As Li Zhōujūn stepped into the Thousand Ravine Snow Domain.
The Great Cold Snow Domain.
Inside a plainly decorated yet imposing room.
The Woman in Ruqun who had previously handed Li Zhōujūn an ice-blue talisman was now gazing at another graceful figure with her back to her, standing by the window and looking into the distance. She chuckled and said:
"Sis, one of your talismans is enough to withstand all the methods of a high-rank Origin Emperor for a short time. Though it dissipates after a single use, it's still something countless people in the Source Realm would desperately seek. And yet you gave it so easily to that young man named Li Zhōujūn?
"He was someone you met when you were still called Murong Xue. Could it be that you truly still can't let him go?
"Are you worried that he'll enter the space in the Thousand Ravine Snow Domain that was left behind when Master and Elder Qin sparred—a space filled everywhere with sword intent powerful enough to slay ordinary Origin Emperors?"
The graceful figure turned around and smiled at the Woman in Ruqun. "Suqing, how did you start teasing your senior sister?"
The graceful figure who had spoken was none other than Shen Xianning, the current domain master of the Great Cold Snow Domain.
The Woman in Ruqun's full name was Lin Suqing, and she was Shen Xianning's junior sister from the same school.
Lin Suqing smiled. "He has Elder Qin, the master of Tianyi Hall, backing him, and he cultivated all the way from the tiny Tian Yuan Realm to the Source Realm.
"His current strength is on par with Xue Duanwu, the patriarch of the Xue Clan and a Twelfth-Rank Origin Saint. To be honest, he really deserves the words 'peerless talent.'
"I recently heard