As a powerful Earth Emperor Realm cultivator, the Wolf Emperor Bai Yang had killed controlled a vast territory. The entire icefield was his domain. Though immense, it was nowhere near as large as a dynasty's territory. Bai Yang estimated that the icefield was larger than the whole Chen Dynasty, but not as large as the combined territories of the Chen and Jiang Dynasties.
This was a paradise for the wolf tribes. Other races lived here too, but the wolves held sway over them.
The vast icefield seemed endless. Though desolate, it was a rich land that had never been cultivated. Its underground mineral deposits were incredibly abundant; if they were all mined, they would be enough to double an entire dynasty's national strength.
However, the climate here was too bitterly cold for ordinary people to survive. Developing the land would require an enormous initial investment.
On the way to the ruined Wolf Castle, Bai Yang had spotted two underground Yuan Stone deposits. One of them held even more reserves than the one the Blood Lotus Sect had controlled.
This icefield was uninhabited. Bai Yang had chosen it as the battlefield for the decisive clash with the Great Light Dynasty. After the war, who knew what this place would become?
When he reached the ruins of Wolf Castle, he saw the mountainside collapsed into chaos. Countless wolves had gathered around it, wailing up at the sky in a mournful, desolate chorus.
Ignoring the wolves gathering around him, Bai Yang used his earth-element ability to turn the land upside down. In the end, he found fewer than twenty thousand human survivors. Before his battle with the Wolf Emperor, at least five hundred thousand people had been enslaved here. Now, only this many remained.
The situation had been urgent at the time, and