Curiosity

"An Ultimate Ice Martial Soul?"

Huo Yuhao murmured softly, his eyes flickering slightly.

It was not the Ultimate Ice possessed by the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul he had in his previous life, but something purer—a Martial Soul that was simply Ultimate Ice!

No matter how the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion changed, its essence was still that of a Soul Beast. Just like Snow Empress's true form, the Heavenly Snow Woman, was also a Soul Beast before it possessed the Ultimate Ice and Snow attribute.

Even after becoming a Martial Soul, that essence remained.

As for a pure Ultimate Ice Martial Soul... he could not estimate just how far its potential could reach.

Huo Yuhao pondered.

The idea Electrolux had offered was far too advanced, but the potential of an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul was beyond doubt. That made Huo Yuhao instinctively consider whether it was feasible.

After giving it some thought, Huo Yuhao discovered that it was entirely feasible!

He only needed to merge all of Ice Empress's nearly four hundred thousand years of cultivation into his Martial Soul, then use the Method of Soul Rings Carrying Soul Cores to have the Martial Soul generate an Ultimate Ice soul ring on its own. That would allow the Martial Soul to take shape and create an unprecedented Ultimate Ice Martial Soul!

But...

Easier said than done!

Ice Empress herself was an Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, so her four hundred thousand years of cultivation naturally carried the essence of a Soul Beast.

If he wanted an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul to be born, the prerequisite was to completely remove the Soul Beast essence from Ice Empress's cultivation. Otherwise, even the slightest trace left behind would cause Huo Yuhao's as-yet-unformed Martial Soul to evolve on its own because of that trace of Soul Beast essence.

By then, not only might the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul be gone, even the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul could disappear. In the end, his Martial Soul might even turn into an ordinary, random Ice Attribute Martial Soul...

Huo Yuhao was somewhat conflicted.

Of course, he was not conflicted over whether to do it, but over how to do it.

The possible opportunity was right before him, and Huo Yuhao would not give it up. After all, the terrifying potential of an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul was practically visible to the naked eye.

How could he abandon a power that might become one of his future strengths?

"Elder Yi, do you have a way?"

Huo Yuhao asked.

Electrolux pondered for a moment before speaking.

"If it were me, I would use a Magic Array to strip away her soul, then refine and separate the body bit by bit, removing the parts that belong to a Soul Beast. That would leave behind the purest power of Ultimate Ice."

"But... that seems like it would take a long time."

Huo Yuhao answered after some thought.

He had inherited all of Elder Yi's knowledge. With Elder Yi's reminder, he naturally thought of the Magic Arrays within that inheritance.

With the support of two Silver Radiance Soul Rings, Huo Yuhao made a rough calculation and arrived at the time needed to complete everything—ten years.

Honestly, that was not a long time. Spending ten years to obtain a Martial Soul with limitless potential was not a loss, especially since Huo Yuhao now possessed a certain degree of self-protection and did not fear threats from any being below a Deity.

He could afford to spend that time, but unfortunately, he could not wait.

There were still people above watching him like tigers eyeing their prey. He truly could not wait ten years!

A way... I need to think of a way...

To completely extract the power of Ultimate Ice from Ice Empress's body without contaminating it with even the slightest trace of Soul Beast essence...

Extract it... completely separate the two.

Wait...

Huo Yuhao suddenly thought of something and unconsciously reached up to touch the center of his brow.

—The Eye of Destiny.

Borrow the Eye of Destiny's power to see the threads of fate connecting all things, then sever the connection between Ice Empress's Ultimate Ice and her Soul Beast essence.

The idea naturally emerged. His mind began racing again, calculating the possibilities, until he finally reached a conclusion.

Huo Yuhao's eyes gradually brightened. Without hesitation, he immediately explained his method to Elder Yi to see whether he had overlooked anything.

After a brief discussion, the two reached a conclusion.

It was feasible!

And not merely feasible—it was highly feasible!

Use the power of Destiny to cut away the Soul Beast essence within Ice Empress's cultivation, leaving behind the purest Ultimate Ice!

It was completely feasible!

The two continued their discussion. Beside them, Ice Empress unconsciously sat down with Tian Meng. Watching the master and disciple enthusiastically discuss how to "handle" her, she found herself at a loss for words.

"Don't worry, Bingbing. You'll definitely be fine!"

Tian Meng comforted her from the side.

"Shut up," Ice Empress said coldly. She still did not have much goodwill toward this giant bug.

Yet Tian Meng continued comforting her.

"Don't worry, Yuhao is amazing. He promised me he'd keep you safe, so just relax!"

"You trust him that much?" Ice Empress's expression was somewhat strange. She seemed to hear something unusual in Tian Meng's words.

"Why wouldn't I?"

Tian Meng asked as if it were only natural.

After seeing Huo Yuhao's Natal Divine Artifact and the Method of Soul Rings Carrying Soul Cores, Tian Meng had decided to cling tightly to Yuhao's thigh!

After that, she and Huo Yuhao had been inseparable for two years.

Two years... To a Soul Beast, two years were no more than the flick of a finger.

Yet for Tian Meng, those two years had been more fulfilling than the hundreds of thousands of years of her past life!

Although a certain Bad Woman would occasionally show up, forcing her either to hide inside a soul ring or in Yuhao's Spiritual Sea...

Other than those unpleasant times, every minute and every second she spent with Yuhao had been incomparably relaxed and free of restraint!

It was a sense of security she had never possessed before. It seemed that as long as Yuhao was by her side, she had nothing to fear!

Well... except for a certain Bad Woman! That Bad Woman even beat Yuhao up!

Ice Empress fell silent. Sitting at the side and watching Tian Meng seem to sink into her memories, grinning foolishly one moment and looking furious the next, she only found it strange.

What happened to this guy?

Did she become stupid?

Ice Empress only felt that Tian Meng had become somewhat unfamiliar. In her memories, this fellow had merely been a spineless coward who had relied on dumb luck to sleep her way to nine hundred thousand years of cultivation.

But now...

Ice Empress fell silent again, her gaze unconsciously shifting to the young man discussing matters with that gray-haired elder.

Honestly, the young man's face was indeed youthful, but the aura he carried—and the confidence with which he explained his thoughts to the gray-haired elder—was truly somewhat dazzling.

A trace of emotion suddenly surfaced, then began to grow uncontrollably because of someone's special physique.

At that moment, inevitably, Ice Empress became somewhat curious about her future "partner."

Just what kind of human are you?