Ice God Palace! Snow Empress's Origins?

Eek~!

Huo Yuhao could not help but shudder, a chill running through his heart.

Was I fucking pissed off by the Drunken Sword Immortal System to the point of losing my mind? Why am I insulting myself? If this thing is that thing, then wouldn't that make me... that?

"Hm? You're still cold? That can't be right. With my Sloughed Shell protecting you, you shouldn't be able to feel the cold at all, should you?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked in confusion when he sensed the goosebumps rising on Huo Yuhao's body.

Huo Yuhao hurriedly composed himself and said seriously, "It's nothing. Let's go."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao put his clothes back on and headed deeper into the Land of Extreme North.

Even with that thin membrane, he would not feel cold even without clothes, but as an intellectual who had received a fine education—three years of college entrance exams and five years of mock tests—Huo Yuhao still could not accept running naked through a world of ice and snow.

What if he ran into someone by accident? Wouldn't that be instant social death?

Just then, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice rang out in his mind again.

Gone was his usual frivolous tone. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sounded exceptionally serious now. "Yuhao, the Land of Extreme North is filled with danger. From this point onward, you must follow my instructions completely. You're far too weak. If anything goes wrong, both of us are finished. There can't be even the slightest mistake."

Huo Yuhao nodded in agreement.

Of course, he knew what was at stake. Although he had the system, it could only help him grow; it could not be directly used in battle.

In a place as perilous as the North Pole Snowfield, he still had to rely on a native like Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

"Let's go. Keep heading north first and enter the Far North Core Region. Before that, I'll briefly explain the situation there."

"Alright."

"Although the Land of Extreme North is not as vast and resource-rich as the Star Dou Great Forest, nor does it have as many powerful soul beasts, the dangers of its core region are in no way inferior to the most dangerous areas of the Star Dou Great Forest."

"First of all, the living conditions in the Far North Core Region are far harsher than those in the central region of the Star Dou Great Forest. Even ice-attributed soul beasts cannot live in the core region for long unless they have cultivated for at least ten thousand years, because the temperature there is simply too low."

"In other words, every soul beast in the core region has cultivated for at least ten thousand years, and their bloodlines are no ordinary ones."

"There are four strongest soul beast kings among them: the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, the Titan Blood Demon King, and the Ice Bear King. Of them, the Snow Empress is the most special."

Huo Yuhao asked curiously, "Why? Because the Snow Empress is the strongest?"

"No. Because the Snow Empress is one of a kind."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm continued, "As everyone knows, the Snow Empress's true form is a Heavenly Snow Woman, a unique spirit born of heaven and earth."

"But what you don't know is that the Snow Empress is actually a unique life form born from a wisp of remnant will left behind by the Ice God after countless ages!"

Huo Yuhao's entire body shook as an incredulous expression appeared on his face.

The Snow Empress was a unique life form nurtured from the Ice God's remnant will?

What the fuck kind of development was this!?

Big Worm had never mentioned this in the original story!

Did the plot fucking change again?

Huo Yuhao felt utterly bewildered.

After a long while, he finally asked, "How did you find out about this?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said with a lecherous grin, "Back then, while searching for food, I was burrowing all over the underground of the core region. Once, I accidentally entered a valley, and there was an abandoned palace inside."

"Then, I discovered the Snow Empress in that palace and overheard her talking to herself. From what she said, I learned that she had been formed from the Ice God's remnant will."

"That's why she's the only Heavenly Snow Woman on the entire continent." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm paused slightly. "Actually, if we're being precise, the Snow Empress cannot even be considered a soul beast. She is a descendant of the Ice God!"

Upon hearing such astonishing gossip, Huo Yuhao immediately became interested and hurriedly pressed, "That abandoned palace... could it be—"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm nodded heavily. "That's right! That palace was once the Ice God's residence. The Snow Empress calls it the Ice God Palace!"

Immediately afterward, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said somewhat regretfully, "However, the Ice God Palace is enveloped by a powerful and unusual energy. Even the Snow Empress cannot enter it. When I discovered her, she was only outside the Ice God Palace."

Countless thoughts flashed through Huo Yuhao's mind. After a long while, he asked again, "With the Snow Empress's powerful cultivation, did she not discover you?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said proudly, "The Snow Empress may be powerful, but I have a cultivation of a million years. While I have no actual combat power, the attainments of our Ice Silkworm race in Spiritual Power are no joke. As long as I fully conceal my aura, even the Snow Empress would have difficulty detecting me."

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly.

That made sense. If Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not have some life-saving tricks, how could he have cultivated to an unprecedented million years just by eating and sleeping? He would have become some other soul beast's shit long ago!

Then, his heart suddenly stirred as though he had thought of something. He said excitedly, "By your reasoning, if the Snow Empress really chose to seal herself and reincarnate as a human, then the place where she secluded herself must be—"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said solemnly, "That's right! There's a very high chance she's hiding near the Ice God Palace!"

"The Ice God Palace is located in the deepest part of the Far North Core Region. That area was originally the Snow Empress's Territory. Aside from her, there are no soul beasts within a hundred li, making it the safest place in the North Pole Snowfield."

"Moreover, the Snow Empress rarely leaves. Most of the time, she remains in her territory. Other than the Ice Empress, the Titan Blood Demon King, and the Ice Bear King, no other soul beast dares take even half a step inside."

"But even those three great ice-attributed soul beast kings have never been allowed by the Snow Empress to come within fifty li of the Ice God Palace. Whenever they have business with her, they speak from the outskirts."

"If we want to find the Snow Empress, the Ice God Palace is the first place we should go."

After hearing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's explanation, Huo Yuhao was overjoyed.

Originally, he had thought that finding the Snow Empress would be extremely difficult.

After all, in his mind, something as important as reincarnation would surely make the Snow Empress choose an exceptionally hidden location.

In that case, even if Huo Yuhao expended enormous effort, he might not necessarily be able to find her.

Who would have thought it would fall right into his lap?

No wonder that nameless Soul Engineer from the Sun Moon Empire in the original story had happened to encounter the Snow Empress and captured her so easily.

Based on what Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had said, Huo Yuhao could almost be certain that the Snow Empress was hiding near the Ice God Palace!

The soul beasts of the Land of Extreme North truly would not dare disturb her there.

But if a Ninth Level Soul Tool Master happened to stumble in by sheer dumb luck, then it made perfect sense!

After all, that human Soul Engineer would never have imagined that the Snow Empress, foremost of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the North Pole, would reincarnate and cultivate anew there!

The Snow Empress had practically farted on her own heel—she was cursed with rotten luck!

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