Song Jie's body, under the terrifying chill of the Great Cold Without Snow, instantly turned into an ice sculpture, all traces of life buried. The fear of death surged toward Song Jie like a tidal wave. He knew he could no longer escape this calamity, but he was utterly unwilling to die like this.
As the High Priest of Sea God Island, he bore the mission of the Sea God. Even in death, he would fulfill Lord Sea God's task! For the sake of billions of lives, for the sake of Douluo Star, what did it matter if his soul scattered and his body turned to dust?
In an instant, the soul cores in Song Jie's middle and lower dantian erupted with blindingly brilliant blue light. "Demon, die with me!" he roared.
At this moment, Song Jie's heart was filled with faith in the Sea God and a lofty sense of mission. In this state, the fear of death vanished, replaced by an extreme sublimation of his spirit. His dual soul cores vibrated frantically, and his frozen heart and organs began to crack under the oscillations. Countless fissures appeared on the surface of his body, with blue light bursting forth from the cracks, as if his body was about to shatter into pieces.
"Not good! He's going to self-detonate his soul cores!" The Snow Empress sensed the abnormal fluctuations in Song Jie's soul cores, her expression changing drastically. She immediately retreated, turning to flee. The self-detonation of a Limit Douluo's soul cores could annihilate everything within a dozens-of-kilometers radius, and even she dared not withstand it.
Nearby, Wang Chen's heart tightened. The final counterattack of a Limit Douluo's self-detonation was no joke—even a fellow Limit Douluo couldn't endure it. "Hahaha! Demon, die with me, Song Jie!" Song Jie's mental will echoed in all directions as the cracks on his body multiplied, the blue light growing ever more dazzling.
In an instant, Song Jie's body vanished, replaced by two massive blue crystal soul cores brimming with vast soul power. The surrounding space began to develop huge, pitch-black fissures.
"Lord Sea God, your Song Jie has arrived!" With unwavering faith in Sea God Tang San, Song Jie fearlessly self-detonated.
Boom—!
A deafening explosion shook the heavens and earth as the two soul cores transformed into two enormous blue radiant suns. For a moment, the area within dozens of kilometers was bathed in a blue world. The energy of the dual soul cores was like dozens of ninth-grade fixed soul-guided cannon shells detonating simultaneously. A terrifying energy shockwave spread outward from the two blue suns, instantly vaporizing the ice and snow of the Far North. Countless black spatial cracks tore through the air, as if the apocalypse had descended.
The Snow Empress retreated swiftly at the moment of the explosion, but its spread was terrifyingly fast—too fast for her to escape its range. She could only retreat while fully activating her Snow Dance Radiant Sun Domain, instantly conjuring countless thick ice walls to block the explosion's impact. However, the power of a Limit Douluo's self-detonation was too overwhelming. The countless ice walls held for only two snaps of a finger before being shattered by the terrifying explosion, which rushed toward the Snow Empress.
If the explosion engulfed her, even with her strength, she would at least be severely injured, if not killed. At this critical moment, Wang Chen's figure appeared beside her in an instant. Under the Snow Empress's astonished gaze, he wrapped an arm around her slender waist, holding her close, and his fourth soul ring continued to glow as he frantically activated his teleportation soul skill, fleeing at full speed.
After becoming a ten-thousand-year soul skill, Wang Chen's fourth soul skill, Teleport, allowed him to move five hundred meters per jump, and as long as he had enough soul power, he could use it continuously. Facing this terrifying explosion, Wang Chen had no intention of resisting. Even the Snow Empress, bolstered by the Far North's home-field advantage, couldn't withstand a Limit Douluo's self-detonation head-on, let alone him.
During his teleportation escape, Wang Chen detonated another soul ring. This time, he didn't use the ring's energy to boost his strength but to fuel his teleportation soul skill. Yet, even with continuous teleportation, the terrifying explosion energy closed in on him at a visible speed. Each teleportation covered only five hundred meters, and there was a brief interval between reappearing and activating the next teleportation, however short it was. But a Limit Douluo's soul core detonation spread so quickly and covered such a vast area.
