“Immortal Palace Warrior!” White Cloud Child blurted out, his voice ringing with certainty.

Jiang Wang’s brows furrowed in confusion. “Immortal Palace Warrior?”

“Mm!” White Cloud Child nodded vigorously, his chubby little face bouncing with the motion. “Immortal Palace Warrior!”

“…” Jiang Wang could only manage, “And then?”

White Cloud Child blinked his innocent eyes. “Then… very powerful!”

A faint smile touched Jiang Wang’s lips as he raised a hand. “No need to rush. Take your time and explain.”

“Immortal Palace Warriors are the warriors of the Immortal Palace. Each Immortal Palace has different ones. Our Cloud Top Immortal Palace’s warriors are called the Undying. The core of their shaping is the Balance Blood…” White Cloud Child spoke at lightning speed, in a single breath.

Despite the lack of pause, Jiang Wang surprisingly understood.

“Then, you know how to shape an Immortal Palace Warrior?” Jiang Wang asked.

A proud smile bloomed on White Cloud Child’s face. “I remember all the materials!”

His expression practically pleaded for praise.

Jiang Wang lifted his chin slightly, adopting a rather arrogant posture. “Write them down.”

After all, he had just created history, shattering the legend of the Tianfu Elder. Though few knew, he couldn’t help but feel a touch of self-admiration. Of course, he was oblivious to the fact that his appearance at that moment, with a single leg and ear, was hardly majestic…

Still in the Chaos Stone Valley, recently crippled, he was yet to fully adjust.

“Oh,” White Cloud Child responded, his small, plump hand snatching something from the air – a cloud brush. His left hand spread open, and a sheet of white paper appeared, suspended in mid-air. With a flurry of strokes, he began to write, his movements surprisingly fluid.

Upon finishing, he held the paper out, raising it above his head. “Immortal Lord Adult, please examine.”

Jiang Wang leisurely took the paper, his tone light as he read aloud. “Flowing Sand Wood, Sinking Cloud Bone…”

He read on, but soon found himself unable to continue.

He didn’t recognize any of the materials listed. He had never heard of them, let alone knew where to find them.

He couldn’t help but exclaim, “What in the Nine Netherworld are these things?”

White Cloud Child looked at him with a bewildered expression – *You’re asking me? How should I know?*

“You only know the names?” Jiang Wang said, a hint of dissatisfaction in his voice. “Do you not know where to seek these materials, their value… anything? Moreover, times have changed. Many things might no longer exist. Are you completely out of touch?”

“But… I’m still a baby!” White Cloud Child protested righteously.

Jiang Wang simply glared, and the child’s defiance wilted. He whimpered, “The Immortal Palace told me… wah!”

The so-called “Immortal Palace telling him” likely referred to fragments of memory inherited from the Immortal Palace. Some omissions were normal, especially given the state of the broken Immortal Palace.

Jiang Wang suppressed the urge to swat the small child and glanced at the corpse of Zheng Fatty not far away. “Then, this Balance Blood… do you know how to extract it?”

“Let me think.” White Cloud Child, eager to show his dedication to the Immortal Lord Adult’s question, even sat down cross-legged, his small face furrowed in thought like a miniature adult. “I need to think properly.”

Jiang Wang continued to tend to his injuries while he waited for the child to ponder.

His bodily injuries were severe: a broken leg, a broken ear, and a shattered heart. Next were the cracks that had appeared in his Heaven and Earth Isolated Island, the wound on his abdomen, and the damaged meridians in his limbs…

The broken leg and ear could only be stabilized for now. Reconnecting them would require a skilled physician, a powerful treatment Dao technique, or perhaps some heavenly materials and earthly treasures to mend broken limbs… in short, it wouldn’t be easy to repair.

The heart, as the chief of organs, was even more crucial, being the source of blood and strength. Fortunately, a cultivator at the superhuman realm with a Tongtian Palace and Inner Mansion could temporarily substitute its function. He was currently using his Dao Yuan to force blood circulation. But a full recovery would require the aid of a highly skilled medical cultivator.

