Chapter 441: Titan Snow Demon King
At that moment, the entire Ice Valley fell silent.
It wasn't just that the sound had vanished.
Even the wind and snow seemed to be held down by some invisible force.
The snowflakes drifting through the sky stopped mid-air, crystal clear, like countless frozen stars. Atop the icy walls, ancient ice patterns lit up on their own, as if this Far North land also felt the Ice Bear King's will to sacrifice and was seeing off this Far North powerhouse.
In the next instant, Ice Bear King Xiao Bai's massive body was completely enveloped in an icy blue glow.
Its mountain-like body began to slowly turn illusory, every single snow-white hair turning into a speck of ice crystal light, and every inch of flesh and blood transforming into the extreme cold Origin, surging toward Tang Chuan along an invisible pull.
"Roar—!"
A sky-shaking bear roar echoed throughout the Far North.
This was not pain, but a farewell.
The Ice Bear King of the Far North, Xiao Bai, was voluntarily sacrificing himself.
As this roar spread, countless Far North Soul Beasts in the distance bowed their bodies. The giant icefield wolves stopped running, the cold-winged ice eagles folded their wings, the snow-armored demon scorpions shrank into ice crevices, and even some ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts hidden deep within the glaciers lowered their heads toward the Ice Valley at this moment.
That was the Far North's respect for a king.
Although Xiao Bai was usually lazy, although he liked to sleep, and although he acted like a silly big kid in front of the Snow Empress, he was ultimately the Ice Bear King of the Far North.
With over two hundred thousand years of cultivation.
The king of a clan.
One of the true top Ferocious beasts of the Far North land.
Now that he was giving everything he had to Tang Chuan, the commotion caused by this power was naturally far beyond what an ordinary Soul Beast sacrifice could compare to.
In the next second, the icy walls around the Ice Valley began to tremble violently.
Countless ice crystals fell from the icy walls, but they did not hit the ground; instead, they were swept up by the light of the sacrifice in mid-air, turning into icy blue whirlpools.
High in the sky, the thick clouds were suddenly torn open, revealing a massive rift.
A pillar of icy blue light descended from the heavens, landing squarely on Tang Chuan.
Tang Chuan only felt an incredibly heavy, incredibly pure extreme cold Origin surge into his body.
It was not like the Snow Empress's ice, which was extremely noble and capable of freezing heaven and earth.
Nor was it like the Ice Empress's ice, which was sharp, domineering, and carried an extreme aura of slaughter.
Xiao Bai's ice was more like the Far North land itself.
Heavy and resilient.
Gentle yet unshakable.
It was a power that could withstand storms, support the snowfields, and protect the clan. Behind Tang Chuan, the phantom of his Second Spirit, the Snow Empress, slowly raised her eyes, her silver-white long hair fluttering in the wind and snow.
The first Soul Ring, the Snow Empress's Wisdom Soul Ring, shone with a brilliant orange-gold light.
The Second Spirit ring, the Ice Empress's Wisdom Soul Ring, flowed with an orange-gold cold light.
The third Soul Ring and fourth Soul Ring also floated quietly, emitting a steady and powerful aura.
And at this moment, the fifth Soul Ring was slowly condensing.
The Soul Ring formed after Ice Bear King Xiao Bai's sacrifice was not an ordinary red.
At first, it was a blood-red halo, but then a large number of icy blue patterns quickly emerged within the red. Those patterns looked like bear claws, glacial cracks, and the outlines of towering snow-capped mountains.
As soon as the Soul Ring appeared, the snowy ground within a hundred-foot radius of Tang Chuan instantly collapsed.
It was not crushed, but rather forced down into the earth by the terrifying pressure of the Soul Ring.
Right after, beneath Tang Chuan's feet, the thick ice cracked into numerous lines, which were then frozen over again by the power of extreme cold, forming a crystal-clear, icy blue Domain.
"Such heavy power..."
Tang Chuan spoke in a low voice.
As his body absorbed the sacrificial power, it actually sank slightly.
