Chapter 91: The 700,000-Year Snow Empress's Spirit Bone, Ice Empress Goes Berserk

Word Count: 2,791 Words

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As the oath concluded, the gray scroll shattered with a loud bang into countless specks of light that descended upon the heads of Ling Bai and the Snow Empress. Both of them could feel an added law and a deep connection forming within their souls. From this moment on, they would share life and death, their fates intertwined.

The Soul Contract was complete!

Ling Bai's tense back finally relaxed when he saw this. He had finally persuaded the Snow Empress after exhausting his mind and words. This not only meant binding a Great Beast but also that the Extreme North lineage would become his most reliable ally.

"Snow Empress, with you by my side, my chances of reconstructing the Angel God Position have increased by at least twenty percent."

Ling Bai seldom bared his heart to others, especially regarding matters of inheriting a God position. Even Jianmu Douluo and Ning Fengya did not know. It was not a matter of distrust; rather, there was nothing they could do to help even if they knew.

"Tell me about it."

The Snow Empress crossed her arms, looking as though she was all ears. She naturally wanted to understand Ling Bai's plan, as it concerned the fate of herself, the Ice Empress, and the entire Extreme North.

Ling Bai gazed into the distance, his tone calm. "If I am to inherit the Angel God, I must plan ahead, preparing to deal with a certain God King in the Divine Realm who might target me.

Reconstructing the Angel God position sounds difficult, and in practice it's even harder, because a 1st Class God cannot match a God King. We need to go a step further after reaching the top.

To be bold, we might as well aim to create an Angel God King."

The Snow Empress's expression froze. Her knowledge of the Divine Realm came from the Ice God's last instructions. The five God Kings were the sovereigns of the Divine Realm, and the gap between a 1st Class God and a God King was like an insurmountable chasm. Ling Bai was not merely showing the courage of a bear or leopard; his audacity was boundless, saying the most earth-shattering words in the calmest tone!

After a few seconds to accommodate Ling Bai's hidden madness, the Snow Empress, though possessing far greater strength than Ling Bai, regarded him as her senior on the path to Godhood. She said gravely, "Is the plan well-developed?"

Ling Bai's smile was enigmatic. Without answering directly, he brought up something else. "Did you know that the first-generation Sea God and Angel God were both mortals before they became Gods?"

"And then?" the Snow Empress pressed.

"One conquered the seas, and the other redeemed the human world. Both created their own God positions and ascended to the Divine Realm.

Of course, they were 1st Class Gods. Even if I have the broken Angel God position as a foundation, what we need to do will be far more complicated."

The Snow Empress nodded slightly. "How can I help you?"

"Ice Jade Scorpions, Ice Devil Titans, Ice Bears, Ice Ants, Ice Silk Worms... animals, insects, plants...

In the Extreme North, the Beast God is not named 'Di Tian.'

Snow Empress, behind you stands hundreds of millions of spirit beasts in the Extreme North. The Extreme North is the most unified spirit beast community in the world, and can become the most steadfast source of faith."

"Faith... so that's it."

Realization dawned on the Snow Empress. No wonder Ling Bai said she could raise his chances of achieving the Angel God King by twenty percent. The complete faith of all the inhabitants of the Extreme North came with her. Faith stemmed from the strength and population of its believers, and the average strength of spirit beasts in the Extreme North even surpassed that of the Star Dou Forest because its harsh environment prevented large-scale intrusions!

"You're my first step. There are still second and third steps ahead…

I want you to see that following me, reconstructing the Angel God position, and seeking the Rakshasa God position aren't empty words. We'll proceed slowly, step by step, and the day we become Gods isn't far off!"

Perhaps Ling Bai had a hidden gift for speech. A faint blush appeared on the Snow Empress's fair cheeks. She sensed the confidence and resolve in the words of the human before her, and the bright future of the Extreme North seemed close at hand!

Steadying her excitement, she cleared her throat and said, "Let's set aside future matters for now. When we signed the Soul Contract just now, you said you wanted me to become an Intelligent Spirit Ring. How exactly do we do that?"

"The concept of a spirit beast offering its ring while retaining intelligence came from a big bug I encountered," Ling Bai explained. "But your situations differ. That one found a perfect attribute match and transformed into an Intelligent Spirit Ring that worked in seamless harmony with its host.

My Twin Martial Spirits are Ultimate Holy and Ultimate Death, which are quite different from your Ultimate Snow. If you became a ring for either Martial Spirit now, it would be a bit of a waste, squandering both your power and my spirit ring slot.

However, a Spirit Master's seventh spirit ring always grants the Martial Spirit Avatar, regardless of the spirit beast's attribute. If you become my seventh ring, a 690,000-year Martial Spirit Avatar would be unprecedented."

"That should work."

The Snow Empress agreed, then changed the subject. "During the contract, I sensed that your real spirit power is at Rank 54. There's quite a gap to Rank 70. First, I'll give you my spirit bone. My ring and soul will reside in your Spiritual Sea. That way, my power can manifest sooner, and it will be more convenient for me to accompany you to the human world."

