"Who are you?"
Her long, pure white hair hung down to her feet behind her head, and feeling the intrusion of an outsider, the girl opened her eyes.
Those ice-blue beautiful eyes were ethereal and clear, as if they could see through everything in the world.
Her slender, delicate body was flawless, and a plain white dress, though without any adornment, made her appear so noble and exquisitely beautiful.
"My name is Bai Luo, and I am the one who saved you from the evil God King."
"Evil God King?"
Although the Snow Empress was sealed and couldn't easily perceive the outside world, the intense battle between Tang San and Zhu Cai, Shion earlier, even the sealed Snow Empress had sensed the commotion outside.
So, the Snow Empress didn't doubt Bai Luo's words.
She just didn't understand what Bai Luo meant by "God King."
"Do you remember the group of Soul Masters who ascended to the God Realm ten thousand years ago?"
Bai Luo quickly explained about Tang San, how he treated the Douluo Continent as his backyard, and how he schemed against her, wanting to make her a chess piece.
"Grrrla la~~"
The more the Snow Empress listened, the more her anger surged uncontrollably.
Though it was a mental space, the Snow Empress's power still affected it; a large amount of ice crystals began to spread, and even the space itself subtly showed cracks.
She did not suspect that Bai Luo was deceiving her.
Firstly, Bai Luo was not human, and this was crucial.
The demons of the Cardinal World were different from the Soul Beasts of the Douluo World; the Snow Empress was certain that Bai Luo was not her kind.
But similarly, Bai Luo was not human either.
That was enough.
As long as he wasn't human, the Snow Empress would not harbor absolute malice.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
The Snow Empress's logic was very simple.
"Thank you."
The Ice Sky Snow Maiden, who had dominated the Northern Icefield for hundreds of thousands of years, was now thanking Bai Luo; if this news were to spread, it would likely shock countless Soul Beasts.
However, Bai Luo was worthy of the Snow Empress's thanks.
"If you really want to thank me, how about coming with me?"
"Come with you?"
The Snow Empress didn't understand his meaning; was he asking her to follow him, to become his subordinate or something similar?
In the world of Soul Beasts, the strong were respected.
The Snow Empress valued her dignity greatly and would not stoop to serving others.
But...
Bai Luo had saved her life.
As a repayment, the Snow Empress was not unwilling to do something for Bai Luo.
"I will not be subservient to anyone."
The Snow Empress finished speaking, then quickly added, "But if there's anything you need me to do, I'm willing to help you."
Her words, in a roundabout way, were already telling Bai Luo that she was willing to do things for him to repay this life-saving grace.
"Moreover, given my current state, if there's anything, please wait until I complete my human transformation."
The Snow Empress was also helpless about the matter of Soul Beast transformation.
She had no confidence in surviving the 700,000-year heavenly tribulation, so she could only choose human transformation and re-cultivation to try for a chance at becoming a god.
For some reason, the Snow Empress began to wonder if, with her current strength, she could truly help Bai Luo at all.
"No, it's not about working for me."
Just as the Snow Empress was bewildered, Bai Luo spoke, "Instead, come with me to leave this world and venture into a vaster expanse!"
"Leave this world?"
Bai Luo's words completely exceeded the Snow Empress's expectations: "You can take me out of this world?"
"That's right."
Having read the original work, Bai Luo knew that the Douluo Continent was a huge cage for Soul Beasts.
The Snow Empress was already nearing the end of her lifespan; otherwise, she wouldn't have chosen to transform into human form to gamble on that slim chance of becoming a god.
However, Bai Luo had a ready-made solution.
As long as she left the Douluo World, the Snow Empress could immediately break free from her shackles and have a new future.
So, the question arose.
Could Bai Luo take the Snow Empress across worlds?
The answer was no.
Unless she became Bai Luo's dependent, the Snow Empress couldn't leave the Douluo World; to leave, she could only become Bai Luo's person.
"So, you want me to become your dependent, just like those few who fought Tang San earlier?"
"That's right."
Bai Luo said, "Don't worry, I won't force you to do anything you don't want to do."
"You can understand the relationship between a dependent and me as a shared fate; if you become stronger, I will also become stronger."
"Conversely, the stronger I am, the more you will gain!"
At this time, the Douluo Continent did not yet have concepts like Soul Spirits and intelligent Soul Rings; at least, the Snow Empress had never heard of them.
Clearly, following Bai Luo was much better than becoming someone else's Soul Ring and Soul Bone, or simply dying under the heavenly tribulation.
However, the Snow Empress had her own pride.
She felt that transforming into human form, then obtaining a divine position and ascending to godhood like Tang San did many years ago, was also a path.
"Ascend to godhood? Heh, forget about it!"
However, Bai Luo poured a basin of cold water on the Snow Empress: "You don't really think someone can ascend to the God Realm from the Douluo Continent under Tang San's surveillance, do you?"
Any superior would not allow such an act of breaking free from control, a mere resource wanting to establish its own household.
Unless the Snow Empress became Tang San's dog, Tang San would absolutely not allow such a formidable person to appear on the Douluo Continent.
"Tang! San!!!"
The Snow Empress had a cold and arrogant personality, but that didn't mean she was foolish.
On the contrary, the Snow Empress was very intelligent, and she could fully understand the meaning behind Bai Luo's words.
With God King Tang above her, no matter how confident or talented she was, she couldn't escape the fate of being schemed to death.
Just like the confinement left by the Dragon God, its original intention is irrelevant for now.
But under the schemes of the gods in the God Realm, this confinement that prevented becoming a god directly harmed countless Soul Beasts and also cut off the Snow Empress's path to ascension.
"So, as long as you leave the Douluo Continent, the lightning tribulation that binds you will disappear."
"If you don't want to follow me, I can also take you to other planes to help you break through."
Bai Luo was serious.
Anyway, even if the Snow Empress broke through her shackles and became a god in other (better) planes, Bai Luo would still have the opportunity to subdue her and make her his dependent.
It's just that in that case, the Snow Empress would owe him too great a favor.
The Snow Empress was cold and arrogant by nature, but that didn't mean she lacked emotions or didn't understand gratitude.
"By the way, following me is definitely better than following someone like Tang San, right?"
Bai Luo had this much confidence; he wasn't someone like Tang San who had one face in public and another in private.
Bai Luo was always generous to his own people.
As long as he had enough to eat, he wouldn't let them go hungry.
"That's right, that's right, Lord Bai Luo is very good."
Egui Peng's consciousness also joined in, forming a lovely maiden's phantom beside Lord Bai Luo.
"Indeed."
"Zhu Cai and I were just very ordinary Great Ogre Clan members in the forest, but Lord Bai Luo bestowed upon us great power."
Zhu Cai also appeared; at this time, it was their turn to persuade new companions to join.