The Yellow River Assembly of Dao Calendar 3919 had produced far too many dazzling prodigies. Seven years later, they had gradually become the leading figures of the Present World, and more and more of them, wielding power in their respective domains, had begun to stir the winds and clouds of All-Under-Heaven.
Who among them was the greatest prodigy had always been endlessly debated. Jiang Wang had certainly won the greatest share of glory, but Dou Zhao and Chongxuan Zun still had plenty of room for contention—not to mention Li Yi, who had been the first to shatter the historical record.
Yet one person stood beyond such discussions.
That was Xie Ai, the supreme powerhouse known as the "Winter Emperor."
It was said that she was the reincarnation of Frost Immortal Lord Xu Qiuci from over two thousand years ago. Now that she had once more ascended to Dao Derivation, she and the young people of the current age were fundamentally no longer on the same level. There was no basis for comparison.
The struggle surrounding the Winter Emperor's attainment of the Dao should have been the most important event in the northwest of the Present World in Dao Calendar 3921.
But at the time, the Snow Kingdom had sealed its borders and closed the nation. Thus, despite the magnitude of the event, its details had never been known to outsiders.
Though Xu Xiangan and the others had encountered Xie Ai while she was fleeing in disguise, they still knew little of how she had turned the tables, ascended to Dao Derivation, and proven herself to be Xu Qiuci's reincarnation.
They knew only that Xie Ai had once been hunted through heaven and earth. The Snow Kingdom's direct sealing of its borders could not necessarily have been friendly to her at