After a violent spell of dizziness, Yang Che found himself on a cylindrical stone pillar.

The surrounding light was extremely dim, and a heavy, damp water vapor assailed him.

Yang Che looked down and saw that the cylindrical stone pillar he stood on extended from beneath the water, rising about a foot above the surface.

Looking around, he saw many other similar cylindrical stone pillars.

They were arranged in a strange pattern, extending in rows into the distance.

Yang Che observed carefully for a long time before finally lifting his foot, preparing to fly into the distance, but suddenly realized that as he left the stone pillar beneath his feet, all the surrounding stone pillars began to move eerily.

They rapidly shifted positions in the water, quickly rearranging themselves into a new pattern.

Yang Che also discovered that he could not fly here, nor could he use instant teleportation.

The Wind Riding Art could be used, but once he landed on a stone pillar, these stone pillars would again undergo strange changes in their arrangement.

Thus, no matter which direction he went, he could not leave this Water Domain.

Clearly, he was trapped within a Formation Restriction.

Upon realizing this, Yang Che not only felt no frustration but instead showed excitement, sitting cross-legged on one of the stone pillars and beginning to break the Formation.

Several days later.

Yang Che stood up from the stone pillar, his face etched with fatigue and a serious expression.

This Formation was difficult to break.

However, these past few days of wholehearted deduction and searching for the Array Eye had improved Yang Che's Formation mastery somewhat.

At the same time, he also gained a slight understanding of the ancient Formation layout methods.

With narrowed eyes, Yang Che summoned Sword Four and directly struck a nearby stone pillar.

A sword gleam flashed, and the stone pillar was cut diagonally, its part above the water severed.

The surrounding stone pillars immediately changed positions again.

Yang Che continued to destroy the stone pillars.

Soon, this Water Domain became even more bizarre.

The surrounding water level rose, and a towering water curtain formed a gigantic cover, enveloping Yang Che.

Moreover, the water curtain forming the cover was continuously rotating, with light surging upon it, exuding a strange aura that caused 'fear' in one's heart.

For some reason, Yang Che felt a chill all over his body, and his magic power began to feel incredibly stiff and sluggish.

An inexplicable palpitation and fear rose in his heart.

And as the surrounding water curtain rotated faster and faster, the cold chill on Yang Che's body also grew stronger and stronger.

That inexplicable fear intensified from faint to dense, gradually pressing down on Yang Che until he felt as if he was submerged in an ocean of 'terror'.

It wasn't until the Nine Heart Thunder Flame surged forth from within him, rapidly dispelling the coldness from his body, that Yang Che 'woke up' with lingering fear.

After regaining his composure, Yang Che knew that relying solely on his current level of Formation mastery to escape this strange Water Domain would definitely take too long.

So, taking a deep breath, Yang Che took out the Tian Hu Clan's ultimate treasure, the Qian Yuan Thorn.

Injecting magic power, he directly stabbed at the rotating, towering water curtain.

'Chii la' a sound.

It was like the sound of some curtain being torn open.

Yang Che saw that the towering water curtain was directly ripped open, forming a gap.

His heart filled with joy, he did not hesitate and quickly forced his way out through the broken opening.

The light was no longer dim, but it was not very bright either.

Yang Che found that he had finally left that strange Water Domain, and a dilapidated jade palace entrance appeared before him.

There were no Cultivators or Yao Beasts around, only an eerie silence.

After observing carefully for a long time, he found that there were no other paths.

Yang Che could only cautiously enter the jade palace through the dilapidated entrance.

A cold wind blew, and inside, it was desolate and gloomy, seemingly without end.

'Crack' a sound.

Thunder suddenly rumbled in the sky, followed by a torrential downpour.

From the outside, it clearly looked like a palace-like building, but upon entering, it was a scene of thunder and rain.

Yang Che immediately cast a 'Spiritual Power Shield' around himself, but to his surprise, he found that this strange rainwater ignored the Spiritual Power Shield and directly landed on him.

Even more bizarre and terrifying was that once the rainwater landed on his clothes, it caused strong corrosion, and Yang Che found his clothes starting to become tattered.

