After listening to Shuang Ying's words, the Ice Empress remained silent and did not respond.
Shen Hanyu continued speaking:
"See that? Except for that sea soul beast, all the others willingly sacrificed themselves. I'm sure you can tell the difference in circumstances. Becoming a god is not an impossible thing, as long as we work together with one heart, this will only be the starting point..."
The Ice Empress nodded silently, her gaze sweeping across the endless snow plains, her eyes filled with complexity and reluctance, reaching its peak especially when she looked toward the depths.
Tian Meng also timely added:
"Bing Bing, trust me, bro likes you so much—how could I bear to trick you? Hanyu isn't a bad person. Once you get to know him, you'll discover he's excessively good to his companions. Time will prove everything I've said..."
The Ice Empress glanced at the tiny ice silkworm baby on Shen Hanyu's shoulder but did not reply.
Her mood right now was extremely complicated and hesitant.
In an instant, going from the second strongest in the Extreme North to a prisoner, it didn't feel good at all. Her instincts made her desperately want to kill Shen Hanyu to vent her hatred, but the imprint in her mental sea told her that would only be a delusion.
The moment she showed any abnormal movement, this imprint would unhesitatingly take her along with it into oblivion. It had practically become a sharp blade hanging over her heart.
"Alright, even as Tian Meng said, time is the most effective tool to prove right and wrong. Now, take us to the Snow Empress..."
Shen Hanyu said softly, while also letting out a sigh of relief.
He had only just learned the correct way to use this bead, or rather, the bead itself had told him. And at the very end, he seemed to have heard an extremely faint laugh...
The Ice Empress suddenly raised her head, a trace of wariness appearing in her eyes as she asked:
"Find the Snow Empress? What do you want to do? Xue'er is not as easy to talk to as I am. I advise you not to court death."
Shen Hanyu silently found it somewhat amusing. Among the three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North, the one who was actually the easiest to talk to was precisely the Snow Empress. As an ice and snow spirit born from heaven and earth, the calm wisdom possessed by the Snow Empress was in no way inferior to that of humans; in fact, it even slightly surpassed them.
"Very simple. Your cultivation years and attributes are too low; you're not suitable to become my ninth soul ring. I hope you will become the fourth soul ring of my second martial soul."
Shen Hanyu said softly. At the same time, he switched martial souls. A formless, terrifying aura spread out. The horrifying dragon might caused even the Ice Empress to involuntarily retreat a step in shock.
One blue and one red god-level soul ring slowly rotated, emanating a presence that did not belong to soul power. Shen Hanyu himself was also dyed by this aura, his presence becoming even stronger and more mysterious. For a moment, even the Ice Empress could not see through him.
"This is...?"
The Ice Empress hesitated for a moment before asking.
"God-level soul rings formed from the two first-level gods, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings."
Shen Hanyu explained softly, then slowly withdrew his martial soul and soul rings.
The Ice Empress silently nodded, then with difficulty, took her first step, leading Shen Hanyu to disappear into the vast flying snow.
...
Extreme North.
Core Area.
There was almost no wind or snow here, only sparse, tiny snowflakes slowly drifting down. It was practically a different world from the terrifying environment outside.
But the temperature here had dropped to the absolute limit; in just an instant, an ordinary person would be frozen into an ice sculpture. Thus, the lifeforms that existed here were the rarest and strongest in the entire Extreme North.
It could be said that within the core area, there were no soul beasts below fifty thousand years, and every one of them was of extremely high quality.
Two streams of light, one in front and one behind, appeared here; it was none other than the Ice Empress and Shen Hanyu.
Shen Hanyu casually condensed a trace of ice frost and said with a smile:
"This place is very suitable for ice-attribute soul beasts like you to survive."
The Ice Empress stared in shock at the power of the attribute in Shen Hanyu's hand and exclaimed:
"You actually possess Ultimate Ice..."
Shen Hanyu smiled and nodded in acknowledgment.
The Ice Empress fell silent once again. After a long while, she finally said:
"You are not only a terrifying human, but an extremely perverted human as well. At the very least, you are the first human I have ever met who possesses Ultimate Ice..."
"I am honored."
Shen Hanyu replied with a smile.
Because there was no howling wind on these snow plains, one could see extremely far into the distance. The eyesight of soul masters was outstandingly good, and Shen Hanyu's was even more exceptional. His million-year spiritual skull bone had strengthened his perception and spiritual force to an unimaginable degree.
Tian Meng also sighed with emotion:
"I never thought that after so many years, bro would actually be able to return to this place. Back then, it was right here that bro broke through to eight hundred thousand years..."
Before Tian Meng could finish speaking, the Ice Empress said in a voice cold to the extreme:
"And then you ate up every last bit of that enormous quantity of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow? Do you know that if you had left even just a tiny portion, Xue'er and I could have..."
Speaking to this point, the Ice Empress gnashed her teeth in hatred, almost wanting to roast Tian Meng on the spot.
Tian Meng shrank back in fear behind Shen Hanyu, not daring to meet the Ice Empress's gaze.
Back then, how could it have known? Having food and sleep made it feel like the happiest ice silkworm under heaven. It never paid any attention to changes in the outside world. By the time it finally went out, the entire Extreme North had almost turned upside down...
The Ice Empress coldly snorted, quickened her pace once more, her little short legs nearly overtaking Shen Hanyu's long legs.
Shen Hanyu found it inexplicably amusing and quickly followed.
After crossing one gentle slope after another, a massive, gorgeous, and exquisite crystal palace suddenly appeared on the plain in the distance.
Shen Hanyu slightly narrowed his eyes. He estimated that the height of this palace exceeded at least a hundred meters; it could be called one of the most stunning structures in the present age.
The Ice Empress also spoke indifferently:
"The Snow Empress usually resides here. You... good luck."
...
As they stepped into the palace, a terrifying chill swept over them. There seemed to be a faint, elegant fragrance in the surrounding air, causing Shen Hanyu to be momentarily stunned.
But it was only a brief stun. Shen Hanyu continued following the Ice Empress deeper inside.
This was clearly a grand hall. The height of the hall was absurdly tall, entirely constructed from the hardest, profound ice; ordinary Soul Ancestors wouldn't be able to damage it in the slightest. And high above, on a magnificent throne made of pale blue ice crystals, a figure that could be called nearly perfect was sitting sideways. Her spotlessly white jade-like calves and feet were exposed to the air, involuntarily causing one's heartbeat to quicken. She was truly a peerless beauty, cold as ice yet overflowing with charm.
Narrowing his eyes slightly, Shen Hanyu boldly sized up the woman before him, who was as noble and elegant as a queen.
The Snow Empress's appearance was that of a human: long, snow-white hair hanging down her back all the way to her feet, sky-blue eyes ethereal and transparent, as if they could see through everything in the world. Her slender and perfect figure was flawless. Although the white long dress she wore had not a single decoration, it made her appear so noble, peerless, and immaculate, like winter plum blossoms in the snow, outstanding and extraordinary, proudly defying frost.
The Snow Empress also noticed the arrival of the Ice Empress and the other. A trace of joy appeared in her sky-blue eyes, but the moment she saw Shen Hanyu, it abruptly vanished, replaced by a trace of emotion and struggle.
"Human..."
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