"Bone before ring—that works too, though it means no turning back for you," Ling Bai said with a meaningful tone.

"Are you insulting this Empress?!"

A chill entered the Snow Empress's voice. "Once I decide on something, I give it my all and never look back. Hurry up and tell me which spirit bone slot you want!"

She could control how her own bone manifested, so Ling Bai could choose freely.

"Could you make it an External Spirit Bone? Turn yourself into a Snow Empress Sword?" Ling Bai's eyes lit up. Dual swords combined would be invincible under the heavens!

"You little..."

The Snow Empress was speechless for a moment before finally squeezing out, "Be realistic, would you? Pick one of the six standard positions!"

Turning into an External Spirit Bone just wasn't possible for a humanoid spirit beast. How would she even pull that off?!

You tell this Empress how to transform!

Her composure had been shattered!

Ling Bai looked at her with regret, then analyzed seriously, "Of the six spirit bone positions, torso, skull, and four limbs are standard. The Heavenly Snow Woman is the spiritual essence of the Extreme North, possessing the unique Ultimate Snow attribute on the Douluo Continent.

Theoretically, torso and skull are best. But among the first two of your Three Ultimate Techniques, Empress' Sword: Unparalleled Chill and Empress' Palm: Snowless Glacier, both are released by channeling spirit power into your arms. So I hope you'll become my left arm spirit bone."

Heavenly Snow Woman Left Arm Spirit Bone!

Besides that, he had his own plans for the torso and skull bones. The torso bone he hoped to obtain from some other Great Beast with matching attributes, while for the skull bone, he wanted a spiritual-type spirit beast of at least 100,000 years.

"Fine."

The Snow Empress truly did not want to keep haggling with this greedy fellow. She alighted on the Death Abyss Bone Dragon's head and seized Ling Bai's left hand.

Her snow-white skin, like top-tier mutton-fat jade, possessed astonishing elasticity, cool and velvety to the touch, like running one's hand across the finest silk. This was a singularly exquisite sensation that certain single dogs could only fantasize about.

Yet the Snow Empress did not let Ling Bai savor this for even a few seconds. A layer of pure white radiance enveloped her palm. Ling Bai's body suddenly shuddered. His left hand was immediately pierced, and fresh blood spurted out. Her hand stabbed into his flesh like a razor-sharp ice blade and embedded deeply into his bones.

At the same time, her entire figure turned translucent. A colossal 690,000-year amount of spirit power surged unstoppably through their linked palms into his body and Spiritual Sea.

"Is it snowing?"

Electrolux raised his head and looked at the sky within the flourishing Spiritual Sea. Snowflakes drifted down, adding a touch of coolness to the Spiritual Sea. A blood-red sun appeared in the sky, engraved with six golden patterns. The seventh golden pattern was faintly discernible.

Snow Empress's Spirit Ring!

"Elder Yi, give her Life Gold!"

Ling Bai's voice trembled. Forcibly taking in a spirit ring that exceeded his limits caused an unendurable pain coursing through his nerves.

Electrolux instantly grasped Ling Bai's intent. Moving to the front of the Snow Empress's spirit ring, he reached out, and the Spiritual Sea churned. Cyan-gold specks of light radiated with starlike brilliance as they gathered toward him, condensing into a teardrop-sized globule of Life Gold that contained the life force equivalent of the 1,000,000-year Skydream Iceworm.

The Life Gold gradually merged into the Snow Empress's spirit ring. The seventh golden pattern became increasingly distinct. Outside, Ling Bai's skin had turned deathly pale, no different from the snow of the Extreme North. A liquid-like white energy extended along his left hand, crawling up his left arm like a blooming pure-white flower.

Observing the Snow Empress becoming more and more translucent, Ling Bai chuckled, 'Who would've thought that the dignified Snow Empress could be so childish.'

She certainly could have infused her spirit power more gently, yet she deliberately chose the fastest and most painful method for both of them!

Her otherwise flawless face contorted. Peeling away her spirit ring and bone while compressing her spirit power was no less painful for her than it was for him.

Noticing that Ling Bai could still laugh, the Snow Empress forced herself to put on an expression of 'I'm not in pain at all' and said through clenched teeth, "Doesn't it hurt?"

"It hurts like hell."

"Then why not cry out?"

She refused to let hundreds of thousands of years of honed will lose to a human.

"Why should I cry out? This is the necessary path to becoming strong. I... I'm enjoying it..."

Ling Bai clasped her palm in return and began actively absorbing her spirit power!

The Heavenly Snow Woman's body gradually melted away. At the final moment before merging into Ling Bai's Spiritual Sea, the Snow Empress thought to herself, Perhaps meeting him really is my blessing.

The Spiritual Sea was completely renewed after absorbing the Life Gold. Vegetation flourished, green mists curled about, and the entire place glowed resplendently, like an exquisite jade carving. Thick fog rose from the central Lake of Life, exuding a faintly immortal aura.

By that lakeside stood a woman draped in white, radiating a pure and quiet charm like a shining gem amidst the mortal realm. Glossed by the gentle light, her beauty transcended the mundane, holy and immaculate. A single smile seemed to outshine the heavens.

