The mention of the 100,000-year-old Spider King piqued Bibi Dong's interest.
She stood up, her proud chest once again supporting her phoenix robe.
Bibi Dong had already realized that the Evil God Cult was behind the start of the Star Dou Great Forest War, but she was unaware that the three Spider Kings were evil beasts of the Evil God Cult.
Ma Hongjun knew from his time in the Star Dou Great Forest that a civil war had occurred there, instigated by an evil soul master who led spider soul beasts against the entire forest's soul beasts.
That battle depleted the Star Dou Great Forest's soul beasts.
This was why, after the Beast God Di Tian and other ferocious beasts emerged from seclusion, they didn't dare to launch a beast tide.
The number of soul beasts couldn't withstand their squandering; they needed to recuperate!
However, very few people truly knew this truth, and the high-level combat power and peak experts of both sides disdained to explain such misunderstandings.
In truth, Ma Hongjun was the one who understood the truth of the situation best.
Bibi Dong was very tempted to obtain the Spider Emperor's soul pet, but she knew that it would be difficult to acquire the three Spider Emperors on her own, especially given her current weakened state.
She frowned slightly, but finally nodded, agreeing to Ma Hongjun's request.
"Very good. Now, issue the order to have Chrysanthemum Douluo Haines and others relay the message: annex all Spirit Hall forces within the entire Xue'erwei Principality to the Ice God Palace."
"No problem!"
Bibi Dong readily agreed.
This smooth turn of events surprised Ma Hongjun. Bibi Dong was an extremely ambitious woman; unifying the continent was her primary goal. Even now, as a prisoner, her change of heart shouldn't be so swift.
However, what Ma Hongjun couldn't see was the deepening depth in her eyes.
A divine inheritor.
This represented the potential to become a god, and the difference between gods and humans was vast.
Although Ma Hongjun was currently stronger than Bibi Dong, if Bibi Dong became a god first, the outcome would be different.
Bibi Dong was striving to gain an earlier opportunity to become a god!
Like the Star Sand Kingdom, the Xue'erwei Principality is located on the far edge of the continent. In such places, as long as the kingdom remains stable, internal power struggles are unlikely to attract the attention of the central continent.
Ma Hongjun's goal wasn't for the Spirit Hall branches here to openly join the Ice God Palace, but rather to use the Spirit Hall's system to manage the Soul Masters of the North.
By controlling all the Spirit Hall branches in the Xue'erwei Principality, he could control all information about Soul Masters.
He could also gain a general understanding of the Soul Masters who awaken each year, allowing him to recruit those with potential and talent into the Ice God Palace.
This was tantamount to leeching off the Spirit Hall.
Once the Ice God Palace had firmly established itself in the North, it could manage all the Soul Masters of the North.
Construction of the Ice God Palace had already begun. Shui Bing'er, using the Snow Emperor's Token and her two ice-type Soul Pets, used ice-type magic to directly condense an ice crystal palace.
Under the powerful ice-type Soul Power, a magnificent and towering palace was quickly completed.
The entire palace was built around an ice lake, with a crystal bridge spanning the icy river.
A layer of ice wall was erected a certain distance around the palace to protect it from beasts. After all, this was the Frost Forest, where many soul beasts roamed, and most students were still too weak to enter or leave the forest alone.
Once the palace was completed, they began a large-scale procurement of supplies. With their spatial storage soul tools, the relocation went much more smoothly.
Three days later, the Ice God Palace was officially completed.
Witnessed by the entire Tianshui Academy, Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er held a simple wedding ceremony in the newly built Ice God Palace.
This wedding ceremony was not open to outsiders. Just as Ma Hongjun was marrying into the Tianshui Academy, he and Shui Bing'er officially became husband and wife in front of the teachers and students of the academy.
For Ma Hongjun, getting married because of pregnancy was more of a formality.
But for Shui Bing'er, it was an incredibly important moment in her life. Women have a strong sense of ritual; they especially care about these things.
At the wedding, Ma Hongjun gave Shui Bing'er an Ice Heart Necklace,
representing his unwavering devotion!
There was no such thing as a wedding ring in this world, but Ma Hongjun felt it was still necessary.
However, the busy Ma Hongjun hadn't prepared, hadn't found suitable ring materials, and with so many concubines, one ring was clearly insufficient.
Giving one to some and not others would seem biased. Besides, he couldn't carry that many rings by himself.
Therefore, Ma Hongjun decided to find a good material to forge a unique family ring for each concubine, a ring belonging to the Ma family.
When he ascended to the supreme position, he would personally place it on each of their fingers. Double
happiness followed: Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er got married.
The Ice God Palace was also officially established.
From this day forward, the Ice God Palace began accepting male disciples, with Ma Hongjun being the first man.
After several days of cultivation, some disciples had already condensed their Soul Imprints.
Among these disciples, there were quite a few with exceptionally outstanding spiritual power.
Most of these first disciples to condense their Soul Imprints were only around the Soul Venerable level; their opened soul spaces could only withstand soul beasts of about a thousand years old.
With the help of the teachers, they could slowly search for suitable soul beasts to contract with in the Frost Forest.
This task was mainly handled by the four teachers from the Ice Crystal Sect, as they all had contracts with Beast Kings and could soothe soul beasts.
Besides the disciples, several teachers had also condensed soul imprints, including Dean Shui Ningtian.
She was already an eight-ring Soul Douluo, and now that her soul imprint had condensed, she could reach the ninth ring after contracting a soul beast.
Shui Ningtian's martial soul was the Extreme Ice Profound Jade, a soul master specializing in control and secondary support!
The Ice Jade nurtured her soul, allowing her spiritual power to accumulate to the Soul Master level.
The soul space opened by the spiritual power at the Soul Master level was fully capable of supporting a 100,000-year-old soul beast.
Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er found the overlord of the Frost Forest:
the Ice Sky Jade Falcon!
This was a soul beast that was nearly 100,000 years old.
Falcons were birds of prey, and the Ice Sky Jade Falcon was the finest among falcons, with feathers as white as jade, making them spirits of the sky.
If they could contract this soul beast, controlling the Frost Forest would be much easier.
Under the overwhelming power of Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er, and the suppression of the Ice Crystal Phoenix, the Ice Sky Jade Falcon was unable to resist. After
Shui Bing'er unleashed the Snow Emperor's Decree, the Ice Sky Jade Falcon agreed to attempt a soul contract with Shui Ningtian.
Shui Ningtian's martial soul not only had a nurturing effect on soul masters but also on soul beasts.
Support-type souls can essentially be considered sacrificial, usually prioritizing the well-being of others.
The soul space created by the aura of the Extreme Ice Profound Jade martial soul possessed an extremely gentle energy, holding an irresistible allure for ice-attribute soul beasts.
This mutually compatible soul space could provide soul beasts with a cultivation boost that could be a thousand or even ten thousand times greater, and would also significantly reduce the danger of facing heavenly tribulations.
After learning about Shui Ningtian, the Ice Sky Jade Falcon happily signed a soul contract with her.
With Shui Ningtian and the first batch of disciples becoming soul pet masters, the Ice God Palace had taken its first step.
The soul pet master system could temporarily rely on the Frost Forest and the Snow Queen's Kingdom to develop slowly.
Bibi Dong also took out the Pope's Decree and handed it to Shui Bing'er, then ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Haines to cooperate with the Ice God Palace.
After dealing with the matters of the Ice God Palace, Ma Hongjun prepared to head to the central region.
He had been away for some time, and it was time to go home for a visit.
However, before leaving, he needed to establish a spatial teleportation array at the Ice God Palace.
This was the rear base, and it had to be protected!
(End of Chapter)