Ning Fan vaguely felt something was off about this place, but couldn’t pinpoint what was wrong.

The Shenkong Emperor and others felt uneasy due to Ning Fan’s words, and repeatedly inspected the cave mansion here, eventually exchanging smiles, thinking Ning Fan was overthinking.

With their tens of millions of years of experience, they truly couldn’t see anything wrong with this place. Moreover, in their hearts, Ning Fan’s power was beyond imagination, comparable to an Ancient Immortal King. Even if there were issues here, they firmly believed Ning Fan could handle any trouble.

The words of Ning Fan were ultimately not taken to heart by the four emperors.

"Since Brother Ning has already broken the formation of this Black Ice Mountain’s cave mansion, why not break the formations of the other two ice mountains in one go? Those two cave mansions should be owned by the top two of the Water Sect Eight Sons. The third son’s cave mansion has already yielded significant rewards, those caves must hold even greater treasures. Don’t bother with this statue, surely there’s no problem. Let’s hurry to the next ice mountain?" urged the Shenkong Emperor and others.

Ning Fan looked down on the Burial River Technique, which they regarded as a treasure, hoping to gain more benefits from the remaining two ice mountains, so they urged Ning Fan to hurry and break the formations of the other ice mountains.

Ning Fan turned his head back, eyes flashing azure spikes, locking onto the ice sculpture and probing it carefully. Unfortunately, no matter how he investigated, he couldn’t find anything abnormal about the ice sculpture, ultimately having to suppress the uneasy feeling in his heart, leaving the cave mansion and proceeding to the next ice mountain with Shenkong Emperor and others.

Two sticks of incense later, Ning Fan broke the formation of another Purple Ice Mountain, collecting the treasures within the cave mansion; likewise, in this cave mansion, Ning Fan discovered another female ice sculpture with only the outline carved...

The fewer intact formations that remained on the ice mountains, the more intense Ning Fan’s feeling of unease grew.

He didn’t know where these feelings of unease came from, subconsciously he was reluctant to destroy the formation of the last ice mountain, instinctively feeling such an act was improper; however, Shenkong Emperor and others, desiring more treasures, forcibly dragged Ning Fan to attack the final ice mountain.

The last ice mountain was a Blood-Red Ice Mountain owned by the leader of the Water Sect Eight Sons. Two sticks of incense later, this Blood-Red Ice Mountain was also broken by Ning Fan...

When the last ice mountain was broken, the entire Glacier World began to tremble slightly.

Ning Fan’s sense of unease intensified, and he did not immediately enter the last cave mansion to seek treasure. He was greatly concerned about the tremors in the Glacier World, advising Shenkong Emperor and others, "My feeling of unease is not groundless! There must be something about this place that we don’t know. Don’t rush into the cave mansion to seek treasure yet, just give me some time to find the root of the unease..."

"Haha, it seems Brother Ning’s encounters with life and death crises during these years of Boundary River battles have made him overly cautious, seeing enemies everywhere. Brother Ning shouldn’t worry, this is just an abandoned cave mansion, where could danger arise? Your unease is just an illusion! This last cave mansion belongs to the leader of the Water Sect Eight Sons, its treasures must be richer than the others. With the formation broken, let’s hurry and enter for treasures, there’s nothing to worry about."

"Indeed, indeed, if heaven gives, don’t take, and you may find yourself punished. Since we’ve entered the treasure mountain, how could we not take?"

The Shenkong Emperor and others dismissed Ning Fan’s concerns, smiling as they entered the cave mansion to begin treasure hunting.

Soon, sounds of laughter erupted from inside the cave mansion.

"Haha! Everyone look what I’ve found! There’s actually a semi-finished Ten Revolutions Ancestor Pill here!"

"Ancient Great Cultivator-level Divine Ability! It’s a book containing Ancient Great Cultivator-level Divine Ability!"

"Hmm? What’s sealed within this rusty iron box, why can’t it be opened... What kind of iron box is this, even Innate Treasures cannot break it open! So strange!"

"Hiss! There are actually eight perfectly preserved Innate Treasures here! Forget the iron box, come look at these quickly!"

