Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow

Di Tian stood with his hands behind his back, his black robes snapping in the frigid winds of the Far North. Facing the Snow Empress's interrogation, his cold, stern face remained devoid of any extra expression. He merely turned slightly to the side, revealing Lin Shuo standing behind him.

"My Lord, these two are the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress," Di Tian said, his tone filled with reverence.

My Lord? The Snow Empress's ice-blue eyes narrowed slightly. Di Tian was actually calling a human "My Lord"?

Although she was aware of the existence of the Lord of Soul Beasts, she had assumed that title would belong to the Golden Dragon King, the Silver Dragon King, or at the very least, one of the Nine Great Dragon Kings. Yet, this youth was clearly a human.

The Ice Empress's reaction was far more direct. Her emerald eyes locked onto Lin Shuo, her exquisite face filled with disbelief. "Di Tian, you call a human child 'My Lord'? Have you lost your mind?"

Di Tian's brows furrowed slightly, and just as he was about to take action, Lin Shuo raised a hand to stop him.

"Snow Empress, Ice Empress. A pleasure to meet you; I am Lin Shuo." Lin Shuo stepped forward, his gaze meeting the scrutinizing stares of the two Far North sovereigns with calm composure. "I have come to the Far North because there is a matter of vital importance to you both."

"You, a human—" The Ice Empress began to sneer, but her words cut off abruptly.

Lin Shuo released his martial soul.

The Seven-Colored Dragon King martial soul slowly manifested behind Lin Shuo. The moment the phantom of the giant dragon, covered from head to tail in seven-colored scales, appeared, the wind and snow across the entire Far North paused for an instant.

The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress changed expressions simultaneously.

"This is..." For the first time, a look of uncertainty and shock flickered within the Snow Empress's typically indifferent, ice-blue eyes.

"This is my Dragon Prince," Di Tian said with respect. "My Lord is the sole heir to the Dragon God."

"Dragon Prince... how is this possible? No matter how I look at it, he is a human." The Ice Empress wanted to say more, but the Snow Empress stopped her.

Regardless of whether he was human or soul beast, Lin Shuo had received the recognition of the Beast God, Di Tian. Furthermore, since Di Tian addressed him as "My Lord," it meant he had also received the recognition of that Lord in the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Snow Empress lowered her gaze, suppressing the turbulent thoughts in her heart. When she looked up again, her ice-blue eyes had returned to their usual calm.

"Since the Star Dou Great Forest honors you as the Lord of Soul Beasts," the Snow Empress began, her voice cold and clear, "then the Far North shall do the same."

She paused for a moment, her ice-blue eyes fixed on Lin Shuo. "What is this matter of vital importance to us that you mentioned, My Lord?"

The Ice Empress stood beside the Snow Empress, her emerald eyes still harboring lingering suspicion. She looked at the Snow Empress, then at Di Tian, and finally returned her gaze to Lin Shuo. Since the Snow Empress, the ruler of the Far North, had changed her address, she naturally had to follow suit.

"...My Lord." The Ice Empress bit her lower lip and said it with some discomfort. Her tone was stiff, but she no longer questioned him.

Seeing this, a faint trace of satisfaction flickered across Di Tian's stern face.

Lin Shuo met the Snow Empress's gaze and nodded slightly. "Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow."

The three words fell into the winds and snow of the Far North, yet they caused both the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress to change color once more.

The calm that had remained unbroken for ten thousand years in the Snow Empress's ice-blue eyes was finally shattered.

Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow—this was an absolute tonic for ice-attribute soul beasts. It was formed when profound ice was buried deep underground for over ten thousand years, slowly deriving its essence under immense pressure. It took at least several hundred thousand, if not a million years, to form.

The Far North had once possessed Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, but it had long since been absorbed by the Sky Dream Iceworm. The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress had searched the entire Far North, but they had never found a trace of it again.

"Neither of you is confident in surviving your next heavenly tribulation, are you?"

The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress remained silent, offering no rebuttal.

The seven-hundred-thousand-year and four-hundred-thousand-year tribulations hung over their heads like the Sword of Damocles; they simply could not survive them. The Snow Empress had even planned to use a Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus she had found to cultivate into a human form.

"The Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow you speak of," the Snow Empress's voice was slightly strained, yet she remained composed, "where is it?"

Lin Shuo met her gaze, his tone indifferent. "In the Heaven Dou Empire's Dragon City, there is a sect called the Earth Dragon Sect. At their location, there is a Myriad-Year Profound Ice Cave. The Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow there is sufficient for you to make your breakthrough."

The Ice Empress's emerald eyes suddenly brightened. She did not question him, for given Lin Shuo's status, there was no reason for him to deceive them.

The Snow Empress lowered her eyes. Her cold, ethereal face showed little ripple, but her slightly clenched fingertips betrayed the shock in her heart. The Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow—a supreme treasure she and the Ice Empress had searched for over tens of thousands of years—was now being revealed to her by the Lord.

"My Lord," the Snow Empress said, her voice still cold, yet filled with more solemnity than ever before. "If the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow truly exists, then should you have any need of us in the future, the Far North will never refuse."

Hearing this, the Ice Empress took a deep breath and stepped forward to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Snow Empress. A rare look of seriousness appeared on her proud face. "My Lord, the same goes for me. As long as I can survive the tribulation, my Ice Jade Scorpion clan will forever remember your kindness."

Lin Shuo shook his head slightly. "I am helping you only because you are soul beasts. I do not wish to see two of the Far North's finest perish under the heavenly tribulation."

"Di Tian." Lin Shuo turned to the side.

"Yes, My Lord." Di Tian raised his hand and slashed through the void, silently tearing open a pitch-black spatial rift. He stepped aside, and only after Lin Shuo had stepped through did he follow.

The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress exchanged a glance. The stiffness and suspicion in the Ice Empress's emerald eyes had vanished, replaced by a rare sense of solemnity and anticipation. The two followed Lin Shuo, one after the other.

Heaven Dou Empire, Dragon City.

After inquiring about the location of the Earth Dragon Sect, the one human and three beasts headed in that direction. The four of them traveled as if walking through an empty land. The strongest member of the Earth Dragon Sect, Nan Shui Shui, was only at the Soul Douluo level and naturally could not detect them.

The four arrived directly at the backyard of the Earth Dragon Sect, where the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress stopped in their tracks. They stared at a well. The Snow Empress's cold, ethereal face showed no ripples, but her eyelashes trembled slightly. There was no mistake; this was exactly what she had been searching for across every inch of the Far North's ice plains—the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Cave.

The Ice Empress stood by her side, her emerald eyes fixed on the mouth of the well, her breathing becoming involuntarily rapid. She opened her mouth to speak, but found her voice caught in her throat.

"...Snow Empress." The Ice Empress's voice was so soft that only she could hear it. "It really is the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Cave. I can feel it; there is no mistake."

Di Tian stood expressionless behind Lin Shuo, his stern face revealing no emotion. The Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow was only effective for ice-attribute soul beasts and useless to others. Moreover, since the Lord had decided to grant it to them, there was naturally no reason to hand it over to anyone else.