In the enormous ice cavern, a Snow Ape whose strength had reached the peak spirit-beast level suddenly opened its eyes. Its eyes were filled with disbelief.
It looked at the blue radiance that had appeared beside it. This blue radiance was far denser than before, and it could even sense the powerful feeling it brought.
With a casual wave of its hand, a suit of armor formed from ice crystals appeared on its body. A huge ice-crystal staff also appeared in its hand.
It swung the enormous ice-crystal staff and let out a heaven-shaking roar. Its roar was filled with extreme excitement.
The other Snow Apes also stopped praying. They, too, had discovered the changes within themselves.
The Snow Apes' howls rose and fell throughout the ice cavern. It was the joy of children seeing a long-lost family member. They all knew that their god had returned.
Unlike intelligent races, their faith came mostly from their bloodline.
Among the Snow Ape race, only the strongest Snow Apes were qualified to leave descendants.
The former Ice God had been the Supreme Expert of the Snow Ape race. Almost the entire Snow Ape race carried on his bloodline. It was precisely because of his bloodline that this inherited faith had remained in its most devout state.
This was something no other god could accomplish. Having spirit beasts believe in a god was practically impossible given their intelligence.
Even if a spirit beast were captured and made into a Contracted item, it could not become a believer.
Only the Ice God, who was also a member of the Snow Ape race, could accomplish this. The Ice God was one of the Snow Ape race and their true god.
Abel had not finished investigating the Ice God's godhood when he saw more of the