Ice Empress: Brat, You Stole Xue'er's Opportunity-Die!
The interior of the Ice Crystal Palace is entirely carved from glass, refracting a seven-colored halo, and is so vast that it is almost empty.
Not long after entering the main hall.
The Snow Empress then led the still-angry Ice Empress to the side hall.
Only Ye Qing remained in the vast main hall.
Silence reigned all around.
"Well, she's clearly gone backstage to appease her jealous husband, who has over 300,000 years of cultivation."
Feeling utterly bored, Ye Qing found an ice chair and sat down.
The murderous look Ice Empress gave them just now was exactly like that of a resentful woman whose lover had been cheated on.
I waited for a full quarter of an hour.
Seeing that the side hall remained completely still, Ye Qing was getting increasingly bored.
He simply waved his hand and took out a complete set of red clay stove and purple clay tea set from his storage soul guide.
Light the charcoal in the stove.
The clear, cool glacial meltwater gurgled and simmered in the kettle.
The rich aroma of tea quickly filled the icy palace.
In the Snow Empress's Far North Ice Palace, a fire is lit to brew tea.
Looking across the entire Douluo Continent, he's probably the only one like him.
In the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.
Finally, faint footsteps came from the direction of the side hall.
The Snow Empress, dressed in flowing white robes, was the first to return to the main hall.
Behind her, the Ice Empress, shaped like an ice scorpion, followed closely.
Fortunately, that violent and murderous aura that once threatened to tear people to pieces has long since vanished, and he has become much more docile.
Snow Empress probably put in a lot of effort to appease this hot-tempered Ice Jade Empress Scorpion.
"You certainly have a refined taste."
Snow Empress moved gracefully and walked directly to Ye Qing, where she sat down.
Those pure, sapphire-blue eyes fell on the bubbling hot tea, a rare hint of curiosity flashing across them.
In this extremely cold place, heat itself is a very rare commodity.
"Lord Snow Empress, would you like to try some?"
Ye Qing skillfully poured a cup of hot tea and pushed it in front of Snow Empress.
Snow Empress did not refuse.
She extended her fair, jade-like fingers, picked up the porcelain cup, and took a small sip.
A warm current flowed down my throat, accompanied by a faint bitterness and a sweet aftertaste.
"Slightly bitter at first taste, with a sweet aftertaste."
Snow Empress put down her teacup and gave a very apt assessment. "Humans really do have some peculiar tastes."
"If you like it, I'll send you a few pounds later."
Ye Qing waved his hand with a smile, then his playful expression faded, and his eyes became clear.
"We've had our tea, Snow Empress. Shouldn't we get down to business?"
"For example, the deal you mentioned earlier."
When serious matters were discussed, the atmosphere in the main hall immediately became somber.
The Snow Empress sat upright on the ice chair, his aloof face solemn and serious.
"Before we discuss the deal, I'd like to ask you a question."
"Human, do you even know what Ferocious Beast is?"
What is the fundamental difference between Ferocious Beast and ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?
Upon hearing this, Ice Empress felt disdain.
It's a miracle that a human kid could even know the ins and outs of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
The secret of the Ferocious Beast... how could this kid possibly...?
However, Ye Qing only paused for a moment before smiling calmly.
"Ferocious Beast?"
Ye Qing leaned back in his chair, his fingertips lightly tapping the table as he spoke with great familiarity, "Any Soul Beast that breaks through the bottleneck of 200,000 years of cultivation can be called Ferocious Beast."
"As for the biggest difference between Ferocious Beast and ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast..."
At this point, Ye Qing's tone became serious. "Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast only needs to endure a long period of time, but Ferocious Beast are different."
"Every time Ferocious Beast crosses a cultivation threshold of 100,000 years, the laws of heaven and earth will unleash a tribulation of lightning, known as the Fierce Beast Tribulation!"
"The higher one's cultivation level, the more exponentially the power of the Heavenly Tribulation increases."
Throughout history, the fate of most Ferocious Beast has not been death at the hands of powerful enemies, but rather turning into ashes under the Heavenly Tribulation lightning.
"I'm right, aren't I?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the vast ice crystal hall fell silent.
Ice Empress's pupils darted around violently.
The murderer's secret is something even the top human Titled Douluo might not know!
Where did this kid find out?
Even the usually composed Snow Empress revealed a hint of surprise deep in her eyes.
"You... you even know so much about the Fierce Beast Tribulation?"
Snow Empress stared intently at Ye Qing, as if trying to see through this mysterious human boy completely.
"I not only know about the Heavenly Tribulation," Ye Qing shrugged, his expression calm. "I also suspect that the deal that the Snow Empress wants to make with me is probably closely related to this Heavenly Tribulation, right?"
At this point, Ye Qing's mind raced.
As a transmigrator who had thoroughly read the original work, he was all too familiar with the fate trajectories of the two great rulers of the Far North.
According to the original trajectory, during the "The Unrivaled Tang Clan" era, the Snow Empress was stuck at the desperate juncture of the 700,000-year Heavenly Tribulation.
Ice Empress, too, is trapped in a dilemma, facing the 400,000-year time limit!
For these Ferocious Beast that reach the heavens and the earth, the Heavenly Tribulation is an eternal sword of Damocles hanging over their heads.
Ultimately, because of this ordeal and various unexpected events, they all became allies of Huo Yuhao, the chosen one of destiny.
"Well."
The Snow Empress let out a Youyou sigh, his voice carrying the weight and vicissitudes accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years.
You guessed absolutely right.
She readily admitted it, a hint of weariness showing in her eyes.
"I had a premonition in my heart."
"Ten thousand years from now, my own seven hundred thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation will descend."
"And that calamity... I'm afraid I won't be able to survive it."
"That is Death Tribulation, an act of destruction. I, the Emperor, will surely perish, body and soul."
"In fact, before I met you, I had already made preparations for my escape route in order to cope with this 700,000-year lifespan."
"I once found an extremely rare Iceberg Snow Lotus."
"I originally intended to use the pure and flawless spiritual power of that snow lotus to forcibly embark on the perilous path of Transformation human form."
"In order to avoid Heavenly Tribulation."
Upon hearing about the Iceberg Snow Lotus,
Ye Qing's lips twitched violently.
A layer of white sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.
My whole body went completely numb.
A 100,000-year-old Iceberg Snow Lotus!
After all that fuss...
The 100,000-year-old Iceberg Snow Lotus I obtained was actually the Snow Empress's trump card for Transformation human form!
It matches!
They all match!
In the original novel, "The Unrivaled Tang Clan Sect," the Snow Empress relied on a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus to seal her origin Transformation a human.
However, things went wrong halfway through, and they were captured by bandits from the Sun Moon Empire.
He had directly snatched away the Snow Empress's opportunity with this one move.
No wonder!
No wonder the ruler of the Far North looked at him with such hatred when they first met, as if he wanted to tear him to pieces and devour him alive!
Put yourself in their shoes: if someone ate your life-saving treasure, which you've prepared for tens of thousands of years, like a snack, you'd fight them to the death!
Ice Empress's eyes widened, and she jumped up, launching into a tirade of abuse at him:
"You little human thief, it was you who stole Xue'er's Transformation snow lotus!"
"Bing'er! Step back!"
The Snow Empress shouted, stopping the Ice Empress from her rage.
However, the way she looked at Ye Qing became incredibly complex and subtle.
There is helplessness, regret, and a sense of absurdity, as if fate is playing tricks on us.
"Originally, since you stole my opportunity to Transformation, I should have reduced you to ashes."
The Snow Empress sighed Youyou, "But fate is fickle; I see a new path in you."