Soul Spirit's Birth

"My mind is made up; there is no need for further persuasion." The Snow Empress's voice turned abruptly cold, and a pressure belonging to the sovereign of the Far North was instantly unleashed.

"This is my command, and you need only obey. Both the Ice Empress and I shall guard the Far North in a different way."

The Titan Snow Demon King and Xiao Bai looked at the unquestionable resolve in the Snow Empress's eyes and knew that further persuasion would be futile. They could only kowtow heavily, their voices choked with sobs: "Your subordinates... obey!"

The Snow Empress looked at the two, a flash of softness crossing her eyes. She said no more, waving her hand to signal their retreat.

The Titan Snow Demon King and Xiao Bai retreated to the edge of the Eternal Frozen Domain, looking back every few steps, their eyes fixed on the scene with worry and tension.

Once the two had withdrawn, the Snow Empress took a deep breath and looked at Huo Yuhao: "Little one, are you ready?"

Huo Yuhao nodded heavily, sitting cross-legged on the ice, gathering his focus, and opening his body and spiritual sea completely.

The sacrifice to follow would determine his future destiny; he had to be fully concentrated, for there could be no room for error.

Seeing that he was prepared, a flash of determination crossed the Snow Empress's eyes.

In the next second, her figure instantly transformed into snowflakes of ice blue filling the sky, and a vast, boundless power of Ultimate Ice surged toward Huo Yuhao like a tsunami.

The origin of a 700,000-year-old soul beast erupted without reservation. The wind and snow of the Eternal Frozen Domain raged madly at this moment, and seven-colored ice flowers even descended from the sky. The aura of Ultimate Ice from the entire Far North Ice Plains was converging here.

Behind Huo Yuhao, the Ice God Martial Soul was stimulated to its limit, the transcendent figure of the Ice God reflecting the ice-blue snowflakes filling the sky.

The million-year origin of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the 400,000-year power of the Ice Empress erupted simultaneously, assisting the Snow Empress's origin power as it merged into Huo Yuhao's meridians and Martial Soul.

But at this moment, an accident occurred.

The origin of a 700,000-year-old fierce beast was simply too vast. Even though the Snow Empress had tried her best to control it, signs of instability appeared the moment it merged into Huo Yuhao's body.

The power of Ultimate Ice, like a wild horse without a bridle, rampaged through Huo Yuhao's meridians. Wherever it passed, his meridians were instantly frozen and torn, and even his internal organs began to be sealed in ice.

Even more terrifying, the Snow Empress's spiritual origin showed signs of disintegration due to her 700,000-year obsession and the constraints of the laws of the Far North Ice Plains.

Once her spiritual soul completely disintegrated, not only would the Snow Empress face total annihilation, but the out-of-control 700,000-year ice origin would instantly blast Huo Yuhao into smithereens, leaving not even a trace behind.

"Oh no! The origin is out of control!" The Ice Empress's face turned deathly pale, and she cried out in alarm. She wanted to help, but her origin had just merged with Huo Yuhao, and she could not draw out any power.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm also panicked, exerting all his strength to release his million-year origin, trying to stabilize the runaway ice power, but his strength was merely a drop in the bucket before the 700,000-year origin of the Snow Empress.

Huo Yuhao felt as if the blood in his entire body had frozen. His consciousness began to blur, and his meridians transmitted a tearing pain, as if his entire being were about to be crushed by this extreme cold.

Just at this critical juncture, an aged and majestic voice suddenly resounded through his spiritual sea.

"Stabilize!"

The figure of Electrolux flew out from the Soul-Nurturing Wood, the golden holy light around him erupting without reservation.

The vast divine power of the Holy Necromancer turned into a tangible golden tide, enveloping Huo Yuhao's entire spiritual sea and wrapping around the Snow Empress's spiritual origin, which was on the verge of disintegration.

The holy and gentle power slowly smoothed out the agitation and disintegration of the Snow Empress's spiritual soul, firmly stabilizing her consciousness as it neared dissipation.

At the same time, a golden rune flew from Electrolux's fingertip and imprinted itself into Huo Yuhao's meridians. Those rampaging ice powers, as if encountering a nemesis, immediately became docile.

Just then, the Heart of the Ice God at the center of Huo Yuhao's brow also sensed the homologous Ice God origin and erupted with a dazzling ice-blue light.

The vast Ice God power turned into a gentle embrace, wrapping around the Snow Empress's 700,000-year origin and guiding it to merge into Huo Yuhao's Ice God Martial Soul along a perfect trajectory.

The inheritance laws within the Heart of the Ice God perfectly matched the Snow Empress's Ultimate Ice origin. The power, originally violent enough to destroy everything, now flowed into the Ice God Martial Soul as gently as a stream returning to the sea.

Under the dual protection of Electrolux and the Heart of the Ice God, the crisis was instantly resolved into nothingness.

The ice-blue snowflakes dancing in the sky slowly condensed, finally transforming into a small, palm-sized ice-blue girl who landed in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.

She wore a small white dress, her long ice-blue hair hanging down, and her small face was as exquisite as if carved from jade. She was the miniature version of the Snow Empress, her large eyes lively and cute, yet her aura still carried the majesty of the sovereign of the Far North.

Not only was she not annihilated, but she had retained her complete consciousness and origin. Even more, thanks to the nourishment of the Heart of the Ice God, her spiritual soul had become more solid, and her 700,000 years of cultivation had not been lost in the slightest.

Outside, four soul rings slowly rose above Huo Yuhao's Ice God Martial Soul.

