Several seconds later, Nie Kong felt the pressure lift from above him, soaring upward like a cannonball shot from its muzzle, the blinding white light instantly stabbing into his eyes.

Squinting and looking down, Nie Kong realized the dense cluster of depressions had transformed into a massive sinkhole. A vague realization dawned in his heart: his destructive actions had triggered a chain reaction, causing the entire ice valley to collapse. He was grateful his 'Crimson Star Battle Body' had held the line.

"Thud!"

Like a meteorite from beyond the heavens, Nie Kong's burly frame slammed heavily onto the edge of the collapsed depression.

"Finally out."

Hulu scrambled out, cheering. Immediately following, a flash of red light, and Tai Yan's delicate form drifted down to the ground.

Nie Kong let out a long breath, lowered his gaze to Bai Yuqing cradled in his arms, a faint smile curving his lips. This journey into the Frozen Snow Domain had finally culminated in complete success.

"Nie Kong."

A soft whisper came from his embrace.

Nie Kong's eyes flickered, and he saw Yu Xuan, her features veiled in shyness, her face like a perfectly ripe persimmon, so red it seemed ready to bleed. He was momentarily stunned. "What's wrong?"

"Put me down first."

Yu Xuan shifted her waist, her complexion growing even more richly flushed.

Only then did Nie Kong realize that after activating the 'Crimson Star Battle Body,' his enormous left palm had completely enveloped Yu Xuan's rounded hip, and his thick middle finger had inadvertently pressed deep into the cleft between her legs. It wasn't just her; Bai Yuqing’s plump buttocks were similarly grasped in one hand.

"Accident, pure accident!"

Nie Kong chuckled sheepishly, his form rapidly shrinking as he exited the battle body state.

However, before Nie Kong could even release his grip, a loud shout echoed from the distant ice peaks: "There! Hurry over!" Five figures streaked through the void, closing the distance at terrifying speed, their separation from Nie Kong narrowing to barely twenty meters in an instant. Their faces came into clear view.

Seeing the approaching group—one man and three women—the newcomers paused in surprise.

Yu Xuan couldn't help but turn her head to glance over. Upon seeing the blue-clad youth among the five, her expression immediately changed, and she cried out involuntarily, "Kou Qinglian, what are you doing here?"

"What am I doing here?"

The blue-clad youth named Kou Qinglian’s face was ashen, fire blazing in his eyes as he sneered repeatedly. "I should be asking you that! What are you doing here, and what is going on between you and this man? In broad daylight, hugging and cuddling—do you even know what the word 'decency' means?"

The three elders and the middle-aged man beside him, though silent, also wore exceedingly ugly expressions.

Nie Kong was utterly bewildered. Things seemed strangely complicated. The newcomers recognized Yu Xuan, and that fellow Kou Qinglian looked at him as if he wanted to tear him to shreds, as if Nie Kong had stolen his wife. What on earth was happening? Nie Kong looked questioningly at Yu Xuan.

"How ridiculous!"

A look of shame mixed with anger bloomed across Yu Xuan's fair face as she bit out, "Kou Qinglian, my affairs are none of your business! Never mind hugging and cuddling; even if I were sleeping with him, what could you possibly do about it?"

"You... you..."

Kou Qinglian’s face twitched with rage, and he roared, "Don't forget, you are still my fiancée!"

Nie Kong jumped, realizing why the man looked so utterly cuckolded—he was indeed Yu Xuan's fiancé. Nie Kong finally remembered his hand was still gripping Yu Xuan's hip; he quickly released it, blinking innocently at Kou Qinglian. In truth, nothing had happened between him and Yu Xuan.

But Yu Xuan didn't move away; instead, she pressed herself closer into Nie Kong’s embrace, the two globes of jade that fit neatly in one hand tightly squeezing the man’s torso, as she scoffed, "Kou Qinglian, don't forget our clan's rules either. Before a marriage is consummated, if a woman sleeps with any man, the groom's family has no right to interfere."

"You, you..."

Kou Qinglian trembled, seemingly realizing he couldn't touch Yu Xuan. His two scarlet eyes shifted to Nie Kong, and he spoke menacingly, "If you don't want to die, get out of here immediately!"

"Huh?"

Although his actions had inadvertently caused a misunderstanding between Kou Qinglian and Yu Xuan, Kou Qinglian's overbearing demeanor greatly annoyed Nie Kong. He frowned and asked, "And who might you be?"

"Me?"

Kou Qinglian’s expression was arrogant as he sneered, "I am the grandson of the Spirit God Hall Master, the foremost disciple of the Spirit God Hall's Medicine Platform!"

"Spirit God Hall?"

Nie Kong’s expression suddenly became strange. Although Kou Qinglian shared a surname with Kou Xilai, he had never connected Kou Qinglian with the Spirit God Hall. After all, the distance between the two places was immense, and the Heavenly Spirit Continent was filled with people named Kou.

But unexpectedly, he had run into the Spirit God Hall Master’s grandson and four Heavenly Spirit experts from the Spirit God Hall right here in the Frozen Snow Domain—enemies crossing paths.

"You tell me to leave, and I leave?"

A trace of mockery played on Nie Kong's lips. His right hand, which had just moved away, landed again on Yu Xuan's hip, kneading it firmly. Yu Xuan bit her red lip, suppressing the gasp rising to her throat, glancing swiftly at Nie Kong. She didn't resist, though her pretty face grew even redder.

"Good! Good!"

Seeing Nie Kong openly take liberties with Yu Xuan, and Yu Xuan willingly submitting, Kou Qinglian laughed in extreme anger, enunciating almost every word, "You are finished!"

"Young man, don't push things too far!"

The red-robed elder holding the green disc finally spoke, his voice deep. "I know you are merely acting. Leave this place, and my group and I will pretend we saw nothing."

"Qi Bo, you..."

Kou Qinglian turned to the red-robed elder in disbelief, clearly not expecting him to say such a thing.

The red-robed elder waved a hand, cutting off Kou Qinglian’s protest, his eyes fixed intently on Nie Kong. Kou Qinglian then looked toward the other two elders and the middle-aged man. He saw that while their expressions were grim, none of them spoke, clearly concurring with the elder’s suggestion.

"Who said we're acting?" Nie Kong scoffed, his fingers suddenly sliding along the seam of Yu Xuan’s hip, indicating a move deeper toward her inner thigh. Yu Xuan’s delicate body trembled, her posture tensing like a spring. Her face flushed crimson as both hands instinctively clutched Nie Kong's clothing tighter.

"Stop that!" Kou Qinglian’s features distorted with fury, his face so red it seemed ready to burst.

"Insolence!"

The red-robed elder was also enraged. "Young man, do you know the consequences of offending the Spirit God Hall?"

He vaguely sensed that the young man before him must have caused the massive disturbance in the Frozen Snow Domain earlier. However, despite his own cultivation level, he could not detect any aura of supreme power from the young man, which made him feel the situation was unfathomably deep, prompting him to avoid making an enemy needlessly.

Yet, Nie Kong was clearly ungrateful; instead of accepting the concession, he became more demanding.

This was unbearable!

"Pfft!"

After listening for so long, Tai Yan finally couldn't help but chuckle softly. "My brother has already offended the Spirit God Hall many times. First, he slew experts from the Spirit God Hall, then he snatched the Spirit Mansion from the Hall Master's grasp, and recently he deciphered many of the Spirit God Hall's secret medicines, incorporating their formulas into the Medical Compendium..."

Before Tai Yan could finish, the expressions of the red-robed elder and the others changed drastically: "Nie Kong? You are Nie Kong?"

... ...RO