At the edge of the White Mountain Range, a plump, enormous silkworm five or six meters long lay comfortably atop the snow and ice. Humans dressed in cotton-padded coats occasionally came over to kick it, but it did not care at all. As long as those humans were willing to bring it food, it would be the most tolerant ice silkworm in the world.
"Dad, the Ice Jade Scorpion clan's speed is insane! They just ran ahead, and ice kept spreading beneath their feet. If the Ice Scorpion King hadn't stopped them in time, us youngsters might have lost even their tails." Beside the giant ice silkworm, a young man exhaling clouds of breath and holding a faintly glowing crystal walked over to a burly, white-haired man.
"Have some hot soup." The heavily bundled white-haired man handed the young man a special cup. "Your mother made it for you. I heard she even received a little gift from a Mirror Beast. Supposedly, even the God of Cooking liked it."
"Haha, that's great." The young man immediately took the cup. Under the glow of the crystal in his hand, the surrounding temperature was not at an inhuman level.
"But Dad, can we really open a route to the Sun and Moon Continent? I wonder what it's like over there now. I've only heard you describe it so vividly, but I've never seen it with my own eyes." The young man casually chatted as he drank the hot soup. He had to finish it quickly, or it would get cold.
"Heh. Once you see it, you'll naturally understand how majestic and magnificent it is. It's a pity you never saw the old Suotuo City-State. Otherwise, you could never imagine that a city from fifty years ago was even more prosperous than today's