It was the seventh day after the great battle at Heavenly Journey City had ended.
Through the gloomy sky, a streak of earthen-yellow light cleaved the heavens, speeding through the bitterly cold gales.
Across the land before them, as far as the eye could see, there was not a trace of vibrant green.
There was only the bleak pallor of a thousand miles sealed in ice, all things desolate.
This was a barren yet magnificent land!
Aboard the vessel, Wanyan Bulin stood enveloped in yellow light, his face brightening at the sight.
"We're finally almost there!"
Meanwhile, inside the cage.
Gu Chenfeng, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, opened them and surveyed the landscape.
Snow lay year-round upon the Northern Frozen Expanse, and most of each year passed amid wind and snow.
The world was gray and white, but as he gazed into the distance, he could faintly make out two "points of light" ahead.
As the Flying Boat continued to draw closer, the points of light grew larger, their outlines becoming clearer.
Gu Chenfeng saw them distinctly.
The point of light on the left was an extraordinarily imposing city.
The entire city lay beneath a fiery-red curtain of light.
Like a "gigantic bonfire" rising amid the ice and snow, it brimmed with an aura of wildness and life.
In another direction across the land, there was an even larger mass of white light.
Through its radiance, he could vaguely discern a towering mountain within.
The mountain rose several thousand zhang high, like a pillar holding up the heavens.
As the mountain's outline gradually became clear.
Wanyan Bulin, Wushu Lang, and Nalan Qing aboard the vessel.
All rose and bowed toward the enormous mountain, paying reverent homage.
Gu Chenfeng guessed that the mountain was probably the Barbarian