Snow Empress's Whereabouts, Sealing God Platform!

Yun Yi paid no heed whatsoever to Ice Empress's fearful assessment of him as a "monster."

He casually rotated his right arm, producing crisp cracks from his bones and joints. The four-hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Right Arm Bone had already fused perfectly with his body, without even the slightest hint of sluggish rejection.

He lowered his arm, smoothed down his sleeve, and looked at the green-haired little girl, who was still standing there in a daze.

"The soul bone has been refined. Time for business." Yun Yi raised his chin slightly and gestured deeper into the ice plains. "Lead the way. Take me to Snow Empress."

The moment she heard the words "Snow Empress," Ice Empress sprang up from the ground like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

Her yellow, diamond-like eyes widened as she immediately stepped sideways, spread her arms, and firmly blocked Yun Yi's path as though protecting her food.

"So you really are after Xue'er!" Ice Empress gritted her teeth and raised her head indignantly. "No! I absolutely won't take you to her!"

She glanced at Mu En, who stood nearby with his hands behind his back, swallowed nervously, but still forced herself to reason with him.

"Even if your senior brother is an Ultimate Douluo, Xue'er is different! She has ruled the core region of the Extreme North for countless years. The ice and snow filling the sky are all part of her domain. With such a uniquely favorable environment, her current strength is absolutely no weaker than your senior brother's. If you go looking for trouble with her, the battle will shake heaven and earth, and no one will come out ahead!"

Watching Ice Empress protect her girlfriend so fiercely, Yun Yi sighed with faint amusement.

He stepped forward, casually raised his right hand, and curled his index and middle fingers.

Smack.

A crisp flick landed squarely on Ice Empress's forehead.

"Ow!" Ice Empress cried out in pain, clutching her forehead with both hands.

She had lived for so long, yet the bullying she had suffered today exceeded everything she had endured before combined.

Yun Yi withdrew his hand and looked down at her, his tone full of exasperation.

"I say you have no brain, and you really don't bother using one. Think carefully. When my senior brother suppressed you just now, the commotion was so great that the ice across the entire core region was nearly overturned. With a Soul Power clash at that level, why hasn't your Snow Empress, the ruler of the Extreme North, shown even a shadow of herself by now?"

Ice Empress's hands froze against her head.

Confusion flashed through her yellow diamond-like eyes before rapidly turning into deep concern.

That was right.

Xue'er's perception of the core region was extraordinarily sharp. Normally, even if Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts fought in the outer regions, she would notice immediately.

With the eruption of Ultimate Douluo-level power just now, Xue'er could not possibly have failed to notice it, much less watched helplessly as she was suppressed by humans without doing anything.

Unless... she was currently unable to show herself at all.

Watching Ice Empress's expression shift repeatedly, Yun Yi continued pressing the point while giving her a little ideological guidance.

"Besides, you need to correct that narrow-minded way of thinking in the future. What's so good about being one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North, guarding this tiny patch of land and freezing in the cold wind every day? Follow me. In the future, you can ascend to the God Realm and enjoy eternal life. That is what true freedom looks like."

Yun Yi folded his arms and dropped one final bombshell.

"Also, Snow Empress is nearly seven hundred thousand years old, isn't she? Her odds of surviving that great tribulation probably aren't much better than yours. You two have been together in the Extreme North for so long. Are you plastic sisters? Now that you have a ticket to the God Realm and immortality, are you planning to board alone and watch her get struck into ash by heavenly tribulation here? Don't you want to lend her a hand and let her enjoy the God Realm with you?"

The novel phrase "plastic sisters" left Ice Empress stunned for a moment, but the logic in Yun Yi's words was like a sharp knife, precisely cutting through all her concerns.

Of course she did not want Xue'er to die!

If this brat could truly keep his promise and turn Xue'er into a soul spirit as well, then the two of them could not only escape their certain doom, but remain together forever.

