Another "Little White"?

As Er Bai raced toward the core region with Huo Yuhao on his back, far away in the core region, hundreds of kilometers away...

Snow Emperor, foremost among the Northern Ice Plains' Three Heavenly Kings, was grooming her adopted son, Little White. The mountain-sized Ice Bear lay on his back in the snow, exposing his soft belly, while Ice Empress, second among the Three Heavenly Kings, served as the comb.

The emerald scorpion stiffly used her two massive pincers to slowly scratch the huge Ice Bear's belly. Suddenly, the giant bear's entire body went rigid before he abruptly sprang up.

"Little White, what are you doing?!" Ice Empress jumped in fright and was flung into the air, spinning several times before landing on the ground. That height was naturally nothing to her; she was only afraid of hurting Little White.

"Ice Empress, Mom! I brought Dad to meet you!" Little White suddenly hopped about on three legs, pawing at the ground, with one paw curled against his chest as though he were traveling. Then he excitedly shouted at Snow Emperor and Ice Empress, his booming voice carrying far into the distance.

Snow Emperor and Ice Empress were both stunned by this. Dad? Where had Little White gotten a father?

Then Little White's head suddenly jerked to one side, as if someone had smacked him. He raised a bear paw and rubbed his head. "Strange... Huh? Why have my paws become two?" Little White blankly lifted his right forepaw, his bear face utterly bewildered.

When he looked at Snow Emperor and Ice Empress again, he said, "Mom, why am I..." His eyes began spinning in circles. It was as though a vast amount of information had suddenly been crammed into his mind. One moment, he was in the Northern Ice Plains; the next, in a deadly forbidden land; then amid the raging thirty-hundred-thousand-year lightning tribulation; then in a seemingly peaceful and tranquil abode of immortals...

The chaotic memories mixed together, hurting so badly that he kept rolling around on the ground. No matter how Snow Emperor tried to soothe him, he could not hear her. He kept crying from his bear mouth, "Grandpa... Dad... It hurts, it hurts... Brother Tianmeng... Mom... Ice Empress... It hurts..."

Meanwhile, as Er Bai ran along, he suddenly changed direction upon reaching a certain point. Then, as though he had seen something, he excitedly shouted, "Ice Empress, Mom! I brought Dad to meet you!"

When Huo Yuhao heard Er Bai suddenly call him Dad, his face immediately reddened. He promptly used the hilt of the Ghost Sculpture to lightly tap Er Bai on the head.

Er Bai was Little White's other half, and the two shared a connection. Once the distance between the spiritual body and the physical body reached a certain threshold, they would begin sharing memories and vision.

In the past, Er Bai's soul had only been a small fragment of Little White's, so Little White had always been the dominant one. But the current Er Bai had not only endured the three-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation, he had also shared memories with Little White's soul spirit after becoming a god. Both his body and the essence of his soul had undergone a complete transformation, and Er Bai had unexpectedly become the dominant one.

Er Bai's shout meant that he had truly seen Snow Emperor and Ice Empress through Little White's eyes.

Which meant that what he had said earlier had most likely also come out of Little White's mouth.

When Huo Yuhao imagined Snow Emperor hearing Little White call him Dad, his face grew hot again.

When his consciousness had been about to dissipate, he had heard Snow Emperor whisper in his ear, "At last, you will miss me as you miss her." At that moment, he had made up his mind that if he were ever given another chance, he would never let her endure so much hopeless waiting again. He had even said that his wife was named Xue'er.

But he had never expected it to come out so soon, and from Er Bai's mouth at that.

Nor had he considered directly instilling into her the events and memories that had not yet happened to her. Having experienced what happened with Tang Wutong, Huo Yuhao knew that if he truly did that, he would only destroy everyone.

He could not help revising his previous plans in his mind, regretting that he had not taken the time to properly compose himself in a nearby city before coming here.

It was too late to think about that now. Huo Yuhao could only pretend that nothing had happened.

Er Bai was extremely fast. In less than two hours, they could see in the distance a snow-white bear mountain sitting amid a stretch of snow.

Little White had only just finished receiving all those memories, and his mind was still a muddle. His mother had failed in her attempt to rebuild herself and been captured by humans, yet she had called a teenage boy Dad. Ice Empress, who had cared only about his mother, had somehow fallen for that lucky Ice Silkworm instead. That lucky Ice Silkworm had casually chosen a human as his host and launched the God-Creation Project, and then this "Grandpa" had actually led everyone to become gods.

This grandpa-and-dad figure had descended to the mortal world again for the future of soul beasts and returned to twenty thousand years ago. Forgive him—his brain simply could not process all of this.

Snow Emperor and Ice Empress could only stand nearby and worry. Little White's head had merely hurt before, but now that the pain was gone, he seemed to have become a foolish bear.

At the same time, a powerful aura came from afar, its strength comparable to Di Tian's. Snow Emperor's expression turned exceptionally grave. Though Ice Empress had never met Di Tian, seeing Snow Emperor's reaction made her enter a state of alert as well.

Their soul power gradually fused, and the massive Emperor Sword began to take shape.

But in the next instant, when that enormous shadow came racing over the horizon, Snow Emperor and Ice Empress both went blank for a moment. Even the Emperor Sword, poised to strike, faltered.

Another Little White, yet not quite like him. Little White's fur was pure white, but this newly appeared Little White had a hazy gray tinge in his fur, while two ghostly flames flickered eerily within his eye sockets!

Even stranger, he was carrying a human in his bear paws? His appearance was simply too bizarre. Snow Emperor could only keep the Emperor Sword ready and remain on guard.

The atmosphere was taut as a drawn bowstring. Little White came back to his senses and immediately shouted at Snow Emperor and Ice Empress, "Mom, he's Er Bai. He's also me."

Little White's words made Snow Emperor frown. What did he mean, he was "also Little White"?

At that moment, the powerful and bizarre Ice Bear spoke as well. "Mom, I'm Er Bai. I'm also your Little White."

"Mom, dismiss the Emperor Sword. They won't hurt us," Little White added from the side.

Snow Emperor examined them carefully once more before dismissing the Emperor Sword. Mainly because Er Bai's aura was far too terrifying. Even when facing Di Tian, she had to draw upon the power of the Northern Ice Plains merely to fight him to a standstill. Yet the Ice Bear before her possessed the ultimate ice attribute as well and could also draw upon the power of the Northern Ice Plains. With that advantage neutralized, the gap in raw strength became apparent. Since he had not attacked, he clearly bore no ill intent.

Only after seeing the Emperor Sword dissipate did Er Bai let Huo Yuhao out of his paws.

On the way here, Huo Yuhao had repeatedly warned him that the current Snow Emperor and Ice Empress did not possess those memories. He absolutely could not say things like "Dad" or "Grandpa" in front of them again.

The entire bear suddenly looked rather aggrieved. With Little White's consciousness continuously synchronized at such close range, he immediately picked up the same emotion.

They had not truly experienced those things yet. Feeling wronged, Little White brought his bear nose close to Huo Yuhao.

He let out an aggrieved call. "Yuhao."