The ice pool in the back hall of the Temple shattered completely amid continuous tremors, with web-like cracks rapidly spreading from the center outward, emitting a chilling crackling sound.
As the last massive ice crystal crashed to the ground, the mysterious presence sealed for a millennium finally revealed its true form—an immense female god's skeleton, towering several times the height of an average person, stood majestically in the center of the ice pool, exuding a soul-stirring pressure.
At the moment the ice layer melted, the temperature in the entire back hall plummeted dramatically, and the biting cold made everyone's breath come to a halt.
The scholars' exhaled white breath condensed into fine ice crystals in the air, drifting down like the first snow of winter, forming a thin layer of frost on the ground.
Safura's body maintained a solemn kneeling posture, resembling an eternal ice sculpture.