More importantly, something was clearly wrong with Xue'er's current condition!

The more Ice Empress thought about it, the more alarmed she became. Coupled with Yun Yi's all-knowing gaze, she instantly felt that her earlier obstruction had been utterly foolish.

"I... I..." Ice Empress stammered twice. Faced with Yun Yi's faintly smiling expression, she simply could not bring herself to admit that she had made the wrong judgment.

So, blue light flashed around her body, and she transformed into a streak of light that darted into Yun Yi's sea of consciousness.

"Go north! Cross the three ice peaks ahead, and beneath the cliff of the tallest one is Snow God Palace!"

Ice Empress's voice rang urgently through Yun Yi's mind, speaking so quickly that she clearly explained every detail of the route.

She was even more anxious than Yun Yi now. That ominous feeling was spreading wildly through her heart like weeds.

Yun Yi curled his lips in satisfaction.

He turned toward Mu En and lifted his chin toward the due north.

Mu En understood immediately.

He stepped forward, grabbed Yun Yi's shoulder with one hand, and vast Radiant Holy Dragon Soul Power instantly enveloped them both.

The ice beneath their feet exploded with a sharp boom. Their figures became a golden meteor, tearing through the blizzard as they sped toward the direction Ice Empress had indicated.

The scenery in the core region of the Extreme North was monotonous, with nothing but eternal white and profound blue.

After crossing three towering, perilous ice peaks, a magnificent palace carved from ice appeared in their sight.

The palace had been built against the mountain, its entire structure sculpted from the purest black ice.

Massive ice pillars held up a soaring dome, while two lifelike ice-and-snow giant bear statues stood before the palace gates.

Mu En brought Yun Yi down steadily in front of the gates.

Yun Yi stepped into the crystalline palace.

The main hall was spacious and empty. At its center stood a massive Icebound Throne.

A thin layer of frost covered the throne, making it clear that no one had sat there for some time.

A faint aura of origin lingered in the air, but there was not the slightest sign of any living creature.

"No one." Mu En released his spiritual power and swept the hall, then shook his head.

Within the sea of consciousness, Ice Empress completely panicked.

"Impossible! Xue'er's usual range of activity never takes her far from Snow God Palace! Why is her aura so weak? Could she have triggered the heavenly tribulation early?" Ice Empress's voice trembled distinctly as it careened through Yun Yi's mind like a headless fly.

Yun Yi ignored Ice Empress's panic.

Relying on a soul spirit who had lost her composure to find someone now would be a complete waste of time.

"Old Yi." Yun Yi directly called for his most dependable cheat in his mind.

Gray light flowed across his brow, and the figure of Electrolux, the Holy Necromancer, floated beside Yun Yi.

"This old man understands." Electrolux needed no further explanation from Yun Yi. Deep light appeared in his gray eyes.

An invisible divine sense spread outward from Electrolux in ripples, like waves on water.

This pure soul-based search was more meticulous than Mu En's Soul Power perception. It could penetrate the thick ice layers and detect the most subtle energy fluctuations in this land.

The hall was so quiet that a pin drop could have been heard.

A few breaths later, Electrolux's gray eyes opened slightly, and he turned toward a steep ice cliff behind Snow God Palace.

"Found her." Electrolux stroked his beard, sounding somewhat surprised.

"However, the situation is a little unusual. Besides the ice-and-snow origin aura you are seeking, there are fluctuations from human Soul Masters over there. Judging by the energy level, there should be two Titled Douluo. Furthermore, there is a restraining force emitted by some sort of metallic device that this old man has never encountered before."

Titled Douluo? A metallic device?

Yun Yi's mind raced.

At this point in time, someone had come deep into the Extreme North carrying a metallic device...

The Sealing God Platform!

The outline of the plot instantly became clear in Yun Yi's mind.

Unable to survive her great tribulation, Snow Empress had chosen to absorb a spiritual treasure and rebuild herself through transformation, compressing her origin into an embryo.

