Chapter 2128: The Day When Snow and Ice Melt

New Year 655.

Within the Time Dojo, several figures were gathered.

The void that should have been plunged into eternal darkness was completely illuminated by these figures.

They resembled stars, emanating endless firelight.

The crowd dispersed subtly around a figure adorned in white clothes and sleeves.

Before them stood two massive ice blocks, as large as monoliths.

"After all these years... these two ’Great Cold Ice’ should finally melt."

Bai Xiu extended his hand, gently pressing against the ice surface of the giant block.

His eyes held both hope and concern.

Sealed within these ice blocks were Mr. Bai Shu and Empress Lin Lei.

According to Alf’s calculations.

The accelerated flow of time within the Time Dojo, at its fastest, would take just ten years to melt the ice.

But now...

These two ice blocks have stood in the void for over twenty years.

On the surface, these ice blocks showed no signs of melting.

The Empress’s Origin Power, though condensed in the form of ice, was not merely a physical element, but a high-grade spiritual power!

Within the ice, the spirits of the two on the Divine Throne were slowly awakening year by year.

Bai Xiu could feel the fiery essence of the Battle Fire beneath the ice surface he touched, ready to burst forth.

"Crack!"

Accompanied by a crisp explosion.

The two ice blocks shattered, revealing a fissure for the first time in over twenty years!

And from this fissure in the ice, a bright and warm red flame burst forth!

"...Chi Huo?"

This vivid, bright, and warm flame was familiar to everyone.

Gu Shen’s true form had vanished for several years, leaving only the power of Heart Flow to manage post-war reconstruction matters through the Red Shadow.

Bai Xiu was the first to react.

He turned slightly, looking toward a certain point in the void of the Time Dojo.

There, a "young figure" draped in a black Divine Concealing Cloak stood smiling, seemingly waiting there for a long time for the crowd to turn around.

Everyone was waiting for the Great Cold Ice to melt.

Gu Shen, of course, was no exception.

...

...

"Rumble."

The low sound of wheels collided in Bai Shu’s mind.

He paused slightly, sensing something peculiar.

After the ice froze, his consciousness was completely sealed... the battle with Qinglong was a fight to the death with all the might of two on the Divine Throne, Bai Shu and Lin Lei had prepared for "defeat."

If they lost.

The Da Han Origin would freeze everything within the ice source.

Including consciousness.

"This is..."

Bai Shu opened his eyes, realizing that the environment he was in was not that icy, bone-chilling ice.

A spacious, warm train carriage surrounded him, with soft lamplight casting down.

"This is ’001’."

A familiar voice sounded at a very close distance opposite him.

The young man sitting across from Bai Shu was cloaked in pure black, his eyes holding a smile, the familiar face causing Bai Shu a moment of disorientation.

Gu Shen spoke softly: "Mr. Bai Shu, you can understand it as an isolated, absolutely stable ’Spiritual Divine Domain.’"

Spiritual Divine Domain...

Divine Domain?!

Bai Shu was stunned for a second, then realized the term "Divine Domain" spoken by Gu Shen was not exaggerated.

This train was enveloped by a warm glow of flames, even as a "Divine Throne" Transcendent who had reached the pinnacle of cultivation, he could still feel the blessing of Spiritual Radiance within the train.

Ice-bound for so long, he was unaware of what had happened externally.

But he knew.

Being awakened, seeing Gu Shen...

Indicates the war was over.

"Qinglong is dead. The main Deep Sea system that intended to overturn the Five Continents has been completely eradicated."

Gu Shen stood and bowed, speaking solemnly, "The war is over, you and Her Majesty the Empress have made an indelible, outstanding contribution."

Without Bai Shu, without Lin Lei.

Humanity wouldn’t have stalled until Gu Shen and Meng Xizhou merged the fire seeds.

Entering with the intent to die.

Receiving the favour of the luck god, now finally experiencing the awakening of will.

"The war... has ended..."

Bai Shu sat in the carriage, instinctively looking out the window, the boundless Deep Sea burst with brilliant flames, countless ocean currents surged toward the train, enveloping it, causing the steadily moving carriage to tremble slightly.

Chu Ling linked Gu Shen’s Spirit Sea, organizing the events of these years into archives.

Hundreds of archives hung over Bai Shu, floating in the array within the Spirit Space, resembling spiritual bamboo scrolls.

Just a touch.

Could initiate "reading."

With a Divine Throne-level of spiritual power, reading an archive took only a moment.

Though Bai Shu had been asleep for many years, it would take less than a day to clearly understand what had happened in the Five Continents during these years.

Bai Shu silently watched the archives before him, without touching them.

These spiritual bamboo scrolls just floated around him.

He truly felt bewildered.

A sense of illusion as if separated from the world.

But...

What happened outside wasn’t Bai Shu’s primary concern.

"Gu Shen, are you the master of ’Netherworld Fire’?"

Bai Shu earnestly looked at the young man in front of him, not seen for years, Gu Shen’s appearance seemed younger than when they parted... the "Divine Concealing" created by the Lord of Melting Iron helped Gu Shen conceal most of the Divine Power, but even a small portion of the residual under the cloak still felt vast.