A biting cold wind blew with snow descending on a boundless barren land. Even with dusk approaching, the ground was white without any noticeable darkness. One had to pass through the barren land to reach the Heavenly Qin County.

Cultivators of the empire knew that barren land as the North Barren Land. Perhaps it was because of the geography that the Heavenly Qin County contained the entire empire’s fate and drew in all the spiritual energy from the barren land.

The barren land ...