She found herself suspended in a completely unfamiliar world.
The sky was shattered like a spider web, the earth was cracked and bottomless, and the distant, broken mountains looked like scars torn apart by a tremendous force.
There wasn't a trace of the familiar ice element in the air, nor could she feel any power that belonged to her.
Here, she is no longer the Ice Emperor who has roamed the far north for hundreds of thousands of years, but merely a weak soul isolated and helpless.
The next second, an enormous figure appeared before her.
The figure stood tall and imposing, shrouded in inky black divine light, obscuring its face. One could only sense the terrifying pressure that commanded all things in heaven and earth to submit.
Before this figure, Hyotei was as insignificant as a speck of dust.
She found herself unable to even move; the absolute oppression from the depths of her soul prevented her from having any thought of resistance.
It was as if what stood before her was the very law of the world.
"Now, do you still think I'm not qualified?"
Huo Yuhao's voice became incredibly loud at this moment, like a god from the heavens issuing a judgment.
The sound wasn't harsh, but it pierced Hyotei's soul like a resounding bell, crushing her last shred of resistance into dust.
She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but the oppressive aura prevented her from uttering a single syllable.
Before she could respond, the figure in front of her and the shattered world vanished in an instant, and her consciousness was abruptly pulled back to reality.
In reality, Hyotei, who was secretly gathering strength for a desperate fight, was now completely exhausted.
The disdain and arrogance in her bright yellow eyes were gone, replaced by deep fear.
That was a fear of absolute power etched deep into the soul.
She looked at the unremarkable human boy in front of her, curled up in the remains of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, who had even stopped struggling.
She knew that what she had just experienced was not an illusion.
The terrifying pressure that made her forget to breathe, the towering figure of a god, and the shattered yet majestic spiritual world were all real.
The boy before me is not human. He is a god.
A true god who descended to earth.
"Now, can we talk properly?" Huo Yuhao withdrew the lingering dark light from his fingertips, tucked his hands back into his sleeves, and spoke in a calm voice as if nothing had happened.
Hyotei was curled up inside that golden light membrane, her whole body still trembling slightly, and her crystal yellow hexagonal eyes were churning with a storm that had not yet subsided.
She heard Huo Yuhao's words, but her consciousness seemed to remain in that shattered mental world, and for a moment she did not respond.
Tianmeng Bingcan, who was standing to the side, felt heartbroken. The fist-sized golden light circled around Bingdi twice before she finally couldn't help but cautiously ask, "Bingbing, what are you thinking right now? Say something."
The voice of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm finally pulled Ice Emperor back from his daze.
She slowly raised her eyes and looked at Tianmeng Ice Silkworm with an extremely complicated expression.
It was hard to tell whether the look in his eyes was anger, resentment, or some kind of inexplicable gratitude.
Then, she turned her gaze to Huo Yuhao, the arrogance and disdain in her eyes had vanished, replaced by deep fear and respect.
Her voice was no longer as cold and arrogant as before, but carried a hint of pleading: "Can... you tell me what exactly you want to do?"
She had already clearly grasped the situation in her mind.
He was trapped inside the million-year-old remains of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, his power was completely suppressed, and he had no room to resist.
The young man before them was a true living god.
Although she didn't know why it had transformed into the form of a human boy, the divine power that had made her soul tremble instinctively was definitely real.
Chapter 91: Cooperation Achieved, Search for the Snow Empress
With his power, killing her would be as easy as snapping his fingers.
But instead of doing so, he gave her a chance to witness his divine power firsthand. He must have had another purpose.
Huo Yuhao glanced sideways at Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm immediately understood his meaning and dared not be negligent in the slightest. She quickly explained the whole story.
From the time it was drained of its soul power by the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest and fled to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, to when it met Huo Yuhao and took the initiative to merge with him.
Then there's Huo Yuhao's desire to use the ice-attribute martial soul it bestowed upon him as a foundation to obtain a second martial soul, and the true goal of this trip.
After listening, Hyotei fell into a deep silence.
She never expected that Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao's real target was not her, but Xue Di.
She never expected that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, which she had always looked down upon as a piece of trash, would actually possess the ability to grant humans a brand new martial soul.
This method far exceeds her understanding of the abilities of soul beasts.
Normally, she would have scoffed at these words, but she had just personally witnessed Huo Yuhao's divine power.
Having personally witnessed how the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, empowered by divine power, exuded a terrifying aura that even she could not match, she had no reason to doubt the truthfulness of these words.
After a long silence, Hyotei suddenly raised her head, her crystal-yellow eyes looking directly at Huo Yuhao, her voice slightly tense: "And what about me?"
Meeting those complex eyes, Huo Yuhao gave a clear answer without the slightest hesitation:
"You can become my second spirit ring. As I said before, your soul can be preserved and live in the Sea of Spirit, in the same state as Tianmeng now."
