Silver-white snow drifted down in flurries, blanketing the vast wilderness. Heaven and earth were a boundless expanse of white; all things were bleak, and every living creature lay silent.
At one corner along the edge of a vast continent stood a majestic city. Beneath the heavy snow, it was clad in silver, like a silver-white dragon lying sprawled across the land, magnificent beyond compare.
This city was called Yan Jing City, one of the great cities of the eastern region of the Great Chu Dynasty.
The Zhen Dong Prince's Mansion, which controlled the three eastern counties, was located within Yan Jing City.
In the rear courtyard of the sprawling Zhen Dong Prince's Mansion, amid the cold desolation, a young man dressed in a black robe sat in the courtyard.
The falling snowflakes vaporized before coming within three feet of the young man.
Buzz~
After a long while, the young man's eyes suddenly flashed, and a streak of purple light flickered through them.
His clear, cold eyes immediately became deep and profound, as vast as a starry sky.
"Phew!"
The black-robed young man slowly exhaled, his eyes flickering. "Which old bastard actually ambushed me?"
Gu Shaoshang's fingers trembled, and his heart was far from calm.
It was the first time he had ever been successfully ambushed. Although it had only been one of his incarnations, it still shook him deeply.
"Primordial Chaos Daoist... not him. He still can't evade my spiritual senses. The one who acted is likely some ancient fossil in the Hunyuan Realm!"
Gu Shaoshang's divine will gradually returned, and his thoughts stirred slightly.
Primordial Chaos Daoist was only one step away from attaining the Hunyuan Realm, but with that half-step unstepped, he was merely stronger than any Great Luo. He had not yet reached the level where he