Once again, they saw the icefield sealed beneath dark clouds. Towering ice mountains jutted above the cloud layer, reflecting the starlight in a hazy brilliance.
This was precisely the area formed by the Ice Jiao that had died earlier.
The group had come to familiar ground to begin with. They landed on the highest ice peak, and Shi Chun asked the others to step away, keeping only Li Hongjiu with him.
"We're not too far from the exit here."
That was Shi Chun's opening remark.
Li Hongjiu surveyed the surrounding scenery and teased him with a radiant smile. "I thought you'd actually dare head for the exit now."
Shi Chun said, "Tomorrow, the day after... counting the days, the exit opens three days from now, right?"
Li Hongjiu said, "That shouldn't change. Countless predecessors paid with their lives to establish that safe limit-the longest we can remain here. Delay another day, and the two ends of the passage, inside and outside, might fail to connect. Of those who entered the Divine Fire Domain, no one has ever been known to survive inside until it opened again."
Shi Chun nodded. "Good. Then let's make this one of our meeting points."
Li Hongjiu was puzzled. "What meeting point?"
Shi Chun said, "The place where we expose the people who murdered your sect's disciples. Once you reach the exit, wait there for people from a few sects, then send them here."
At the mention of exposing the murderers, the smile faded from Li Hongjiu's face. "Which sects?"
Shi Chun said, "The Heavenly Furnace Sect, the Fengluo Cult, the Spirit-Refining Fort, and Seven Star Island. When you see people from those four sects, you don't need to summon them all. Whichever has the most people there, just send that sect's people over."
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