Ice River Valley Sets Its Sights on the Woe Poison Physique, Dou Zun Tian Shuangzi Mobilizes!

Although the Northern Region was remote, it had always been well informed.

This rumor about the sudden emergence of the Woe Poison Physique spread through transmissions from the major Spatial Wormholes, reaching the depths of the Northern Domain of the Central Plains in merely five or six days.

In the Far North of the Northern Region, mountain ranges stretched endlessly, blanketed in thick ice all year round.

Biting cold winds howled through the valleys. Ordinary Dou Wangs did not even dare remain here for more than half an hour.

Atop the highest snow peak stood a vast palace complex carved entirely from dark ice.

This was Ice River Valley, one of the Three Valleys of the Central Plains, notorious for its fierce reputation.

Inside the main hall, countless ten-thousand-year dark ice pillars hung from the surrounding walls, while an ice pool at the center emitted an eerie white mist.

On the raised platform at the very front of the hall sat a figure clad in a snow-white robe.

He was a young, handsome man, though his skin was exceedingly pale and his build somewhat thin.

Most striking of all was the peculiar snowflake mark on his brow, black as ink.

This man was Ice Venerable, the founding Valley Master of Ice River Valley and a Four-Star Dou Zun expert.

At that moment, he idly rubbed an ice-carved thumb ring between his fingers.

Below the hall, an elderly man with a long beard, likewise dressed in white, knelt on one knee.

The old man was Tian Shuangzi, Ice River Valley's Great Elder, who had been a One-Star Dou Zun for over a decade.

"Tian Shuangzi, has the intelligence you submitted been verified?"

Ice Venerable spoke slowly, his level voice stirring a faint, rustling echo of shattered ice throughout the hall.

Tian