Upon hearing this, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm immediately shook the ball of golden light up and down like a chick pecking at rice, its tone filled with barely suppressed excitement:
"Yes, yes, yes! Hao-ge's spiritual sea is vast, almost no different from the real world!"
"Bingbing, just agree, then we can be together forever, and I'll chat with you every day to keep you company."
"Get out of here!" Hyotei turned around abruptly and roared, his voice regaining some of its previous sharpness. "Who wants to stay with you!"
She trembled with rage at the sight of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, her emerald green tail hook whipping violently a few times within the light membrane.
She was already furious that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had brought Huo Yuhao, that wicked star, to her.
This good-for-nothing dares to say such outrageous things as "being together" in front of her and a god; he's practically asking for death.
After being scolded like that, the golden light of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm suddenly shrank and obediently fell silent, not daring to even breathe loudly.
Hyotei took several deep breaths, slowly suppressing the rising anger.
After calming down, she looked up at Huo Yuhao, her eyes now clear and composed.
She realized that, given her current state, the 400,000-year tribulation was an almost insurmountable obstacle.
Rather than facing certain death by heavenly tribulation, it's better to seize this opportunity to survive.
She hesitated for a moment, then solemnly said, "I can take you to see the Snow Emperor. Although the Snow Emperor and I are both rulers of the far north, her cultivation is far superior to mine."
"If she doesn't agree, there's nothing I can do."
"It's alright. As long as you speak up, and with my abilities, she will definitely agree." Huo Yuhao's expression remained unchanged, and there was not a trace of hesitation in his tone.
With that said, the alliance between the two humans and the beast was officially formed.
Huo Yuhao nodded slightly to Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, who then quickly activated its golden light to slowly loosen the remains binding the Ice Emperor.
The platinum-gold light membrane receded like the tide, and Hyotei's 1.5-meter-long, dazzling body landed back on the snow, her six long, powerful legs firmly supporting her.
With the power within her body flowing again, Hyotei gently moved her long-bound front claws and tail hooks, feeling the surging ice-attribute soul power that she had regained surge through her body.
She glanced at Huo Yuhao in front of her, then at the smug golden light floating beside him, her expression quite complicated.
For a fleeting moment, she did have the thought of taking action.
Tianmeng is a good-for-nothing who betrays his own people. Although this human boy has terrifying divine power, his soul power is only level 20. If we take advantage of his unpreparedness...
But she ultimately suppressed the thought and obediently tucked the tail hook behind her.
The shattered spiritual world and the towering figure of the deity were still vivid in my mind.
The oppressive force that made her forget to breathe was a fear she would never forget in her life.
Moreover, she knew very well that with her current strength, enduring the 400,000-year heavenly tribulation would almost certainly lead to her death.
Rather than gambling on that slim chance of survival, it's better to place your bets on this god who has inexplicably fallen to the mortal realm.
Even though his power has not yet been restored, a god is still a god.
When he one day regains his divine position, I will also be able to use his light to step into the divine realm and break free from the shackles of fate that prevent soul beasts from becoming gods.
From any perspective, this is far safer than staying in the far north and waiting to die.
"Come with me." Hyotei put aside her myriad thoughts, turned around and flew up, stepping on the thick snow as she headed towards the deepest part of the far north.
Her emerald green tail hook rose high, drawing an elegant arc in the air.
Huo Yuhao followed behind her, the two of them walking side by side across the vast snowfield, slowly heading towards the forbidden zone in the north, a place even the Ice Emperor had to treat with caution and awe.
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Nearly ten thousand meters away from where Huo Yuhao was at this moment was the true core of the far north.
This area is not large in the vast Arctic ice field, but it is quieter than any other place on the outskirts.
There were no roars of spirit beasts, no howls of blizzards, and even the snowflakes seemed to fall more slowly and gently than elsewhere.
Those powerful soul beasts that used to roam freely in the outer areas would all take a detour once they approached this area, as if they were avoiding some kind of invisible majesty.
Because living here is the true master of the far north, and the most powerful being in this icy world, the Snow Queen, the Snow Goddess.
Snowflakes continued to fall from the sky, and in mid-air, a slender figure floated silently.
She was a girl who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, with long, snow-white hair that resembled a waterfall flowing down from the depths of a glacier.
The snow cascaded down from my head to my waist, the tips of my hair almost touching the falling snowflakes.
Her face was so exquisite it was almost unreal, her skin as white as the purest ice and snow, yet radiating a gentle, jade-like glow.
Those sky-blue eyes were ethereal and clear, like two pools of clear spring water condensed from the cloudless northern sky, as if they could see through the essence of all things in the world at a glance.
Her slender and graceful figure was enveloped in a simple white dress, the hem of which swayed gently in the light breeze of the snow.
This made her appear as pure and noble as a snow lotus blooming alone on an icy cliff, defying the snow and frost.
It was as if all the colors in the world seemed superfluous in front of her.
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