Inside Zhu Ziyang's spiritual sea, Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux stood before a snow-white jade bead. This jade bead was the Snow Empress's soul.
"Teacher, wake her up," Zhu Ziyang said.
"Alright." Electrolux nodded, then waved his hand, lightly sweeping over the Snow Empress's soul bead. Immediately, the snow-white jade bead began to tremble. Seeing this, Electrolux calmly said, "No need to pretend. Since you're awake, come out."
The jade bead's trembling intensified. Under Zhu Ziyang's gaze, it slowly shattered, transforming into an exquisite woman. The woman wore a long dress, her long hair reaching her feet. Her gaze was indifferent, her expression slightly cold, as she quietly watched Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux. Without a doubt, she was the Snow Empress.
Zhu Ziyang was very surprised. He had expected the Snow Empress to cause a huge fuss after waking up, but she was unexpectedly calm. This saved a lot of trouble; at least there was no need to discipline her first. It seemed she already understood that her current situation did not allow her to act presumptuously.
"Shameless humans, what do you want to do?" Although she had already resigned herself to her fate, the Snow Empress's proud nature made her still speak defiantly. She said, "You have already stolen my cultivation and imprisoned my soul. What more do you want?"
"Snow Empress, hello. As future partners, I think it's necessary for me to introduce myself first." Zhu Ziyang didn't mind the Snow Empress's attitude and smiled, saying, "My name is Zhu Ziyang, fifteen years old, a peerless genius with Ultimate Light and Ultimate Ice. This is my teacher, a peerless powerhouse from another World, the Necromantic Saint Magic God, Electrolux."
"God?!" A slight change appeared on the Snow Empress's face. Clearly, Electrolux's identity greatly shocked her. Had she not chosen to abandon her Spirit Beast body and become human precisely to achieve God Position?
"Soul Spirit, which is your current state, is a contract system developed by my teacher that allows Spirit Beasts and Spirit Masters to coexist. I believe you can feel it too," Zhu Ziyang continued. "This means that as long as I can achieve God Position, you will also follow me into the God Realm. Isn't this what you hoped for?"
Zhu Ziyang's words were half-truths, as he didn't know if he could ultimately achieve God Position. After all, God Position was too ethereal. However, this was the only thing he could use as leverage. After all, the Snow Empress's cultivation was as high as 700,000 years. If not for the World's rules being too harsh on the Spirit Beast race, she wouldn't have needed to take human form. And the result she sought by taking human form, wasn't it to achieve God Position?
Now, Zhu Ziyang told her that as long as he achieved God Position, she wouldn't even need any cultivation and would simultaneously achieve God Position. Zhu Ziyang didn't believe the Snow Empress wouldn't be tempted by such an offer!
"How can I trust you?" As expected, the Snow Empress's expression softened, showing a hint of desire, and she said, "How can I trust that you can achieve God Position? Although this World favors humans, transcending to God Position is not as simple as just saying it!"
"I have great confidence in myself!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile. He wanted to say that he had already gained the favor of a god, but he couldn't, so he could only start from his own talent, saying, "Have you ever seen a human who possesses two Ultimate attributes simultaneously? And I am only fifteen years old this year. I am confident I can reach Titled Douluo before I turn thirty. I have enough time to seek the footsteps of the gods!"
"Your talent is indeed extraordinary." The Snow Empress was silent for a moment, then said, "But to convince me with just that is not enough, because there are too many talented humans, yet throughout history, only those few from ten thousand years ago achieved God Position. I need another guarantee!"
The Snow Empress's gaze fell upon Electrolux. Without a doubt, she needed Electrolux's guarantee. She said, "You are very strong. To be able to research an existence like the Soul Spirit that changes the World's rules, you are the strongest human I have ever seen!"
"Hehe, this little girl is quite clever!" Electrolux chuckled faintly, "What you are worried about is nothing more than Ziyang ultimately failing to gain the favor of this World's gods. On this point, you don't need to worry at all. Because in my vision, if Ziyang cannot obtain a God Position before the age of fifty, then I will demand that he create his own God Position!"
"!" Electrolux's extremely arrogant words made both Zhu Ziyang and the Snow Empress widen their eyes. Zhu Ziyang heard Electrolux's expectations for him for the first time. While touched, he also felt a bit unconvinced. His teacher was being overly worried. If not for the warning from that unknown god, he would definitely show him!
