Ice Empress Has What It Takes to Become a God—Why Wouldn't I Choose the Star Lord?

Ice Empress Has What It Takes to Become a God—Why Wouldn't I Choose the Star Lord?

"That's right, it's her. This scent, this aura—I've thought about it day and night, been utterly obsessed with it... No, I mean it's incredibly familiar! She's the Super Soul Beast who can turn you into a true genius! The best choice for your second martial soul!"

"Don't you want to avenge your mother? Trust me. As long as we can talk to her, I'm ninety percent sure I can persuade her."

Terrifying snow and ice danced densely through the sky. Huo Yuhao's little body was already freezing beyond endurance, and now he had to get close to that storm. It was practically going to cost him his life.

Even with Brother Sky Dream's body-temperature protection, he would still be hurt by the ice and snow if he rushed in!

"Xiao Yuhao, I'm about to release the aura of my thoughts. Otherwise, we won't be able to get her attention at all, and she might just kill us as roadside trash. My protection of your body temperature may weaken too, so you need to prepare yourself fully against the cold."

"If you can still hold on, you can shout a few times, something like, 'Ice Empress, come over here!' This isn't the depths of the Far North yet, so you don't need to worry about an avalanche."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm communicated with Huo Yuhao in his Sea of Consciousness.

With astonishing speed and sheer willpower, Huo Yuhao dug himself a small ice cave in the snow to shelter from the cold. Muttering to himself, he said, "Whether I can enter the Inner Court and stay by Brother Qingfeng's side depends on you, Brother Sky Dream! Slurp~"

As Tian Meng drew away his Soul Power, Huo Yuhao instantly felt bitterly cold.

Tian Meng sighed. Mentioning Su Qingfeng made him angry. If not for his bad luck and ending up with Huo Yuhao too early, he could have waited for Su Qingfeng to come along. That guy was handsome and talented, completely outclassing everyone else!

But since things had come to this, he would make the best of it. He, Tian Meng, was not the sort of silkworm to despise a poor household. Without an outstanding master, he could only forge a powerful master himself!

"Alright, alright, Brother Sky Dream. I'm counting on you this time."

"Ice Empress, come over here!"

"Ice Empress, come over here!!!"

Hugging himself tightly, Huo Yuhao shouted at the top of his lungs into the icy cold outside.

Then Huo Yuhao felt a wave of dizziness. Tian Meng brought him into a strange spiritual realm, where he looked down upon the entire Far North. Nine clusters of golden light floated out from his body. He watched in shock as his white ten-year Soul Ring transformed—hundred-year... thousand-year... ten-thousand-year black... hundred-thousand-year red!

In the end, it even emitted a faint golden glow. This was the First Soul Ring's true final form!

"Ice Empress, I know you can sense my presence. I've returned for revenge. Do you dare meet me?"

Ice Empress had already been in an extremely irritable state. Over the past few months, she had occasionally attacked human towns at the edge of the Far North.

Of course, it was not because she had nothing better to do. She was searching for that sliver of hope of finding Snow Empress again.

If she could not find the person who had taken Snow Empress away—the one Far North Lifeforms hailed as the Child of Ice—then she might choose to transform and enter the human world.

Transformation was a unique ability possessed by Soul Beasts with over a hundred thousand years of cultivation. They could almost completely disperse their cultivation, reshape their bodies, and become like human infants, eventually turning fully human. It was an immensely dangerous undertaking, but one with enormous rewards.

Of course, Soul Beasts with several hundred thousand years of cultivation had ways other than transformation to take on human appearances. There was also simulation. As long as their spiritual power was strong enough, or they possessed some treasure with a simulated form, they could assume a human appearance.

However, simulation and transformation were fundamentally different. One remained a Soul Beast in essence, easily discovered by powerful soul masters and unable to escape the Heavenly Tribulation all Soul Beasts had to face. Transformation, on the other hand, fundamentally turned a Soul Beast into a human on a biological level.

Sensing Tian Meng's call and aura, Ice Empress swept toward them like a tornado.

"Dare? You think you deserve to use that word? You even dare simulate Snow Empress's aura. You're courting death!"

The storm hurtled toward Tian Meng and Huo Yuhao. The sky at its center turned jade-green, the emerald expanse stretching for over a thousand meters. It was an utterly terrifying sight.

Huo Yuhao sucked in a breath when he saw it. It was here. That thing had really come.

The moment that voice rang out, the ice and snow on the ground surged five or six meters high, like waves in the sea... no, like a tsunami!

Fortunately, Tian Meng's spiritual power was strong enough that a single voice would not crush him.

Tian Meng was nervous too. He had imagined this reunion countless times. What opening line should he use? Should he flirt? Reminisce? Or get straight to the point?

All those thoughts vanished into thin air because Tian Meng could clearly sense Ice Empress's killing intent—decisive, unhesitating killing intent.

Dense murderous intent surged forth, and heaven and earth seemed to shrink to within ten meters around Tian Meng.

Who told them to walk right into the line of fire?

Frightened, Tian Meng immediately unleashed all his spiritual power for defense and shouted, "Ice Empress, wait! We still have last words to say!"

Ice Empress's dark green scorpion tail was almost upon Tian Meng. Tian Meng had already closed his eyes and screamed:

"It's going in, it's going in, it's going in! Ahhhhh!"

