An eye.
It was an eye.
An eye entirely forged from crystal. A celestial eye, representing the sky of the Ice Crystal Court, the will of the royal court, the embodiment of the entire Ice Crystal Court's fate.
It was the fate-securing divine artifact of the Ice Crystal Race—more precisely, the very fate spirit of their race.
When the Ice Crystal Race first established their settlement, the fate spirit they condensed took the form of an eye. Their greatest weakness was the eye, but it was also what they revered most. Upon founding their nation, the artifact they refined to protect it was also an eye. This artifact, it was said, had been forged around a mysterious eye-shaped treasure the Ice Crystal Race had once obtained, and was named the Golden Crow Celestial Eye.
They feared the sun, and yet, they longed for it.
They could not gaze upon the sun directly. Only at the end of their lifespans, just before death, would they lift their eyes to the sky and witness the sun for the first—and last—time. The sun was their unreachable dream.
Hence, they named it the Golden Crow Celestial Eye, in the hope that one day, they would no longer fear the sun.They even wished that this eye might become a sun of their own, allowing them to behold it without fear of blindness. But alas, such a dream was forever beyond reach.
Even so, the moment the Golden Crow Celestial Eye appeared, one could feel the terrifying power it contained. It represented the full might of the Ice Crystal Court—its nexus of all power.
"I, ruler of the Ice Crystal Court, Ice Crystal King, offer my soul, offer the fate and merit of the entire court, all that we possess, to the Golden Crow Celestial Eye.
Using it as a medium, I cast a curse—a curse upon all citizens of the Great Yi Dynasty.
Every day at noon, they shall suffer the pain of being burned alive by the Golden Crow. This grudge, this hatred, shall never fade. As long as Great Yi stands, this curse shall remain."
The Ice Crystal King let out a deranged howl to the heavens, his voice laced with vengeance and madness.He had snapped. He no longer cared about anything—he would offer up everything to turn it into a curse that would eternally hang over Great Yi's people.
"I offer my soul.I offer this celestial eye.Let it become a curse—Let all citizens of the Great Yi Dynasty suffer daily at noon from the torment of the Golden Crow's fire.This hatred shall endure through lifetimes.If Great Yi endures, this curse shall not be lifted."
Witnessing this, countless Ice Crystal warriors on the battlefield—now blind from the blazing sunlight—began to sacrifice themselves without hesitation. They did so with deep resentment, fury, and despair.
Blinded, there was no future left for them but death. If they could hurt Great Yi more deeply through sacrifice—even at the cost of their lives—it was worth it. The Ice Crystal Race had never feared death. Even in death, they would leave their enemies scarred.
Driven by this mindset, countless warriors on the battlefield turned their souls toward the Golden Crow Celestial Eye.
Being the fate treasure of the Ice Crystal Court, it already shared a mysterious connection with every member of the race. Their sacrifices fused into it almost effortlessly.
"Not good!!"
Yi Tianxing, seated calmly within Qingshan Immortal Sect just moments before, suddenly changed expression. Without hesitation, he opened a spatial gate and stepped through.
He had not expected the Ice Crystal King to be so extreme, so unhinged. Realizing the battle was lost, he had chosen mutual destruction.
A curse—any curse—is one of the most troublesome and sinister forces in existence.This was no ordinary curse. It was a curse meant to haunt the entire Great Yi Dynasty, for all eternity—to strike at its very foundation.
In a blink, Yi Tianxing appeared atop the Iron-Blood Great Wall, face dark, gaze fixed on the Ice Crystal King.
Could he stop it?
Too late.
He saw the Ice Crystal King's crazed expression as his body exploded into fragments. His soul emerged and dove into the Golden Crow Celestial Eye.
At the same time, dense Dao patterns crisscrossed the eye. Within it, a three-legged Golden Crow began to take form.
Golden solar flames began to burn inside.
The celestial eye appeared to connect with the actual solar star in the void, channeling endless fire and solar Dao.
On the battlefield, Ice Crystal warriors began to shatter into crystal fragments, leaving behind crystalline eggs. Their souls poured into the celestial eye, feeding its transformation.
Millions—tens of millions—billions of souls entered the eye, accelerating its evolution.
The eye grew stranger—not just from the energy, but from the cursed resentment now merging with it. The curse became inseparable from the eye, transforming it into a cursed spiritual treasure.
One restriction after another appeared, visible to the naked eye, forming layers of divine seals.
Almost instantly, the Golden Crow Celestial Eye became a true spiritual treasure, and not just any kind—a congenital (innate) cursed spiritual treasure, fueled by the souls of the Ice Crystal Race.
This process was irreproducible.
And still, the eye kept evolving.
Even Ice Crystal clansmen across all of Snow Continent, all those blinded by the sunlight, made the same sacrifice—offering their souls to the Golden Crow Eye. They would rather die than let Great Yi escape unscathed.
"Terrifying... They're forcing a battle to the death with Great Yi.No retreat, no compromise. Even in death, they want to tear off a piece of flesh."
Within Qingshan Immortal Sect, Qing Yunzi and the others gasped in horror, hearts pounding.
The Ice Crystal Race had gone mad. Their actions were extreme beyond reason.
"Senior Brother, do you think Great Yi can survive this curse?"
asked Fairy Miaoyue, her face full of worry.
"The Golden Crow Celestial Eye is now a spiritual treasure. If it fully absorbs those billions of souls, it could reach middle-grade, or even high-grade spiritual treasure status.A top-grade treasure may be unlikely—but even so, this is terrifying.
Especially because it's a congenital cursed-type spiritual treasure, and it's targeted directly at Great Yi."
Great Yi was the standard-bearer of humanity—a pillar of hope for countless people. If it fell, the blow to the human race would be devastating.
"I don't know," Qing Yunzi said with a sigh. "No outside force can intervene now.
It all depends on whether Emperor Yi can handle it.
Curse power is one of the most elusive and terrifying forces in existence—it penetrates time and space, past and future."
He had high hopes for Great Yi, believing it could become the holy ground and backbone of the human race. But fate was never set in stone—change was inevitable, and disaster always loomed.
This curse might very well be that disaster.
"Mr. Jiang, is there any way to neutralize the Golden Crow Celestial Eye?"
Yi Tianxing asked solemnly.
Jiang Ni had already arrived at the Iron-Blood Great Wall.
"No," Jiang Ni replied with a bitter smile.
"This eye was the fate spirit and national artifact of the Ice Crystal Court.The Ice Crystal King offered the court's entire fate and merit along with tens of billions of souls.
It has now become a congenital cursed spiritual treasure, and that curse—born of pure hatred—cannot be undone.
There's no way to stop it. It will strike Great Yi with all the malice of an entire civilization."
No one could tell how powerful the eye would become—not even when compared to the previously seen Ice Soul Immortal-Slaying Blade. Spiritual treasures were only as strong as the hands that wielded them, and this one… this one was different.
Elsewhere, within a hidden valley deep in Ice Crystal territory, a massive teleportation array glowed faintly.
A young man, bearing a strong resemblance to the Ice Crystal King, stared hatefully toward the Iron-Blood Great Wall.
"Prince, we must go.
Snow Continent is no longer safe. If Great Yi is enraged, every Ice Crystal clansman here will be slaughtered."
Several generals stood guard. They had been lucky—they had not gone blind.
But none dared to remain.