Seeing his retreat cut off, Bai Yetian calmed down instead, gazing at Nie Kong, and said in a deep voice, "Speak. What will it take for you to let me go?"

"If you don't wish to die, I can offer you a path to life." Nie Kong summoned the Beast Token of the Beast Taming Sect from his pet backpack, his voice cold, "Enter it and submit to my command!"

"Impossible!"

Though Bai Yetian didn't know what Nie Kong was holding, he shook his head almost without hesitation upon hearing the words.

Nie Kong's face darkened: "Then die for me!" As the words fell, the purple vine wall surged inward from all directions like monstrous waves, curling toward the center.

"Wait! Let's discuss this properly."

Bai Yetian's expression changed drastically, his mind deeply shaken. He prided himself on being one of the five great marvels of the Tianling Continent, comparable to the 'Dancing Butterfly Spring,' and had intended to haggle with Nie Kong, aiming to secure his survival at the lowest possible cost. He never imagined Nie Kong would offer him no chance for negotiation whatsoever.

Discuss? Discuss my foot!

Nie Kong sneered inwardly. The vine wall didn't pause in the slightest, sweeping past Tai Yan, Bai Yuqing, Hulu, and himself, engulfing Bai Yetian in the span of a breath.

"Xiang Ze, he's yours!"

With a thought from Nie Kong, the little creature scampered out with an "Ayaya," happily leaping onto the vine wall, its inherent medicinal essence seeping into the fibers thread by thread.

Nie Kong held no goodwill toward this medicine spirit. If he had submitted without resistance just now, Nie Kong would have taken him into the Beast Token. Naturally, his treatment would never compare to that of the Ghost Eagle King.

Alas, he rejected that final chance.

Since that was the case, Nie Kong felt no need for mercy. This Bai Yetian dared to stage an explicit performance in front of his woman; he truly deserved death! If Bai Yetian had only performed, it might have been forgiven, but the man's entire mind was focused on turning his woman into the leading actress of his vulgar scene—death was too light a sentence!

"What is this thing that can absorb my medicinal power?"

Bai Yetian's terrified voice echoed from within the round vine wall. "Ah—I'm returning to my original form! Stop! Stop it quickly! I promise to serve you!"

"Too late."

Nie Kong's face was expressionless.

Hulu floated onto Nie Kong's shoulder, expressing slight regret: "Nie Kong, are you really letting Xiang Xiang eat him? If the Immortal Night Heaven is gone, your compiled Ten Great Marvels will only have nine left."

Tai Yan grinned, "We can learn from the Dragon Grass. Have Xiang Xiang leave a root behind, give that root to Qing Yue, and a new Immortal Night Heaven can be grown."

"Well said."

Nie Kong nodded in agreement. Noticing the cool expression on Bai Yuqing's face shift to confusion, he smiled, "Sister Bai, these things cannot be explained in a few words. I will tell you later."

Bai Yuqing offered no comment. While Nie Kong was speaking, Hulu drifted to hover behind Bai Yuqing's shoulder, squinting slyly toward her chest. Unfortunately, the little meatball saw nothing before Tai Yan pinched its neck and hoisted it up: "That area belongs to big brother; you cannot look."

"..."

Watching the indignant Tai Yan and the squawking Hulu, Nie Kong was left speechless. Bai Yuqing, clearly unaware of Hulu's actions, showed a flicker of surprise in her eyes.

"Ah!"

Bai Yetian's shriek sounded again from within the vine wall. Discovering Nie Kong unmoved by his pleas, Bai Yetian roared hysterically, "I am the Lord of the Icebound Snow Domain! Killing me won't be easy. Even if I die, I will drag you all down with me!"

Suddenly, a strange fluctuation vibrated out from within the vine wall.

Nie Kong let out a soft 'Oh.' He found that the medicinal essence of the Immortal Night Heaven was exploding outward like a million tons of ignited dynamite. In an instant, the masses of vital energy within a radius of several thousand meters seemed to be intensely drawn, surging relentlessly toward this frozen space. This was true not only for the individual yet interconnected frozen spaces but also for the snow domain surrounding them, where vast swaths of vitality converged.

Vitality itself posed no threat; the true danger was the chilling air that enveloped it. That cold was utterly immense, pouring down like a tidal wave. Under the impact of such coldness, Nie Kong and Tai Yan were safe, but Bai Yuqing, Hulu, the companion trapped with Bai Yuqing, and the captured women would hardly escape.

"Die!"

The single word burst from Nie Kong's mouth, and the primal force of nature shot out from his [Body]. First, the vital energy within this single frozen space instantly converted into death energy, and then that death energy extended along the three wisps of vitality adjacent to the surrounding space. Moments later, not only had those three wisps of vitality turned into death energy, but the three nearest spaces were also saturated with dense death energy.

Hoo! Hoo...

Like violent tides, the death energy spread faster and faster. In the blink of an eye, it had covered all the frozen spaces and continued to expand into the surrounding snow domain. Without the lure of vital energy, the advance of the chilling air abruptly halted, then gradually dissolved into the void.

"This Icebound Snow Domain is truly spectacular!"

At this moment, dozens of miles away, five figures were rapidly weaving through the snowy mountains: three elders, a middle-aged man, and a handsome young man in blue.

"According to what the Qianji Medicine Disk shows, we aren't far from the Immortal Night Heaven," said a red-robed elder without stopping his steps, shaking the small green disk in his hand, a faint smile on his face.

"We will surely succeed this time."

"Thanks to the Qianji Medicine Disk jointly crafted by the five High Gods. Over the past few hundred years, our Spirit God Hall has captured the Immortal Night Heaven five times, escaping every time and losing three Heavenly Spirit Realm experts. Now, with the Qianji Medicine Disk in hand, he won't be able to hide anywhere."

"Hm? Something isn't right!"

The elder holding the 'Qianji Medicine Disk' suddenly stopped, frowning as he looked ahead. The four others immediately halted as well, gazing into the distance. They saw solidifying cold air emanating from the ice layer ahead, shooting toward the distance, causing the void over there to become misty.

The five exchanged a quick glance, slight surprise evident on their faces. The young man in blue couldn't help but look at the red-robed elder, frowning, "Qi Bo, what is happening?"

"..."

Before the red-robed elder could speak, the group felt a vast aura sweep over them. The void ahead turned dark, and the recently condensed cold air vanished without a trace. Everything was deathly still, as if the world over there had suddenly been severed from all vitality.

"Death energy! Such potent death energy!" the middle-aged man exclaimed.

"Could someone be fighting over there?"

"Not good!"

The red-robed elder glanced at the 'Qianji Medicine Disk' in his hand, his expression changing drastically. "The Immortal Night Heaven's aura is rapidly weakening; he must be close to death!"

"What?"

The faces of the group instantly became extremely grim, and they shot forward almost in unison.