Xueying, upon hearing Gongshujiu's words, felt a slight tremor in her heart. She sensed a faint, almost imperceptible, invisible barrier enveloping them both.

"Palace Master Xiao has greatly increased his cultivation in recent years. He is single-mindedly trying to integrate all the forces in the Northern Cold Immortal Territory and has done many things both overtly and covertly, so the Immortal Territory has been quite turbulent for the past thousand years. Since the last siege of Baili Yan, the Fu Ling Sect and the Cangliu Palace have appeared much more obedient on the surface, but in reality, they are merely lying dormant, accumulating strength. If Palace Master Xiao continues to stubbornly go his own way, I fear the Northern Cold Immortal Territory will inevitably change sooner or later. This junior is compelled to act in this presumptuous manner..." Xueying said slowly, her expression solemn.

"There is no need to think that way. Even if you had not contacted me, the Heavenly Court would have already noticed that things are not quite right here. In fact, the activities of the Samsara Palace have become increasingly frequent in recent years, and the Northern Cold Immortal Territory is not the only one with unrest. I was previously dealing with matters in another Immortal Territory, which is why I arrived late to the Northern Cold Immortal Territory. As a result, I happened to witness the emergence of the Nether Cold Immortal Mansion, so I came directly here," Gongshujiu said, waving his hand.

"This junior is fortunate to have encountered Senior Gongshu, otherwise, I don't know how long it would have taken to escape. I truly make you laugh," Xueying said, cupping her fist in another salute.

"This is a Xuanwu Water Mechanism Array. It can only be broken by entering underwater from the outside and destroying the mechanisms. All of you have been trapped in the array, and you will only be drawn in tighter and tighter. Even with the strength of a Golden Immortal late-stage, it will be difficult to save yourselves," Gongshujiu said with a smile.

"We were also tricked by that old fox, Luo Qinghai," Xueying sighed, a trace of gloom flashing in her eyes.

"Where is Xiao Jinhan now?" Gongshujiu asked, changing the subject.

"This junior just separated from him before coming here. I will take you to find him now," Xueying said quickly, slightly taken aback.

"Let's go," Gongshujiu nodded, beckoning towards the void.

The huge, snow-white Pi Xiu had already swallowed the black millstone into its belly and was burping with satisfaction. Suddenly, its light converged, and its size rapidly shrunk, transforming back into a white jade ornament, flying back into Gongshujiu's hand.

However, a small black dot was added to its belly, and its form still retained the appearance of burping.

Afterward, the two led the True Immortals and flew out of the lake area, heading towards the distance.

…

Unbeknownst to them, beneath the ancient tomb ruins of this lake, there was a black stone tunnel extending downward, inlaid with irregularly shaped white fluorite stones, illuminating the entire tunnel with a snowy light.

Within the tunnel, there was a graceful figure, slowly walking towards the depths of the tunnel.

Bathed in the fluorite's glow, her skin was like snow, her eyebrows and eyes were like paintings, her age was about twenty, it was Lu Yuqing.

However, her eyes were bright as stars, but her face was devoid of expression. She just walked step by step, heading underground.

…

Within the valley.

The mountains and rivers engraved on the white stone wall were glowing with golden light. From the sharply defined layers of jagged rocks and the meandering rivers, golden runes flew out, directly reaching the white light screen above.

Its light suddenly scattered, and then it would melt into the light screen.

The originally violently agitated light screen suddenly became very viscous, as if it had been mixed with a large amount of golden liquid, and at the same time, it became stable again.

Luo Qinghai frowned slightly at the sight, and his hand seals changed, followed by a low shout from his mouth.

"Rise!"

With this sound, the lotus platform phantom beneath him suddenly shone brightly, becoming more and more solid.

At the same time, faint wind sounds rang out around the lotus platform, and a blue vortex condensed, transmitting an extremely powerful attraction force from within.

Han Li's expression suddenly changed when he saw this. He only felt the immortal spiritual power in his body, like a flood released from a gate, pouring frantically into the lotus platform vortex.

He shifted his gaze and scanned the others in the formation, only to see that they all had different expressions, obviously being drained of a large amount of immortal spiritual power, just like him.

"Don't panic, everyone. This stone wall restriction is a bit stronger than previously estimated, and it will take some effort," Luo Qinghai suddenly said, his voice coming from mid-air.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, just focus on breaking the restriction. If you want to use this method to drain the immortal spiritual power of others, it's too crude. I don't think you would stoop to that," Feng Tiandu said in a hoarse voice.

"I am relieved that Fellow Daoist Feng thinks so," Luo Qinghai replied with a smile.

As he spoke, the lotus platform beneath him had completely materialized, looking like it was carved from blue crystal, crystal clear, refracting rays of light.

"Open…"

Luo Qinghai's mouth hooked into a smile as he saw this, and he roared.

