The Northern Region was in an uproar. Too many legendary top figures had arrived, each rarer to see than the last.
There was Little Phoenix of the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty. Rumor had it she was the successor of the Phoenix Emperor Venerate, personally taught by him.
There had long been rumors about her in the Thirty-Three Heavens, claiming she was the future successor of the Phoenix Immortal Dynasty. If the Phoenix Emperor Venerate retired and no longer appeared in the world, she would become the dynasty's second ruler.
Then there was the Fourth Prince of the Sacred Dragon Clan. As the Dragon Emperor's own son, he had Hegemon Grade blood flowing through his veins. There was no way he could be ordinary; the successors of the various great lineages all paled beside him.
The mere words "son of a Hegemon Grade being" were enough to cow a great many people.
The two of them drew countless eyes as soon as they appeared.
And these two were far from the only ones who had come to the Northern Region. Many more were lurking in the shadows, unwilling to show themselves.
"Where is the fragment?"
After arriving in the Northern Region, everyone discovered that the laws of heaven and earth were still present, but the fragment could no longer be found.
No one could sense its movements.
"The Northern Region is already close to the Ice Plain River. Could the fragment have entered it?" someone asked uncertainly.
After a brief silence, everyone agreed it was possible.
What they had seen earlier was most likely just a temporal projection of the fragment entering the Ice Plain River, not the real thing.
The real fragment had most likely already entered the forbidden land.
Everyone's gaze immediately turned toward the Ice Plain River.
The Ice