Chapter 969: The Sound That Overturns the World

"He is, after all, my savior," Mu Bingyun said.

"But Master has repaid him far too much!" Mu Xiaolan protested, unconvinced. "As a disciple, one should obey their master, and show proper respect and service. But he..." Mu Xiaolan's voice trailed off, and she mumbled, "It's more like Master is serving *him*."

Mu Bingyun shook her head with a smile and said softly, "Yun Che's status as an Ice Phoenix Palace disciple is merely a temporary identity to help him achieve his goals. As you know, in three years, he will leave the Snow Song Realm permanently and return to his Blue Pole Star. My care for him isn't solely due to his life-saving kindness; it's because he is truly deserving of such treatment from me, or rather, from our Ice Phoenix Divine Sect."

"Oh?" Mu Xiaolan looked surprised.

"The fire poison I was afflicted with came from the breath of an ancient Horned Dragon. Its toxicity was so severe that even great Realm Kings were helpless, yet Yun Che was able to purify it in just one month. Since he could save my life this time, it means that in the future, if any important person in our sect is afflicted with a similar incurable poison, he can likewise save them. Even if he is no longer in the Snow Song Realm, we could still travel to his planet to seek his help."

This explanation finally helped Mu Xiaolan begin to understand her master's excessive preferential treatment of Yun Che. "Oh! I see... If you think about it that way, he truly is quite remarkable..."

"Yun Che himself is well aware of this, which is why he accepts everything with a clear conscience," Mu Bingyun said lightly.

"Clear conscience..." Remembering Yun Che's perfectly "clear conscience" demeanor, Mu Xiaolan felt a surge of indignation, muttering quietly to herself.

"Xiaolan," Mu Bingyun looked at her with a meaningful gaze. "Yun Che's appearance, temperament, and conduct can be quite dangerous for women, especially for young girls who haven't experienced much of the world. You'll be interacting with him frequently from now on, so it would be wise to be a little careful."

Hearing Mu Bingyun suddenly speak of Yun Che's "flaws" for the first time, Mu Xiaolan's spirits instantly lifted, and she promptly replied, "Hmph! Although he's very capable in some ways, he's always been a shameless and vulgar man. I haven't forgotten that, so I'll definitely be careful."

Seeing that Mu Xiaolan had completely misunderstood, Mu Bingyun didn't offer any further explanation. She simply smiled and said, "Let's go."

The vast Ice Phoenix Palace was incredibly quiet, like a completely isolated, frigid world, utterly cut off from the outside. Yun Che walked alone within it, able to hear almost every sound, even the faint rush of his own blood.

Yun Che casually selected a living room. It was quite spacious yet remarkably simple and cold, with nothing in particular to spark his curiosity or interest. The bed was a cold ice crystal bed, identical to those in the Ice Cloud Immortal Palace, and there wasn't even a covering ice silkworm quilt.

Leaving the living room, Yun Che went directly to the training rooms located above.

All the training rooms were closed. Yun Che walked to the nearest one and placed his palm on the stone door. Instantly, the Ice Phoenix Inscription Jade on his shoulder flashed, and the stone door flickered with the same light before sliding open.

A blast of cold air rushed out, revealing a vast expanse of white inside. Yun Che stepped in, and the stone door behind him automatically closed.

After this training room was opened for the first time by Yun Che's Ice Phoenix Inscription Jade, it became bound to his jade's aura. From then on, only he could open this particular training room; other Ice Phoenix disciples would be unable to force their way in without permission, with the exception of the Palace Master, of course.

Inside was distinctly a world of ice. It was colder than the outside, and the ice elemental energy was more concentrated. Countless ice spirits fluttered lightly like fireflies within, and with the constantly swirling ice mist, they vividly painted a dream-like world. What greatly astonished Yun Che was that this world seemed boundless at first glance. His spiritual perception rapidly extended, reaching as far as three hundred miles before finally touching its limits.

