Beauty

The Ice Phoenix spread its wings, bearing god-tier pressure that looked down upon all living beings, and slammed into the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.

There was no earth-shaking explosion.

Only an overwhelming, crushing defeat.

The Ice Phoenix's frigid aura instantly froze the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's phantom into a gigantic ice sculpture.

Bang!

The Ice Phoenix beat its wings, and the fox-shaped ice sculpture shattered on the spot, scattering into a blizzard of ice dust.

With her Martial Soul Avatar forcibly shattered, Hu Liena suffered devastating injuries.

She spat out another mouthful of blood, her body collapsing limply to the ground like a rag doll.

She didn't even have the strength to stand.

Xue Tianyu raised his right foot and planted it directly on Hu Liena's back.

Crack!

Accompanied by a teeth-grating snap of bone, Hu Liena's spine was crushed into a grotesque shape.

"Ah!!!"

A bloodcurdling scream tore from Hu Liena's throat, making the crowd's scalps crawl.

Xue Tianyu slowly ground his foot into her back, his gaze fixed on her as if she were an ant.

"Louder."

"Let your lofty Pope hear how miserably her prized disciple can scream."

Hu Liena clawed at the ice beneath her, her fingernails peeled back and her hands drenched in blood.

She fought desperately to break free, but the foot pinning her down was like a mountain, utterly unmoving.

The Spirit Hall spectators in the stands all glared at him with bloodshot eyes.

"Brat, how dare you!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo roared. The nine Soul Rings on his body flared to life, and he prepared to charge down from the stands.

Xue Tianyu's gaze swept sharply toward Chrysanthemum Douluo.

His eyes brimmed with murderous intent, like a sea of corpses and mountains of blood.

"Take even half a step off those stands, and I guarantee she'll become a pile of minced meat right now."

Chrysanthemum Douluo halted. His face turned livid, but he truly didn't dare take another step.

Bibi Dong clenched her teeth, her voice icy with fury.

"Xue Tianyu, you've already won. Let her go!"

Xue Tianyu threw his head back and laughed.

His laughter brimmed with arrogance and defiance.

"Won?"

"I told you already: this match is a fight to the death."

"As long as she hasn't personally surrendered, as long as she's still breathing, the match isn't over."

He lowered his head and looked at Hu Liena, who was in so much pain she was on the verge of passing out.

"Say it. Surrender."

Hu Liena's mouth was full of blood as she glared venomously at Xue Tianyu's shoe.

"I... would... rather die... than surrender..."

Xue Tianyu nodded coldly.

"That's some backbone."

"I love crushing the pride people hold dearest."

He raised his right hand. A tiny yet razor-sharp stream of Frost Sword Qi gathered at his fingertip.

He flicked his hand.

Pfft!

The sword qi pierced straight through Hu Liena's left shoulder.

Blood sprayed out, only to freeze in the bitter cold and turn into a crimson ice flower.

Hu Liena let out another miserable wail.

Xue Tianyu remained expressionless.

Another streak of sword qi shot out.

It pierced her right knee.

Her kneecap shattered, and her entire right leg was crippled.

The only sounds left in the entire square were Hu Liena's broken screams and the hiss of freezing qi slicing through flesh.

Every spectator felt a chill run down their spine, as if they had fallen into an icy abyss.

This boy wasn't competing at all. He was simply torturing Spirit Hall's Saintess to death!

Shui Bing'er and the others watched from below, their hearts pounding, yet not one of them dared to speak up and stop him.

They knew that no one could change the decision their captain had made.

"Still holding out?"

Xue Tianyu kicked Hu Liena in the side.

Her body rolled several times before landing on her back.

She no longer looked human.

Deep wounds covered her from head to toe, all sealed with ice; even bleeding had become an impossible luxury.

Her once alluring, enchanting face was now horrifyingly stained with her own blood.

Her breathing grew fainter by the second.

Hu Liena lay in a pool of blood, her breath as thin as a thread.

Xue Tianyu raised his foot and held it above the back of her neck.

With the slightest pressure, the lofty Saintess of Spirit Hall would die on the spot.

At last, Bibi Dong could no longer endure such cruel torment. She stood on the steps of Pope Palace.

Her staff slammed into the ground, unleashing a deafening boom.

"Enough!"

Bibi Dong glared at the arena, her chest heaving violently.

Her ample breasts rose and fell with her anger.

She clenched her teeth.

"Spirit Hall Academy surrenders!"

The words came from the Pope's mouth, laced with gritted-teeth hatred.

The entire crowd fell silent in an instant.

The arrogant Spirit Hall had bowed its head on its own turf.

And bowed to a boy.

Xue Tianyu stopped and casually wiped the bloodstained sole of his shoe on Hu Liena's clothes.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"You had to suffer all this pain for nothing. What a fool."

He turned to the referee at the edge of the arena, his eyes full of mockery.

