Snow Empress Descends

Ice Empress was beautiful—this was the conclusion Huo Yuhao reached through his perception while staying inside the ice house.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was a scorpion about one and a half meters long, its body bearing two colors: ice and emerald green. Two massive crab claws, sharp fore claws a full meter in length, exuded waves of chill. Its eyes were yellow, and behind it stretched a long, curled scorpion tail. The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion had five segments, and the tip was a silver-white barb, appearing incredibly sharp.

"So this is the second of the Extreme North Three Heavenly Kings, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion!" Qian Renxue stared at Ice Empress's gem-like body, her expression moved.

When Sky Dream Ice Silkworm saw it, a look of infatuation immediately appeared in its eyes. Staring straight at Ice Empress, it spoke in a gentle tone: "You're here!"

The moment the words fell, a triumphant smile spread across Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's face. It pointed its right hand forward abruptly, and a thin membrane appeared where Ice Empress least expected it. Following that, Ice Empress vanished, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm vanished too, transforming into golden light that returned to the space between Huo Yuhao's brows.

With such a miraculous scene unfolding before his eyes, even with mental preparation, Huo Yuhao couldn't help his heartbeat accelerating.

"Elder Sister! We need to leave the Extreme North Core Circle quickly!" Huo Yuhao's shout snapped Qian Renxue back to her senses.

At that moment, a pair of pure white swan wings spread from Qian Renxue's back. She grabbed Huo Yuhao's small hand and together they shot into the sky.

At the same time, in the Extreme North Core Circle.

A snowy silhouette suddenly appeared atop a mountain peak. Snow Empress had also heard Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's call to Ice Empress just now. Now, gazing into the distance at the direction the two humans were leaving, a trace of killing intent flickered in her cold, clear eyes.

"Xiao Yuhao, big brother needs to apologize to you. Actually, I had my own selfish motives for coming to the Extreme North." Huo Yuhao tightly gripped Qian Renxue's jade hand as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice rang in his mind.

"No need to apologize. I forgive you." Huo Yuhao communicated with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm through mental power.

"Actually, here's how it is..." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was startled, looking at Huo Yuhao with some disbelief: "You forgive big brother? But big brother hasn't even told you the whole story yet."

"The story of a big bug who likes a little scorpion?" Electrolux's teasing voice came through.

The jade white of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's entire body gradually turned red—red as if roasted by fire.

Huo Yuhao couldn't hold it in and let out a puchi laugh: "Sorry, Brother Tianmeng, I've received strict training—I wouldn't laugh... unless I couldn't help it."

"Electrolux! And you, Xiao Yuhao! Big brother misjudged you!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fumed, hopping up and down on the Sea of Spirit. The greatest secret of its million-year life had been mercilessly exposed.

"Wait! Big brother never mentioned this to anyone. Xiao Yuhao, Electrolux, how did you know?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm cast aside its doubts, lifting its head to look at the gray sphere in mid-air.

"You'd better let Yuhao answer that." Electrolux's aged voice sounded as Huo Yuhao's Spirit Body Construct appeared on the Sea of Spirit.

Huo Yuhao faced Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, whose entire body had turned red. The silkworm baby was now staring at Huo Yuhao with blazing eyes.

Being stared at like that by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm made goosebumps rise all over Huo Yuhao's body. He could only say helplessly: "I know what happened ten thousand years ago, and I know what will happen ten thousand years later. Including meeting you, everything about capturing Ice Empress today, and everything that will happen between you and me from now on—I'm very clear about it all."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was stunned: "You calculated that big brother would choose you, so you waited for big brother to appear in the Star Dou Great Forest!"

"You could say that." Huo Yuhao nodded, then watched as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fell silent.

"Your God Creation Plan is very successful. In the future, I will lead you, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress to ascend together into the God Realm. I arranged everything that came before, but our unexpected travel back to the Douluo Continent of ten thousand years ago—that's something I never anticipated." Huo Yuhao comforted it.

"You mean Snow Empress? How is this possible! Snow Empress is naturally proud—how could she possibly join us?"

Facing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's doubt, Huo Yuhao smiled slightly: "Snow Empress is about to face the seven hundred thousand year heavenly tribulation. She chose to take humanoid form ten thousand years later, but at the critical moment, she was captured by humans. In the end, I obtained her by chance, and that's how she joined our team."

"Xiao Yuhao, big brother is starting to be afraid of you." The two antennae atop Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's head curled slightly.

"Without you, there would be no Huo Yuhao today. As you said, I fulfill you, and you fulfill me. You will always be my Brother Tianmeng." Huo Yuhao smiled slightly, stepping forward to hug Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tightly.

"Yuhao..." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm laughed, laughed very happily. With Huo Yuhao's words, it knew its God Creation Plan was one hundred percent successful, and it was filled with hope for the future.

Soon, Qian Renxue led Huo Yuhao flying out of the Extreme North Core Circle, landing on a patch of snow where a few snow pines grew.

Leaving the Extreme North Core Circle, it wasn't as cold as before. Qian Renxue and Huo Yuhao landed.

A ball of golden light wrapped around the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion emerged from between Huo Yuhao's brows. Now enveloped by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Exuviae, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was slightly startled when it saw the two humans—one male, one female—before it.

"Hello, Ice Empress. My name is Huo Yuhao. What Brother Tianmeng did just now wasn't intentional. If not for this method, I don't think we could have had a proper talk." Huo Yuhao walked up to the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion with a smile on his face.

Ice Empress looked at Huo Yuhao and said coldly: "Despicable humans. You imitated that guy Tianmeng to capture me, isn't it just for my soul ring and soul bone? Don't speak such high-sounding words."

"Bingbing, everything Yuhao said is true." At the same time, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's phantom shot out from between Huo Yuhao's brows like lightning.

"Tianmeng... your body! Now you're nothing but a Mental Origin... you... sacrificed yourself to this human!" Ice Empress stared at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao in disbelief.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sighed: "Actually, big brother's experience can only be described as tragic. As you can see, I've become this child's Wisdom Soul Ring."

"Wisdom Soul Ring?"

"That's right! After becoming this child's soul ring, we can retain our consciousness. Although I didn't give him a soul bone, I gave him a spirit—an ice attribute spirit. As long as you become the first soul ring of this child's second spirit, then his second spirit will be you, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion!"

Listening to their exchange, Qian Renxue covered her forehead, feeling her worldview being violently shaken once again.

"A little fellow from ten thousand years later, with a million year soul beast by his side, and now encountering a three hundred eighty thousand year super soul beast—this younger brother I've acknowledged is way too terrifying."

Just then, the temperature around them plummeted. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao, and Qian Renxue's expressions all changed drastically.