In other words, this training room was a full three hundred miles long and wide!

Yun Che finally understood the meaning of Mu Bingyun's remark, "the internal space is much larger than what appears."

These training rooms clearly utilized advanced spatial laws, making their internal space hundreds of times larger than they appeared from the outside. The atmosphere and aura here were also completely different from outside, effectively creating a small world purely for cultivation.

This was, after all, a Divine Realm; even a mere training room was beyond anything comprehensible or imaginable in the lower realms.

The almost brutal cold and overly dense ice aura would be a considerable pressure for other profound practitioners, but they made Yun Che feel quite comfortable. He abandoned his plan to continue wandering around the Ice Phoenix Palace, sat cross-legged on the floor, focused his mind, and began to restore his physical and profound strength, drawing on the aura of the place.

Yun Che's recovery ability was already far beyond that of ordinary people; even in the lower realms, where the aura was turbid and thin, he could fully restore depleted profound energy or severe injuries in a short time. In this Divine Realm, where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was incredibly rich, his recovery ability multiplied several times over. In just a few hundred breaths, all the soreness in his body completely vanished. He felt as if he were soaking in warm water, with countless warm streams flowing into his body from all directions, nourishing his physique and rapidly restoring his depleted profound energy.

While he was focused on recovery, a day quietly passed without him realizing it. This marked Yun Che's first day in the Realm of Gods.

Adhering to the basic principle of "keeping a low profile" and bearing the Little Demon Empress's strict command of "absolutely no trouble-making," Yun Che's first day in the Snow Song Realm involved causing a massive stir at the Freezing Snow Hall. He crippled the Chief Hall Master's nephew with an elbow strike and disabled an official disciple overseeing the assessment with a single sword move. Not only did he escape unharmed afterward, but he also became an official disciple of the Ice Phoenix Palace despite his profound cultivation not having yet reached the Divine Path, thus breaking the entire history of the Ice Phoenix Divine Sect.

Thus, his name undoubtedly spread throughout the Freezing Snow Hall, then to the Ice Phoenix Palace, and even reached the Ice Phoenix Divine Hall.

In other words, Yun Che, who had chanted "keep a low profile" at least eight hundred times on his journey there, had his name widely circulated throughout the entire Ice Phoenix Realm on his very first day.

Opening his eyes in the training room, Yun Che exhaled deeply, feeling incredibly comfortable throughout his body. In just one day, the side effects of forcibly activating "Heaven Smiting" had completely vanished, and both his physical and profound energy were fully restored. This left him endlessly amazed; compared to the aura here, the aura of the Blue Pole Star could truly only be described as "incredibly turbid."

He now began to suspect that after he returned, he might need a considerable amount of time to readjust to the aura of the Blue Pole Star.

"Thirty more months," Yun Che murmured to himself. "Jasmine, I must see you. Even if... it's a complete and final farewell."

Yun Che was about to stand up when suddenly, his chest tightened, and his breathing abruptly stalled. All the ice spirits and ice mist in the training room froze in place.

A boundless pressure descended and enveloped everything—not overly heavy, but vast and magnificent, as if the heavens themselves were slowly toppling.

This... What was this?!

Yun Che was utterly shocked. He had an inexplicable feeling that this sudden, descending pressure seemed to envelop the entire world, encompassing all space...

As this pressure settled, Yun Che gradually found himself unable to breathe, barely daring to move his body. Even his heartbeat nearly ceased. He felt as though he was suddenly confronting the immense vastness of the entire universe, reduced to a minuscule, almost non-existent speck of dust before it. And Yun Che was not the only one facing this all-encompassing pressure. The Ice Phoenix Palace, the Ice Phoenix Realm, the Snow Song Realm... indeed, all the Divine Realms throughout the entire Eastern Divine Region were enveloped.

