Ice Mound Where Fortune Gathered

Little Huo's navigation had not loaded a map of the Far North, so Xuan Zi could only take Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei to slowly explore the Core Region.

The Far North's climate was harsh to begin with, and the Core Region was even worse. Even the snowflakes here were hard. The biting cold wind swept the snow up from the ground, and layer upon layer of ice powder was practically comparable to an all-directional soul skill attack. Because the temperature was so low, sometimes even the light on the horizon looked slightly distorted.

The harsh climate was still secondary.

What truly required vigilance were the soul beasts living here.

The more extreme the environment, the stronger and more ferocious the soul beasts that could survive in such an environment often were.

The Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North and their clans all lived here. Besides them, no one knew how many powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were hidden here.

The Star Dou Great Forest still had human experts who would visit it. In the past, experts from the Body Sect had even formed groups to hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

But in the Far North, that absolutely never happened.

The environment of the Far North was a natural line of defense!

Therefore, the rare soul beasts and powerful soul beasts in the Far North Core Region were still relatively well preserved.

The other soul beast clans below a hundred thousand years were also extremely ferocious. Restricted by the harsh environment and scarce resources, these soul beasts would not let any food that might enter their mouths get away. That included passing soul masters.

The three of them had only explored a short distance into the Core Region when they encountered a pack from the Icefield Wolf Pack, and the Wolf King leading them had over fifty thousand years of cultivation.

Xuan Zi did not fight this pack of Icefield Wolves. He merely released the aura of a Super Douluo and scared them into retreating.

In such a harsh environment, even a Super Douluo expert like Xuan Zi did not want to casually waste stamina and strength.

Otherwise, if this were the Star Dou Great Forest, a mere fifty-thousand-year soul beast dared come up and provoke him? No matter what, Xuan Zi would have gone over and slapped that Wolf King twice.

It was only because Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei had Xuan Zi's protection that they did not need to worry about harassment from soul beasts below a hundred thousand years, and only then did they dare explore the Core Region.

As for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, they were not so easily scared off by Xuan Zi, but they were not something one could encounter casually either.

The area of the Core Region alone was close to fifty thousand square kilometers. That was almost the size of a hundred thousand Vaticans.

Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts generally lived in their own territories and did not wander around casually. As long as one did not take the initiative to step into their territory and provoke them, they generally would not attack passing soul beasts or humans.

The premise was that they were not hungry.

In the original work, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had only released his aura in one place in the Core Region, using the powerful aura of his million-year soul beast cultivation to intimidate other soul beasts who did not know the truth, while attracting the Ice Empress, who knew his background, to walk right into the trap.

The Far North Core Region also did not consist solely of ice plains.

As far as the eye could see, the ice plain was dotted with ice mounds of all sizes formed from ice and snow. At the end of the ice plain, on the horizon, towering Ice Mountains connected together, forming a mountain range.

Huo Yuhao activated the Qi Observation Technique and took in the distribution of fortune across the Far North Core Region at a glance.

If the fortune scene of the Star Dou Great Forest carried the vigorous vitality of a forest, then the fortune scene of the Far North was like an Ice Mountain, cold and towering.

Looking at it overall, it was similar to the fortune composition of the Star Dou Great Forest. As a gathering place for soul beasts, the fortune here in the Far North was naturally closely related to soul beasts as well, distributed in a pyramid shape according to strength, status, and bloodline.

What entered his eyes was the fortune of the Far North as boundless golden light, with golden auspicious clouds circling all around. This golden fortune light gave Huo Yuhao the feeling that it was as cold and sharp as the Far North's climate, and as towering as an Ice Mountain.

This was the Core Region. The fortune of the Core Region was not loose and scattered like that of the outer regions, where it would spill outward. The fortune here was extremely condensed, because there were enough powerful soul beasts suppressing it.

It also meant that this place was the true core of this soul beast gathering place. As long as those powerful soul beasts did not meet with disaster, the fortune of the Far North would not collapse.

At the peak of the golden fortune light was the illusory figure of a woman. Because the auspicious clouds concealed her, Huo Yuhao could not see her clearly, but he knew that it was the Snow Empress's illusory figure. In other words, she was the head of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, who commanded most of the soul beasts in the Far North.

