Meeting the Snow Empress

Inside the Star Emperor Grand Hotel.

"No wonder you're the Ice Empress, Senior. You really snatched this Soul Beast Embryo back." Yu Tao could not help but marvel as he looked at the white mass within the God Sealing Platform.

"Just luck." The Ice Empress nodded lightly.

"Oh, right, Bing'er. This is the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone." Xiao Jinchen took out the Spirit Bone he had seized from Xuan Zi from his Storage Ring and handed it to the Ice Empress.

The Ice Empress touched the Spirit Bone Xiao Jinchen offered, then pushed it back. "Keep it for now. See if it might be useful later. I don't have a storage Soul Tool at the moment." As for the Soul Tool stripped from Elder Ma, how could the Ice Empress possibly use it? She had long since thrown it away.

Xiao Jinchen was slightly startled. It seemed the Ice Empress really had never possessed a storage Soul Tool. Once this tournament was over, he would make a trip to Mingde Hall in the Sun Moon Empire and use the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal to forge a storage Soul Tool for her.

"Alright." Xiao Jinchen put the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone back into his Storage Ring, secretly calculating how to force Jing Hongchen into forging a Soul Tool for him.

"Xiao Chen, you were the ones who snatched back this Soul Beast Embryo. What are your plans for it?" Lang Ya asked.

"Mm..." Xiao Jinchen smiled faintly. "Uncle Lang, Uncle Yu, I hope you can leave this Soul Beast Embryo for me to handle. It will be of great use to me."

"Of course." Lang Ya smiled. "You were the ones who snatched this Soul Beast Embryo back."

Lang Ya smiled and patted Xiao Jinchen's shoulder. "We're family. No need to be so formal."

"Exactly." Yu Tao echoed, "That Soul Beast Embryo may be good, but it won't be easy to handle. If you need any help, just say the word."

"I will." Xiao Jinchen nodded.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Lang Ya and Yu Tao left the room.

Xiao Jinchen put the Snow Empress Embryo into his Storage Ring. Next, he needed to refine the Humanoid Transformation Pill and subdue the Snow Empress.

"Bing'er, I'm going to refine the Humanoid Transformation Pill. Protect me." Xiao Jinchen spoke softly.

"Alright." The Ice Empress nodded her head in agreement.

With a thought from Xiao Jinchen, a pair of seven-colored wings condensed behind his back. He then turned into a streak of blue lightning and shot above the Star Emperor Grand Hotel.

Emperor Flame rose from Xiao Jinchen's hand. He controlled it to separate the Green Lotus Core Flame, which transformed into a medicinal cauldron.

Xiao Jinchen lightly flicked his Storage Ring, and one medicinal ingredient after another appeared before him.

"I'll use this Spirit Bone." Xiao Jinchen took another Spirit Bone from his Storage Ring—it was the Spirit Bone of Aromatic Silk Beauty.

Immediately afterward, Xiao Jinchen raised his hand slightly, and Emperor Flame surged into the medicinal cauldron. Scorching heat swept out from within it.

A familiar formula, familiar ingredients, a familiar order.

Finally, he added seven stalks of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and the Spirit Bone. The Humanoid Transformation Pill was complete!

Rumble!

Just as the Humanoid Transformation Pill was refined within the medicinal cauldron, thunder suddenly boomed above the Star Emperor Grand Hotel. Black thunderclouds continuously gathered overhead.

As the Pill Lightning formed, the Star Luo Empire's four guardian Douluo and several powerful presences also rushed over from afar. They hovered in the air, staring at the black thunderclouds above with astonishment.

"This is... the Heavenly Tribulation that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast undergoes?!"

"Could a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast have infiltrated the Star Luo Empire?"

"This sort of Heavenly Tribulation isn't something an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast can trigger! It might have been caused by a ferocious beast!"

"Eh? Wait, doesn't that person look a little like the Young Hall Master of Soul Hall?" Someone suddenly pointed at Xiao Jinchen in the air.

"It really does seem to be him! Could this Heavenly Tribulation truly have been brought about by him?"

