbidden techniques that the Astronomer Prophet once suffered, left with only the Creation Immortal Body, with all other means gone!

High-tier battles are this straightforward yet immensely powerful.

But alas, today’s Wang Wu is no longer the Wang Zhige of the past.

The moment Yin and Yang Qi shot from Baiyu’s Heaven and Earth Tower, Wang Wu’s Tier Five Cat Array was already at full operation, leaving a shadow of the Heaven and Earth Shield to meet the Yin and Yang Qi, while the true body vanished.

Then, simultaneously, Wang Wu had already appeared behind Baiyu, to the left, right, above, and below.

All five positions were Wang Wu, and each held a Heaven and Earth Shield.

Targeting Baiyu’s Heaven and Earth Tower, they activated Yin and Yang Qi, illuminating it.

He had become extremely adept at using the Venerable fur to substitute his true body and switch between the two; most importantly, the Heaven and Earth Shield was now a part of Wang Wu’s body, so the fur could also transform.

You say I’m real, then I’m real.

You say I’m fake, yet I’m still real.

You think I’m a deceptive bluff, merely an artifice, but sorry, it’s all real.

He had that confidence.

However, Baiyu remained calm, skillfully manipulating the Heaven and Earth Tower, Yin and Yang Qi flowing out, splitting into five, not only countering Wang Wu’s Yin and Yang Qi but also suppressing him in return.

In an instant, Wang Wu’s five Venerable furs were destroyed.

But this exchange allowed Wang Wu’s true body to appear behind Baiyu, unleashing Vast Sea Sword Qi, instantly freezing Baiyu, but to no real effect.

"Tricks of a small worm!"

Baiyu shouted fiercely, his true body dissipated like a bubble, and the next moment, in the sky above, tens of thousands of densely packed Baiyus appeared, each different.

Some tall as mountains, some majestic, some in flowing robes, some smiling gently, some glaring, some gazing into the distance, some observing all beings with compassion.

This wasn’t simple showmanship but a profoundly advanced Dao.

Compassion!

Like Wang Wu’s cunning and the Frost Monarch’s sincerity, they were minor paths of cultivation.

Don’t underestimate these minor paths, for even Daluo Golden Immortals have their own minor paths.

This point is beyond doubt.

This also concluded Wang Wu and Baiyu’s first round of probing.

Baiyu tried to suppress Wang Wu’s Heaven and Earth Shield with his Heaven and Earth Tower but failed; Wang Wu’s reactions were too swift, rendering Baiyu’s strong Yin and Yang Qi ineffective.

If it couldn’t illuminate, then there was no point in destroying it from the root of the Great Dao nor in unleashing a forbidden Dimensional Strike.

Thus, Baiyu immediately attempted to start from the minor path.