"Jiang Jue, please save the Snow Empress."
"For Xue'er, I'm willing to do anything."
The Ice Empress looked at Jiang Jue with her emerald eyes, her tone earnest. Combined with her cute, loli-like face, it carried a pitiful charm that made one's heart soften.
"Ice Empress, this matter will also require your help."
Jiang Jue gently shook his head, speaking with hidden meaning.
The Snow Empress's personality was incomparably fierce. Rather than let herself be absorbed by a human, she would sooner self-destruct her origin and return to the embrace of heaven and earth.
So, if he wanted to pull the Snow Empress into his "peaceful and friendly" family, the persuasion of this "best friend" was essential.
"Please teach me what to do!"
Although the Ice Empress didn't understand what Jiang Jue meant, for the sake of her Xue'er, she was willing to do whatever it took.
Looking at the white airflow still slamming against the inner walls of the Sealed God Platform, Jiang Jue told the Ice Empress his plan.
Because the Sealed God Platform contained a relatively static space and time, the Snow Empress inside couldn't hear the conversation outside. Only if someone touched the platform could she faintly sense something.
A short while later—
"Jiang Jue, will this really work?"
The Ice Empress slightly parted her lips, asking with some doubt.
"No problem."
A faint smile curved Jiang Jue's lips, his eyes flashing with light.
Right now, the Snow Empress was sealed within the Sealed God Platform, unable to use her full strength, her transformation interrupted. Without external help, she couldn't continue transforming.
One path was already cut off. What he needed next was the Ice Empress's assist.
"Are you ready?"
Jiang Jue asked, focused. A soul beast nearing seven hundred thousand years could not be treated lightly.
"Let's do it!"
The Ice Empress took a deep breath, her gaze firm.
"Come back to me, my Xue'er!"
A stream of gray soul power burst from Jiang Jue's hand, flowing into the jewels on the Sealed God Platform. A faint gleam radiated from the gems, and the entire platform began to activate.
The Sealed God Platform had been crafted personally by Wang Gengyin, and its opening method had already been given to Jiang Jue. Now he was opening a corner of it, releasing a wisp of the Snow Empress's aura.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The white airflow slamming against the platform's walls suddenly sensed an opening. In a flash, it tried to rush out.
But just as the first wisp of white airflow escaped, the opening instantly closed. The rest of the airflow crashed with a clang against the inner wall, spinning dumbfounded for a moment.
Precision stop — a skill in itself!
Jiang Jue then waved his hand, immediately putting away the Sealed God Platform.
"Despicable humans, this Empress will kill you all!"
The wisp of white airflow that escaped condensed into pure white snowflakes, and in an instant, a figure appeared, releasing a burst of extreme cold.
The figure's appearance was human — a girl of seventeen or eighteen, with long, pure-white hair cascading down behind her to her feet, sky-blue eyes crystal-clear as though they could pierce through all things.
Her slender, graceful figure was flawless. A plain white dress, devoid of any decoration, made her seem all the more noble and breathtaking.
At this moment, however, her face burned with anger, her whole body radiating a freezing chill like ancient eternal ice.
"Xue'er, it's me! I'm the Ice Empress!"
The moment the Ice Empress saw the Snow Empress, her heart stirred, and she hurriedly spoke.
Even Jiang Jue, who had seen countless beauties, couldn't help a flicker of amazement in his eyes. The Snow Empress truly was a wonder blessed by the heavens.
He even suspected that if not for the Douluo plane's rules, the Snow Empress might not even belong to the soul beast race at all.
Of course, Jiang Jue quickly calmed his heart, the green light flickering at his right arm dispersing the chill. After all, he wasn't the type to let his "little head" control the big one.
Before breaking the cage and seizing control of his own fate, everything else was fleeting illusions.
"You… you're Bing'er?"
"Why are you here? Why do you only have a soul left?"
Hearing that familiar voice, the Snow Empress froze, seeing the Ice Empress's figure, shocked.
"Xue'er, don't panic. Calm down first. I'll explain everything to you slowly."
The Ice Empress flew over, held the Snow Empress's hand, and guided her to the table, speaking softly.
"Human? Who are you? Are you the one who trapped this Empress?!"
The Snow Empress swept her gaze over, coldly asking as she stared at Jiang Jue.
