171: The woman on the ice bed

The Seven Emotions Demon Venerable's disrespect toward Shangguan Yuexi had already enraged Nangong Yu.

How could Nangong Yu easily spare him?

Nangong Yu’s expression was icy, and his voice was bone-chillingly cold, “Those who insult my mother deserve unforgivable sin, Complete Annihilation, and Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!”

As soon as these words were spoken, Ying Mei instantly understood Nangong Yu's intent. A Power of Rules, seemingly both light and dark, emerged, rapidly grinding away the Seven Emotions Demon Venerable’s Divine Soul.

The Seven Emotions Demon Venerable’s face changed drastically, and he shrieked for mercy, “Ah... no... please, spare me...”

“Spare you? Is that possible?” Nangong Yu's expression was icy, and his tone was bone-chillingly cold, “Ying Mei, kill him!”

“Understood!”

Ying Mei's faint voice drifted out. The speed at which the Power of Rules ground him down suddenly accelerated, becoming countless times faster than before!

“No...”

The Seven Emotions Demon Venerable only managed to let out one final shriek before his Divine Soul was completely ground away.

Nangong Yu was expressionless. He said coldly, “I originally just intended to ask you a few minor questions and didn't plan on killing you, but who told you to speak without virtue?”

After speaking, his eyes shifted slightly. He immediately tried to ascertain the situation of this Secret Realm, or rather, the connection between the Seven Emotions Demon Venerable and the seven emotions chaos spirit pagoda, using the Dao Yan Evil Eye.

Soon, he learned some things.

Back then, the Seven Emotions Demon Venerable suffered Rule-based Dao injuries from several Dao Venerable Realm Great Experts. His flesh and blood body was completely ground away, leaving only his Divine Soul to escape to this Secret Realm.

To evade his enemies' pursuit, he used thirty percent of the seven emotions chaos spirit pagoda's Origin as the core to set up the Heaven Sealing Earth Severing Formation, isolating it from others’ deduction and investigation. Simultaneously, he placed the seven emotions chaos spirit pagoda—which had its Artifact Spirit shattered and its Divine Soul imprint erased—under Seal in that White Space.

That White Space was equivalent to a layer of protection for this Secret Realm. As long as no one discovered and broke the Heaven Sealing Earth Severing Formation, his existence would not be found!

Over the years, relying on the nourishment of the Seven Emotions Power absorbed by the seven emotions chaos spirit pagoda, his Divine Soul recovered to its Peak state. Unfortunately, without a Physical Body to reside in, he was ultimately just Rootless Duckweed!

Furthermore, the trial of the seven emotions chaos spirit pagoda also served to help him select a suitable candidate for Possession. Those who passed the Seven Trials of the seven emotions chaos spirit pagoda would be detected by him and teleported here via the seven emotions chaos spirit pagoda for him to Possess!

Unfortunately, the Secret Realm he hastily chose was a Secret Realm of the Mortal Realm. No one could pass the Seven Emotions Trial within Twenty-one Days, resulting in him failing to find a suitable Possession candidate for countless years.

What was even more unfortunate was that he encountered Nangong Yu, this Cheat, who arrived here without being teleported by the seven emotions chaos spirit pagoda.

Moreover, he was too impatient and didn't notice much amiss, immediately focusing on Possessing Nangong Yu, which naturally led to his Downfall.

As for the Living Beings in this Secret Realm, their Seven Emotions Power was entirely absorbed, leading them ultimately to Annihilation!

Nangong Yu obtained this information, stopped thinking about it, and turned to walk toward the Rear Hall.

After arriving here, he vaguely sensed that the thing that attracted him seemed to be inside this Seven Emotions Palace, which piqued his curiosity.

If even the Supreme Dao Artifact, the seven emotions chaos spirit pagoda, wasn't enough to attract him, what could it be?

Nangong Yu’s eyes held a hint of anticipation as he walked straight toward the Rear Hall, while Ying Mei merged into the darkness, following closely.

Before long, Nangong Yu arrived at the depths of the palace. Before him was a very unique Stone Platform.

