Second Martial Soul: Ice God

As soon as he finished speaking, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm released the full force of his million-year origin aura without holding anything back.

The vast pressure of a million-year Soul Beast spread toward the depths of the Eternal Frozen Domain like a rising tide.

Unlike the cautious creature he had once been, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm now had nothing to fear. His aura carried a divinity that even Ultimate Ice Soul Beasts revered, and in an instant, it swept across the entire Eternal Frozen Domain.

Almost the moment that aura was released, an equally terrifying aura of Ultimate Ice burst forth from the depths of the Eternal Frozen Domain!

It was cold and haughty, carrying the terrifying pressure of a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. Like a sleeping emperor roused from slumber, it immediately locked onto Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's aura.

Crack—crack—

Countless fine cracks spread across the hard, deep-blue ice. A jade-green streak shot out from deep within the ice like lightning, appearing before Huo Yuhao in an instant.

It was a scorpion only about three meters long, its entire body sparkling jade green, as if carved from the finest emerald. Its eight legs were slender and sharp, and the venomous stinger at the end of its tail was raised high, radiating a bone-chilling cold.

Most striking was the hook at the tip of its tail. With the slightest sway, it unleashed the power of Ultimate Ice, stilling even the wind and snow around it.

It was none other than the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, the second of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North—a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast of Ultimate Ice. The Ice Empress!

The Ice Empress's compound eyes fixed intently on Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea, filled with shock and disbelief, as well as a trace of anger she could not conceal.

"Tian Meng! It's really you?!" The Ice Empress's voice, laced with murderous intent, boomed through Huo Yuhao's mind.

"You useless thing, you actually dare come back to the Far North?! I thought you'd died ages ago. I can't believe you found a human host and managed to cling to life until now!"

But as she went on scolding him, the Ice Empress's voice gradually fell silent, and the shock in her compound eyes grew stronger.

She could clearly sense that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's aura was completely different from before.

Back then, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had possessed a million years of cultivation in name alone, without the slightest fighting ability. He had been like an empty shell, chased all over the place by the Soul Beasts of the Far North.

But now, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's aura was rich and complete, and even carried a faint divinity. It was a power that made even her uneasy—nothing like the power that useless Ice Silkworm had once possessed!

"What's wrong? Surprised, huh? Bingbing, it's been ages! Your big brother missed you so much!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice rang out in the Ice Empress's mind, tinged with smugness.

"Bingbing, I hope you've been well."

"What happened to you?" The Ice Empress stared fixedly at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in the Spiritual Sea, her voice full of suspicion.

"How did your origin become so complete? And that divinity about you... What exactly did you encounter?"

"That's not important." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's smile faded, and his tone turned serious.

"Bingbing, I didn't come here today to reminisce. I came to offer you an extraordinary opportunity—one that can free you from the shackles of being a Soul Beast and let you truly enter the divine realm."

Then Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told the Ice Empress the entire plan.

Using his million-year origin as the foundation and the Ice Empress's four-hundred-thousand-year Ultimate Ice origin as the core, they would forge an Ultimate Ice Second Martial Soul for Huo Yuhao. The Ice Empress would become part of Huo Yuhao through her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, living in symbiosis with him and sharing his life as they walked the path to godhood together.

"Absurd!" The Ice Empress flew into a rage. The power of Ultimate Ice erupted, and the surrounding ice shattered in an instant.

"Tian Meng, have you gone mad?! You want me to become a Soul Ring for a human brat who's only ten years old? Have humans brainwashed you? When a Soul Beast sacrifices itself to a human, death is the only outcome. And you're talking about godhood?"

A four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast of Ultimate Ice was a Heavenly King in the Far North, second only to one and above countless others. How could she willingly become a Soul Ring and Soul Bone for a ten-year-old human child? To her, it was utterly preposterous—a shame and humiliation!

Just as the Ice Empress raged and prepared to attack Huo Yuhao, a gentle yet supremely majestic female voice drifted through the snowstorm.

"Bing'er, calm down."

The instant the words fell, the wind and snow throughout the Eternal Frozen Domain came to a halt. An aura even more vast and frigid than the Ice Empress's slowly spread through the air.

Amid the swirling snow, the figure of a woman dressed in a white gown quietly took shape.

She looked no older than sixteen or seventeen. Her beauty was peerless, her skin as fair as snow, and her long ice-blue hair fell to her waist. Her blue eyes were the purest ice. Not a trace of pressure emanated from her, yet the entire Far North Ice Plains lay under her control.

She was the ruler of the Far North, the foremost of the Three Heavenly Kings, a seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast of Ultimate Ice—the Heavenly Snow Woman, the Snow Empress!

Seeing the Snow Empress appear, the Ice Empress's anger subsided considerably. "Xue'er, what brings you here?"

The Snow Empress gave a slight nod, her gaze settling on Huo Yuhao. Curiosity and scrutiny flickered in her blue eyes.

She could clearly sense that an extraordinary destiny lay hidden within this boy, enough to make even her uneasy. There was also a faint divinity within him that stirred her very origin.

