418 Unbeknownst to the Unpredictable, a Scheme Unfolds

Ice Osmanthus Hall stood at the heart of Ice Chi Palace. Thousands of ice osmanthus trees grew around the great hall, a rare exotic species whose branches and leaves resembled ice crystals. This marvelous variety of osmanthus did not naturally grow overseas; the Grand Elder had personally transplanted it into Ice Chi Palace.

Mi Gaitian was a Supreme Elder of Ice Chi Palace. He had cultivated for two full sixty-year cycles, and as time passed, his magical power and cultivation only grew deeper and more unfathomable. After Jin Ridan died, this Supreme Elder had remained stationed in Ice Osmanthus Hall for years, scarcely ever leaving Ice Chi Palace.

This Supreme Elder was steady by nature and possessed a broad view of the greater picture. In truth, when the former Palace Master Jin Ridan had grown ever more arrogant and unrestrained, he had repeatedly urged Jin Ridan to curb his overbearing temperament, lest he provoke a mighty enemy and bring calamity upon Ice Chi Palace.

Unfortunately, Jin Ridan was not the sort to heed advice. After the former Palace Master met his death, Mi Gaitian did not overstep his bounds. Instead, he faithfully fulfilled his duties, diligently maintaining the overall situation. Thanks to this Supreme Elder, even though Ice Chi Palace had lost an expert who had entered the Dao, it still had him as its pillar. Many people felt as though they had swallowed a calming pill.

Perhaps it was precisely for this reason that, after losing their Palace Master, the disciples of Ice Chi Palace had continued their infighting without end, ruining the palace's once-excellent situation into a complete mess.

Yet Mi Gaitian's effect as a "sea-calming divine needle" was not something all the disciples of Ice Chi Palace willingly acknowledged. After all, the palace possessed the Eternal Nether