The ice fields where winter reigns eternal are forbidden to all life. Shen Xinglan, a soul from another world, opens her eyes to find herself the “Sacred Female” of a foxfolk tribe on the brink of extinction. She has no divine blessing, only bone-deep cold, scarce food, and terrifying predators like clawed beasts and abyssal ice wolves. Survival is a struggle paid for in blood.
Her only support is the broken “Furnace of Faith” within her. The dependence and prayers of her people become faint strands of faith, nourishing the furnace and granting her a flicker of power to withstand the cold and powerful foes. She leads her people in reclaiming frozen wasteland and cultivating life-giving “blood potatoes.” She unites scattered Frostmark tribes, forging trust through clashes of blood and fire, and repeatedly turns the tide when they stand on the brink of extinction.
Yet the ice fields are crueler than she could have imagined. A traitor’s schemes, a Scarlet Seed spiraling out of control, twisted Broodmother monsters... Behind each crisis, an even more ancient horror is awakening: the ice-field calamity known as the “Ice Howl,” whose roar can freeze souls and tear the earth apart. It all seems to point toward a slumbering place deep in the ice fields called the “Mother Goddess’s Tomb.” There lie ultimate secrets beyond imagination, both the source of power and a curse that could destroy the world.
The Furnace of Faith is her strength, but also a sword hanging over her head. The tribe’s survival is the foundation that keeps the furnace burning. To survive, she must make the campfires of the ice fields burn brighter. She will lead the united tribes beneath the frost wolves’ fangs and the Ice Howl’s shadow, through the bloodstains of betrayal and the faint light of trust, to uncover the truth of the Mother Goddess’s Tomb and reveal the beginning of the world’s collapse. Amid ice and blood, she will kindle the fire that keeps civilization alive.
