After chatting with Ice Empress for a while and waiting for her to resume adapting to the benefits she had gained this time, Qin Yue finally shifted his gaze to the devastated land beneath his feet.
The thick ice sheet had actually been carved away by more than a hundred meters by the Heavenly Tribulation, transforming the original ice plains into a valley. The ice walls on both sides were covered in scars and looked ready to collapse at any moment.
Qin Yue stomped down hard and discovered that the ice layer, which had previously required some effort for him to shatter, was unusually "soft." It felt as though he were not standing on the eternally frozen ice plains of the Far North, but on drifting snow that had fallen from the sky only fifteen minutes ago.
The power of a natural disaster was displayed in full at that moment. It was a mighty force capable of altering an ecosystem. The Far North was simply a special case, still suppressed by the Ice God's divine power. Otherwise, the changes would likely have been even more drastic.
Take Thunder Cliff near Forest Spirit City, for example. The thunderclouds that lingered over those mountains all year round were remnants of a past Heavenly Tribulation. Although the Soul Beast that had undergone the tribulation had vanished without a trace, the remaining power of the Heavenly Tribulation had thoroughly transformed that mountain range into the Thunder Cliff of today, a place suitable for lightning-type Soul Beasts to inhabit. Through this virtuous cycle, it had grown ever more prosperous.
After a long while, just as the wind and snow were about to bury Qin Yue's calves, Ice Empress, who had stood motionless like a statue, finally stirred. Icy blue light surged from beneath her feet