Snow Empress's Seven Hundred Thousand Year Life Tribulation

Dance of Moon Shadow is the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of the Moon Shadow Squad's captain and vice-captain, Yue and Ying, which is also the reason the imperial family invested massive resources into cultivating them back then.

Therefore, in the eyes of Xue Yuheng, the other five members of the Moon Shadow Squad were merely dead soldiers who could be discarded at any moment.

Only these two were his absolute confidantes.

If not for the Holy Shadow Stone provided by Xue Yuheng, Yue would never have been able to break through to Title Douluo in her lifetime; the Holy Shadow Soul Core she condensed possessed Yin-Yang Soul Power, making it the pinnacle among soul cores.

The strength of the Heavenly Dancing Maiden could not have advanced so drastically otherwise.

It was so terrifying that even in the Far North, she could fight to a standstill against the Titan Snow Demon King, who was receiving a massive boost.

Xue Yuheng looked at the two dazzling rays of light locked in a fierce battle in the sky and shouted loudly, "Snow Demon King, I have already reached a consensus of cooperation with Lady Snow Empress; from now on, we are family."

"How can there be any reason for family members to fight each other?"

"Yue'er, Ying'er, you two stop as well."

At the level of a Super Douluo, it was naturally impossible to stop first and reveal a flaw.

Otherwise, a sneak attack from the opponent would result in either severe injury or death.

Xue Yuheng's words had little effect; the peerless and elegant Heavenly Dancing Maiden, walking through the air, was furious, and the Black and White Holy Sword formed by Yue's external Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone shone with intense light.

Just then, the voice of the Snow Empress appeared in everyone's ears from a thousand miles away, putting an end to the battle.

After the Martial Soul Fusion Skill was dispelled, the exhaustion of both Yue and Ying was quite significant, so Xue Yuheng had no choice but to let them take Xiao Xiao back to Beiyuan City, a city on the edge of the Far North, to recover their state.

Xue Yuheng himself went to find the remaining four—Rou, Qing, Ling, and Xin—one by one.

Just as the Snow Empress had said, it was almost impossible for Xue Yuheng to detonate these four Soul Tool Cannonballs, even the strongest Level 9 one, which "Rou" had taken to the habitat of the Ice Jade Scorpion according to the plan.

However, at the level of the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress, they would hardly be held back by such concerns.

It was much like the cultivators' philosophy: "Better you die than I."

Unless the situation deteriorated to the point of using Soul Tool Cannonballs as a preemptive strike to eliminate the living forces of the Far North, Xue Yuheng would never want to see the Dou Spirit Empire face the catastrophe of national destruction.

This time, Xue Yuheng had bet correctly.

No matter how much the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress loathed humans, in the face of their life-threatening tribulation, they had no choice but to compromise with Xue Yuheng.

As strong as the Snow Empress was, she had no confidence that her second plan would succeed.

As for surviving the seven-hundred-thousand-year life tribulation, she didn't even dare to think about it.

Now that the Ice God Contract existed, Xue Yuheng and the Snow Empress were grasshoppers on the same line; of course, his original intention had always been to help the Two Emperors of Ice and Snow.

These two were, after all, gold-medal fighters.

Perhaps they could even... ahem.

After Xue Yuheng used the Positioning Soul Tool to find the closest one, Rou, he split his forces into two paths. It took over three hours for the group of five to return to Beiyuan City, the human city closest to the Far North, to rest and reorganize.

Beiyuan City.

Another large city of the Heaven Dou Empire, it sat perched by the Far North. The city lord held immense power and commanded three legions.

The city lord's wife, the mature Xu Xue, entertained Xue Yuheng's group very warmly.

Under the guidance of Xu Xue, Xue Yuheng and Xiao Xiao toured the entire city of Beiyuan.

This formidable fortress gave Xue Yuheng a feeling that he had never experienced in any other city he had visited.

Of course, whether it could truly withstand the beast tide of the Far North was a question mark for Xue Yuheng.

After a day of rest.

Xue Yuheng left all six women in Beiyuan City, including Xiao Xiao, whom he had coaxed for a long time, and returned to the Far North alone.

This time, he went deeper.

Under the guidance of the Ice Empress, Xue Yuheng arrived directly at the "home" of the Snow Empress.

A magnificent, giant ice-sculpted Western-style castle.

Everything within sight was made of ice; how did Xue Yuheng feel like he had seen such a scene in a movie before?

At the edge of the castle's open space, Xue Yuheng checked the materials, making sure not to make any mistakes at the critical moment.

After confirming it three times, the three of them arrived at a vast, empty snowfield.

