123: The truth of the three statues 1

Xuan Shuang Celestial Venerable's blue key had completely shattered, and the released ice-cold energy drilled into Xiao Bing's body like a living thing.

He knelt on the ground, his hands clutching his throat tightly, as if something was freezing him from the inside.

Ice patterns rapidly spread across his skin, covering his entire body in an instant, even his eyelashes were covered with frost.

"Xiao Bing!" Xiao Yan tried to rush over but was blocked by an ice wall.

The dark green flames struck the wall, leaving only shallow scorch marks.

Ling Xiao tried to penetrate the ice wall with Spirit of the Plane's power but found that the energy was like a mud ox entering the sea: "There's Chaos energy in this ice! She's using the power of Chaos Devourer!"

Xuan Shuang Celestial Venerable sneered: "Clever little fellow."

She looked down at the struggling Xiao Bing from above, "Ice Soul, that fool, didn't know until her death that the 'key' in her body was actually a safety device left by Ice Lord—once it senses a suitable vessel, it can forcibly awaken Ice Lord from the Eternal Ice Coffin!"

The starlight and black threads in Xiao Yan's right eye simultaneously erupted, the Star Eclipse Seed excited by the Chaos energy: "You're crazy...Chaos Devourer will devour everything, including your Ice Lord!"

"Shut up!" Xuan Shuang Celestial Venerable shrieked, her white hair moving without wind, "Ice Lord's Absolute Purification is the only truth to save the world! Emotions, weakness, benevolence...these are all flaws that need to be purified!"

She looked at Xiao Bing with fanaticism, "Soon...Ice Lord will awaken in the purest form...to correct this erroneous world..."

Xiao Bing's body suddenly convulsed violently, and a pillar of ice-blue light shot up from his crown, piercing directly through the top of the furnace!

Within the light pillar, countless ice crystals vaguely condensed into a tall human figure—a sharply chiseled face, ice-blue long hair, seven parts similar to Xiao Bing, but even more stern and majestic.

Most alarming were those eyes, like ten thousand years of profound ice, devoid of any human emotion.

"Ice...Ice Lord!" Xuan Shuang Celestial Venerable's voice trembled with excitement, and she immediately prostrated herself on the ground, "You have finally awakened! Please purify these erroneous existences!"

Ice Lord's phantom slowly lowered his head, looking at the prostrating Xuan Shuang Celestial Venerable, then turning to the ice-sealed Xiao Bing.

To everyone's surprise, a hint of human-like fluctuation actually flashed in those icy eyes.

"Frost Soul...no, now I should call you Profound Frost..." Ice Lord's voice was like colliding glaciers, yet it carried a hint of fatigue, "You still chose this extreme path..."

Xuan Shuang Celestial Venerable suddenly looked up, her face filled with disbelief: "Ice Lord...You...You remember me?"

Ice Lord did not answer directly, but looked at Xiao Yan and Ling Xiao: "The other two children are also here...very good..." The phantom reached out and lightly touched the ice patterns on Xiao Bing's body, "This child has endured too much...pain that he shouldn't have to bear..."

Xiao Yan and Ling Xiao exchanged glances, both seeing shock in each other's eyes—this Ice Lord was completely different from the cold and ruthless image in legends!

Xuan Shuang Celestial Venerable's face turned pale, and she stumbled backward: "No...this isn't Ice Lord...You couldn't possibly care about these experimental subjects...You clearly said...Absolute Purification is..."

"That was my mistake." Ice Lord sighed, and regret actually showed in his icy eyes, "It wasn't until the moment before I sealed myself in ice that I understood Flame Lord and Star Lord were right...emotions are not weaknesses, but the strongest weapons against Chaos..."

"No!!!" Xuan Shuang Celestial Venerable let out a heart-wrenching scream, her delicate face twisted into a grotesque mask, "This isn't true! You've been corrupted! It must be Chaos Devourer corroding your will!"

She suddenly turned, glaring fiercely at Xiao Yan, "It's you! You erroneous existences twisted Ice Lord!"

Ice Lord's phantom frowned, and with a flick of his finger, Xuan Shuang Celestial Venerable was instantly frozen in place, only her eyes still able to move: "Quiet, Profound Frost. Your obsession is the true pollution that needs to be purified."

Just then, the cluster of crimson flames hovering in the air suddenly lunged at Xiao Yan!

It was so fast that even Ice Lord couldn't stop it.

The flames directly entered Xiao Yan's chest, and he was instantly struck by lightning, his entire body igniting with azure-gold flames!

"Big Brother!" Ling Xiao tried to help but was forced back by the heatwave.

Xiao Yan knelt on the ground, as if thousands of red-hot knives were stirring within him.

Even more terrifying, he felt his consciousness being squeezed by another existence—an older, more powerful will was awakening through Flame Lord's Fire!

"Hold on, child..." Ice Lord's phantom tried to cool Xiao Yan down with ice and frost power, but it had little effect, "This is Flame Lord's residual consciousness...Don't resist it...Accepting it is the only way to maintain yourself..."

Xiao Yan roared in pain, and another figure gradually emerged within the flames—crimson long hair, golden eyes, a face as resolute as if carved by a knife and chisel.

This phantom overlapped with Xiao Yan, sometimes separating and sometimes merging, like two people fighting for the same body.

"Flame...Lord..." Ice Lord's voice, rarely, carried a hint of excitement.

Flame Lord's phantom turned to Ice Lord, complex emotions flashing in his golden eyes: "Old ice block...you finally figured it out..." His voice was like burning flames, yet it carried an unconcealed weariness, "Too bad it's too late...Star has already..."

"I know." Ice Lord interrupted him, "But I believe these three children can complete what we couldn't."

Flame Lord's phantom looked down at the struggling Xiao Yan, his expression softening slightly: "This little fellow...is even more tenacious than I imagined..." He suddenly completely merged into Xiao Yan's body, "Relax, child...I won't take your body...just borrow your eyes to see this world..."

Xiao Yan felt a vast but not malicious will flow through his body, and the pain lessened.

When he looked up again, the starlight and black threads in his right eye briefly coexisted harmoniously, forming a strange balance.

"Profound Frost..." Flame Lord spoke through Xiao Yan's mouth, his voice echoing, "And Burning Heaven...They were originally 'necessary evils' in our plan..."

Ice Lord's phantom trembled: "What?"

"Do you remember...we discussed it back then..." Flame Lord's voice continued, "To fight against Chaos...strength alone isn't enough...we also need a 'catalyst'...extreme evil...only then can extreme good be stimulated..."

Although Xuan Shuang Celestial Venerable was frozen, the shock and anger in her eyes were almost tangible.

She couldn't believe that the belief she so devoutly followed was merely a pawn in the plan of the three Lords!

Ice Lord pondered for a moment, and realization flashed in his icy eyes: "So you deliberately let Chi Yan come into contact with Chaos...and let Frost Soul go to extremes..."

"Not entirely deliberate..." Flame Lord sighed, "Just foresaw the possibility...and then...went with the flow..." Xiao Yan's body suddenly trembled, and Flame Lord's phantom was squeezed out a little, "Time is running out...world seed..."