"I chose this path, so I was mentally prepared."
"If I can't even endure a little pain, how can I lead you all to eternal life in the future?"
"Come on!" Huo Yuhao thrust out his chest, ready to find out just how much it would hurt!
Snow Empress chuckled softly. "So confident!"
Ice Empress furrowed her brow. "Yuhao, you have to think this through!"
"This pain is beyond what an ordinary person can endure. Xue'er and I are both Soul Beasts who have cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years."
"Our powers are exceptionally domineering. This process is nothing like the way you humans usually fuse with Soul Bones."
"We'll completely transform your bones. To put it more plainly,"
"we'll pull out the bones in your entire torso and right arm, then put them back in. The process will be long and painful!"
Snow Empress's expression grew serious. "What Bing'er just described is the easiest part of our process."
"If you can't even get through bone formation, don't expect to incorporate our powers into your intangible Ice Martial Soul afterward."
"Once you get through this, the next part will be your greatest ordeal."
"You want to use Bing'er and my powers together to shape your Ice Martial Soul."
"You'll have to withstand the backlash from the conflict between our two bloodlines as they merge."
"During this process, you won't just have to endure the pain of our fusion. You'll also have to 'tame' the power we inject into you."
"So I don't know just how painful this process will be."
"You must remember one thing: if you lose consciousness during this process, everything will have been for nothing."
"With your Soul Skill to protect you, we won't inflict any fatal injuries."
"But Bing'er and I can only accompany you this far on this path."
"Both Bing'er and I are constantly under threat from Heavenly Tribulations."
"We don't have the energy to stay with you through failure after failure."
"You understand, right?"
Huo Yuhao replied resolutely, "Of course. You only fail once, or you fail countless times!"
"I made this decision because I'm going to see it through to success! Come on!"
"All right!" ×2
"Wait!" The voice came from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
A flicker of confusion crossed Huo Yuhao's eyes. "Sister Tianmeng, is something the matter?"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, "Did you forget something? Did you forget the Secret Method Soul Bone you won from that vicious stepmother?"
"This thing is valuable. It should help ease some of your pain!"
"That's right!" Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up. He took the Secret Method Right Arm Bone from his Storage Belt.
"You have a Soul Bone like that? Then you can spare yourself some of the pain!" Ice Empress said.
"By the way, have you decided where my Soul Bone should take shape?"
Huo Yuhao gripped the Secret Method Soul Bone in his hand. "Fuse it into my right arm!"
"All right!"
"Then we'll begin!" Snow Empress's voice rang out once more. "Bing'er and I will use the maximum amount of Ice Power your body can withstand."
"We'll numb your senses and reduce the pain of the fusion as much as possible. You must not lose consciousness."
"Otherwise, I'll never forget the state you were in when we first met!"
"Bring it on!" Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth, ready to face the pain of the fusion.
The two Empresses wasted no more time. They embraced Huo Yuhao from the front and behind.
Ice-blue light blossomed from Snow Empress, while emerald light erupted from Ice Empress's entire body.
Huo Yuhao felt two waves of extreme cold numb his whole body.
Behind him, Snow Empress raised a jade-white hand and suddenly pierced through the area around his spine. The ice-blue light turned a deep azure.
In front of Huo Yuhao, Ice Empress's jade-green scorpion tail appeared behind her.
The tail swayed. All the emerald light from Ice Empress's body surged into its sharp barb, turning the light around it a deep green.
Ice Empress controlled her scorpion tail and drove it viciously into Huo Yuhao's right arm.
Huo Yuhao's body shook violently as his torso and chest bones were pierced.
The pain went straight to the bone. Even with the low temperature numbing him, Huo Yuhao nearly let out a loud roar.
Huo Yuhao bit down hard on his lip. The process was already extremely draining,
and this was only the first hurdle. If he screamed now, how would he make it through the rest?
The two Empresses watched Huo Yuhao swallow all the pain, and silently nodded to themselves.
Only with such resilient willpower could he one day take them to the Divine Realm and help them seek eternal life!
"Now we'll reshape your bones!" ×2
A sensation like thousands of ants biting suddenly spread through Huo Yuhao's torso and right arm.
Cold sweat poured from Huo Yuhao's body. This pain was fucking inhuman.
His gums bled from clenching his teeth, and his fists were clenched tight. The sensation in his torso and right arm grew increasingly intense.
The torment was so intense that Huo Yuhao thought he was about to pass out.
No, he couldn't fall here!
Think of that great man. Think of the leash that great man would put on him in the future.
Would Dai Yuhao end up like a certain Cheng, unable to even touch his wife, or could he have a bright future?
Hold on!
Who knew how much time had passed? Everything on Huo Yuhao's body had returned to its original state, except for the Storage Belt around his waist.
Faint ice-blue light shimmered across Huo Yuhao's chest and abdomen.
A complex, ornate, lifelike snowflake pattern bloomed on his chest.
Emerald light spread across Huo Yuhao's right arm.
A lifelike, beautiful jade scorpion pattern appeared from his right shoulder to the point where it joined his arm.
The pain coursing through Huo Yuhao's body vanished completely. The two Empresses' Soul Bones had fused perfectly into his body.
His tightly shut eyes slowly opened. Ice-blue light shone from his right pupil, while dazzling emerald-green light flickered in his left.
Huo Yuhao was utterly exhausted. He knelt on one knee and panted heavily.
Just then, a warm current flowed through his body, easing at least fifty percent of his fatigue. Tian Meng's voice sounded by Huo Yuhao's ear:
"Yuhao, this is all I can do for you. You absolutely must not pass out now."
"I know. Ice Empress, Snow Empress, let's continue. Shape our Martial Soul." Huo Yuhao's resolute voice rang out.
"Then here we go!"
"We're at the final step now. You have to hold on!"
A pale-white halo, almost solid, rose from the two Empresses.
In an instant, these pale-white halos turned into dazzling, plump ice crystals.
The ice crystals surrounded Huo Yuhao, then flew into his body together.
Two enormous torrents of energy surged into every bone and every inch of Huo Yuhao's meridians.
A tearing pain, more excruciating than before, spread through Huo Yuhao's whole body.
As the two Empresses poured their vast sources of power into him, Huo Yuhao gradually turned into a massive blue-green cocoon.
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