It took Shen Yunhao a while to calm down before he put away the oiled paper.

"Regardless of whether there is an illusion or not, I must first activate these runes and obtain enough access tokens. This is the key to my survival in this strange secret realm."

Apart from the white ice wall, these blue ice walls are extremely hard. Even a Soul Control Realm expert would need to spend a lot of time and effort to break them.

Therefore, with the runes in his hand, Shen Yunhao can control the opening and closing of the ice wall at any time, which naturally provides him with an extra means of survival.

The appearance of other people in this secret realm is not only a variable for Shen Yunhao, but also a threat!

In such a place, Shen Yunhao never fantasized that the other party might take him out.

The opponent's strength is clearly superior to one's own. The strong will not show much pity to the weak, and if necessary, they will even discard the lives of the weak like trash...

After carefully storing the blue crystals, Shen Yunhao did not continue exploring deeper into the cave.

But since the men in black were able to come from that side, there must be other passageways inside.

Judging from the records on the parchment, if the Blue Cave is the final location of the Void Realm, then in a sense, I was teleported to the vicinity of the end as soon as I entered.

Whatever the reason for this situation, since I have the good fortune to be a man born at the finish line, there is no reason for me to give up this easy opportunity to others!

Upon returning to the Blue Cave, Shen Yunhao couldn't wait to throw the blue crystals into the light barrier array.

As expected, five runes lit up and disappeared into Shen Yunhao's palm.

The forbidden character also became increasingly solid.

Then Shen Yunhao tried the other two ice doors and found that the right side door could be opened, but the middle door was still tightly closed and required more talismans to be unlocked.

After that, Shen Yunhao did not immediately go to the ice gate on the right to hunt ice crystal beasts and obtain blue crystals. Instead, he returned to the ice gate on the left and spent some time moving the magic treasures, spirit stones, and other items dropped by the man in black back to the white cave where he had first appeared.

The main purpose of doing this was to prevent the men in black and their accomplices from finding out about their existence based on these relics.

Regarding this, Shen Yunhao had another guess in his mind.

No one came to his rescue until he died in battle, which suggests that even if he had accomplices, he most likely did not tell them his whereabouts.

Come to think of it, there's only one divine artifact, and the name "Void Illusion" is enough to shatter the bonds between fellow disciples and brothers!

Rather than fighting amongst themselves later, it's better to keep quiet and make a fortune on your own.

Then they died very quickly.

After doing all this, Shen Yunhao completely sealed the ice door on the left and stepped into the ice door on the right.

Inside this ice cave, Shen Yunhao encountered three ice crystal beasts.

These three ice crystal beasts were not as powerful as the tiger-shaped giant beast, and they had no eyesight, so they could only sense Shen Yunhao through thermal sensing.

Because of their weak strength, after being hunted down one by one by Shen Yunhao, each of them only yielded about twenty blue crystals on average.

However, even after Shen Yunhao poured all sixty blue crystals into the light screen and added six runes, he still couldn't open the ice door in the middle.

Left with no other choice, Shen Yunhao had to return to the ice gate on the right and continue exploring deeper into the cave.

Sure enough, similar ice doors were discovered deep inside, and there wasn't just one, but three doors appeared simultaneously in three different directions.

Only now did Shen Yunhao realize that the layout of these ice caves resembled a tree diagram, with the blue cave containing the ultimate crystal core (Void Illusion) as the root, spreading outwards continuously.

Using the forbidden spell in his hand, Shen Yunhao easily opened the ice door on the left.

There was only one giant beast behind the ice gate, but it was quite powerful. Shen Yunhao tried twice but failed to defeat it. He only managed to save his life twice by constantly pulling on it using his authority to open and close the ice gate.

Until one day, by chance, he discovered that the characters in his hand could, under his control, release a golden ball of light that would cause the Ice Crystal Beast to freeze for a moment after hitting it.

It's like a spell that freezes you in place.

Although it was less than a second, it was enough for Shen Yunhao to break through the Ice Crystal Beast's weakness.

This time, defeating the behemoth and obtaining thirty blue crystals was still not enough for him to open the ice door in the middle of the blue cave.

"Could it be that only after unlocking all the runes and obtaining the blue crystal core in the middle will one have the authority to open this door? And behind the door... is there true emptiness?"

After pondering for a long time before the ice gate, Shen Yunhao also began his recurring journey of hunting ice crystal beasts.

...

Meanwhile, at the North Sea Dragon Palace.

When the beautiful woman in white returned to the room, the little white dragon rushed to greet her in a flustered manner.

"How is it, Mother! Have you found any clues about Yun Hao?"

Mei Yu'er looked at her increasingly haggard daughter, a pang of tenderness flashing in her eyes, but she still shook her head and said.

“A fierce wind has suddenly risen from beneath the icy abyss. Its power is too great for me to enter! But I have searched everywhere outside the wind, and I have not found any trace of the child.”

As if a string in her heart had snapped, the girl turned pale and sat back down, utterly dejected.

In response, Mei Yu'er could only blame herself, saying, "It's also because I didn't think things through. I thought there wouldn't be any major safety hazards there, but this strong wind really caught me off guard..."

"I see……"

Zhuli waved her hand gently, her voice low and somber, "Mother, let me be alone for a while..."

"Li'er!"

"Mother, I'm fine! Don't worry about me, I just want to... be alone for a while!"

Seeing this, Mei Yu'er didn't say anything more and could only sigh and leave the room.

Only after Mei Yu'er left did a gray light flash behind the screen, and Mu Shuangshuang, dressed in a black dress, walked out from behind it.

However, the first thing the girl said after she came out was not a question, but a word of comfort.

"He'll be fine, he'll be back sooner or later, so you don't need to worry too much!"

Zhu Li looked up at her. "How can you be so sure?"

Mu Shuangshuang shook her head and forced a smile.

"If something really happens to him, how could you possibly sit still? As the original owner, you know Han Haixin's condition better than anyone!"

"..."

"Besides... doesn't he still have that damn Heart-to-Heart Spell? If something had happened to that Ice Fairy, that crazy woman Nie Qingshuang would have come to Beihai to cause trouble long ago. How could things be so peaceful now?"

Zhu Li neither confirmed nor denied this, but still sighed.

"This only means that Yun Hao is not in mortal danger right now, but it doesn't mean that he is definitely safe! Even my mother can't get into the gale-force winds below that ice abyss, how can he survive?"