Ice and Snow Emperors, the Young Nianbing

Douluo Continent, Far North.

A biting cold wind howled through the sky, carrying hard, frigid snowflakes and ice dust.

The ground was scattered with ice mounds of all sizes, formed from ice and snow. It was an endless ice plain.

At the edge of the ice plain, towering ice mountains connected into a mountain range.

"Wah... wah!"

Suddenly, the cry of a human infant rang out across the ice plain.

Where the sound came from, an Ice Blue beam of light shot into the sky, piercing the clouds.

All living beings in the Far North instinctively looked up, the dazzling Ice Blue radiance reflected in their eyes.

It also alarmed the three great kings of the Far North.

"Wah..."

The crying continued without pause. Though it was only an infant, its cries were astonishingly loud, echoing throughout the Extreme North Ice Plains.

Gradually, the Ice Blue radiance vanished, leaving only the infant's cries.

No one knew how much time passed.

Whoosh—

Goose-feather snow swirled through the air above the ice plain. Countless snowflakes and ice dust seemed to welcome a graceful figure as she slowly descended from the sky filled with snowy powder.

She had a head of pure white, snow-like hair draped behind her, falling straight past her waist. Her sky-blue eyes were clear and ethereal, as though they could see through everything in the world.

Her exquisite white gown perfectly displayed her slender, delicate figure and flawless curves.

She was beautiful—so beautiful that the entire Far North seemed to fade before her.

Pure and holy, cold and noble, proud amid snow and frost.

She was none other than the Snow Empress, leader of the Far North's three great kings, known as the flawless one.

She had come because of the Ice Blue radiance, but by the time she arrived, it had already disappeared.

The Snow Empress's willow-like brows furrowed slightly. Before she could investigate further, she heard the crying. Her beautiful eyes shifted toward its source.

What entered her sight was a human infant.

"A human infant?"

The Snow Empress looked at the baby in surprise. "It actually survived on the Extreme North Ice Plains."

The Far North's harsh environment could freeze even powerful Soul Masters to death, let alone an even frailer infant.

This infant was not simple. It had to be hiding some secret.

Perhaps that unsettling Ice Blue radiance had been caused by him.

With that thought, she extended her right hand. Her snow-white fingers were like the most exquisite jade, flawless and unblemished.

With a light gesture, the infant lying in the snow flew into her hand.

The Snow Empress held the baby boy by the back of his neck and studied him with her sky-blue eyes.

Strangely, the baby boy, who should have been crying, stopped the moment he saw the Snow Empress. His rather lovely large eyes stared fixedly at the person before him.

One large and one small pair of eyes met for a long while.

"Buzz."

Light flickered at the baby's neck. Looking closely, it was a smooth Ice Blue jade pendant, seemingly carved with some kind of exotic beast.

The Snow Empress held the baby boy in her right hand while her left hand instinctively reached toward the jade pendant.

Just as she was about to touch it, the Ice Blue pendant suddenly released a flash of light and knocked her left hand away.

Crack...

The next moment, the Ice Blue jade pendant began to shatter. A streak of light shot out from it and entered the baby boy's head, while the pendant turned into ice dust and dispersed into the air.

At the sight of this—

A trace of surprise flashed through the Snow Empress's eyes. Just as she was about to look into it further—

A layer of emerald-green light spread in from the northern horizon, illuminating half the sky over the ice plain in an instant.

"Buzz."

With a low hum, emerald light flashed, and a Soul Beast appeared before the Snow Empress.

It was an emerald-green scorpion roughly two meters long. Completely unlike the ugly scorpions one might imagine, this one was exceptionally beautiful.

Its body was covered in emerald-green crystals, which shone brilliantly beneath the light.

The Snow Empress looked at the Soul Beast, a faint smile capable of stunning heaven and earth appearing at the corner of her lips. "Bing'er."

"Snow Empress."

The scorpion spoke human words, and an emerald-green feminine figure formed before it—a petite twin-tailed young girl.

She wore an exquisite green dress, the same color as her long hair. Her features were delicate, her skin fair, and her golden eyes held savagery and dominance.

"Snow Empress, what was that Ice Blue pillar of light just now? And why is there a human baby boy here?"

The Ice Empress curiously stepped closer and looked at the baby boy hanging from the Snow Empress's hand.

"I just arrived as well, so I'm not sure." The Snow Empress shook her head, then changed the subject and pointed at the baby boy. "But it is very likely related to him."

"Eeh..."

Suddenly, the baby boy stretched out his tiny hand and wrapped it around the Snow Empress's slender jade finger.

At that touch, a strange feeling rose in the Snow Empress's heart. It was an unusual sensation, as though there was an ice element within the infant that felt familiar to her.

"Snow Empress, what's wrong?"

The Ice Empress looked somewhat puzzled. She stepped closer as well, reaching out to pinch the baby boy's body. "It doesn't seem like there's anythi—This is!"

Before she could finish, the Ice Empress's little face changed slightly.

She felt it too. There was an extremely familiar ice element within the baby boy.

She was no stranger to that ice element.

Extreme Ice!

A human baby boy less than half a year old actually possessed such pure Extreme Ice. It was simply unbelievable.

After a long while.

"Snow Empress, this baby boy isn't ordinary. How about we raise him for now?" the Ice Empress suggested.

"Raise him..."

The Snow Empress looked over, meeting the baby boy's gaze, which had remained fixed upon her all this time. After a moment, she nodded slightly. "We'll raise him."

Her intuition told her that the baby boy held a secret.

Moreover, he possessed Extreme Ice and had suddenly appeared in the Far North. In a sense, he was also one of her 'subjects.'

"Snow Empress, every human seems to have a name. Let's give him one too."

"Bing'er, do you have something in mind?"

"Let's call him... Xue Nianbing?"

"Mm, that's quite good." The Snow Empress smiled and nodded, agreeing to the name.

Six years later.

Far North, core region.

The sky shimmered with dreamlike, seven-colored halos.

The ground was a vast expanse of white. The snow was as hard as stone, and cold winds occasionally swept through, stirring layer upon layer of snowflakes and ice dust into the air.

"Step, step, step..."

Footsteps rang out as a boy walked across the snow.

Strangely, the boy wore only a thin white garment, yet he moved freely in temperatures far below freezing.

Gradually, the boy reached a cave. After entering, he saw an extremely simple and plain living space.

Yet to the boy, this place was exceptionally warm.

After taking out a spirit fruit, the boy walked back toward the cave entrance. Leaning against its edge, he muttered, "Time really flies. Before I knew it, I'd already been in this world for six years."

The boy was none other than Xue Nianbing, who had been adopted by the Ice and Snow Emperors six years ago.

Six years earlier, Xue Nianbing had bought a jade pendant at an antique market. Not long afterward, he had transmigrated.

Unlike ordinary transmigration, it was more like he had undergone rejuvenation. His body regressed into that of an infant before he finally arrived on Douluo Continent.

In this world, martial souls reigned supreme, and Soul Masters were the mainstream.

Compared to Blue Star, the phrase "the strong are respected" was embodied here to the fullest. The strong could possess everything, while the weak could only crawl and be slaughtered at others' mercy.