Xiao Xue

On the Sea God Mountain, in the forbidden area at the center of Sea God Island, Bo Saixi stood with her hands behind her back.

The biting wind sweeping across the sky stirred her hair and clothes, but it couldn't even create the slightest ripple.

She possesses a dignified and otherworldly, unparalleled elegance.

But if someone were to look closely at her eyes and expression at this moment, they would easily discover that this person's solemn gaze also carried a hint of helplessness.

The reason for all of this stems from the woman who is currently sitting cross-legged at the foot of the mountain.

Several months ago, this person came to the island by sea and immediately said that he wanted to see the Sea God Inheritance.

As fanatical believers on Sea God Island who worshipped the Sea God their entire lives, how could they remain unmoved upon hearing such blasphemous remarks? However, mindful of the powerful aura emanating from him, they immediately reported to the Sacred Pillar Douluo for intervention.

However, the opponent's strength was ridiculously high.

Even with the combined support of the Sacred Pillar and formations on Sea God Island, several Sacred Pillar Douluo working together were still easily and severely injured by it.

Even when Bo Saixi herself intervened, she was still unable to defeat him. Although she could barely hold her own with the help of the formation on Sea God Island, she could not guarantee the safety of the others.

If the other party hadn't unintentionally killed someone, this entire island would probably have been wiped out by this person.

Unless Bo Saixi chooses to burn herself to Sea God Martial Soul, she cannot defeat her opponent.

But she obviously won't do that.

Not to mention that the hostility this person showed was not strong enough to warrant her risking her life.

Even if she were to sacrifice herself, without the Sea God Scepter in her hand, Bo Saixi would not be able to communicate with the will of the Sea God.

Besides, even if the will of the Sea God descends, can it truly defeat this person?

Bo Saixi had some doubts.

She could sense that there was an even more terrifying power hidden within the other person.

Although she was unwilling to admit it, she had actually begun to have some doubts about the authority and power of "God" ever since she met Su Cheng.

Ultimately, gods are also powerful humans who transcend the mortal world.

But if someone does find another way, becoming powerful while remaining in this realm, is it impossible to achieve?

Of course not.

Because just recently, she had witnessed one herself.

Coincidentally, the person down the mountain possessed the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul inherited from the Spirit Hall, and his "disciple" was now also a member of the Spirit Hall.

The two likely have a close relationship.

It's even possible that this person's extraordinary strength was orchestrated by Su Cheng.

If the other party is truly only trying to understand the Sea God's Power and doesn't do anything else excessive, Bo Saixi won't interfere any further and will simply turn a blind eye.

"Qian Daoliu, I never imagined you would have such a descendant, and... Cheng'er, what is your current situation..."

Amidst the howling mountain winds, it seemed as if someone's whispers were gently echoing.

At the foot of Sea God Mountain, not far in front of the Sea God's Light, a woman in white with unparalleled beauty closed her eyes, using her Spiritual Power to sense the concentrated Soul Power mixed with a large amount of faith power within that light.

At the same time, a faint glow seemed to emanate from her.

It seemed to be echoing the Sea God's Light, yet also to be in conflict with it.

Time passed slowly, and half a day later, she suddenly opened her eyes.

For a moment, a blazing white light flashed in the woman's pupils, but it vanished in the next instant, transforming back into her bright golden eyes.

She exhaled a soft breath, stood up, and silently surveyed the Sea God Mountain before her.

She could feel the gaze sweeping down from the mountaintop, but she didn't care. The person was strong, but posed no threat to her.

This person was none other than Qian Renxue, who had resolutely left Spirit City more than a year ago.

Su Cheng was right; she indeed did not stay on the Douluo Continent for long.

While avoiding Su Cheng was certainly one reason, she also genuinely needed other experiences.

Acquiring powerful Soul Ring, seeing more scenery, and even comprehending the will left behind by other powerful beings—these are what Qian Renxue needs most at this stage, rather than painstakingly cultivating her Soul Power.

The Blazing Sun Divine Intent that she comprehended was extremely unique in nature.

The sun hangs high in the sky, yet it shines upon all things, bringing endless light and warmth to humankind.

Compared to its powerful, domineering, and aloof nature, this will to overlook all things and bestow life is equally indispensable.

Without sufficient accumulation, Qian Renxue's so-called "following the way of heaven and determining the way of humanity" is nothing but a castle in the air.

The convergence of strengths is merely the foundation; the key lies in a will that can encompass and scrutinize everything.

