Central Region of Canglan Continent, Far North.
This place lay buried beneath wind and snow all year round. Most of the region consisted of snowy mountains and frozen earth, with few mortal settlements able to endure here for long. The number of cultivator forces was also far smaller than in the Central Region's heartland.
For most of the past, aside from the Profound Ice Palace, the ruling force of the northeastern frontier, only a small number of cultivators who practiced ice and snow Dao arts ventured into this place.
But beginning half a year ago, the number of cultivators traveling to the Far North had noticeably increased.
Many Central Great Sects, and even several top-tier great clans, had dispatched disciples to investigate the secrets hidden within this frozen world.
The reason for this was that, half a year ago, a rumor concerning the Kunxu Secret Realm in the Far North had spread from the Northwest into the Central Region.
The Kunxu Secret Realm was a land of immortal fortune recorded in the ancient history of Azure Waves. Anyone with even a little understanding of Azure Waves' history would have heard this name to some extent, even if they had never specifically studied ancient history.
This secret realm from the age of ancient cultivators was so renowned for no other reason than the immortal art inheritance that every immortal Dao cultivator on Canglan Continent dreamed of obtaining.
Every ancient text that recorded it mentioned that a true immortal from beyond the heavens had once resided within this secret realm in ancient times, leaving behind several lingering vestiges of immortal arts.
For many years, this distant legend had stirred boundless fantasies in countless Azure Waves cultivators.
Yet before this news emerged, the cultivators of Azure Waves had treated it only as a