God-Sealing Platform

Beneath the snow-clad robes, his face appeared somewhat aged.

He recalled how, some time ago, while gathering rare heavenly treasures, he had unexpectedly discovered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Heavenly Spirit Snow Lotus!

Seeing no Soul Beasts guarding the area, he concealed his aura and prepared to pick it.

Yet he had not expected a spiritual ripple to suddenly ring out in his mind.

"Human, considering your hard-earned cultivation, leave at once!"

The Snow-Clad Elder was greatly alarmed.

Without another thought, he turned and fled.

After He Qing returned to his clan, he consulted countless medicinal tomes and identified the Heavenly Spirit Snow Lotus as something capable of helping a Ferocious Beast take human form.

Upon learning this, the old man's expression shifted uncertainly.

He suspected that some Ferocious Beast had failed to overcome its heavenly tribulation and was preparing to transform into human form. Even if that was not the case, that Ferocious Beast bore some degree of goodwill toward humans.

Of those capable of breaking through to become a Title Douluo, which one did not possess courage beyond ordinary people?

He Qing decided to contact the royal family, hoping they could act as intermediaries. That was why he had this God-Sealing Platform custom-made.

Not only could it seal a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, it could also imprison powerful experts.

Once he obtained this item, he hesitated no longer.

He headed alone into the Far North to try his luck.

If he succeeded, he would seize a heaven-defying opportunity; if he failed, he would have no regrets!

When Xu Tinglan heard that the man was a Title Douluo, a trace of suspicion arose in his heart.

"Godfather, should we follow him and see what exactly he intends to do?"

Kong Deming pondered briefly.

A Title Douluo appearing here was indeed suspicious. Could he be planning to slaughter Soul Beasts and refine Artificial Soul Bones?

That would harm the natural order.

He knew of a major event from the past.

A hundred years ago, a Title Douluo had slaughtered countless Soul Beasts to create Artificial Soul Bones, ultimately triggering the Star Dou Great Beast Tide, which had not been seen in thousands of years.

In that battle, more than ten Title Douluo had died or been injured.

Kong Deming nodded, his expression slightly grave.

"It would be good to take a look."

Kong Deming was far stronger than that man, so he simply followed from a great distance behind him.

As they traveled, they discovered that their destination was actually the core region of the Far North.

The Far North had been frozen for eternity.

The world was nothing but a vast expanse of white. Blizzards raged all year round, cutting across the face like blades. Cracks crisscrossed the ice fields, deep blue glacial light seeping from their depths.

Glaciers rose like the backs of giants, reflecting the heavens. Auroras hung down in a dreamlike beauty, yet beneath them lay cold so extreme it could freeze a body apart.

With the old man's protection, Xu Tinglan did not feel the slightest chill.

Seeing the dreamlike snowy scenery, his eyes grew somewhat unfocused. Even after closing them, he could still envision a field of pure white.

Not long after.

That illusory sensation vanished without a trace.

There was neither sunrise nor sunset in the Far North. After an unknown length of time, they finally stopped.

Even Kong Deming's normally steady and composed expression now revealed undisguised shock.

Ahead.

He Qing stood still, his body trembling faintly. He desperately restrained the wild laughter on his face, his wrinkles drawn tightly together.

The Heavenly Spirit Snow Lotus was indeed no longer where it had been.

However, He Qing had spent this time lingering around the core region like a ghost, persevering without rest.

At last, heaven did not disappoint the determined.

He had found the Ferocious Beast transforming here!

The God-Sealing Platform in his arms was warm, just like the hot blood in his heart.

He Qing could not help wanting to laugh.

To encounter a Ferocious Beast in the midst of taking human form—what incredible luck!

Wind and snow filled the sky.

A cluster of icy spiritual energy curled within a snow lotus, its human form only beginning to take shape. The petals were white as frost and snow, layered upon one another as they wrapped around the spirit of ice and snow.

Her skin was as tender as fresh snow.

The little ice-and-snow doll raised her head.

Within her ice-blue eyes lay the cold solitude of an ancient frozen abyss.

She lifted her small face, her gaze scraping across him like ice blades. "Human, leave now, and I will spare your life."

