The Northeast.
Within the border No-Man's Zone.
An old man and a young man trudged across the snowfield against the biting wind, leaving a footprint with every step.
Several centimeters of snow covered them both. From a distance, they looked like snowmen.
"Dad... where are we going?"
The handsome young man walking behind tightened his down jacket as he asked.
The old man ahead carried a wooden stick, his back hunched. Without looking back, he rasped, "A Secret Realm."
"What Secret Realm?"
"The foundation for our Ma Family's comeback." A glint flashed through the old man's clouded eyes.
He was none other than Old Ma, who had been missing for so long.
No one had guessed he was still in the Northeast.
His former high spirits were gone now, leaving him utterly exhausted.
The destruction of his family had nearly broken this ruthless overlord.
"Do you know how the Ma Family rose to prominence?" Old Ma coughed softly, his breath barely perceptible.
Ma Ran looked worriedly at the somewhat frail figure ahead, his heart aching.
He could sense Old Ma's bodily functions rapidly deteriorating after this catastrophe.
"The clan records say our ancestors received help from the Fox Immortal through a chance encounter."
Ma Ran spoke cautiously.
"It wasn't help. It was a contract." Old Ma drew a deep breath.
This was the Ma Family's greatest secret.
A secret known only to each successive family head.
"Even before the Apocalypse, the Ma Family had countless ties to the Fox Immortal."
"The Fox Immortal was also the reason the Ma Family established itself in the Northeast..."
The Ji Family's God-Sealing Severed Meridians, the Ma Family's Five Immortals Return to the Body, Purple Gold's Slaughter Forbidden Life, and the Gu Family's Sea God Bloodline.
The Divine Abilities and Secret Techniques that had