Heaven-Defying Self-Healing Ability

Snow Emperor did not hesitate for a moment. She only knew that her child was in danger.

She had to rush over with all her strength. A formidable pressure streaked across the sky.

It was absolute suppression through strength, the full cultivation of a seven-hundred-thousand-year-old ferocious beast unleashed.

Wherever Snow Emperor passed, the soul beasts on the ice plains were pressed down so hard that they could not lift their heads.

Regardless of cultivation level or size, before this pressure, they were as insignificant as ants.

The weaker soul beasts even felt as though the sky had collapsed at that moment.

They lay trembling on the ground, finding even breathing difficult.

The soul beasts of the Extreme North were terrified.

Because in their memories, Snow Emperor had never been this furious.

Never.

Immediately afterward, a jade-green figure rose into the air from the Ice Jade Scorpion territory.

Ice Empress.

She had sensed Snow Emperor's emotions.

The only one capable of making Snow Emperor lose her composure like this was Ling Xiao.

"You little burden!"

Ice Empress gritted her teeth, turning into a streak of light as she raced after Snow Emperor.

At the same time.

Two more earth-shaking tremors came from two separate territories.

Titan Snow Demon King.

Ice Bear King Xiaobai.

The two massive bodies followed close behind, like two moving icebergs.

They had sensed Snow Emperor's fury, as well as Ice Empress's anxiety.

"Roar—!"

They let out furious roars.

Then they immediately broke into a wild run toward Ice Empress.

That day, the Extreme North entered an unprecedented state of tension.

The four peak powerhouses:

Snow Emperor, Ice Empress, Titan Snow Demon King, and Ice Bear King—all four soul beasts had set out.

They had only one destination.

The place Ling Xiao had chosen was extremely remote.

To avoid disturbing the soul beasts' lives, he had chosen somewhere far from the areas where soul beasts gathered.

That way, no matter how imposing the heavenly lightning was, it would not affect the other soul beasts.

But this time, the place he had chosen was simply too remote.

Even at Snow Emperor and Ice Empress's speed, they could not arrive immediately.

Because the area before them was precisely where the soul engineer had lain in wait in the original work.

In the original work, Snow Emperor had chosen to take human form in this area, only to be sealed by that ninth-ranked soul engineer using the God-Sealing Platform.

No one had even known when Snow Emperor was captured.

One could imagine just how hidden and remote this place was.

For some reason, Ling Xiao had happened to choose this place for cultivation today.

Snow Emperor sped through the sky.

With nearly seven hundred thousand years of cultivation fully unleashed, she cut across the heavens like an icy-blue meteor.

Yet she still felt she was too slow.

In her senses, Ling Xiao's aura was growing weaker and weaker, as though it could go out at any moment.

The feeling was like an invisible blade, cutting into her heart again and again.

"Little one... wait for me..."

At last.

Snow Emperor saw the lightning domain in the distance.

The lightning domain had already shrunk considerably, and the thunderclouds above it were gradually dispersing.

Snow Emperor's speed surged once more.

By the time she finally reached the sky above the lightning domain, the heavenly lightning had basically stopped falling.

Snow Emperor had no mind to pay attention to the heavenly lightning, because the scene below stunned her.

What had once been glacial terrain.

Had now been completely destroyed, with craters scattered everywhere.

The craters varied in size. Some were only a few meters across, while others spanned more than ten meters.

Among all those craters was one enormous pit that stood out above the rest.

That pit was nearly a hundred meters in diameter, and even its depth reached a hundred meters.

Even though the soul tool had exploded in the air, it had still truly affected the ice layer.

Snow Emperor's pupils contracted slightly.

She did not know what a soul tool was, but she could sense the residual energy within the pit.

If she had taken that attack head-on, it would not have been much of a problem.

But Ling Xiao...

Snow Emperor had long since released her divine sense, sweeping the entire area in a carpet search.

Her divine sense was like a vast net, covering every corner of the region.

Snow Emperor quickly found Ling Xiao.

On the ice not far from the pit, a small figure lay there.

Snow Emperor's heart suddenly clenched.

She immediately dove from the sky, arriving beside Ling Xiao in an instant.

She saw what Ling Xiao looked like.

Covered in blood.

Charred black all over.

Riddled with injuries.

Unconscious.

Ling Xiao was curled up on the ice, his clothes shredded, with only a few scraps of cloth hanging from his body.

Blood slowly seeped from his wounds, freezing into clumps of crimson ice on the surface.

Ling Xiao's breathing was extremely faint. Anyone who did not know better would think he was already dead.

His body could no longer move, but his head had remained pointed toward the Ice Crystal Palace.

"..."

Snow Emperor's hands trembled.

Obvious worry appeared on the face that had remained cold for tens of thousands of years.

With shaking hands, she lifted Ling Xiao from the frigid ice.

As for the blood and soot on Ling Xiao's body, Snow Emperor could no longer care about them. She let the stains soil her pristine white dress.

She only wanted to confirm one thing.

Was Ling Xiao still alive?

Snow Emperor gently held Ling Xiao against her chest and lightly placed one hand over his heart.

A thread of soul power seeped into Ling Xiao's body, carefully examining his condition.

His meridians had ruptured in many places.

Fortunately, the residual power of heavenly lightning within him was slowly repairing those meridians.

Many of his bones were fractured.

Ling Xiao's self-healing ability was at work, and his broken bones had already begun to mend slowly.

His origin had been severely damaged.

Thanks to the nourishment of the heavenly lightning, the lightning spirit origin had stopped leaking away.

His vital signs were weak, but stable. That was already a blessing amid misfortune.

After the timely nourishment of the heavenly lightning, Ling Xiao was no longer in mortal danger.

But he had fallen into a deep coma.

His body needed time to recover, and even Snow Emperor could not say how long that would take.

Snow Emperor slowly let out a breath.

Her heart eased slightly.

Ling Xiao's heaven-defying self-healing ability shocked Snow Emperor once again.

However, Ling Xiao still needed further treatment. The various hidden dangers had to be eliminated quickly.

Snow Emperor held Ling Xiao tightly in her arms, using her body heat to drive away the cold of the ice plains.

Snow Emperor lowered her head and looked at Ling Xiao in her arms.

She reached out and gently stroked his cheek, wiping away the grime from his face bit by bit.

"Don't be afraid, little one."

"Mommy is here."

"Xue'er!"

In the distant sky, Ice Empress was rapidly approaching at an astonishing speed.

Before Ice Empress had even arrived, she was already calling out anxiously.

"Is the little burden okay?!"

Ice Empress stepped down from the sky, her jade-green twin ponytails whipping violently in the cold wind.

Her face was filled with tension.

Ice Empress rushed forward in a single step, her gaze fixed tightly on Ling Xiao in Snow Emperor's arms.

"He's not in mortal danger."

Snow Emperor spoke slowly to Ice Empress.

"He's only unconscious for now."

Hearing Snow Emperor say that, Ice Empress was just about to relax.

But after she carefully examined Ling Xiao, her heart rose to her throat once more.

Charred black all over.

Covered in blood.

Burn marks everywhere.

This was not in mortal danger?

This was only unconscious for now?