Chapter 930: Chapter 930: Ice Extreme Saint Venerable

Returning to the Lord’s Mansion, Brother Cheng was welcomed with heroic cheers.

Although changing a lord is a commonplace event in the Ice Realm, the cultivators of Celestial Rainbow Territory were accustomed to it.

But being targeted by so many outside experts still felt stifling.

The feeling was like being unable to resist, only able to accept passively.

Now, with Brother Cheng winning such a battle, helping the countless cultivators of Celestial Rainbow Territory save face, it was naturally inspiring.

Brother Cheng’s fame surged rapidly.

In just three short days, he gained nearly one hundred thousand Immortal Yuan Points.

After using all the Silver Moon Ice Essence, his realm directly advanced from Emperor Realm Second Layer to Late-stage Third Layer.

At this point, his combat power likely crossed into Emperor Realm Fifth Layer.

And Gong Qing was no longer surprised.

The ever-rational her was now beginning to doubt if common logic still applied to him.

Having finished his ’cultivation’ through taking medicine, Brother Cheng felt refreshed.

Busy with showing off these days, he finally remembered an important thing.

He had forgotten about Xiaojie.

He slapped his forehead, feeling a bit inexplicably ashamed.

The reason he chose the True Ice Realm was to search for Ji Linghan, who also cultivated the Ice Rule Brand, wasn’t it?

"Right, send out an order for me."

"What order?"

Gong Qing had a guarded look, always worried he would make some absurd decision.

"Have them help me inquire about a woman named Ji Linghan, report immediately if there’s any news of her."

"Anyone who can provide a clue about her, I will reward heavily!"

Currently, the only certainty he had was that Ji Linghan wasn’t dead.

Because when he tried resurrection on the drop of blood she left behind, there was no reaction.

"Alright, go on!"

After saying that, he waved his hand, planning to rest a bit more.

However, he saw Gong Qing hadn’t moved, instead looking at him with a peculiar expression.

"Ji Linghan?"

"Hmm, what’s up?"

"The Ji Linghan you mentioned, is it her?"

She then took out a Memorial Immortal Artifact, found a person’s image.

Brother Cheng almost jumped up on seeing the familiar virtual image of the woman in the hall.

Because that was his long-missed Sister Han.

"Crap?"

He grabbed Gong Qing’s shoulders, urgently questioning: "You actually know her? Where is she? How do you know her? You even have her image? Is she in Celestial Rainbow Territory?"

Being grabbed by the shoulders, Gong Qing found it hard to answer this string of questions.

She looked at Sect Leader Jiang’s expression, somewhat helpless.

As if he was asking something that was common knowledge.

"The name Ji Linghan, at least eighty percent of cultivators in the True Ice Realm know it."

"The remaining twenty percent are newcomers from these past few million years."

Brother Cheng could see the implication in her helpless gaze—Don’t you know her?

This surprised him further.

"She’s famous?"

"Of course, in the entire Ice Realm, few are more famous than her."

"What exactly is going on?" Brother Cheng was curious and amused.

He thought searching for her would be aimless again, but unexpectedly, just asking casually had results.

"Four million years ago, Ice Origin Valley held a Heavenly Dao selection..."

Just this simple sentence made countless question marks appear over his head.

Four million years ago?

That was when I had already arrived in the Ice Realm, during the time the system rebooted and slept.

And Ji Linghan had been here for seven million years by then.

"What is Ice Origin Valley?"

"You don’t even know Ice Origin Valley?"

Brother Cheng pouted: "Should I know?"

Gong Qing looked helpless.

Even if coming from deep mountains, one shouldn’t have never heard of Ice Origin Valley.

Were you isolated from the world since birth?

Only come out recently?

"Ice Origin Valley is the Sacred Land of the Ice Realm, you can think of it as the biggest Ice Eye in the Ice Realm."

"It’s the place closest to the Origin, facing the Origin Core. Cultivating there, even someone with poor talent could become an expert above Emperor Realm Fifth Layer."

Referring to that Super Grotto Heaven Blessed Land, Gong Qing didn’t hide her envy and yearning.

Clearly, it was her soul-stirring supreme Sacred Land.

"Facing the Origin Core, the closest place? The biggest Ice Eye? Such a good place exists? Who got the Valley Master’s Mark?"

Valley Master? Mark?

Gong Qing almost rolled her eyes at such rustic terms.

"Initially, no one could enter Ice Origin Valley because the Origin’s repulsive force is strong, like we can’t approach Ice Eyes without imprints."

"This situation continued until the appearance of Ice Extreme Saint Venerable a trillion years ago."

A trillion years ago?

Brother Cheng’s brows twitched, sensing he might have caught onto something.

On reflection, wasn’t the Immortal Realm also said to have started a trillion years ago?

Could something significant have happened then?

Gong Qing continued: "Ice Extreme Saint Venerable became the first in the entire Ice Realm to cultivate to Emperor Realm Ninth Layer!"

"Emperor Realm Ninth Layer?"

Brother Cheng calculated his current Emperor Realm Third Layer realm, expressing surprise.

How many trophies and Immortal Yuan Points would it take me to reach that realm?

Seems a bit far off, huh.

"Indeed!"

Talking about this elder, the proud Gong Qing retained rare respect.

"With tremendous Emperor Realm Ninth Layer power, Ice Extreme Saint Venerable was the first to break into Ice Origin Valley, opening a new era of cultivation in the Ice Realm."

"All our Domain Master, Lord, Realm Master marks were created and distributed by Ice Extreme Saint Venerable."

"Before that, Lord-level Ice Eyes like Celestial Rainbow Territory couldn’t be accessed below Emperor Realm Sixth Layer."

"And even if entered, it could only be cultivated individually, unable to activate the Origin Aura inside."

"Since having Lord’s Marks, even Emperor Realm First Layer can step in and activate the Origin, benefiting a territory or realm."

"It can be said, without him there wouldn’t be today’s prosperous Ice Realm."

Listening to her, Brother Cheng had to admit this person was quite remarkable.

One person changed a world.

"Then what happened?"

"Later, Ice Extreme Saint Venerable produced five hundred Heaven-Reaching Talismans, distributed to five hundred supreme talents, guiding them into Ice Origin Valley for cultivation."

"These supreme talents all became pinnacle experts of the Ice Realm, together forming the Sacred Land of Ice Origin Valley."

Sect Leader Jiang was quite familiar, immediately recognizing this as the strongest power in this world. Similar to Immortal Realm Immortal Alliance, Demon Realm Holy Hall, top organizations.

"So, they rely on this small group to rule this vast world?"

"No." Gong Qing shook her head.

"Ice Origin Valley doesn’t rule the Ice Realm, they live ascetic lives isolated from the outside world, never interfering with external disputes, nor needing external tribute."

"Only during great wars with other True Realms do they show up briefly, defending the safety of the Ice Realm."

"Among them, some elders have fallen in various True Realm wars over hundreds of billion years."