On the other side.
Bai Lan and the others had no idea that, because of the evolution,
they had already attracted the attention of Tang San, the God King of the Divine Realm, who had sent Da Ming and Er Ming to find them.
Even as powerful as Bai Lan was now, he still couldn't defeat Tang San.
There was no helping it. His opponent wielded the Asura God's power, a God King's authority.
If Tang San descended to the mortal realm, the suppression of Douluo Heaven's Will might give Bai Lan a slim chance.
But for now, Bai Lan certainly didn't want to face Tang San.
Fortunately, thanks to the Contract Book, the Heavenly Secret Concealment kept them hidden, and they couldn't be found for the time being.
By the time they were found, Bai Lan's Contract Beasts might have reached the God King realm—or even surpassed it.
Then he wouldn't have to fear his opponent anymore.
The wind and snow in the Extreme North had stopped at some point.
Sunlight streamed through the clouds over the area in front of Ice Peak, shining down on the snow-covered land.
In the distance, the snowflakes frozen in midair by the Snow Empress's divine might still hung suspended, as if time had stopped forever at that moment.
Bai Lan stood on the frozen plain, gazing north.
That was the deeper part of the Extreme North, a place neither the Ice Empress nor the Snow Empress had ever set foot in.
Farther north lay endless ice fields and ceaseless blizzards.
There was nothing there but cold and silence.
But that wasn't the direction he was looking.
He was looking south.
Toward the center of the continent.
Yinye walked over to him and followed his gaze.
"Master, what are you thinking about?"