Chapter 1161: Legend, the World Beyond the Great Gate
A giant claw swept across the sea, churning up countless waves of black water before crashing heavily onto Deep Sea Black Ice Mountain.
"Ancestor!" the surrounding beings hurriedly cried out.
"The iceberg must not be destroyed!"
With a thunderous boom, the icy spire atop the mountain snapped and fell.
The giant claw swung again, sending the ice spire flying toward Xu Zimo.
Xu Zimo stretched out one hand and directly caught the incoming ice spire.
The instant he touched it, he was frozen solid.
He became an ice statue.
Cracking sounds rang out as fissures spread across the ice statue before it shattered apart.
"What ferocious ice," Xu Zimo muttered, swiftly putting away the ice spire.
"Thanks."
"Remember what you said. You must never set foot here again for the rest of your life," the enormous being in the darkness said.
As Xu Zimo's departing figure vanished, the previously silent seabed immediately erupted into clamor.
"Ancestor, why give him the Deep Sea Black Ice? It is the foundation of our cultivation!"
"That's right. Such a large piece of black ice would have been enough for us to cultivate for tens of thousands of years."
The ancestor they spoke of was the oldest forefather of their race. It was said that he had lived from the Upper Ancient Era until now.
He could truly be called an old monster.
Yet this time, the ancestor's actions had left them utterly baffled.
The enormous being in the darkness fell silent for a moment.
Then he slowly said, "When I was very young, I once heard my ancestor tell a story."
"It was from a time before the distant Ancient Era.
"This world once endured a darkness. All living beings were enslaved, and those who