Several days later, within Icewave Palace, in Tianlan Immortal City, the powers of the four sides gathered.2

Although the Ice Fortress was the host, their side was represented only by Yin Xiuhua, a late-stage Initiate. She sat in the lowest seat, her face ashen as she kept silent before the other three factions.0

Tao Wan sat upon her ice chair with a serene smile, as if watching a play unfold. The "play" was the clash between two Golden Core Adepts: Elder Fei of Ailao Mountain and Elder Qin of the Flame Alliance.0

During the Jade Cauldron civil war, which had lasted more than twenty years, every sect had suffered losses, and many grudges had taken root. Yet none ran deeper than the enmity between Ailao Mountain and the Flame Alliance. They had not only fought fiercely in the Blackwater Marshes but also clashed many times on the battlefield of Thundernet Nine Mountain. Elder Fei had clashed with Elder Qin no fewer than three...7