Her voice was childish, yet her tone was as steady as a mountain.

The God-Sealing Platform in the man's palm trembled slightly, and for a moment, he did not dare act rashly.

However, he did not hesitate for long.

The God-Sealing Platform flew from his arms and abruptly descended.

White light formed a cage overhead, while phantom chains coiled around her wrists and ankles.

Snow Empress struggled a few times, but nothing happened.

She shouted angrily, "Insolence!"

She immediately decided to withdraw from her transformation state and return to the form of the Heavenly Snow Woman. Even one-tenth of her strength would be enough to kill the greedy wretch before her.

Yet the chains only tightened further.

The God-Sealing Platform hummed, its radiance growing brighter.

Snow Empress felt her Soul Power being forced inch by inch back into her body. The weakness of her transformation period left her powerless to resist.

She had no chance at all to become the Heavenly Snow Woman again.

The God-Sealing Platform suddenly sank.

At the instant it swallowed her, those crystal-like eyes widened round.

Anger, frustration, and even confusion were all tangled together.

She recognized who that man was!

It was precisely her kindness that had harmed her.

As a snow spirit born of heaven and earth, Snow Empress possessed a heart as pure and flawless as ice. She could not understand why she had spared a human, only for that human to turn around and harm her.

At the moment before she was sealed inside the God-Sealing Platform.

Her icy, furious voice rang out.

"You truly deserve to die! I hate you humans! I curse you to die a miserable death!"

Seeing that the Soul Beast Embryo was in hand, He Qing instinctively revealed an expression of smug delight and wild ecstasy.

Not far away,

Kong Deming heard everything clearly, and he sighed.

"I never expected to encounter a Ferocious Beast taking human form. If I am not mistaken, this one is likely one of the Two Emperors of Ice and Snow."

Half a month earlier, he had already dismissed the possibility that this man was refining Artificial Soul Bones.

Yet after spending so much time following him, Kong Deming had instead grown curious about what the man intended to do.

Xu Tinglan could not see, but upon hearing his godfather's words, his heart stirred.

So it really was a Ferocious Beast taking human form. Then was this not Snow Empress?

He had not expected that while traveling to the Far North in search of the Cangbei Sea Spirit Turtle in the Unfrozen Sea, he would coincidentally encounter Snow Empress being captured!

This month-long pursuit had truly not been in vain.

Thinking it over carefully,

the timing did indeed seem to match.

Xu Tinglan felt that his luck was rather good.

But when he thought of the even more absurdly fortunate Huo Gua, he felt relieved instead.

If he remembered correctly, this thing had sold for an astronomical price at the Star Luo Auction House.

Mingde Hall was immensely wealthy and had paid a full 150 million for it.

After calming down, he noticed something strange.

Xu Tinglan clearly remembered that the one who had captured Snow Empress was a Level 9 Soul Master from the Sun Moon Empire?

And if this man were from the Sun Moon Empire, how could his godfather possibly fail to recognize him?

That was also why he had not connected this to Snow Empress from the start.

Could Xu Jiujiu of the Star Luo Auction House have lied?

And what would her purpose have been?

His thoughts raced.

Star Luo and the Sun Moon Empire were still engaged in ongoing small-scale warfare in the Mingdou Mountain Range.

The Star Luo Auction House's actions clearly indicated that it intended to sell the God-Sealing Platform to Mingde Hall, because no other force could compete with its price.

There was definitely something wrong here.

Things were likely not as simple as they appeared.

However, there was no need to consider so much right now.

The fact remained that Snow Empress had been captured. Whether there was a conspiracy behind it or something else, the matter before them took priority.

He did not need to act.

Nor could he win, so he simply stayed to the side and racked his brains.

Kong Deming took the youth and stepped forward.

Spatial power surged.

In an instant, the two appeared before the Snow-Clad Elder.

Kong Deming's expression was cold. "How do you possess the Level 9 Soul Tool, the God-Sealing Platform?"

He pushed his large hand forward, silver moonlight enveloping the area. It was unmistakably a spatial fluctuation.

The rectangular altar-like Soul Tool had already silently appeared in Kong Deming's hand.