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Chapter 437 The Ice Emperor turns into a human being
With a wave of his hand, Tang San summoned the blue sphere above his martial soul, which then floated into his hand.

"Transactions are based on mutual benefit; only when both parties benefit will a deal be reached. Admittedly, I hope you can become human so that I can use the power of the Heavenly Dream to transform the dissipated energy into a soul ring."

"The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm originally intended to create a second Martial Soul, but to be honest, even if I were given another Martial Soul, I don't know where to find that many Soul Rings. Moreover, my soul and body could not possibly support the power of twenty-seven Soul Rings; I would probably explode."

Tang San estimated that the reason why the prototype of the martial soul created by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm failed was probably not just because it was captured by the Rakshasa martial soul, but also because of the body's self-protection mechanism. Two martial souls with attached spirit rings were already the limit of Tang San's body. If he added nine more spirit rings, he would definitely explode.

Although the initial form of the martial soul failed, it left behind a prototype of the ice attribute. Tang San was familiar with this; it was the same as the inner core of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent. By transforming it, he could create a soul ring.

The problem now is that Tang San used the power of the Blood Sea when he converted the inner core of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, but there is no Blood Sea now, so he can only find other ways, such as the energy generated when a soul beast transforms into a human. Coincidentally, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is also ice-attribute, so ice-attribute soul power can be used to convert it.

Tang San looked at Bingdi and Xuedi and said, "For the nascent form of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's martial soul to transform, it must be compatible with its ultimate ice power, and only Bingdi and Xuedi's soul power can meet that requirement. If you are willing to transform into human form and help me transform my soul rings, I will not treat you unfairly."

Tang San reached into his Ruyi Treasure Pouch and took out an item—the Xuanbing Marrow that the male soul master of the Nine Heart Begonia had given him. Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu had already left with Oscar's body and buried him, so the Xuanbing Marrow was naturally returned to Tang San.

"Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow!" Titan Snow Demon King exclaimed upon seeing the item in Tang San's hand. The Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow was the supreme treasure of the Ice Soul Beast, equivalent to an ice-attribute immortal item. However, the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow was only rich in energy but had no special effects.

"I obtained this by chance. It's useless to me, but it should be a great tonic for you Ice Soul Beasts."

Whatever a Nine-Hearted Begonia Soul Master collects could not be ordinary.

"If I successfully become a god, then our deal will remain valid. If I unfortunately fail to become a god, then I can at least gamble that you soul beasts will keep your promise and continue to protect the future of the Haotian Sect."

Tang San looked at Xue Di, extended his hand as if inviting her to dance, and said, "This is not only an opportunity for me to obtain a powerful spirit ring, but also an opportunity for you Ice Spirit Beasts to break free from your shackles. Moreover, from my personal perspective, if something really happens in the ocean in the future and a great war breaks out, joining forces with you Ice Spirit Beasts will greatly increase the survival chances of my Clear Sky Sect disciples in the apocalypse."

The Starry Sky Forest, the Slaughter City, and now the Arctic Continent—if an apocalypse were to occur in the future, even the Haotian Sect would be in grave danger. With these three places, the disciples of the Haotian Sect and the people of Haotian City would at least have somewhere to hide.

The best way to improve our ability to withstand risks is to join forces.

"Let me do it." At this moment, the Ice Emperor took a step forward, and a clear voice came from her icy blue body: "Snow Emperor, don't transform into human form yet. You still need to protect the Arctic Continent. It's not too late for you to transform into human form when my cultivation is complete and I have the ability to protect you."

Seeing how wary Ice Emperor was of him, fearing that he would take advantage of his dissipated power to attack it, Tang San smiled wryly and said, "I've already transformed my spirit rings. There's no conflict of interest between us, so why would I kill you?"

Ice Emperor snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, although you obtained a soul ring by relying on the power of that insect, you don't have a soul bone. When a soul beast transforms into a human, both the soul bone and the body will be reshaped, and you won't get a soul bone." Tang San shrugged and then threw the Profound Ice Marrow to Ice Emperor, saying, "Then you underestimate me a bit. A 300,000-year-old soul bone is indeed very precious, but I don't lack soul bones."

Tang San has no shortage of soul bones; he currently has three external soul bones, whereas a normal soul bone would only be missing two legs. However, he is missing a great many soul rings.

With seven spirit rings for the Clear Sky Hammer spirit, Tang San is still short at least two spirit rings. With four spirit rings for the Rakshasa spirit, he is short five! If each of his subsequent spirit rings is over 100,000 years old, then Tang San will have seven more opportunities to acquire spirit bones.

The soul bones are overflowing!
"Moreover, it's not worth it to ruin the friendship between the Haotian Sect and the Arctic Continent for a 300,000-year-old soul bone."

A cooperative friendship with a spirit beast's territory is far more valuable than a 300,000-year-old spirit bone.

This is why Xue Di didn't ignore Tang San's suggestion as she had initially looked down on Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. The protection of the Haotian Sect could truly break the predicament of 100,000-year-old soul beasts, which was completely different from the wisdom soul ring that Tianmeng Ice Silkworm mentioned.

"Come with me," the Snow Empress said to Tang San and the Ice Empress, and then led them to an ice and snow room deep within the Ice God Palace.

"Tianmeng, it's up to you now," Tang San said to Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.

"Don't worry, Third Master, leave it to me. I guarantee I'll convert all the excess extreme ice soul power into soul rings!" The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's platinum soul rings enveloped Tang San's entire body, and then his soul form stood ready.

"Although your combat strength is lacking, you are indeed very good at being a support." Tang San also praised Tianmeng Ice Silkworm. From a support perspective, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm is really good.

Back then, Tang San had to control the transformation of the inner cores of the Ten Fiery Sun Serpents, but now, with the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, Tang San doesn't even need to lift a finger.

Seeing that Tang San was ready, Bingdi didn't dawdle. For a 100,000-year-old soul beast, transforming into a human was just like breathing. As long as they wanted, they could transform into a human at any time, and even the cultivation method for transforming into a human had always existed in their souls.

Amidst the pervasive icy mist, Hyotei radiated a peculiar light as his body gradually and silently vanished.

This was the first time Tang San had ever seen a soul beast transform into a human. If he hadn't known that Ice Emperor was transforming, he would have thought that Ice Emperor's body had melted. But for Ice Emperor herself, it wasn't melting, but burning. Only by burning its own body's essence could this effect be produced. Otherwise, given the toughness of its body, even a Title Douluo couldn't easily harm it.

However, Hyotei did not melt completely; only the outer shell fused together. Instead, the flesh and blood of the body were coagulating. It was even visible to the naked eye that the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was developing hands and feet as if a fetus was growing inside. A humanoid creature was quietly emerging from Hyotei's body.

(End of this chapter)