As Xu Yanli and the others had just entered the Extreme North, the carriage curtains were pulled open, and everyone froze on the spot.
Outside was nothing but dazzling white—clean, monotonous white, as if this were the only color left in the world.
Snow-covered mountains stretched into the distance beneath a gray sky. Large flakes drifted silently down, piling up on the frozen earth and reflecting the faintest glimmer of light.
"This..." Huo Yuhao poked his head out for a look, then hurriedly drew his neck back. "It's way too cold!"
Xu Yanli leaned against the carriage window, his gaze calmly sweeping over this world blanketed in ice and snow.
This was the Extreme North, and the Snow Empress's homeland.
He remembered all too clearly how, in the original story, the Snow Empress was eventually captured by Soul Engineers from their Sun Moon Empire using the Level 9 Soul Tool, the God Sealing Platform.
What he couldn't understand was why she had ended up at an auction house in the Star Luo Empire.
But this time, that would never happen again.
"Get out. The carriage can't go any farther." Xu Yanli pulled his gaze away and was the first to leap down.
The snow beneath their feet was exceptionally deep. The moment they stepped into it, it crunched beneath them.
Huo Yuhao, Tang Ling, and Gu Yuena jumped down after him.
The instant Huo Yuhao landed, he shivered, his teeth already chattering. "T-Teacher, it's way too cold. I feel like my Soul Power's about to freeze."
Tang Ling was no better. He hugged himself and shuddered nonstop. "Me too... What kind of blasted place is this? How can it be this cold?"
Gu Yuena stood to one side, her purple eyes calmly sweeping over the frozen world.
She was the