"Gulp..."
Beside her, Ice Empress swallowed with difficulty. The dejection and disappointment in her emerald-green eyes had long since vanished, replaced by an utterly fanatical, almost crazed gleam!
"Genius... genius! An absolutely brilliant idea!"
Ice Empress trembled all over with excitement. She abruptly sprang up, pulled Xue Bingchen tightly into her arms, and planted a big kiss on his soft little face.
"Smack!"
"Hahahaha! Little Bingchen, what kind of brain do you have?! This is insane! This is utterly heaven-defying! Twin Martial Souls could actually be used like this?!"
Ice Empress bounced and danced atop the snowy mountain like a little girl who had just received her favorite toy.
"If we really do as you said, then once your second Martial Soul has all nine hundred-thousand-year soul rings, your body will be able to become a god directly! Shattering space with one punch will no longer be a dream! Hahahaha, I take back what I said. Your second Martial Soul isn't a useless Martial Soul—it's practically a stairway to godhood tailored just for you!"
Watching Ice Empress grow so excited that she was nearly losing her mind, Snow Empress took a deep breath of the frigid air of the Extreme North Ice Plains, trying to calm the overwhelming shock in her heart.
Her deep ice-blue eyes shone brilliantly once more.
The way she looked at Xue Bingchen was no longer merely indulgent; there was now a trace of reverence and boundless anticipation in her gaze.
"Chen'er, you're right."
Snow Empress's voice regained its usual chill and majesty, but her tone carried an unquestionable resolve.
"Your second Martial Soul is certainly no ordinary thing. Since heaven has bestowed such unparalleled talent upon you, your Aunt Ice and I will surely devote every resource in the Far North to paving your road to the God Realm!"
The Ice and Snow Empresses nodded solemnly.
The gloom brought by the fact that his second Martial Soul was his "body" vanished in an instant, replaced by limitless longing and fervor for the future.
"Alright, now that your Martial Souls have awakened, it's time for the most exciting moment!"
Ice Empress rubbed her little hands together and impatiently took out the blue testing crystal ball she had "borrowed" from human society from her storage space—which was actually a special Ice Extreme God Crystal within her body.
"Come on, Little Bingchen, put your hand on it! Let me see just how many levels of Innate Soul Power your freakish physique can test at!"
Snow Empress also composed herself and looked at Xue Bingchen with gentle expectation.
Although they already had a good idea of the result, when the moment of truth actually arrived, the two Rulers of the Far North could not help feeling somewhat nervous.
Xue Bingchen took a deep breath and calmed his excited emotions.
He extended his soft, fair little hand and gently placed it on the crystal-clear blue crystal ball.
"Buzz—"
The instant Xue Bingchen's palm touched the crystal ball, he felt the enormous energy within him belonging to the Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul seem to find an outlet, surging wildly into the crystal ball like floodwaters bursting through a dam!
The next moment.
"Boom—!!!"
The previously dim blue crystal ball suddenly erupted with an intensely dazzling radiance from within!
The light was so bright that it was like igniting a miniature blue sun atop the snowy mountain!
The brilliant blue glow instantly pierced through the wind and snow, illuminating every detail of the icy rocks within several hundred meters. Even Ice Empress and Snow Empress could not help narrowing their eyes slightly.
The crystal ball shook violently, as though it might explode at any moment from being unable to withstand such immense Soul Power!
"It's full! It's full! The light has filled the entire crystal ball—this is unquestionably Innate Full Soul Power!"
Ice Empress shrieked excitedly, her emerald-green eyes gleaming with ecstatic joy beneath the blue light.
"Phew—"
The Ice and Snow Empresses let out long sighs of relief at the same time, and beautiful smiles of immense pride and relief bloomed across both their faces.
Innate Full Soul Power!
Twin top-tier Martial Souls!
Precocious intelligence with an adult mind!
On top of the Far North pouring all its resources into nurturing him!
This beginning was going so smoothly that it was almost frightening!
If he still could not become a god under such circumstances, then where was the justice of Douluo Continent's natural law?!
"Wonderful! Perfect!"
Ice Empress excitedly snatched the crystal ball away and casually tossed it aside. Then, like a koala, she clung to Xue Bingchen and rubbed her face fiercely against his soft white hair.
"Little Bingchen, you're the pride of the Far North! Auntie loves you to death!"
Snow Empress watched this heartwarming scene, her exquisite face filled with tenderness that could not be melted away.
She stepped forward, stretched out her jade-like arms, and embraced both Ice Empress and Xue Bingchen.
The family of three held one another tightly atop the snowy mountain, feeling each other's warmth.
Only after quite some time did Ice Empress break free from Snow Empress's embrace.
Her emerald-green eyes rolled around before she suddenly slapped her thigh and shouted excitedly.
"Good! Now that his Martial Souls have awakened and we've tested his Innate Full Soul Power, can we give Chen'er his first Heavenly Snow Woman soul ring now?!"
Ice Empress put her hands on her hips, looking every bit like a big sister, and declared boldly.
"Snow Empress, how about I head deep into the Extreme North Core Zone right now and catch an Ice Jade Scorpion that has just reached a thousand years for Chen'er's first soul ring? A soul ring from my Ice Jade Scorpion clan will definitely bring out Chen'er's Ultimate Ice attribute to its fullest!"
The moment she said this, Snow Empress, who had still been immersed in the warm atmosphere, immediately changed expression.
"Nonsense!"
Snow Empress's chilly, majestic voice instantly shattered Ice Empress's fantasy.
Her lovely brows furrowed slightly as she shot Ice Empress an irritated glance and said sternly.
"Ice, have you gotten so happy that you've lost your head? Chen'er may have a special physique, but he is still human! I read in books written by humans that the maximum age humans can absorb for their first soul ring is four hundred and twenty-three years! Bringing a thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion here—are you trying to make Chen'er's body explode and kill him?!"
Yet Ice Empress was utterly unconcerned by Snow Empress's rebuke.
She haughtily raised her delicate chin and retorted.
"That's the limit for ordinary humans! Can our Chen'er be compared to those common folk? He has been drinking Millennium Ice Marrow like water for the past three years! And don't forget, he just awakened that so-called 'Body Martial Soul.' His physical strength definitely surpasses ordinary people's by far. How could a mere four-hundred-year soul ring possibly be worthy of the young lord of the Far North? It has to start at a thousand years!"
"You..."
Snow Empress was left speechless for a moment by Ice Empress's shameless argument.
Xue Bingchen was stunned as well!
Four hundred and twenty-three years? Why did that sound so familiar?
Could Snow Empress have been fooled by Yu Xiaogang's soul ring theory?
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