The Extreme North lay at the northernmost edge of the Heaven Dou Empire.
It was a vast land blanketed in ice and snow year-round. The freezing wind cut like blades, and ice stretched for thousands of miles. Its climate was harsh beyond anything ordinary people could imagine.
The deeper one traveled north, the lower the temperature became.
In the true core region, even Soul Masters with considerable cultivation could be eroded by the bitter cold and eventually freeze stiff upon the endless snowfields if they were not thoroughly prepared.
For this very reason, few people ever set foot in the Extreme North.
Under normal circumstances, aside from a handful of experienced adventurers and soul beast hunting teams, only Soul Masters with ice-attributed martial souls would dare enter this frozen land when they needed to obtain soul rings.
For ice-attributed Soul Masters, this place was both a life-forbidden zone filled with danger and a natural treasure trove concealing countless opportunities.
After half a month of arduous travel, Li Changsheng and Feng Ling finally reached the outskirts of the Extreme North.
The carriage slowly came to a halt.
Its wheels rolled over frozen earth covered in snow, producing a low scraping sound.
"Whoa—"
As the coachman tightened the reins, the soul beast horse pulling the carriage snorted.
A cloud of white mist billowed from its nostrils, only to be torn apart by the howling wind in an instant.
The carriage curtain was lifted.
Li Changsheng stepped out first.
The instant his feet touched the ground, bone-piercing cold rushed toward him, and his robes snapped loudly in the frigid wind.
Feng Ling followed close behind, draped in a thick black cloak, her slender figure standing amid the boundless wind and snow.
She raised a hand to gather her windblown hair, narrowed her eyes,