However, the Ice Soul Palace did not expand its territory and seize land with abandon, as outsiders had imagined.
For all this time, it had only occupied the Ten Thousand Miles Icefield, at most taking the surrounding areas as vassal states.
It wasn't that they didn't want more, but that they lacked the strength.
The moment Suihan True Monarch achieved the Nascent Soul realm, a latent danger from the Crimson Immortal Grass he had consumed in his youth erupted, directly reducing his maximum lifespan by a hundred years.
Not only did this prevent him from enjoying several benefits of his Nascent Soul Phenomenon, but the loss of lifespan also left his Nascent Soul frail and his foundation unstable.
It wasn't until recently that Suihan True Monarch managed to make up for this deficit, becoming a Nascent Soul Cultivator with normal combat strength and finally completing the formation of his Realm.