One had to know that Tang Chuan was no longer an ordinary Soul Master. His first Martial Soul, the Blue Silver Emperor, had reached nine-ring Perfection; he held the Sea God Trident; his life Origin was powerful enough to resurrect Ah Yin; and he had undergone the baptism of multiple forces, including the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress.
But even so, Xiao Bai's sacrificial power still made him feel an extremely heavy pressure. The Ice Bear King's Origin was laying down a Foundation of Far North protection for his Snow Empress Martial Soul.
At this moment, the Snow Empress stood in Tang Chuan's spiritual sea, watching the constantly surging Ice Bear Origin. Her gaze softened, a rare sight, as she murmured:
"Xiao Bai..."
The Ice Bear King's voice quickly rang out in the spiritual sea.
"Mama, I'm here!"
His voice was still loud, even carrying a hint of excitement.
"Wow, this place is so huge!"
"Is this Baba's spiritual sea?"
"It's even more spacious than my Ice Valley!"
While enduring the sacrificial power, the corner of Tang Chuan's mouth twitched slightly.
Even at a time like this, Xiao Bai could still be so energetic.
One could only say he was truly worthy of being the Ice Bear King.
The Snow Empress said calmly, "Be quiet, the sacrifice isn't over yet."
Xiao Bai immediately lowered his voice.
"Oh."
After a breath, he couldn't help but ask in a whisper:
"Mama, where am I going to live from now on?"
Snow Empress: "..."
The Ice Empress's cold voice rang out from the other side of the spiritual sea.
"If you keep being noisy, you'll live in the farthest corner."
Xiao Bai instantly froze.
"Big Sister Ice Empress?"
The Ice Empress sneered,
"What? Are you disappointed to hear my voice?"
Xiao Bai hurriedly said, "No, no, I just didn't expect you to be here with Baba too."
Tang Chuan: "..."
He had already given up on correcting them.
The Ice Empress snorted. "Who is your Baba?"
Xiao Bai said righteously, "Mama lives here, and I live here too. Tang Chuan even promised to take me to beat up bad guys, so of course he's my Baba."
Hearing these words,
the Ice Empress fell silent.
the Snow Empress also fell silent.
and Tang Chuan was even more silent.
Fortunately, at this moment, the sacrifice outside had entered its most critical stage. The Ice Bear King's massive body had completely disappeared, leaving only a gigantic phantom of an ice bear floating between heaven and earth.
The phantom was hundreds of feet tall, its claws propping up the heavens and its limbs treading the earth, with an illusion of the boundless Far North snowfields appearing behind it. It roared toward the heavens, then transformed into a streak of icy blue light, charging fiercely into the Snow Empress Martial Soul behind Tang Chuan.
Boom—!
The aura on Tang Chuan's body suddenly surged.
The fifth Soul Ring was completely formed.
The blood-red Soul Ring pulsed slowly behind the Snow Empress Martial Soul, with icy blue bear-claw patterns constantly flowing across its surface. With every flow, large patches of ice crystals would condense in the surrounding air.
Right after, information about two Martial Soul Abilities flooded into Tang Chuan's mind.
This was not just a single Soul skills from an ordinary Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast sacrifice.
Ice Bear King Xiao Bai had profound cultivation and had voluntarily sacrificed himself, with the Snow Empress personally guiding the Fusion of their Origins, ultimately granting Tang Chuan two Martial Soul Abilities.
Fifth Soul Ring, First Soul Skill—Embrace of the Ice Bear King.
Fifth Soul Ring, Second Soul skills—Far North Mountain-Shaking Palm.
A few minutes later, Tang Chuan slowly opened his eyes.
He raised his right hand, and icy blue light gathered in his palm. A translucent phantom of the Ice Bear King emerged behind him, opening its arms to protect Tang Chuan within.
The phantom was not ferocious; instead, it carried a heavy, gentle sense of protection.
Embrace of the Ice Bear King.
This was an extremely strong defensive and protective Soul skills.
Once activated, Tang Chuan could summon the Ice Bear King's Origin to protect his body, forming a layer of Far North Ice Bear King protective armor. This armor could significantly weaken physical attacks, Soul Power attacks, and mental shocks, and it also had a certain resistance to fire, severe poison, death erosion, and evil Soul Power.