It was then that a vast and profound voice, as if from ancient times, reverberated through the endless space, echoing in the ears of all profound practitioners across every star realm in the Eastern Divine Region:

"Among the forty thousand realms of the Divine Domain, the Eastern Divine Region alone comprises nine thousand. The Profound God Convention is a grand event held every three thousand years in our Eastern Divine Region. However, due to various significant reasons, though only seven hundred years have passed since the last convention, a new Profound God Convention is now imminent."

Under this voice, the entire Eastern Divine Region seemed to suddenly freeze, falling into complete silence. All profound practitioners looked up at the sky. The stunned Yun Che also realized at this moment that this was, incredibly, a sound transmission spanning the entire Eastern Divine Region!

A single star realm alone was immeasurably larger than the Blue Pole Star. To cover the entire Eastern Divine Region... a sound transmission that could even directly penetrate his special training room... What terrifying power! What a terrifying realm!

The power of the Divine Realm could actually reach such an utterly unimaginable degree! Could this truly be the power that "humans" could possess?

Yun Che had always held a deep longing and reverence for the power of the Divine Path. But at this moment, for the first time in his life, he felt an emotion of "fear" toward a certain level of power.

In his two lives, he had faced countless opponents or enemies far stronger than himself, defeating and surpassing them one by one. But facing the power before him, he felt an undeniable sense of "unattainability."

"This Profound God Convention will have only ten years of preparation. Although it is hasty, its significance surpasses all previous ones. Furthermore, this convention will be jointly hosted by the Brahma Monarch Realm, the Eternal Heaven Realm, the Moon God Realm, and the Star God Realm."

For Yun Che, the most impactful part of these words was "Star God Realm," as that was where Jasmine resided. Yet, for the entire Eastern Divine Region, they caused a stir of astonishment.

Previous Profound God Conventions had always been hosted solely by the Eternal Heaven Realm.

But this time, it was astonishingly the Brahma Monarch, Eternal Heaven, Moon God, and Star God—the four King Realms of the Eastern Divine Region—hosting it together!

This was absolutely a first in the Eastern Divine Region's history, unprecedented through all ages!

Based on this alone, this Profound God Convention was certainly extraordinary.

"The preliminary selection for this Profound God Convention will be held within the internal world of the Eternal Heaven Pearl. Thirty months from now will mark the commencement of the Profound God Convention and the opening of the preliminary selection. The three months prior will be for registration, and the Eternal Heaven Realm will also open its borders to the Eastern Divine Region."

The realms of the Eastern Divine Region vibrated with renewed shock, and countless Divine Path profound practitioners—especially the younger ones—suddenly erupted with excited, incredulous gazes. The sky-covering voice had stated it clearly: the preliminary selection venue this time was, astonishingly, set within the Eternal Heaven Pearl!

The Eternal Heaven Pearl was the only Heavenly Profound Treasure to manifest in the Divine Realm, an existence so transcendent that it stood above even the ancient Divine Realm. If one could participate in this Profound God Convention, even without achieving any ranking, merely entering the Eternal Heaven Pearl's interior and being exposed to its supreme treasure aura would bring immeasurable benefits!

However, the excitement in the Eastern Divine Region did not last long. The subsequent voice was like a bucket of cold water dousing them, and for Yun Che, it was even more unexpected—a sudden, stunning blow.

"During the Profound God Convention, the divine power of the Eternal Heaven Pearl will envelop the entire Eternal Heaven Divine Realm. Due to limitations in preparation time and the Eternal Heaven Pearl's divine power, the scale of this Profound God Convention will be vastly different from previous ones. Only those aged under sixty and whose profound strength is no weaker than the Divine Tribulation Realm may register for the preliminary selection. As the divine power of the Eternal Heaven Pearl cannot be endured by ordinary bodies, at that time, all profound practitioners whose cultivation is below the Divine Tribulation Realm will be unable to enter the Eternal Heaven Realm by any means, and any who are already within will be forcibly expelled."