The icy domain lay frozen for ten thousand miles, its bitter winds howling without end.
Towering mountains of ice rose from the earth. This was Ice River Valley, one of the three great valleys of the Central Plains!
Within the main peak's ancient hall of unmelted ice, cold seeped into every corner, and the very air turned to frost.
A white-clad figure sat high on a jade throne of ice. His features were cold, pale-white battle qi of extreme cold swirled around him, and his presence weighed on the hall like a mountain. He was the master of Ice River Valley!
Ice River, a peak Four-Star Battle Venerable, was known to the world as Ice Venerable.
Ice Venerable sat quietly on his throne, eyes half-closed, his aura restrained and steady...
He seemed unremarkable, yet arctic tides of cold flowed with his every movement.
Just then, faint sounds of rushing air came from outside. Three figures wrapped in bitter cold sped through layer upon layer of barriers over the ice fields and landed in the center of the hall.
They were Sky Serpent and his two companions, who had just returned from Godfall Ravine with Xiao Yi Xian in their custody.
Sky Serpent held out one hand. A heavy lock of icy light bound Xiao Yi Xian's limbs and meridians, keeping her captive as he brought her into the hall.
Xiao Yi Xian's white clothes were in disarray, her dark hair had come loose, and not a trace of color remained in her face...
Ice Venerable slowly opened his eyes. His cold gaze settled on the captive Xiao Yi Xian and examined her closely. A moment later, intense greed flashed in his eyes.
"The Innate Calamity Poison Body!"
Ice Venerable could not help crying out.
He had acquired his own Calamity