"Ice Empress?!"
Jing Hongchen's breathing hitched slightly.
How could he possibly not have heard of the Ice Empress, one of the Ten Great Beast Kings?
However, Jing Hongchen did not interrupt White Tiger Lin Qing.
"Her condition was terrible at the time. Her aura was extremely weak, as though she had suffered unimaginable injuries."
Lin Qing chose his words carefully.
"We communicated briefly through Spiritual Power."
"She said she had failed her Heavenly Tribulation, that her Origin of Life was about to dissipate, and that she was beyond saving."
"Then..."
He paused and looked at the icy glow lingering around his hand.
"She said that rather than letting her cultivation dissipate with her into heaven and earth, she might as well fulfill a human with an ice attribute."
"She chose me."
"Through sacrifice, she turned herself into my Second Martial Soul, the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion."
After Lin Qing finished speaking, he looked at Jing Hongchen.
"That was roughly what happened."
Then he added,
"I think it feels surreal too, like a dream."
After hearing my explanation, Jing Hongchen fell silent for a long time.
What White Tiger Lin Qing had told Jing Hongchen was indeed a lie.
But to the real Lin Qing, it was a pretty well-crafted lie.
The crucial information had not been revealed at all—the existence of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, a Million-Year Soul Beast.
As for the rest?
Well, it was basically still in line with the common knowledge of the soul master world.
Soul beasts over a hundred thousand years old had to endure a lightning strike every hundred thousand years. This was called a Heavenly Tribulation.
If they failed to overcome it, their souls would scatter and they would perish.
This was no secret among soul masters. Many people knew it.
So, a