He Yiming’s eyes gradually lit up. As his consciousness expanded, the expression on his face grew increasingly excited.

The environment here was truly bizarre; there wasn't even a single insect or bird, meaning the vicinity was utterly unsuitable for life to thrive.

Yet, within this lake enveloped by seven-colored rosy clouds, there resided a vast life aura that was impossible to describe in words. The power of this life aura was comparable only to the Ten-Thousand-Year Divine Tree in the Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land, and the power of light before the Western Divine Hall, among all things He Yiming had ever encountered.

Although He Yiming did not understand why no creatures inhabited the area despite such a massive life aura, it didn't matter to him. What surprised and delighted him even more was that this life force was the Water Divine Power from the Five Elements.

Currently, four of the Five Element Divine Powers had already coalesced within his body. If he could add the Water Divine Power from this location, it would truly mean achieving the state of the Five Elements converging completely.

The most potent Five Element power of the East finally held the possibility of being perfectly assembled within him.

He took a deep breath and slowly walked forward.

Since he had come all this way, he naturally had to personally experience the different forms of water here.

Kicking off his shoes and socks, and shrugging off his outer robe, He Yiming finally stepped down.

He slowly placed one foot into the purple water. He Yiming couldn't help but shudder violently. He was inwardly astonished; with his strength as a peak expert of the Ninth Heaven of the Human Dao, his physical constitution had already reached a terrifying level. Yet, even so, he could not resist the invasion of this potent chilling energy.

Merely the contact of his foot with the lake water sent a bone-deep chill through him, and this cold energy was constantly spreading upwards, seemingly wanting to permeate his entire body, into his bones and marrow, as if to freeze him into an ice sculpture.

If it were a cultivator below the Venerable rank, even those who had already condensed the Three Flowers, upon touching this icy water, they would likely be completely frozen and unable to move.

This purple, frozen water instantly reminded He Yiming of the Ice Liquid he had obtained previously. However, upon careful comparison, he was surprised to find that although the purple water was extremely cold, it seemed slightly inferior to that Ice Liquid.

His eyes flickered; He Yiming certainly would not take out the Ice Liquid for comparison at this moment. This thought merely crossed his mind for an instant before he forcibly suppressed it.

Then, he lifted his other foot and slowly walked into the lake.

Powerful cold currents invaded his body from all directions, making him instantly experience the ultimate power of coldness.

However, He Yiming’s skin began to change; it turned a faint shade of purple.

This was the power of the Chaos Dantian. No matter how immense the ice-attributed energy surging into his meridians from the outside world, once it entered the Chaos Dantian, it was instantly devoured without a trace. Moreover, the energy within the Dantian began to slowly mutate, even causing his skin to take on the same color as the surrounding environment.

Looking at the color of his body submerged in the water, He Yiming felt a strange mix of amusement and exasperation. He hadn't even truly perceived the source of this strange power yet, and his body had already turned into a chameleon.

Although the external ice energy was formidable, He Yiming's Chaos Dantian was even more so. In just a moment, he slowly adapted.

Glancing in the direction where Yuan Lixun had departed, he knew clearly that Yuan Lixun must have been utilizing some special, strange cultivation method to train in this environment; otherwise, even possessing the most powerful Deep Cold Physique would be useless. However, after experiencing the power of the chill here, He Yiming understood even more that no matter how excellent the cultivation technique or care, the suffering endured while training in this place would still be immense.

With this thought, He Yiming felt a faint resentment towards Bing Xiaotian and the others.

But He Yiming also knew in his heart that any cultivator, regardless of who they were, would jump at this opportunity. Even knowing they would suffer unparalleled hardship, countless people would likely cry and clamor to compete for this chance.

He let out a long sigh. Although Bing Xiaotian and the others nurtured Yuan Lixun purely for selfish desires, He Yiming couldn't help but feel indebted.

He stood rooted for a long while, then lifted his foot to move forward.

However, his expression instantly changed, because he clearly sensed that around him was an incomparably solid world of ice.

He looked around inexplicably; what met his eyes was still a surface of purple water ripples, seemingly no different from before, and when he first stepped into the water, he hadn't felt any sensation of being frozen.

But he had only paused there for a moment, and it seemed the surroundings had already turned into solid ice, an invisible ice.

He Yiming sighed deeply. The mysteries of nature were indeed endless, absolutely not something he could easily comprehend or decipher.

Powerful True Qi surged out, and He Yiming finally took a step forward.

