The shockwave from Sentinel Prime-09’s claymore echoed into the deep reaches of the Void Abyss, carrying Herald Kaelen’s shattered throne back into the freezing dark. In the northern field of the Heavenly Horizon Farm, row upon row of Frost-Heart Lotuses glittered under the artificial sunlight of the grafted star-core, their petals holding droplets of concentrated frost-element spirit dew.
Li Xian stood amidst the newly bloomed field, the biting cold around his ankles turning into pure, warm qi the moment it touched his shoes.
— Master! — Little Ling zipped across the sky, pointing her small glowing staff toward the horizon ahead. — Spatial temperature is dropping to unprecedented levels! The Third Monarch isn't sending another herald... he’s bringing his entire domain!
The pitch-black expanse ahead of them began to freeze into jagged, towering glaciers of black ice, stretching for thousands of miles. From the center of this frozen wasteland, a massive figure over a thousand feet tall emerged.
It was Sovereign Malakor, the Third Void Monarch. His body was composed of jagged black ice and ancient frozen void matter, his two burning white eyes glowing with eternal malice. In his right hand, he held a massive scythe carved from a frozen comet.
— IMPUDENT MORTAL! — Malakor’s voice shattered the surrounding spatial barriers, sending fractures rippling through the void. — YOU DARE USE MY ABSOLUTE FROST TO GROW PETTY FLOWERS?! I SHALL FREEZE YOUR REALM’S CORE UNTIL TIME ITSELF STOPS!
Sovereign Malakor swung his titanic icy scythe. A crescent-shaped wave of black frost, ten times larger than Kaelen's attack, tore through the void, heading straight for the heart of the farm. The source of this chapter is novelping . com.
Sentinel Prime-09 stepped to the front lines, raising its star-steel shield, but Li Xian placed a hand on the construct's leg, stepping forward.
— Prime, fall back. This harvest requires a delicate touch, — Li Xian said calmly.
He closed his eyes and spread both arms wide, connecting his consciousness directly to the World Tree and the newly bloomed Frost-Heart Lotuses.
— Domain Technique: Absolute Reversion — Winter to Spring!
As the massive wave of black frost hit the Heavenly Horizon Farm, it was not met with an impenetrable wall. Instead, millions of Frost-Heart Lotuses opened their petals at once, releasing a dense, golden-blue vapor that filled the air.
The terrifying zero-temperature qi of the Third Monarch was captured by the lotus field and funneled directly into the World Tree’s underground root network. Deep in the core of the farm, the dying star-core blazed with incredible power, using the extreme cold to compress and refine its own stellar flames.
The black ice around the farm did not crush the land; it began to thaw at an astonishing rate. The massive glaciers surrounding Sovereign Malakor began to melt, turning into rivers of pure, purified liquid ice essence that flowed upward into the farm’s newly created celestial lakes.
— WHAT IS THIS?! — Sovereign Malakor bellowed in sheer disbelief as he felt his body’s frozen mass rapidly dissolving, drawn toward the farm like water down a drain. — MY DOMAIN... MY BODY! YOU ARE DRAINING MY VERY EXISTENCE!
— Absolute cold is just energy waiting to be balanced, — Li Xian opened his eyes, which shone with seven-colored divine light. — You built a fortress of ice, Sovereign. But in my realm, it's just irrigation water for the next season.
With a sharp clenching motion of Li Xian’s hand, the giant roots of the World Tree shot out from the floating realm, wrapping around Malakor’s thousand-foot frame and pulling the Third Void Monarch down into the celestial soil to serve as the ultimate elemental anchor for the farm's northern region.