Heavenly Gate City.
After the Northern Pacifying King and the Northern Azure King departed, Jiang Ning was the only one left in the council hall.
He walked out of the council hall and looked north into the distance.
Though layers of buildings blocked his view, his eyes seemed able to see through every obstruction to the great tent on the northern hill.
"The Wheel-Turning King... the deity of Big Snow Mountain..." he murmured.
What he had just told the Northern Pacifying King and the Northern Azure King had not been entirely empty words.
The aura emanating from the Wheel-Turning King did indeed give him some cause for wariness.
He knew little about the deity of Big Snow Mountain.
All he knew was that this deity had existed for a very long time.
It had existed even before the Martial Saint's might overshadowed the world.
Everyone on the Northern Barbarian Great Grassland worshipped this deity.
The very existence of the Northern Barbarian Great Grassland was also due to this deity.
After the Martial Saint took that step, he had also visited Big Snow Mountain on the Northern Barbarian Great Grassland.
From this, Jiang Ning could make some conjectures about the deity's strength. It could not be overwhelmingly powerful.
Had it been too powerful, the Martial Saint back then could not have accomplished that.
Yet he dared not underestimate the deity of Big Snow Mountain.
From what he knew, that deity had clearly lived through the cataclysmic changes of heaven and earth.
An existence that had survived the legendary calamity and the drastic transformation of the world's environment was certainly no ordinary being.
Thus, although he had some confidence, he also harbored some apprehension.
As he looked north, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
A moment later.
He steadied himself. For him