Chapter 5852

Night had fallen over the ice plains as the three arrived in the depression encircled by the three massive ice peaks. The sky held no stars, only auroras flowing like colored rivers across the dark heavens, casting a strange, eerie light over the frozen expanse.

At the center of the depression lay the Blood-Soul FrostPool, about thirty meters across, its waters dark red and eerily still, exuding both icy chill and the metallic scent of blood.

Beside it, the Thousand-Year Frostblood Lotus swayed in the cold wind. Its nine crystalline leaves gleamed like red rubies, while the deep-red bud pulsed with life, ready to bloom at any moment.

The forbidden protective array loomed over the entire depression like an insurmountable chasm. The ice-blue light curtain was inscribed with ancient, intricate runes. From it hung chains tipped with ghostly ice beasts, radiating a pressure that made the soul tremble.

And behind the array-farther into the ice peaks-stood the palace, an imposing cluster of ice-crystal buildings. Its scale defied description, silent under the night sky and the dancing auroras.

The palace was not a single structure, but a sprawling city of ice. The main hall soared a thousand meters high, carved from millennia-old ice and core-cold jade, reflecting the aurora’s beauty while radiating an icy, sacred authority.

Smaller halls, towers, and bridges circled it like planets orbiting a sun, connected by stairways and suspended walkways, forming a breathtaking yet perilous ice-crystal city.