With a thought, Yang Che simply enveloped his entire body with the Nine Heart Thunder Flame.

Only then did the rainwater have no effect on him.

Just then, Yang Che suddenly felt a jolt in his heart, then abruptly looked back and found that the jade palace entrance he had come from and the path behind him had disappeared, replaced by a vast emptiness.

Aside from thunder and heavy rain, there was nothing else around.

An inexplicable sense of loneliness and fear once again rose in his heart.

Especially 'fear'.

Yang Che could barely suppress the urge to recall all the memories and scenes he had 'feared' throughout his life, from childhood to entering the Cultivation World, which surged into his mind repeatedly.

He quickly vaguely perceived that this did not seem to be his true 'fear' at the moment, but rather that there was something strange about it.

Ever since he was sucked into this place by the 'light gate' formed by the stone tablet, Yang Che had continuously felt a sense of 'coldness' and 'terror' emanating from everywhere, constantly eroding and affecting his mind.

Yang Che pondered for a moment and summoned the yellow umbrella Ancient Treasure.

The yellow umbrella opened above his head, quickly shielding him from the cold and corrosive rainwater.

Then, he slowly walked forward.

The sound of thunder gradually diminished, but the mist grew increasingly dense.

Soon, Yang Che was even more surprised to find that more and more mist was gathering around him, showing signs of condensing into a vast ocean.

The Nine Heart Thunder Flame immediately began to burn, continuously evaporating the surrounding mist.

At the same time, the black cloak Ancient Treasure flashed with light, and Yang Che, like a sharp sword, rapidly shuttled through the mist.

After an unknown period of shuttling, Yang Che suddenly heard the sounds of Cultivators fighting.

This discovery immediately invigorated him.

His speed involuntarily increased by a few points.

After continuing forward for several hundred feet, Yang Che finally saw a dry patch of land ahead.

And he himself had been in the water all along.

With a splash, he leaped out of the water and onto the shore.

On this dry land, as far as the eye could see, many stone pillars stood scattered.

The strangeness of his journey filled Yang Che with surprise and confusion.

However, there was no time to think much, because two Late Stage Core Formation Cultivators were fiercely fighting ahead.

And far from these two Cultivators, there was another Water Domain.

Within it, stone pillars were strangely arranged, and many Cultivators inside showed expressions of terror, acting like madmen, charging wildly, yet unable to break out of that Water Domain.

Yang Che's expression was solemn, and his mind raced with thoughts.

Then he shifted his gaze to the two fiercely battling Cultivators.

These two Cultivators seemed not to have noticed his arrival at all, continuing their intense struggle.

Soon, Yang Che discovered that these two Cultivators were like zombie Puppets, seemingly controlled by something, fighting non-stop, and both of their faces showed painful 'fear'.

Yang Che felt more and more that this place was extremely strange and bizarre, and he was about to leave quickly when, not far away, there was a loud bang.

An incredibly huge Yao Beast appeared before his eyes.

This Yao Beast was formed by a giant snake coiling around a giant turtle, a massive Yao Beast as large as a mountain.

The snake was red, and the turtle was green.

The turtle's back was black, and the snake's body was reddish-green, exuding a terrifying and powerful aura, full of intense pressure.

"Is this a 'Xuanwu Spirit Beast'?"

As Yang Che pondered, his heart suddenly stirred.

He found that a sound transmission talisman on his body had strangely lit up at this moment.

It was Sha Rou's sound transmission.

Yang Che's Divine Sense swept across it, and after reading Sha Rou's sound transmission, his figure immediately flickered rapidly, moving quickly in a certain direction.

However, the two Late Stage Core Formation Cultivators who were fiercely fighting stopped simultaneously at this moment, then quickly pursued Yang Che, their speed astonishing Yang Che.

As one pursued and the other moved, the huge Xuanwu Spirit Beast also drew closer and closer.

Yang Che only wanted to quickly shake off these two Cultivators and the Xuanwu, then rendezvous with Sha Rou.

So, the Extreme Power surged, and his speed climbed again.

However, just as he was about to shake off these two Cultivators, he suddenly caught sight of a tall, somewhat familiar woman tied to a stone pillar not far away.