After hearing the Snow Empress's words, Jiang Liang immediately walked up to the Ice God's Heart.
As though sensing his presence, the Ice God's Heart shone brighter and brighter.
Up close, it looked like a heart beating before him.
Jiang Liang placed his right hand on it, then activated the golden core in his qi sea and poured Sword Qi into the Ice God's Heart.
The instant his Sword Qi entered it, the Ice God's Heart's light flickered.
Jiang Liang felt his own heartbeat begin to follow the pulsing light.
"Thump-thump... thump-thump..."
As the light flashed on and off, his heartbeat began to quicken with it.
Just then, an icy-blue light radiated from within the Ice God's Heart.
As the light grew more intense, the Ice God's Heart slowly lifted off the ground and floated upward.
It was as though a pair of enormous, invisible hands were slowly raising it into the air.
Jiang Liang lowered his hand and watched quietly as the Ice God's Heart rose into the air, then slowly moved above his head.
Icy-blue light spilled from it, forming a pillar of light that enveloped him completely.
A gentle, cool power poured down through the crown of his head, making him feel as though his entire being was about to merge with this world of ice and snow.
Jiang Liang slowly closed his eyes and sat down cross-legged.
At the same time, the Ice God's Heart slowly descended.
Once it drew close to him, it sank into his body.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
Ice and snow rapidly solidified over his head, then spread downward, encasing his entire body.
In just a few breaths, Jiang Liang had become an ice sculpture, sitting silently cross-legged.
He had even stopped breathing.
His consciousness remained, but his body could no longer move