the source of the Aurora Glacier, is a circular valley open on two sides.
The entire frozen lake surface is like a mirror, unlike the snowfields of other far north regions where the light is dazzling. The mirror-like surface of the frozen lake reflects the sky, creating a dreamlike feeling of being between heaven and earth.
The Titan Snow Demon King sits idly to one side with its huge body, while the beautiful, ethereal blue phoenix shadow of the Ice Crystal Phoenix surrounds the entire frozen lake.
Ma Hongjun, Shui Bing'er, and the Snow Emperor are in the center of the frozen lake.
The mirror of the sky, the auspicious beast beside them, a fairy spirit, and a pair of beauties.
This harmonious and peaceful fairyland is truly as beautiful as a painting.
The Snow Emperor's jade arms and ankles are exposed, and she always looks so pure and untainted.
Ma Hongjun can't help but notice her slender fingers and delicate jade feet. He
even often looks at her feet!
She was like a snow fairy, her delicate white feet treading on the icy lake. Those adorable little feet seemed oblivious to the cold, yet they evoked a sense of tenderness, making you want to hold her close and warm her!
Having already formed a soul bond with Ma Hongjun, the Snow Empress easily sensed his emotional direction. She lifted her little feet in confusion, looking at them, but found nothing unusual.
She was used to this on this land.
"Aren't your feet cold?"
Ma Hongjun, embarrassed to admit he was looking at her feet, asked casually.
"What's cold?"
The Snow Empress was confused, her beautiful eyes filled with thought.
She truly didn't know what cold felt like.
"It's a feeling, hot, cold, pain—everyone experiences it!"
"You'll understand when you go to the human world. Not only that, but humans also have emotions and desires; it's very complex."
The Snow Empress was still unfamiliar with human life; she was, in fact, no different from a fairy descended to earth.
Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er weren't in a hurry to fuse their soul bones.
Now, the Snow Empress needs to pass the Snow Empress Token to Shui Bing'er. With the Snow Empress Token, Shui Bing'er will find it easier to fuse with her soul bone!
Not just anyone can obtain the Snow Empress Token; it represents the will of this world, and it is selective about its owner.
However, Shui Bing'er meets all the requirements, and the Snow Empress Token does not reject her.
Following the Snow Empress's instructions, Shui Bing'er also raised her palm, and her palm met the Snow Empress's palm in mid-air, the rhombus-shaped Snow Empress Token resting between their palms.
The two closed their eyes, seemingly slowly merging into this world; Ma Hongjun couldn't even sense their presence.
The exchange of the Snow Empress Token seemed simple, but it was filled with Daoist principles.
Now, the two were one with heaven and earth!
Snowflakes danced around them again like sprites.
The Snow Empress Token in their palms emitted a soft, shimmering light; this imperceptible exchange ceremony was a communication of their souls.
After a while, the Snow Empress Token slowly disappeared.
When the two opened their eyes again, the surrounding snowflakes had quieted down.
Shui Bing'er looked at her palm. In her palm was a diamond-shaped symbol with the character for "snow" at its center!
Thus, Shui Bing'er became the second ruler of the far north!
The Snow Emperor appeared unchanged, but Ma Hongjun could sense a subtle shift in her aura. It was as if a veil of mystery had previously shrouded her, but now she appeared more real.
The Snow Emperor's Decree had its advantages and disadvantages; it granted control over a region, but it also confined people to this place.
Fortunately, Shui Bing'er was currently pregnant and didn't need to venture out. It was best for her to stay here and rest. Moreover, the Snow Emperor's Decree greatly benefited her cultivation, allowing her to rapidly advance in the path of ice and snow.
Furthermore, this treasure nurtured by heaven and earth within her body would also be beneficial to the child in her womb.
If the Snow Emperor's Decree could bring benefits to Shui Bing'er, perhaps her future child would be born with an innate Dao fetus.
An innate Dao fetus was a concept mentioned by the Dragon Soul, meaning a physique capable of innately comprehending and integrating with the Great Dao.
The Snow Emperor's Decree represented the Great Dao of Ice and Snow.
If the little life in Shui Bing'er's womb can be nourished by the Snow Emperor's Decree, then after birth, it could be a Snow Goddess or
Ice Goddess. It would be somewhat similar to the Snow Emperor, but unlike the Snow Emperor, who was a soul beast,
this child would be human.
In cultivation, humans are far more naturally gifted than soul beasts!
This is the benefit Shui Bing'er enjoys temporarily controlling the Snow Emperor's Decree!
These nurturing techniques were, of course, taught by the Dragon Soul; Ma Hongjun, this womanizing playboy, couldn't possibly know so much.
After giving the Snow Emperor's Decree to Shui Bing'er, the two began absorbing and fusing soul bones.
With the Snow Emperor's Decree, Shui Bing'er could fuse soul bones much more easily, without Ma Hongjun needing to worry.
Unlike Huo Wu, who required Ma Hongjun to use his own body to help with the process.
The soul bones in front of Ma Hongjun were rather peculiar: two thigh bones, two shin bones, and one rib.