Electrolux landed on the ground. The blood-red spirit ring had gained a seventh golden pattern. With the help of the Life Gold, it healed the Snow Empress's severely damaged origin from her failed reconstruction. The massive life energy propelled her beyond the 700,000-year mark. Though 690,000 and 700,000 were just ten thousand years apart, it signified a world of difference in quality.

The two exchanged glances and began a cordial conversation.

In the core region of the Extreme North, Ling Bai gently raised his left hand. An unusual sight occurred. The falling snow automatically veered aside when it came within three feet of him, leaving a ring of open space in this icy world with him at its center.

This was not a spirit skill, but an innate ability of the 700,000-year Heavenly Snow Woman left arm spirit bone: Ice and Snow Dominion. Wherever Ultimate Snow spread, ordinary ice and snow had to retreat.

Once the Snow Empress's spirit bone absorption concluded, Ling Bai found that his entire skeletal system had clearly improved under the influx of abundant nutrients. His skin took on a slightly translucent luster too, exuding a regal aura in this land of pristine white. When he walked to the edge of the Snow Mountain Lotus Pool and looked at his reflection, he could see the snow-pale skin and striking good looks.

Oh no!

Because the Angel God was female, he already had a somewhat androgynous beauty. Now he appeared even more refined!

More like a delicate orchid than a towering oak!

Ling Bai shook his head to dispel those thoughts, then focused on examining his left arm. When he circulated his spirit power, faint white tracings covered the length of it. The bones of his fingers and palm sported cloud-like designs, while the arm itself was etched with hexagonal snowflake motifs stacked over one another. Each pattern pulsed with immeasurable strength.

'Completely worth it.'

Gaining the 700,000-year Snow Empress, recognized as one of the most formidable Great Beasts on the continent, was worth any cost. Ling Bai took out an icy jade box to pack up the seven 10,000-year Snow Lotuses. Then, he signaled the Death Abyss Bone Dragon to collect corpses as well. Vajra Douluo Xiong Mo had a Diamond Mammoth's Right Arm Bone on him, as well as the two men's Storage Spirit Guidance Devices!

Good stuff shouldn't go to waste!

The lifetime wealth of two Titled Douluo, all belongs to me!

'50,000-year Diamond Mammoth's Right Arm Bone!

A Class 8 Spirit Guidance Device: Aura Barrier. Huh, I guess that's not terribly useful since I have the Thousand Illusion Charming Appearance for disguises…

Ten Class 7 Spirit Landmines—good, good, good, you made so many, huh? I'll keep these to ambush people with.

A Class 8 trigger-type Spirit Barrier. The Vigorous Vajra Bear damaged it, but it shouldn't be hard to fix.

A Class 9 Spirit Guidance Device, the God Sealing Altar. It is known as the most powerful sealing-type Spirit Guidance Device on the continent. It's slightly damaged. And to think that Xu Cong never rigged any self-destruct mechanism… Wouldn't that make it easy to study? I'll bring it back and give it to Ning Tian to play with.'

A super big harvest!

Ling Bai sighed after rummaging through Xu Cong's Storage Spirit Guidance Device, "A destitute Class 9 Spirit Guidance Master is already this wealthy. Those real Class 9 big shots in the Sun Moon Empire must be filthy rich!"

Just as he pulled out Xiong Mo's storage Spirit Guidance Device, a thunderous roar echoed across the sky, like heaven and earth themselves crying out in rage. Heavy snow poured down from the mountaintop like an unstoppable rampaging giant beast.

"An avalanche?" Ling Bai wondered aloud.

Do you know what an avalanche in the Extreme North signifies?

It means the Extreme North has erupted into an avalanche!

Snow whipped wildly through the air, like countless white specters rushing in every direction. In the blink of an eye, the Snow Mountain Lotus Pool was buried beneath rolling torrents of white. An endless chorus of spirit beast roars came from within that surging flood.

The Death Abyss Bone Dragon broke free of the howling snow. Ling Bai swept his gaze downward, searching for the source of the roars, only to widen his eyes in disbelief.

"Ice Jade Scorpions, Ice Devil Titans, Ice Bears, Ice Tigers, Snow Wolves, Snow Leopards..."

The Extreme North had practically formed a beast tide!

White spiritual energy emerged from his body, condensing into the figure of the Snow Empress nearby.

"An avalanche in the Extreme North, and all the spirit beasts are coming out. Snow Empress..."

Ling Bai made a reasonable guess: "Is today some kind of festival in your Extreme North?"

"Huh?"

The Snow Empress wanted nothing more than to unleash a string of curses, but she did not know where to begin. Your family use avalanches as firecrackers to celebrate festivals?!

In the distance, a jade-green radiance carrying a tyrannical chill swept across the region. The Snow Empress's delicate brows drew together as she murmured,

"This is the spirit power of Bing'er. Why has she gone berserk?"

"The Ice Empress? Ah, that explains it."

Ling Bai understood at once.

"Looks like two fellows have bitten off more than they could chew."