"What! Eight perfectly preserved Innate Treasures! Minghe Daoist Friend must be joking! Hiss, it’s actually true!"

"Hmm? The placement of these eight treasures seems somewhat peculiar..."

"No matter, let’s collect these Innate Treasures first! Who cares about the peculiar placement! Haha, we’re rich! We actually obtained so many Innate Treasures! We’re truly rich this time!"

No one anticipated that the last cave mansion would hold such a bounty, picking up eight Innate Treasures at once. The Shenkong Emperor and others hesitated not a moment, promptly collecting all eight treasures.

Ning Fan, who was still outside the cave mansion observing the anomalies, was startled upon hearing that eight Innate Treasures had been found inside, as if all his vague feelings of unease suddenly found their source!

Without any hesitation, Ning Fan rushed into the cave mansion, and advised the Shenkong Emperor and others.

"Everyone, wait! Don’t touch those Innate Treasures yet!"

Upon entering the cave mansion, Ning Fan witnessed an almost eerie sight!

At the deepest section of the cave mansion, there was also a female sculpture carved only with rough outlines.

Nearby the sculpture, an extremely powerful seal was arranged, with eight Innate Treasures distributed in various directions sealing the female sculpture tightly.

Upon clearly seeing the sealing arrangement within the cave mansion, Ning Fan seemed to confirm something, his expression changing.

What Ning Fan didn’t expect was that even though he spoke to stop the four emperors from collecting the Innate Treasures, they acted as if they hadn’t heard, completely ignoring his warning.

Unexpectedly, they disrupted the seals around the sculpture, forcibly removing the eight Innate Treasures!

"Not good!" Ning Fan thought things were turning bad, this group of foolish teammates had truly done something stupid this time! They shouldn’t have tampered with the Innate Treasures here! Can’t they see these treasures have issues!

At this moment, Ning Fan completely understood where his sense of discomfort came from!

He comprehended the grand layout of the eight ice mountains standing on the glacier, and what it all meant!

He understood why there were eight innate treasures sealing a statue in the last cave chamber!

He understood everything!

Unfortunately, he realized it a bit too late!

"...There are so many innate treasures here, we’re going to get rich, we’ll be rich..."

Shenkong Emperor and the others looked dazed, filled with greed, deeply entranced by the joy of acquiring eight innate treasures, unable to extricate themselves, unable to wake up. They held the innate treasures, repeatedly muttering this phrase, as if possessed.

Ning Fan sighed heavily, only now noticing that the expressions of Shenkong Emperor and the others were extremely abnormal, as if their minds were confused by some force; within the surrounding air, there existed a very subtle and powerful bewitching technique force. It is likely this bewitching power that confused Shenkong Emperor and the others, leading them to break the seals and recklessly seize the treasures.

If it weren’t for these people being fellow defenders of the Eastern Heaven, Ning Fan would have really wanted to scold them as "more harm than good".

He immediately shouted angrily, "Wake up now!"

With this shout, Ning Fan used the mana equivalent to 13,500 tribulations, and the power of his shout was comparable to the roar of a First Order Quasi-Saint, directly dispersing the bewitchment around them.

Shenkong Emperor and the others were startled, waking up as if from a dream, their expressions changing dramatically.

"Hiss! So dangerous! It seems we’ve been bewitched by some power. As soon as we entered the cave, we uncontrollably wanted to take away the treasures sealed here... There is indeed a problem here! Who is it, who is bewitching us and breaking the seals?"

"Damn it! Since there are seals here, there must be something sealed. We broke the seals. Let’s hope we haven’t released something evil..."

"Hope we haven’t made a grave mistake!"

The faces of the four emperors showed some anger and shame.

They were not fools. If they were in a clear-minded state and saw a strange statue sealed by eight innate treasures, how could they have moved recklessly!

"Hehe, hehe, hehe..." Responding to Shenkong Emperor and the others was a chilling and eerie woman’s laughter echoing from the depths of the endless glacier permafrost, reaching up to the glacier above!

The voice carried an unimaginable pressure, shockingly emitted by a First Order Quasi-Saint!