The first was the Ice Empress's deep, crimson 400,000-year soul ring; the second, third, and fourth were different from common soul ring colors—they were dazzling orange-gold, and the aura they emitted was terrifyingly powerful. The Snow Empress had become three rings for one beast.

The three rings were a 100% match for the Ice God Martial Soul, perfectly dividing the Snow Empress's 700,000-year origin power into three parts without a shred of waste, perfect beyond imagination.

More importantly, the Snow Empress now coexisted with Huo Yuhao in a brand-new form, retaining all her consciousness and power, and could appear at any time to fight alongside him.

"This... this is..." The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stared at the scene before him, his eyes wide, stuttering and unable to speak.

"A Soul Spirit," Electrolux said with a smile, his aged voice full of gratification. "Using the spiritual soul as a guide and the origin as a base, coexisting with the host, immortal and indestructible, sharing cultivation. This is a brand-new path I have pioneered for soul beasts and human soul masters. The Snow Empress is the first Soul Spirit on this Douluo Continent."

The Ice Empress looked at the miniature Snow Empress, feeling her complete spiritual soul and cultivation, her eyes filled with shock and joy.

Outside, Huo Yuhao also slowly woke up at this moment.

He opened his eyes slowly, two rays of ice-blue divine light flashing from the depths of his pupils. The ice power around his body instantly receded; his control over Ultimate Ice had reached an unprecedented height.

He could clearly feel that the ice and snow of the entire Eternal Frozen Domain were under his control, and with a single thought, he could freeze a thousand miles.

Looking inward, he was pleasantly surprised to find that three perfect soul rings had been added to his Ice God Martial Soul; the second, third, and fourth soul rings were all complete! The threshold of a level 40 Soul Ancestor had been broken by him, a ten-year-old boy. His soul power remained steadily at level 40; as long as he obtained the third and fourth soul rings for his Spirit Eye Martial Soul, he would become a true Soul Ancestor!

What surprised him even more was that although the Snow Empress had not provided him with a soul bone, her 700,000-year origin had performed a rebirth-like tempering of his body.

His physical strength had surged several times over under the nourishment of the Ultimate Ice and Ice God power; even without activating his soul power, he could withstand king-level soul skills.

His meridians had been widened and reinforced, so that in the future, even if he absorbed a 100,000-year soul ring on his own, there would be no risk; his comprehension of Ultimate Ice had even touched the threshold of the god level.

Even the Ice Empress torso bone from the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion at his spine had undergone a earth-shaking evolution under the dual nourishment of the Snow Empress's origin and the Heart of the Ice God.

"Many thanks, Senior Snow Empress! Many thanks, Senior Electrolux!" Huo Yuhao stood up and bowed deeply toward his spiritual sea, his voice filled with excitement and gratitude.

He never imagined that this trip to the Far North would result in such a heaven-sent opportunity.

Not only did he awaken the Ice God Martial Soul and obtain the 400,000-year origin of the Ice Empress, but he also unexpectedly gained the assistance of the 700,000-year fierce beast, the Snow Empress, filling out three of his soul rings.

It all felt like a dream.

The Snow Empress stood gracefully within his spiritual sea, a gentle smile on her face: "No need to thank me. Since I have chosen you, Huo Yuhao, you must cultivate even harder. Do not let down the origins of Ice Empress and myself, nor the inheritance of the Heart of the Ice God."

Electrolux waved his hand with a smile: "A mere trifle. Consider it the rent for staying here with you, Huo Yuhao."

Huo Yuhao nodded heavily, his eyes brimming with excitement.

He, Huo Yuhao, had caught up to the pace of Brother Yuan and the others and had also become a Soul Ancestor; he wondered if Brother Yuan and the others would be shocked when they saw him.

He did not linger in the Eternal Frozen Domain. After adjusting himself, he turned and left the core area of the Far North, heading south.

His Ice God Martial Soul soul rings were now complete, but his Spirit Eye Martial Soul still lacked two. On the return journey, he absorbed a 6,500-year-old ice silkworm in the Far North, obtaining the soul skill Simulation.

That's right, it was that god-tier skill for bluffing that could make a ten-year soul ring appear as a 100,000-year soul ring.

Afterward, he made a special trip to the Star Dou Forest. With his current ultimate spiritual power, combined with the assistance of the three great soul beasts—the Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm—it took him less than half a day to find a Purple Spirit Wolf with ten thousand years of cultivation that was highly compatible with his spiritual attribute.

There were some twists and turns in the process; battling a ten-thousand-year soul beast alone was no easy feat. An ordinary Soul Ancestor would never dare to hunt a ten-thousand-year soul beast.

But he, Huo Yuhao, was no ordinary Soul Ancestor. He was a level 41 Soul Ancestor bearing the Ice God inheritance, a million-year first ring, and two fierce beasts residing within his body.

After some effort, the Purple Spirit Wolf lost its life under a single strike of Wrath of the Ice God. When he absorbed the fourth soul ring, the interference from the Purple Spirit Wolf's remnant soul was casually dealt with by Electrolux.

After a black ten-thousand-year soul ring descended, he obtained the fourth soul skill of the Spirit Eye Martial Soul, Mental Confusion, and his soul power stabilized at level 43.

After absorbing the soul ring, Huo Yuhao did not stop for a moment. He immediately activated the Wings of the Ice God, transforming into a streak of ice-blue light as he sped toward Shrek Academy.

The wind whistled past his ears, and the mountains and rivers beneath his feet receded rapidly.

Huo Yuhao looked toward the southern horizon, his eyes filled with joy.

Brother Yuan, Sister Na, Qiu'er, I am coming back.