More than a year ago, she almost became completely assimilated by that terrifying power by chance. It was actually quite normal.

Because this kind of power is not something that ordinary people can easily touch.

Even among the many gods residing in the Divine Realm, few dare to confront the true Sun Star.

Compared to Su Cheng's natural and effortless fusion of power, Qian Renxue, whose advancement process involved some "tricks," will find it much more difficult to truly and completely master the power within her body.

Not only do they need to constantly strengthen their will and enhance their foundation, but they must also be careful whenever they come into contact with the Sun Power, so as to avoid being assimilated by that vast and seemingly endless divine will.

After leaving Spirit City, she first went to the Northernmost Icefield, which were known as the forbidden zone for humans, and there she killed a powerful Ferocious Beast Titan Snow Demon King, who had a cultivation of 200,000 years, and turned it into her Eighth Soul Ring.

Then they crossed the sea and landed on this Sea God Island.

The reason I came here is because Su Cheng had mentioned the existence of the "Sea God" before, and also talked about some entanglements with the Sea God Island High Priest.

So she subconsciously wanted to come here to see, and also to witness the difference between the power of the Sea God and the power of the Angel God.

Just then, a clear and melodious voice came from behind, seemingly adding a touch of chill to the surrounding air.

"My lord, are you really going to challenge that Deep Sea Demonic Whale King?"

"A challenge?" Qian Renxue curled her lips into a mocking laugh. "I will kill it and use it as my Ninth Soul Ring."

"But..."

"What, you think I can't do it?"

"No, but you don't really need to be in such a hurry. The Soul Ring seems to offer you very limited help."

"Snow Empress, do you know that whether Soul Ring is 700,000 years or 1 million years doesn't really matter to me?"

"...I see."

"It's good that you understand."

Qian Renxue turned around and looked at the woman behind her who had followed her all the way from the Northernmost Land.

She is extremely beautiful.

She looked like a girl of seventeen or eighteen, with long, snow-white hair that cascaded down her back to her feet. Her sky-blue eyes were clear and bright, calm and indifferent, as if they could see through everything in the world.

Her slender, curvaceous figure was flawless, and even though she was only wearing a plain white dress, she was still dazzlingly beautiful and breathtaking.

Even though Qian Renxue had seen many beauties, including quite a few in Spirit City alone, she herself was one of the best among them.

But the person in front of her still amazed her.

There are countless Soul Masters with beautiful appearances on this continent, but those with such temperament are rare to find.

Of course, this is not surprising, because the woman in front of them is not human at all, but a terrifying Soul Beast with 700,000 years of powerful cultivation, the Heavenly Snow Woman.

Its origins are also extraordinary, unlike ordinary creatures that are propagated through generations of bloodlines.

Rather, it was a uniquely endowed life form, born and nurtured by the purest ice-attribute elemental energy of the Extreme North Core Circle, and after countless years of gestation, it finally developed its own thoughts and became an intelligent being.

If Ah Yin's transformation into a plant spirit was due to a stroke of luck, then Snow Empress was born a spirit of nature, possessing the purest elemental constitution.

However, although Qian Renxue was somewhat curious about the Snow Empress's form of existence, it was only curiosity.

She never really cared about these things; keeping them as a Spare Soul Ring was fine, but killing them directly was also no big deal.

In contrast, Snow Empress truly found Qian Renxue's existence incomprehensible.

She couldn't understand why humans could be so powerful, especially since the other person looked extremely young, not even thirty years old.

She was well aware that humans have extremely high potential and are naturally gifted at cultivating, making rapid progress.

Most importantly, unlike Soul Beast, they do not need to endure repeated divine punishments until they have cultivated for millions of years before they have a chance to touch the divine position.

Humans only need to collect faith or accept the legacy of their predecessors to have the opportunity to rise to the top in one step.

Although this process is equally arduous, it is hundreds of times easier than the arduous path of Soul Beast's cultivation.

The problem is, this person in front of us hasn't become a god yet; in fact, when we first met, he was only Seven-Ring Soul Sage.

To this day, Snow Empress still remembers the scene from that day clearly.

A human suddenly entered the Northernmost Land has always been sparsely populated and a forbidden zone for humans, and his cultivation level seemed to be only around level seventy.

When she stepped into the territory of Titan Snow Demon King, one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, the Ferocious Beast made its move without hesitation.

Then, the entire battle lasted less than a minute from start to finish, and the Titan Snow Demon King, whose cultivation had reached two hundred thousand years, became a victim of the opponent's sword.