Outside the Stone Platform was a Saint-Tier Great Formation, enveloping the entire platform.

As a Saint-Tier Formation Master, Nangong Yu only needed a few glances to realize that this Formation seemed to have the functions of defense, concealing aura, and blocking Divine Soul investigation.

“The functions like defense and concealing aura are understandable, but what the heck is this Imprisonment?”

Nangong Yu muttered to himself but didn't dwell on it, turning his gaze toward the Stone Platform within the Great Formation.

He saw that the Stone Platform was covered in mysterious Runes, giving off a strange feeling, as if... they could be aphrodisiac!

Correct, it was indeed aphrodisiac!

Nangong Yu only glanced at the Runes on the Stone Platform a few times before feeling a stir within his body; his desire for 'that kind of thing' was subtly amplified quite a bit.

Nangong Yu looked twice in surprise, then quickly averted his gaze and looked toward the Ice Bed on the Stone Platform.

Above the Stone Platform, an Ice Bed radiating cold air rested. The Ice Bed was deep blue, and wisps of special aura emerged from it, making it look extraordinary!

Nangong Yu's gaze moved upward, and he couldn't help but suddenly focus his eyes, a hint of surprise appearing in them.

“Mother!”

“Wait, that's not Mother!”

Nangong Yu stared in astonishment at the naked woman lying on the Ice Bed, his eyes filled with doubt and surprise.

He saw that the woman's profile was ninety percent similar to his mother, Shangguan Yuexi. Her figure, Peaks, and curves were identical. In this situation, it was no wonder he almost mistook her.

If he didn't know that his mother was currently in the Sacred Domain and couldn't possibly be here, and if he wasn't extremely familiar with her, Nangong Yu might have made a mistake.

Or rather, if it were anyone else, they would most likely mistake her entirely!

“Could it be...”

Nangong Yu thought of something, his eyes flickering with uncertainty as he stared fixedly at the woman.

He had a bold guess!

Perhaps the thing that attracted him here was this woman right before his eyes!

Nangong Yu squinted his eyes slightly. “Perhaps this is the only guess that makes sense!”

The Dao Yan Evil Eye began to operate within his eyes. With some existing guesses, and the person right in front of him—even if this person was related to him—his Dao Yan Evil Eye could now perceive certain things.

Therefore, he quickly verified his guess.

“Indeed, the one who attracted me here is the woman before me. Fate truly Plays Tricks on People!”

Nangong Yu chuckled softly. The Dao Yan Evil Eye operated again, immediately beginning to analyze the principles of the Saint-Tier Great Formation before him, attempting to understand and master it.

Or perhaps find the weak points of the Great Formation, allowing him to enter and exit freely, or even break the Great Formation!

Before long, Nangong Yu obtained a lot of information about the Great Formation, including but not limited to the Formation's name and function, the Spiritual Materials required for setup, the setup method, Formation Loopholes, and methods for breaking it.

What Nangong Yu didn't expect was that what he had observed earlier wasn't the full extent of the Universe Imprisoning Saint Formation's functions. The strongest function of the Universe Imprisoning Saint Formation was actually Imprisonment, and it also had a Catalytic effect!

The so-called Imprisonment meant that besides the Formation Setter and the Formation Controller, no one else could get out or enter!

And the catalytic effect was to assist the mysterious Runes on the Stone Platform, enhancing the effectiveness of those Runes. This function seemed to have been forcibly added later, which is why it felt somewhat out of place!

Nangong Yu stopped thinking further, stepped directly into the Formation, and arrived upon the Stone Platform.

His gaze fell upon the woman, and he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, “Indeed, she really looks too similar!”

He saw that the woman's face was ninety percent similar to Shangguan Yuexi. Her overall skin was fair, yet it carried an abnormal flush, along with an unnatural pallor.

Seeing this, although he had anticipated it, Nangong Yu couldn't help but be surprised. “Too similar!”

He looked once more at the face of the woman on the Ice Bed, but couldn't help but shake his head and smile slightly.