"Greetings, Sect Master!"
"Welcome back, Sect Master!"
"Sect Master, did obtaining your sixth soul ring go smoothly?"
At the New Interception Sect's headquarters, the sect members happily greeted Lin Ya one after another.
Lin Ya merely nodded at them in acknowledgment before immediately plunging into the Self-Cultivation Furnace.
The furnace door shut tight, and the inside was as silent as a vacuum. Lin Ya rubbed the Ice Dragon King Dragon Pearl in his palm, its faint blue gleam reflected in his eyes as a trace of resolve flashed through them.
"It should... work, right?"
Though he was somewhat uncertain, he did not retreat.
This was a genuine Dragon King Dragon Pearl! The difficulties of healing Gu Yuena last time were still fresh in his mind, and he was not sure whether he could fully refine this power.
But he had to try—if the Ice Dragon King route did not work out, he could only settle for the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, the Extreme North Ice Bear King, or the Heavenly Snow Woman.
Lin Ya's expression tightened as Twin Hands moved nimbly, gently lifting the Dragon Pearl and pressing it steadily against his forehead.
Buzz—!
The next second, intense dizziness and bone-piercing cold swept through his entire body. Every muscle in Lin Ya's body tensed, his teeth clenched tight as he nearly failed to endure it.
His vision blurred. When Lin Ya opened his eyes again, he was already standing in a deathly silent world of pure white.
It was not an ordinary white, but a lifeless snowy white, completely frozen over by ice and snow accumulated through hundreds of millions of years.
The cold air was like blades scraping against his skin. Even with Lin Ya's current physique, he could not help shuddering.
"This is practically absolute zero." Lin Ya