"No, no, no! Jiang Jue is a good man, Xue'er, listen to me first!"
Seeing the hostility in the Snow Empress's eyes toward Jiang Jue, the Ice Empress quickly spoke. Right now, Jiang Jue was the only hope the Snow Empress had to survive. Naturally, the Ice Empress couldn't let them fall into conflict.
The Ice Empress sighed. She knew that when the Snow Empress's temper flared in her confusion, no one could change her mind — the only way was to explain everything clearly.
Jiang Jue's gaze remained calm, simply watching the Snow Empress.
Back then, the Ice Empress had been even more arrogant than the Snow Empress — and now wasn't she a meek little lamb? Some things couldn't be rushed. Time would provide the answer.
Besides, the Snow Empress, the ruler of the Extreme North, being locked in the Sealed God Platform — a little temper was only natural.
Thus, Jiang Jue had only released a part of her origin, keeping the situation under his control. If he released her completely and she detonated his Soul Refining Banner, that would be… unpleasant.
Following the script Jiang Jue had just given her, combined with her own experience, the Ice Empress explained everything in detail to the Snow Empress.
The Snow Empress listened silently, but her emotional fluctuations were obvious.
"So… you became the main soul of this 'Human Sovereign Banner,' suppressing everything, willing to accompany this human to become a god?"
After listening, the Snow Empress slightly furrowed her delicate brows, glancing at the surrounding purple-black environment, occasionally seeing black smoke coiling up, and felt… less than reassured.
"Xue'er, you have to believe me! Jiang Jue is truly excellent, and he even swore to his patron gods, the Sea God and the God of Shura. There won't be any problem!"
The Ice Empress, as if recalling something, quickly added.
"Really? There are still humans who hold their faith that seriously?"
The Snow Empress looked at the steady Jiang Jue before her, her voice carrying some doubt.
"That's right. Snow Empress, I always keep my promises."
Jiang Jue revealed a bright, white smile, nodding slightly, his face unblushing, heart calm.
"And I'm not the one who imprisoned you. In fact, I'm the one who released you."
"Then why not release me fully?"
The Snow Empress arched an eyebrow.
"I have to take responsibility for myself."
"…"
"Xue'er, what do you plan to do next?"
Seeing the atmosphere grow cold, the Ice Empress asked the Snow Empress with worry.
"I don't know… maybe I shouldn't have tried transforming at all…"
A rare hint of confusion flickered in the Snow Empress's eyes. She had chosen to rebuild herself as a human, sealing her own power within her origin.
If the reconstruction succeeded, that power would slowly release into her human body, returning to her as strength. But the interrupted transformation had rendered all her efforts wasted.
Now she could neither return to her soul beast form nor complete her transformation — truly a dilemma.
At that moment, the Ice Empress's emerald eyes flickered slightly. She glanced at Jiang Jue and spoke:
"Xue'er, why don't you join our 'peaceful and loving' big family too? Then we won't have to separate, and I truly believe Jiang Jue will become a god!"
"This…"
The Snow Empress's heart stirred slightly. She looked at the Ice Empress's stable soul, then glanced again at Jiang Jue.
Originally, upon being released, her plan had been to drag this human soul master into a mutual destruction. But after hearing the Ice Empress's account, seeing Jiang Jue's extraordinary talent…
She admitted, she felt a little moved.
After all, she was at rock bottom now — things couldn't get any worse.
"Humans truly are the most talented race. In just decades, maybe a century, they can catch up to what we soul beasts cultivate for tens or hundreds of thousands of years."
The Snow Empress sighed, her ice-blue eyes focusing on Jiang Jue.
"Human, can this Empress trust you? Or rather — will you take responsibility?"
Jiang Jue's eyes suddenly lit up. He slowly said:
"Snow Empress, right now it's not about what I will do — it's about what you should do."
"The two great kings of the Extreme North have vanished. The Extreme North's top combat strength has taken a heavy blow. Will the Extreme North remain a human-forbidden zone in the future?"
"Snow Empress, you don't want to watch your people in the Extreme North be slaughtered, do you…"
"You don't want to see the Extreme North fall, do you…"
"Xue'er, don't go!"
The Ice Empress's voice now carried a faint sob.
(End of Chapter)