After teleporting twenty kilometers, the explosion caught up to Wang Chen. Facing the encroaching blast, he stopped teleporting, released the Snow Empress, and prepared to join forces with her to resist it. Having escaped twenty kilometers, the explosion's power had weakened significantly, and Wang Chen was confident that together, they could withstand it.
The moment he stopped teleporting, the Snow Empress reacted swiftly. Looking at Wang Chen, a hint of shyness flickered in her beautiful eyes. In all her years, no man had ever been so close to her. The vibrant life force emanating from Wang Chen felt particularly comforting to her. Though shy, she wasn't angry—she knew Wang Chen had acted to save her. Without him, she might have perished.
After being set down, the Snow Empress immediately activated her Snow Dance Radiant Sun Domain, condensing the surrounding ice and snow into thick ice walls to shield them. Wang Chen didn't idle either. He activated the domain soul skill of his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion soul bone, Permafrost Domain, to amplify the Snow Empress's domain. With the enhanced domain, the ice walls she created were three times stronger.
Then, the explosion's impact arrived.
Boom—!
The terrifying blue energy engulfed Wang Chen and the Snow Empress like a tidal wave. The ice walls shattered rapidly under the blast, but the Snow Empress continuously poured soul power into them, repairing them as they broke.
Rumble—!
The explosion lasted a full ten seconds before gradually subsiding. The once snow-covered ice plain was now a massive crater, with surrounding ice mountains leveled. The air was thick with violent energy fluctuations.
Wang Chen's body swayed slightly, his face pale as paper from severe blood loss and injuries. The Snow Empress wasn't in great shape either—though uninjured, her aura was quite unstable.
Looking at the enormous crater, the Snow Empress felt lingering fear. The final counterattack of a Limit Douluo had exceeded her expectations. Fortunately, the soul beasts in the Far North's core region were highly intelligent and had fled to the outskirts when the battle erupted, minimizing collateral damage.
Wang Chen looked at the Snow Empress and smiled, "Snow Empress, thank you for your help."
The Snow Empress glanced at him, her voice cool. "I only acted to ensure Ice Empress's safety." But despite her words, her gaze toward Wang Chen wasn't cold—rather, it was quite warm. Their joint battle, especially Wang Chen's rescue during Song Jie's self-detonation, had significantly increased her goodwill toward him.
Noticing Wang Chen's severe injuries, she said with a trace of concern, "Your injuries are too serious. If you don't treat them soon, you'll die."
Wang Chen's injuries were indeed grave—most people would have died by now. But for him, a two-day rest would fully restore him, and with healing pills, that time could be shortened. He took a healing spirit pill from his storage soul tool and swallowed it, then said to the Snow Empress, "It's fine. Injuries like these won't kill me. A couple of days' rest, and I'll be fine."
"Then come with me to the Extreme Ice Cave to recover," the Snow Empress said. "It's a treasure ground where ice-attribute soul masters and soul beasts can heal faster."
Wang Chen nodded, not refusing. Given his severe injuries and weakened state, he needed a secluded, safe place to recover. With Tang San in the God Realm watching him with ill intent, having the Snow Empress as a protector would be far safer than being alone. Her strength, especially with the Far North's home-field advantage, was undeniable—even a Limit Douluo would have to flee in defeat.
Soon, Wang Chen and the Snow Empress arrived at the deepest part of the Far North, the Snow Empress's home—the Extreme Ice Cave. The cave was filled with white ice crystals, its temperature terrifyingly low, with mist swirling as the air itself seemed to solidify. This was a convergence point for the Far North's natural energy, rich in vitality, though not as potent as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, it was still a cultivation treasure ground, especially for ice-attribute soul masters and soul beasts, who could cultivate here at a significantly faster rate.
