From the outside, it looks like an ordinary cave, but inside it's like a luxurious palace—who would have guessed!

Li Mingke had lost count of how many "wows" he had let out.

The further she went in, the lower the temperature became, and she couldn't help but hug her arms.

"How strange, it shouldn't be this cold normally!"

The surrounding cave walls were covered with a layer of frost, glistening.

The drop in temperature made her quicken her pace.

Finally, she saw a long, sculpted ice staircase that led to a platform not far away, where something was clearly placed—a very large crystal box.

"Treasure!"

The ice ladder was very sturdy. At first, she was very careful, but later she started running on it.

Finally, she arrived at the high platform.

"What great luck! Let me see what kind of treasure it is!"

The only sound in the vast space was her footsteps, patter-patter-patter.

She walked step by step toward the crystal box.

For some reason, she felt a little nervous.

She stopped in front of the crystal box.

This isn't a box at all, it's...

Instead...

A coffin!

A coffin made of crystal.

She stumbled.

"This...this..." she stammered, "Who put the coffin here!"

So this is not a treasure trove of some great predecessor at all, but someone else's graveyard!

"No offense intended...no offense intended..." she clasped her hands together and muttered to herself.

Let's get out of here quickly, this is not a safe place to stay!

But in that instant of turning around, she couldn't help but take one last look at the crystal coffin. And what she did was a terrible discovery.

She was quite far away before, and the surface of the crystal coffin reflected light, so she couldn't see the person lying inside clearly. But now that she's closer, she can see them clearly.

This person...

No, this corpse...

It was a face she had seen countless times!

He Banjian!

No!

Lin Banjian!

She threw herself onto the coffin.

The woman lying in the crystal coffin had her eyes closed, as if she were only in a deep dream and had not truly left.

Her face was calm and serene, with a faint blush on her delicate cheeks, as beautiful as a peach blossom in full bloom; her lips were slightly upturned, forming a natural and full curve, as if she were about to unleash a charming smile at any moment; she wore an incomparably gorgeous dress, inlaid with countless dazzling gems and pearls; even her shoes were neat and spotless, as if they had just been carefully groomed.

The whole scene felt unreal, making one wonder if the woman had truly passed away.

"Lin...Lin Banjian..."

She almost exhausted all her strength to pronounce the name.

The "Lin Banjian" she knew was currently at Yixiantian, her master's newly accepted disciple. She hadn't heard any news of her death or disappearance, so who was this person in front of her...?

"Master's fiancée, Demon Lord's wife..."

She is the legendary woman who stirred up chaos in the world and made the two strongest men in the world fall at her feet—Lin Banjian!

A bone-chilling cold suddenly shot up from her feet.

She began to breathe rapidly, her lips turned pale, and her face became bloodless.

Hurry! Get out of here!

She had only one thought in her mind.

Her body was trembling uncontrollably, and she practically crawled and tumbled toward the exit.

But what she didn't know was that as she fled in panic, cracks began to appear on the crystal coffin behind her, starting as a thin line and eventually causing the entire crystal coffin to collapse.

The sturdy ice ladder she had used to climb broke, and she lost her footing, falling straight down.

Help--

She tried to shout, but her throat seemed to be blocked by something; she opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

The entire cave began to collapse.

Wang Jingyuan and his three companions found a nice spot and ate and chatted. They looked around but found there wasn't a single decent herb, so they decided to stop wasting their time and wait for Li Mingke to return.

But soon, they realized something was wrong.

Why is the ground shaking?!

"Earthquake! Run!" Bai Tianshui jumped onto Xiao Cai's back with a "whoosh".

"Come on up!" she said, extending her hand to everyone.

Xiao Cai had transformed into a giant form, and everyone climbed onto its back.

"I need to find my cousin!" Wang Jingyun was already terrified; his cousin absolutely could not be hurt!

"Alright, hold on tight, let's go find Mingke!" Bai Tianshui directed Xiao Cai to fly in the direction Li Mingke had just gone.

