The Tearless Heavenly Snow Woman

Star Dou Great Forest.

The Fierce Beasts looked at Di Tian, their faces full of confusion.

When had Di Tian gone to the Extreme North Land and fought the Heavenly Snow Woman?

"In the Extreme North Land, I cannot defeat her unless I pay a certain price."

Di Tian's expression remained unchanged as he spoke.

He would not lose; he simply could not kill the Snow Empress without paying a price.

If the battlefield were moved to the Star Dou Great Forest or somewhere else—

The Snow Empress was nothing to worry about!

Di Tian understood this world better than any human or Soul Beast.

This world was not flat, but spherical.

If one flew in a single direction, one would eventually return to the starting point.

Beyond Douluo Continent, there was another continent on the other side of the world, roughly the same size as Douluo Continent.

Looking up into the sky, beyond ten thousand meters lay an endless starry expanse. That was likely the so-called universe.

While exploring Douluo Continent, Di Tian had fought the Heavenly Snow Woman. Both sides had merely been testing each other.

He had also invited the Snow Woman to join the Star Dou Great Forest, but she had refused outright.

In the Great Sea, there was currently an extraordinarily powerful Sea Soul Beast, one that had nearly achieved Dragon Transformation.

Once it completed its Dragon Transformation, it would break through to God Tier.

Of course, so-called Dragon Transformation did not mean becoming a member of the Dragon Race, but cultivating to God Tier.

Di Tian had not attacked it. He had merely extended the same invitation, only to be rejected again.

The faith of Sea Soul Beasts belonged only to the Great Sea, not the Dragon God.

The faith of the Extreme North Land belonged only to the Ice God, not the Dragon God.

This left Di Tian both furious and helpless.

Not every Soul Beast had become a Soul Beast through the Dragon God's blessings.

The connection between Douluo Continent and the God Realm was extremely close. During that battle long ago, the blood, souls, and corpses of many gods and Beast Race experts had fallen onto Douluo Continent.

That was how Soul Beasts and martial souls came into being...

The earliest humans had possessed no martial souls.

Only after absorbing Divine Artifact fragments, Divine Beast bloodlines, and soul fragments did they gain martial souls!

Only through countless "coincidences" had the Douluo Continent of today been born.

After hearing Di Tian's words, the Fierce Beasts fell into thought.

This ruler of the Extreme North was likely among the very strongest of all Soul Beasts.

Unless absolutely necessary, they could not provoke her.

Six Hundred Ninety Thousand Years—aside from Di Tian, none of them was truly her match.

[TOP 6 complete.]

[Reward: One Hundred Thousand Years of cultivation.]

The Fierce Beasts: Great, now they were even less capable of defeating her!

Six Hundred Ninety Thousand Years, plus another One Hundred Thousand Years of cultivation—she had reached Seven Hundred Ninety Thousand Years!

She was not far behind the current Di Tian.

Extreme North Land.

After receiving the reward, the Heavenly Snow Woman was somewhat surprised.

She had not been confident of surviving her seventh Heavenly Tribulation and had already begun considering her future options.

Yet the Sky Screen's reward had forcibly raised her cultivation to Seven Hundred Ninety Thousand Years, without any side effects.

Before the seventh Heavenly Tribulation could even begin, it had already vanished.

Unfortunately, she still seemed unable to survive the eighth Heavenly Tribulation...

Her old injuries had not disappeared just because her cultivation had increased. Only her cultivation had risen.

"The Heavenly Tribulation is still chasing me..."

The Snow Woman felt like crying but had no tears, hesitating as if she wanted to speak.

The cheers of the Ice Empress, Ice Bear King, and Titan Snow Demon King made the Snow Empress's eye twitch.

Beneath her snow-white lashes were a pair of helpless eyes.

She could still be saved!

The Snow Empress's situation was similar to Tang Chen's.

Tang Chen had regained his sanity, but his body was utterly ruined and could not withstand his power. His days were numbered.

The Snow Empress's chances of surviving the seventh Heavenly Tribulation were infinitely close to zero, yet there was still a sliver of hope.

That was for her to successfully transform into a human.

Unfortunately, in the original timeline, she had been plotted against by humans.

More accurately, she had been plotted against by a certain God King.

How could there have been so many coincidences?

The place where she lived was the core region of the Extreme North Land.

A Level Nine Soul Master just happened to possess the Platform of Conferring Gods, just happened to appear beside the Snow Empress, and just happened to encounter her while she was transforming...

Too many coincidences could only mean that someone had arranged it all.

The Snow Empress's cultivation had increased by One Hundred Thousand Years. She had indeed grown stronger, but she still had to face the Heavenly Tribulation.

The eighth Heavenly Tribulation!

A Soul Beast's Heavenly Tribulations increased exponentially.

She could not even survive the seventh, let alone the eighth.

Yet she still had a sliver of hope...

"Seven Hundred Ninety Thousand Years... could anyone really be her opponent?"

"By the way, the Heavenly Snow Woman is really beautiful!"

"You said the same thing when Senior Bo Saixi appeared!"

"..."

Ordinary people did not care just how powerful the Heavenly Snow Woman was.

But the strong had no choice but to care.

When one lived in the Soul Master world, what if one day they happened to run into her?

The more they knew, the less likely they were to die with regrets.

Against such an existence, they should not even think about running...

Bibi Dong should have been happy upon seeing a "One Hundred Thousand Year" Soul Beast, since her Spirit Ring now had a source.

Unfortunately, she did not seem to be a match for the other party...

Even if Qian Daoliu went to the Extreme North Land, he might not return intact.

If she went, she would most likely never return.

For the time being, she should forget about such a powerful Soul Beast.

While everyone was focused on the Sky Screen, Zhongli returned to his residence.

It was an antique Eastern-style building, utterly out of place amid Heaven Dou City's Western architecture.

Several antiques, paintings, calligraphy pieces, and stones were displayed in the corner of the main hall.

The stones were brilliantly colored and gave off an unusual luster.

Of course, Zhongli had not bought these stones. He had picked them up.

People in this world had no interest whatsoever in such unusual stones, much less gather them to sell.

From these stones, Zhongli saw why the Heaven Dou Empire had been established, and he also saw what kind of hero the First Generation Heaven Dou Emperor had been.

With a single call, countless people had followed him.

In order to defeat the Soul Beasts and drive them back into the forests, they had pressed onward one after another.

Those who followed him became the first Nobles.

That was the origin of the royal family and the Nobles.

They had fought for humanity's living space.

Zhongli had also seen the founding and decline of many sects, seen the flame passed onward as later generations inherited the aspirations of their forebears...

Zhongli sat in the seat of honor and casually waved his hand. An Amber Tea Set appeared before him.

A tea canister on the table fell into his hand. He took out several tea leaves and placed them into a cup.

He drew hot water from somewhere unknown, poured it into the cup, and began brewing tea.

"The appearance of the Sky Screen will most likely expose my identity."

"There are not five people stronger than the Snow Empress on the current Douluo Continent."

Zhongli murmured.

Having already retired, he did not wish to be disturbed again.

His index finger tapped against the table as Zhongli fell into thought.

Solving this problem would not be difficult for Zhongli. He only needed to live somewhere else and change his appearance.

He was pondering where this Sky Screen, formed by the Great Universe Consciousness, had come from and what its purpose was.

He had clearly already retired, yet he was forced to work overtime thinking about such matters. It was truly rather helpless.