A vast expanse of ice and snow stretched for thousands of miles. No matter which direction you looked, everything in sight was a boundless, flat, white snowfield, as if the entire world had only one color, making it impossible to distinguish east from west, north from south.

William Carter relied on the sun in the sky to determine his direction, walking naked toward the east. In truth, he had no idea where The Carter Society was, because everything at the end had happened too suddenly, and Henry Wallace hadn’t had time to explain these details. He had to find a human settlement first, then ask for directions to The Carter Society.

The reason William Carter chose to head east was that this direction was closer to the human settlements, though it was still more than five thousand li away.

The place where William Carter was now, called the Ten-Thousand-Mile Glacier, was not an exaggeration—it truly stretched over ten thousand li. The entire icy world, from south to north and from west to east, spanned more than ten thousand li. This world was much larger than Earth, and no one knew where its boundaries lay.

The extremely deep ice cave that had trapped Henry Wallace for ten years was almost at the center of this frozen land. It was about 5,700 li from the eastern human settlements, and more than 7,000 li from the western ones.

At this moment, William Carter had only a single flame pill, tucked inside his right ear. Since he was completely naked, he could only hide it there. This pill could probably sustain his life for half a month, so he had to cover the 5,700 li within that time.

“Master, I’m leaving…”

Chapter 9: A Journey of Ten Thousand Li, An Encounter

William Carter looked one last time at the spot where Henry Wallace had vanished into ashes, then dashed madly toward the east. He was incredibly fast, much faster than he had been on Earth, his body feeling almost weightless. He sensed that his strength was many times greater than it had been on Earth.

Even though he was only at the Initiation stage in this world, after reaching the third level of marrow cleansing and tendon washing, it felt as if a breeze flowed freely through his body. If he were on Earth, he would have broken every world record by now.

Two hours later, William Carter had already run more than a hundred li. Of course, he could have gone even faster, but the faster he ran, the quicker his energy was consumed, so he had to maintain a balance.

After more than a dozen hours, William Carter had covered over five hundred li, and he didn’t feel very tired. The martial arts of this world were truly powerful—William Carter had only just passed the Initiation stage, yet he could run more than five hundred li in a day without exhaustion. Of course, he didn’t realize that the greatest credit belonged to the third level of marrow cleansing and tendon washing.

But after more than a dozen hours, heavy snow began to fall, and fierce winds howled, blowing directly against William Carter and making it nearly impossible for him to move forward. His energy was being consumed at an alarming rate, so he had no choice but to dig a hole in the snow and hide, waiting for the storm to pass.

He hid there for a full three days.

After three days, the weather finally cleared. The sky was a brilliant blue, as if washed clean, and two suns shone down like dazzling jewels, their light reflecting off the snow so brightly that it was almost impossible to open one’s eyes.

William Carter emerged from the deep snow. Fortunately, he possessed the Nine Yang Body; otherwise, he would have been buried under more than ten meters of snow and suffocated to death.

Strangely enough, after the marrow cleansing and tendon washing, William Carter needed much less oxygen to breathe. He could hold his breath for nearly twenty minutes, and a small amount of oxygen could sustain him for a long time.

Finally, with the weather clear, William Carter ran quickly eastward, even with his eyes closed, because the blinding whiteness was too dazzling, and on this endless snowfield, he didn’t have to worry about running into anything.

William Carter was lucky—this time, the weather stayed clear for three whole days.

During these three days, William Carter ran more than a thousand li. But after three days, another heavy snowstorm struck, and William Carter had to dig another hole to hide in.

This time, he hid for seven days. The blizzard was even fiercer than before.

On the seventh day, when he crawled out of the cave, he was weak and exhausted, and felt cold all over, because his energy had been completely depleted again. So William Carter took out the only flame pill from his ear and swallowed it.

Immediately, a surge of heat exploded inside him, flowing through his meridians, bringing an indescribable warmth and comfort. A powerful strength gradually welled up, and William Carter felt his limbs grow thick and strong.

Relying on this energy, William Carter forced his eyes open and ran madly toward the east.

Running, running, running…

Under the light of two suns, on the endless white expanse of ice and snow, a black dot sped across the landscape.

This time, fortune favored William Carter—the weather stayed clear for nearly nine days. In fact, on the fifth day, the sky turned cloudy and William Carter worried it would snow, but the snow lasted less than three hours before the clouds dispersed.

In these nine days, William Carter covered more than three thousand li. There was only about a thousand li left before he could finally escape this damned Ten-Thousand-Mile Glacier.

Just as he was about to make a final push to finish the last thousand li, the weather turned against him. William Carter encountered the fiercest blizzard he had ever seen, which nearly blew him away. He had no choice but to dig yet another deep cave and hide inside.