Chapter 8

At this moment, Dongfang Niemi had aged by twenty years, his face covered in wrinkles, his eyes once again becoming cloudy, his hair completely turned white, and even the brocade robe he wore had lost its luster, resembling coarse linen.

"Too astonishing, too astonishing! It took me four days and nights to complete the second level of the Bone Marrow Cleansing, but you only took a little over two hours, and the amount of mystic power you consumed was less than one-tenth of what I used at the time. Too astonishing!"

"Child, I now face a choice: should I continue cleansing your meridians, or should I stop now?"

"Continue cleansing? I may not have enough mystic power left. If the mystic power runs out during the Bone Marrow Cleansing, the consequences would be unimaginable, and your body seems to have reached its limit. If I stop now, I will have wasted a lot of mystic power, and I am truly unwilling. If I can cleanse you to the third level, it would save you several years of hard work, and you could become the leader of the Yin-Yang Sect earlier. I am truly unwilling!"

"Should I continue, or should I stop?"

Of course, Yang Dingtian was completely unable to answer, as he couldn't even move a finger, let alone speak or express any emotion.

"Heaven has brought you to me to create a miracle. I am betting on it, I am risking everything. We will continue. Even if we fail and suffer a backlash, I will..."

Finally, with a determined tone, Dongfang Niemi began the third Bone Marrow Cleansing for Yang Dingtian.

The second time, Yang Dingtian's pain had already reached its limit, and Dongfang Niemi had aged by over a decade, but he still proceeded with the third cleansing.

During the third cleansing, Yang Dingtian could no longer feel his body at all. This was an extremely dangerous sign. He couldn't feel his hands, his limbs, or even his face. He had no vision or hearing, as if only a thread of consciousness was floating between raging flames and extreme cold.

Dongfang Niemi also visibly aged at an alarming rate, his skin wrinkling and his body becoming emaciated. His hair, though already white, had still retained some luster, but now it began to wither rapidly like dehydrated grass.

One hour, two hours, three hours...

The sky turned dark, and then it turned bright again!

After more than twenty hours, the third Bone Marrow Cleansing was still ongoing. Dongfang Niemi had become as withered as a mummy, even more aged and gray than when he started, completely drained of energy. When Yang Dingtian first met him, his hair was like withered grass but still abundant. Now, his gray, withered hair was breaking and crumbling, leaving only a few strands on his emaciated scalp.

The robe he wore had become tattered.

As for Yang Dingtian, his body initially excreted black impurities, but later, the excretions turned bloody. Finally, his skin and blood vessels split open like a web, blood seeping out, making him look like a bloody mess.

At this point, Dongfang Niemi's mystic power had reached Yang Dingtian's head, and the third Bone Marrow Cleansing was 99% complete. However, Yang Dingtian's life was in grave danger, and just a little more pressure would cause his blood vessels to burst.

The most terrifying thing was that Dongfang Niemi's internal qi sea was completely empty, and he had no mystic power left in his body.

"Is it really going to end in failure?" Dongfang Niemi asked the heavens in despair. He had originally retained a bit of power to protect Yang Dingtian's life in case of an emergency. But due to the lack of mystic power at the final stage of the Bone Marrow Cleansing, he used his last reserve. Even so, he still couldn't complete the final cleansing, and the progress was stuck at less than 1%. Stopping now would mean certain death for Yang Dingtian.

"I wanted to say a final goodbye, but now I can't," Dongfang Niemi said slowly.

"Remember, inherit my legacy and make the Yin-Yang Sect great."

"Remember, when you are strong enough, you will see all my secrets in the Flame Ring and understand why I was trapped under this ice."

"Remember, when you are strong enough, complete the path I couldn't finish, challenge the order of this world, and see if the so-called gods truly exist."

"Remember, take care of your teacher's wife, your wife, my daughter..."

"Remember, never let anyone know about your Nine Yang Mystic Veins, anyone..."

"Farewell..."

Dongfang Niemi let out a wild roar!

"Boom..." A fierce flame burst from his body, engulfing him in flames.

"Boom..." The deep ice cave exploded, blue light bursting forth like a massive missile detonating inside the cave.

