Mom, I'll Take You to Find Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow

"If that worm hadn't disappeared, we wouldn't be in such a passive position!"

Ice Empress slammed her fist onto the ice bed, her emerald eyes filled with resentment.

Ice Empress's outburst came without warning.

Yet neither Snow Emperor nor Ling Xiao found it strange.

For the former, it was because this was not the first time Ice Empress had complained about Sky Dream Iceworm in front of her.

So every so often, Ice Empress would drag that worm out and curse it up and down, as though that would soothe her anger.

As for the latter...

Cradled in Snow Emperor's arms, Ling Xiao quietly listened to Ice Empress's complaints.

Sky Dream Iceworm.

Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Ling Xiao remembered them very clearly.

In the original story, Sky Dream Iceworm had become a million-year soul beast not because it possessed exceptional combat power.

Rather, it had devoured every last bit of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow in the Extreme North, using it to sustain its survival and evolution.

In other words...

There had originally been vast amounts of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow in the Extreme North, but Sky Dream Iceworm had gotten there first.

However, Ling Xiao knew that the Extreme North was not the only place that possessed Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

In his memories, there was another place that also concealed quite a bit of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Heaven Soul Empire.

Dragon City.

Earth Dragon Sect.

Beneath the cold spring of Earth Dragon Sect, there were no fewer than forty-five pieces of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow hidden away!

It was an extremely secretive place, one that even Huo Yuhao had discovered only much later.

Forty-five pieces of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow lay quietly dormant in the deepest part of the cold spring, neglected for countless tens of thousands of years.

If Snow Emperor and Ice Empress fully absorbed that Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow...

The seven-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation? The four-hundred-thousand-year bottleneck? Neither would be a problem anymore.

This was the first step toward changing fate.

But the problem was...

How was he supposed to tell them?

He couldn't exactly say:

I'm a transmigrator, and I know where Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow can be found.

Ling Xiao's mind raced as he searched for a reasonable explanation.

One that would make the Ice and Snow Emperors believe him without exposing his identity as a transmigrator.

Inherited memories!

Ling Xiao's eyes immediately lit up.

The inherited memories he had just received were the perfect excuse, weren't they?

He acted without further hesitation!

Ling Xiao took a deep breath, stretched out his tiny hand, and gently tugged on Snow Emperor's collar.

"Mom."

His tone was exceptionally serious.

Snow Emperor lowered her head to look at Ling Xiao. "Hm? What is it, little one?"

Ling Xiao spoke slowly and clearly.

"Mom, the Ten-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus can't be used. I'll take you to find Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow."

"..."

Inside Ice Crystal Palace.

Silence fell in an instant.

Ice Empress, who had just been angrily ranting about Sky Dream Iceworm, abruptly fell silent.

Her mouth hung slightly open, and her emerald eyes widened round.

Even Snow Emperor froze for a moment.

Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow?

What had this little one just said?

Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow?

Snow Emperor looked down at Ling Xiao. His childish face was filled with seriousness, without the slightest hint of a joke.

"..."

Snow Emperor fell silent for a moment.

Then, the corners of her lips lifted slightly, revealing a teasing smile.

"You little thing, you even know where Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow is?"

Snow Emperor was clearly teasing Ling Xiao.

She extended a slender finger and lightly scraped it across the bridge of Ling Xiao's nose.

In her eyes...

No matter how intelligent an infant only a few days old might be, he could not possibly know the whereabouts of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

However...

What Snow Emperor had not expected was for Ling Xiao to continue speaking with a solemn expression.

"Mom, I'm telling the truth. My mind told me."

!!!

The moment those words left his mouth.

Snow Emperor's finger stopped in midair.

Her hand instantly stiffened, and a strange glint flashed through her ice-blue eyes.

"Your mind told you?"

Snow Emperor murmured the words again.

Her expression gradually shifted from teasing to increasingly serious.

"Your mind told you. Could it be... an inheritance left in your memories?"

If what Ling Xiao said was true...

Snow Emperor's gaze toward Ling Xiao unconsciously grew more serious.

As for Ice Empress beside her.

The moment she heard the words "inherited memories," her reaction was even more exaggerated than Snow Emperor's.

Her emerald pupils immediately shone, and she was practically drooling.

The corners of Ice Empress's mouth twitched faintly, as though some sort of liquid were about to spill over.

She hurriedly raised a hand to wipe the corner of her mouth, forcibly putting on a composed appearance.

"Really?"

Ice Empress darted in front of Snow Emperor in a single step and brought her face right up to Ling Xiao's. Her emerald eyes were nearly pressed against his nose.

"Little burden, are you telling the truth? Don't keep making your auntie crave it!"

Ice Empress's tone remained uncertain, but her eyes were filled with anticipation and longing.

Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow!

If this little burden really knew where to find Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, wouldn't the heavenly tribulation problem for Snow Emperor and her be solved?

Ling Xiao was startled by Ice Empress's sudden approach and instinctively shrank back.

He quickly steadied himself, turned toward Ice Empress, and spoke in an exceptionally serious tone.

"It's true, Auntie. I'm not lying to you. There are forty-five pieces there."

Forty-five pieces!!!

Those three words were like three thunderclaps, exploding through Ice Crystal Palace.

The Ice and Snow Emperors simultaneously drew in sharp breaths, both shocked by that number.

Forty-five pieces of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Not only could they repair Snow Emperor's damaged origin and help her break through the seven-hundred-thousand-year threshold in one stroke, they could also help Ice Empress overcome her four-hundred-thousand-year bottleneck.

Forty-five pieces.

Even for the Ice and Snow Emperors, that was a staggering amount.

Ice Empress's excited expression, which had nearly made her drool moments ago, instantly turned solemn upon hearing that number.

She subconsciously wiped the corner of her mouth, then slowly turned her gaze toward Snow Emperor.

Their eyes met.

They believed it sixty percent, but sixty percent was not enough. There was no room for the slightest carelessness here.

Snow Emperor was silent for a moment.

Then she made a move.

She gently lifted Ling Xiao's body and turned him around on her lap.

Their eyes met.

Ling Xiao sat on Snow Emperor's knees, his body held securely by her hands.

Within Snow Emperor's ice-blue eyes was a rare seriousness and scrutiny.

"Little one. Did your mind... tell you anything else?"

Ling Xiao understood Snow Emperor's unspoken meaning.

Mother Snow Emperor was seeking confirmation.

She was confirming whether the inherited memories in his mind were genuine and trustworthy.

Ling Xiao understood that very clearly.

So he told the Ice and Snow Emperors, word by word, about the contents of those inherited memories.

Innate Chaos Thunder Spirit.

It fed on the divine thunder of the Nine Heavens, could communicate with heaven and earth, was immune to the annihilation of heavenly lightning, and could even shatter the shackles of heavenly tribulation.

Inside Ice Crystal Palace.

A deathly silence descended once more.

But this silence differed from before. This time, it was filled even more with shock from the depths of their hearts!