More importantly, when Tang Chuan encountered a fatal attack, the Ice Bear King phantom could actively take a heavy blow for him. This point was extremely important for confronting Rakshasa Tang San in the future.
Tang San's Rakshasa Demonic Scythe was skilled in slashing Souls, swallowing, and polluting. Once it hit a vital spot, it was highly likely to directly damage the Soul's Origin. But the Embrace of the Ice Bear King could protect Tang Chuan's Physical Body and mind at critical moments, preventing him from being pierced through in a single strike.
As Tang Chuan felt this Soul skills, his heart stirred slightly.
"This defensive Soul skills is actually quite suitable for me."
"After all, up until now, I didn't have a single defensive Soul skills."
Hearing this, Xiao Bai immediately said proudly in the spiritual sea:
"Of course!"
"Baba, when you fight in the future, feel free to charge forward!"
"Whoever dares to beat you, I'll hold you tight!"
Tang Chuan: "..."
Why did those words sound so strange?
The Snow Empress said calmly, "The Embrace of the Ice Bear King is not for you to mindlessly tank hits."
Xiao Bai immediately said, "Mama is right. Baba, you still need to dodge a bit."
The Ice Empress snorted:
"If you really mindlessly tank hits, your little defense won't even last a few slashes from the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe."
Xiao Bai was somewhat indignant.
"Big Sister Ice Empress, I am Baba's fifth Soul Ring now!"
The Ice Empress said, "So?"
Xiao Bai thought about it.
"So my defense is very strong."
The Ice Empress sneered, "A strong defense doesn't mean a strong brain."
Xiao Bai: "..."
Tang Chuan couldn't help but chuckle softly.
Then, he raised his left hand.
The power of the fifth Soul Ring's Second Soul skills began to flow within his body.
Boom!
Behind him, the Ice Bear King phantom suddenly stood up, raising its massive palms high.
Tang Chuan also raised his palm accordingly.
An extremely heavy force of extreme cold quickly gathered in his palm. This power was different from the extreme freezing of the Snow Empress's Emperors Palm: Great Cold Without Snow, and it was also different from the sharp slashing of the Emperor Sword: Peerless Ice.
It was more like a snow-capped mountain descending from the heavens.
Heavy, domineering, and unstoppable.
Tang Chuan gently pushed a palm forward.
"Far North Mountain-Shaking Palm."
Rumble!
An ice peak standing hundreds of feet tall in front of him suddenly shook violently. In the next instant, the surface of the entire ice peak was rapidly frozen over by a layer of deeper blue ice, and then a dull rumbling sound echoed from within.
Crack.
Crack.
Cracks spread all the way from the base of the ice peak to its summit.
Finally, with a loud crash, the entire ice peak was actually shattered and collapsed by that single palm strike.
It was not slashed to pieces.
It was not blown apart.
Instead, it was as if it had been rammed head-on by an incomparably massive Ice Bear King, the entire ice peak shattered from its Foundation, turning into countless fragments of ice and snow as it fell.
A mist of snow soared into the sky.
Tang Chuan stood in place, his white clothes fluttering, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes as he said,
"Such strong defense-breaking power."
Far North Mountain-Shaking Palm.
This was the offensive Soul skills granted by Ice Bear King Xiao Bai.
Based on the Ice Bear King's physical strength and extreme cold Origin, this Soul skills fused strength, ice, and vibration. Striking out with one palm could directly shatter an enemy's defense, freeze the flow of the opponent's Soul Power, and strike the power of extreme cold vibration deep into their body.
If attacking a Soul Master, it could rupture their Meridians and freeze their Soul Power.
If attacking a Soul Beast, it could break through carapace, scales, and bone defenses.
If attacking a Domain or barrier, it could also destroy the structure from within using extreme cold vibration.
Simply put, this was a power attack method specifically designed to break defenses, arrays, and protective Martial Soul Abilities, forming a perfect complement with the First Soul Skill, Embrace of the Ice Bear King, as one defense and one offense.