The blue light swept through the cave, shattering the crystal-clear ice. The more than ten thousand ice steps that Yang Dingtian had spent a year making instantly exploded and shattered.

"Boom..."

Dongfang Niemi was completely obliterated.

A powerful shockwave lifted Yang Dingtian and shot him upward, propelling him thousands of meters into the air, far above the cave, and then he fell to the ground with a heavy thud.

At the same time, the deep ice cave completely collapsed, and the surrounding snow rushed in to cover the collapsed area.

"Leave quickly, get as far away as you can. My enemies will be here soon."

"Child, farewell. Carry on with my ideals and will in this world..."

Dongfang Niemi's final words echoed in Yang Dingtian's ears. He had completely detonated his qi sea, helping Yang Dingtian complete the final 1% of the Bone Marrow Cleansing, and then destroyed the entire ice cave, pushing Yang Dingtian out.

"No, no..." After lying on the snow for several minutes, Yang Dingtian finally regained the ability to speak and move, and he crawled desperately toward the collapsed cave.

The cave was now gone, completely buried under the snow. As far as the eye could see, it was a vast, white snowfield.

Dongfang Niemi had never intended to leave this place alive and had never thought that the ice steps Yang Dingtian had worked so hard on would be of any use. He had planned everything from the beginning, using all his remaining strength to help Yang Dingtian. By detonating his qi sea, he pushed Yang Dingtian out and eliminated every trace of his presence to prevent his powerful enemy from discovering him.

"No..." Yang Dingtian shouted hoarsely, the image of Dongfang Niemi exploding and being obliterated replaying in his mind, his proud and kind voice echoing in his ears.

For over a year, they had been together day and night. The old man was the closest person to him in this world, his only family. In Yang Dingtian's heart, he was not only a strict teacher but also a kind father. Yang Dingtian had worked hard to make over ten thousand ice steps, hoping to one day carry the old man out of the ice cave.

But now...

This closest person had sacrificed his life and everything to help him, entrusting his life's work to him and giving him his beloved daughter.

Such a great favor was greater than the heavens and the earth!

Grief overwhelmed him, but he had to move quickly. His teacher had said that his enemies would be coming soon to fulfill the ten-year agreement. Although Yang Dingtian wanted to know who these enemies were, he knew he had to stay far away before they arrived.

Yang Dingtian wiped away his tears, knelt down in the direction of the buried cave, and bowed three times.

"Teacher, rest in peace. I will do everything you said!"

"I will become strong soon, I will make the Yin-Yang Sect great, I will complete the path you couldn't finish, even though I don't know what that path is. I will kill your enemy, even though I don't know who they are or if they are male or female."

"I will become strong enough to challenge the order of this world and see if the so-called gods truly exist, even though I don't understand what you mean by that."

"I will take care of your wife and protect my future wife, your daughter!"

"I will fulfill my promise to you with my life!"

"Teacher, farewell, rest in peace!"

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In the vast expanse of ice and snow, no matter which direction he looked, everything was a flat, white snowfield, as if the entire world was only one color, making it impossible to distinguish east from west.

Yang Dingtian used the sun to determine his direction and walked eastward, completely naked. He had no idea where the Yin-Yang Sect was, as everything had happened too suddenly, and Dongfang Niemi hadn't had time to explain the details. He had to find a human settlement and then ask for directions to the Yin-Yang Sect.

Yang Dingtian chose to walk east because it was closer to human settlements, though it was still over five thousand miles away.

The place where Yang Dingtian was, called the Ten Thousand Mile Ice Field, was not an exaggeration but truly exceeded ten thousand miles. The entire icy landscape, from north to south and from west to east, was more than ten thousand miles. This world was much larger than Earth, and no one knew where its boundaries were.

The deep ice cave that had trapped Dongfang Niemi for ten years was almost at the center of the icy landscape. It was about five thousand seven hundred miles from the eastern human settlements and over seven thousand miles from the western human settlements.

At this moment, Yang Dingtian had only one Flame Pill, which he had inserted into his right ear. He was completely naked and could only keep it in his ear. The pill could sustain his life for about half a month, so he had to walk the five thousand seven hundred miles within that time.

"Teacher, I'm leaving..."

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