Chapter 1627: Boiling Snow Pill

World of Mortals

Correction: Yesterday, my mind went blank, and I wrote "ice phase" instead of "water phase," causing a misunderstanding. As I was typing, the input method automatically suggested "refrigerator lineage," which I found strange at the time but didn't react to.

Such a dying declaration was most likely left by a cultivator of the Formless Immortal Sect, perhaps as a final act of devotion.

Were these the legacies he left for his descendants?

The avatar silently scanned the tokens and other items, guessing that the person, at the moment of death, likely harbored the hope that his descendants would revitalize the Formless Immortal Sect.

He bowed to the white bones.

Of course, he had to thank this person; otherwise, the gains from the treasure vault, though not insignificant, would have fallen far short of his expectations.

After the bow.

The avatar gestured with his finger, drawing several jade slips into his hand.

"Taiyi Hidden Water."

This was the only cultivation technique in the jade slips, and as expected, it belonged to the Water Element Dao. Its profundity surpassed that of the Xuan Tian Palace's "Qingwei Record."

"Lightless Shield," "Primordial Solitude Divine Wheel," "Misty Ripple Shadowless Illusionary Body"...

Each was a top-grade divine ability.

Some were extremely profound and required diligent study. Others were more like methods for channeling true essence, offering enlightenment to those with sufficient cultivation.

For example, "Lightless Shield."

The avatar quickly read through it, pondered for a moment, then waved his hand across his front. True essence surged, then the fluctuations grew weaker and weaker, forming an invisible shield, though its power was merely satisfactory.

The avatar noticed that performing this divine ability was easier than he expected, suspecting it was related to the cold malevolence he had refined from the ice disc.

He did not waste much time on this.

The avatar examined each jade slip. What caught his eye most was the last one, which actually contained alchemical formulas treasured by the Water Phase lineage!

Upon seeing this, the avatar was overjoyed. He quickly scanned the jade slip and finally found a spiritual elixir called "Boiling Snow Pill" among the last three ancient formulas. Its description matched the characteristics of the elixir obtained from the Tomb of the Water Phase Master.

Boiling Snow Pill.

Lí Shén Flower, Heavenly凝 Fragrance, Lǐ Shù Seeds – three...

Further annotations indicated: "It is best if a cultivator who has practiced 'Taiyi Hidden Water' and reached the late Nascent Soul stage refines Taiyi Golden Liquid to nourish the pill; this can increase the success rate by more than ten percent."

Scanning the list of spiritual herbs on the formula, even Qin Sang couldn't help but gasp. Regardless of their rarity, there were even a few he had never heard of.

Perhaps the names of the spiritual herbs had changed over time, or Qin Sang knew little about alchemy, but the difficulty of refining this pill was evident.

Its medicinal effect was indeed astonishing.

A cultivator who consumed one Boiling Snow Pill would immediately receive a massive replenishment of vital energy. Even if their true essence was depleted, it could be rapidly refilled, and it was effective even for late Nascent Soul cultivators.

Upon seeing this, Qin Sang immediately recalled the Three-Light Jade Liquid he had obtained years ago. After the Three-Light Jade Liquid, he had never seen another spiritual elixir with such miraculous effects.

However, the Three-Light Jade Liquid had a gentle medicinal power; after a cultivator consumed it, there would be no adverse effects on their body, and it could even nourish the flesh. Qin Sang had even regrown severed limbs.

The Boiling Snow Pill, however, was much more violent. After consumption, its medicinal power transformed into vital energy like an avalanche. The cultivator would inevitably suffer an impact, and consuming even one would bring immense burden. After escaping danger, they must quickly find a place to heal, otherwise, it could damage their Dao foundation!

Even so, this did not diminish the pill's value in the slightest.

In times of crisis, it was equivalent to gaining an extra life!

The other two formulas placed with the Boiling Snow Pill had different effects, each with its own strengths, but their commonality was the extreme difficulty of refining them.