Moreover, the ribs were arranged in a row, forming a chest ring shape. This perfectly completed all the soul bones in Ma Hongjun's torso.
The human torso skeleton has three parts:
the torso bones, the ribs, and the spine!
Ma Hongjun's torso soul bone came from the Jianmu soul bone, and his spine was the tailbone of a scorpion dragon.
Wood attribute, earth attribute, plus the current ribs, ice attribute!
There is no mutual restraint between these three attributes.
Ma Hongjun quickly fused this external soul bone. Next were the leg bones, all ice attribute, which were much easier to fuse.
In just one day, Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er had both completed the fusion of their soul bones.
After fusing the soul bones, Shui Bing'er's soul power directly broke through to level 80.
Of Shui Bing'er's five soul bones, three were 100,000 years old, and the other two were also close to 100,000 years old. With the boost from the Snow Emperor's Decree, her ice attribute soul power increased rapidly. With her soul power
at level 80, Shui Bing'er needed to break through, hunt for a soul ring, or contract a soul pet.
If contracted soul pets also require sufficient spiritual power, Shui Bing'er's spiritual power was originally insufficient for her to condense a second soul imprint and open a soul space.
However, after obtaining the Snow Emperor's Token and receiving the baptism of the will of the far north, her spiritual power suddenly surged, reaching the level of a Soul Lord.
This made Ma Hongjun extremely envious.
Shui Bing'er had never cultivated her spiritual power before, but after receiving the inheritances of the Phoenix God and the Snow Emperor's Token in succession, coupled with the soul meditation method taught by Ma Hongjun, her spiritual power directly reached a very strong level.
Of course, Ma Hongjun's strong spiritual power was actually due to the inheritance of the Martial God; the Dragon Soul was a treasure left to him by the Martial God!
The happiest person about Shui Bing'er's breakthrough was undoubtedly Ma Hongjun, because he needed to leave the North to visit the two great empires.
The ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest had emerged from seclusion, and he didn't know the current situation. Ma Hongjun was very worried about whether his family and friends would be affected.
Because if Di Tian launched a beast tide war, everyone on the entire continent could be in danger.
Now that Ma Hongjun's strength had increased again, he no longer needed to run away from Di Tian.
Having fled the Star Dou Great Forest in disgrace last time, Ma Hongjun was determined to regain his lost face.
At this time, leaving Shui Bing'er behind, the stronger she was, the better; it would put Ma Hongjun at ease.
"Snow Emperor, who is the strongest soul beast in the Far North right now?"
Ma Hongjun asked the Snow Emperor directly, wanting Shui Bing'er to contract with the strongest soul beast in the Far North.
"The strongest?"
The Snow Emperor understood Ma Hongjun's meaning and, after a moment's thought, said:
"The Far North is vast, and there are many hidden areas I haven't discovered. Many powerful soul beasts are cultivating in seclusion in some unknown corner. It's uncertain whether there are any hidden powerful soul beasts.
Like the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, I didn't even discover it back then.
However, it's an exception because it has always been asleep and has never revealed its powerful strength.
There shouldn't be such a lucky fellow.
Besides Bing'er and Atai, there are three other soul beasts over 200,000 years old!
They are the Flowing Light Snow Leopard King, the Ice River Three-Headed Python, and the Heavenly Profound Snow Weasel King."
Ma Hongjun hadn't expected there to be three ferocious beasts over 200,000 years old.
"Even the Ice Bear King, Xiaobai, is ranked lower, "
Snow Empress continued her analysis .
"Of these three soul beasts, the Flowing Light Snow Leopard King is the strongest, but it doesn't have a fixed territory. Like flowing light, it wanders around, and it's not always in the far north.
I haven't seen it for over ten thousand years.
Next is the Glacier Three-Headed Python, which lives entirely beneath the glacier and rarely comes ashore.
I don't interact with it much; this guy likes to burrow in water and soil, it's unclean, and I don't like it.
So, I let it stay below; it manages the area beneath the glacier.
Finally, there's the Heavenly Profound Snow Sable King, who only recently broke through two hundred thousand years ago, but her talent is even higher than the Three-Headed Python's. Besides ice-attribute abilities, the Heavenly Profound Snow Sable King also has spatial attributes.
The Heavenly Profound Snow Sable clan lives in the Heavenly Domain Mountain, at the end of the sky, in the deepest part of the snowfield."
After Snow Empress finished speaking, she looked at Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er, letting them make a choice.
"What's there to consider? Let's go to the Heavenly Domain Mountain!"
Ma Hongjun said directly.
Snow Empress had actually recommended the Heavenly Profound Snow Sable King.
The strongest Radiant Snow Leopard King couldn't be found, and the Glacier Three-Headed Python lived beneath the glacier; its strength might not be as great on land.
Most importantly, it was dirty, and Ma Hongjun didn't want Shui Bing'er to contract a filthy python.
The Heavenly Profound Snow Weasel King was perfect, and judging from the Snow Empress's words, it was a female.
Such an adorable soul beast as a snow ferret was perfect for a fairy like Shui Bing'er.
