Snow Empress's Fury, the Spoils

Time rewound to one minute earlier.

Shu Yan's Spiritual Power entered these Storage Soul Tools with almost no effort. The soul imprints and restrictions originally left on them had already been removed by the Ice Empress. These Storage Soul Tools could now truly be considered ownerless; otherwise, breaking the restrictions on them would have taken him quite some effort.

A flash of white light passed by, and densely packed items appeared within Shu Yan's perception. Most of them were intact Soul Tools of various kinds, along with their corresponding blueprints. Shu Yan did not know much about Soul Tools, but he could roughly tell that these Soul Tools were definitely of a high grade and exquisitely crafted. They were clearly the work of master craftsmen.

Aside from the Soul Tools and blueprints Shu Yan did not fully understand, the most eye-catching item within these Storage Soul Tools was an unusual Soul Tool emitting a faint golden glow.

Shu Yan's expression tightened slightly. As he looked at the pale golden Soul Tool floating in midair, he already had an idea of what it was.

The golden Soul Tool radiated a heavy, solid aura. Its appearance was not particularly refined, instead carrying a sense of returning to simplicity. In a corner beneath its front face, Shu Yan saw three small characters written in gold: God Sealing Platform!

That was right. This was the Level Nine Soul Tool that had sealed Snow Empress in the original story, and also the most powerful sealing-type Soul Tool in the current Douluo Plane. It possessed the formidable ability to completely seal off time and space. In other words, once an object was shut inside, whether a thousand or ten thousand years passed outside, the object within would remain unchanged and never perish. In a sense, being locked inside the God Sealing Platform could be considered another form of immortality?

Shu Yan dismissed the other thoughts in his mind. After taking a deep breath to steady himself, he inspected the other Storage Soul Tools one by one and ultimately discovered quite a few useful treasures.

It had to be said that the Soul Engineers who had intruded into the Extreme North Land were truly wealthy. Not only did they possess a large number of high-grade Soul Tools, each one was also exquisitely made. Even more surprisingly, nearly every Soul Tool had its corresponding blueprint preserved, including the blueprint for the Level Nine Soul Tool, the God Sealing Platform.

Besides those, there were also large quantities of everyday cultivation resources and Gold Soul Coins. Several jade boxes contained a few thousand-year Soul Bones. Though their age was not particularly high, they were very complete. After thinking it over, Shu Yan decided he would give them to his little Princess when he returned. Xu Jiujiu naturally would not absorb these Soul Bones herself, but as the princess of a nation, she needed to cultivate confidants of her own. These Soul Bones could happen to give her a helping hand.

Otherwise, no matter how many thousand-year Soul Bones they had, they would be of no use to young people of their status.

The Ice Empress and Snow Empress waited quietly for Shu Yan. From his expression, they had already judged that the items within those Storage Soul Tools were extraordinarily valuable, perhaps even terrifyingly so. At that thought, the two exchanged another glance, and a trace of relief flashed through both their eyes.

Shu Yan withdrew his Spiritual Power from the Soul Tools and solemnly put them away before turning to the Ice Snow Two Emperors. As it happened, the Ice Empress and Snow Empress were waiting for him as well.

"Can you determine where these humans came from? Or rather, what exactly was their purpose?"

Snow Empress asked in a deep voice. She already had some suspicions about the matter, and now she wanted confirmation from Shu Yan.

Shu Yan sighed softly before saying, "These people were likely high-ranking Soul Engineers who had defected from the Sun Moon Empire. Their leader was a Rank Nine Soul Master, while the others were probably around Rank Seven to Rank Eight. They carried a large number of Soul Tools for scouting and concealing their auras, as well as quite a few attack-type Soul Tools. But the most terrifying thing was that among the Soul Tools they carried was a Level Nine Soul Tool known as the God Sealing Platform."

"This Soul Tool has no offensive or defensive power, but its sealing power can absolutely be called the pinnacle of sealing Soul Tools on the continent today. If a Soul Beast is sealed inside it, it can only be left at their mercy..."

"As for their purpose... perhaps they intended to capture a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and take it away, or perhaps they had some other goal. But now that they are dead, their true purpose can be said to be impossible to determine..."

Snow Empress slammed her palm fiercely against the ice wall beside her. Her strike made the entire ice palace tremble. Clearly, these people had successfully stirred Snow Empress's rage, and it was an extremely serious kind of rage.

"Damn it! If what you say is true, then their goal was very likely to capture and take me away while I used the snow lotus to take human form. Otherwise, I truly cannot understand why an ant who had not even reached Level 95, along with a group of Soul Douluo trash, would dare ambush any Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Core Circle of the Extreme North Land..."

Seeing Snow Empress so enraged, the Ice Empress hurried forward and gently patted her back to calm her down, not forgetting to say, "All right, Xue'er. Didn't nothing happen? It's all over now. Look, I personally dealt with those filthy, foul-smelling humans and made sure they died without a burial place. If you're still angry, Xue'er, I'll dig them up and kill them all over again..."

Snow Empress's full chest rose and fell softly. It was clear that the humans' sinister scheme had truly angered her greatly. Shu Yan sighed quietly, genuinely unsure what he could say at a time like this.

After a long while, under the Ice Empress's tireless comfort, Snow Empress's emotions finally settled completely. The red glow in her eyes gradually faded, and then she spoke again.

"Can you be certain they are all dead? Don't leave behind any threat that happened to escape by chance. Otherwise, the entire Extreme North Land may never know peace."

The Ice Empress nodded repeatedly before saying, "Don't worry, Xue'er. I have already ordered my clansmen to notify Little White and the other powerful races of the Extreme North Land. They will conduct a search throughout the entire Core Circle and even the side of the Extreme North Land near the Ice Sea. As long as they discover anything unusual, they will eliminate it at any cost."

Snow Empress considered it for a moment before finally nodding gently.

She slowly raised her eyes, her gaze settling on Shu Yan as a trace of weariness entered her voice.

"This concerns all living beings of the Extreme North. No matter what, we cannot neglect this matter. Wait a little longer. Afterward, Bing'er and I will accompany you to the human world."

"All right, I am tired. Go cultivate first. Let Bing'er stay with me for a while..."

Shu Yan nodded knowingly and did not insist on staying. Instead, he left the space to the Ice Empress and Snow Empress. At a time like this, it was better not to involve himself casually. A person needed to know his place. Although the Ice Snow Two Emperors treated him completely differently from ordinary humans, he did not believe the feelings between the three of them ran particularly deep. Feelings were consumable. If they could not grow, then once passion and patience had been worn away, those feelings would become scraps of paper in the wind, drifting away without a trace...