The Far North Ice Spring, Eighty Thousand Year Ice Crystal Jade Orchid!

After saying this, Bear Lord slammed his massive palm, which contained terrifying power, against the ground, causing the entire lakeshore to tremble. He took a step forward, intending to charge toward the north.

Red King's three heads turned toward Bear Lord simultaneously, his eyes looking as if he were watching a complete fool, while he cursed inwardly:

"You brainless idiot! If you want to go seek death, don't drag me down with you!"

He had personally experienced the unfathomable nature of Snow Emperor on her home turf in the Far North. With Ice Emperor and Xiao Bai added to the mix, the two of them going there would be no different from throwing their lives away.

"Bear Lord, stand down!"

Di Tian's deep, majestic voice rang out. It was not loud, yet it acted like a binding spell, causing Bear Lord's violent movements to freeze instantly.

Although Bear Lord's face was full of defiance, under the gaze of Di Tian's cold, golden pupils, he dared not disobey. He stopped in his tracks, disgruntled, though he continued to mutter under his breath.

Di Tian no longer looked at him, his gaze fixed on the north, as if piercing through endless space to see that world of eternal ice and snow.

He remained silent for a moment, the aura radiating from his body causing all the fierce beasts by the lake to hold their breath.

Finally, he spoke slowly, his voice carrying decisiveness and unquestionable authority:

"Once The Master's condition stabilizes, This Seat shall personally make a trip to the Far North..."

Di Tian had intended to stay here personally to ensure the safety of the Silver Dragon King.

But now that the young master he had never met was actually involved with the three great rulers of the Far North, it forced him to go there himself!

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, several months had passed.

The Far North remained blanketed in silver, but Xue Chen's strength had already made significant progress.

Under the protection of Ice Emperor, he successfully hunted his second soul ring, which came from a ten-thousand-year-old Thunder Prison Yanming Vine, and his soul power level had reached level 28.

Xue Chen could clearly perceive that the second seal within his body was already eager to break through, but he had firmly suppressed it.

The Thunder Prison Yanming Vine also possessed a powerful thunder attribute. Its soul ring not only further increased Xue Chen's soul power but also granted him a powerful soul skill that combined area control and burst damage, greatly increasing his combat capability.

Today, Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor did not take him out for further training, but instead headed toward a holy land deeper in the Far North known as the Far North Ice Spring.

During the flight, Ice Emperor could not help but confirm once more, a trace of imperceptible worry in her emerald eyes:

"Snow Maiden, are you truly certain you can condense the ice attribute origin for Chen'er?

This is no ordinary method; if there is the slightest mistake..."

She did not continue, but the meaning was self-evident.

Snow Emperor's stunningly beautiful face remained cold and calm. She looked down at the ice plains flashing by below, her voice filled with absolute certainty:

"If it were before, relying on my own origin power to guide him, I would have about an eighty percent chance of success. But now..."

She tilted her head slightly, glanced at the curious Xue Chen beside her, and continued:

"With the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow that Chen'er brought back, using its purest, ultimate ice-attribute energy as a catalyst;

By harmonizing it with the origin of the Ice Spring, I have a one hundred percent chance of forging an ice-attribute foundation for Chen'er and condensing an origin seed."

Xue Chen listened from the side, his heart surging with excitement.

Although he possessed a twin top-tier Thunder Martial Soul and was gifted, ever since he learned that his background was complicated, a sense of urgency had lingered deep within his heart.

If he could master one more attribute, especially the Ultimate Ice that originated from Mother Snow Emperor, it would undoubtedly give him extra capital to secure his standing and provide him with more ways to deal with unknown risks in the future.

Moreover, Snow Emperor had once said that only by possessing an ice-attribute origin could one truly begin to practice her three great ultimate arts—Emperor Palm, Emperor Sword, and Emperor Cold Heaven!

Those were god-tier skills capable of shaking the heavens and the earth; just thinking about them made him filled with anticipation.

Not long after, the speed of the three slowed down, and a basin surrounded by circular ice mountains appeared ahead.

Before they even got close, an ultimate chill, far purer and more biting than the outside, rushed toward them, and the ice elements permeating the air became even more concentrated.

This was the location of the Far North Ice Spring, the true core source of the Far North. Similar to the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Forest, it was a holy land for cultivation that countless ice-attribute soul beasts dreamed of.

At the entrance of the basin stood two massive natural ice pillars, acting like gates to a sacred place.

Beside the ice pillars, two powerful soul beasts stood guard like loyal sentinels.

One was an Ice Plain Wolf Emperor covered in ice-blue fur with eyes as sharp as knives; the other was a Profound Ice Snow Leopard with a lithe, streamlined body that seemed to blend into the ice and snow.

Their auras had reached the level of forty to fifty thousand years. In the outside world, they would be overlords ruling a region, but here, they were merely gatekeepers.

The two guardian soul beasts sensed the aura that made their souls tremble from afar and immediately rose from their light slumber or alert state.

They prostrated themselves respectfully, their massive heads bowed low, expressing the highest reverence to the two rulers of the Far North who had arrived.

Snow Emperor swept her gaze over them without stopping, merely nodding slightly.

She led Ice Emperor and Xue Chen straight through the gate formed by the ice pillars and stepped into this most sacred area of the Far North.

Upon entering the basin, the scene before them opened up.

In the center of the basin was not a frozen lake as one might imagine, but a spring eye continuously gushing out azure spring water!

The spring water emitted visible blue cold mist, and the Profound Ice that never melted in ten thousand years condensed around the spring eye. Furthermore, tiny blue light particles drifted out from the water—these were crystals of ice-attribute energy concentrated to the extreme!

The chill here was no longer a simple low temperature, but an absolute cold that pierced directly into the soul's origin and seemed capable of freezing time itself.

Even with his blood energy activated to protect his body, Xue Chen could not help but shiver. At the same time, however, the Silver Dragon Scale on his chest emitted a warm, gentle fluctuation, helping him offset some of the discomfort.

Snow Emperor stopped beside the spring eye and turned to look at Xue Chen:

"Chen'er, prepare yourself.

Next, I will use the power of the Far North Ice Spring and the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow to condense an Ice Attribute Origin Seed for you.

The process may be somewhat painful, but you must keep your mind steady and guide the energy; you cannot afford the slightest lapse."

Xue Chen took a deep breath of the cold air that seemed capable of freezing his very lungs, his young face filled with determination as he nodded vigorously:

"Mother, I am ready!"

After stepping into the core area of the Far North Ice Spring, Snow Emperor stood by the spring eye. She did not immediately draw upon the power of the ice spring, but instead took an exquisite jade box from her robes.

The moment she opened the lid, a pure, ancient, and extreme chill permeated the air, accompanied by the refreshing fragrance of a secluded orchid.

Inside the box lay a flower, crystalline and translucent, as if carved from ice.

Its petals were unfurled with clear veins, and a blue halo seemed to flow slowly within, radiating astonishing spirituality and energy fluctuations.

"An Ice Crystal Jade Orchid? And it's... eighty thousand years old?!"

Ice Emperor recognized the immortal herb at a glance and couldn't help but cover her mouth, her emerald eyes filled with shock and reluctance:

"Snow Maiden! This... isn't this what you meticulously prepared for your next heavenly tribulation?

An eighty-thousand-year-old Ice Crystal Jade Orchid—I fear you wouldn't find a second one in the entire Far North! How could you..."

Snow Emperor shook her head gently, her stunningly beautiful face composed and resolute.