There were also many other valuable formulas, second only to these three, including spiritual elixirs that aided cultivation, which could significantly help both the avatar and the main body.

He didn't understand alchemy, nor had he deliberately befriended master alchemists in Middle-state, and collecting spiritual herbs was even more troublesome, so he temporarily put away the formulas to plan for them later.

The jade slips, however, contained many chapters detailing alchemy insights, all written by masters, likely the crystallization of wisdom from successive generations of alchemical masters of the Formless Immortal Sect.

Many contents were profound and obscure, some seemingly from the hands of Spirit Transformation cultivators. Qin Sang briefly scanned them, feeling dizzy, as if reading a divine script.

He was well aware of the value of these contents; this single jade slip could nurture an alchemical grandmaster. However, whether he should divert his attention to concurrently cultivate alchemy in the future still required consideration.

In terms of alchemy alone, the foundation of a top-tier sect was no more than this.

Qin Sang did not know that while the five lineages of the Formless Immortal Sect were self-contained, each excelled in its own field. The Water Phase Palace was renowned for its alchemy back then, even more so than the Fire Phase Palace.

He estimated that these alchemical formulas should be the entire treasured collection of the Water Phase lineage. However, the cultivation techniques and divine abilities of the Water Phase lineage surely extended beyond these jade slips.

The divine abilities and Dao arts left by the white bones leaned more towards "water," and there were no cultivation techniques of the "ice" Dao.

"Was the other part of the inheritance taken by the owner of the suspected tomb?"

He recalled the jade box taken by Elder Yanshan; perhaps it was inside.

Next were the magical artifacts. Their power was considerable, but none were spiritual treasures. There was one damaged item, a broken blade, which, when intact, was suspected to be a pseudo-spiritual treasure.

The avatar haphazardly put them away and looked at the last items: a neatly arranged pile of tokens.

These tokens had peculiar shapes and were made of a material similar to profound iron. They were red on top and white on the bottom, totaling seven in number.

The upper part had an uneven edge, like a swirling crimson flame, while the lower part was very regular, like a clear piece of profound ice.

"Ice-Fire Tokens?"

The avatar picked up an Ice-Fire Token. It felt warm and cool to the touch, with no sensation of burning or extreme cold. He examined it for a while and casually gave it a name, as he had not seen any record of such tokens in the jade slips.

He wondered if the white bones simply ran out of time to record them, or deliberately concealed this information.

He channeled his divine sense through the Ice-Fire Token and then used true essence to probe it, confirming it was not a magical artifact, but its refining technique was quite profound, very much like an array tool.

Unfortunately, the white bones did not leave any spiritual arrays.

However, the avatar felt a peculiar, somewhat familiar power from the Ice-Fire Token. He instinctively looked at the mysterious ice disc, but when placed together, there was no reaction.

He had a strong intuition that the two treasures were related!

Unable to discern anything for now, the avatar stepped over the white bones, saw that there was still a path ahead, and continued deeper into the hidden passage.

Not long after, he indeed found a hidden hall.

Before entering the hidden hall, the avatar felt an oppressive sensation nearby. He was certain that the hidden hall was the source of the faint blue celestial light.

If he wasn't mistaken, ahead was the core of the Ice Rite Palace's grand array!

*Creak!*

The door opened effortlessly.

The scene inside the hidden hall appeared before the avatar's eyes: it was a complex and unusual flag array.

The flag array was incomplete.

The spiritual array had eighty-one nodes, with treasure flags erected among them. A complete flag array would surely be incredibly powerful, but now more than half were missing.

The surviving treasure flags were also severely damaged.

Roughly counting, only three to five treasure flags remained relatively intact. These remnant flags supported the incomplete array, drawing power from the spiritual脉 and operating autonomously, barely maintaining the faint blue celestial light outside.

Most striking was the center of the spiritual array, where an ice platform stood. Carved into the ice platform was a circular groove, identical in size and shape to the mysterious ice disc!

