Somewhere on the Vast Continent, a starlight fell into a great lake.
It was as if only a tiny stone had dropped into the lake, stirring up merely faint ripples that spread outward.
The wind suddenly stilled. The fish swimming on the lake's surface abruptly froze as well. The exotic beasts hunting suddenly grew restless, and the birds that had been about to dive for prey suddenly beat their wings and took flight.
The bottom of the lake suddenly lit up, as though blue energy were surging within it.
Immediately afterward, a wave of cold air poured out from the lake, and the lake surface began freezing at a startling speed.
The cold spread swiftly, permeating outward from the center of the lake. Countless fish and exotic beasts were frozen before they could escape, turning into ice sculptures, while many exotic beasts sensed the danger and rapidly fled the lake.
But the ice spread too quickly. In an instant, the lake spanning a thousand miles was sealed in ice, and even the trees along its shores were coated in frost, transforming the area into a world of ice and snow.
Snow began drifting down from the sky, as though the place had instantly become a frozen northern land.
Within the frozen lake, a massive shadow swam about. A thousand meters long, it gave off an icy radiance, while a faint low chant emerged from the lake, like vibrating sound waves carrying thousands of miles.
Countless exotic beasts felt fear. They lowered their heads and let out uneasy growls.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Above the frozen lake, the countless exotic beasts trapped in ice shook off their ice crystals and released excited roars. They seemed to have transformed into crystalline ice monsters, their frigid eyes exuding a sinister chill.
Like exploding firecrackers,