Ice Empress was stunned at first when she heard this, but she quickly understood his plan.
She did not object. After all, the stronger Jiang Zhen became, the more advantageous it was for her as well.
With Ice Empress guarding the Extreme North Core Circle, naturally, no one would dare disturb his cultivation.
"Then find a place to cultivate on your own. If anything happens... Mm, anyway, since you're here, This Empress can sense you too."
After Ice Empress finished speaking, she moved and flew toward the Ice Palace at the heart of the tribe. She had just absorbed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's energy and also needed time to digest it.
Jiang Zhen watched her leave. Then, at the edge of the Ice Jade Scorpion tribe's territory, he found a quiet corner backed by a massive ice ridge, where the energy gathered relatively densely.
He sat down cross-legged, surrounded by howling yet pure frigid winds.
He then took a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow from his Storage Ring.
He slowly closed his eyes and circulated his cultivation method to absorb the marrow. The Water Soul Core in his dantian trembled faintly and began efficiently swallowing this incomparably pure icy energy, transforming it into his own Soul Power.
His Level Seventy-Eight Soul Power surged through his meridians like a tide, charging toward an even higher peak...
Two and a half months later.
On this day, two figures stood facing each other on a vast, open, snow-covered plain.
The cold wind swept up snow fragments and swirled around them, yet could not approach them in the slightest.
On one side stood Jiang Zhen. His figure was tall and straight, and compared with two and a half months ago, his aura had grown deeper and more restrained, like a calm,