The South Sea was a great metropolis at the southernmost end of Tang Song Country, bordered by the sea on three sides.

On its eastern coastline, a row of stone cliffs stood between the seawater and the land, like sheer precipices.

But on the stone walls, there were many caves.

Every cave led to some unknown place.

Led by the old man, Yang Tian came to this stretch of coastline. With a single glance he saw the pitch‑black caves in the cliff face. He ran his Divine Sense into them, yet couldn’t sense where the caves ended.

"You’re saying Lin Zhenhua is in there?"

Yang Tian looked toward the old man.

"That’s right, Young Master Lin Zhenhua is inside."

The old man said, then flew up toward the stone wall, arriving in front of one of the caves, but he wasn’t in a hurry to go in.

On the contrary, with a flick of his hand, a Divine Disc appeared.

First he laid an Array on the Divine Disc, then he bit his fingertip and smeared fresh blood onto the Array. After finishing all this, the Array ignited.

Yang Tian frowned.

Because he clearly sensed that the scene inside the cave ahead had changed.

He walked into the cave and stepped directly into an ice cellar of ice and snow.

Here the Ice Seal of Ten Thousand Miles stretched out, everything a vast expanse of white. Only at the very center, on an ice bed, a man lay quietly.

This man was very young, a youth just over twenty.

And the man looked quite a bit like Lin Zhenbang. If he wasn’t mistaken, this should be Lin Zhenbang’s elder brother, Lin Zhenhua.

Twenty years ago, Lin Zhenhua had been framed by Lin Zhenbang.

"Mr. Yang, this way please..."

The old man said respectfully, walking toward the ice bed.

Yang Tian also came to the front of the ice bed. Looking at the young man on it, he saw that the corpse had been preserved extremely well. The man’s skin was very moist; if not for the fact that the corpse’s breath had long since ceased, it would truly be hard to say this youth had already been dead for twenty years.

"You go out first. I’ll see if I can save him."

Yang Tian said flatly.

He was about to use the Nuwa Divine Technique and didn’t want anyone else to know!

The old man gave Yang Tian a serious look, then obediently retreated. Only, before leaving, he sighed, "Master Lin has come back, but has he gone senile? He actually had me find some snot‑nosed kid to save Young Master? The Young Master’s been dead for twenty years, even his soul’s scattered. How can he be saved?"

Shaking his head and sighing, the old man walked out.

Yang Tian shrugged.

He had just come to take a look anyway. As for the youth’s corpse on the ice bed—if he could save him, he would.

"The old man said the Nuwa Divine Technique can resurrect his son? Then I’ll give it a try!"

Yang Tian came to the front of the corpse, closed his eyes, and ran the powerful Divine Technique in his body. Divine Breath surged out and spiraled around the corpse without stopping.

Strangely enough.

The originally deathly‑still corpse suddenly moved at this moment.

Bursts of corpse stench wafted out from the body, nauseating to smell.

And very quickly, the corpse began to break down, turning into crystalline ice fragments that floated in midair.

Yang Tian frowned. "Failed? Could it be the Nuwa Divine Technique is too powerful and ended up disintegrating the corpse?"

Then he shrugged. "Since that’s the case, there’s nothing more I can do."

He walked out, passed through the Array, and arrived directly at the cave entrance. The stretch of emerald‑green sea ahead entered his sight. Yang Tian yawned and was about to leave when the old man had already come out. "Mr. Yang, how did it go?"

"I couldn’t save him."

Yang Tian said coolly.

"Oh."

The old man answered, but didn’t press further. After all, even he himself felt that Lin Zhenhua, dead for twenty years, was beyond saving.

"Master was just muddle‑headed for a moment. Young Master’s been dead for twenty years, how could he possibly come back to life?"

The old man shook his head with a sigh, then walked toward the Ice Scenery.

Only, when the old man entered the ice cave, he saw at a glance that the ice bed was empty. A flash of shock appeared in his eyes. "Where’s Young Master’s corpse? Could it be Young Master’s body has been destroyed?"

At that thought, the old man’s expression changed drastically.

He was just about to rush back out when a cold shout rang out at that moment: "Kill!"

The old man looked up and saw a young man floating right above the ice cave.

This man was none other than Lin Zhenhua.

"Young Master, you really did come back to life! My heavens, Master wasn’t lying. That brat he had me find really could bring you back!"

The old man said excitedly.

Only, the youth at this time flew down, slammed his palm heavily onto the old man’s head, and with a bang killed him on the spot.

After sniffing the strong scent of blood, the youth’s mind cleared a lot. He suddenly looked at his own hands, a flash of shock in his eyes, then flew straight out of the cave.

......

At this time, Yang Tian had no idea that the youth’s corpse hadn’t been dissolved but sublimated, recondensing into a living person.

Yang Tian flew toward the city center of the South Sea.

Half an hour later, Yang Tian returned to the hotel where he was staying.

Soon, however, Yang Tian sensed that something was off.

The front‑desk staff in the hotel lobby seemed to have been completely replaced. They were basically a different group from the ones he’d seen the first time, and even the lobby manager had been replaced by a tall man.

Yang Tian didn’t startle the snake.

Instead, he pretended he didn’t know anything and headed into the elevator.

Very quickly, he arrived on the fifth floor. Just as he stepped out of the elevator, he saw a woman standing at the end of the corridor.

"You!"

Yang Tian frowned, a trace of surprise flashing through his eyes.

Because the woman at the end of the corridor was none other than Li Min.

"Yang Tian, you really are here!"

Li Min let out a cheer and ran toward Yang Tian at full speed.

In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through Yang Tian’s mind, and he grew even more suspicious.

Down in the first‑floor lobby, those strange front‑desk staff were extremely likely to be people from the Celestial Dragon Association.

And Li Min showing up here—was she leading the Celestial Dragon Association people to him?

"Big Sis, how are you here?"

Yang Tian quickly asked.

"I was captured by the Celestial Dragon Association. Lin Zhenbang said I’m his daughter. He locked me up and told me you were nearby, so I snuck out to find you!"

Li Min said with a smile.

"But don’t you realize that doing this will lead the Celestial Dragon Association to me?"

Yang Tian asked.

"I was scared at first too, but I really wanted to see you, so I ran out!"

Li Min said matter‑of‑factly.

Yang Tian rolled his eyes. "Big Sis, let me tell you, this entire hotel might be full of Celestial Dragon Association people!"

"How is that possible? I slipped out on my own..."

Li Min hurried to say.

"Use your brain a little. They had you locked up, and they’d just let you walk out?"

Yang Tian said speechlessly...