One protected Tang Chuan from being instantly killed by enemies.
The other opened up the enemy's toughest line of defense for Tang Chuan.
Tang Chuan quickly realized that these two Martial Soul Abilities would also be extremely useful for dealing with Tang San in the future.
Rakshasa Divine Power was skilled in Death Qi Binding, and the rakshasa altar would continuously restore the Origin of the undead.
If the Far North Mountain-Shaking Palm could strike extreme cold vibrations into the interior of the rakshasa altar, perhaps it could cooperate with Di Tian's Dragon God Claw and Qian Renxue's Sun True Fire to further weaken Tang San's undead system.
Tang Chuan withdrew his palm and gently exhaled a breath of cold air.
The surrounding mist of snow slowly settled down.
The Snow Empress looked at that fifth Soul Ring, which was blood-red with icy blue patterns, and said softly,
"Not bad."
"Xiao Bai's Origin has fused very well with you. With the Embrace of the Ice Bear King, your Snow Empress Martial Soul is no longer just about attacking and freezing; it also possesses true Far North defense."
"With the Far North Mountain-Shaking Palm, you have also supplemented your Second Spirit's close-combat heavy striking and defense-breaking capabilities."
"This Soul Ring is extremely suitable for you right now."
Tang Chuan nodded.
"Indeed."
In the spiritual sea, Xiao Bai rolled around happily on the spot.
"Mama praised me!"
The Ice Empress said coldly, "If you roll anymore, you'll bump into my Ice Empress Origin."
"I didn't roll."
The Ice Empress said, "I saw it."
Xiao Bai said seriously, "That was an illusion."
Ice Empress: "..."
Tang Chuan's mouth twitched slightly. He suddenly felt that life in his spiritual sea in the future might be even more lively than the great battles outside.
Just then, a low roar suddenly came from the far distance of the Far North. The roar was extremely deep and heavy, like a ten-thousand-year iceberg shifting, or like a giant beast awakening deep within the earth.
The entire snowfield shook along with it.
The Snow Empress raised her head and looked toward the end of the wind and snow.
"The Titan Snow Demon King has sensed the commotion of Xiao Bai's sacrifice."
In the spiritual sea, Xiao Bai immediately fell quiet.
After a moment, he whispered:
"That big dummy is coming?"
The Ice Empress sneered, "Are you scared?"
Xiao Bai immediately talked tough:
"Who's scared?"
"I am Baba's Soul Ring now!"
"If he dares to come over, I'll have Baba slap him with the Far North Mountain-Shaking Palm!"
Tang Chuan: "..."
The Snow Empress looked at Tang Chuan, her expression returning to its cold state as she said calmly,
"Let's go."
"Perhaps the next Soul Ring of your Second Spirit lies within him."
In the deep wind and snow far away, that low roar drew closer and closer.
At first, it was just like muffled thunder coming from the end of the icefield.
But after just a few breaths, the entire Ice Valley began to vibrate.
Thud.
Thud.
Thud.
It was as if some colossal creature was treading on and shattering glaciers as it approached.
The snowfields outside the valley constantly swelled and collapsed, ice hills in the distance were smashed to pieces, and countless ice fragments were swept up by the wild wind, forming a wall of snow hundreds of feet high.
Tang Chuan raised his head to look.
Only to see a massive figure slowly emerge deep within the wind and snow.
That figure was even taller than Ice Bear King Xiao Bai by a margin, covered entirely in thick, snow-white long hair, with shoulders so broad they looked like two icebergs joined together. When its arms hung down, they could almost touch its knees. With every step it took, the earth emitted a dull roar, the ice layer beneath its feet shattered, and cracks spread in all directions like a spiderweb.
The Titan Snow Demon King, one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North.
If Ice Bear King Xiao Bai was like a heavy and gentle iceberg, then the Titan Snow Demon King was like an icefield giant stepping out of ancient wind and snow—violent, heavy, and tyrannical.
As soon as he stepped into the Ice Valley, his gaze fell upon Tang Chuan.