Douluo: The Rebirth of the Supreme King Dong'er Chapter 38

"Wait, are you saying that the two who came with you are the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape from ten thousand years ago?"

Ice Empress immediately grasped the key point, her tone filled with astonishment.

"So they have already been resurrected and become gods?"

"That's right." Wang Dong'er nodded. "The one who suppressed you was the Sky Azure Bull Python. I assume you could sense that his power was incomplete. That was because he came from the Divine Realm and sealed part of his own power before descending to the Douluo Continent."

"What exactly is your relationship with them? And what is your relationship with that human who became a god ten thousand years ago?" Ice Empress asked.

"You don't need to worry about that." Wang Dong'er looked at Electrolux beside her again. "This is my teacher, Electrolux."

"He's a god too?" Ice Empress glanced at Electrolux and could sense the immense strength of his divine consciousness.

"No, this old man is not a god yet." Electrolux shook his head. "But this old man is indeed stronger than you."

Those very impolite words made Ice Empress grit her teeth again, but there was nothing she could do.

Journey to the Extreme North Concludes

"I understand." Ice Empress said.

"So you're actually forcing me to make the same choice as those two Beast Kings, to become capital for your Becoming a God?"

"It's still somewhat different." Wang Dong'er smiled. "At the very least, you won't have to wait until after I become a god before you can be resurrected."

"What does that mean?" Ice Empress was somewhat confused.

"If a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast wants to become a human Soul Master's soul ring, either that human Soul Master's body must be able to withstand it, or the Soul Beast must willingly sacrifice itself. But that sacrificial method is outdated now."

Ice Empress: ...

"My teacher and I have developed a Method of Soul Spirits."

"Method of Soul Spirits?"

"If a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast is hunted for its soul ring, its intelligence will be erased. But even if a Soul Beast willingly sacrifices itself, its soul power will be depleted through the repeated use of soul skills. You should know this as well."

"According to you, the Method of Soul Spirits you developed solves this flaw?" Ice Empress asked.

"Method of Soul Spirits... Soul Spirits... Does that mean this method can preserve a Soul Beast's intelligence?" Ice Empress immediately caught the key point.

"More precisely, it preserves the soul." Wang Dong'er said. "As long as your soul remains, even if you do not become a god, you can continue to exist in this world."

"You should have less than a hundred years left in your lifespan. Even if you want to use those remaining years to challenge your limit, can you truly break through it?"

"I'll give you one piece of information for free: Soul Beasts cannot become gods. That is the rule of the Divine Realm, and it is also the rule of the Soul Beast God, the Dragon God."

"What?!" Ice Empress was indeed shaken by this news.

Judging from all the signs, even if Wang Dong'er's words were only half true, they were still highly credible.

And if this statement was also true, then its meaning was entirely different.

"I can swear in the name of the Ice God and ice itself. You understand now, don't you?" Wang Dong'er finally invoked the rules of swearing by the Ice God and ice, completely breaking through Ice Empress's mental defenses.

For intelligent Soul Beasts of the Extreme North, swearing in the name of the Ice God and ice was the most solemn oath, and it was not something just anyone could know.

Even the super ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Forest would not know it. At most, only Di Tian might understand.

Ice Empress finally realized that this seemingly weak and pitiful human before her was actually the real boss.

Wang Dong'er simply knew too much, and there was pile after pile of evidence supporting her words.

With Niu Tian and Tai Tan threatening her from outside and Wang Dong'er persuading her from within, Ice Empress finally began seriously considering Wang Dong'er's terms.

"So long as I cooperate with you and use this Method of Soul Spirits, I can become your Soul Spirit and preserve my soul?"

"That's right." Wang Dong'er nodded. "And at the very least, I will definitely have a stable path to Becoming a God."

Compared to the god-making future Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had first described to Ice Empress in the original story, Wang Dong'er's path was practically a visible route to Becoming a God. The smooth road ahead could be clearly seen.

"I have one more question." Ice Empress's crystalline yellow eyes stared straight at Wang Dong'er. "Since you know about the emotional matters between Snow Empress and me, what do you think of it?"

"What do I think?" Wang Dong'er neither approved nor disapproved. "You are the second strongest Soul Beast in the Extreme North. If you want to do something, do you need to look at anyone else's expression? Do you need to ask how others see it?"

