Douluo Continent: A Review of the Top Ten Martial Souls, Qian Renxue Breaks Through Defenses

Chapter 138 Shui Binger

"Om-"

An icy blue light emanated from Shui Bing'er's body, reflecting off the illusory image of the ice phoenix behind her.

On her chest, a piece of emerald green soul bone was emitting a soft glow—it was the soul bone of a 100,000-year-old Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, a treasure she had successfully fused with three years ago in the depths of the far north after a near-death experience.

This soul bone not only endowed her with the terrifying area-of-effect skill "Ice Explosion," but also gave her a unique talent domain—"Absolute Zero Domain."

When the domain is activated, the temperature within a radius of 100 meters will plummet to near absolute zero, all energy flow will almost come to a standstill, and the enemy's actions and soul power circulation will be extremely suppressed.

At this moment, this soul bone is resonating with her martial soul and soul rings on a deep level.

"coming……"

Shui Bing'er suddenly opened her eyes.

Her pupils were a pure ice blue, and deep within them seemed to be the phantom of an ice phoenix soaring.

His gaze was clear and calm, yet it carried a detached indifference that looked down upon all living beings—a unique quality of a divine beast-level martial soul holder.

She sensed it.

That mysterious calling, that "Goddess Ranking" that had consecutively listed seven powerful women, finally... turned its gaze to the far north, to Ice Phoenix Valley, and to her.

"Fourth on the Goddess Ranking..."

Shui Bing'er softly uttered the location, a hint of anticipation flashing in her eyes, "What kind of reward will it be?"

For the past three years, she has been cultivating diligently in the far north, detached from worldly affairs. However, she has heard about the changes in the outside world from human soul masters who occasionally venture into the far north to hunt for soul rings.

Hyotei made the list, freezing thousands of miles.

The Demon Emperor has made the list, and the deep sea is in an uproar.

Poseidon ascends to the list, and the sea god descends.

Bibi Dong made the list, the final realm.

Snow Empress made the list, possessing the bloodline of the Ice God.

Ning Rongrong made the list, with nine precious glazed tiles.

Qianrenxue made the list, and the angels awakened.

Each person on the list has received unimaginable good fortune, and their strength has undergone a dramatic transformation.

And now, it's her turn.

“What I want…” Shui Bing’er slowly stood up, her ice-blue dress fluttering even without wind.

"It is a power that allows me... to truly touch the realm of the gods."

The moment the words fell—

"boom--!!!"

The sky above Ice Phoenix Valley was torn apart by an indescribable force!

It wasn't a crack, but... the collapse of the entire sky!

The ninth extraordinary phenomenon has arrived!
But this time, the way it descended was completely different from the previous eight times.

No beams of light descended, no phantom of a leaderboard appeared beforehand, but instead... the sky itself transformed into a gigantic, ice-blue eye!
Those eyes stretched for miles, their pupils reflecting the phantom of an ice phoenix soaring, while icy blue flames burned along the edges of their eyelids.

In the blink of an eye, the temperature in the entire far north plummeted by thirty degrees, and even the wind and snow seemed to freeze.

All beings gazing up at this "Heavenly Eye," whether human or spirit beast, felt as if their souls were frozen, their thoughts stagnated, and even the emotion of fear could not arise.

That was a gaze that transcended the realm of ordinary understanding.

It was the gaze cast by some being that transcends the laws of nature.

“Ice Phoenix… Divine Eye…” Outside Ice Phoenix Valley, the Ice Emperor’s expression changed drastically as she recognized the origin of the eye.

That was the supreme divine power of the ancient Ice Phoenix clan. "Legend has it that only Ice Phoenixes with bloodline purity reaching the level of divine beasts can trigger celestial phenomena and condense the 'Ice Phoenix Divine Eye' when breaking through to a certain realm... This girl's martial soul is actually this pure?!"

Wuhun City, the Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong suddenly stood up, her dark golden eyes fixed on the giant, icy blue eye in the northern sky. "This pressure... has already surpassed the Snow Empress's awakened Ice God bloodline!"

Her voice was low and tinged with disbelief, "Ice Phoenix... a divine beast-level martial soul... just what is the background of this Shui Bing'er?!"

The deep sea, the Demon Emperor's palace.

"An unpleasant aura..."

The Demon Emperor frowned, and the abyssal demonic energy around him became stagnant because of the gaze of that eye.

"Ultimate ice is troublesome enough, and now there's something even purer... Why does this era keep producing beings that can restrain me?"

The high seas, the prow of Poseidon's ship.

"Ice Phoenix...the supreme existence of avian martial souls."

Poseidon sighed softly, "Once this kind of martial spirit matures, the combination of its flight ability and ice control ability will make it almost invincible in aerial combat. Moreover, judging from the scale of this phenomenon... her potential is probably no less than that of the Snow Empress."

The far north core, a cave of eternal ice.

The Snow Emperor slowly walked out of the Xuanbing Cave, looked up at the Ice Phoenix Divine Eye, and a strange light flashed in her icy blue eyes.

"The Ice Phoenix... is a natural ice and snow creature, just like my Ice and Snow Maiden, but they have taken completely different paths."

She murmured to herself, "I represent the 'stillness' and 'eternity' of ice and snow, while she represents the 'movement' and 'soaring' of ice and snow... Interesting."

Meanwhile, inside Ice Phoenix Valley.

Shui Bing'er looked up at the huge ice-blue eye in the sky. Instead of feeling fear, she felt a resonance deep in her blood.

She could feel that eye "looking" at her, scrutinizing her martial spirit, her soul bone, her soul ring, her soul... and her potential.

"Are you qualified?" she asked softly.

As if in response to her question, the pupils of the Ice Phoenix Divine Eye in the sky suddenly contracted!
The next moment, the illusory image of the soaring ice phoenix deep in the pupils let out a clear and melodious cry that pierced the heavens and the earth!

"唳——!!!"

As the cry rang out, the Ice Phoenix Divine Eye shattered with a deafening roar!

Countless icy blue specks of light spilled from the shattered eyes, like a rain of light covering the entire far north.

Wherever the light rain passed, ice and snow sublimated, transforming into pure ice-attribute energy that flowed into the bodies of every ice and snow creature.

Countless soul beasts in the far north received a great fortune at this moment, their cultivation bottlenecks loosened, and their bloodline purity increased.

But the greatest shower of light converged towards Ice Phoenix Valley and towards Shui Bing'er!

The moment when the rain of light completely converges—

"Om-"

A gigantic phantom of a ranking list finally materialized in the sky.

The border of the list is made of interwoven patterns of ice crystal phoenix feathers, each feather is lifelike, as if it may take flight at any moment.

Nine ice-blue gems are inlaid on the border, corresponding to the mysteries of the nine laws of ice and snow.

In the center of the list, Shui Bing'er's figure stands on the ice lotus platform.

Behind her, the phantom of an ice phoenix spread its wings, seven spirit rings floated, and the spirit bone on her chest glowed. Her whole demeanor was as aloof as an immortal, yet she also carried the majesty of a divine beast.

Immediately afterwards, the list information flooded into the consciousness of all those who looked up to it.

[Fourth on the Goddess Ranking: Shui Bing'er]

Age: 19

[Affiliation: Formerly Tianshui Academy, now cultivators from the far north]

[Identity: Holder of the Extreme Cold Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, inheritor of a divine beast-level Martial Soul]

[Cultivation Level: Level 75 Soul Saint]

[Martial Soul: Extreme Cold Ice Phoenix]

(End of this chapter)