In the frigid lands, after my exile, I began to slay demons and monsters.

Chapter 109 The Heavenly Pool Uprising

There were three enormous lakes side by side. They came out from the edge of the middle lake. The moment Ning Xiaoxi stepped onto the shore of this Heavenly Lake, she felt as if she had been pulled into a spacetime rift by an invisible force, finding herself in a completely unfamiliar and strange dimension. Ling Jingxin rushed back into her cave without a second thought.

On the left side of the lake, the demonic energy was as thick as ancient ink, surging and churning with a chilling force. Upon closer inspection, each fold resembled a lurking beast, poised to pounce. It was like countless black ribbons billowing wildly in a gale, or countless monstrous creatures hidden at the lake's bottom, baring their fangs and claws, fighting amongst themselves, stirring the entire lake like a boiling cauldron of oil, offering no respite. From the depths of the demonic energy came faint, sharp hissing cries, like the roars of demons asserting their dominion over this water. The surging, turbulent energy soared to the heavens, yet did not overflow the lake's surface, as if an invisible barrier prevented its spread.

On the surface of the lake in the middle, spiritual energy appeared in a completely different guise. Strands of it, like silver threads from the heavens, rose gently from the deep lakebed. Like lively sprites, they intertwined and shimmered with a dreamlike, enchanting light under the sunlight. Each glimmer of light seemed to weave a mysterious and ancient dream, carrying the secrets of countless ages. When this spiritual energy gently blew by, it was as if an ancient sage was whispering in her ear, recounting secrets long sealed by time. The surrounding air seemed to be infected by this spiritual energy, rippling slightly, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake. This spiritual energy was different from what she had always cultivated and absorbed; it seemed to possess its own sentience, no longer bound by form.

On the right side of the lake, the demonic energy, like dark red smoke billowing from the depths of hell, slowly yet oppressively spread from the center. Wherever it touched, the air seemed to be scorched by the intense heat, emitting a hissing sound, as if groaning in pain. Everything in its path was tinged with an ominous dark red hue. When the demonic energy collided with the malevolent energy, a muffled roar erupted, like the fury of an ancient beast, shaking the eardrums. The eerie ripples created by this collision spread outwards, deepening the lake's color wherever they passed, as if threatening to devour everything within.

On the shores of Tianchi Lake, the once vibrant and lush vegetation underwent a chilling transformation under the influence of these three powerful auras. Some leaves glowed with an eerie green light, as if infused with malevolent power; others twisted and deformed, their branches seemingly kneaded by an invisible hand, taking on bizarre shapes as if enduring immense pain. And then, a solitary grove of pure white trees stood tall, exuding an aura of nobility, like a peerless, aloof prince, proud and reserved!

An endless aura churned within the three celestial pools, yet it was bound and unable to break free.

The purplish-red spirit crystal heart was rapidly enveloped by mist, quickly turning from purplish-red to black, and finally back to bright red. Countless branches extended from the spirit crystal heart, waving like a thousand arms to grab demonic power. One by one, streams of demonic power were drawn from the lake's surface by these arms and then devoured. The giant beast was torn apart, its roars cut off. The thousand arms seemed to hold rules, leaving the demonic power nowhere to escape, only to be drawn out and absorbed.

His heart pounded wildly, and pure white spiritual energy flowed into his heart like a stream, activating his bloodline. A serious little figure jumped out and began to absorb the spiritual energy like a whale swallowing the sea, his cheeks swelling up. The illusory little figure became clearer and clearer, and his body gradually solidified.

At the crack in the jade cabbage, wisps of demonic energy were absorbed and digested. Silently, a chubby little human phantom appeared, hugging the cabbage tightly and sucking out the demonic energy from the other side of the crack and swallowing it.

Ning Xiaoxi is going crazy!

Why would she use her skills to climb to the top of the mountain?

What she saw was not the Heavenly Lake as a normal person would see it!

"Xiao Xi!"

"Xiao Xi!"

This time, no matter how Kuiwei Shouyu called out, Ning Xiaoxi stood there motionless. He tried to reach out and pull her, but was pushed away by the spiritual energy surging around her.

Inside Tianchi Lake, the water gradually began to churn, and the waves surged, rising even without wind.

The sound of rushing lake water filled the air, but Kuiwei Guardian paid no attention; his focus was entirely on Ning Xiaoxi. He could sense her absorbing something, but he didn't know what it was. Spiritual energy? It wasn't concentrated here. Demonic energy? Not much either, about the same amount as usual, not even enough to spur a minor demon. Demonic energy? Nonsense, where was there any demonic energy here?

"boom!"

Suddenly, the lake water shot into the sky, and tornadoes gradually formed, not just one lake, but three.

Kuiwei was stunned. These three heavenly pools had neither developed sentience nor been inhabited by demons, so how could they form the power of a tornado?

Without time to ponder the reasons, Kuiwei Shouyu formed hand seals, and a spiritual energy Taiji disc formed in front of him and began to rotate repeatedly. Driven by spiritual energy, it split into three spiritual energy Taiji discs, which were placed on the three lakes respectively.

The spiritual energy Taiji disc pressed down, gradually suppressing the waters of the tornado lake. The lake surface was compressed and retracted, but it did not calm down. Instead, it surged and condensed even more beneath the surface. Kuiwei's expression changed. He had exhausted all his strength, but he could not calm the lake surface.

"call out!"

A burst of colorful fireworks shot into the sky.

Several figures soared into the sky from within the Kuafu Valley, taking one step to the foot of the mountain and another to the summit.

"Guardian, what's going on?" Kuiwei Mountain Spirit looked at Ning Xiaoxi, who was standing there in concentration, and then at Kuiwei Guardian, who was trying his best to suppress the Taiji Disc. He blurted out the question and then stopped asking.

Another man with black hair and fair skin walked to Kuiwei Shouyu's side, formed a hand seal, and three larger spiritual energy tai chi plates landed on Kuiwei Shouyu's tai chi plate. After they were superimposed and merged, the three lake surfaces were completely covered and suppressed, and the surging water inside gradually began to calm down.

Kuiwei released his grip and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Kuiwei Mountain Spirit helped Kuiwei Shouyu up, only to find that he was staring intently at Ning Xiaoxi.

After the lake surface was suppressed, the Spirit Crystal Heart returned to its original state and hung on the tree branch; the serious little figure, holding a heart in one hand and an egg-like object in the other, jumped onto the branch, deftly pulled out a vein from the heart and hung it on, then hugged the egg and crawled into the heart; the jade cabbage obediently climbed up the tree trunk and grew back.

Ning Xiaoxi felt several powerful auras around her, some sharp and some fierce. Damn it, what do I do?

Rolling her eyes, Ning Xiaoxi dramatically fainted!