"Why haven't you announced the result?"

The referee snapped out of his daze and frantically wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"The champion of the finals of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament is..."

"Skywater Academy!"

Shui Bing'er and the others cheered wildly below, tears of joy spilling from their eyes.

They had done it.

Or rather, Xue Tianyu had led them to make history.

Bibi Dong's face was livid as she swept her hand through the air.

Three Soul Bones, shining with dazzling light, floated overhead.

They were the champion's reward Spirit Hall had prepared for the Golden Generation.

Xue Tianyu beckoned without the slightest hesitation.

The cold qi formed an invisible hand and swept all three Soul Bones directly into his grasp.

"Thank you for your generosity, Your Holiness."

"I suppose I'll take these few bones off your hands."

After saying that, he paid no heed to Bibi Dong's murderous glare.

He walked straight off the arena and left beneath a throng of Skywater girls.

Night fell, and the Skywater Palace in Spirit City blazed with light.

The main hall was laden with fine wine and sumptuous dishes.

With no outsiders to disturb them, tonight belonged entirely to Skywater Team's celebration.

Shui Yue'er had changed into a formfitting, water-blue silk dress.

The fabric clung closely to her body.

It outlined her youthful, lovely curves to perfection.

Holding a glass of red wine, she went straight to sit beside Xue Tianyu.

She slipped her arm through his and leaned against him.

"Captain, you were so domineering today!"

"When you were standing on top of Hu Liena, I was so excited I nearly fainted."

Shui Yue'er tilted her head up, her eyes full of admiration.

The generous expanse of pale skin at her neckline appeared and disappeared with each quick breath.

Xue Tianyu lifted his glass and took a sip.

"It was nothing."

"Those Spirit Hall fools weren't worth me going all out."

Shui Bing'er came over as well.

She wore a moon-white evening gown and carried herself with cool elegance.

But when she looked at Xue Tianyu, that cool gaze melted into a pool of spring water.

She gently drew Shui Yue'er away, then sat down on Xue Tianyu's other side.

"Yue'er, don't go pawing at the captain. Have some manners."

Shui Yue'er stuck out her tongue, but wrapped both arms even tighter around his.

The softness of her chest pressed close against the man's arm.

"Big Sister, you're just too reserved."

"The captain's so outstanding. If you don't keep a close eye on him, someone else will snatch him away."

Two blushes spread across Shui Bing'er's cheeks as she raised her glass to Xue Tianyu.

"Captain, I'd like to toast you."

"Without you, Skywater Team could never have reached that peak."

Xue Wu came over with a glass of wine as well.

The usually valiant vice-captain now had a captivating flush on her cheeks.

"Captain, I'll toast you too."

"No matter where you go from now on, I, Xue Wu, will follow you."

Xue Tianyu raised his glass and gently clinked it against theirs.

The crisp chime of glass rang out clearly above the din in the hall.

His gaze passed over Shui Bing'er's long, straight legs, then took in Xue Wu's alluring figure.

"Let's skip the formalities."

"Just remember: follow me, and sooner or later the whole world will be ours."

After a glass of wine, the girls' faces grew even more radiant and alluring.

Princess Xue Ke approached gracefully from the side.

By now, she had given herself to Xue Tianyu completely, caring nothing for the dignity of the Heaven Dou Royal Family.

She personally carried a plate of peeled Purple Jade Grapes over to him.

She bent both knees and knelt on the carpet.

"Tian Yu, have some fruit to sober up."

Xue Ke peeled a grape and carefully brought it to Xue Tianyu's lips.

Xue Tianyu opened his mouth and took the grape.

He casually brushed his lips against Xue Ke's pale fingertips.

Xue Ke shivered, even the tips of her ears turning bright red.

Her breathing grew ragged in an instant.

She lowered her head, her voice softer than a mosquito's buzz.

"As long as you like them, Xue Ke will peel them for you every day."

This emperor-like indulgence made the atmosphere throughout the hall intensely suggestive.

After several rounds of drinks, the banquet came to an end.

The night grew deep.

Xue Tianyu left the hall and returned to his private courtyard in the depths of the palace.

He pushed open the door, and an exceptionally pure, frigid aura rushed toward him.

It was the distinctive aura of the Two Ice and Snow Emperors.

On the wide, cushioned couch, the Snow Empress lay on her side, poring over an ancient book.

She wore a long snow-white dress, and her three thousand strands of dark hair spilled across the brocade like a waterfall.

The hem of her dress was slightly raised, revealing a jade-white foot, fairer than frost or snow.

At the sound of the door opening, the Snow Empress looked up.

A startling tenderness instantly appeared in her clear, beautiful eyes.

"You're back."

Xue Tianyu walked up to the couch, plucked the ancient book from her hands, and casually tossed it onto the table.

"It's late. Why are you still reading?"