Years ago, before becoming the ruler of the Far North, the Snow Empress had fought a powerful ferocious beast for this treasure ground. Inside the Extreme Ice Cave, she arranged a secluded chamber for Wang Chen. He sat cross-legged and began recovering his injuries and depleted soul power.
Outside the chamber, the Snow Empress communicated with the Ice Empress. The Ice Empress's mental strength had reached the tangible but intangible realm, allowing her to linger outside briefly, though not too far from Wang Chen or for too long, lest her spiritual form dissipate.
Perched on the Snow Empress's shoulder, the Ice Empress's spiritual form intended to share Wang Chen with her. As the Snow Empress's close sister, she knew her situation well—the Snow Empress was nearing her seven hundred-thousand-year tribulation. Without external help, she couldn't survive it and would perish. The Ice Empress, with her special bond with the Snow Empress, wanted to prevent her death. She planned to convince the Snow Empress to become Wang Chen's intelligent soul ring, just as she had. That way, when Wang Chen ascended to godhood, they could stay together forever, free from the threat of ten-thousand-year tribulations.
The Ice Empress persuaded, "Snow, you've seen Wang Chen's talent and potential. I believe he has a high chance of becoming a god. If we join him as his intelligent soul rings, like the Skydream Ice Silkworm and Titan Giant Ape ten thousand years ago, we can break free from the limits of soul beasts and ascend to the God Realm, never worrying about tribulations again."
The Snow Empress didn't respond, but her deep gaze lingered on the chamber, her decision already made.
...
Meanwhile, in the God Realm, within the desolate region of the gods, inside the Castle of Destruction. In the dimly lit hall, on the main seat, sat a man in his thirties wearing a purple cloak. He had short, dark red hair standing like steel needles, his eyes glinting with red light. His handsome face was framed by a nine-ringed purple-black halo—the God King of Destruction.
The God King of Destruction gazed at Douluo Star with interest. He had intended to check on Xiao Qi's life on the Douluo Continent but stumbled upon something that irked him. Watching the Far North, where Song Jie had shouted, "Lord Sea God, your Song Jie has arrived!" before his death, the God King of Destruction sneered, "Tang San, playing your tricks again. But it seems you've hit a snag this time—your High Priest was killed."
A smile crept onto his stern face. As political rivals with Tang San, vying for control over the God Realm's core authority, seeing Tang San suffer a setback naturally delighted him. His gaze fixed on Wang Chen, growing more favorable the longer he looked. He murmured, "This boy's talent is exceptional, worthy of ascending to the God Realm as a god. Unfortunately, I gave the God of Destruction position to Zhou Weiqing, and I don't have a first-class divine position available. A second-class one would be a bit of a slight."
Stirred by the thought, the God King of Destruction flew toward Tang San's location.
...
On the other side of the God Realm, Tang San's mood was the opposite of the God King of Destruction's delight. Watching the events in the Far North, he couldn't help but mutter, "Useless, utterly useless! Two Limit Douluo couldn't handle a mere Soul Saint. Mu En, so narrow-minded, with your life force depleted, why didn't you self-detonate and take the Child of Destiny with you? What's the point of dragging your broken body back to Shrek Academy? And Song Jie, such a waste, killed so easily, and his self-detonation didn't even take anyone with him. If he'd detonated earlier, the Child of Destiny would've been dead…"
Tang San's eyes darkened as he inwardly berated Mu En and Song Jie's incompetence. After a moment, he calmed himself. Though furious at their failure, he knew now wasn't the time for anger but for devising a plan to eliminate the Child of Destiny. The Child of Destiny could already contend with Limit Douluo—if given more time to grow, he might become unstoppable.
Tang San murmured, "Is this the Child of Destiny? Blessed with endless opportunities, turning calamity into fortune. Chased by two Limit Douluo, he should've been doomed, yet he gained the help of the Far North's Ice Snow Maiden, and who knows, he might even win her heart."
As Tang San brooded, a divine officer reported, "Lord Sea God, the God King of Destruction has come to visit."
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