His figure stopped at the very bottom of the waterfall.
The waterfall rose like a heavenly palace, while cold air shrouded everything around it.
The upper reaches were frozen solid, and the chill around the waterfall blanketed all things.
The moment Xu Zimo descended, cold air enveloped him, as though it wanted to seal him in ice.
Xu Zimo did not deliberately resist. Though this chill was astonishing, it was still a hundred thousand miles away from being able to freeze him.
Xu Zimo swept his gaze around.
He looked in the direction of the halo he had seen earlier.
Beneath the waterfall, it was as though time itself had frozen into ice.
Ice trees blotted out the sky, lush and flourishing. Were they not forged from ice, they would have been no different from ordinary trees.
All kinds of icy flowers and medicinal herbs grew there, with birds singing and flowers fragrant.
This place was like a secluded paradise in a world of ice.
Around this world stood eight ice statues, sealed within it.
These statues were incomparably massive and imposing.
Each statue stared at Xu Zimo, as though they were about to come alive.
But Xu Zimo knew that they were merely statues.
He frowned slightly and spread out his divine sense, sensing something unusual.
The statues truly were ordinary ice carvings, yet remnants of souls existed within them.
"Is that the Sea God?" Xu Zimo called out.
"I made an agreement with the current Sea King and came to seek the Sea God Trident."
"A human coming to the ruins of the Sea Beasts—this is the first time," a voice rang out.
The voice came from all directions, and Xu Zimo could not discern its source at all.
But that was unimportant. Xu Zimo said, "I mean