The blue crystal lotus platform, which gathered the crowd's vast immortal spiritual power, immediately shot out from under his feet, flashing in mid-air. All the petals fluttered down, swirling into the golden light screen and falling into various parts of the white stone wall.

Immediately afterward, a miraculous scene appeared on the stone wall.

The places where the lotus petals fell on the stone wall glowed with blue light, and blooming Nether Lotuses emerged from within, covering the entire stone wall.

Han Li had both admiration and vigilance in his heart when he saw this.

Luo Qinghai ordered them to set up this Nine Palaces Breaking Formation Diagram and use the Nine Spirits Seizing Truth Technique together. Its function was only to borrow everyone's immortal spiritual power, the real method to break this restriction should be this blue crystal lotus.

Just as he was worried about unexpected changes, Luo Qinghai's palms had already pushed forward, the movements were gentle and casual, as if he was opening the door to his own courtyard.

However, as his palms pushed forward and then separated to both sides, the golden light screen covering the white stone wall, which was covered with lotus flowers, shattered with a bang. A golden line also separated in the center of the stone wall, opening to both sides like a door.

The stone wall slowly opened inward, without any sound. The valley was also silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the dazzling white light behind the door, their expressions were exceptionally tense.

However, when the two stone walls were fully opened, there was still only a piece of white light behind the door, so bright that it was impossible to see. There was no foreign object flying out, nor any strong fluctuations coming out.

Han Li took out a pill to restore immortal spiritual power and swallowed it. While holding the Immortal Essence Stone to absorb spiritual power, he used his Spirit Eye supernatural power to investigate into the white light.

But soon, he found that it was of little use. All he could see was a vast expanse of white. Even his divine sense could not penetrate into it at all.

"Everyone, the restriction has been opened. Please enter according to the agreed number of people. Otherwise, I, Luo, will have to withdraw my methods and close the restriction again. What will happen then, only heaven knows," Luo Qinghai said with a smile, his tone gentle but with an unquestionable tone.

Feng Tiandu nodded to Qi Tianxiao, and the two took the lead and flew into the white light. Their figures disappeared immediately. Sure enough, everyone else from the Fu Ling Sect stayed where they were, and no one followed.

Immediately afterward, the two cultivators of the Nanli Clan also flew into the white light together.

After whispering a few words to Yun Ni, Huyan Daoren nodded to Han Li, and the two also flew up and entered the white light.

The moment he entered, Han Li felt a sharp pain in his eyes, and subconsciously closed his eyes.

The next moment, when he reopened his eyes, he found himself in another strange world.

He saw that the surroundings were a vast expanse of white, filled with misty white fog. It did not seem dense. In places closer, he could still distinguish the fog from the void, but hundreds of feet away, the two had completely merged into one.

After a brief investigation, Han Li found that not only was his vision obstructed here, but even his divine sense could not see too far.

He found that the few people who had entered here before were also suspended in the vast white fog, keeping a little distance from each other, all looking around solemnly.

Obviously, after entering here, everyone's minds were tense, and no one dared to rush into the dense fog.

After a while, Ouyang Kuishan and another Golden Immortal of the Candle Dragon Path also appeared in the white fog void. The two glanced at Huyan Daoren and just moved closer to him, but did not gather together.

Soon, Luo Qinghai also entered here with his disciple, Nan Kemeng.

"Oh, why are you still staying here, fellow Daoists? Are you waiting for me, Luo? That would be too much," he asked with a kind smile on his face, but his eyes unceremoniously scanned the surroundings.

None of the people present responded, all using their supernatural powers to explore the direction.

Han Li looked at the surrounding fog, a hesitant look appeared on his face. His Spirit Eye supernatural power was useless here. If he used the Eye of Truth, he might have some gains.

But in this way, he would expose the fact that he had cultivated the Time Law too early, which would definitely not be a good thing for the situation he might have to face next.

Just as he was hesitating, the corner of his eye suddenly caught sight of the man with a beautiful and somewhat feminine appearance standing with Luo Qinghai. There seemed to be white mist rising from the depths of his eyes, and he was staring at a void in the distance, lost in thought.

And Luo Qinghai was beside him, seemingly aimlessly searching everywhere, but his attention was always on his disciple.

Han Li turned his gaze and also looked over there without making a sound, but all he could see was a vast expanse of white fog, and he could not detect anything.

Does that person have some special spiritual eye power?

Han Li was puzzled and left a part of his attention on him.

"Waiting like this is not a solution. Everyone might as well choose a direction and personally investigate it," Luo Qinghai suddenly said loudly after a moment.

"Humph, this white fog can isolate divine sense. Who knows what strange things are hidden inside? Rushing into it at will is just courting death," the Nanli Clan's white-haired old woman said coldly, leaning on her golden staff.

"Since you are unwilling to take risks, then I, Luo, will take the first step," Luo Qinghai said with a smile.

After saying that, he took his disciple's arm and led him straight to the high sky.