Most importantly, the Heavenly Profound Snow Weasel King even possessed spatial abilities—a very powerful technique, indicating great potential.
Even Long Hun was slightly surprised upon hearing about spatial abilities.
Soul beasts with such abilities are rare, and those with spatial abilities are generally very powerful.
As for cultivation, after Shui Bing'er formed a contract with her, her growth speed could be increased by hundreds of times within Shui Bing'er's soul space. Furthermore, the Snow Emperor's Token also helps soul beasts.
Shui Bing'er's potential talent is also very strong; with her help, it's only a matter of time before the Heavenly Profound Snow Sable surpasses the other two soul beasts. They
set off again, the Snow Emperor walking on snow in the air, while Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er continued to use their mounts.
Ten days later, at night!
Ma Hongjun and the others arrived at the so-called End of the Sky!
"This is Heavenly Domain Mountain!"
Ma Hongjun couldn't help but exclaim. The mountain before them was incredibly high, truly deserving of its name, Heavenly Domain Mountain, seemingly reaching straight into the sky.
Even at night, the mountain's outline was still visible. This mountain wasn't just tall; it was also very large, resembling a small mountain range!
However, it didn't have many undulations; the peaks were almost all the same height.
The Snow Emperor had previously mentioned that the environment here was relatively harsh, with rapid climate changes—sometimes strong winds, sometimes heavy snow, and sometimes both.
But what Ma Hongjun saw was calm and still!
He was about to ask Xue Di if she had come to the wrong place, as the climate seemed unchanged.
Xue Di, however, gazed at the sky, mesmerized, and exclaimed,
"It's appeared again!"
"What's that? So beautiful!"
Shui Bing'er echoed.
Suddenly, the sky brightened, and Ma Hongjun looked up, exclaiming in surprise,
"The aurora borealis!"
All eyes turned to the sky; the brilliant, beautiful light, like a green flame, was dazzling, offering an extreme visual experience.
Seeing the aurora, Ma Hongjun felt a sense of familiarity.
In his previous life, the aurora had also existed, though he had only seen it in videos.
It seemed the world was the same: sun, moon, aurora!
All eyes were captivated by the beauty of the aurora.
Xue Di and Shui Bing'er both had the same look in their eyes.
The aurora was an unknown, mysterious phenomenon to them, no different from a miracle.
"What is the aurora? What do you know about this green light?"
Xue Di asked curiously.
She had clearly seen the aurora more than once; it had become a mystery to her!
"Oh! The aurora, the aurora is…"
Ma Hongjun suddenly stammered. Damn, how could he, a complete academic failure, possibly answer such a question?
Although Ma Hongjun knew the aurora was a natural phenomenon that science could explain, he couldn't remember the specifics.
Moreover, in this fantastical world, science was rarely applicable.
Furthermore, Ma Hongjun felt that if science could explain it, metaphysics might also be able to.
Perhaps, in terms of cultivation and energy, the aurora might be some kind of light-attribute treasure.
In short, Ma Hongjun hadn't heard of anyone being able to use the aurora.
Therefore, everyone's understanding of the aurora was speculative.
Ma Hongjun quickly changed the subject,
"The aurora is just the light of your far north, I'm just saying. I've heard people say that the light in your far north is very bright.
Um, Dragon Soul, do you know what this is?"
Dragon Soul was also looking, and he seemed to know nothing either.
"It should be some kind of divine light. I remember a light-elemental divine realm expert used to cast this kind of light."
"What, divine light!"
Ma Hongjun was even more surprised. This even involved theology!
"I don't know much about light either. Anyway, there are always some magical things that appear in the world. Maybe I can explore them when I reach the divine realm."
"Alright, we can't fly up there now anyway!"
Ma Hongjun stopped worrying about it. The aurora was too far away, and it might not even be a treasure.
Besides, even if it was a treasure, it was a light-elemental treasure, which they wouldn't need.
Let's just enjoy the scenery for now.
This far north, although it's cold, the scenery is truly picturesque.
The southern desert doesn't have these things.
At this moment, they were still at the foot of the mountain.
After admiring it for a while, the Snow Emperor said,
"Let's hurry up and go up while there's no snow!"
The Titan Snow Demon King climbed up rather wildly, stepping down and creating a mountain staircase.
Although it was night, Ma Hongjun's fiery eyes could still clearly see the surroundings from the Titan Snow Demon King's shoulder.
"Those are Heavenly Mystic Snow Ferrets!"
Ma Hongjun saw the little snow ferrets running up the mountain.
These ferrets were only a thousand or ten thousand years old.
Upon seeing the Titan Snow Demon King, they all fearfully kept their distance.
Ferrets are small spirit beasts, somewhat like mice, but cuter, with less pointed heads, combining features of both mice and cats.
Their most beautiful feature is their fur!
Girls love these animals and would love to skin them alive.
But honestly, ferrets could be kept as pets.
They would be perfect for keeping Shui Bing'er company during her pregnancy, helping her find peace and tranquility.
And who would have thought that this little creature held in one's arms would be a two-hundred-thousand-year-old ferocious beast, comparable to a Super Douluo!