The Ice Empress's Worry: I'm Going to Catch a Titled Douluo

There was not the slightest fluctuation of soul power, nor any sound of air being torn; it happened almost in an instant, as if time itself had been frozen in that very moment.

The Snow Empress's flawless, graceful figure had already crossed a distance of several hundred meters, appearing out of thin air beside Xue Bingchen.

That exquisite face, which for ten thousand years had been as still as an ancient well and forever imbued with extreme coldness and indifference, was now filled with undisguised panic and tension.

The Snow Empress pulled Xue Bingchen, who was about to collapse onto the ice rock, tightly into her embrace.

Her movements were as gentle as if she were handling the most fragile peerless treasure in the world.

Her long, slender hands, fair as mutton-fat jade, trembled slightly as she touched Xue Bingchen's burning little forehead.

"Chen'er, what's wrong? Don't scare Mother!"

The Snow Empress's voice was no longer that ethereal, melodious coldness, but carried a trace of an imperceptible tremor.

At the same time, a strand of extremely pure, infinitely gentle, and entirely non-aggressive Ultimate Ice origin soul power flowed from her palm, seeping into Xue Bingchen's body like a spring breeze bringing life to rain.

She probed carefully, inch by inch, through his extraordinary meridians and internal organs, terrified of missing even the slightest hidden danger.

Ice Empress, standing to the side, was also terrified.

Her emerald eyes were filled with anxiety; she transformed into a streak of green light and instantly rushed to the Snow Empress's side, grabbing her own twin tails tightly, pacing back and forth like an ant on a hot pan.

"What happened? What's going on?! Wasn't he perfectly fine just a moment ago? Was the medicinal power of that Ten-Thousand-Year Polar Snow Lotus soup I gave him too strong? That's impossible! I brewed it for seven full days and nights, removing every bit of power that wouldn't be beneficial for Chen'er to absorb!"

As Ice Empress muttered incoherently, she leaned in toward Xue Bingchen with concern, asking loudly:

"Little Bingchen, where exactly do you feel uncomfortable? Is it a stomachache or chest tightness? Tell Auntie Ice Empress quickly!"

However, faced with Ice Empress's anxious questioning, Xue Bingchen only kept his eyes tightly shut, his brows knitted in pain, his little hands clutching his head as he let out faint cries of agony.

The Snow Empress had already completed her probe three full times, but the results only filled her beautiful ice-blue eyes with deep confusion and even greater worry.

She found absolutely nothing wrong!

Not only were the meridians in Xue Bingchen's body showing no signs of damage, but they had actually become tougher and wider due to a wondrous resonance produced by watching the Dance of the Heavenly Snow Woman.

His blood and energy were incredibly abundant, his internal organs were vibrant with life, and aside from a slightly rapid heartbeat and a slightly elevated body temperature, this little body, nurtured for three years by countless treasures of the Far North, was as healthy as could be.

"No poison, no internal injuries, the meridians are intact, and there isn't even a trace of chaotic energy fluctuation..."

The Snow Empress bit her lower lip tightly, her beautiful face full of bewilderment:

"But then, why is Chen'er in such pain?"

Seeing the Snow Empress at her wit's end, Ice Empress completely lost her composure.

She stomped her foot hard, and the incredibly tough Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Rock beneath her feet instantly shattered into countless terrifying cracks as a violent, frigid killing intent erupted from her petite frame.

"No! We can't just wait here! Our soul beast constitutions are different from humans after all; perhaps he has some strange illness that only humans get, one we can't detect!"

A flash of ruthlessness and resolve crossed Ice Empress's emerald eyes. She turned her head sharply toward the distant human world outside the Far North and gritted her teeth:

"Snow Empress, you stay here and watch Little Bingchen. I'm going to the human territories right now! I've heard that the human world has some damn 'Healing Soul Masters' who specialize in treating illnesses. I'll go grab the highest-level Titled Douluo healer I can find! If they can't heal Little Bingchen, I'll freeze them all into ice sculptures and grind them into ice dust to be buried with him!!"

With that, a brilliant green light erupted from Ice Empress's body, and there was a faint sign of her revealing her massive Ice Jade Empress Scorpion true form. It looked as though she were about to tear through space and charge into the human world to go on a killing spree.

"Ice, Auntie Ice Empress... don't, don't go..."

Just as Ice Empress was on the verge of going berserk, a small hand, trembling but exceptionally firm, suddenly reached out from the Snow Empress's embrace and grabbed Ice Empress's cold little hand.

Feeling the weak strength coming from his hand, Ice Empress shuddered, immediately dissipating the terrifying soul power fluctuations around her. She crouched down abruptly, holding Xue Bingchen's little hand tightly in return, her voice carrying a hint of a sob: "Little Bingchen, you're awake? How do you feel? Does it hurt a lot?"

Xue Bingchen opened his eyes with difficulty in the Snow Empress's warm, soft embrace.

Although the fusion of his past-life memories had brought about a splitting headache, fortunately, he had lived two lifetimes, and this body had been exceptionally tempered by the treasures of the Far North, so the dizziness was rapidly fading.

He looked at Ice Empress, whose eyes were red with anxiety and who had been ready to kidnap a Titled Douluo from the human world, then looked up at the Snow Empress, who was watching him with such doting eyes that she was holding her breath in tension. A surge of indescribable emotion and warmth welled up in his heart.

Even if he were only a human, even if he were not related to them by blood, these two rulers of the Far North, who stood at the very pinnacle of the Douluo Continent, truly loved him as if he were their own flesh and blood.

Xue Bingchen took a deep breath, struggling to squeeze out a weak but bright smile, and comforted them in a milky, childish voice: "Auntie Ice Empress, don't be impulsive, I'm really fine. I'm not sick, and I'm not hurt anywhere."

"Then why did you suddenly clutch your head and fall down just now? And why was your face so red?" Ice Empress clearly didn't believe him, still staring at him with suspicion.

Xue Bingchen scratched his soft white hair, his eyes darting away. After struggling for a long time, he muttered in an extremely strange tone:

"I... I just felt... after watching Mother dance just now, it felt like a lot of things suddenly appeared in my head. It felt... it felt like I was finally growing a brain..."

"Growing a brain?!"

Hearing this modern, self-deprecating term, Ice Empress was stunned for a moment, her beautiful emerald eyes filled with immense confusion.

In the simple and direct cognitive system of soul beasts, there was no such descriptor.

Ice Empress's brain raced, trying to understand the literal meaning of the phrase.

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something terrifying, Ice Empress gasped, jumping up as if she had been electrocuted. She pointed at Xue Bingchen's head and exclaimed in shock:

"Could it be... could it be the legendary secondary development?! Or perhaps a martial soul mutation leading to physical deformity?!"

"But you haven't even awakened your martial soul yet!"