The cracks in his Heaven and Earth Isolated Island could only be slowly nursed and carefully mended. He had never heard of any medicine that could repair a Heaven and Earth Isolated Island…

The flesh wounds and broken meridians, however, might regenerate with the illumination of the Five Divine Powers Light, accelerating self-healing, though the efficiency remained uncertain.

In essence, despite achieving a legendary feat, he was in a state of being almost half-crippled.

His only comfort was perhaps… he was already quite accustomed to being in a state of recuperation.

After a long period of serious thought, White Cloud Child jumped up. “I know how to get the Balance Blood now!”

Jiang Wang looked at him expectantly.

“Use the Spirit Empty Hall!” White Cloud Child exclaimed excitedly. “The Spirit Empty Hall can automatically convert powers, extract the Balance Blood, and even use it as a source blood to cultivate new Balance Blood! That’s how it was done before!”

“That’s truly excellent! Your long deliberation wasn’t in vain!” Jiang Wang’s laughter was bright. “But the Spirit Empty Hall is already destroyed.”

“Oh, right…” White Cloud Child squatted down again.

He hugged his head with both hands, looking utterly terrified of being beaten.

Jiang Wang sighed to the heavens, his hope for this small child completely extinguished.

“The matter of the Immortal Palace Warrior… let’s discuss it after the Spirit Empty Hall is repaired.”

Leaving the ruins of the Cloud Top Immortal Palace, he once again turned his attention to the world outside.

He rummaged through his storage box and found a wine jar. He poured out all the wine inside and used it to collect the fresh blood of Zheng Fatty and Li Skinny, intending to specifically extract the Balance Blood after the Spirit Empty Hall was fully repaired. Of course, before pouring out the wine, feeling it was too wasteful, he had taken several large gulps himself.

His harvest this time… was thus.

After recovering some strength, Jiang Wang got up, intending to go find Yu Beidou and demand what was owed.

But looking left and right, he was involuntarily stunned—

How was he supposed to get out of this Chaos Stone Valley?

Southeast, northwest, it all looked the same.

What kind of broken formation was this? He couldn’t figure it out.

Jiang Wang looked at the corpses of Zheng Fatty, Li Skinny, and Huan Tan, feeling a moment of bewilderment.

Could it be that he, the illustrious ancient first Inner Mansion cultivator, was actually going to meet his end in this broken formation, with these several corpses as his companions?

*Don’t panic, don’t be impatient.*

Jiang Wang silently told himself that he had weathered great storms and waves; he wouldn’t collapse over this minor matter. He had killed three out of four adult demons; what was this in comparison? At most, he would spend a few years here, raising his cultivation, or properly studying this formation. He wouldn’t be able to get out for three, five, or seven years… *Bullshit!*

He couldn’t help but angrily curse at the sky, “Yu Beidou, you old swindler!!”

Suddenly, a “whoosh” sound.

Something brushed past his front.

He looked, and it was precisely that Qi Dao Coin that had been “playing dead” for so long.

It circled him, appearing quite lively and vigorous.

Jiang Wang suppressed his anger and fiercely resisted the urge to chop it down with Longxiangsi. He said flatly, “Lead the way.”

Small impatience could ruin big plans. Any disputes could be settled after they were out of the formation.

The coin probably knew it was in the wrong and didn’t play any tricks, honestly leading the way in front.

They walked for a while and then came to a square, giant stone. In a place where strange stones were everywhere, this square stone seemed somewhat out of place.

It didn’t need to be introduced. Jiang Wang was slightly stunned and then understood. He figured this was the “Vexing Point” of the formation. Yu Beidou had mentioned it before, a place where the blood demon’s traces could be erased.

He silently buried the kasaya wrapped with life blood under the giant stone. The coin then turned and led the way again.

After walking for a while, he saw that blood stream again, and the cave entrance on the cliff.

Jiang Wang reached up and wiped his face, smearing the bloodstains even more messily. His Immortal Clothes, which naturally possessed the ability to stay clean, were temporarily deactivated.

He took out his Line-of-Thought Staff, supported himself, and limped towards the cave.

As he walked, he muttered, “Why are you so straightforward, you elder? You just deceived me for a small profit…”

“Come, lend a hand!”

A voice that sounded simultaneously interrupted him.