Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao, the villain from a parallel world

Ice Emperor has already returned to the position where Huo Yuhao and Snow Emperor merged.

Her six long legs stood firmly on the snow, her bright yellow eyes fixed on a plain little snow slope in front of her.

To outsiders, it was just an ordinary mound covered in snow.

But in her perception, the power contained beneath the snow slope grew stronger day by day from the initial faint spark.

It has now stabilized, like a dormant volcano, its surface calm but its depths harboring enough energy to destroy the world.

"It should be about time," Hyotei muttered to himself.

Nearly a month and a half has passed since Huo Yuhao and Xue Di began their fusion.

Except for the first few days when she left to drive away the soul beasts that were disturbed by the great changes and tried to approach the core area, she stayed here without leaving for a moment.

This not only concerns Xue Di's life, but also her own future path, so she dares not be negligent in the slightest.

In the first ten days, the power emanating from the giant cocoon increased day by day, and the strength of that power even shocked her, the Northern Heavenly King with nearly 400,000 years of cultivation.

Later on, even the lingering effects emanating from the cocoon made her afraid to get too close.

She couldn't imagine the extent of the damage if the energy inside were to fully erupt.

Fortunately, after reaching a certain peak, that power slowly receded, like the tide retreating back into the cocoon, and no longer leaked out at all.

The moment Hyotei finished speaking, the giant cocoon that had been buried in ice and snow for so long suddenly began to tremble violently.

The snow covering the cocoon was shaken off, revealing the crystal-clear cocoon underneath.

After a month and a half of silence, the once airtight cocoon has become almost transparent, and through the thin layer of ice shell, one can clearly see the figure sitting cross-legged inside.

Huo Yuhao's clothes had already been pulverized by the terrifying energy, leaving his naked body exposed within the ice cocoon.

His body was already considered perfect when it was first cleansed by divine power a month and a half ago, and this time, after merging with the Snow Emperor, it underwent another transformative metamorphosis.

He had grown nearly ten centimeters taller than before, and his once slightly thin frame now had the slender and upright features of a young man.

Each muscle is perfectly positioned to cover the bone, neither exaggerated nor weak, as if it were carefully carved from the finest jade.

A faint, lustrous sheen flowed across his skin, and through the cocoon, one could even see the transparent torso bone inside him faintly glowing.

That was the soul bone formed from the Snow Emperor's nearly 700,000 years of cultivation, like a suit of armor carved from ice crystals, tightly fitting the contours of his spine and ribs.

Ice-blue light patterns flowed slowly across the surface of his bones, each flicker perfectly synchronized with the rhythm of his heartbeat.

The next second, Huo Yuhao opened his eyes.

His eyes displayed a strange interplay of two colors: his left eye was deep within an icy white light, like an unmelting glacier in the far north, while his right eye was shrouded in pure black, as deep and unfathomable as an abyss.

Two distinct lights slowly swirled, intertwined, and merged in his pupils, as if ice and darkness had achieved a delicate balance within him.

The giant cocoon burst open in an instant.

Countless crystalline fragments scattered like stars in the sky, transforming into pure energy the moment they touched the air, dissipating into the world like dandelions scattered by the wind.

Huo Yuhao landed steadily on the ground from mid-air, his bare feet touching the cold snow without getting a speck of snow on them.

He looked down at his hands, his fingers slightly clenched, feeling the new, powerful energy surging through his meridians.

In his spiritual sea, a slender, ice-white figure floated quietly between the broken heavens and earth, eyes slightly closed, waiting for the moment when he would be truly awakened.

Huo Yuhao looked down at his hands, his fingers slightly clenched and then spread open, and the new power in his body surged through his meridians.

The ultimate power of ice and the strange aura of the laws of chaos flowed in parallel within his body, without interfering with each other, but instead subtly forming a kind of delicate resonance.

With a slight thought, a white halo suddenly bloomed behind him.

An extremely cold aura silently spread outwards from him in all directions.

The snow beneath our feet instantly froze into a mirror-like layer of ice, freezing the falling snow within a radius of tens of meters in mid-air, as if even time itself was frozen by this chill.

His figure grew even taller, and a faint layer of icy blue light patterns appeared on his skin, the patterns being intricate and mysterious.

Like ancient runes inherent to the Ice and Snow Maiden clan, they slowly spread along his arms and back.

Her black hair fluttered silently in the cold wind, the ends of which had somehow turned a frosty white.

What is most striking about him are his eyes, which are as clear and ethereal as ancient glaciers, making his already near-perfect face appear even more otherworldly.

A dazzling ring of spirit rings slowly rose from beneath his feet.

The spirit ring was a deep and majestic blood red, like amber that had been deposited for millions of years awakening in the snow and ice, radiating a cold and noble luster.

Above that blood-red halo, seven dazzling golden patterns appeared and disappeared.

They were not still, but moved slowly along the arc of the soul ring like living things, each time they flickered, accompanied by a wild aura that seemed to come from the ancient wilderness.

Gold and crimson intertwine, like a cold sun fallen to earth on this vast white snowfield, dazzling yet too glaring to look directly at.

Hyotei stood not far away, gazing at the seven golden patterns slowly flowing on the blood-red soul ring, a hint of undisguised shock flashing in his crystal-yellow eyes.

Seven hundred thousand years, she knew that was the mark of seven hundred thousand years.