And the moment the Snow Empress appeared, an unexpected change occurred!

From the deepest part of the Far North, a dazzling ice-blue light suddenly broke through the restraints of ten-thousand-year-old ice and shot toward Huo Yuhao like a meteor!

It was a fist-sized orb, ice blue from end to end, with a frozen universe hidden inside. It radiated a boundless power of the Ice God's origin. Wherever it passed, even space froze, forming fine lines of ice cracks.

This orb was the divine artifact left behind after the Ice God's death—the Heart of the Ice God.

It held the complete inheritance and origin power of the Ice God. For hundreds of thousands of years, it had remained deep within the Far North Ice Plains, absorbing the origin of Ultimate Ice from the world around it. Now, at last, it had found its true master.

Before anyone could react, the Heart of the Ice God was already in front of Huo Yuhao. As if drawn to him by an irresistible force, it instantly became a streak of light and plunged straight into the space between his brows.

Boom—!!!

A vast, boundless power of Ultimate Ice erupted inside Huo Yuhao. The Heart of the Ice God merged with his Spiritual Sea, fusing with his Spirit Eye Martial Soul and the Life Gold.

The information contained in the Ice God's inheritance surged into his mind like a tide.

His meridians, bones, flesh, and blood underwent a complete transformation as they were nourished by the Ice God's origin. His Soul Power, which had been at level 29, began to surge at a terrifying speed!

In the Spiritual Sea, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stared wide-eyed at the Heart of the Ice God as it merged with Huo Yuhao.

Electrolux burst into laughter, understanding gleaming in his eyes. "Good! What a grand gesture from the venerable one!"

The Ice Empress and Snow Empress were even more stunned, frozen where they stood. They could clearly feel the complete origin of the Ice God within that orb. It was a true divine inheritance!

It was the chance at godhood that Soul Beasts had dreamed of for hundreds of thousands of years, yet could never obtain!

At that moment, as the Ice Empress looked at Huo Yuhao before her and felt the vast origin of the Ice God within him, she finally understood what opportunity Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had meant.

It wasn't an empty promise. It was a genuine path to godhood, within reach!

She took a deep breath. All hesitation and anger vanished from her eyes, replaced by intense excitement.

She looked at the Snow Empress, a hint of hesitation in her eyes, but still voiced her decision. "Xue'er, I've made up my mind. I'm willing to sacrifice myself and merge with this boy. I want to see what the world of the gods is truly like."

The Snow Empress looked at her and did not stop her. She could sense that this boy's future was limitless.

By following him, Bing'er might truly escape the fate of Soul Beasts being unable to become gods.

The next second, the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion's body turned into a jade-green streak of light and flew toward Huo Yuhao's brow.

The four-hundred-thousand-year origin of Ultimate Ice was released without reservation.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm also released his million-year origin, assisting the Ice Empress's power as it merged with Huo Yuhao.

Holy light surged around Electrolux, firmly stabilizing Huo Yuhao's soul and meridians so the terrifying force would not crush him.

The Heart of the Ice God also radiated a gentle divine origin, guiding the Ice Empress's power and helping it perfectly harmonize with Huo Yuhao's body.

Unlike the dangers of the original story, the entire sacrifice proceeded more smoothly than anyone could have imagined.

Jade-green light enveloped Huo Yuhao from head to toe. Behind him, his Second Martial Soul slowly took shape.

It was the phantom of an Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, jade green from end to end. Yet, nourished by the Ice God's origin, it gradually transformed. The jade color slowly faded as the silhouette of a snow-white woman emerged. She was a figure of immense divinity, her pure white skirts adorned with emerald ice crystals. At first glance, she looked as if she had been cast from the same mold as the Snow Empress beside her.

A power of the Ice God, far surpassing Ultimate Ice, slowly radiated outward.

The Ice God Martial Soul had officially awakened!

The instant the last trace of jade-green light merged into Huo Yuhao, the Ice Empress's sacrifice was complete.

Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes. Two pillars of ice-blue light shot from them, shattering the ten-thousand-year-old ice in front of him into powder.

His Ultimate Ice Second Martial Soul, the Ice God Martial Soul, had awakened perfectly. Its First Soul Ring was a dazzling red four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, slowly revolving, blood-red and marked with four golden lines that proclaimed its extraordinary power!

That was not all. The Heart of the Ice God had merged with his body, and he had also gained complete mastery of the Ice God's inheritance.

Under the fusion of the Ice God's origin and his Ultimate Spiritual Power, his Spirit Eye Martial Soul and Ice God Martial Soul showed faint signs of resonance.

The Ice Empress's figure slowly took shape in the Spiritual Sea. As she looked at everything around her and felt the life and the Ice God's origin she now shared with Huo Yuhao, a relieved smile spread across her face.

Huo Yuhao clenched his fists, feeling the Ice God's power surging through him without end. He felt Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress in his Spiritual Sea, along with Electrolux standing there with a smile, and his eyes reddened slightly.

His journey to the Far North had not only granted him a Second Martial Soul, but also the Ice God's inheritance. He had truly been reborn.