For the next few days after absorbing the Ice Empress's Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, Xue Lingyun remained in the Cultivation Room, stabilizing his newly acquired power.
The Cultivation Room deep within the Ice Palace was somewhat smaller than the main hall, but all four walls were made of Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice. The concentration of ice elements was several times higher than outside.
The Ice Crystal Array on the ground was still slowly circulating. It was the Isolation Array Snow Empress had set up. It had not been removed on the day of the fusion, making it perfect for testing his new abilities.
He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
The Spirit Bone origin in his right arm had already completely fused with his bones. There was no longer any sense of rejection.
He could clearly sense the energy nodes at every joint—shoulder, elbow, and wrist. Three joints, three emerald green light patterns, like springs compressed to their limit, ready to release at any moment.
The bones, meridians, and muscles throughout his entire right arm had been reforged by the Ice Empress's origin. Their toughness far surpassed what they had been before.
His second Martial Soul, the Ice Prison Dragon King, slumbered within his body. The Ice Empress's consciousness resided deep within the Martial Soul core, wrapped in two layers of silver white soul barriers.
She could perceive everything outside, but she would not disturb him unless she had something to say.
"Begin," Xue Lingyun said softly.
He first released the Ice Prison Dragon King Martial Soul.
An Ice Blue Dragon Phantom emerged behind him, its dragon head held high and its eyes clear and cold.
Emerald green light patterns flickered faintly across the surface of its dragon scales. They were the Ice Empress's origin markings,