Giving up on continuing to pursue the strange disappearance of demonic cultivators any further than he had already done, Xuan Hao continued making his way deeper inside the Frozen Wastelands while keeping an eye out for any locations where the Dao of Ice was more present compared to others.
Unfortunately, even though he did find quite a few locations where the Dao of Ice was easier to comprehend, he didn't end up finding any beyond the effects brought by him staying at the Second Star Peak to comprehend the Dao of Ice in seclusion. Meaning that those locations pretty much had no effect on him breaking through his bottleneck and reaching the Perfection Realm in the Dao of Ice in the short term.
However, as he continued to move deeper into the Frozen Wastelands, it became clear that it became easier and easier to find locations comparable to the conditions of the Second Star Peak.