The Ice Empress had already dispersed the groups of soul beasts that lived here, saying viciously:

"You brat, if anything happens to the Snow Empress..."

Xue Yuheng rolled his eyes and replied, "You'll launch a beast tide and destroy my Dou Spirit, right?"

The Ice Empress snorted coldly, "As long as you know."

The two bickered a few more times. Nearby, the Snow Empress floated in the air, communicating with the spirituality of the hundreds of rare treasures around her, having no time to pay attention to them.

It wasn't until the Snow Empress opened her eyes and swallowed the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Xue Yuheng was stunned; could this thing be swallowed raw? She was truly worthy of being the Snow Empress; it was terrifying.

The moment the Profound Ice Marrow entered her body, the ice mist around the Snow Empress suddenly collapsed inward, and the wind and snow between heaven and earth stalled for a moment.

The seven-hundred-thousand-year life tribulation of the soul beast.

First trial, Life Depletion.

This was the backlash of a 700,000-year origin, the most difficult tribulation for a soul beast to overcome, similar to the omen of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.

Snow Empress's ice-blue hair began to wither and turn gray-white at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Fine, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on her skin, which had originally been as white and flawless as jade, making her look like ice that had been weathered for ten thousand years, ready to crumble into powder at any moment.

The ice origin and vast life force within Snow Empress, which had been as boundless as the Ice Sea, were evaporating and depleting at a rapid pace.

Even her insights into the laws of ice, accumulated over 700,000 years, began to blur and dissipate.

"Snow Empress!" Ice Empress's expression changed drastically. Emerald soul power surged out instantly, and she tried to step forward, but was firmly blocked by a barrier of solid ice raised by Snow Empress.

"Don't come over." Snow Empress's voice was cold and clear, yet the faint, imperceptible tremor in her tone betrayed the excruciating pain she was enduring.

Snow Empress had lived for 700,000 years and had seen too many brilliant soul beasts who, when faced with this trial, had no room to resist and ultimately turned into a wisp of dust between heaven and earth.

Xue Yuheng snapped back to reality instantly. The Wordless Heavenly Book in his Spirit Sea flipped rapidly, and the transformation steps he had already deduced countless times over the past two days surfaced once more.

Xue Yuheng waved his hand, using the Power of Creation to dissolve hundreds of ice-attribute treasures: Ice God Flower, Ice Spirit Sky Sand, 100,000-year Snow Lotus...

Each of these treasures, enough to drive the continent's soul masters into a frenzy, was guided by the Power of Creation into streams of pure, ice-blue light that surged toward Snow Empress's body.

"Snow Empress, draw upon the life force and energy of these treasures to protect your origin.

Gather your soul power along the pathways of human meridians to shape a human shell!"

Xue Yuheng's voice pierced through the wind and snow, landing clearly in Snow Empress's ears.

Following the plan Xue Yuheng had repeated countless times, Snow Empress's ice-blue eyes suddenly focused, her 700,000 years of cultivation restrained to the extreme.

She guided the sky full of treasure light, bit by bit repairing her decaying origin while simultaneously stripping away her soul beast origin to reshape human flesh and meridians.

Ice Empress stood to the side, her fists clenched so tightly they creaked, her eyes fixed unblinkingly on Snow Empress in mid-air.

She could clearly feel that the aura of a soul beast on Snow Empress was rapidly dissipating, replaced by an increasingly distinct human aura.

Humans were truly a species favored by heaven and earth.

Even though they were merely food for soul beasts...

I do not know how much time passed, but when the final essence of the Ice God Flower merged into Snow Empress's body, that aura of decay and desolation finally faded away completely.

In mid-air, Snow Empress's figure slowly solidified.

She was no longer the proud, mature woman from before, but had transformed into a little girl who looked only six or seven years old.

Her ice-blue hair hung down to her ankles, her skin was as white as the first snow of the Far North, and her delicate little face remained cold, yet it now possessed a touch of childish tenderness.

Snow Empress's human shell had been successfully formed.

The first trial, Life Depletion, had been passed smoothly without any issues, thanks to the help of numerous treasures.

The Two Emperors of Ice and Snow did not seem to realize one problem; Xue Yuheng coughed dryly in his heart. He couldn't possibly remind them under these circumstances, could he?

Before Ice Empress's hanging heart could settle, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from the firmament.

The sky over the snowfield, where light snow had been falling, was instantly covered by ice-blue tribulation clouds. Within the clouds, lightning rolled, each bolt carrying a destructive aura capable of making a Super Douluo tremble.

The second trial, Ice God Thunder Tribulation, had arrived.