The Snow Empress obediently sat up and lifted a delicate hand to smooth the loose strands of hair beside her ear.

"Waiting for you."

Those simple words brimmed with tenderness and longing.

Ever since she had bared her heart in the hot spring a few days ago, the Snow Empress's cold exterior had completely crumbled.

In front of Xue Tianyu, she was just a woman longing to be cherished.

Just then, a pretty little head peeked out from behind the screen nearby.

The Ice Empress blinked her big eyes and slipped out with a grin.

She wore a short, emerald-green slip dress.

Her two slender, pale legs swung back and forth in the air.

"Tian Yu, seeing you up on stage today even made my heart flutter."

The Ice Empress ran over barefoot.

She threw herself straight into Xue Tianyu's arms.

She wrapped both arms tightly around his neck, dangling from him like a koala.

Xue Tianyu caught her firmly, hands beneath her pert, shapely bottom.

Then he carried her straight onto the wide couch.

"You little brat, you're getting more and more cheeky."

The Ice Empress pouted her rosy lips, then wrapped her long, beautiful legs around Xue Tianyu's waist.

"What do you mean, little brat?"

"I'm much older than you."

"But, well..."

She leaned close to Xue Tianyu's ear, her breath sweet as orchids.

A cool, fragrant scent unique to a Ferocious Beast of the extreme cold clung to her.

"As long as you want, you can call me anything you like on the couch."

Watching the two of them play around, the Snow Empress couldn't help reaching out to pinch a soft bit of flesh at the Ice Empress's waist.

"Bing'er, stop teasing him. He used up quite a bit of Soul Power today."

The Ice Empress let out a coquettish cry, rubbed her waist, and stuck her tongue out at the Snow Empress.

"Snow Maiden, are you already fussing over your man?"

"Who was it that cried and begged in the hot spring a few days ago, saying, 'I like you'?"

The Snow Empress's beautiful face instantly flushed all the way to her neck.

She reached out in embarrassment and annoyance to cover the Ice Empress's mouth.

"You little wretch, say another word and I'll tear that mouth of yours apart!"

The two peerless rulers of the Far North were now play-fighting on the couch like ordinary girls.

Their dresses fluttered, revealing glimpses of spring.

Expanses of snowy-white skin flashed before the eyes, dazzling to behold.

Xue Tianyu leaned against the headboard with his hands behind his head, quietly admiring the breathtaking scene.

A moment later, he stretched out an arm and pulled the Snow Empress into his embrace.

The Snow Empress let out a soft cry as she fell against his broad chest.

The familiar beat of his heart sounded beside her ear, and she immediately grew quiet.

She rested her cheek against Xue Tianyu's collarbone, greedily breathing in his manly scent.

"Tian Yu..."

The Snow Empress looked up, her eyes shimmering like water.

"The competition is completely over."

"I promised I'd help you break through your Heavenly Tribulation after it ended."

"Your Soul Power has reached a critical point. When do you want to begin?"

Xue Tianyu slid his fingers into the Snow Empress's silky hair and gently toyed with it.

"There's no rush."

"Breaking through the Heavenly Tribulation is no small matter. We need to find somewhere absolutely safe."

"Let's wait until we've left Spirit City."

The Ice Empress snuggled closer and wrapped her arms around Xue Tianyu's other arm.

She squeezed herself into the crook of his elbow.

"When the Heavenly Tribulation comes, the Thunder Punishment will make a huge commotion."

"But with Snow Maiden and me here, we could hold up the sky if it fell."

Xue Tianyu looked down at the two peerlessly beautiful women in his arms.

"With you two here, I'm not afraid of anything."

He lowered his head and pressed a passionate kiss to the Snow Empress's rosy lips.

The Snow Empress closed her eyes and kissed him back fervently.

Her arms wrapped around Xue Tianyu's powerful back, her fingertips sinking deep into his firm muscles.

The Ice Empress, unwilling to be outdone, leaned in.

She planted a kiss on Xue Tianyu's cheek.

"I want one too!"

The room was bitterly cold, but the atmosphere was burning hot.

Just as the three of them were enjoying their intimate moment, a faint sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside.

"Captain, are you asleep?"

Shui Bing'er's hesitant voice came from beyond the door.

The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress exchanged a glance and each straightened her rumpled dress.

"Come in," Xue Tianyu called out.

The door was gently pushed open.

The sisters Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er stood in the doorway.

Both of them had changed into extremely sheer silk nightdresses.

Shui Bing'er's was deep blue, while Shui Yue'er's was pale blue.

The fabric was as thin as a cicada's wing and did little to hide their graceful figures.

In the light, even the outlines of their undergarments were faintly visible.

As soon as Shui Bing'er entered and saw the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress in disarray on the couch, she grew flustered.

Her face turned red all the way to her ears.

"Sorry, Captain. I didn't mean to disturb you."