After listening to Little Phoenix's words, Shen Hanyu fell into brief contemplation.
After many years of nourishment by Shen Hanyu and the enhancement from his divinity, the current grade of the Cold Heaven Spear was only one step away from becoming a true god-level weapon. Yet that final step was like a bottomless abyss, extremely difficult to cross.
Not only did it require sufficient energy and resources, but the amount of effort and care involved was also no small amount. At the instant the Cold Heaven Spear successfully stepped into god-level, Shen Hanyu could not guarantee with certainty that there would be no heavenly tribulation or other troubles descending…
After careful consideration, Shen Hanyu still abandoned this idea.
First, although the Ice God Sword was damaged, it had, after all, once been among the very top batch of divine weapons. How much of its power remained was hard to determine, but wanting to smelt a top-grade divine weapon from it was, in the end, extremely difficult, even to the point that there was practically no corresponding method.
Second was Shen Hanyu's own plan. He actually wasn't in a hurry to raise the grade of the Cold Heaven Spear. As long as his own strength progressed, the natural feedback would descend upon the Cold Heaven Spear. It becoming a divine weapon was only a matter of time; he was not impatient for this moment.
After all, with his current strength, he was already sufficient to sweep across the entire Douluo plane. Of course, this statement was not absolute.
Little Phoenix seemed to have guessed Shen Hanyu's thoughts. She secretly moved close to Shen Hanyu's side and whispered a few sentences, then shook her head on his shoulder, mumbling that she was sleepy, before directly lying down on Shen Hanyu's shoulder and falling asleep…
Shen Hanyu found it somewhat amusing. He gently pried the tiny ice-blue phoenix off his shoulder and carefully placed her inside the soul guide device, letting her rest properly for a while.
Snow Empress let out a light hum but said nothing more.
Afterward, Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress wandered around in the spiritual inner world for a bit before together exiting the spiritual inner world and reappearing in the huge, empty, cold space once more.
His gaze swept the surroundings. Shen Hanyu moved his steps and slowly arrived in front of these enormous, strange ore stone walls.
Snow Empress also slowly followed behind Shen Hanyu's pace, her gaze likewise slowly scanning the surroundings.
As his palm touched the ice-cold stone wall, Shen Hanyu suddenly exerted force. A piece of ore the size of a goose egg was directly pried off by him. With a forceful grip from Shen Hanyu, a muffled sound rang out between his palms…
As Shen Hanyu slowly opened his hand, a chunk of black-blue "metal" appeared directly in his palm.
Snow Empress slowly took the piece of "metal" full of impurities from Shen Hanyu's hand. She frowned, and only after a moment did she softly say:
"What a strange metal. While its toughness far exceeds ordinary metals, it can actually absorb a portion of energy…"
Shen Hanyu gave a light smile and said:
"Far more than just energy, even spiritual power is included. This metal seems to have been born under the catalysis of the special magnetic field emitted by the Ice God Sword. Now, it has conveniently become ours…"
Snow Empress glanced at Shen Hanyu, then said:
"You want to take away all the raw ore here?"
Shen Hanyu decisively shook his head and said:
"Dozens of tons of raw ore material, at least. How could I possibly take it all by myself? If possible, we can talk about it later when the chance comes…"
Snow Empress gave a hum, then said:
"You sure care about a lot…"
Shen Hanyu smiled helplessly. He stepped forward and slowly wrapped his arms around Snow Empress's waist, softly saying:
"Xue'er, you understand my personality the best…"
"For possible benefits, there is no way I would pretend not to see them…"
Snow Empress hugged him back, pulled open Shen Hanyu's robe, then fiercely bit down once. Only after a moment did she say:
"I understand you. Alright, there's nothing left here. Let's return to the palace. With this stupid bird helping, the two years we originally planned can at least be shortened to one year. The time after that will all belong to us…"
Shen Hanyu's eyes carried a smile as he gently nodded…
…
The facts were exactly as Snow Empress had said.
With the help of the Ice God Sword and Little Phoenix, the so-called god trial proceeded with exceptional smoothness.
Just as Little Phoenix and Snow Empress had said, when two Limit Douluo underwent a god trial, those questions that seemed incomparably difficult in ordinary people's eyes were like child's play in their view, easy and pleasant…
It even carried a slight sense of boredom.
During this period, Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress stayed holed up in the palace, perfecting the god trial, and paid almost no attention to anything happening outside.
During this time, Xiao Bai had come twice, but nearly ran into Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress while they were "diligently cultivating." Fortunately, the two were cautious enough and had left a soul power barrier in advance; otherwise, it would have turned into quite the embarrassment…
At the same time, Xiao Bai also brought them a rough update on the current situation in the Extreme North.
After Snow Empress and Ice Emperor left, no major incidents had occurred in the Extreme North.
The Ice Jade Scorpion clan now had a new Scorpion King, and the foreign clans did not know that Ice Emperor had already departed, so no problems had arisen.
As for the Titan Snow Demon clan, they had been steadily developing without making any big moves.
Hearing this news, Snow Empress let out a light sigh of relief. Only those tens of thousands of years could give the perfect answer to the depths of the Extreme North…
Little Phoenix seemed extremely curious about the Extreme North. She ran out alone to wander around, fully displaying her sense of direction. Even with the help of spiritual power, she still nearly failed to find her way back.
Shen Hanyu could only let out a low sigh. He finally understood why the Ice God had not let her participate in the war back then…
With that level of intelligence, forget participating in a divine war—even eating a meal could choke her to death…
However, Little Phoenix's carefree, heartless state was actually quite nice. At least she had no worries or troubles. Aside from occasionally wanting to stick close to Shen Hanyu and getting thrown out of the palace by Snow Empress like a fluffy ball, the rest of the time she was exceedingly happy.
…
Time advanced with abnormal speed amid the desolation.
Before long, more than half a year had passed peacefully. Shen Hanyu and Snow Empress were also completing the god trial at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people.
During this period, the two of them had once erupted into a great battle in the core zone that was enough to shatter heaven and earth.
In this battle, Shen Hanyu had held back nearly all his lethal trump cards, while Snow Empress had used every single one of hers, going all out, even bringing out the Ice God Sword to assist. Yet she was still casually defeated by Shen Hanyu, who even teased Snow Empress a few times along the way.
After this battle, Shen Hanyu also truly witnessed the power of the Ice God Sword.
Even though it was severely damaged and broken, in Snow Empress's hands, its might was still enough to threaten Shen Hanyu… his robe. It could only be said that, as expected of a once top-tier divine weapon, even in its current state, the power it could erupt with could not be underestimated.
This battle also attracted countless powerful soul beasts from the Extreme North to come investigate the situation. Snow Empress took this chance to thoroughly understand the current state of the Extreme North and announced that she might need to leave the Extreme North for a period of time. In the middle of it, she also beat the Titan Snow Demon King, who harbored ill intentions and attempted to seize power, until he could no longer take care of himself. In the end, he was carried back by his clansmen…
Regarding this, Shen Hanyu merely watched coldly from the sidelines.
If he had taken action, the Titan Snow Demon King wouldn't even have needed to be carried back…
However, for now, he was still somewhat useful. At least in the future, perhaps one of the girls might be able to use his soul ring and soul bone…
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