Chapter 487: Sleeping Ancient Emperor

Chapter 487: The Slumbering Ancient Sovereign

Boom! Boom!

Gusevi's voice reached Li Wei's ears.

In no time, Li Wei felt the ground beneath his feet tremble violently, as if an earthquake had struck.

He swiftly soared into the air.

Looking toward the distance, he saw the few people who had just awakened the Ice Emperor now wearing expressions of panic, fleeing and dodging as fissures cracked open across the glacial terrain.

Li Wei quickly returned to stand behind Saint Shea.

Looking down, he saw a colossal figure gradually rising from beneath the ice-covered land.

The entire frozen world teetered on the brink of collapse under its movement.

Staring at the massive entity below, Li Wei suddenly understood the source of the endless streams of frigid air that filled the vast icy caverns and the bottomless Frozen Abyss.

The enormous ice cave was nothing more than the breath vent of the Ice Emperor.

While slumbering, the unconscious exhalations of the Ice Emperor created within the glaciers a massive hollow chamber.

Those chilling currents were merely the unconscious breath of the Ice Emperor.

When these currents accumulated excessively within the cavern, they burst through the immensely thick glaciers, forming the very crevasse Li Wei had entered earlier.

From there, the freezing winds swept into the Frozen Abyss,

rising from its depths all the way to its surface.

Li Wei could hardly imagine that such terrifying cold winds were simply the unconscious breath of the Ice Emperor.

He found his previous thoughts of challenging the Ice Emperor laughable.

The power of the Ice Emperor must have long surpassed everyone’s imagination.

Boom! Boom!

Under the movements of the Ice Emperor, the entire glacier quaked violently.

It seemed as though the whole mass of ice would soon collapse.

Gusevi clutched Li Wei's arm tightly in panic, asking anxiously, "What should we do now?"

Li Wei glanced downward at the already awakened Ice Emperor.

Making a swift decision, he said, "Let's leave this place first. Staying here is too dangerous."

If they were buried tens of thousands of meters underground due to the glacier's collapse,

Li Wei wasn't even sure whether he'd ever get out again.

Hearing Li Wei's command, Saint Shea rushed toward the only exit at top speed.

Li Wei turned back for one last look at those who had awakened the Ice Emperor.

Some screamed in despair as they fell into the widening cracks in the glacier.

Even sixth-tier professionals—or even legendary-level ones—were rendered utterly helpless before such a catastrophic event, struggling like ants against overwhelming odds.

Gusevi also witnessed this scene. With sorrow in her voice, she murmured, "The power of the Ice Emperor is beyond human control."

Li Wei silently agreed but offered no reply.

To him, it was indeed true that humans couldn't control the power of the Ice Emperor.

Yet with just a slight nudge, that destructive force could be directed toward desired ends.

Naturally, many unforeseen accidents might occur during such manipulation.

But for certain individuals, achieving their goals justified any means necessary.

Whoosh!

Saint Shea carried both Li Wei and Gusevi out from the glacier fissure and plunged into the pitch-black, boundless Frozen Abyss.

Without pausing outside, Saint Shea flew straight upward toward the exit of the abyss.

Behind them, the massive glacier began transforming like a living creature.

Hundreds of meters thick, chunks of ice broke off and moved outward, as if squeezed by some unimaginably powerful force.

The glacier containing the Ice Emperor underwent unprecedented changes.

Watching the gradually disappearing glaciers behind them,

Li Wei muttered, "Could those glaciers have once been seas frozen during the Polar Night era?"

Gusevi had recovered from her earlier despondency.

Encountering phenomena far beyond one's capabilities often led to pessimism and despair—this had been what affected her when witnessing the Ice Emperor.

Once removed from that area, her emotions slowly stabilized.

Hearing Li Wei's muttered words, she paused briefly before replying, "Perhaps so. Historical records mention a vast ocean encircling the Frozen Abyss during the Age of Eternal Day."

Thinking of the appearance of the Ice Emperor, Gusevi recalled how similar it looked to a certain type of giant marine life.

"Could it be that the Ice Emperor once lived in the sea?" she asked.

Li Wei nodded. "Possibly. Only oceans can nurture creatures of such immense size."

Even supposing the Far Northern Ice Fields once held seas, it still seemed inconceivable that the Ice Emperor would dwell in such a place.

No matter how one looked at it, the vast Infinite Sea appeared far more suitable for a super beast of the Ice Emperor's scale.

Why did the Ice Emperor appear here?

That remained a question difficult to answer.

Should communication with the Ice Emperor become possible, perhaps answers might emerge.

Li Wei considered that possibility remote.

Compared to the Ice Emperor, humanity was akin to ants viewed by humans—

even smaller than ants, like invisible plankton.

Would anyone bother answering the questions of mere plankton?

Li Wei couldn't help but marvel at how much truly unimaginable things existed in this world.

Judging purely by size alone, not even gods could rival the Ice Emperor.

Though physical form was only part of strength,

gods likely still surpassed the Ice Emperor in power.

Whoosh!

After enduring prolonged darkness, faint light finally appeared overhead.

Some time later, with a gust of fierce wind, Saint Shea emerged from the Frozen Abyss carrying Li Wei and Gusevi.

Bathed in dazzling sunlight, Gusevi could barely keep her eyes open.

She felt the sun's heat intensely burning.

Pulling on her hooded cloak, she gripped her Frost Staff, savoring its cool touch.

The perceived temperature was cool enough, yet it did nothing to alter the reality of the brutally fierce, blinding sunlight outside.

Li Wei, however, thoroughly enjoyed the sun’s rays cascading down from the polar day above the Frozen Abyss.

Even without actively cultivating, he could feel the power of the blazing sun gradually seeping into his body.

The blazing sun within his sea of consciousness had been drained considerably during his time in the Frozen Abyss; now, bathed in sunlight, this spiritual sun began to actively absorb the solar energy to restore its power.

Sheng Xi cast a glance at her surroundings and flew toward the shore of the Frozen Abyss.

At present, they were positioned high above the Frozen Abyss, still a formidable distance away from the shore.

Li Wei scanned the perimeter, realizing that the cataclysmic changes occurring hundreds of thousands of meters below had not yet reached the surface.

Even if the Emperor of Ice had awakened, it would likely take some time before he could leave the subterranean world of glaciers.

Sheng Xi’s stomach let out another loud rumble.

"Li Wei, I am starving to death."

Li Wei gazed into the distance and said, "We are going to find you food right now."

Without a full stomach, Sheng Xi felt as though she could not even summon her dragon breath.

Let alone her breath, she could barely even muster any saliva.

Dragon saliva, after all, was a supreme treasure to ordinary creatures.

The Emperor of Ice had awakened, an unalterable reality.

Li Wei and Gusewei could only return to the City of Ice and Snow first, report the outcome to the Snow Queen, and see what steps to take next.

And, along the way, resolve the pressing matter of Sheng Xi’s next meal.