Despite having prepared herself mentally, she was still taken aback when she saw the spirit ring light up beneath Huo Yuhao's feet.

The stirring deep within her soul made her involuntarily lower her body slightly.

Chapter 96 completed, soul power surged.

"This is the power of ice." Huo Yuhao raised his right hand, and a crystal-clear, ice-white sphere silently condensed in his palm.

Although the ball of light was only the size of a fist, it exuded a terrifying chill that made the surrounding air freeze.

He stared at the ball of light, a rare glint in his eyes. "This is the first time I've felt this deeply."

Strictly speaking, it's not that he has never used ice-attribute power.

His chaotic power itself possesses extremely strong transformation and simulation capabilities. If he wanted to, simulating the chaotic power into ice attribute would be a matter of a snap of his fingers.

But a simulation is still just a simulation. No matter how perfect it may be, it is merely using chaotic laws to depict the form of ice.

Never before have I felt the power of ice and snow surging and flowing within my body, connected to my blood and resonating with my soul, so vividly as at this moment.

It doesn't seem like something borrowed; it's more like something you were born with.

Huo Yuhao slowly withdrew his hand, and the icy white orb in his palm silently dissipated.

He could clearly sense that this power was something that ordinary ice-attribute martial souls could not possess.

Even the ultimate ice might not be able to match the purity of the icy essence within him at this moment.

The Ice and Snow Maiden is a naturally born ice and snow sprite. She is not a possessor of the ice attribute, but rather the manifestation of the ice attribute itself.

That is why, after this power merged into his body, he had this profound feeling of being connected to the bloodline of ice and snow and resonating with his soul.

"It seems that choosing the Snow Empress as my second martial soul was absolutely the right decision." Huo Yuhao's lips curled up slightly, revealing a satisfied smile.

This ability to resonate directly with the ice attribute at its very source will be of immeasurable help to him in comprehending the laws of the ice element and creating his own ice god position in the future.

The path to dual godhood has now truly taken its first step.

"And my soul power, after absorbing energy, broke through to level 28 in one go, and I'm not far from becoming a Soul Master."

Huo Yuhao felt the abundant soul power within his body and thought to himself.

Although he merged with the Snow Empress, he fed back most of his soul power to his own divine soul.

The more complete his soul is, the faster he can condense divine power.

From this perspective, restoring his soul as soon as possible is the best way to maximize his benefits; everything else is secondary.

"Um..." Just then, Hyotei's slightly embarrassed voice came from the side, with a hint of awkwardness in her tone, "Could you... find some clothes to put on first?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao looked down at himself and then realized what was happening.

During the process of merging with the Snow Emperor, his clothes had already been shattered into dust by that terrifying energy.

He was so engrossed in the exhilaration of gaining new power that he had completely forgotten about it.

His face stiffened slightly for a moment, but his movements remained perfectly composed. With a thought, he took out a brand-new set of black clothes from his storage soul tool and dressed himself in them as quickly as possible.

Although Hyotei's true form is a scorpion, she is, after all, a ferocious beast that has lived for nearly 400,000 years and is already capable of transforming into human form. In essence, she is not much different from a female human.

Faced with that situation, she didn't know where to look with her bright yellow eyes, and her tail hook unconsciously scratched several deep grooves on the ground.

Fortunately, Huo Yuhao was quick enough to put on his robes in no time, and returned to his usual cold and aloof appearance as a young man in black.

The awkward atmosphere finally dissipated, and Hyotei quickly asked the most important question that had been weighing on her mind: "How is Yukitei now?"

"Don't worry, she's fine." Huo Yuhao's voice was calm but resolute. "Perhaps she'll feel even better than before."

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold, icy-white light suddenly shone in his left eye, and a layer of soft white light slowly condensed behind him.

The light was not dazzling, but it carried a sacred aura that made people afraid to look directly at it.

The white light gradually solidified, and a tall, slender figure stepped out from the void, quietly hovering behind him.

She was an absolutely beautiful young woman in a simple white dress, with long, snow-white hair that reached her ankles, and her sky-blue eyes that remained clear and bright.

But compared to before the fusion, she possessed an indescribable aura.

It wasn't a sense of oppression in terms of power, but a more profound and fundamental change.

It was as if she was no longer a being belonging to this world, but had touched some kind of law that transcended the mortal realm.

The feeling was very similar to the aura that Huo Yuhao exuded when he released his divine power, but it was gentler and more restrained.

Hyotei was completely stunned. Not because Yuki-tei's appearance was too sudden, but because Yuki-tei's changes were simply too drastic.

Her appearance remained the same, her white hair remained the same, and her sky-blue eyes remained as clear as a sunny sky.

Yet the aura emanating from her instilled in Hyotei a profound and indescribable sense of awe.

This sense of awe was completely different from the respect she had previously shown to the Snow Emperor.

She used to respect the Snow Emperor because the Snow Emperor's strength far surpassed hers, and because the Snow Emperor was the undisputed ruler of the far north.

But the feeling she was experiencing at this moment had nothing to do with strength; it was a suppression at the level of life itself.

"Bing'er," the Snow Empress said with a smile, her voice still clear and gentle.

Hyotei stared at her blankly, almost involuntarily lowering his body slightly, his voice even becoming a little strained.

Seeing her like this, Xue Di chuckled softly: "What, don't you recognize me?"

"No." Hyotei came back to her senses, her crystal-yellow eyes filled with complex emotions. "It's just... you've changed too much."