The Sun Moon Empire's ninth-rank Soul Engineer had taken advantage of her weakest moment during transformation, bringing the ninth-rank restrictive Soul Tool, the Sealing God Platform, to capture her by force!

"Senior Brother, take the cliff behind the mountain!"

Yun Yi shouted lowly and rushed out of Snow God Palace first, speeding toward the rear.

Mu En followed close behind.

The two concealed all Soul Power fluctuations and climbed the steep ice cliff soundlessly like ghosts.

Lying behind a massive ice boulder at the top of the cliff, Yun Yi poked his head out and looked through the wind and snow toward a hidden ice valley below.

The sight below confirmed all his suspicions.

At the center of the ice valley, a complex metal base was firmly embedded in the solid ice.

The base was covered with densely packed formation cores, and the glow of Soul Power continuously circulated through its circuits.

Suspended directly above the base was a strangely shaped Soul Tool.

It was a square metal platform. A thick metal pillar extended from each of its four corners, curving inward at the top to form a sealed space resembling a birdcage.

This was the Sun Moon Empire's ninth-rank Soul Tool—the Sealing God Platform!

At that moment, a pure white energy embryo floated quietly within the Sealing God Platform.

The embryo's surface emitted a gentle yet incomparably cold glow. Within it, a figure curled up like a newborn infant could vaguely be seen.

It was Snow Empress, currently in the transformation stage and utterly incapable of resisting!

Two elderly men dressed in black robes stood on either side of the Sealing God Platform.

Both wore the Sun Moon Empire's distinctive sun-and-moon emblems on their chests, and unfathomable Soul Power fluctuations radiated from their bodies. They were clearly two genuine Titled Douluo.

The elder on the left held a complicated metal control device and steadily fed Soul Power into the base.

"Be careful controlling the output. This is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast transformation embryo." The elder stared intently at the gradually closing light screen around the Sealing God Platform, his expression grave.

The elder on the right appeared much more relaxed. He rubbed his frozen, stiff hands together and gazed greedily at the pure white embryo.

"Don't worry. The Sealing God Platform's restraint is already ninety percent complete. That beast is meat on the chopping block now. It can't stir up any trouble. Once we sell this thing, we'll never lack resources again."

As the two elders operated the device, the metal pillars around the Sealing God Platform erupted with dazzling light.

A dense energy barrier began closing upward from all sides, preparing to complete the final seal.

Within the Sealing God Platform, the pure white embryo seemed to sense the deadly danger and began trembling violently, releasing rings of ice-blue resisting light.

However, this instinctive struggle was utterly useless beneath the powerful suppression of a ninth-rank Soul Tool.

Within the sea of consciousness, Ice Empress saw the scene being transmitted from outside, and her eyes nearly split with fury.

"It's Xue'er! They actually used that strange thing to capture her while she's at her weakest during transformation! Yun Yi, move now! If that barrier closes, Xue'er's origin will be completely sealed. Then she'll truly become a plaything for these humans!" Ice Empress's voice was filled with panic, carrying a faint sob.

Yun Yi remained crouched behind the ice boulder, ignoring Ice Empress's urging.

He calmly observed the terrain below and the positions of the two Titled Douluo.

A ninth-rank Soul Tool. Two Titled Douluo.

In any other place, that lineup would absolutely count as a luxurious formation.

Unfortunately for them, they had not checked the almanac before leaving today.

In this frozen wasteland, atop the cliff above their heads, crouched a transmigrator who knew the plot and an Ultimate Douluo standing at the peak of the continent's combat power.

Yun Yi turned his head toward Mu En.

Mu En was likewise watching the Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineers below. There was not the slightest ripple in his aged eyes. The way he looked at those two men was no different from how one would look at lambs awaiting slaughter.

"Senior Brother." A cruel curve lifted at Yun Yi's lips, his voice carrying through the cold wind. "Those two old bastards are yours."