The Snow Empress's true body was a Heavenly Snow Woman nurtured by the Far North. Born and raised by heaven and earth, she herself had an inseparable connection with the Far North.

Although the Heavenly Snow Woman was not an Auspicious Beast, her own extraordinariness, combined with her strength approaching seven hundred thousand years, meant that merely by living in the Far North, she could suppress the Far North's fortune.

But she was ultimately not an Auspicious Beast. She could only suppress the Far North's fortune and could not lead the Far North's fortune to grow further. Make it bigger and stronger, and create glory again.

Beneath the Snow Empress was the illusory figure of a scorpion. It was precisely the true body of the Ice Empress, ranked second among the Three Great Heavenly Kings, the illusory figure of an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shared Huo Yuhao's vision. When he saw the Ice Empress's fortune phantom, he was already so excited that he could not control himself.

"Bing Bing, Bing Bing, you're still so perfect. Heh heh, my Bing Bing..."

Huo Yuhao slapped Sky Dream Ice Silkworm twice with spiritual power, and only then did Sky Dream Ice Silkworm calm down.

Beneath the Ice Empress was a giant's illusory figure. It was the last of the Three Great Heavenly Kings, the illusory figure of the Titan Snow Demon King. Legend had it that he possessed the Ice God Bloodline.

Near the Titan Snow Demon King, there was also the illusory figure of an ice bear. Having read the original work, Huo Yuhao knew that it was the Snow Empress's adopted son, Xiao Bai, an ice bear with two hundred thousand years of cultivation. His strength was not inferior to the Titan Snow Demon King's.

Xiao Bai was simply unknown to the outside world. Otherwise, the Far North should have had Four Great Heavenly Kings.

It seemed quite normal for the Three Great Heavenly Kings to have four members.

Beneath the Ferocious Beasts were the fortune phantoms of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and special soul beasts. These soul beast phantoms were no longer arranged like a pyramid, but were scattered throughout the Core Region, drifting above their own territories.

This was also similar to the situation in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm watched with great interest. "I never thought my Far North was actually hiding this many Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Although the number of Ferocious Beasts can't compare to the Star Dou Great Forest, the number of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts is already not much less than the number of hundred-thousand-year Ferocious Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. And the types and numbers of mutated soul beasts and soul beasts with ancient bloodlines clearly exceed the situation in the Star Dou Great Forest."

Those capable of projecting phantoms within fortune were, aside from powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, only mutated soul beasts and soul beasts with ancient bloodlines.

These soul beasts were born with something unusual about them, so they naturally possessed special fortune supporting them.

Their phantoms were a whole size smaller than the phantoms of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, making them easy to recognize.

"Brother Sky Dream, you regard yourself as a soul beast of the Far North, but the soul beasts of the Far North might not necessarily regard you as one of their kind," Huo Yuhao said with a smile in the Spiritual Sea.

"I know, I know..." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sighed.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm knew the nature of soul beasts. Or rather, a soul beast like him was the rare one. Even his beloved Bing Bing only treated him as food. Even after he became a Ferocious Beast, it was the same. She did not regard him as one of her kind.

As for nonsense like "once one has intelligence, they should be treated as kin," and "all soul beasts are one loving family," that was complete bullshit!

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was a spiritual-type soul beast, and he was naturally more likely to awaken intelligence earlier than other types of soul beasts!

"But in the end, I came from the Far North," Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, somewhat dejectedly.

During the long time he had been imprisoned by the Star Dou Great Forest, he had thought countless times of returning to the Far North, and the Ice Empress had also become the last support in his heart.

In the Far North, he had been chased by the Ice Empress as food. After crossing the ocean to the continent, he had been treated by the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest as a "bug power bank."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had never felt familial emotion from these so-called "soul beast kin."

In the world of soul beasts—no, it should be said, in this world—weakness was the original sin!

Even if you possessed a million years of wisdom, because you were weak, in the eyes of the strong, you were no different from livestock.

Huo Yuhao sensed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's dejection and took the initiative to change the subject, asking, "Brother Sky Dream, do you know what place is on the other side of the distant mountain range?"

"Huh?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's thoughts were interrupted. He froze for a moment, then looked in the direction Huo Yuhao was gazing.

