Chapter 866: Chapter 353: Infinite Divine Slash, Second Stage

October 20, Extreme East Ice City.

Ween Zhiyi awoke gently from the ‘Sun Crystal Bed’.

The main city of Extreme East Ice City is a grand and colossal giant ice city.

Its diameter stretches over a thousand miles, entirely built of millennial dark ice that never melts.

Inside, it is divided into an upper and lower nine-story structure, enough to accommodate tens of millions of residents.

However, within the entire main city of Ice City, only a mere two million people reside permanently inside it.

The vast majority of the citizens of Ice City live in eight suburbs and numerous other suburbs.

This is because the interior of the main city is filled with pervasive cold energy; if one’s cultivation is below Seventh Rank Upper, staying within the main city for three days would freeze one into an ice sculpture.

However, in the southeastern corner of Ice City, inside Ween Zhiyi’s bedchamber, it is as hot as a furnace.

Her ‘Sun Crystal Bed’ is forged from a sun divine stone the size of a water tank, combined with a large amount of ‘Tao Tribulation Crystal’ collected from Extreme East Ice City.

Lying on it feels like sleeping atop molten lava, even ten times hotter than lava.

Above, more than a hundred transparent ‘Great Sun God Mirrors’ channel the True Sun Fire and Yang Flame Power down, illuminating Ween Zhiyi’s body.

The temperature here is much hotter than above the Nine Heavens Cloud layer, melting any mundane object upon contact.

Yet, Ween Zhiyi feels no temperature change, only a slight warmth within her body.

As the sun gradually sets from the west, Ween Zhiyi feels that warmth within her rapidly dissipating.

Ween Zhiyi’s premonition becomes clearer; her life is nearing its end.

Just like the sun setting over the mountains in the sky.

She sighed, rose, and went to a giant arch-shaped ice window.

This spot is precisely the southeastern corner of the main city.

Looking out from here, one can see the eight major suburbs surrounding outside, and numerous other suburbs scattered like stars.

Surrounding them are the floating battleships of Extreme East Ice City, totaling eighty thousand, densely distributed in the air, guarding near Ice City.

Beneath these Ice Cities, there are numerous large ships hovering above the sea surface.

The shape of their hulls is very peculiar, narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, with deck areas reaching several dozen acres, most of which are green.

—— These are the vegetable ships of Extreme East Ice City.

The residents of Extreme East Ice City mainly rely on fishing and the tributes of various grains from conquered overseas countries for survival.

But beyond that, they also need various vegetables and fruits.

The cold energy inside Ice City is too intense for ordinary plants to grow.

Thus, they made numerous sea ships, wandering around the outskirts of Ice City, used for planting these types of vegetation.

Ween Zhiyi then gazed afar at the vast sea surface filled with mist and waves, and the horizon gradually appearing in her view.

Now, only hatred supports her.

In the past, her nominal ‘husband’ and the Imperial Family were deservedly dead.

Even her two nephews followed a path to doom.

During Grand Ancestor of Daning’s campaign against the Sea Suppressing Country, his forces burned, killed, robbed, leaving fields filled with corpses, slaughtering nine cities, massacring Zhenhai Remnant over tens of millions.

They, these Zhenhai Remnant, all ground their teeth and shed blood, swallowing sadness and hatred, a deep-seated resentment.

Even after eight hundred years, the citizens of Extreme East Ice City, after generations, still remember this blood sea of deep hatred.

As for the Ween family, the entire clan was eradicated by the Grand Ancestor of Daning—

Ween Zhiyi pressed her sword at her waist, faint green veins began to appear on her tender arm.

As her whole body’s energy became more and more formidable, a slender figure appeared outside the ice window.

It was the Ice City Princess, Zhangsun Ruoli.

Her cultivation was strong, reaching First Grade Upper, once ranked thirty-second on the Heavenly List.

Yet, at this moment, even this Heavenly List Expert dared not approach within ten zhang of Ween Zhiyi’s bedchamber, kneeling halfway in the void outside the ice window.

“Mother—”

“It’s Aunt!” Ween Zhiyi focused her gaze on Zhangsun Ruoli: “If you dare call it wrong again, I’ll break your legs.”

Zhangsun Ruoli unwillingly believed, yet still changed her words helplessly: “Aunt, news has arrived from East State, one hundred thirty-four aristocratic families, ninety-six Jianghu forces, only seven are willing to submit, the rest mostly ignore our Life and Death Token.”

Ween Zhiyi’s response was very calm: “What exactly is the situation?”

A trace of coldness appeared in Zhangsun Ruoli’s expression: “Half of those forces are reorganizing private armies, hiring experts; the other half, though not intending to stubbornly resist our Extreme East Ice City, are hastily moving their clanspeople and wealth to the inland of the Divine Continent. Also, the government in various places in East State is preparing forces for battle.”

“As expected.”

Ween Zhiyi nodded slightly: “Daning holds an eight-century empire, and Emperor Jianyuan is a meritorious sovereign of the renaissance, enough to garner some people’s hearts. Our Extreme East Ice City, far across the seas, has little reputation. In the eyes of these forces, we may be rampant for a time but cannot endure. Unless necessary, they will not actively submit.”

The Ice City Princess Zhangsun Ruoli lowered her delicate head: “So, daughter has already made arrangements, ready to send these stubborn fools on their way.”

Ween Zhiyi didn’t mind this.

The goal of the westward expedition of Extreme East Ice City isn’t to host a banquet or make friends, but for revenge.

Just as she stated in the Life and Death Token.

——Those who follow me shall live, those who oppose me shall perish!

Extreme East Ice City needs to use the heads of these people to warn the four directions.

She was only curious: “And what about the Iron Banner Gang? How are they reacting?”

Zhangsun Ruoli pondered that her mother seemed very concerned with the Iron Banner Gang and its Flag Leader Chu Xisheng.