However, there was no position for the Ice-Fire Tokens.

"The ice disc is indeed the treasure that suppresses the array core!"

As this thought arose in the avatar's mind, a bone-chilling wind swept over him.

Within the spiritual array, streams of cold energy flowed continuously. Sensing the presence of an outsider in the hidden hall, they spontaneously launched a counterattack.

The avatar remained unhurried, maneuvering the mysterious ice disc to block in front of him.

As expected, upon touching the mysterious ice disc, the cold energy immediately vanished.

Relying on the mysterious ice disc to clear the way, the avatar effortlessly reached the front of the ice platform. He focused on observing the flag array, pondered for a moment, and then attempted to place the mysterious ice disc into the groove.

*Clack!*

The ice disc settled perfectly into the groove.

Unexpectedly, the spiritual array did not immediately activate as he had imagined. Instead, the spiritual array rapidly drew power from the spiritual脉. This power did not support the spiritual array but converged towards the central ice platform.

The ice platform radiated divine light once more.

The avatar could clearly see a tangible cold light circulating within the ice platform, revolving continuously around the ice disc, undergoing strange changes.

This never-before-seen phenomenon piqued the avatar's curiosity.

He stared for a long time, then suddenly understood.

"So this is the purpose of the spiritual array! It's not that the ice disc suppresses the array core, but rather that the grand array is used to nourish the ice disc, accumulating power..."

The ice disc contained only cold malevolence.

During cultivation, he could feel that every trace of cold malevolence absorbed meant a trace less in the ice disc.

The ice disc could recover on its own, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to continuously support the Water Phase Master's arrangements above the tomb, but this process would undoubtedly be extremely slow.

The Ice Rite Palace grand array could accelerate the recovery of cold malevolence!

"No, it's not that simple. The ice disc also suppresses the array core and can feed back into the spiritual array. They complement each other—how exquisite!"

The avatar placed one hand above the ice disc. Through the ice disc, he immediately felt a connection with the treasure flags in the spiritual array.

At the same time, the avatar made an unexpected discovery.

Next to the spiritual array, concealed by it, there was actually another mysterious space!

"The topography of Ice Rite Palace is so complex..."

The avatar muttered to himself, looking down with curiosity about what else might be hidden inside. He had found the array core, and even acquired the inheritance of the Water Phase lineage, but it wasn't the end.

He settled down and explored this spiritual array.

Although he could sense the treasure flags through the ice disc, it was only limited to the few intact ones. Over a long period, it was already difficult for the spiritual array to maintain itself, and the damaged treasure flags were already on the verge of collapse; a small fluctuation could cause them to shatter.

Carelessness could even lead to the collapse of the entire Ice Rite Palace.

The avatar gently touched the ice disc, activating the spiritual array with extreme caution. Finally, he heard a "click-clack" sound, and then saw the nearby stone wall slowly move away, revealing a dark space.

This space was noticeably larger.

He hadn't realized it before, but seeing the mysterious space with his own eyes, the avatar understood that this was the true center of the Ice Rite Palace, not the hall where the spiritual array was located.

The avatar thought for a moment, leaving the ice disc on the ice platform, and stepped inside.

"Hiss, what complex restrictions..."

Seeing the layout of the space, the avatar was secretly astonished. The walls were covered with dense, dazzling restrictions.

In the center of the space, there was actually another spiritual array, even more complex than the grand array outside.

However, at this moment, the spiritual array was dormant and not operating.

The avatar took one look and knew that it lacked the necessary artifacts to support its operation.

The spiritual array was shaped like a Tai Chi celestial platform. Although the area around the celestial platform was empty, there were numerous grooves on the ground. The avatar saw the grooves, flipped his hand, and took out the Ice-Fire Tokens. Sure enough, they fit perfectly!

The Ice-Fire Tokens should have been integral to the grooves.

However, he only had seven, while there were forty-nine grooves on the ground!

