Snow Empress Is Teaching Me Her Ultimate Techniques? But My Innate Attribute Is Incompatible?

Snow Empress had been watching intently. A trace of understanding and approval flashed through her ice-blue eyes.

She gave a slight nod, her ethereal voice carrying a precise assessment:

"Your Bloodline Power forms scales and gathers around both arms into claws. This not only greatly enhances their offensive and defensive power, but also gives you exceptionally fine control over your own lightning.

"You don't need to rely on your Martial Soul. With will alone, you can summon lightning and wield it as easily as your own arm, releasing and controlling it at will.

"Not bad. You can fight at close range, or precisely take down enemies at short to medium range. This ability... suits you very well."

The ability bestowed by this mysterious Soul Ring seemed like an innate part of his body. It perfectly fused his physical strength with his lightning attribute, forming a distinctive and powerful fighting style.

Snow Empress looked at Xue Chen's excited little face, which still held a trace of bewilderment about the unknown. Her voice was gentle yet full of strength as she continued:

"Chen'er, you must remember: this is only the beginning.

"Once your Soul Power Level rises and your understanding of your own power deepens, the range and precision of the lightning you summon—and even its ultimate might—will all grow with you. They'll be far beyond what you can manage today."

Her words laid out a clear and promising path of growth for Xue Chen, making the light in his eyes shine all the brighter.

Then Snow Empress paused. Her ice-blue eyes held a complex mix of insight and consolation as she looked at Xue Chen, her tone growing more solemn:

"Child, I know you're full of curiosity and confusion about your origins."

Xue Chen raised his head to meet Snow Empress's gaze and nodded firmly.

It truly was the greatest mystery in his heart.

"Don't lose heart, and don't let it make you feel lost or doubt yourself."

Snow Empress's voice held a soothing power:

"The truth may be shrouded in mist, but you have a long future ahead of you, and enough strength and opportunity to explore and seek it out.

"You may have to walk this road one step at a time, uncovering the truth for yourself."

Ice Empress stepped forward too. For once, she put aside her usual teasing. A sharp light glimmered in her jade-green eyes as she chimed in, her tone direct and certain:

"Snow Empress is right!

"Boy, if you ask me, your parents—whom you've never met—must be terrifyingly powerful, far beyond anything you or I can imagine."

She paused, seeming to weigh her words, but in the end chose to speak without holding back:

"They didn't abandon you in this bitter, freezing Far North for no reason. I dare say they had their reasons!

"After all, what normal parents would willingly cast aside their own flesh and blood?"

Ice Empress's gaze turned grave, carrying even a hint of warning:

"So, Chen, remember this!

"When you're finally strong enough to seek the truth and unravel everything, you must be fully prepared!

"Perhaps... your parents didn't want to leave you unprotected. Perhaps they themselves faced an existence or calamity so terrifying that even they couldn't stand against it!

"The secrets you carry may be closely tied to it!"

Her words struck Xue Chen's heart like a heavy hammer.

Until now, he'd mostly felt confused about his origins, with a faint sense of grievance at having been abandoned. But Ice Empress had just revealed another possibility!

A possibility shrouded in a vast shadow of danger.

The excitement brought on by his newfound strength hadn't faded, but a trace of unease began to quietly take root in his heart.

The truth... his parents... an even more terrifying existence...

Xue Chen nodded at Snow Empress and Ice Empress, temporarily setting aside his complicated thoughts about his origins. He answered obediently:

"Mother, Aunt Ice, I understand."

That was what he said, but he had his own little plan in mind.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress had both misunderstood him. He was simply curious about his origins.

As a transmigrator, he wasn't particularly attached to the parents he'd never met, and he certainly didn't want to get tangled up in some potential dispute that sounded like a massive headache.

What he was really curious about was the astonishing power sealed beneath the remaining seventeen seals!

That was something of his own, something he could truly take into his hands.

As for what his parents did, well, whatever. He'd let fate decide.

Ice Empress looked at Xue Chen's earnest little face, which seemed to understand only half of what she'd said. She reached out and ruffled his hair, her tone unexpectedly warm and firm, like an elder's:

"Xiao Chen, your talent is heaven-defying. All you lack now is time.

"Don't worry. Snow Empress and I will do everything we can to train you and keep you safe.

"All you need to do now is settle down, take one step at a time, and grow stronger. That's what matters most!"

"Your Aunt Ice is right."

Snow Empress's voice carried a reassuring strength:

"When the time is right, the truth will naturally emerge, like ice melting and snow clearing, and the water settling until the stones are revealed.

"Until then, building up your strength is the only right path."

She paused, looking at Xue Chen. A flicker of consideration crossed her ice-blue eyes as she continued:

"Once your foundation is steadier, I'll try to teach you my innate abilities."

Xue Chen's eyes instantly lit up!

He knew exactly what Snow Empress meant by "innate abilities"—the three ultimate techniques of the Far North's ruler: Emperor Palm, Emperor Sword, and Emperor's Cold Heaven!

They were practically divine skills!

But then a trace of doubt crossed his mind, and he couldn't help asking:

"Mother, your innate attribute is Ultimate Ice, while mine is lightning. They're completely different. Can I... really learn them?"

A mysterious yet serene smile appeared on Snow Empress's exquisite face. She answered softly:

"Chen'er, you needn't worry about that. When the time comes, you'll understand."

While Xue Chen was still caught up in his delight and confusion at Snow Empress's offer to teach him her ultimate techniques, he suddenly felt his body go limp. A powerful wave of exhaustion washed over him, making his small frame sway and nearly sending him tumbling.

"Ah!"

He cried out, finally realizing what had happened. He instinctively dispelled the Dragon Claw form he'd been maintaining.

The blue dragon scales covering his arms faded, leaving his fair skin as it had been before.

He pressed a hand to his forehead, his little face pale as he muttered in frustration:

"I was so busy chatting that I forgot to dispel the Soul Skill...

"I didn't expect it to consume Bloodline Power. I've only been using it for a little while, but it feels like my body's been completely drained..."

The little fellow who'd been summoning lightning with such fearsome flair had turned into a limp, exhausted mess in the blink of an eye. The contrast left Ice Empress and Snow Empress stunned for a moment before they both chuckled.

Ice Empress was even less restrained, teasing him outright:

"Hahaha, you brat, showing off like that! Looks like you can't just use that trick whenever you want."

As she laughed, Ice Empress glanced around at the Ice Crystal Palace, now reduced to ruins. With a hint of regret, she said to Snow Empress:

"Snow Empress, it's a shame about the Ice Crystal Palace you've lived in for so many years..."

Snow Empress followed her gaze to her palace, now strewn with rubble. She didn't seem particularly heartbroken; she merely nodded, stating calmly:

"Mm, it is a shame."

Her voice fell with a touch of helplessness, yet it also held a certain detachment.