Good Best Friends Have to Be Perfectly in Sync

The Snow Empress struck out with a snow-white palm, rapidly closing in.

"Tianyu, you're not allowed to hurt Xue'er!"

The trapped Ice Empress spoke anxiously.

"You human, you actually bewitched Binger so badly that she lost her senses. Let me see how you plan to hurt me!"

The Snow Empress flew into a rage and had already arrived before him.

Her palm came sweeping in, radiating biting cold.

Shen Tianyu remained unhurried and raised his hand with a palm strike of his own.

The instant their palms collided, the Snow Empress's expression shifted slightly.

"Fists and palms command heaven's ice and snow. Emperor's Sword, Emperor's Palm, Emperor's Cold Heaven!"

Boom!

Soul Power and spiritual energy clashed, and in the next instant, the Emperor's Palm was crushed.

The Snow Empress felt as though a towering wave had surged toward her and viciously slapped her across the face.

She had been slapped in the face!

Humiliation and fury filled the Snow Empress. She pointed a finger at the sky as sharp icy energy condensed into sword qi.

"Emperor's Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless!"

The pinnacle of sharpness—an unmatched sword strike!

One of the Snow Empress's three supreme techniques, it possessed not only peak ice-and-snow power, but also pure sword intent.

All of Chen Xin's sword techniques would at most stand a three-to-seven chance against the Snow Empress's Emperor's Sword.

If the Snow Empress went all out, Chen Xin would not have the slightest ability to resist.

But against Shen Tianyu, it was another matter entirely!

The freezing sword qi slashed down, making the entire underground cavern tremble and sway on the verge of collapse.

Shen Tianyu stepped forward and threw a full-force punch, striking directly against the sword qi.

Crack~

The sword qi exploded and shattered on the spot.

The Emperor's Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless, was utterly vulnerable before Shen Tianyu.

The Snow Empress's face flushed red. As the ruler of the Extreme North, when had she ever been so humiliated?

Her two greatest techniques had both been effortlessly neutralized.

"You human, I cannot let you live!"

Her chest stretched as both arms, pale as jade lotus roots, spread wide.

A wave of ice-and-snow power rapidly spread outward.

In an instant, the entire area within a ten-thousand-meter radius fell under the Snow Empress's control.

"It's Emperor's Cold Heaven!"

The Ice Empress cried out in alarm, watching the two of them worriedly.

Whether it was the Snow Empress or Shen Tianyu, she did not want either of them to get hurt.

"Snow Dance Shining Sun!"

Her cold, furious shout echoed as the frozen earth overhead exploded apart.

Countless snowflakes whirled through the air and shot skyward.

The shattered frozen earth scattered across the snowfield.

Scorching sunlight fell upon the three of them.

But the sunlight lasted only an instant before vanishing.

Within Emperor's Cold Heaven lay a forbidden zone for all living beings!

Ice and snow, like blades from hell, wildly ravaged and bombarded Shen Tianyu's fleshly body.

Explosions boomed without end.

The entire Extreme North trembled violently.

All Spirit Beasts prostrated themselves on the ground, shivering in terror.

Every one of them wondered which blind fool had dared to enrage the Snow Empress.

Standing within Emperor's Cold Heaven, Shen Tianyu felt it most clearly.

At that moment, he raised one hand toward the sky and declared loudly.

"Let there be light!"

Boom!

Heaven and earth rumbled, and the flying snow halted for an instant.

Dazzling sunlight shone into the Dihantian Domain.

The Snow Empress's pretty face drained of color. "How is this possible?"

"You were born from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. You should understand better than any Spirit Beast that the truly powerful energy in this world is not Soul Power, but spiritual energy!"

The sound wave rolled into her ears, carrying an imposing and oppressive force.

In her sight, spiritual energy circulated around the man's finger.

It shattered the Snow Empress's worldview. How could anyone in this world possibly control spiritual energy?

"Great Ice and Snow Art!"

As soon as the words fell, the ice and snow lost balance.

The ice and snow that had originally been under the Snow Empress's control fell into Shen Tianyu's hands in an instant.

"Disperse!"

With a light flick of his finger, the swirling ice and snow scattered away.

The Extreme North returned to tranquility in an instant.

The Snow Empress stood frozen in shock, unable to say a single word.

Shen Tianyu walked straight past the Snow Empress and struck the Ice and Snow Cage with his palm, freeing the Ice Empress.

"How exactly did you do that?"

The Snow Empress turned around, her blue eyes filled with confusion.

"Binger, tell her!"

"Mhm, mhm!"

The Ice Empress nodded and formed a hand seal before her chest. Strands of spiritual energy flowed from her Dantian.

"Binger! You can control spiritual energy too!"

The Snow Empress was utterly dumbfounded. Everything before her seemed unreal.

