You are the most beautiful Ice Jade Scorpion I have ever seen

"Do you see? Now, she is willing to listen. It is your turn to talk to her."

Long Xiaoyao's words made the Ice Empress flick her tail in annoyance, though she said nothing more.

She only wanted to deal with these two and send them away as quickly as possible; she did not want to be involved in anything.

After all, humans were notorious for their cunning.

Meeting the Ice Empress's icy gaze, Long Yaochen took two steps forward.

Long Xiaoyao's pressure still blanketed the surroundings; should the Ice Empress make even the slightest move, he would be able to strike instantly.

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

A single, short sentence caused the Ice Empress's swaying tail hook to freeze instantly.

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

Long Yaochen did not answer her question, continuing instead: "He is still alive."

"And right now, he is inside the Sea of Spirit of a human named Huo Yuhao."

BOOM!

The emerald light around the Ice Empress surged violently, and the coldness she had just restrained threatened to erupt once more.

"What did you say?"

For the first time, a clear ripple of emotion appeared in her voice.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

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

Relying on heavenly treasures and sheer luck to pile up that level of cultivation while possessing zero combat ability—what an extreme waste.

Long Yaochen said calmly:

"He has become that youth's wisdom soul ring."

"If we had not come today, once that Huo Yuhao grew to a certain level, he would sooner or later come to the Far North under the guidance of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm."

"And then, he would find you."

The Ice Empress slowly raised her tail hook, saying coldly: "What does he want to do?"

"He wants to offer you a way to survive." Long Yaochen looked at her and said, word by word:

"Your 400,000-year limit is approaching. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm only needs to tell you that he can turn you into an existence like himself."

"Store your consciousness, nurture that human to become a god, and then resurrect you all."

"This is what he calls the God Creation Plan. Do you think you would be tempted?"

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

In fact, just listening to this youth speak, the Ice Empress felt a flicker of temptation.

After all, if it were true, who wouldn't want to live?

Having the blade of the heavenly tribulation hanging over her head every day had made the Ice Empress completely weary of this life of constant fear.

However, she did not lower her guard, sneering: "These are all things you made up."

Long Yaochen: "..."

"I have no need to travel all this way just to tell you a story," Long Yaochen said after a moment of silence.

"Even if it is true, so what? Why should I choose you instead of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm?" No emotion could be seen in the Ice Empress's amber eyes.

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

The next moment, a low dragon roar echoed through the snowstorm.

The Blazing Golden White Dragon circled around him, finally coiling into a ring behind his head.

Under the dragon-patterned halo, Long Yaochen released his aura without reservation.

He even managed to force a sliver of his own momentum between the two peak combatants.

This feeling...

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

Could it actually be... the aura of a god?

What kind of joke is this!

How could human talent be getting more and more absurd?!

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

This time, even Long Xiaoyao glanced over slightly.

He saw that Long Yaochen, possessed by the blazing golden light, had suddenly gained a wisp of gray aura.

Even within Long Yaochen's golden eyes, a gray light flowed faintly.

Feeling yet another divine aura, the Ice Empress's mind was completely shaken, and her tail hook began to sway uneasily.

"This is my confidence." Long Yaochen's ethereal voice rang out slowly. "I am only one step away from reaching Soul Ancestor. Even if you don't understand humans well, you should know how high my talent is."

"And that person possessed by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm isn't even level twenty."

"I am only twelve years old now. Becoming a god to me... is merely a path I must take."

A path he must take... merely?

The Ice Empress suddenly felt a sense of sorrow.

Soul beasts like them struggled and fought with their lives just to survive under the heavenly tribulations.

Why should humans be gifted with such talent?

Seeing the Ice Empress fall into complete silence, Long Yaochen sensed the time was right and struck while the iron was hot. "I do not need you to submit to me. I need your Ultimate Ice, and you need to borrow my path to godhood. For both of us, this is a path of symbiosis."

"Symbiosis..." the Ice Empress murmured.

To say she wasn't tempted would be a lie.

Relying on a soul beast's body to become a god was simply impossible.

Even if she survived the four-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation this time, then what?

Even someone as strong as Xue'er was preparing to reincarnate and recultivate, wasn't she?

It was just that...

"Although your talent is decent, even if I were to sacrifice myself, you would not be able to withstand it." The Ice Empress shook her crystal-covered scorpion pincers and said softly, "And neither of us is of the spirit type like the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm; it is impossible to replicate his method."

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

"The demigod within me has already researched a new method for the symbiosis of humans and soul beasts."

"It is of a higher order than the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who could only be reborn within a body. The consciousness of a Soul Spirit can even, to a certain extent, detach from the soul master's body to independently assist in battle."

The Ice Empress gasped in shock: "What?!"

Even Long Xiaoyao cast a sideways glance.

The kid hadn't mentioned on the road that this so-called Soul Spirit could actually detach from a soul master's body to assist in combat.

Long Yaochen continued, "What do you think? Will you continue to wait for death under the four-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation? Or will you embark on the path to godhood with me?"

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

"It seems this Empress truly has no better choice. Compared to dying under the heavenly tribulation, your so-called path to godhood interests me more."

Xue'er, let me pave the way for you this time. I will trust this human for now.

"Speak, what must I do?"

The Ice Empress completely retracted the Domain of Eternal Freeze, and the terrifying aura on her body slowly dissipated.

She fully revealed her crystal-clear, stunningly beautiful scorpion form.

Long Yaochen slowly approached. Long Xiaoyao had intended to stop him, but the Ice Empress gave him a reassuring look, and Long Yaochen arrived at her side.

"You are the most beautiful Ice Jade Scorpion I have ever seen." Long Yaochen blurted out unexpectedly.

The Ice Empress's scorpion tail twitched instinctively, but she forced it to stop and feigned sternness. "Enough nonsense, tell me the plan quickly."

Long Yaochen pondered for a moment.

Truth be told, he had no way to absorb the Ice Empress right now; otherwise, he would drop dead on the spot.

However, it was absolutely impossible to leave the Ice Empress in the Far North.

Otherwise, if Huo Yuhao did something outside of fate, it would be a massive loss.

Fortunately, he and Electrolux had already prepared a countermeasure.

Long Yaochen gently placed his hand on the Ice Empress's pincer and channeled a sliver of divinity into it.

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

"You should have felt the peculiarity of my martial soul by now. Therefore, my plan cannot be carried out in the Far North; I must trouble you to come with me first." Long Yaochen retracted his martial soul and spoke.

The Ice Empress was silent for a moment, gazing into the depths of the Far North. That was the territory she had guarded for hundreds of thousands of years.

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