"Shouldn't we stop it? If this Heavenly Tribulation really descends, then..." Giant Strength Douluo Cheng Gang hesitantly said to Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu beside him.

The moment Giant Strength Douluo Cheng Gang finished speaking, a graceful jade-green figure flashed and appeared in front of Xiao Jinchen.

"Soul Hall is conducting business here. Anyone who comes within a hundred meters! Dies!"

The Ice Empress's orange-gold eyes slowly swept over the figures before her before finally locking onto the Star Luo Empire's four guardian Douluo. Her cold shout rang through the sky!

As soon as she finished speaking, the Ice Empress took a step forward. In an instant, nine Spirit Rings—black, black, black, black, red, red, red, red, jade-green—rose beneath her feet. The Ice Jade Empress Scorpion appeared behind her as terrifying frost swept forth, carrying the dreadful Soul Power pressure of a Rank 99 Limit Douluo.

Feeling the terrifying aura radiating from the Ice Empress, everyone hurriedly retreated.

"Leave this place within three breaths! Otherwise, die!"

The Star Luo Empire's four guardian Douluo exchanged glances. They then cupped their hands toward the Ice Empress before retreating from the area. After all, she was a Limit Douluo. Even if the Heavenly Tribulation fell, she should be able to handle it with ease.

Crack!

Several bolts of lightning gathered in the sky, then transformed into an enormous silver-white pillar of lightning that blasted down.

Within Shrek Academy's resting area.

"This is... a Heavenly Tribulation! How could there be a Heavenly Tribulation?! Little Yuhao! Wake up!" The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wriggled continuously within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.

"Ah~ Brother Sky Dream, what are you doing? Ow." Huo Yuhao sat up in confusion and muttered doubtfully, "Brother Sky Dream, it's the middle of the night. If you're not sleeping, I still want to sleep."

"Little Yuhao, we need to get out there. Someone outside has triggered a Heavenly Tribulation!" the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said urgently.

"A Heavenly Tribulation?" Huo Yuhao followed the commotion and looked out the window. When he saw that silver-white pillar of lightning, his pupils contracted.

"Little Yuhao, let's go out," the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged.

"Why? Why would we go out in the face of such a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation?" Huo Yuhao asked in confusion.

"Bingbing. It must be Bingbing who triggered the lightning tribulation. Bingbing's four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation must have arrived." The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm anxiously said, "Last time, Bingbing didn't sacrifice herself to you, and now she has come to the human world. The Heavenly Tribulation outside must have been triggered by her. Little Yuhao, hurry and come with me to find Bingbing. I'll use the same method to make her sacrifice herself to you."

"Brother Sky Dream, we're going now?" Huo Yuhao asked.

"Yes, yes, yes! Little Yuhao, there's no time to lose. We're going now!" The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice suddenly rose.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm continued, "As long as I arrange for Bingbing to sacrifice herself to you, you'll gain a Spirit Ring close to four hundred thousand years old, as well as a Spirit Bone close to four hundred thousand years old. Such an opportunity will absolutely transform you!"

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's breathing instantly grew heavy. A Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone close to four hundred thousand years old! Truthfully, he was tempted, but when he looked at the terrifying Heavenly Tribulation outside the window, he could not help shrinking his neck.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm caught Huo Yuhao's hesitation and tempted him again. "Have you forgotten your Sister Xiaotao? As long as Bingbing sacrifices herself to you, you'll be able to stomp that Xiao Jinchen, who already deserves death, beneath your feet and avenge your Sister Xiaotao!"

"Xiao Jinchen..." Huo Yuhao unconsciously clenched his fists. Remembering the scene of Sister Xiaotao being burned into charcoal by Xiao Jinchen that day, a trace of determination flashed through his eyes. "Alright, Brother Sky Dream. I'll go!"

"Phew."

Seeing that Huo Yuhao had finally agreed, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm let out a relieved breath. It did not care that much about Huo Yuhao's life or death, since it could still find another host.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's mind was now filled with images of Bingbing sacrificing herself to Huo Yuhao and being together with her within the spiritual sea.

But the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not know that this trip would completely claim its life.