"If I die, I die, but I still have to say it! Ice Empress, I'm the male silkworm meant to become your mate. You're murdering your own husband!"

"Come on, then! Dying by the hand of the woman I love, this brother's death won't be in vain!"

Huo Yuhao: Damn it, I don't want to die!

"You disgust me. What are you pretending for? This is your spiritual body. I can't kill you, but I'll find your true body nearby and eat you bit by bit. You actually came back willingly to be my food and help my cultivation advance further. That counts as us becoming one, and it will give me greater strength to search for Xue Er."

Ice Empress's jade-green Ice Stinger pierced Tian Meng's energy form.

Tian Meng hurriedly said, "Xue Er? You mean Snow Empress? I know where she is."

Ice Empress's entire body trembled. She quickly pulled her tail out of Tian Meng's body. "What did you say? You know Snow Empress's whereabouts?"

Ice Empress's mood had been so terrible that she had been prepared to squeeze Tian Meng dry no matter what he said. But if he knew Snow Empress's whereabouts, then he could not die.

"Yes. The first time I sensed Snow Empress's aura, I was shocked too. I thought I had seen wrong. But after sensing it a second and third time, I finally became certain. Like me, Snow Empress has become someone else's Wisdom Soul Ring."

Having narrowly escaped death, Tian Meng let out a sigh of relief.

This was roughly what Ice Empress already knew. She had also heard from Far North Lifeforms that Snow Empress had willingly abandoned her Soul Beast body and left with the Child of Ice.

Ice Empress could actually understand it. Snow Empress's limit was approaching. She was about to break through to seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, and the Heavenly Tribulation was imminent. For Snow Empress, it might have been fatal. If the Child of Ice had truly descended, following him was indeed not a bad choice.

What enraged Ice Empress was that Snow Empress had not taken her along!

After all, Ice Empress was not far from her own Heavenly Tribulation limit either!

And she wanted to be with Snow Empress forever!

"Where are they? Take me to them, and I can spare you."

Ice Empress said.

He had her hooked!

A crafty gleam flashed in Tian Meng's eyes as he said:

"You're still in your Soul Beast form. Going to find Snow Empress like this probably won't work. There are many powerful soul masters where they are. The moment you show yourself, you'll become their prey. It's too dangerous."

"Then what do you suggest?" Ice Empress looked at Tian Meng coldly.

Tian Meng continued, "Right now, there is an excellent opportunity before you. Not only can you meet Snow Empress again in the future, but you can also gain new possibilities for growth. This is a gamble—a gamble that could allow you to become a Divine Beast. What do you say, Ice Empress? Interested?"

"If you have something to say, spit it out." Ice Empress snapped impatiently.

"You must know about what happened ten thousand years ago. At least five gods emerged out of nowhere, and heaven and earth changed color. What I'm talking about is the God-Making Plan!"

Tian Meng spoke passionately. "I believe the wise Lady Snow Empress had the same plan. She became the Wisdom Soul Ring of Su Qingfeng, the one everyone praises as the Star Child. He has the potential to become a god.

"Likewise, we have hope too—my host, Huo Yuhao. He already possesses considerable strength. With your help, his future may very well hold the potential for godhood. Only gods possess endless life... So, what do you say? Interested, Ice Empress?"

Tian Meng said much more, explaining the godhood event from ten thousand years ago, the benefits of becoming a god, and how Ice Empress's limit was approaching.

To be honest, it was impossible not to be tempted.

Though Ice Empress's cultivation was profound, she was likewise threatened by the Heavenly Tribulation. She had already experienced one, and it had nearly killed her. She could even be attacked by human soul masters during the tribulation.

"How certain are you?"

"Thirty percent. But with you, more than fifty percent!"

"You really dare to brag just to persuade me. Even then, it's only a fifty percent chance."

Ice Empress said flatly.

"Is fifty percent not enough? More than half a chance to become a god—what an incredible opportunity! You know that with the Heavenly Tribulation, we Soul Beasts can never become gods. This is our best choice! You have at most a hundred years before you face the Heavenly Tribulation. Have you thought it through?"

Tian Meng said excitedly. If he could not convince Ice Empress to join them, Xiao Yuhao's second martial soul would have to choose something else. Worse still, their lives would be in danger!

"The best choice? Heh. That may be your best choice, but it is no longer mine."

Ice Empress's expression turned cold again as powerful energy surged forth. She sped toward a certain location, and this time, her Ice Stinger pierced through the ice layer and found Huo Yuhao's hiding place, where he was shivering uncontrollably!

"How is that possible, Ice Empress, you—"

"While you were talking, I was constantly probing your location. Your spiritual power is indeed powerful, but unfortunately, you have become a Wisdom Soul Ring. You could not even detect this."

Ice Empress looked at Huo Yuhao, who was nearly frozen stiff, and shook her head. "This is the target of your God-Making Plan?"

"I approve of your God-Making Plan, but I will not choose him."

"Then who do you want to choose? There's no one else here, and you don't have a better choice than him!"

"Why not? Didn't you say it yourself? Xue Er has become the Wisdom Soul Ring of the Star Child. Since he has the potential to become a god, why wouldn't I stay with Xue Er? Why wouldn't I choose the Child of Ice—the Star Child you mentioned—instead of choosing him?"

Tian Meng: Holy shit ('')