Death of the Ice Empress

Today is the fifth day since Xue Yuheng and Xiao Xiao left Dragon City; yesterday, the Ice Empress successfully transformed into a human.

No, she should be called Xue Qingwu now.

The interface on the Wordless Heavenly Book has already changed.

Xue Qingwu is a human recognized by the Heavenly Book.

After Xue Yuheng used one thousand points of Power of Creation, combined with the materials required for the evolution of Xue Qingwu's martial soul, she completely adapted to a human body.

Xue Qingwu has also officially become a soul master.

God-level martial soul, Goddess of Ice and Snow, innate soul power level twenty.

Xue Qingwu was born of heaven and earth, appearing as a six or seven-year-old child at the moment of her birth, so the bone age displayed on the Heavenly Book is six years old.

A six-year-old two-ring grand soul master, and the soul ring limit for the god-level martial soul evolved by Xue Yuheng using the Power of Creation is extremely high, determined almost entirely by the soul master's physical constitution.

In other words, all nine soul rings can reach the upper limit of a god-bestowed soul ring.

Xue Qingwu's body was forged from over a hundred types of rare treasures and the Ice Lightning Tribulation; no one knows the true extent of her physical strength. After taking a direct hit from the Ice Empress's Ice Empress's Pincer, she only suffered minor injuries.

The three of them determined that Xue Qingwu's pure physical strength is at least at the Title Douluo level, and her body's capacity to withstand soul rings is equivalent to that of a one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

Of course, since the absorption of a soul ring also requires the addition of soul power, the three unanimously decided that the soul beast for Xue Qingwu's first soul ring should be around two hundred thousand years old.

Although Xue Qingwu has become a human soul master, she still refuses to actively kill soul beasts in the Far North, as it sits uneasily in her heart.

To the north of the Far North lies an ice sea floating with massive ice floes.

With the help of the Ice Empress and a group of powerhouses from the Far North, Xue Qingwu successfully obtained two soul rings.

Two hundred thousand years and two hundred and fifty thousand years.

Terrifying indeed.

"Ice Empress, first, you will definitely die this time.

Second, you will definitely die.

Finally, let me remind you one more time, why don't you just take the path of transforming into a human?" Xue Yuheng spent the whole morning earnestly trying to persuade the Ice Empress.

This fellow had been moved after seeing the Ice Empress survive her life tribulation.

However, according to the deductions of Xue Yuheng's Wordless Heavenly Book, the probability of the Ice Empress surviving her heavenly tribulation is zero—not even a sliver of a chance.

Being able to cultivate and evolve an Ice Jade Scorpion to the level of an Ice Jade Empress Scorpion is enough to prove the Ice Empress's perseverance and effort.

But this four-hundred-thousand-year life tribulation is something she absolutely cannot overcome.

The Ice Empress still held onto some wishful thinking and said coldly:

"Don't think I don't know the filthy thoughts in your mind.

I don't know why the Ice Empress calls you 'Little Xue' every other word now, but I will absolutely never take this human path!"

Although from the Ice Empress's perspective, the Ice Empress and Xue Yuheng did not look that intimate, they were much closer than they had been before the life tribulation began.

What exactly did they experience in the Ice Empress's heart tribulation?

The Ice Empress didn't know, and she didn't want to know.

The Ice Empress had become a human after all; from now on, she would be the strongest in the Far North. The Ice Empress bore the glory of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan and could not possibly transform into a human.

"I'm being serious, even if a god descended to help you this time, you would still die," Xue Yuheng said, speechless. Why was this little scorpion so stubborn?

"Why are you spouting so much nonsense? Are you going to help me or not!" The Ice Empress had called Xue Yuheng over to help, not to listen to a little brat nag.

"Then this king will risk his life to accompany a gentleman," Xue Yuheng laughed.

A soul beast's life tribulation has nothing to do with age; the key lies in cultivation.

For example, to suppress the arrival of her life tribulation, the Ice Empress could have actually broken through to seven hundred thousand years of cultivation long ago, but she had no confidence, so she refrained from doing so.

That mouthful of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow also caused the Ice Empress's cultivation to break through, which is why it triggered the life tribulation.

The Ice Empress's situation is the same now; she didn't even tell the Ice Empress, who was cultivating in her Ice Palace, about such a major event, choosing instead to face the tribulation alone with Xue Yuheng.

Perhaps she still believed Xue Yuheng's words and didn't want the Ice Empress to witness her death.

Under the influence of the remaining thirty-plus points of meager Power of Creation from Xue Yuheng, over forty types of ice-attribute spiritual herbs swirled around the Ice Empress, dissolving into a liquid that could be directly absorbed.

The Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow slowly flowed from the Ice Empress's tail into her beautiful soul beast body, emitting a dazzling seven-colored light amidst the ice and snow.

The life tribulation arrived.

After three hours of effort by the Ice Empress and Xue Yuheng, along with the assistance of numerous spiritual items, she barely managed to survive the life tribulation.

The subsequent Ice Lightning Tribulation also transformed into over two thousand Creation Points in Xue Yuheng's hands.

He was wealthy again.

Compared to the semi-god-level life tribulation after five hundred thousand years, this four-hundred-thousand-year life tribulation also included a trial of one's own attributes.

Fortunately, Xue Yuheng spent over a thousand points of Power of Creation to assist the Ice Empress, and she passed the test of the Laws of Ice without any danger.

The fourth trial, the heart tribulation.

If the prophecy of the Wordless Heavenly Book is true, then this trial must be incredibly perilous.

Xue Yuheng repeated his previous action, placing the Wordless Heavenly Book into the Ice Empress's sea of consciousness.

When the heart tribulation arrived, Xue Yuheng once again felt that faint connection between himself and the Ice Empress.

Relying on this, he entered the illusion where the Ice Empress was trapped.

Is this the Ice God Palace?

Xue Yuheng had lived with Xue Qingwu in her illusion for a hundred years, so how could he not recognize it?

However, after entering, Xue Yuheng did not see the Ice Empress directly; he even searched the entire Ice God Peak.

He still could not find the Ice Empress.

Just then, the entire Ice God Peak began to shake, vibrating with extreme intensity.

It collapsed.

The entire Ice God Peak crumbled into the ground.

Was this what Xue Qingwu had mentioned—that hundreds of thousands of years ago, Ice God Peak had collapsed underground due to tectonic movement?

Xue Yuheng was buried as well, and when he opened his eyes, he was back in the Ice God Palace, back at the very beginning of entering the Ice Empress's illusion.

He could sense that his Power of Creation had diminished slightly.

This time, Xue Yuheng did not hesitate in the slightest and ran toward the depths of the Ice God Palace.

He remembered Xue Qingwu telling him that there was an inner sanctum behind the Ice God Palace, a forbidden area that had once been the Ice God's bedchamber.

Sure enough, when Xue Yuheng arrived at that palace, a clear, youthful voice drifted from within.

"Why? Fine, I shall tell you why today!

Your Ice Jade Scorpion Clan is nothing more than a pet race in my hands; setting an insurmountable threshold for you was merely to prevent you from escaping the control of my Ice and Snow Elf race.

Besides, if not for the opportunities I granted you, could you have cultivated to this point?

Bing Wushuang, do not forget that the blood flowing through your veins is also mine.

For the sake of my grand plan to ascend as a deity, sacrificing your life is your honor!"

As soon as Xue Yuheng pushed open the great doors, he saw the Ice Empress kneeling to the side, extinguished by a single finger from the young man on the throne.

This was an incredibly magnificent Western-style ice-sculpted palace.

It reminded Xue Yuheng of a certain movie.

The entire Ice God Peak began to shake again.

"Who are you?" The young man frowned. This was his Ice God Peak; how could a lowly human have broken in? A thought flashed through his mind, and he smiled:

"I see, you are a human from four hundred thousand years in the future, and there is actually the aura of soul power on you.

It seems that humans of later generations have actually mastered the method of cultivating soul power.

Let me guess how you entered Bing Wushuang's heart tribulation illusion...

On you, I sense an aura no lower than that of my Ice God Sword.

You possess... a divine artifact."

Xue Yuheng smiled faintly. With Creation Points in hand, he hadn't saved the Ice Empress this time, but... he could still try a thousand more times.

The ice pillars supporting the Ice God Temple snapped with a roar, and massive ice boulders crashed to the ground.

Xue Yuheng stood amidst the rubble, his expression calm.

"Are you the Ice God?"

"Heh... human, you may call me that..." The handsome man with long blue hair leaned back on the throne, his palms resting on its sides.

On the throne beside him hung a long sword.

"What level of deity are you?" Xue Yuheng asked the question he was most curious about.

"You actually know that deities have levels?" The man was somewhat surprised.

"Ten thousand years ago, nine deities were born among humans," Xue Yuheng said.

Xue Yuheng was naturally referring to the original Shrek Seven Devils, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue.

"..." The man fell silent, then sighed: "My true body has indeed sensed something.

Have they already ascended to the God Realm?"

"Yes."

"Once I successfully ascend to the rank of a third-level deity, I will go to the God Realm as well," the man affirmed.

Xue Yuheng sneered; so he was just a small-time crook trying to create his own godhood.

The ice walls of the Ice God Temple cracked, and shattered ice fell in a flurry.

Ice God Peak collapsed once again.