I Can Become a God on My Own

However...

Upon hearing Sky Dream Iceworm's words, the Ice Empress smiled even more disdainfully.

There was a hint of amusement in her tone.

"Oh, really? Sky Dream Iceworm, take a look at my current cultivation."

After saying that,

the Ice Empress stopped concealing her aura, fully releasing her four hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation.

A terrifying sovereign's aura instantly erupted from the Ice Empress's body.

That aura far surpassed three hundred and ninety thousand years. It was more condensed, purer, and more terrifying.

"W-What! Four hundred and ninety thousand years! H-How is that possible?!"

Sky Dream's eyes instantly widened, his voice filled with disbelief.

Four hundred and ninety thousand years?

In his memories, the Ice Empress's cultivation should have been stuck at the four-hundred-thousand-year bottleneck, unable to break through no matter what.

But now...

Not only had the Ice Empress broken through four hundred thousand years, she had soared all the way to four hundred and ninety thousand years, just one step away from five hundred thousand.

Sky Dream's mind went blank.

His God-Making Project had been built on the premise that the Ice Empress could not break through.

If the Ice Empress could break through on her own, why would she need to become someone else's martial soul?

His plan was ruined.

Completely and utterly ruined.

Then, the Ice Empress made a domineering declaration:

"I do not need to rely on anyone to become a god, because I can become a god on my own!"

Those words were like a thunderclap, exploding across the vast ice plains.

Sky Dream Iceworm was utterly stunned by the Ice Empress's declaration as well.

He started swooning again. Ice Ice is so domineering~ Just as expected of Ice Ice...

Of course, after getting beaten up by the Ice Empress, Sky Dream did not dare say those words aloud.

He secretly swooned to himself, completely forgetting about his own situation.

However, what the Ice Empress was actually thinking about at that moment was something else.

The Ice Empress secretly sighed to herself. As expected of little Ling Xiao's words. They really are domineering.

It turned out that

when Ling Xiao sensed Sky Dream's aura, he told the two of them about Sky Dream's purpose.

After the three of them talked for a while, the Ice Empress asked Ling Xiao, and only then did Ling Xiao say those words.

"I do not need to rely on anyone to become a god. I can become a god on my own."

The Ice Empress had immediately found Ling Xiao's words especially domineering and imposing.

So she borrowed them.

Meanwhile,

after Huo Yuhao heard about this plan, his body stiffened in place as if struck by lightning.

The God-Making Project, a second martial soul, coming to the Far North specifically for the Ice Empress's heavenly tribulation.

Those words were like sharp blades, cutting into Huo Yuhao's heart again and again.

The Brother Sky Dream he had always trusted had actually treated him as a pawn to be used.

The reason Sky Dream had come to the Far North was not to help him grow stronger, but to find the Ice Empress.

To help the Ice Empress survive her heavenly tribulation, he had actually wanted to turn him into a container.

At that thought, a sense of betrayal rose in Huo Yuhao's heart.

All his former trust, gratitude, and dependence on Sky Dream turned into nothing at that moment.

"Brother Sky Dream... you... how could you do this..."

Huo Yuhao's voice trembled, his eyes reddening slightly as he descended into the darkness of the original story.

After hearing this, Sky Dream Iceworm guiltily shrank his worm-like body.

"Yuhao, listen to my explanation..."

But Huo Yuhao did not want to listen anymore.

He suddenly crouched down and clutched his head with both hands, falling into deep self-doubt.

At that moment, within his spiritual sea, Electrolux was awakened by Huo Yuhao's emotional turmoil.

This powerhouse from another world slowly opened his ancient, profound eyes.

Electrolux had long sensed everything that had just happened clearly.

His voice carried a hint of helplessness. "Why is this child so unable to let things go?"

Though he was only a wisp of a remnant soul, his perception far surpassed that of ordinary people.

Sky Dream's plan, the Ice Empress's appearance, Huo Yuhao's breakdown—he knew every detail.

Just then, Electrolux in the spiritual sea suddenly became alert.

Like a radar, his perception suddenly swept across a corner of the nearby ice plains.

Electrolux acted as though facing a great enemy. "Something's wrong! There are others hiding nearby!"

He caught two concealed auras. They were hiding behind an ice boulder not far away.

One was ice-attributed, pure to the extreme, like the most primordial ice between heaven and earth.

The other was lightning-attributed, profound and ancient to the extreme, as though it had come from countless ages ago.

Electrolux's pupils constricted. "How can these two auras be so terrifying..."

Electrolux immediately sensed that something was wrong.

The Ice Empress had already escaped her heavenly tribulation, but Huo Yuhao and that fat worm were in danger.

Especially the fat worm's essence—it was a supreme tonic to these soul beasts.

If they did not leave now, it would be too late.

No! It was already too late!

Electrolux truly was a top-tier powerhouse. He had even discovered the Snow Emperor and Ling Xiao.

Meanwhile,

the Snow Emperor and Ling Xiao, hidden in the shadows, sensed Electrolux's probing.

Ling Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly.

"We've been discovered? No matter. You'll have to leave something behind before you go."

Ling Xiao exchanged a glance with the Snow Emperor, and the two slowly stepped out from behind the ice boulder.

The Snow Emperor walked through the air, her ice-blue hair fluttering in the wind.

Her seven hundred and seventy thousand years of cultivation descended like an invisible iceberg, instantly enveloping the entire ice plains.

Ling Xiao followed closely behind. His silver-white short hair stirred slightly in the freezing wind.

His five hundred thousand years of cultivation coiled around him like violet lightning.

The two slowly descended from the sky, finally landing steadily beside the Ice Empress.

Upon seeing this, Sky Dream Iceworm was so shocked that he could no longer speak.

The unexpected Snow Emperor had arrived!

Moreover, the Snow Emperor's cultivation had actually reached a terrifying seven hundred and seventy thousand years!

Seven hundred and seventy thousand years!

Compared to the Snow Emperor in Sky Dream's memories, her cultivation was seven hundred thousand years higher than before.

What shocked Sky Dream even more was that a strange man was standing beside the Snow Emperor.

Their hair colors complemented each other as they stood shoulder to shoulder, as though they were made for one another.

The aura Ling Xiao exuded made Sky Dream feel fear from the depths of his soul.

Sky Dream's voice completely changed pitch. "H-How is this possible?!"

"How can the Snow Emperor be so strong? And who is that man beside her?"

He had never expected this.

Because according to Sky Dream's plan, the Ice Empress should have come alone.

Troubled by her heavenly tribulation, the Ice Empress should have been very likely to agree to become his second martial soul.

But now...

The Ice Empress had four hundred and ninety thousand years, the Snow Emperor had seven hundred and seventy thousand years, and there was also a man with five hundred thousand years of cultivation.

Ling Xiao coldly stared at Sky Dream.

Sky Dream Iceworm.

A million-year soul beast.

When Ling Xiao had read the original story in his previous life, he had felt no goodwill toward this worm.

When Ling Xiao had read the original story in his previous life, he had felt no goodwill toward this worm.

The so-called God-Making Project had, from beginning to end, merely been Sky Dream Iceworm's attempt to save himself.

On the surface, he claimed he wanted to help Huo Yuhao become a god, but in truth, he was using Huo Yuhao to escape his own predicament.

He had been trapped in the Great Star Dou Forest, and his origin had already been almost completely depleted. If he did not find a host, he would sooner or later exhaust himself completely.

His so-called support for Huo Yuhao was nothing more than a scheme from beginning to end.