She easily absorbed the powerful Soul Ring of the Ferocious Beast level. Immediately afterwards, her cultivation level rose to the peak of the Soul Douluo realm at an alarming speed. In the blink of an eye, she pointed her sword at another Ferocious Beast king, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, whose cultivation level was as high as 400,000 years, as well as her own, who was even more powerful.

At the beginning of the battle, neither Snow Empress nor Ice Empress took Qian Renxue's challenge seriously.

Although both are rulers of the Northernmost Land, their strength is far beyond what Titan Snow Demon King can match.

They're not even on the same level.

At least for Snow Empress, she could also easily cripple Titan Snow Demon King with a single blow.

In fact, in the extremely cold environment of this Northernmost Land, even the Beast God Di Tian, who has been hiding in the Star Dou Great Forest for more than 800,000 years, might not be able to defeat the Snow Empress.

As a snow spirit, wherever there is ice and snow, there are her senses; she is the daughter of this icy plain.

The most domineering Soul Beast in the Northernmost Land also perished at the hands of the Snow Empress's Snow Empress's Three Absolutes Techniques.

But after they actually clashed, she realized she was wrong, terribly wrong.

The power fluctuations emanating from Qian Renxue were indeed not very high, but the level of power she used was far beyond what Snow Empress could comprehend.

That was like the blazing sun walking on earth!

Due to the strong elemental advantage, even when she and Ice Empress joined forces, they were steadily suppressed by her alone.

With each slash and thrust, she was threatened with serious injury.

Moreover, while Ice Empress was still confused, Snow Empress, with her strength, could vaguely sense that an unimaginable and terrifying power was hidden within the other party's body, yet remained dormant.

If the other party were to fully unleash its power, then both she herself and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, with whom she had a good relationship, would surely die!

Left with no other choice, in order to protect herself and the life of the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress took the initiative to reveal the existence of other powerful Soul Beast, including Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in the sea, providing the other party with several better options for the Ninth Soul Ring.

Under these circumstances, Qian Renxue held back, not intending to kill them, but she also did not easily let the two Ferocious Beast go.

To be precise, they didn't let Snow Empress go.

"I can spare your lives, but you must come with me," she said, pointing her sword at the Snow Empress.

"..."

In the end, Snow Empress agreed to Qian Renxue's request and left the Northernmost Land with her.

Given Snow Empress's pride, the reason she was willing to follow Qian Renxue was certainly not just to survive, or for the sake of Ice Empress, with whom she had some affection.

Most importantly, she saw a certain possibility in Qian Renxue.

A shortcut that leads you to transcend the constraints of the world, escape the entanglements of Heavenly Tribulation, and even go further!

As an ice and snow elf, her desires were actually quite shallow. At least in the hundreds of thousands of years she had lived in the Northernmost Land, never having seen the prosperity of the human world, she had not had many other desires.

Aside from a shallow sense of responsibility towards the Soul Beast she finds pleasing to the eye and her subjects, her only belief is to become stronger, or to put it more bluntly, to keep living.

Alive.

This is the strongest desire that all living beings have from birth.

Even the desire to reproduce is an instinct derived from the continuation of bloodlines.

As for Snow Empress, a naturally Longevity being, she obviously wouldn't have had similar thoughts before coming into contact with the colorful world.

As long as I can survive each Heavenly Tribulation and live forever, that's enough.

"Um?"

At this moment, Snow Empress suddenly noticed that Qian Renxue, who was standing in front of her, trembled slightly and her face showed extremely complex emotions.

The indifference and coldness that had been present in those bright golden eyes were no longer there.

Like solid ice melting, it instantly transforms into an endless pool, rippling with a variety of emotions that she could not comprehend.

The undisguised joy was mixed with hesitation, pain, and anger, which surprised and puzzled Snow Empress.

Nearly half a year has passed since we first met.

Over the past six months, her strongest impression of the other party has been that he is arrogant, conceited, and disdainful of others, and never considers the feelings of others in his behavior.

It's as if there's no one or nothing in the world that can be taken to heart.

But now, why is this...?

The next moment, Snow Empress also sensed the person who had landed on the island, following the direction of her gaze.

Judging from its aura, it seems ordinary and unremarkable.

Wrong!

If it was just an ordinary human being, how could it have gotten so close to this position before being noticed?

Who is he?

What is the relationship between him and Qian Renxue?

P. S., I'll post Ah Yin's side story in a few days; it's not finished yet.