Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North: Ice Empress's Sacrifice! Ice Jade Empress Scorpion!

The final-image recording followed Lin Qing, the White Tiger, deep into the core region of the Far North.

The temperature here was terrifyingly low.

The frigid wind was like countless ice blades, easily slicing through ordinary cold-weather clothing.

Even with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Spiritual Power protecting him, Lin Qing, the White Tiger, could still feel the bone-piercing cold constantly seeping in, making his teeth chatter and his limbs grow stiff.

[Afterward, under Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's precise guidance, I continued advancing toward the deepest part of the Far North.]

[The environment grew increasingly harsh, the temperature dropped lower and lower, and even the circulation of Soul Power became somewhat sluggish.]

The glacial terrain became even more treacherous.

Massive ice crevasses resembled scars upon the earth, bottomless and unfathomable.

The air was saturated with dense ice elements, nearly solidifying into substance, making even breathing difficult.

Lin Qing, the White Tiger, watched every step carefully.

He had to withstand the bitter cold while avoiding dangers that might be lurking nearby.

"We're almost there, Lin Qing. Hang in there a little longer!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice sounded in his mind, carrying obvious excitement.

"This location will do!"

[Just as in the original story, after reaching a specific glacial rift containing special ice-attributed energy, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began to act.]

Lin Qing, the White Tiger, stopped behind a massive ice boulder sheltered from the wind and took a brief rest.

He looked ahead at the bottomless glacial rift that seemed to have been cleaved open by a giant axe. A faint jade-green glow flickered deep within it.

"This is the place."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice became exceptionally solemn, even carrying a hint of nervousness.

"Are you ready? Your brother's getting started!"

[Sky Dream Ice Silkworm released its unique, immense Spiritual Power fluctuations belonging to a Million-Year Soul Beast, like a signal beacon suddenly lighting up across the core region of the Far North!]

"Bingbing—!!!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual cry turned into invisible ripples, spreading out from Lin Qing, the White Tiger, toward the depths of the rift and across the icy plains of the entire Far North!

The spiritual cry echoed across the empty ice fields, instantly shattering the ancient stillness of the Far North's core region.

A few seconds later—

Deep within the rift, that originally faint jade-green glow suddenly surged!

"Buzz!!!"

A brilliant, frigid jade-green pillar of light, filled with ultimate sharpness, shot skyward from the deepest part of the rift!

Everywhere the pillar passed, moisture in the air instantly froze.

Countless tiny ice crystals formed, refracting dazzling yet dangerous light within the radiance.

A crisp, icy female voice filled with incredulous shock rang out across heaven and earth alongside the pillar of light!

"Fat worm?"

The owner of the voice seemed so stunned that even her tone was distorted.

"You're actually not dead?!"

The jade-green radiance contracted, transforming into an elegant yet swift streak of light that shot out from the depths of the rift at an utterly unbelievable speed!

The streak of light stopped in midair not far in front of Lin Qing, the White Tiger.

The glow faded.

Revealing a figure so breathtakingly beautiful and dangerously suffocating.

It was a scorpion.

A scorpion whose entire body seemed sculpted from the finest imperial green jade and Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice.

Every joint and every piece of carapace was crystal-clear, flowing with gemstone-like jade radiance. It was so beautiful that it seemed less like a living creature and more like a work of art.

The hook at the tip of its tail glimmered with a faint, chilling light.

A single glance was enough to make one feel as though their soul would freeze.

It floated in the air, radiating an Ultimate Ice aura so terrifying it reached the absolute extreme.

Even the air made faint cracking sounds as it froze under the low temperature.

The Ice Jade Empress Scorpion!

The second-ranked of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North, a thirty-nine-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast—the Ice Empress!

[Just as in the original plot, the Ice Empress had been successfully "summoned" by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.]

The Ice Empress's emerald-like beautiful eyes first stared at Lin Qing, the White Tiger—in other words, at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual form.

Then, her shock swiftly turned into rage at having been deceived.

"Tian Meng! You actually dared to lure me out with such a clumsy trick?!"

"And you're even possessing such a weak human? Have you gone mad?!"

Her voice was icy and piercing, filled with overwhelming fury and killing intent.

She had thought food had arrived, only to discover that she had been tricked!

Seeing that the Ice Empress was about to explode, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hurriedly began its "performance."

[What came next was the familiar process.]

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's miniature spiritual form emerged from Lin Qing, the White Tiger's forehead.

First, it caught the slightly distracted Ice Empress off guard with a Silkworm Slough it had prepared long ago, one containing the power of its million-year origin.

Then came an endless, impassioned, highly persuasive... "verbal assault."

"Bingbing! Listen to me! There isn't much time!"

"Look at me. I'm a Million-Year Soul Beast, and I've found a way to surpass this world's limitations!"

"Make a god! We can make a god together! We can turn this human into a new deity!"

"Then, we can all gain eternal life and transcend this world's restraints!"

"By then, we'll never have to fear the Heavenly Tribulation again, and we'll never have to fear perishing again."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's words were like the most enticing poison, striking precisely at the deepest desires and fears within the Ice Empress's heart.

Because her limit was drawing near.

The Ice Empress had a premonition that she likely had no chance of surviving her four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation.

She feared perishing, feared that terrifying Heavenly Tribulation she was almost destined to fail to overcome.

The Ice Empress went from initial fury and disdain to silence, listening, and wavering.

As a ferocious beast that had lived for nearly four hundred thousand years, she understood the terror of the Heavenly Tribulation all too well, and she understood her future fate even better.

The blueprint of "making a god" painted by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sounded absurd and was full of uncertainty.

But... this might be the only and final sliver of hope.

Especially when Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed the nearly divine Spiritual Power traits unique to a Million-Year Soul Beast.

The balance in the Ice Empress's heart finally began to tip.

In the end—

The image seemed to freeze for an instant.

The Ice Empress gave Lin Qing, the White Tiger, a deep look. Protected by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, his calm expression carried a trace of absolute composure.

She slowly nodded.

"Fine. I agree to your plan."

Her voice carried the resolve of someone smashing the cauldrons and sinking the boats, along with a faint, bewildered expectation for the unknown future.

[With her limit approaching and her heart full of fear toward the Heavenly Tribulation, the Ice Empress was ultimately persuaded by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.]

[She agreed to sacrifice herself and become my Second Martial Soul. At the same time, she wanted to see with her own eyes whether Tian Meng's mad "God-Making Plan" had even the slightest possibility of succeeding.]

The Ice Empress's figure began to emit an increasingly intense jade-green radiance.

That light was warm and gentle, no longer bone-chilling, as though it contained the purest essence of life, ice, and snow.

She looked at Lin Qing, the White Tiger.

"Human, prepare to accept my power."

Her voice remained cool and clear, but it held less hostility.

"This will be your... and my trial. Don't die."