He wanted him to use his understanding of life to create an entirely new species?
Listen.
Was that even something a person would say?
He was human, and merely an ordinary Soul Sage at that. Yet the Goddess of Life wanted him to create an entirely new soul beast race?
Was she joking with him?
Still, he had no right to choose. Since the Goddess of Life had already issued the divine trial, that meant creating life had to be possible to some extent. He simply had yet to discover that ability within himself.
Three days later.
Far North.
The biting wind was like countless icy blades, lashing across Ye Xuan's cheeks and bringing bone-piercing cold.
In the Far North, snow buried all signs of life. Even the air was thick with frozen frost, and every breath brought the pain of freezing lungs cracking apart.
Ye Xuan's black robes stood out sharply against the white snow. The Light Dragon King wings behind him spread slightly, their holy golden light forming a thin barrier that barely fended off the Far North's brutal chill.
Beside him stood Bo Saixi, dressed in white as pristine as snow. There was not a trace of fear on her beautiful eighteen- or nineteen-year-old face. The authority of life circulated quietly within her, a faint vitality winding around her body and causing the nearby ice and snow to melt slightly.
"Three years already. I didn't expect to come back to this damn place."
Ye Xuan's gaze darkened slightly as scenes from three years ago flashed through his mind.
Back then, he had only been a Soul King in his fifties, hoping to persuade the Ice Empress to sacrifice herself and become his fifth soul ring.
Not only had the Ice Empress ruthlessly rejected him, but Snow Empress