Snow World.
A large group of Soul Clan experts descended upon the Ancient Ice Plain.
There were nearly twenty Soul Clan experts in this group, almost all of them Heaven-Splitting Realm experts.
Most of them were from the Chi Ming Tribe, with only a few coming from the Lu Yang Tribe.
The leader of the Lu Yang Tribe contingent was an old man—Venerable Ran.
Then there was Lie Zun, the one who had once accompanied Crown Prince Jin Hun in killing Su Mo's many avatars.
On the Chi Ming Tribe's side, the leader was also an old man, and one even more aged than Venerable Ran.
He wore a grayish-white robe, was gaunt as a rake, with a white goatee and a head full of snow-white hair.
This man was the Chi Ming Tribe's second-in-command, known as Ancestor Xie.
It was said that Ancestor Xie was of extremely high seniority. He was the grandfather of the Crimson Nether Soul Lord, so throughout the Soul Clan, his prestige surpassed even Venerable Ran's. He was considered an existence second only to the Three Great Soul Lords.
A junior like Crown Prince Jin Hun was far from comparable to him. After all, Crown Prince Jin Hun's prestige had been bestowed by the Soul Lord.
Setting aside the Soul Lord factor, Crown Prince Jin Hun himself was nowhere near the equal of old-generation supreme experts like Ancestor Xie and Venerable Ran.
"About time!"
Ancestor Xie stood upon the Ancient Ice Plain, gazing over the boundless ice sheet and feeling the savage cold air. He nodded slightly.
Time was pressing, and the War of the Entire Clan was hanging over them, liable to erupt at any moment.
Therefore, the Myriad Year Cold Iron could wait no longer. It had to be excavated.
"Ancestor Xie, you