Gathering Snow on the Mountain

Something big happened in the martial world: The young master of the greatest family in Dongzhou has gone missing! They say he’d suddenly decided to find out what wine made with heavenly snow tasted like. Then a once-in-a-millennium blizzard struck, sweeping him into the Savage Expanse. No sign of him alive or dead. The news caused an uproar. The young master of the Chou family was famous for his beauty, delicate constitution, and terrible temper. The Savage Expanse was locked in endless winter, teeming with ferocious beasts. It was a place where only great villains who had committed countless evils were exiled. Everyone declared: The young master would be frozen solid on the very first day! The righteous sects entered the Savage Expanse in response to the Chou family’s request. Finding the young master was only a side task. Their real goal was to exploit the wealth of Dongzhou’s greatest family and plunder the Expanse. But when fierce beasts drove them away and they fled in utter disarray into a snowy valley, everyone was stunned: Demons of every size were coming and going, hauling bricks and building walls. Beasts of all kinds wagged their tails eagerly, playing tame and foolish. The valley was a glittering world of jade branches and trees, gleaming like crystal. And the pampered young master they’d expected to find frozen solid... He wore a cloak woven from phoenix feathers, stood triumphantly atop the Snow Wolf King’s head, and toyed with the long, slender fingers of the most terrifying silver-eyed demon. He flashed them a pair of maliciously charming tiger teeth and said: “I opened this valley, and I cleared this land. If you want to pass through, ” “Pay up, or pay with your lives.” The righteous sects: !!! [I have the autumn river moon, and can gather the snow from the heavenly mountains] P.S. A pure-sugar alternate-universe treat, a complete standalone story. Theme: Live well!