The place Huo Yuhao was asking about was precisely where countless Ice Mountains connected at the edge of the sky. They could only see the shadow of the mountain range, not the situation on the other side.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm clearly could not give an answer. He chuckled awkwardly. "Brother Hao, you know me. I fell into an ice crevice when I was thirteen..."

"All right, I get it." Huo Yuhao rolled his eyes.

As if you would have dared to wander around the Core Region casually even if you hadn't fallen into an ice crevice.

"Brother Hao, did you discover something wrong over there?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had a flash of inspiration and asked Huo Yuhao.

"Mm. Through the Qi Observation Technique, I saw what seemed to be a special shadow over there. But my line of sight was blocked by the fortune of the Far North, so I couldn't see the situation over there clearly. It's also possible that my cultivation of the Qi Observation Technique isn't enough yet, so I can't see through the specific situation there." Huo Yuhao did not hide anything and told him what he had seen.

In Huo Yuhao's eyes, the fortune of the Far North also covered the area beyond the mountain range. However, the fortune phantom above that mountain range was covered by the fortune of the Far North, making it impossible to see clearly.

This meant there was something unusual over there.

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not manage to discuss anything out of it, so they stopped paying attention to that side.

Then Huo Yuhao no longer gazed into the distance, but instead looked at the situation before him.

Using the Qi Observation Technique to observe fortune was like looking at an electronic map.

When looking at the whole, one could only see a place name and the main transportation hubs. After zooming in on a certain region, one could clearly see the cities and streets hidden away. One could even see street view.

Looking at the overall fortune of the Far North, what Huo Yuhao saw was the Far North's powerful lineup, and the unshakable golden fortune light of the Core Region.

Now, observing the fortune of the area he was in, Huo Yuhao could see the flow direction and gathering areas of fortune within this region.

Although the fortune of the Core Region did not spill outward, it circulated internally. Moreover, it was not only soul beasts that could stir changes in fortune. Certain special terrains or the birth of precious treasures could also stir fortune.

A place where fortune gathered was a blessed land, suitable for use as a cultivation Cave Abode, or as a treasure burial site.

The birth of precious treasures would also stir fortune. Moreover, the more precious the treasure, the harsher the conditions for its birth. Without a little luck supporting it, it was almost impossible for a precious treasure to successfully descend into the world.

Huo Yuhao looked around, and very quickly discovered that there just happened to be a place nearby where fortune gathered.

It was a hill completely made of ice, and a large amount of fortune was currently gathering at the front end of the hill, condensed and not dispersing.

Such ice mounds were not rare in the Far North, and their causes of formation were varied.

Some were naturally formed, some were caused by soul beast activity, and some were transformed from the corpses of soul beasts after death...

But before Huo Yuhao could speak and ask Xuan Zi to take him over, Bei Bei stared at that ice mound and spoke first. "Elder Xuan, could I trouble you to take us to that ice mound to investigate?"

"Mm?" Xuan Zi frowned and looked at Bei Bei, wanting Bei Bei to give an explanation.

Huo Yuhao also blinked, slowly sending out a question mark.

Huo Yuhao looked at Bei Bei, as well as the fortune above Bei Bei's head.

The Shrek Auspicious Cloud continuously inhaled and exhaled, sending down good fortune for Bei Bei. Bei Bei's fortune grew visibly thicker, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon phantom within his fortune became active. The points of light within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon phantom flickered continuously.

This meant Bei Bei's opportunity had arrived!

And this opportunity was about Bei Bei's martial soul! It was enough to release the potential within Bei Bei's martial soul! Yet it also made the Godly Taotie Bull phantom above Xuan Zi's head covet Bei Bei's fortune even more. Fortunately, the Godly Taotie Bull phantom had not yet opened its mouth.

Sure enough, Bei Bei spoke. "I can feel that there's something of the Light Attribute over there. It made my martial soul stir!"

Xuan Zi narrowed his eyes.

A martial soul stirring was no simple matter.

And it was the Light Attribute too?

Could it be!

Xuan Zi thought of something. His eyes lit up, and he burst into loud laughter.

"You brat really are lucky. Then this old man will take you over and retrieve that thing!"

No longer hesitating, Xuan Zi took Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei and rushed toward the ice mound's location.