It wasn't just ordinary Soul Masters. Even the imperial palace of the Star Luo Empire had fallen silent.
Star Luo Emperor Dai Tianfeng stood at the entrance to the Great Hall, watching the images on the Sky Screen, his expression shifting unpredictably.
"Progenitor Rainbow Dragon..."
Dai Tianfeng drew a deep breath, his voice carrying unmistakable awe.
"This being's sheer presence must be far more imposing than that Evil Eye Holy King, right?"
The royal family members nearby exchanged glances, none daring to answer lightly.
In their minds, the Evil Eye Holy King was already an utterly supreme being.
Yet the Nine-Colored Divine Dragon now appearing on the Sky Screen wielded power that seemed almost divine.
It was a terrifying being capable of transforming someone's bloodline into a god-level one.
By comparison, even the Evil Eye Holy King seemed dimmed.
Meanwhile, Soul Beasts all across the continent had fallen into an almost frenzied state.
"If we could follow this lord, could our bloodlines take off too?"
A reclusive Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast watched the Sky Screen, its eyes blazing with fervor.
"A god-level bloodline! That's the key to the Divine Realm!"
Just as the entire continent was still reeling from the shock, the dark-red light on the Sky Screen changed once more.
The churning clouds gradually gathered, forming a new line of golden text.
[Ice Empress's Second Great Innate Ability: Top-tier Elemental Power.]
The moment these words appeared, a string of questions immediately floated across the barrage.
"Top-tier Elemental Power? What does that mean?"
"Ice Empress already has the Ultimate Ice attribute. Could this Top-tier Elemental Power be even more powerful than Ultimate Ice?"
"Just keep watching. The Sky Screen will explain."
As countless people waited expectantly, the scene above shifted again.
An endless field of ice stretched into the distance, while fierce blizzards raged between heaven and earth.
Ice Empress, during her Hundred-Thousand-Year period, stood amid the storm, looking uneasy.
Before her, Long Yun stood quietly in a white robe, his gentle gaze resting on her.
"Bing'er, watch closely."
Long Yun smiled faintly. His voice was calm, yet it rang clearly across the entire ice field.
He slowly raised one finger. A point of nine-colored light quietly bloomed at its tip.
The instant the light appeared, the surrounding blizzard, which had been raging wildly, fell silent.
The ice element and wind element between heaven and earth, even the faint light element in the air, seemed to have found their proper home. They rushed toward Long Yun's fingertip.
Behind Long Yun, the enormous phantom of a Nine-Colored Divine Dragon flashed into view, then vanished.
The dragon was noble and majestic, its entire body shimmering with nine-colored light.
"Elements are a gift from heaven and earth, not mere tools."
As Long Yun spoke, he lightly tapped the air with his fingertip.
An ice sword, formed entirely from nine-colored elements, quietly appeared in midair.
The sword gave off no trace of Soul Power, yet the moment it touched the surrounding space, fine black cracks appeared.
"Go."
Long Yun flicked his finger. The nine-colored ice sword turned into a streak of light and instantly disappeared into a distant iceberg.
There was no earth-shaking boom. The moment the sword touched the hundred-zhang-tall iceberg, the entire mountain simply dissolved without a sound.
Little Ice Empress in the scene stared wide-eyed, her eyes shining with admiration.
Beyond the Sky Screen, countless Soul Masters were left with their scalps tingling.
"Th-that was really just a casual strike?"
"He didn't even use Soul Power. Just by controlling the elements, he unleashed power comparable to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill?"
"Unrivaled among those of the same rank. This is absolutely the strength of someone unrivaled among those of the same rank!"
The barrage flooded with messages, everyone stunned by this terrifying command of the elements.
Yet the Sky Screen's countdown wasn't over.
Before long, the dark-red text shifted again, gathering into a new message.
[Ice Empress's Third Great Innate Ability: Controlled Soul Skill—Absolute Zero (Time and Space Freeze).]
[Description: With the support of Top-tier Elemental Power, Ultimate Ice ascends into God-level Extreme Ice. When Absolute Zero is unleashed, it can briefly freeze time and space within a radius of ten li.]
The moment these words appeared, the entire Douluo Continent fell silent once more.
"Freeze time and space?!"
"How is that possible? Isn't that the domain of gods?!"
"A Soul Beast that's only eight hundred thousand years old can control the power to freeze time and space?"
The barrage erupted. None of the Soul Masters could believe their eyes.
Far away, deep within the Evil Demon Forest of the Sun Moon Empire.
The Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign, who had just broken through to a million years of cultivation, stared in horror with its enormous single eye.
"Absolute Zero... freezing time and space?"
The Evil Emperor's colossal body trembled violently in the sky.
It had always been most proud of its Mental Attribute and Light of Time and Space.
Yet now, Ice Empress—who had only eight hundred thousand years of cultivation—had mastered Absolute Zero, a power that perfectly countered it.
Under a freeze of time and space, how much power could its Light of Time and Space still unleash?
"Damn it!"
The Evil Emperor roared furiously in its heart, but didn't dare utter a sound aloud.
Its eye was fixed on the white-robed young man in the scene.
That was the very Nine-Colored Divine Dragon who had once snapped countless of its tentacles with a single slap.
"He's still alive..."
"He's actually still alive in this world..."
Boundless terror surged over the Evil Emperor like a tide.
The ambition that had swelled after it broke through to a million years of cultivation was extinguished without mercy.
It murmured dazedly, "Once I've fully absorbed the rewards from this Sky Screen, can I really stand a chance against him?"
The Evil Emperor sank into deep self-doubt.
Meanwhile, in the Core Circle of the Star Dou Great Forest,
Beast God Di Tian watched the Absolute Zero on the Sky Screen, his expression turning grim.
"Freezing time and space... Even I couldn't withstand that head-on."
Di Tian drew a deep breath and turned toward the depths of the Lake of Life.
He had wanted to ask The Sovereign how they should respond to the rise of the Far North.
But when his gaze fell upon Gu Yuena's face, he froze on the spot.
At that moment, Gu Yuena was gazing quietly at the everyday scenes of the young man and Little Ice Empress on the Sky Screen, her expression gentle, almost kind.
Her breathtakingly beautiful face was full of nostalgia and warmth.
"Hiss—"
Di Tian couldn't help drawing a sharp breath, his mind going blank.
The Sovereign had actually made an expression like that?
That Nine-Colored Rainbow Dragon really did have an extraordinary relationship with The Sovereign!
Meanwhile, inside Spirit Hall.
Qian Renxue stood quietly on the terrace of the Angel Temple, her pure-white feathered robes fluttering in the wind.
Her long, straight, beautiful legs were faintly visible beneath her skirt. Her figure had exquisite curves, as if she were heaven's most perfect creation.
At that moment, her golden eyes were fixed intently on the young man on the Sky Screen.
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