The South Sea snowfields lay beneath a long, lingering sunset.
This was the Antarctic Circle of Houtu on the God Continent, once eternal permafrost—remember, once. A few years ago, Hong Yuan, the reincarnated body of the hidden Lord of Great Heavens here, was struck by four great Heaven-Cleaving Swords. The entire Antarctic ice cap melted, becoming a world-ending tsunami.
If no one had intervened, that tsunami would have swept across all surface land beyond the Kunlun Mountains. Afterward, sea levels would have risen by dozens of meters, drowning vast stretches of land.
But all of that ended as soon as it began. Back then, Marquis Kelvin of Burning Sky reversed the Tian Shang Jue, refreezing this expanse of seawater in an extremely short time and returning every water molecule to crystal.
Only a few years had passed since that event, and the ice still retained the shape of those raging waves, like sharp steel teeth jutting from the earth.
Yue Luo Liuli slowly descended. Dragons were cold-blooded creatures and did not much like such freezing environments. Still in her dragon form, she shook her head in displeasure. "Why choose a place like this? You should have plenty of better locations, shouldn't you?"
"You flatter us, Senior." Marquis Kelvin of Burning Sky came from noble stock, and every movement he made was refined and courteous. Smiling, he said, "We humans have only this tiny patch of Houtu on the God Continent. We cannot compare to your noble race, which commands both the God Continent's seas and the Tai Sui Star Ring."
Yue Luo Liuli snorted twice through her nostrils—how dragons expressed disdain or a contemptuous "ptui." "That little patch of land of yours is one of the richest regions in this entire Great Sun Territory."
"Please spare a thought for the