"Master!"
The Snow Empress, who had already received information about the Retainers and the Traveler, naturally realized this: "Can we take Bing'er with us?"
Although the Snow Empress's voice was cold, Bai Luo detected a hint of pleading in it.
Given the relationship between the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, she was unwilling to leave the Ice Empress alone to face Tang San's wrath.
But this left Bai Luo with only one option: forcibly capture the Ice Empress and bring her back to the Cardinal World with them.
"Alright then."
Bai Luo didn't think the Ice Empress would waste one of his Retainer slots.
The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, or rather, all Fierce Beast-level Soul Beasts, could theoretically provide assistance to Bai Luo.
The Ice Empress's aptitude certainly couldn't compare to the Snow Empress's, but Bai Luo wouldn't lose out at least.
"Peng Peng, control her!"
"Boneh!"
Hearing Bai Luo's command, Egui Peng unhesitatingly summoned her thorn vine stick, then, before the Ice Empress could even react, slammed it hard onto her head.
"Bang!!"
Terrifying monstrous strength poured down like Mount Tai, and the Ice Empress only felt a world-shattering tremor before she directly fainted.
"Capturer, activate!!"
For beings who had lost the ability to resist, the Capturer required no preparation whatsoever.
With a flash of light, the enormous Ice Jade Empress Scorpion vanished into the giant pit, and with her, the figures of Bai Luo and the others also disappeared.
"How is this possible!!"
In the God Realm, Tang San sat on the God King's throne.
A screen floated before him, displaying the exact location where Bai Luo and the others had previously stood.
However, at this moment, the screen was completely empty.
"Where are they?"
"Space transfer? Or aura concealment?"
Tang San's divine sense continuously poured into the image, then searched the entire Northern Icefield in a carpet-like fashion, and spread to even more distant places.
"Tang San!!"
However, Tang San's actions were quickly discovered.
The God King of Destruction burst in with fury, his face grim as he glared at Tang San: "What are you doing? Gods cannot interfere with the lower realms. As the God of Law Enforcement, do you intend to knowingly break the law?!"
"Destruction…"
With his plan ruined by Bai Luo, Tang San was brimming with suppressed anger.
And yet, the God King of Destruction still came to question him.
'God King of Destruction, you have chosen the path of death!'
However, Tang San had not yet fully mastered the power of the Asura God, and he was not confident he could defeat Destruction, an old-guard God King.
There was no choice; Tang San could only feign compliance with the other party.
"You mean to say, evil gods from other planes have entered the Douluo Continent?"
"Exactly."
Tang San truly lived up to his reputation as the pure and unblemished Tang Buddha. In a few words, he depicted Bai Luo and the others as evil individuals with malicious intentions.
They coveted the Douluo Continent, and he had merely discovered this in advance and gone to stop them.
"…"
The God King of Destruction stared at Tang San. The other party's compassionate demeanor was simply too deceptive.
Even the Goddess of Life, who had accompanied him for countless tens of thousands of years, was now speaking up for Tang San.
Leaving aside the mutual suspicion and schemes between Destruction and Tang San in the Douluo Universe.
Bai Luo successfully returned to the Cardinal World with the newly subdued Ice Empress and Snow Empress, as well as Peng Peng, Zhu Cai, and Shion.
[Beginning Retainer Transformation]
[Transformation complete. Individual 'Snow Empress' has gained the race 'Upper Ice Elf']
[Individual 'Ice Empress' has gained the race 'Insect Demon Race · Ice Scorpion Type']
[New rule detected. Beginning analysis]
[Analysis successful. Gained additional skill 'Ultimate Attribute']
[Inherent skill 'Flame Body' has been supplemented, adding new elementalization types]
[New energy detected. Beginning analysis]
[Analysis successful. Gained new magic power variant]
[Beginning naming]
[Naming successful. Gained 'Soul Power']
[Gained 'Divine Power']
[Because Soul Power and Divine Power are related to the Soul Master system, skills are merging]
[Fusion successful. Gained new special skill 'God's Ring']
...
[Discovered new Unique Skill 'Sword Saint']
[Discovered new Unique Skill 'Nature Realm']
[Discovered new Unique Skill 'Extreme Cold Ice Prison']
[Acquired 'Soul Master' profession. This profession meets the acquisition requirements for the Unique Skill 'Spirit Controller']
[Individual 'Bai Luo' has successfully acquired the Unique Skill 'Spirit Controller']
...
"Ah!! What is this place?!"
"You hateful human, what did you do to me?!"
Within the boundless pure white world, a chibi Ice Empress was throwing a huge tantrum.
The Ice Empress remembered that not long ago, she had ambushed a human Soul Master, but was struck on the head by a green stick.
What happened next, the Ice Empress had no idea.
"Bingbing, stop making a fuss."
Suddenly, a cold female voice came from behind the Ice Empress. She turned her head and saw a beautiful woman in a long ice-blue dress.
"Snow Empress!!"
The Ice Empress was first delighted, then plunged into deep despair: "Even, even you were captured by that hateful human?"
"How could this happen?"
....
The Ice Empress had clearly misunderstood something. The Snow Empress shook her head helplessly, comforting her good sister while explaining the current situation to her.
Upon hearing that Tang San was monitoring the Douluo Continent, and that the Snow Empress, and even she herself, could very likely be schemed against, the Ice Empress immediately cursed Tang San as despicable.
What happened next, however, was somewhat beyond the Ice Empress's expectations.
Demons from another world, special Retainer vows, escaping the Douluo World, the possibility of continuing to grow stronger...
All of this left the Ice Empress feeling incredible.
"So, Snow Empress, you are now that person, that Bai Luo's Retainer?"
The dignified Ice Empress, leader of the three fiercest beasts of the Northern Icefield, becoming someone else's Retainer—the Ice Empress found it somewhat unacceptable.
Retainer, it sounded nice, but wasn't it essentially a servant?
"Snow Empress, are you really going to be a Retainer for that Bai Luo?"
"Yes, I have decided."
The Snow Empress's nature was cold, but unlike humans, her thoughts were not complex.
Since she had said she would follow Bai Luo, she would remain loyal to the end, in this life and this world, never betraying him.
"Also, Bing'er, you are actually Bai Luo's Retainer now as well."
"What?!"
Upon hearing this, the Ice Empress's eyes immediately widened.
Her chibi appearance, combined with this 'shocked expression,' was simply too adorable.
Even the Snow Empress felt an urge to hug the Ice Empress and lovingly knead her.