Snow Empress

Mu En summoned the long-prepared Huo Yuhao and placed the God Sealing Platform before him.

"Yuhao, this is the soul beast embryo you wanted. Will you absorb it yourself, or do you need this old man to lend you a hand?"

"I'll do it myself. Sorry to trouble you, Elder Mu." It was not suitable for others to be present for matters concerning the Snow Empress, so Huo Yuhao politely declined Mu En's offer.

"Very well. Then make your own arrangements, Yuhao. If anything unexpected happens, send a warning with your spiritual power. These old bones of mine can still help you one last time."

After giving Huo Yuhao a few final reminders, Mu En left the Sea God Pavilion's quiet chamber, leaving Huo Yuhao room to act on his own.

At such close range to the Snow Empress embryo, the Ice Empress finally noticed something was wrong.

"Yuhao, why does this aura feel so familiar? This is Xue'er's aura. Yuhao, is Xue'er inside?"

Once the Ice Empress realized that it might be the Snow Empress within, her speech became hurried as she pressed him anxiously.

"It is indeed the Snow Empress. She was attacked by soul masters midway through her transformation. The transformation failed, and she is now at the end of her strength."

Hearing Huo Yuhao's explanation, the Ice Empress's emotions fluctuated violently.

"Yuhao, can we bring Xue'er in too? Believe me, with Xue'er joining us, the success rate of our plan will increase greatly. It will only benefit us."

"Ice Empress, calm down first. Of course I agree. If I had not intended for the Snow Empress to join us, why would I have gone to such lengths to trade for this embryo?"

Having received Huo Yuhao's approval, the Ice Empress calmed down as well and let out a sigh of relief.

Seeing that Huo Yuhao's spiritual power had already transformed into divine consciousness and that he was halfway down the path to godhood, the Ice Empress had long wanted to bring the Snow Empress in as well.

Now that Huo Yuhao had agreed, all that remained was persuading the Snow Empress. The Ice Empress had ample confidence in that.

At that moment, the Sky Dream Iceworm asked in confusion, "Yuhao, are you talking about the Ice Snow Maiden, leader of the Far North's Three Great Heavenly Kings? Why would she rebuild herself as a human? Hadn't her cultivation surpassed a hundred thousand years long ago?"

"Ice Empress, go persuade the Snow Empress first. I'll explain it to Brother Tianmeng."

Using his divine consciousness to send the Ice Empress's spiritual body into the God Sealing Platform, Huo Yuhao began recounting to the Sky Dream Iceworm how the Snow Empress had sealed away seven hundred thousand years of cultivation and rebuilt herself as a human.

Before long, the Ice Empress's delighted voice rang out. "Yuhao, Xue'er agreed, but she wishes to make a deal with you."

Having received a positive answer, Huo Yuhao did not hesitate. After shattering the God Sealing Platform, he began speaking with the Snow Empress face-to-face.

Sensing Huo Yuhao's divine consciousness, the Snow Empress could not help but remark, "The Sky Dream Iceworm truly has incredible luck."

"Human, I can sacrifice myself to you just as Bing'er did, but I hope to make a deal with you."

"I will help you resolve every soul ring for your Ultimate Ice martial soul, but I hope that after you become a god, you will protect the Far North from disturbance."

Hearing the Snow Empress's request, Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment before agreeing.

"Fine. I accept this deal. If I become a god someday, then so long as the Far North does not deliberately stir up unrest, I will ensure its safety."

The Snow Empress had actually been quite afraid that Huo Yuhao would refuse the deal. After all, whether he agreed or not, she no longer had the ability to protect the Far North.

Now that she had Huo Yuhao's assurance, she could finally rest easy. Her putting aside her long-held pride and speaking to him almost as if making a plea had not been in vain.

"Then let us begin. My origin is already becoming unstable, and I need your help suppressing it."

After saying that, the Snow Empress controlled her Soul Core and began gradually condensing it into a soul bone.

Because her failed transformation had damaged the Soul Core, Huo Yuhao and Electrolux acted together to stabilize the crack in it.

"Yuhao, which part do you need the soul bone to form?"

Hearing the Snow Empress's question, Huo Yuhao answered without much hesitation, "Make it a skull bone."

"Alright."

The Snow Empress poured a large amount of her origin into the Soul Core, gradually transforming it into the shape of a skull bone.

Immediately afterward, the Snow Empress's seven-hundred-thousand-year skull bone turned into a streak of light and merged into Huo Yuhao's head.

"Brother Tianmeng, next, let's join forces to seal the origin within the soul bone."

Huo Yuhao called on the Sky Dream Iceworm, and together they sealed away the portion of origin within the soul bone that exceeded Huo Yuhao's absorption limit.

At the same time, Electrolux's urgent voice sounded. "Yuhao, quickly! The external origin is about to become impossible to stabilize."

Freed from the Soul Core's restraints, the Snow Empress's origin began showing signs of agitation, and massive amounts of energy entered an unstable state.

Huo Yuhao hurriedly joined forces with Electrolux to cast the Soul Spirit Contract.

With the aid of the Soul Spirit Contract, the Snow Empress's remaining origin power gradually merged into Huo Yuhao's body, transforming into two orange-gold soul rings that emerged around him.

The two soul rings respectively granted Huo Yuhao the soul skills Empress Palm: Snowless Great Cold and Empress Sword: Unrivaled Ice Extreme.

Empress Chill: Snow Dance, Shining Sun and Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors became soul bone skills of the Snow Empress and merged into the skull bone.

After fusing with the skull bone, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power strengthened further, advancing from the ordinary Divine Origin Realm to the third level of the Divine Origin Realm, equivalent to the spiritual power of a third-level god.

Huo Yuhao's soul power also broke through to rank 50. He only needed to absorb his fifth soul ring to become a Soul King.

After absorbing the Snow Empress's soul rings and soul bone, Huo Yuhao's soul power was certainly far beyond rank 50.

By Huo Yuhao's estimate, if his fifth soul ring came from a spiritual-type soul beast close to a hundred thousand years old, it would most likely raise his soul power to above rank 55.

At this moment, the Snow Empress was curiously examining her own condition.

Because her Soul Core had completely transformed into a soul bone, the Snow Maiden, having lost her origin power, still retained the form of a little girl.

Only by using the origin power stored within the soul bone could she briefly transform into her complete form.

The Ice Empress happily went over and hugged the childlike Snow Empress, making Tianmeng intensely jealous.

Meanwhile, Electrolux recorded the energy fluctuations produced during the Snow Empress's transformation into a Soul Spirit.

"Yuhao, with the successful experience from this time, perhaps we are not far from developing a self-created Soul Spirit that can truly replace soul beasts."

Huo Yuhao nodded in agreement.

With Electrolux's help, combined with his own understanding of Soul Spirits, they were already close to completing their first artificial ten-year Soul Spirit.

Using the rare metal he had spirit-forged as a foundation, Huo Yuhao gradually transformed it into the state of a Soul Spirit.

Their previous experiments had already been more than halfway successful. Now, with the Snow Empress's successful data, they only needed to imitate its fluctuations and use soul power to alter the corresponding properties of the spirit-forged metal. An artificial ten-year Soul Spirit would soon be born.

Yet as he felt his physical strength rise greatly once more, Huo Yuhao began worrying over the progress of his forging.

He had yet to fully master the method of soul forging, but his physical strength had already risen to the point where he could nearly bear a three-word battle armor.