Ice Empress froze for a moment, seemingly not expecting Wang Dong'er's answer to be neither approval nor disapproval.

"But even with my great strength, I am nothing before Snow Empress. She does not understand my feelings either." Ice Empress sighed.

"There are plenty of things people do not understand in life." Wang Dong'er did not say much more. The matters between Snow Empress and Ice Empress had nothing to do with her anyway.

Electrolux spoke at this moment as well. "Disciple, your spiritual space is truly unfathomable. The Power of Destiny is indeed wondrous."

"Power of Destiny? What are you talking about?" Ice Empress asked in confusion.

"If not for the isolation created by the Power of Destiny, how could we have pulled you in here?" Electrolux said. "Feel it carefully."

"The Imperial Auspicious Beast?" After sensing it carefully, Ice Empress looked at Wang Dong'er. "Are you human, or are you the Imperial Auspicious Beast?"

"The genuine article, a human body." Wang Dong'er said. "However, I did indeed form a connection with the Imperial Auspicious Beast."

"So that's how it is. No wonder I felt something special when I first saw you. That is no longer strange."

"Then what should I do now?" After sensing Wang Dong'er's deeper uniqueness, Ice Empress had already adjusted her mindset.

"Wait for now." Wang Dong'er said. "The Method of Soul Spirits has only just been created. My teacher still needs to adjust it according to the actual circumstances. That is precisely why I sought you out."

"..."

Outside.

"Big brother, do you feel anything?" Tai Tan asked as he watched Wang Dong'er.

"No. But judging by the situation, it should be fine." Niu Tian shook his head. He was merely the tool suppressing Ice Empress. Aside from holding down Ice Empress's true body, all he could sense was Wang Dong'er's steady breathing. He knew little more than Tai Tan.

Tai Tan was anxious inside, and so was he.

It was simply that Ice Empress's reaction was far too calm, as though her body had no soul within it.

But if her soul was not here, where else could it be? Niu Tian only took it as his own illusion and did not pay it any mind.

Just then, Wang Dong'er's eyes finally opened. Golden light flickered within her pink-blue pupils, and strange golden runes drifted from her forehead, falling onto Ice Empress's body before her.

As those golden runes descended, Ice Empress's body unexpectedly began to emit golden light slowly, then vanished amid the dazzling radiance.

"Vanished?" Tai Tan's throat bobbed, and he was somewhat dumbfounded.

Was sacrifice supposed to look like this? How had they sacrificed themselves to Tang San back then?

Not only Tai Tan—even Niu Tian, who always considered himself calm, wore a face full of shock. He had not sensed any force field or repulsion from a sacrifice. It was as if Ice Empress's body had simply disappeared.

"Did it succeed?" Tai Tan could not help asking.

"It succeeded." Wang Dong'er said, though neither her martial soul nor her soul rings appeared.

"Since it succeeded, let's head back first." Niu Tian made the decision.

Although the situation seemed somewhat strange, Tang San was there to cover for them anyway. No matter what, he would not let anything happen to Wang Dong'er.

Wang Dong'er stood up and took one last look at the vast expanse of white snow.

In truth, she and Electrolux had merely used the Undead Demiplane to create a diversion. The true Soul Spirit fusion would only begin later.

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In truth, if time had not been so pressing, Wang Dong'er had wanted to search the Extreme North for Snow Empress.

After all, if events followed their original course, Snow Empress would be sealed with the Platform of God Conferment by a human who intruded into the Extreme North while she was taking human form.

Wang Dong'er could suppress Ice Empress with Niu Tian and Tai Tan, but Snow Empress was another matter.

Snow Empress herself already possessed strength at the level of a Limit Douluo. With the special environment of the Extreme North enhancing her power, she could become even stronger.

Among the super ferocious beasts of the entire Douluo Continent, Snow Empress could rank third.

If Niu Tian and Tai Tan wanted to completely overpower Snow Empress, their apparent strength alone was still insufficient.

That was why Wang Dong'er had wanted to negotiate with Snow Empress while she was taking human form.

Call it taking advantage of someone's weakness or whatever else, but only at such a time would Snow Empress pose the least threat to her, and it would also be the time Wang Dong'er was most likely to persuade her.

However, there was not enough time now, so she could only wait until another day to investigate.

As for that piece of Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice Jade Marrow, Wang Dong'er had put it away as well.

It would be useful later.

