"Whoosh...!"
In southwestern Qi Province lay a land shrouded in frost and mist year-round.
An unbroken sweep of mountains rose and fell, faintly tracing the majestic outline of a giant dragon.
An eerie, deep blue glow also shimmered over the ice encasing these mountains.
At that moment, a streak of crimson starlight and a blood-colored arc of light rushed into the sky above the mountains, one after the other, and vanished into the sea of mist.
These two streaks of escape light were naturally Gu Chenfeng and Geng Yuan, who had been pursuing him all the way.
Geng Yuan was following close behind at tremendous speed aboard the Void-Escaping Shuttle.
Sensing the unusual terrain, he immediately grew wary, spreading his Divine Sense and Qi Perception to their fullest extent to probe every inch of the region.
He sought to confirm that there were no restriction fluctuations, powerful creatures, or special secret realms in the area.
After probing the surroundings, he detected nothing unusual.
Yet, for some reason, a faint sense of danger arose in his heart.
Just as he followed Gu Chenfeng's escape light deep into the mountains-
Boom!
Suddenly, the frozen world shook violently, and an eerie, ghostly blue light bloomed within the ice that had covered it for ten thousand years.
"Roar!"
A low, far-reaching dragon roar resounded through the Ice Abyss.
A bone-chilling aura bearing supreme majesty erupted from the very bottom of the abyss, like a slumbering beast awakening!
"Whoosh...!"
The frost and mist filling the sky over the frozen expanse suddenly seethed, turning into a sky-spanning storm of ice crystals.
At the storm's center, a ghostly blue light blazed, and the outline of an enormous creature gradually took shape.
As the thick mist gradually dispersed, an immense dragon a thousand zhang long, its entire body