"Quickly return the eight treasures to their original places!" Ning Fan’s expression changed, commanding in a tone that allowed no refusal.

Shenkong Emperor and the others were all extremely intelligent people. Earlier, they were merely bewitched into rashly collecting all eight innate treasures. Upon hearing Ning Fan’s words, they immediately returned the treasures to their original places, attempting to reseal the mysterious woman’s statue.

However, it was too late!

At this moment, the entire glacier world began to tremble. Initially, the tremors were subtle, but as time passed, the tremors grew more intense.

In just a few breaths, the extent of the tremors had intensified to the point that even an Immortal Emperor could hardly stand firm!

Shenkong Emperor and the others looked increasingly distressed. At that moment, the space within this glacier world was extremely chaotic and violent, as if the entire world was spinning rapidly. The four emperors had to use all their mana just to barely stand firm in the rotating world.

Furthermore, because the spinning of the world was excessively intense, the light within it refracted into one bizarre rainbow bridge after another. When the number of rainbows increased to a certain degree, a massive multicolored force suddenly slashed out from the rainbows, pulverizing all eight ice mountains into dust, and cleaving the glacier expanse into two, revealing the endless ice abyss sealed beneath!

Ning Fan and the others narrowly escaped from the ice mountain cave, avoiding being turned into dust along with it.

Right when everyone escaped from the collapse of the ice mountain, an ancient white silhouette of a woman also floated up from the bottom of the endless ice abyss, singing an eerie ancient tune, her long hair dancing in the dark wind, her fish tail swaying in the storm.

"Merfolk Abode, Water Immortal Lake.

Since the Immortal Emperor crossed the lake, people don’t recognize True Immortal scholars.

Spirit Pill is cast into the lake, and the lake water is as clear as wine.

The Mermaid Consort regrets it, storing it in the Bright Moon Pot.

The merfolk drink the bright moon’s essence at night, the night glow turns into eye pearls.

Holding a Lotus Leaf Plate, with pearls rolling that surpass mercury.

The world lacks immortal intent, ripples a teal-headed duck at the heart of the wave."

Cooking dragon and roasting phoenix, spending a thousand gold a day on the chef, how to pour your hot heart and peaceful body.

Pour your heat, peace your body, must drink the Merfolk Bright Moon Pearl.

The Water Immortal has already ridden the carp away, shedding many red tears in one night."

That singing contained endless bewitching power. As soon as the song started, even though the Shenkong Emperor and others were prepared, they still got bewitched, their spirit awareness plunging into confusion, each falling unconscious on the glacial continent’s fractured plates.

Only Ning Fan remained unaffected by the song’s enchantment. His face was as calm as water, ignoring the dragging Shenkong Emperor and others. He flashed into the sky, standing airborne, coldly watching that ancient woman drifting like nothing.

She was a female mermaid with unnaturally pale skin, her fish tail shimmering with silvery white scales. Her presence exuded the formidable aura of a First Order Quasi-Saint, despite being sealed by the Water Sect Eight Sons for countless years, the aura remained undiminished, creating an overwhelming presence for Ning Fan.

This woman is an expert on the same level as Xiang Mingzi! She must not be underestimated!

The woman possessed an indescribably stunning beauty, and inexplicably, she bore a striking resemblance to Aflo, even her aura almost identical! If Ning Fan did not know Aflo was currently confined within the Xuan Yin Treasure, he would almost believe that this woman was Aflo!

Her beautiful eyes carried an indescribable indifference. Seeing Ning Fan wasn’t bewildered by her sea demon song, her elegant brows immediately furrowed. But upon seeing Ning Fan’s appearance, she became somewhat puzzled, fell silent for a moment, and asked,

"Young one, have I seen you somewhere before?"

Ning Fan frowned, not knowing why she asked this, and replied, "It should be our first meeting."

"Our first meeting... indeed, it was just an illusion, I truly haven’t met you."

She shook her head, pressing down the slight doubt in her heart. Since Ning Fan wasn’t an acquaintance, there was no need to hold back, and her killing intent poured out like a galaxy from the Nine Heavens, sneering,

"Hmph! You are quite capable, with mere Immortal King cultivation, you can resist my sea demon song, it seems you are not on the same level as those useless Immortal Emperors."