Furthermore, the avatar noticed that in the center of the Tai Chi celestial platform, there was a sitting position, and in the positions of the Yang and Yin poles, there were also two recessed areas.

The Yin pole position was consistent with the ice platform outside; it was definitely for placing the ice disc.

The Yang pole position was shaped like a jade pendant.

"This array is so complex and requires the ice disc and another treasure no less significant than the ice disc. It must have an extraordinary purpose, but what is it used for...?"

The avatar was puzzled.

To find out, he had to try.

But he only had the ice disc, and the number of Ice-Fire Tokens was far from enough.

After some thought, he decided to give it a try. He took the ice disc from the ice platform, returned to the Tai Chi celestial platform, first inserted the seven Ice-Fire Tokens at intervals, then sat cross-legged on the celestial platform, and tentatively placed the ice disc in the Yin pole position.

Lacking one treasure, it was not a complete spiritual array, so even if something went wrong, he could escape at any time.

The celestial platform showed no anomaly.

But the moment the ice disc returned to its position, the restrictions on all four walls lit up.

*Whoosh...*

Suddenly, the avatar was horrified to see invisible flames floating in the space.

"Yin Fire!"

The avatar's voice was dry, and his hair stood on end.

Qin Sang had experienced three calamities when breaking through to Nascent Soul. How could he not recognize Yin Fire?

However, the Yin Fire of the Nascent Soul tribulation was utterly insignificant compared to what was present now. Perhaps only the legendary Spirit Transformation tribulation could be this terrifying!

The avatar was about to flee on the spot, but then realized that the Yin Fire was not actually real, but an illusion projected by the restrictions on the four walls.

When he saw the scene in the illusion, the avatar sat dumbfounded.

In the illusion.

Yin Fire filled the sky.

Within the Yin Fire, there was actually a Daoist, his face indistinct, seemingly undergoing a tribulation.

Below the Daoist was this very Tai Chi celestial platform!

However, on the Tai Chi celestial platform, the treasures were complete. The forty-nine Ice-Fire Tokens around it were all neatly arranged, the ice disc was placed in the Yin pole position, and a crimson immortal pendant was placed in the Yang pole position!

Both the ice disc and the immortal pendant shone brightly.

Cold malevolence surged skyward, forming an ice pillar.

The immortal pendant, meanwhile, shot out a pillar of fire, as if its very body was melting.

The forty-nine Ice-Fire Tokens and the two treasures connected their auras, rising into the air together and circling the Daoist.

At that moment, the ultimate Yin energy and ultimate Yang energy, after passing through the celestial platform and the Ice-Fire Tokens, did not clash but converged into a strange force that flowed around the celestial platform and the Daoist.

When this force enveloped him, the Daoist's body trembled much less.

The aura of the invisible Yin Fire significantly weakened!

"This is an image of the Formless Immortal Sect ancestor undergoing tribulation! A tribulation array! And it's a Spirit Transformation tribulation!"

The avatar's eyes widened. He had never expected that the ice disc was a supreme treasure for surviving tribulations.

"Can it only help with the first calamity, or all of them?"

The avatar held his breath, concentrating on the details. Unfortunately, the scene was too blurry to discern the specifics of the Daoist's tribulation, but he still gained considerable insights.

Finally, the Daoist successfully passed the Yin Fire calamity.

The next calamity was about to descend, but the Daoist did not close the celestial platform. Instead, the power of the spiritual array intensified.

Just then, the avatar was startled awake by a sound. He looked down and saw that the Ice-Fire Tokens on the ground were on the verge of collapsing.

The supreme treasures were incomplete, and the Yin and Yang were imbalanced.

Moreover, the number of Ice-Fire Tokens was insufficient, and they were quickly failing.

He hurriedly put away the ice disc.

Instantly, the illusion dissipated, and the restrictions on the four walls became silent, but the scene from the illusion was deeply etched in his mind.