River of Time Emerges, Fiend Star Lord Arrives

"Boss, this place has gotten harder than before..." Wu Zhiqi frowned slightly when he saw Dijiang's attack fail.

"The 'Ice Age' has arrived early again. In recent years, the Frozen Demon Abyss has expanded faster and faster, and those Ice Demons have grown ever more formidable. It seems the road ahead will be even harder to travel." Dijiang sighed.

"The Frozen Demon Abyss was a forbidden land to begin with. Unfortunately, Lost Grotto-Heavens tend to emerge in forbidden regions. We cannot defy the Immortal Venerable's decree. We can only stake our lives on it. Boss, if we should unfortunately 'die,' please be sure to collect our treasures in time, so that we may have them when the day of rebirth comes." Huo Dou walked to one side and said with a bitter smile.

"Let's go. That Grotto-Heaven is about to emerge! Don't let the Fiend Star Lord seize the initiative." Dijiang rose into the air and landed atop the dragon-elephant's back, then turned to Zhao Sheng and the other four.

Seeing this, Wu Zhiqi, Huo Dou, Teng Snake, and Zhao Sheng all flew back onto their respective puppets' backs, ready to depart at any moment.

As the two Eagle Puppets soared into the sky, the dragon-elephant puppet took the lead while the four beast puppets followed behind. The group continued their arduous trek along the ice sheet toward the distance.

Seven days later, the group struggled across hundreds of thousands of li of ice and arrived at a chaotic, bizarre region.

The ice sheet beneath their feet still stretched endlessly to either side, but a hundred li ahead, the earth had split open into a colossal rift whose edge could not be seen at a glance, like an abyss. The space above it was visibly distorted, while incomparably chaotic