This step was not fast; it moved slowly, like a slow-motion replay. Yet, as his foot moved, a sound of shattering ice instantly erupted, much like a Venerable using a divine weapon to strike the polar ice sea, emitting a massive clamor.

However, no matter how loud the noise he made, no one would enter this place to take a look.

The True Qi inside his body circulated ceaselessly. Every step He Yiming took required a powerful expenditure of True Qi. He even had the impulse to draw out the Aurora Sword to break the ice.

Using a divine weapon to break the ice was completely different from purely using the True Qi in his legs to walk through it; not only was the efficiency incomparable, but the amount of True Qi consumed was also vastly different.

However, He Yiming ultimately held back. He relied solely on his physical strength combined with the True Qi within his body, stubbornly forging a path from the purple icy flow to the blue water flow.

He let out a long breath of relief. Although the purple and blue water flows were separated by only a thin line, this thin line was the difference between heaven and hell.

After walking through the purple icy water, he suddenly found the blue water flows so lovely.

In reality, the blue water flows were also quite cold, and if his body remained still for more than three breaths, he would feel that sensation of being frozen over in the surroundings.

However, after enduring the journey through the purple icy water, He Yiming had become accustomed to the blue icy water.

If Yuan Lixun were here to witness this scene, she would certainly be utterly speechless.

Generally, people entering the Seven-Colored Lake start from the green lake water in the very center. This is because the water temperature there is the most moderate, tolerable for anyone with the cultivation base of the Innate Realm.

However, Yuan Lixun bringing He Yiming here was not for him to enter the water to gain enlightenment, but merely for him to feel the Water Divine Power within the seven-colored rosy clouds from the shore.

Cultivating by entering the water was something only those who practiced the three special forms of water-attributed techniques in the Ice Palace would do.

Furthermore, this method of cultivation proceeded from easy to difficult. Someone like He Yiming, who directly chose to begin his experience from the purple water zone, was absolutely the first in all history.

Naturally, He Yiming did not understand the reasoning. In his mind, having come all this way, it would be a disservice to himself not to experience it.

Fortunately, his Martial Dao cultivation had already reached the pinnacle of the Human Dao; otherwise, traversing the purple water zone without employing the light of a divine weapon would not have been so easy.

Starting from the blue water zone, the water temperature was no longer as chilling. Although it was far from normal temperature, it made He Yiming feel much better.

Slowly, the color of his skin also changed to blue along with the alteration in the external environment.

He Yiming felt no resistance to this, as he suddenly discovered that a faint trace of Water Divine Power had begun to manifest within his body. Although this tiny sliver of Water Divine Power was extremely weak, as he continuously moved through the water, the powerful energy poured into his Dantian, and this sliver of Water Divine Power grew stronger continuously.

He had a premonition that if he could walk through all seven differently colored water flows, he would surely succeed in absorbing the Water Divine Power.

Although before entering the Seven-Colored Ice Palace, He Yiming was certain that with his constitution, he could absolutely succeed in absorbing the Water Divine Power and making the Five Element powers form a perfect grand cycle.

But he hadn't expected that the method to achieve this wish would be so simple.

In comparison, perhaps only the initial absorption of the Earth Divine Power from the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda was simpler than this.

However, he did not know that walking through these seven colored water waves was not easy; within the entire Ice Palace, only a mere three people could accomplish this feat.

But, succeeding in absorbing the Water Divine Power after walking the entire circuit? Other than He Yiming, who possessed the Chaos Dantian, there was no one else.

He Yiming strode forward, moving from the blue water flow into the cyan flow. The water here was still quite cold for ordinary Venerables, but for He Yiming, who had already endured the blue and purple water flows, it caused no sensation at all.

As he quickly passed through the cyan area and reached the green water zone, he even felt a sensation of warmth all over his body. In fact, the water temperature here was just right, perfectly suited for human immersion.

Pausing briefly, He Yiming continued moving forward. He stepped past the green boundary and entered the yellow water zone.

A scorching sensation spread from the sole of his foot. The water temperature here was far higher than in the green water zone.

Under normal circumstances, He Yiming would not have paid it any mind; after all, this level of heat was nothing to the physique of a peak expert of the Human Dao.

But He Yiming had just walked step by step from the extremely cold water zones, and the time taken was too short; he was completely unaccustomed to it. At this moment, he felt as if his whole body was immersed in boiling water, and even his skin was faintly turning red.

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