"Haha, of course, I'm just listing the worst-case scenario." Electrolux laughed heartily and said, "Unless the gods of this World are all blind, it's impossible for Ziyang's talent to stop at the mortal realm. If those gods truly are blind, then what's wrong with us creating our own God Position? A mere God Position is a trivial matter for me, the Necromantic Saint Magic God! At that time, what if we even charge into the God Realm?"
Electrolux was truly too arrogant, making even the Snow Empress, who considered herself proud, look at him with new respect. Zhu Ziyang was even more exhilarated, and couldn't help but recall his chanting verse when he first met Electrolux: "Holding the sun and moon, plucking the stars, there is no one like me in this World!" It was truly too fitting!
"I admit, you have convinced me!" The Snow Empress finally lowered her proud head and said, "I am willing to become Zhu Ziyang's Soul Spirit, but if in the future Zhu Ziyang fails to lead me into the God Realm, or if he becomes engrossed in the splendor of the human World and loses the motivation to advance, then I will self-destruct without hesitation!"
This was both a threat and a spur. Zhu Ziyang could only immediately say, "You can rest assured, that day will absolutely never come!"
After speaking, he also gave Electrolux a helpless look. Electrolux also gave him a helpless look. Neither of them had expected that the Snow Empress would discover the hidden door of the Soul Spirit System so quickly.
Although the Soul Spirit System was constructed according to Electrolux's plan, it ultimately belonged to the World's rules. The moment it was established, it was no longer under Electrolux's control and automatically made improvements and restrictions. The stronger the Spirit Beast's power, the greater the autonomy it possessed after becoming a Soul Spirit. Like the Snow Empress, her 700,000 years of cultivation before her death allowed her to retain most of her power after becoming a Soul Spirit, while also possessing the same degree of spirit ring control as Zhu Ziyang.
This autonomy was reflected in the spirit rings. Specifically, the four crimson-gold Soul Spirit spirit rings could be regarded as either Zhu Ziyang's spirit rings or the Snow Empress's spirit rings.
Normally, Zhu Ziyang would be the primary controller, but when the relationship between the Snow Empress and Zhu Ziyang broke down, this autonomy would come into play, giving the Snow Empress the possibility of self-destructing the spirit rings, thereby causing Zhu Ziyang to directly lose four spirit ring slots. With missing spirit ring slots, the best outcome would be a decrease of four major cultivation realms.
This was the World Will's patch for the Soul Spirit System, and also an adjustment to the relationship between Spirit Masters and Soul Spirits. Perhaps it would be further improved in the future, but for now, it could only maintain this level. Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux had not anticipated this.
"I believe you!" The Snow Empress looked deeply at Zhu Ziyang, then said, "Release my body. Let the Snow Empress Soul Spirit truly appear in the World!"
"Alright!" Zhu Ziyang's face broke into a brilliant smile, and he immediately summoned the Soul Spirit embryo from the crimson-gold spirit ring.
The moment the Soul Spirit embryo appeared in the spiritual sea, the Snow Empress felt a strong attraction and familiarity. This Soul Spirit embryo was truly a complex relationship for her.
It could be said to be her new body, as she was about to merge with it and it contained most of her cultivation. It could also be said to be her child, as it was born from her bloodline and origin. However, if viewed this way, wouldn't it mean she gave birth to herself... The Snow Empress's face flushed slightly, and then she unhesitatingly threw herself into the Soul Spirit embryo.
As the Snow Empress's soul entered the Soul Spirit embryo, the final step in the birth of the Soul Spirit was completed. The spherical Soul Spirit embryo immediately emitted a faint light. In the anticipation of Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux, it gradually began to change. A layer of eggshell slowly appeared on the surface of the embryo, and the entire embryo transformed into a snow-white egg.
"This..." Zhu Ziyang was dumbfounded, staring blankly at the egg, quite speechless.
"Haha, it seems we'll have to wait a while!" Electrolux, however, was very happy, laughing heartily and saying, "That's good, at least this way there won't be any loopholes."
"Sigh!" Zhu Ziyang sighed. He had thought he would immediately get the Snow Empress Soul Spirit, but he didn't expect to have to wait. It was truly torturous. He hoped this was just a special treatment for the first Soul Spirit. If all future Soul Spirits were like this, then the Soul Spirit System would still need further optimization!
Ahem, he was thinking a bit too much. Zhu Ziyang placed the Soul Spirit egg on the spiritual island in his spiritual sea, next to the Silver Dragon Wolf's soul crystal, and his gaze fell upon this silver-white crystal, lost in thought.
After the Silver Dragon Wolf awakens, will he be able to have a second Soul Spirit?