Extreme North.
Di Lintian strode through the air, leisurely flying toward the Core Area.
He used one of the soul skills from the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone: Flight.
It was slower than the Ice Ember God Wings, even slower than his own dragon wings, but it consumed less energy and looked rather cool.
Di Lintian was in no hurry and simply continued onward at an unhurried pace.
Like a lion patrolling his own territory.
After entering the Extreme North, he had put away Di Tian's Reverse Scale and allowed his own aura to spread freely.
The Soul Beasts of the Extreme North were exceptionally united. Even the Star Dou Forest could not compare to the Extreme North in that regard.
Thus, as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, he was very safe here.
The blazing sun in the sky gradually slanted westward.
Without rushing along the way, Di Lintian finally entered the Core Area before nightfall.
"It actually continues north."
Di Lintian had not headed straight for the Core Area. Instead, he had followed destiny's guidance all the way here. Even after reaching the Core Area, that guidance had not weakened; it had only grown stronger.
Di Lintian did not stop to wait for dawn before setting out again. He continued onward in the direction indicated by destiny.
He still wore his Black Gold Dragon Robe. In the Core Area of the Extreme North, the temperature had already neared -150°C. After traveling a little farther, it truly reached -150°C, attaining the low temperatures of Ultimate Ice.
Yet he did not feel the slightest chill. After absorbing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and the Ice and Fire Dragon King External Soul Bone, his body had acquired the attributes of Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire.
He did not fear the cold here.
As for Mystic Water, Di Lintian had not allowed him to follow. His task was to water the Blue Silver Emperor.
"Human? No, a Soul Beast in human form." Snow Empress, seated cross-legged upon the throne in the Ice and Snow Palace, murmured in surprise.
"Not a Soul Beast of the Extreme North. Why would he appear here?" Snow Empress remembered every Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Extreme North.
"No Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Extreme North has taken human form. He must be one from another Soul Beast gathering ground."
Di Lintian made no attempt to conceal his aura, and Snow Empress easily sensed the aura of his true body.
Di Lintian advanced another several hundred meters, and the surrounding temperature had already fallen to -160°C.
Even so, he still felt no chill whatsoever.
Before long, a magnificent Ice and Snow Palace entered his sight.
"Have I already gone this deep?"
The Core Area of the Extreme North was nothing but a vast, snow-white icy plain, with bottomless crevices appearing from time to time.
No matter how long one traveled, all one saw were snowflakes drifting down from the sky and the same frozen plains.
If this were not Douluo Continent but some ordinary modern city, Di Lintian would have thought he had run into a ghostly maze.
"It still wants me to go forward."
Destiny's guidance intensified once more. Di Lintian felt as though a flame had ignited between his brows. Through the ice doors of the Ice and Snow Palace, he could even see a green vertical eye growing from his forehead.
"Knock, knock, knock."
Di Lintian rapped heavily on the palace doors.
Since he was passing by, Di Lintian also intended to meet the foremost of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North—the Heavenly Snow Woman, Snow Empress.
The Soul Beast aura on his body, along with Di Tian's Reverse Scale, was enough to prove his identity.
No sound came from within, but the doors slowly opened inward, revealing a gap wide enough for Di Lintian to pass through.
Di Lintian entered through the gap and immediately saw a woman sitting upon a throne, dressed in an ice-blue gown.
"You are from the Star Dou Forest, aren't you? Why have you come here?"
Before Di Lintian could speak, Snow Empress asked him.
"Yes, Senior Snow Empress... My name is Di Lintian. My true body is the Dark Demon Dragon King. After taking human form, I underwent Destiny Convergence with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and followed destiny's guidance here."
Di Lintian answered truthfully.
"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion?" Snow Empress had heard that a Lucky Beast had appeared in the Star Dou Forest, but she had never seen her. "Destiny guided you here?"
"No, I still need to go deeper, but it is already very close." Di Lintian shook his head.
Upon hearing that, Snow Empress fell silent for a moment.
"I will go with you."
She could vaguely guess where destiny was guiding Di Lintian.
Di Lintian nodded without surprise.
Having come this far, based on what he knew from the original work, Di Lintian had already formed a guess about the place to which destiny pointed.
The Extreme North was where the Ice God had fallen. There was a great chance that the Ice God's inheritance was here. Previously, he had not understood why destiny had guided him to the Ice God Inheritance Space.
After meeting Snow Empress, he suddenly understood.
He might be nothing more than an intermediary, introducing Snow Empress to the Ice God's inheritance. His own benefit would be participating in the Ice God Divine Trial and increasing his strength.
The two continued deeper for some distance, and a towering mountain entered their view, standing alone and looking exceptionally abrupt.
"Since when was there a mountain here?"
Snow Empress spoke in confusion.
As the ruler of the Extreme North, Snow Empress remembered every place within it. After thinking for a moment, she recalled that her last visit here seemed to have been tens of thousands of years ago. There had been no snow mountain then.
Di Lintian said nothing. It was his first time here; if even Snow Empress did not know, then he certainly would not.
Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, Di Lintian became completely certain that this was their destination.
"It is inside this mountain." Di Lintian continued flying around the mountain, searching for an entrance. "How should we get in?"
"There is an opening over there."
Snow Empress pointed at a cave entrance large enough for one person to enter and leave.
"Let's go inside and take a look."
Di Lintian flew into the cave first.
The mountain had a small opening, as though light shone within. They entered through it.
At first, it was extremely narrow, barely wide enough for a person to pass. After walking several dozen steps, the passage suddenly opened up.
Inside the mountain.
Di Lintian stood upon an endless ice field.
"Not inside the mountain." Di Lintian looked around but saw no mountain walls. "A separate dimension? As expected of divine means."
Upon arriving here, Di Lintian suddenly thought of something—could Snow Empress become a god?
Would the Ice God pass the divine position on to a Soul Beast?
Although the Ice God had already fallen, someone or some beast must surely be guarding the Ice God's inheritance.
Destiny should not be wrong. Di Lintian shook his head and recalled the original work's introduction of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North.
Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King all possessed the Ice God's bloodline. Perhaps the Ice God truly would pass the divine position on to Snow Empress.
Just then, spatial ripples spread beside him, and Snow Empress appeared out of thin air.
"This... is the Ice God Inheritance Space!"
Snow Empress looked around in astonishment. Tens of thousands of years ago, she had searched for the Ice God's inheritance and had come near this place, but there had been neither this mountain nor the Ice God's inheritance then.
"Was it because of him?" Snow Empress looked at the youth beside her. "Did the Ice God's inheritance appear because of him?"
"How should we proceed? Does your destiny's guidance still remain?" Snow Empress composed herself and asked Di Lintian.
Di Lintian shook his head. After entering this place, destiny's guidance had completely disappeared. "Let's search around. The exact location of the Ice God's inheritance should be quite conspicuous."
Before you continue