Xiao Cai was moving incredibly fast, but the people on her back were horrified to discover that the island was sinking at an alarming rate.

In less than a minute, the entire island will be submerged!

"Cousin!" Wang Jingyuan wailed.

Chen Zifeng grabbed the person who was about to jump.

"Wang Jingyuan, you've gone mad!"

Wang Jingyuan quietly wiped away her tears. "Let me down, I need to find my cousin!"

"Don't you even look at the situation?!" Chen Zifeng was unusually agitated. "What's the point of you going down? Can you fly or run? If you jump like that, you're sure to die!"

"What about my cousin?"

"Jingyuan," Bai Tianshui said to Xiao Cai while directing him, "I'll get you onto the ship first. You call your family to help, and Xiao Cai and I will go find someone." Her tone was firm.

This is the best solution right now.

After Xiao Cai dropped the group off, she flew back. Wang Jingyuan anxiously sent people to help.

When the people at Fengyulou heard that the young master of the Li family had gone missing, they were all terrified and rushed to rescue him in their spare boat.

But not long after they set off, they were all astonished by what they saw.

Because they saw the island completely sink into the sea, and in its place, a giant whale with blue-purple butterfly wings leaped out of the water, and the outline of the island could be vaguely seen on its back.

A whale's roar pierced everyone's eardrums.

Huge waves surged on the sea surface, but soon returned to calm.

...

Li Mingke felt as if he was sinking.

She kept her eyes tightly closed, as if bound by an invisible force, unable to open them to explore her surroundings.

However, her sense of touch was unusually acute; the icy, bone-chilling seawater surged towards her from all sides like a powerful torrent, tightly enveloping her. Every drop of water carried a heavy weight, relentlessly squeezing her, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.

The seawater seemed intent on swallowing her last breath, robbing her of her right to live.

She struggled desperately to escape this terrible predicament, but the invisible force grew stronger and stronger, making her efforts seem so pale and powerless.

In this endless darkness and despair, she gradually lost her sense of time and space. The only thing she could clearly feel was the increasingly intense feeling of suffocation, which lingered in her heart like a shadow. Every breath became difficult and painful, as if an invisible hand was choking her throat, tightening little by little.

I'm going to die...

Her mind was foggy.

We really shouldn't be arrogant!

It's heartbreaking to think that she had just begun her studies and was about to perish at sea before achieving anything. Anyone who sees or hears about it will be saddened.

As she continued to sink, she felt her back touch something cold and hard.

It's a crystal coffin.

She is now in the same position as if she were lying on a crystal coffin.

She jolted awake, forgetting everything else, and frantically scrambled to the side.

Just then, an extremely powerful pressure struck her, and she was swept away by a strong current, not knowing where she was going.

The enormous butterfly whale suddenly opened its gaping maw, which seemed capable of swallowing everything, and surging seawater rushed into it like a burst dam, forming an incredibly powerful whirlpool.

She was powerless to resist and was swept into this terrifying force, instantly disappearing into the vast sea.

Then, the butterfly whale tightly closed its mouth, and seawater gushed out from between its teeth like a raging storm. However, the poor creature was now forever buried within the butterfly whale's belly, forever accompanied by darkness and silence…

"This is a really strange way to die," she thought.

But her optimism was in vain, and she was eventually swallowed by darkness...

?

The Devil's Den.

Gu Piao practically ran and crawled into the hall.

"Lord...Lord!"

He started coughing because he was running too fast.

"What's up?"

Luan Hua held a book in his hand, not even lifting his eyelids.

"No...no good, my lord! The lady...the lady..."

lady?

Luan Hua finally reacted, but he thought Gu Piao was referring to He Banjian, so he only glanced at him before looking away.

"Someone has broken into the Misty Palace! The Lady's crystal coffin... has been vandalized!"

Bang--

The entire table was overturned, and Gu Piao knelt on the ground, trembling.

"What!"

Luan Hua was about to lose control of her anger, and the entire Demon Cave was shaking.