Reaching the Outskirts of the Continent!

The outskirts of the Far North.

"I'm finally going home!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said with some emotion.

"Yeah, finally going home!" Huo Yuhao echoed him.

"We've reached the outskirts of the continent! The Far North!"

"How beautiful! The Far North!"

"Look at those distant snow-capped mountains, Brother Sky Dream!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm cut him off. "Stop, stop, stop. What do you mean, 'going home'? This is the Far North!"

"Tian Meng! Shut up!"

"When I'm talking, don't ruin the moment!"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: "..."

"Don't spoil my fun!"

"Sky Dream, let's go!"

With that, Huo Yuhao stepped into the Far North.

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have completed Option Three. Your reward (Divine Blessing x1) has been issued.]

[Storage Space: True Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, Soul Skill Secret Technique: Combo Skill, Blue Hair x1, Divine Blessing x1]

Huo Yuhao: "???"

So this counts as me defecting?!

All right, all right. Looks like this trip to the Far North really is going to be smooth sailing!!!

Huo Yuhao grinned so broadly he could barely close his mouth.

"Yuhao, put on my shed skin. Otherwise, when you enter the Core Circle of the Far North, you might freeze into an ice statue," Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said seriously.

"You really underestimate me, Brother Sky Dream. Is it that cold?" Huo Yuhao asked.

If he were the Huo Yuhao from the original story and didn't wear Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's shed skin, then yes, the cold would leave him delirious.

But he wasn't!

And he had the protection of the Holy Dragon Soul Core, too!

He had no idea what being cold even meant!

"Let's go, let's go!" Huo Yuhao stepped onto his skis and set off in the direction Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had indicated.

"If this works, your talent with Martial Souls will be enough to suppress the greatest young prodigies of the age!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, brimming with confidence.

"Actually, my talent's already good enough," Huo Yuhao said calmly.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: "..."

You're really cutting me down like that, huh!

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said, "Then let me put it another way. If we succeed, you'll gain an Ultimate Attribute!"

"An Ultimate Attribute isn't that useful, actually. It'll also slow down my cultivation."

"I'm right at level thirty, and Ultimate Attributes happen to slow down cultivation after level thirty."

As Huo Yuhao spoke, he started to feel that something was off.

Was absorbing Ice Empress really going to be any use?

It would slow down his cultivation, and wouldn't even raise his combat strength by much.

But when he thought about it, there didn't seem to be any ice-attribute Soul Beast stronger than Ice Empress.

He could buy Snow Empress later with Gold Soul Coins.

And there were only three Heavenly Kings in the Far North.

Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King.

If he didn't choose Ice Empress, who else could he choose?

"Okay, okay, don't get hung up on the details. Let's hurry."

"Also, you have to listen to me completely, or the two of us might end up dead out here."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said seriously.

Huo Yuhao grinned mischievously. "You're worried one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North, the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, will come looking for you, aren't you?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm declared righteously, "What are you saying? What are you saying? She only almost ate me. How could that count as a grudge?"

Huo Yuhao asked curiously, "Then what would you call it?"

"A reward!" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's face flushed slightly.

Huo Yuhao: "..."

I'm speechless. You wouldn't believe it, guys. I've run into someone love-struck.

Though he was speechless, Huo Yuhao still picked up the pace.

"Careful! The Titan Snow Demon King is up ahead!"

"Hide, quick!"

Huo Yuhao had barely set out when Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice rang out.

Huo Yuhao hurriedly dug a hole and hid inside.

Fortunately, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power concealed them. They waited until the Titan Snow Demon King had left without incident.

"We're a little unlucky. We just set off, and already we've run into the Titan Snow Demon King. Good thing I spotted him in time. Otherwise, the two of us would've ended up dead out here," Sky Dream Ice Silkworm whispered.

"What are you afraid of? Aren't you the one who kicked Xiong Jun and punched Di Tian?" Huo Yuhao asked cheerfully.

"That was then. Besides, haven't I become your Wisdom Soul Ring now?"

"Without my body, how could I possibly defeat the Titan Snow Demon King, one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained.

"Sure, sure. Brother Sky Dream is the strongest," Huo Yuhao said perfunctorily.

Still, Huo Yuhao truly hadn't expected to run into the Titan Snow Demon King even though he'd come so much earlier than in the original story.

"All right, let's go. We can't linger here!"

Some time later, Huo Yuhao entered the Core Circle of the Far North.

After making the necessary preparations, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said seriously, "Yuhao, I'm about to release the aura of my true body and draw over Ice Empress, one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North."

"Whatever you do, don't act rashly during this process!"

At the same time, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm took the shed skin out of Huo Yuhao's body.

This was what they'd use to trap Ice Empress!

"No problem. If anything goes wrong, I'll cover you. Go on! Give it everything you've got!"

Huo Yuhao nodded and spoke to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

"Sure, no problem." As Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke, he was about to release his aura.

"Wait, you'll cover me?" But then he stopped.

He suddenly felt that something about Huo Yuhao's words was off.

You're a level-thirty half-step Soul Elder, and you'll cover me?

I may have become a Wisdom Soul Ring, but I still have my spiritual power, all right?

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm thought of Huo Yuhao's background.

Coupled with what Huo Yuhao had just said, everything suddenly seemed to make sense.

"Yeah. Is there a problem? Do you think I can't handle it, Brother Sky Dream?" Huo Yuhao said with a confident smile.

"No problem. I trust you." After saying that, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm immediately spread his aura.

A vast wave of spiritual power surged out of Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness in an instant!

It was none other than Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's origin spiritual power!

As nine clusters of origin power were drawn out of Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, only one cluster remained connecting him to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Even with Huo Yuhao's spiritual power at a whopping 900 points, he already felt dizzy and lightheaded.

He nearly collapsed on the spot!

If each cluster of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's origin power contained 100,000 points of spiritual power, then this time he'd drawn out a full 900,000 points!

Even a Titled Douluo had only 100,000 points of spiritual power!

If Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had known even one skill back then—just one—it would have already wreaked havoc everywhere!

How could it possibly have been captured by Di Tian and the other beasts to be used as a living battery?

Fortunately, Huo Yuhao's recovery ability had nearly reached a monstrous level. He came around after only a short while.

Now all he had to do was wait for Ice Empress to be drawn over by the aura Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had released.

Huo Yuhao's white Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet.

It gradually changed from white to bright gold!

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's aura suddenly transformed into that of an utterly terrifying being!

At that moment, the nine clusters of origin power gathered into a golden version of 'Huo Yuhao'!

"Ice Empress! I'm back! I, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, have cultivated for a million years. I've come to take my revenge!"

"Face me!"