The biting cold wind lashed at my face like razor-sharp blades. I pulled my clothes tighter around myself, my heart a turbulent mix of anticipation and anxiety. Linger and I had endured countless hardships before finally finding the final material needed to seal the Demon Venerable in the Far North—the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Crystal. Right now, it rested quietly in the palm of my hand, radiating a faint blue glow that illuminated the surrounding world of ice and snow.
"We did it!" Linger hugged me tightly in excitement, tears glistening at the corners of her eyes. "We can finally destroy the Demon Venerable completely and restore peace to the Cultivation World!"
I nodded, yet a heavy sense of responsibility still weighed upon my heart. Qu Chen and I had agreed to rendezvous at Kunlun Mountain, which was the ideal location to seal the Demon Venerable and also the site of our final decisive battle.
Chapter 85