# Chapter 1423: Overawing the World with Icy Might
The Divine Lord Realm — the pinnacle of divine profound force, and the highest realm attainable by mortals.
And a tenth-rank Divine Lord is the peak of the Divine Lord Realm!
The supreme overlord among Divine Lords!
The birth of a Divine Lord would shake an entire divine region.
But if a tenth-rank Divine Lord were to descend upon the world, the shockwaves it would send through the entire God Realm would be cataclysmic!
Because a tenth-rank Divine Lord was no longer simply a supreme powerhouse — it was a symbol of stepping into the "God Emperor" level. Its power surpassed the category of "expert" and instead represented an existence transcendent enough to alter the very landscape of the God Realm.
Thus, when the words "tenth-rank Divine Lord" were spoken from the mouth of Zhou Tian Shen Di, it was undeniably equivalent to four thunderclaps of earth-shattering magnitude ringing in everyone's ears.
Boom! Crack!!
The sounds of ice freezing and shattering came from afar — each sound splitting the heavens and tearing the earth, violently shaking everyone's eardrums and eyeballs.
A violent wind howled, but its roar was exceptionally shrill, like a ferocious beast being tortured.
As Luo Changsheng's master, Luo Guxie's mastery of wind profound force was unparalleled in the world — its speed, tearing power, and destructive force were all terrifying to the extreme. But her storm had barely begun to swirl before it was broken and even frozen solid in an instant. Meanwhile, the chill emanating from Mu Xuanyin grew more and more terrifying, continuously piercing through her power, layer by layer penetrating her protective profound force, causing her to unknowingly fall into an increasingly deep abyss of ice.
"You... just who..."
Luo Guxie's face was no longer just shocked — it was twisted in extreme terror. As the foremost figure beneath the Eastern Domain's King Realms, someone even Shui Qianheng had to treat with courtesy, she was being completely suppressed by... the Realm King of a mid-rank Star Realm!
"Hah!!"
Luo Guxie let out a shrill scream, and a cyan long whip appeared in her hand. With a flick, the whip extended for several miles, whipping up an exceptionally terrifying storm that seemed almost alive, hurtling straight toward Mu Xuanyin.
Mu Xuanyin extended her arm, and without any visible motion, a streak of ice-blue light shot out like a bolt of lightning. It pierced straight through the storm, rapidly freezing the storm that was shredding even space itself, layer by layer, before colliding with the long whip.
Ding!
A soft sound, and the entire world seemed to freeze for an instant. Then, a blue ice radiance like lightning conducted along the whip's body, instantly spreading to Luo Guxie's palm, exploding beside her into a dreamlike, brilliant blue radiance.
The storm scattered, the long whip flew out of her hand, and Luo Guxie spat a mouthful of scarlet blood. Her body spun sideways like a top being whipped away. As Mu Xuanyin's palm pressed down, she was rapidly buried layer by layer in ice...
"Th-this..." The Glazed Light Realm King's eyes were now bulging like dead fish, his lips trembling uncontrollably.
Although the words "tenth-rank Divine Lord" had been shouted by Zhou Tian Shen Di himself, he still found it hard to believe. But the scene before him... the moment the two had clashed, from the instant she was forced back by Mu Xuanyin, she had been completely dominated the entire time. In just ten breaths, Luo Guxie had already been wounded!
How many people in the entire Eastern Divine Region could injure Luo Guxie within ten breaths!?
A mid-rank Star Realm... the Yin Xue Realm King... a tenth-rank Divine Lord!
He could hardly believe it. If this news spread, what an enormous shockwave it would send through the Eastern Divine Region — no, through the entire vast God Realm.
Boom!! Bang!!!
The explosions of force grew more and more terrifying, mixed with Luo Guxie's wild screams... After being wounded by Mu Xuanyin's blow, she was not only injured but also mentally enraged and thrown into chaos. Yet no matter how unreservedly she unleashed her full power, she was still completely suppressed. Soon, she had no power left to fight back. Later still, a layer of increasingly thick ice began to form on her body.
"That such a figure has been hidden in our Eastern Divine Region all along..." Zhou Tian Shen Di muttered, lost in thought. The shock in his heart would not settle for a long time.
Today, he had personally come to the Yin Xue Realm, only for Yun Che. He blamed himself for failing to protect Yun Che back then, and guilt had lingered in his heart. Hearing that Yun Che was still alive, filled with joy, he had chosen to come here in person. But he never expected to witness another miracle in the Eastern Divine Region... yes, the first tenth-rank Divine Lord beneath the King Realms!
To him, this was nothing less than another miracle of the Eastern Divine Region!
Yun Che's miracle would be seen in the light he would radiate in the future. But the miracle of the Yin Xue Realm King had already blazed with light that covered the heavens! Especially for the Eastern Divine Region, currently facing impending disaster, this was practically a heaven-sent miracle!
Xia Qingyue's gaze remained indifferent as before, but only she vaguely knew that even now, Mu Xuanyin was still not using her full strength.
She had already learned enough in recent years about who Gu Zhu, the one beside Qianye Ying'er, really was.
And back then, Mu Xuanyin had not even revealed her profound arts, but with pure profound force alone, she had managed to withstand Gu Zhu's power...
Her current level was probably not merely that of a tenth-rank Divine Lord — it might even be approaching the level of Yue Wuyai and Xing Juekong... or even Zhou Tian Shen Di!
It was truly hard to imagine how she, situated in a mid-rank Star Realm, had managed to reach such a height!
The battle between a ninth-rank Divine Lord and a tenth-rank Divine Lord — if not for the isolation of the two Divine Emperors' powers, this corner of the world would have already been reduced to a wasteland of disaster. At this moment, another Divine Lord's aura rapidly approached from the west, causing Zhou Tian Shen Di, Xia Qingyue, Shui Qianheng, and Shui Meiyin to all shift their gazes simultaneously.
