God-Tier Fishing System-Chapter 698

Ryan swallowed the food in his mouth and gave Ethan a thumbs up.

"This roasted meat tastes amazing. Thank you for the hospitality. I’ve eaten and drunk my fill."

"Good. I’ve just arrived and am not too familiar with the situation in the White North Ice Field. Give me a brief introduction, especially concerning your Riverborn Clan and the Moonfall Clan," Ethan said.

"Understood."

"This matter has to start from a century ago."

"At that time, our Riverborn Clan was experiencing a gap between generations and declining day by day. Absolutely no one in the clan could pass the trial for the Great Emperor’s inheritance. If things continued like that, the Riverborn Clan would have been in grave danger."

"After the Eldest Miss was born, she displayed exceptionally high talent."

"In the same year, the Moonfall Clan’s Holy Son was born, and his talent was even greater. He could be called the Moonfall Clan’s strongest genius in thousands of years."

"Back then, the Riverborn Clan and the Moonfall Clan were still family friends."

The campfire crackled, pushing warm light across the faces of the four.

Ryan held a stick and poked at the fire as he recounted the events that had unfolded within the Riverborn Clan over the years.

"The ancestors of our two clans once fought side by side."

"This friendship lasted until the time of the previous Clan Heads, the Eldest Miss’s grandfather and the previous Moonfall Clan Head. The old Clan Head made an agreement with the Moonfall Clan to form a marriage alliance between the Moonfall Clan’s Holy Son and our Eldest Miss."

"When the Eldest Miss and the Holy Son were still babes in swaddling clothes, the two old Clan Heads disappeared together within a secret realm at the very end of the White North Ice Field."

"Their Soul Jades shattered, proving that both perished within," Ryan said, his voice unhurried.

"The end of the White North Ice Field?"

"What kind of place is that?" Ethan frowned.

"I’m not entirely clear on the specifics either, but there are records in the clan’s ancient archives."

"If you travel continuously north through the ice field, you will eventually reach the end of this world. There, a natural secret realm has formed, known as the Ice Field Demon Caverns."

"It’s said that a million years ago, several Great Emperor experts engaged in a protracted, earth-shattering battle at the very end of the White North Ice Field."

"The battle lasted for months."

"They fought until the sky went dark and the earth grew dim. In the end, both sides suffered catastrophic losses. Several Great Emperors fell there, and their lifelong accumulations and inheritances were buried at the end of the White North."

"As the bodies of the Great Emperors gradually decayed, the escaping energy merged with the freezing winds, forming a bizarre and terrifying power that corroded a massive area."

"Over millions of years, this naturally formed a unique space realm."

"The area is densely packed with countless caves. That is how it got the name Ice Field Demon Caverns."

"Of course, these are all just rumors. I have never actually been to the end of the ice field."

"Legend has it that the freezing winds there are incredibly bizarre and carry extreme corrosive properties."

"An ordinary Supreme cannot withstand them at all. Upon contact, they would be corroded down to bone. Only by possessing divine power can one resist that terrifying force."

"The mysterious legends and unknown treasures attract countless experts to flock there, one after another."

"Over countless years of exploration by our Ancient Clans, we discovered that the bizarre power there follows a tidal pattern."

"Every so often, it weakens significantly. As long as one has reached the Supreme realm, they can enter. That period is the best time to go in and hunt for treasures."

The Ice Field Demon Caverns. The resting place of several Great Emperors. Ethan turned it over quietly in his mind, inwardly amazed.

The Emperor Sage’s secret realm had already drawn countless experts from the Demon Territory. Despite its extreme dangers, it held numerous treasures, even housing an immortal holy spirit like the Sacred Hibiscus Tree.

The danger level of these Ice Field Demon Caverns was undoubtedly even higher. The buried treasures and inheritances were surely more abundant than those in the Training Trial Secret Realm.

After all, this was not the resting place of one Great Emperor. It was several.

"Has anyone ever brought treasures out from within?" Ethan asked.

"Naturally. Every hundred years, there is a window of about three years. During that time, the major factions of the White North Ice Field send their people, bringing the younger generation of their clans deep into the ice field to hunt for treasure."

"Everyone has indeed obtained quite a few treasures from within, but every time, the casualties are disastrous."

"There are also inheritances of Great Emperors inside."

"The Moonfall Clan obtained one a very, very long time ago. It is precisely because of that one time that the Moonfall Clan’s overall strength has remained ahead of the other Ancient Clans for three thousand years," Ryan continued.

"I see. Since the Moonfall Clan and the Riverborn Clan used to be family friends, why have things deteriorated to the current situation?" Ethan asked.

"Truthfully, ever since the previous Clan Heads of both families perished in the Ice Field Demon Caverns, the relationship between the two clans has been on shaky ground."

"The Moonfall Clan possesses a powerful foundation. Their overall strength ranks first among the major Ancient Clans."

"They are wildly ambitious, constantly suppressing us and encroaching on our Riverborn Clan’s territory. They intended to use the marriage alliance to swallow the Riverborn Clan, then proceed to annex the other Ancient Clans and unify the White North Ice Field."

"Over the years, our Riverborn Clan’s influence has waned. Faced with the Moonfall Clan’s bullying and oppression, we could only choose to retreat time and time again, swallowing our anger and enduring the humiliation."

Speaking of this, Ryan’s expression darkened. He clenched his fists tightly, teeth grinding audibly.

"After the Eldest Miss ran away from home and her whereabouts became unknown, the Moonfall Clan used this as an excuse to make trouble."

"They threatened that if we didn’t find her quickly and complete the marriage alliance, they would declare war on the Riverborn Clan."

"So we searched for the Miss Althea continuously. You know what happened after that, Young Master Ethan."

"We found the Miss and brought her back to the clan."

"But she adamantly refused to marry into the Moonfall Clan. As a result, the Moonfall Clan turned hostile in their fury. They directly declared war on our Riverborn Clan and began blatantly seizing our territory and resources."

"Currently, our Riverborn Clan has already lost a third of our territory. Both sides have deployed a massive amount of manpower on opposite banks of the Glacier Rift Valley and are currently in a standoff."