"Xue'er, Tianyu didn't bewitch me. He treats me very well.

Have you ever heard of Immortal Cultivation? It's a cultivation method that specializes in spiritual energy..."

The Ice Empress immediately told her everything without holding anything back.

From her first encounter with Shen Tianyu and being bound and captured,

to awakening her physique, being taught Immortal Arts, the Two People engaging in Dual Cultivation, and gaining control over spiritual energy.

She recounted every detail one by one.

When the details involved cultivation, a blush appeared on the Ice Empress's pretty face.

The Snow Empress, who had been listening carefully, also found her ears turning red.

After the explanation ended, the Snow Empress glanced at Shen Tianyu.

"Your Immortal Cultivation method is far too improper!"

"Cough, cough~"

Shen Tianyu cleared his throat. "It isn't improper. There's simply no other way!

This world is too awful. Even if living beings know spiritual energy exists, they cannot absorb and contain it within their bodies.

Only by altering their meridians and nourishing them with spiritual energy to transform their fleshly bodies can they accept spiritual energy and step onto the path of Immortal Cultivation."

The Snow Empress did not refute him. As someone born from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, she naturally understood this.

Having lived for six hundred and ninety thousand years, she knew very well that spiritual energy was the origin of all power.

If she could grasp even a thread of spiritual energy, she would surely be able to safely pass the Seven Hundred Thousand Year Limit Heavenly Tribulation.

Now that she had learned of a way to control spiritual energy, she was somewhat tempted.

Yet she had always been proud and found it difficult to ask.

Moreover, that Dual Cultivation Immortal Art was truly too embarrassing to mention.

"Xue'er, this Immortal Art is truly miraculous. I cultivated for only seven days, and my lifespan increased by more than two hundred years.

If we cultivate further, our lifespans will surely increase even more. The end of Immortal Cultivation is immortality.

Isn't immortality what our Spirit Beast race has sought through countless years of cultivation?

Xue'er, cultivate immortality with me!"

The Ice Empress linked arms with the Snow Empress and sincerely tried to persuade her.

The cold and proud Snow Empress remained outwardly unmoved, putting on a reluctant expression, yet her Peripheral Vision kept sneaking glances at Shen Tianyu.

"Heaven and earth are heartless, and the God Realm is unjust. They suppress the Spirit Beast race in every way and impose the heavenly tribulation limit upon us.

No matter how diligently we cultivate, we can hardly escape being reduced to ashes!

Snow Empress, as the ruler of the Extreme North, don't you want to find a way out for your people?

If you trust me and cultivate these Immortal Arts with me, then one day, I will ensure that every Spirit Beast in the Extreme North can step onto the path of Immortal Cultivation and seek immortality."

After the two of them persuaded her in turn, the Snow Empress saw that the timing was about right. She cleared her throat, and a hint of difficulty appeared on her cold, proud face.

"Since that is the case, I'll cultivate with you."

Though she seemed reluctant to agree, the Snow Empress was actually filled with anticipation.

Being able to control spiritual energy for cultivation would undoubtedly make her stronger. She might even be able to contend for the position of representative of the Soul Beast Overlord.

"Yay!"

The Ice Empress was overjoyed. Linking arms with the Snow Empress, she smiled.

"Xue'er, I knew you would agree.

Good best friends have to be perfectly in sync. From now on, the two of us will cultivate these Immortal Arts with him, and we'll surely attain immortality!"

"Mhm!"

The Snow Empress nodded coldly, her blue eyes meeting Shen Tianyu's.

"When will you awaken my physique?"

"Right now."

"Good! Begin!"

The Ice Empress knowingly stepped aside, leaving the space to the two of them.

Shen Tianyu raised his hand and brought two fingers together, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his lips.

Mandarin Ducks Exploring Water Finger activated!

He lightly tapped forward with his joined fingers. Spiritual energy shot forth and landed upon the Snow Empress's delicate body.

The Snow Empress's entire body trembled. It was her first contact with spiritual energy, and a faint, numbing pain flooded her mind.

"Mmph~"

A soft moan escaped her lips involuntarily as she felt the spiritual energy enter her body and travel through her meridians.

Controlling the spiritual energy, Shen Tianyu drew close to the Snow Empress. Only their robes separated them.

The Mandarin Ducks Exploring Water Finger moved across her body. While the spiritual energy nourished the Snow Empress's meridians, it also stimulated her still-sealed physique.

As more and more spiritual energy flowed in, the physique that had been sealed for nine hundred and ninety thousand years was successfully released and awakened.

As spiritual energy gathered, a heavenly river seemed to flow slowly above.

Within the heavenly waters, a Phoenix Fairy spread her wings.

"Hiss~ Another supreme physique—the Tianshui Phoenix Fairy Physique!"