Flame aura?
The aura rapidly closed in, and a fiery red figure appeared in their line of sight — just as they had expected.
Huo Poyun!
The excessively terrifying clash of power had made Huo Poyun's figure halt several times. When he sensed Yun Che's aura, he could no longer care about anything else. His speed suddenly increased, and he rushed straight to Yun Che's front. Before he could even stop, he roared out with extreme excitement: "Brother Yun... is it really you? Is it really you!?"
He stared straight at Yun Che, his face burning red, his voice trembling with emotion... He didn't even have time to pay attention to the earth-shattering battle behind.
Yun Che smiled and stepped forward: "Brother Huo, you've been well."
"..." Huo Poyun looked him up and down several times, still somewhat incredulous: "Re-really you? When I heard the news that you were still alive, I thought... I never expected that you... you really..."
"Haha," Yun Che teleported in an instant to his side and reached out to clap him on the shoulder: "My life is quite tough. How could I die so easily?"
"I'm still alive, and you... you have been reborn completely." Yun Che looked at him, speaking with profound meaning.
Huo Poyun shook his head, as if about to say something, but his lips quivered and he couldn't find the words. Then, as if suddenly realizing something, he jolted and spun around sharply to look at the battlefield behind... and then his gaze froze completely, a deep shock rising and settling on his face.
How could he not recognize that the two combatants were Luo Guxie and the one completely dominating her — none other than Mu Xuanyin!
Even Zhou Tian Shen Di and Shui Qianheng had been shocked into disbelief and disbelief, let alone Huo Poyun.
"Brother Yun, your master actually..." He struggled to speak, but simply couldn't spit out the second half of the sentence.
Yun Che smiled slightly but said nothing.
Neither of them noticed that on the other side, Shui Meiyin's gaze was fixed directly on Huo Poyun, not moving away for a long time. Deep in her pupils, a pair of black butterflies danced gracefully in the gloom.
Xia Qingyue noticed Shui Meiyin's unusual reaction, and the corner of her brow slightly furrowed.
Bang!!
With a loud crash, Luo Guxie's figure smashed heavily down, shattering dozens of miles of ice field. But in the next instant, she flew back up again, her face ferocious. Hundreds of storm vortices rose behind her, and as her power condensed, they gradually morphed into deep purple storm cyclones.
"I... Luo Guxie... how could I possibly... lose to you!"
Luo Guxie let out a scream, and the space around her churned like terrifying ocean waves. But before her all-out storm of world-burying destruction could be unleashed, a flash of blue light suddenly appeared before her eyes. In an instant, it was as if countless ice spikes had pierced into her eyes and profound veins...
It was a Ice Phoenix divine shadow, diving down from the sky. Before it even approached, all the purple storm cyclones froze in an instant, ceasing their churning.
In Luo Guxie's pupils, the Ice Phoenix divine shadow rapidly enlarged, dragging a long azure-blue trail. It pierced through her profound force domain, broke through her storm barrier, tore through her protective profound force, and then slammed directly into her chest... In a long, ear-piercing cry that seemed both near and infinitely distant, it passed clean through her body.
Whoosh————
Luo Guxie's pupils lost their color. All the storm cyclones dispersed in midair. Her body fell stiffly from the sky, plummeting into the snowy domain below.
But the Ice Phoenix divine shadow that had passed through her did not dissipate. Guided by Mu Xuanyin's aura, it traced a graceful arc through the sky, then descended like a azure meteor toward where Luo Guxie lay.
Boom!!
Crack-crack-crack-crack-crack-crack-crack-crack-crack-crack!
It was as if hundreds of thousands of ice mountains had exploded wildly in just a few breaths. The ice explosion was so terrifying that even Shui Qianheng's heart violently trembled. The burst of ice profound radiance stretched all the way to the vault of heaven, lingering for a long time, not dispersing. The chill that spread between heaven and earth turned the surrounding space into a true icy hell.
At this moment, if a profound practitioner below the Divine King Realm approached this area, their life force would be frozen solid immediately.
Soon, the sound of ice explosions faded. Mu Xuanyin descended from the air, her gaze coldly fixed on the ground below... And the world was now completely dead silent. From the lowliest Ice Phoenix disciple to the highest Zhou Tian Shen Di, everyone was utterly mute.
Luo Guxie lay slumped in a patch of crushed ice, her entire body covered in a layer of blue radiance. The skin exposed on her arms and face was frozen stark white, but there was no blood — because even all her wounds had been sealed by the cold.
Her body trembled in the chill, her pupils constantly constricting. But she did not struggle to rise... Perhaps at this moment, she was intensely doubting whether she was in a nightmare — because only in nightmares could such an absurd, ridiculous thing happen.
She had never been defeated so miserably, so disgracefully.
She had never even dreamed that she could be defeated...
Mu Xuanyin slowly approached her, her icy eyes looking down coldly: "Lone Evil Immortal? The foremost of the Eastern Domain? Turns out, that's all you are."
"Luo Guxie," the chill in Mu Xuanyin's eyes was like a dagger piercing the soul, straight into the soul: "How you throw your weight around outside is none of my concern. But throwing a tantrum in the Yin Xue Realm... you're not qualified!"
She extended two fingers of her right hand, and a long ice blade condensed at her fingertips, pointing at Luo Guxie's heart: "Just now, out of respect for the faces of the two Divine Emperors, I was willing to let you off with three fingers. Unfortunately, you didn't know your place, insisting that I personally take action!"
"Now, are you prepared to give up your left hand, or your right hand?"