The Most Beautiful Ice Jade Scorpion I've Ever Seen

"Did you see that? Now she's willing to listen. It's your turn to talk to her."

Long Xiaoyao's words made Ice Empress flick her tail in annoyance, but she did not say anything else.

She only wanted to get these two people out of here as quickly as possible. She did not want any part in this.

After all, humans were famously cunning.

Meeting Ice Empress's icy gaze, Long Yaochen stepped forward two paces.

Long Xiaoyao's pressure still blanketed the area. If Ice Empress made the slightest move, he could strike at once.

"Ice Empress, do you still remember Sky Dream Ice Silkworm?"

Those few words instantly froze Ice Empress's lightly swaying tail hook in place.

"How do you know about him?" The chill in Ice Empress's voice deepened several degrees.

Long Yaochen did not answer her question and instead continued, "He's still alive."

"Moreover, he's currently within the Sea of Spirit of a human named Huo Yuhao."

Boom!

Jade light abruptly surged around Ice Empress, and the cold she had just withdrawn nearly erupted again.

"What did you say?"

For the first time, a clear emotional fluctuation appeared in her voice.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

That bastard she had thought about for who knew how many years.

Relying on heavenly treasures and sheer luck, he had somehow piled up that level of cultivation despite possessing no combat ability whatsoever. What an utter waste.

Long Yaochen said calmly:

"He became that boy's Wisdom Soul Ring.

If we hadn't come today, once that Huo Yuhao had grown to a certain level, he would sooner or later come to the Far North under Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's guidance.

And then, he would find you."

Ice Empress slowly raised her tail hook and said coldly, "What does he want?"

"He wants to give you a way to live." Long Yaochen looked at her and spoke slowly.

"Your four-hundred-thousand-year limit is approaching. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm only needs to tell you that he can turn you into an existence like himself.

Preserve your consciousness, nurture that human until he becomes a god, then revive all of you afterward.

That is his so-called God Creation Plan. Do you think you would be tempted?"

Ice Empress fell silent. She wanted to refute him, but she did not know what to say.

Even just hearing this young man describe it, Ice Empress was somewhat tempted.

After all, if it was real, who would not want to live?

Living every day with the blade of the Heavenly Tribulation hanging over her head had left Ice Empress thoroughly weary of this life of constant fear.

Still, she did not lower her guard. She sneered. "You made all of this up."

Long Yaochen: "..."

"I have no reason to travel all this way just to tell you a story." Long Yaochen fell silent for a moment before speaking.

"Even if it's true, so what? Why should I choose you instead of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm?" Not a hint of emotion could be seen in Ice Empress's amber-like eyes.

"It's simple..." Long Yaochen spread his hands, and blazing golden cold light began to rise in his eyes.

The next moment, a deep dragon roar rang out amid the wind and snow.

The Blazing Golden White Dragon coiled around him before finally circling behind his head like a halo.

Beneath that dragon-patterned halo, Long Yaochen released his aura without holding anything back.

He even forcibly inserted a trace of his own imposing presence between the two peak powers.

This feeling...

Ice Empress's gem-like eyes were filled with disbelief.

Was that... the aura of a god?

What kind of joke was this?!

How was human talent becoming more and more absurd?!

Before Ice Empress could fully process it, another terrifying aura rose.

This time, even Long Xiaoyao glanced sideways.

Long Yaochen, enveloped in blazing golden light, suddenly gained a wisp of gray aura.

Even within Long Yaochen's golden eyes, gray light seemed to flow faintly.

Sensing another aura of Divinity, Ice Empress's mind was completely shaken, and her tail hook began to sway uneasily.

"This is my foundation." Long Yaochen's ethereal voice slowly rang out. "I am only one step away from becoming a Soul Ancestor. Even if you do not know much about humans, you should understand how high my talent is.

And the person Sky Dream Ice Silkworm has attached himself to has not even reached level twenty.

I am only twelve years old. Becoming a god is, to me... merely an inevitable path."

Merely... an inevitable path?

Ice Empress suddenly felt somewhat sorrowful.

Soul Beasts like them had to struggle desperately just to survive beneath the Heavenly Tribulation.

Why did humans possess such talent?

Seeing that Ice Empress had fallen completely silent, Long Yaochen sensed that the time was right and pressed his advantage. "I do not need you to submit to me. I need your Ultimate Ice, while you need to rely on me to become a god. For both of us, this is a path of symbiosis."

"Symbiosis..." Ice Empress murmured.

She would be lying if she said she was not tempted.

It was fundamentally impossible to become a god with the body of a Soul Beast.

Even if she survived this four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, what then?

Even someone as powerful as Xue'er was preparing to reincarnate and cultivate anew.

But...

"Although your talent is impressive, even if I offered myself as a sacrifice, it would not be something you could bear." Ice Empress shook her ice-crystal-covered pincers and said softly, "Neither you nor I possess the spiritual attributes of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. We cannot replicate his method."

"No... there is no need to replicate it." Long Yaochen shook his head and continued.

"The Demigod within me has already developed a new method for humans and Soul Beasts to coexist.

It is more advanced than Sky Dream Ice Silkworm merely residing within a body. A Soul Beast's consciousness can even, to a certain extent, leave the Soul Master's body and independently assist in battle."

Ice Empress suddenly lost her voice. "What?!"

Even Long Xiaoyao glanced sideways.

This kid had never mentioned on the way here that these so-called Soul Spirits could actually leave a Soul Master's body to assist in battle.

Long Yaochen continued, "What do you say? Will you continue waiting for death beneath the four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, or will you join me on the path to godhood?"

Ice Empress glanced at Long Xiaoyao, who stood nearby with his hands behind his back, then looked at Long Yaochen. After a moment of silence, she sneered.

"It seems I truly have no better choice. Compared to dying beneath the Heavenly Tribulation, your so-called path to godhood interests me more."

Xue'er, this time, let me scout the way for you. I'll trust this human once, for now.

"Tell me. What do I need to do?"

Ice Empress completely withdrew the Domain of Eternal Freeze, and the terrifying aura around her slowly dispersed.

She fully revealed her crystalline, exquisitely beautiful scorpion body.

Long Yaochen slowly approached. Long Xiaoyao had intended to stop him, but after Ice Empress gave Long Xiaoyao a reassuring look, Long Yaochen came to her side.

"You are the most beautiful Ice Jade Scorpion I've ever seen." Long Yaochen suddenly blurted out.

Ice Empress's scorpion tail instinctively twitched, only to forcefully stop itself. Putting on a stern expression, she said, "Enough nonsense. Hurry up and explain the plan."

Long Yaochen pondered for a moment.

To be honest, he had no way of absorbing Ice Empress right now. Otherwise, he would die on the spot.

But he absolutely could not leave Ice Empress in the Far North.

Otherwise, if Huo Yuhao made some move outside the course of fate, it would be a tremendous loss.

Fortunately, he and Electrolux had already prepared a solution.

Long Yaochen gently placed his hand on Ice Empress's pincer and sent a thread of Divinity into it.

Ice Empress's body instantly stiffened before returning to normal.

"You should have sensed the strange nature of my Martial Soul, right? That is why my plan cannot be carried out in the Far North. I can only trouble you to come with me first." Long Yaochen withdrew his Martial Soul and spoke.

Ice Empress fell silent for a moment and looked toward the depths of the Far North. That was the territory she had guarded for hundreds of thousands of years.

After a long time, she finally said coldly, "If you deceive me, even if I self-destruct, I will not let you succeed."