Snow Empress: Do I Have to Become a Soul Spirit Too?

The Douluo Dalu III era.

While Su Tianxuan and Leng Yaozhu were gossiping, Ye Guyi was absorbed in analyzing the mural.

Huo Yuhao was from the same era as her. The internet said he was blessed with abundant fortune, and that he could never have reached godhood without those exceedingly rare fortuitous encounters.

So Ye Guyi was wondering whether she could snatch those fortuitous encounters before he got to them.

Having finally gotten the chance to travel into the future and learn about the past, surely she couldn't just foolishly leave those opportunities to someone else.

Well, she had learned all this from reading reincarnation novels out of boredom on the way here.

Meanwhile, Qian Renxue was spacing out.

After a while, Ye Guyi suddenly said:

"Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Ice Bear King, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass... Your Excellency, those are the ones, right?"

These were the Soul Spirits of Huo Yuhao most widely mentioned online.

Su Tianxuan nodded.

There were also a mermaid and the Evil Emperor, but there was no need to mention them.

Ye Guyi asked in surprise:

"Your Excellency, can one person really have so many powerful Soul Spirits?"

One million-year Soul Spirit, and two of the ten great Ferocious Beasts... The five of them should add up to over two million years, shouldn't they?

"In theory, it's possible upon reaching the Spirit Domain Realm or the Divine Origin Realm."

Su Tianxuan was somewhat uncertain.

According to the Spirit Pagoda's theory, someone in the Spirit Domain Realm could fuse with up to nine Soul Spirits of any level, as long as their total stayed within the limits of their spiritual power.

But aside from Huo Yuhao, he had never seen anyone reach that upper limit.

Even he had a way to keep his spiritual power stable at the Divine Origin Realm, but if he dared to contract all seven of Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirits at once, he might have to lie down in the River of Time and wait for resurrection.

So Huo Yuhao was undoubtedly a cheat user.

"Then how did he manage to subdue two Ferocious Beasts?"

Ye Guyi asked curiously.

There were many accounts online of how Huo Yuhao subdued the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, but there had never been a standard answer from official sources.

Ye Guyi had ruled out the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, since he only wanted a Mental-Type Soul Master.

But she could still try for the Ice Empress and Snow Empress.

Su Tianxuan glanced at her and guessed what she wanted to do.

He was happy to see it happen. It had nothing to do with him anyway, so he might as well sow some goodwill. Who knew? Perhaps she could break through space and time to lend him a hand someday.

So he pulled out a storyteller's gavel and slapped it hard against his palm.

Smack!

"The story begins ten thousand years ago. Legend has it that the ruler of the Far North, the Heavenly Snow Woman known as the Snow Empress, was approaching seven hundred thousand years of age. Knowing she could not survive her next Heavenly Tribulation, she chose to start over as a human. On that day..."

Perhaps because he had seen so much of the past and future, Su Tianxuan had developed considerable storytelling skills long ago.

He made the Snow Empress's story vivid, full of twists and turns.

Some of the Spirit Pagoda's staff and visitors nearby stopped in their tracks involuntarily.

Leng Yaozhu leaned against something to one side, watching the scene with amusement and a touch of nostalgia.

When they first met, Su Tianxuan had been telling stories to the dead.

The Snow Empress's story was short. Before long, he had finished recounting her rebirth, her capture by a Level 9 Soul Engineer of the Sun Moon Empire, her confinement in the God-Sealing Platform, her sale to the Star Luo Empire, her subsequent purchase by Illustrious Virtue Hall, and the rest of that series of experiences.

However, he mentioned only the better-known figures, leaving out people like Electrolux, who would have been harder to explain.

When he finished, thunderous applause filled the place. True or not, it was a wonderful story.

Ye Guyi edged a few steps closer to Su Tianxuan and asked in a low voice:

"Your Excellency, that's true, isn't it? Is there anything I can do?"

She also knew that Su Tianxuan knew what she wanted to do.

Su Tianxuan rapped her on the head irritably. "Don't ask me."

Ye Guyi stuck out her tongue, unbothered, and offered him her water flask with a smile:

"Your Excellency, here, please have some water."

Su Tianxuan waved it away with distaste.

"Let's go. We'll take a look at the Spirit Ascension Platform."

Beyond the Sky Screen.

The Douluo II era.

The Snow Empress watched the Sky Screen, growing more alarmed the longer she listened.

She had indeed been thinking of using a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus as a catalyst to start over as a human!

How did that Time Douluo know?

Could it be that, if she chose to start over as a human, she really would encounter something so terrifying in the future?

Just as she was wavering in doubt, green light suddenly flickered continuously in the distance, and a graceful figure came racing toward her.

"Xue'er! Xue'er! Are you all right?"

The Ice Empress's anxious voice was close to tears.

She truly was afraid. In the ending they had seen earlier, the Snow Empress had died right in front of her.

"I'm fine."

The Snow Empress floated down beside her and comforted her gently.

The Ice Empress assumed human form and stayed close to her, still shaken.

After a moment of silence, the Ice Empress said uneasily:

"Xue'er, even if you really do plan to start over as a human, you have to bring me along. I'll protect you and beat that hateful Soul Engineer flat!"

The Snow Empress shook her head.

"No, I've already given up on starting over as a human."

"Huh?"

Now it was the Ice Empress's turn to feel a little embarrassed. She thought the Snow Empress had been frightened by the state she was in and couldn't bear to start over as a human anymore.

"Xue'er, it's all right. I know your next Heavenly Tribulation will be very dangerous. Starting over is the right choice. I'll... I'll help you guard the Far North."

The Snow Empress rubbed the little scorpion, whose eyes were brimming with tears.

"Don't worry. I have a new idea."

She raised a hand and pointed at the Sky Screen. "The future changes so much. There might be a way for me to survive my next Heavenly Tribulation."

For that, she was willing to wait a hundred years.

She only hoped the Sky Screen wouldn't pick nothing but humans to go to the future.

"Mm-hmm!"

The Ice Empress wore an expression that plainly said, My Xue'er is right. Then she said somewhat shyly:

"Xue'er, can I watch with you?"

The Snow Empress smiled faintly and took her back to her dwelling, where they looked forward to a new future together.

The Star Dou Great Forest.

Di Tian narrowed his eyes and stared at the sky, his expression hostile.

The Ice Empress and Snow Empress had run off with a human, weakening the Soul Beasts' strength yet again.

Fortunately, neither of them was part of the Star Dou Great Forest's core forces, so the impact wasn't particularly great.

But why did that Huo Yuhao make him so angry?

Whether it was leading the various Soul Spirits to defeat him or driving him out of that Spirit Pagoda, each incident was more infuriating to the dragon than the last.

And from the sound of it, his future self hadn't objected much to any of it.

When had he become such a coward?

Where was his courage!?

Di Tian took a deep breath and decided to kill Huo Yuhao first!

Whether it was subduing the Five Great Soul Spirits or founding the Spirit Pagoda, this person was far too dangerous.

But what if he hadn't been born yet?

The Sky Screen hadn't shown the exact year Huo Yuhao lived in, so Di Tian couldn't be sure for the moment.

But he soon thought of a simple solution: kill his father first!

Having made his decision, Di Tian looked down at the Divine Pegasus trembling beside him.

"Well? Can you tell? Is that Soul Spirit you or not?"

The Divine Pegasus hesitated for a long time, then nodded.

Though they were separated by tens of thousands of years, Soul Beasts with such long lifespans could still recognize their own appearance fairly easily.

"...Even our souls have to be enslaved? Those hateful Soul Masters!"