"Who is Senior!" Ning Fan, unafraid of her overwhelming killing intent, replied indifferently.

"Who am I? I am a pitiful soul, trapped in a dream and unable to awaken. I thought I would be suppressed in this dream by the Water Sect Eight Sons for life, who would have expected a bunch of fools to accidentally intrude into this sealed glacier and consecutively break five of the icy mountain formations. Those fools didn’t recognize the seal here and attempted to break all the seals to obtain treasures, not knowing, such a move could release me. Unfortunately, they were too weak, there were three ice mountain formations beyond their ability, they spent decades but couldn’t break them. You are different, you managed to break the remaining three formations upon appearance, releasing me. Hehe, in this sense, you are my benefactor for getting me out of this seal. Without giving you some grace, it would be unreasonable..."

"What kind of grace does Senior intend to bestow on me?" Ning Fan heightened his vigilance, not believing she genuinely intended to give him any rewards.

For her killing intent was long unreserved, already targeting him!

"Hehehe, of course... I grant you death! You don’t know, my favorite thing in life is to repay kindness with ingratitude, returning favor with recrimination!"

The woman let out a sharp laugh like a female ghost claiming a life, her form suddenly exploded, dissolving into many bubbles.

Almost as she dissolved into bubbles, Ning Fan’s vision turned dark, a fish-tailed woman appeared out of thin air right in front of him.

Her escape skill was so fast that Ning Fan had no time to react, she was already tricking him face-forward, her hand lightly pressed on his chest, seemingly feeble but carried the vast power of a Quasi-Saint strike.

In an instant, Ning Fan felt like he was hit directly by hundreds or thousands of Cultivation Stars, spat out a blood arrow, was sent flying by her single blow, only barely managing to stabilize his form, though wounded severely.

Who told her ambush to be so swift? He didn’t even have time to activate his Eternal True Body, if he had, he probably wouldn’t have been harmed.

Nevertheless... though he suffered her ambush, she wouldn’t fare any better... A cold glint flashed in Ning Fan’s eyes, a calculating gleam appeared.

Seeing her full-force palm didn’t kill the mere Dream Realm Immortal King Ning Fan, she was very surprised, after surprise, an even greater surge of murderous intent arose, laughing more gleefully.

"Interesting, truly interesting, it’s good you’re not dead with one palm, if you died just like that, there’d be no fun left. Hiss! What is happening!"

She was about to attack Ning Fan again, suddenly her face changed, coughing up a mouthful of black blood.

Unbeknownst to her, she was poisoned!

"Imposible! I merely struck you once, how could you plant such lethal poison in my body during such short contact! What poison is this, it carries a trace of Third Step power! This isn’t something a mere Immortal King could own! Who are you to the Fire Toad Great Saint!"

Ning Fan smirked, activating his Eternal True Body and Cross Halo simultaneously, a golden flame giant wrapped in halos appeared in front of her!

He did not answer her question, for he didn’t know either, what the woman meant by the Fire Toad Great Saint. Thinking back to the Sage’s Poison he once obtained from a Different Race Immortal Emperor of the Fire Toad Clan, Ning Fan surmised that the so-called Fire Toad Great Saint was perhaps an ancestor of that Fire Toad Clan Immortal Emperor, the real owner of that Sage’s Poison...

"Hiss? The Ring of the Initial Saint? No, it’s not right, this cross-black halo isn’t the Saint’s Halo..." The woman’s astute eyes somehow perceived that Ning Fan’s Cross Halo vaguely held some connection to the Third Step Ring of the Initial Saint.

In an instant, her wariness of Ning Fan rose to unprecedented heights, no longer underestimating Ning Fan for being an Immortal King, sneering, "So what if you’re a descendant of the Fire Toad Great Saint! Since we meet in the dream realm, killing you, so what! It would just as well be my opportunity to break this dream!"

"Karmic Shot Kill!"

