Not too far away, the very Xu Qing the Captain was so worried about was seated cross-legged atop the glacier, looking down into the ice. He had been waiting for quite a while now. Already, about half of the day he’d set as the deadline had passed. As of yet, there was no change to the figure in the glacier below.1

Xu Qing’s facial expression was the same as ever as he retracted his vision and continued to wait. He would do his absolute best to wait for the entire day.0

Thus, time passed. Soon, as the twenty-fourth hour neared completion, Xu Qing opened his eyes. Standing, he clasped hands in the direction of the ice.0

“Time’s up, Senior.”5

“Back up by about 3,000 meters,” came the faint voice of the Heir Apparent from beneath the ice.0

Hearing that, Xu Qing sped away. When he was about 2,400 meters away, a thunderous boom erupted from the glacier behind him. The icy ground quaked, and blue light shot up from the ice below, making everything increasingly bright....4