The three came like the wind and left without taking a single snowflake. In the entire Extreme North, only the Titan Snow Demon King received a beating he was destined never to repay...

The mountain where Haotian Fortress was located was not only shrouded in clouds and mist, but also contained many flying Soul Beasts within the mist. That special mist could greatly weaken abilities like Mental Detection.

But naturally, such things meant nothing to Niu Tian and Tai Tan.

The two returned even faster than they had gone.

However, Wang Dong'er always felt as though they were afraid of being discovered by something.

The moment they returned to Haotian Fortress, Wang Dong'er immediately entered seclusion.

Ice Empress was still waiting in the Undead Demiplane.

After the room door closed, Electrolux instantly appeared beside Wang Dong'er.

He currently had no spiritual object to reside in. Every appearance consumed a great deal of energy, and only sleep could slow the rate of consumption.

"Let's make this quick." Electrolux said.

Then, a staff appeared in Electrolux's hand. As he swung it and traced patterns through the air, a gate of white bones appeared.

Wang Dong'er took one step forward. When she appeared again, she had already entered the Undead Demiplane.

Ice Empress was right before her now.

"Alright, tell me what to do." Ice Empress said.

"Little scorpion, condense your Spiritual Origin." Electrolux said.

"Actually, the current Method of Soul Spirits still takes some shortcuts. This old man's disciple possesses some of the fortune of you Soul Beasts, so under such circumstances, it will be easier for you to fuse with her."

"However, under normal circumstances, ordinary people can only begin fusing Soul Spirits with Soul Beasts of lower cultivation. Therefore, whether it is you, little scorpion, or this old man's disciple, you must trust each other during the Soul Spirit fusion process. Only then can this old man handle it better. Do you understand?"

Ice Empress lowered her head, while Wang Dong'er nodded as well.

What Electrolux did not say was that if an accident truly occurred, he would sacrifice Ice Empress and preserve Wang Dong'er at all costs.

But saying such words would inevitably make Ice Empress wary. Even if it were not for the fusion's success rate, Electrolux would not reveal them.

"Alright, I understand." As Ice Empress spoke, she raised her long scorpion tail.

A ball of jade-green light began to surge from Ice Empress's body, slowly moving backward until it reached her scorpion tail. In the end, it formed a jade-green sphere of light at the tip of her tail hook.

It looked as though Ice Empress's scorpion tail had been hung with a green ball of light.

Then, that jade-green sphere detached from the hook tip and floated in midair.

As the jade-green sphere separated, the crystalline yellow eyes of Ice Empress's true body instantly dimmed. This time, she had truly lost her soul.

After Ice Empress condensed her Spiritual Origin, Electrolux swung his staff and said at the same time, "Disciple, prepare yourself!"

"Yes, Teacher." Wang Dong'er turned her hand over, and the Clear Sky Hammer immediately appeared in her grasp.

At that moment, pale blue patterns slowly emerged on the pitch-black Clear Sky Hammer, carrying an aura of extreme cold.

Electrolux began chanting obscure syllables, tracing one golden rune after another.

At the same time, a massive golden hexagram appeared beneath Wang Dong'er and Ice Empress.

Because this was the first time he had used the Method of Soul Spirits, Electrolux was extremely cautious.

Ice Empress's Spiritual Origin slowly floated toward Wang Dong'er's forehead, while Wang Dong'er and Ice Empress's bodies rose from the ground and gradually approached each other amid golden light.

"Hm? Your skull..." Ice Empress suddenly gave a soft exclamation, but before she could say anything more, her body reacted.

Ice Empress's entire scorpion body faced Wang Dong'er. Her scorpion tail suddenly stung toward Wang Dong'er's chest, then swept over Wang Dong'er's head. Along with Ice Empress's scorpion body, it flipped her entire body around until she was back-to-back with Wang Dong'er. Several scorpion legs folded over as well, wrapping around Wang Dong'er's chest.

Ice Empress's two enormous foreclaws also pressed against Wang Dong'er's arms.

A block of ice condensed from Wang Dong'er's chest. With faint cracking sounds, it began to grow. Before long, only a massive block of ice remained, wrapping both Wang Dong'er and Ice Empress within it.

"Your physique is very strong." Ice Empress's voice rang out in Wang Dong'er's mind.

"That means I can relax a little. The next part may be rather painful. You need to endure it."

Wang Dong'er: ?