The woman temporarily suppressed the Sage’s Poison within her body, not daring to engage in close combat with Ning Fan again. With a display of her powers, she conjured a golden bow and, without another word, shot three arrows at Ning Fan.

One arrow targeted Tian Ling!

One arrow aimed at the heart!

One arrow struck the Dantian!

Ning Fan was extremely familiar with this scene; Aflo had shot at him in the same way previously. What felt a bit odd to Ning Fan was that even the woman’s expression while shooting arrows was very similar to Aflo’s...

Back then, Aflo was only at a Half-Step Quasi-Saint cultivation, and the three arrows did not pose a deadly threat to Ning Fan. However, the current three arrows were different, unleashed with the full power of a genuine First Order Quasi-Saint, not to be underestimated!

"Explode!"

Ning Fan did not intend to give this woman a chance to shoot all three arrows!

He quickly performed a spirit sense gesture, and suddenly, a trace of extremely subtle Chaos World Rosy Light inside the woman’s body burst forth, taking her by surprise!

After Ning Fan was previously struck by a palm from this woman, he not only took the opportunity to plant the Sage’s Poison in her body but also mingled a trace of Chaos World Purple Rosy Light’s bewitching technique within the Sage’s Poison!

The Sage’s Poison was merely a façade, a distraction. Ning Fan did not hope to kill this First Order Quasi-Saint with just a trace of Sage’s Poison, but merely wanted to divert her attention with it.

As expected, the woman’s attention was caught by the Sage’s Poison, causing her to overlook the Chaos World Purple Rosy Light that had infiltrated her body.

This was a new Chaos World Purple Rosy Light that Ning Fan formed by combining the bewitching techniques of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor and Xi Zihua, two legendary figures!

This was Ning Fan’s previous reliance when he captured Aflo with one move, and it now became his greatest asset against the First Order Quasi-Saint before him.

If this First Order Quasi-Saint had been a man, Ning Fan would have to fiercely battle, and the outcome would most likely be his defeat.

Fortunately, the enemy was a woman! There was room for Ning Fan to employ his bewitching techniques!

With a wisp of Chaos World Purple Rosy Light bursting within her, the chaotic purple light transformed into a massive bewitching net, enveloping the unsuspecting woman.

So what if she was a First Order Quasi-Saint!

Even in terms of mana, Ning Fan could match a First Order Quasi-Saint!

Ensnared within Ning Fan’s bewitching net with his full mana unleashed, even the woman with her deep Taoist path was instantly sealed of all her mana, becoming a pitiful fish trapped in his net.

Her hands struggled within the net, her tail kicked repeatedly, but no matter what, she could not escape the bewitching net Ning Fan had laid.

Just a moment ago, this woman carried an arrogant demeanor, but the next moment, her presence weakened, as she softly pleaded with Ning Fan, "Let, let me out!"

Her tone was seventy percent indignant, thirty percent shy.

Indignant because she, a dignified Quasi-Saint, inadvertently became the captive of a mere little Immortal King.

Shy because she had dreamed of similar romantic dreams, where in her dreams, she was often trapped by a white-clad man whose face she couldn’t discern, only to be willingly tasted and humiliated, with her Merfolk Tears stolen by him...

"Quasi-Saint? So what about being a Quasi-Saint, if you want to kill me, you need to be prepared to become a fish in my net! You are the second merfolk I have captured. Whether you are a Quasi-Saint or not, from today on, you will be another container for me to create Merfolk Tears!" Ning Fan sneered.

This woman had murderous intent towards him; naturally, he wouldn’t show her any mercy.

"Hmph! Captured, but what’s the big deal! Even if trapped by you, it’s just like having a romantic dream once more. I, Aflo, will never beg or bow to you!"

"Aflo, you say your name is Aflo?"

Ning Fan furrowed his brows, sensing an odd feeling.

Why was the merfolk he captured this time also named Aflo?

Not only did she look like Aflo, but even her name was the same? Is this a coincidence, or is there another reason...

For a moment, Ning Fan became intrigued by the female merfolk sealed in this icy region, and his subconscious told him that this female merfolk seemed to indeed have a connection with Aflo...

A connection that, at this moment, he is far from able to comprehend.