Ice God Mountain

The Extreme North.

Di Lintian trod upon the void, flying leisurely toward the core region.

He was utilizing one of the soul skills of his 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone: Flight.

The speed was not comparable to his Ice Ember God Wings, nor even his own dragon wings, but it had the advantage of consuming less energy and looking quite dashing.

Di Lintian was in no rush, so he simply proceeded at a slow, steady pace.

He was like a male lion patrolling his own territory.

After entering the Extreme North, he had tucked away Di Tian's reverse scale, allowing his own aura to radiate freely.

The soul beasts of the Extreme North were incredibly united; in this regard, even the Star Dou Forest could not compare.

Therefore, as a 100,000-year transformed soul beast, he was quite safe here.

The scorching sun in the sky gradually slanted toward the west.

Di Lintian traveled without haste, finally entering the core region before nightfall.

To think I must continue further north.

Di Lintian had not come straight to the core region; rather, he had followed the guidance of fate the entire way. Even upon reaching the core, this guidance had not weakened—instead, it had grown increasingly intense.

Di Lintian did not stop to wait for dawn before setting off again; he continued to advance in the direction dictated by the guidance of fate.

He remained in his black gold dragon robe. In this core region of the Extreme North, the temperature was already approaching -150°C. If he walked a bit further, the temperature would truly reach -150°C, the low temperature of Ultimate Ice.

Yet, he did not feel a shred of cold. Having absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and the Ice and Fire Dragon King external soul bone, his body already possessed the attributes of both Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire.

He did not fear the cold here.

As for Mystic Water, Di Lintian had not brought him along; his task was to be responsible for watering the Blue Silver Emperor.

"A human? No, a transformed soul beast." The Snow Empress, sitting cross-legged on the throne of the Ice and Snow Palace, murmured in slight suspicion.

"Not a soul beast of the Extreme North. How could one appear here?" The Snow Empress remembered every single 100,000-year soul beast in the Extreme North.

"There are no 100,000-year soul beasts that have transformed in the Extreme North. This is a 100,000-year soul beast from another soul beast gathering place."

Di Lintian's aura was unmasked, and the Snow Empress easily sensed the aura of his true form.

Di Lintian advanced another few hundred meters, and the surrounding temperature had already reached -160°C.

Even so, he still did not feel the slightest chill.

Not long after, a magnificent Ice and Snow Palace entered his view.

Have I really ventured this deep?

The core region of the Extreme North was a vast, white, snowy plain, where one could occasionally see bottomless fissures.

No matter how long he traveled, all he saw were snowflakes drifting across the sky and the same icy plains.

If this were not the Douluo Continent but some random city, Di Lintian would have thought he had encountered a ghost-trap.

It wants me to keep going forward.

The guidance of fate intensified once more. Di Lintian felt as if a fire had ignited between his brows; through the ice door of the palace, he could almost see a vertical green eye growing at the center of his forehead.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Di Lintian rapped heavily on the palace gate.

Since he was passing through, Di Lintian intended to meet the head of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North—the Heavenly Snow Woman, the Snow Empress.

The soul beast aura on his body, combined with Di Tian's reverse scale, was enough to prove his identity.

No sound came, but the palace gate slowly opened inward, revealing a gap wide enough for Di Lintian to pass through.

Di Lintian walked through the gap and immediately saw a woman sitting on the throne, dressed in an ice-blue long dress.

"You come from the Star Dou Forest, don't you? Why have you appeared here?"

Before Di Lintian could speak, the Snow Empress asked.

"Yes, Snow Empress... Senior. My name is Di Lintian. My true form is the Dark Demon Dragon King. After transforming, I underwent a fate-binding with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and followed the guidance of fate all the way to this place."

Di Lintian stated truthfully.

"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion?" The Snow Empress had heard that a Lucky Beast had appeared in the Star Dou Forest, but she had never seen it. "Fate guided you here?"

"No, I must continue deeper, but it is already very close." Di Lintian shook his head.

The Snow Empress fell silent for a moment upon hearing this.

"I will accompany you."

She could vaguely guess where fate was guiding Di Lintian.

Di Lintian nodded without surprise.

Having walked this far, based on the original work, Di Lintian already had a hypothesis about where fate was pointing.

The Extreme North was the place where the Ice God had fallen; it was highly likely that the Ice God's inheritance was here. Previously, he had not understood why fate would guide him to the place of the Ice God's inheritance.

Upon seeing the Snow Empress, he suddenly realized the truth.

He was likely nothing more than an intermediary, meant to introduce the Snow Empress to the Ice God's inheritance, while his own benefit would be participating in the Ice God Divine Trial to increase his strength.

The two continued deeper for some distance until a towering mountain peak entered their line of sight, standing alone and appearing exceptionally abrupt.

"Since when was there a mountain here?"

The Snow Empress asked, puzzled.

As the sovereign of the Extreme North, the Snow Empress remembered every corner of the region. She pondered for a moment; the last time she had come here was tens of thousands of years ago, and back then, this snow-capped mountain had not existed.

Di Lintian did not speak. This was his first time here, and if the Snow Empress did not know of it, he certainly did not either.

Arriving at the foot of the mountain, Di Lintian was absolutely certain that this was their destination.

"It is inside this mountain." Di Lintian circled the mountain body, continuing to fly as he observed for an entrance. "How are we supposed to get in?"

"There is an opening there."

The Snow Empress pointed toward a hole just large enough for one person to pass through.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Di Lintian took the lead, flying into the cave.

The mountain had a small opening, as if it held light within. Entering from the mouth, it was initially very narrow, barely wide enough for a person, but after walking a few dozen paces, it suddenly opened up into a vast expanse.

Inside the mountain.

Di Lintian stood upon an endless ice plain.

"This is not inside a mountain." Di Lintian surveyed his surroundings, seeing no mountain walls. "A different dimension? Truly the methods of a deity."

Once here, a thought suddenly occurred to Di Lintian—could the Snow Empress become a god?

Would the Ice God pass his divine position to a Soul Beast?

Although the Ice God had already fallen, the Ice God's inheritance was surely guarded by someone or something.

Fate should not be wrong, Di Lintian shook his head, recalling the original descriptions of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North.

The Snow Empress, the Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King all possessed the bloodline of the Ice God; perhaps the Ice God really would pass his divine position to the Snow Empress.

Just then, ripples of space spread out beside him, and the Snow Empress appeared out of thin air.

"This... is the Ice God Inheritance Space!"

The Snow Empress looked around in astonishment. Tens of thousands of years ago, she had also searched for the Ice God's inheritance and had come to this vicinity, but back then, neither this mountain nor the Ice God's inheritance had existed.

"Is it because of him?" The Snow Empress looked at the youth beside her. "Did the Ice God's inheritance appear because of him?"

"How should we proceed? Does your guidance of fate still exist?" The Snow Empress calmed her emotions and asked Di Lintian.

Di Lintian shook his head. After entering this place, the guidance of fate had vanished completely. "Let's look around; the specific location of the Ice God's inheritance should be quite conspicuous."