The Awakened Ice God

Jiang Bai removed a Soul Bone from the Icefield Wolf's body. A thousand-year Soul Bone—though he had no use for it, it was still worth collecting.

He could always give it away someday.

After admiring the Soul Bone for a while, Jiang Bai strolled into the cave dwelling.

The outer cave was merely a disguise. After simply clearing away the trash, Jiang Bai opened a hidden door.

A new, dim cave dwelling appeared beyond it. Once the door opened, countless crystal lamps lit up, turning the formerly dark ice cave bright.

The inner dwelling was furnished like a home, still following the layout of three bedrooms and a living room.

"First, I'll condense my third ring."

He released Xue Ying and let her play on her own before Jiang Bai found his room.

Sitting on an ice bed, Jiang Bai began gathering Soul Power and condensing a Soul Ring.

Soul-bound dreams, clouds drifting...

After some time, Jiang Bai realized his consciousness had been pulled into a palace.

"Ice God Hall? The Ice God woke up?"

Standing before the palace, Jiang Bai recognized its name at a glance.

The Ice God Hall was a place of inheritance that had appeared after the Ice God's fall. It had once drawn Jiang Bai here before.

"Come in."

A voice came from within the palace, and Jiang Bai controlled his soul form as it floated inside.

"You're still alive?"

Upon entering the palace, Jiang Bai narrowed his eyes at the azure figure seated upon the throne.

If nothing unexpected had happened, this guy was the Ice God, right? He was still alive?

"Mm, that's what I wanted to ask you. I've been dead for so many years, so why did I suddenly recover some Divine Sense?"

The Ice God currently looked like a young man. Resting his chin on one hand, he studied Jiang Bai curiously.

He clearly remembered having fallen, and quite thoroughly at that. So why had he suddenly recovered some Divine Sense?

The Ice God remembered that the first thing he saw after reviving was Jiang Bai. Back then, he had been extremely weak and unable to respond. Only after gathering some strength now had he managed to take human form.

"How would I know? Want me to send you back?"

If Jiang Bai hadn't sensed no hostility from the Ice God, he would have blown him up already.

He had previously used the Golden Orb to connect to the core of the Ice God Hall. He could detonate it in an instant.

The resulting explosion would be Divine Rank. The Ice God was currently no more than a sliver of Divine Sense and couldn't stop it at all.

"That won't be necessary. I was also a god who ascended from Douluo Continent. That makes me your senior, doesn't it? Could you at least give me some face?"

The Ice God thought to himself, Why is this junior so hot-tempered?

He didn't entirely disbelieve Jiang Bai's claim that he could send him back. After all, someone who had been dead for so long had been brought back to life. Perhaps Jiang Bai really did have some backup plan.

"Senior, do you need me to help you condense the Ice God's Divine Position and revive you?"

Hearing this, the Ice God's lips curled upward.

"If I said I did, would you kill me?"

The Ice God looked at Jiang Bai. Over the past few years, Jiang Bai had done quite a lot in the Ice God Hall. Not only had he condensed divine power, but he had also helped forge a special Divine Outfit for him.

He had even casually replicated the Divine Trials.

Yet judging from Jiang Bai's appearance, he didn't seem to want to inherit the Ice God's Divine Position. It seemed more like he wanted to leave it for someone else.

"Don't worry. I don't need a Divine Position right now. I can give it to you."

The Ice God waved a hand. He didn't need the Divine Position now, and he was instead rather curious about what Jiang Bai wanted to do.

"Take this. Consider it the reward for inexplicably reviving me."

The Ice God, seated on the throne, extended his hand, and a special Divine Outfit appeared before Jiang Bai.

"I've more or less handled this Divine Outfit of yours. What do you think? Satisfied?"

This set of Divine Outfit had originally been prepared by the Ice God for his inheritor. However, due to his fall, less than one-tenth of its power remained.

Afterward, Jiang Bai had modified it. Its essence was still that of a Divine Outfit, but it was no longer a Divine Outfit for Soul Masters.

"What do you mean, Senior?"

Unprovoked kindness required caution—caution, and then even more caution.

"You're using my Divine Position. Can't I ask a couple of questions?"

The Ice God spoke. He didn't care about anything else, but Jiang Bai's current actions looked like he was arranging some grand scheme.

"I can't say. Thank you for the Divine Outfit, Senior, but I don't need it. Leave it for the Ice God's inheritor I've selected."

Jiang Bai answered that he couldn't say. Although Tang San wasn't a good person, a God King's strength was undeniably real. If he was discovered, it wouldn't be a joke.

"Then I won't ask. But do you want me to change the Divine Trials into nine trials?"

Seeing that Jiang Bai didn't want to speak, the Ice God didn't press further. He had, however, confirmed one thing: Jiang Bai truly had no intention of inheriting his Divine Position.

Then, the Ice God instead brought up the Divine Trials.

The Divine Trials Jiang Bai had created using the Ice God's Divine Position previously were missing quite a bit and barely amounted to seven trials.

But if Jiang Bai needed it, the Ice God didn't mind helping him turn them into nine trials.

It would be easy for him.

"Senior, do you directly control the Ice God's Divine Position now?"

Jiang Bai suddenly recalled something—the Sea God controlling the Angel God's Divine Position in the first part of Douluo Continent.

That old bastard was disgusting.

"Of course. Now that I've awakened, the Ice God's Divine Position naturally belongs under my control. No, why do you think someone else would control my Divine Position? Have you seen other gods controlling other Divine Positions?"

The Ice God explained, but quickly realized something was wrong. Why would Jiang Bai ask that?

Divine Positions normally descended naturally upon a plane, waiting for someone destined to inherit them. If another god controlled one, many problems would arise.

To put it bluntly, if a god died and someone else touched that god's Divine Position, it was like dancing on their grave. Who could stand for that? Did they have no shame?

"What god could be so shameless? Asura? No, he wouldn't go that far. Could it be that old pervert, the Sea God?"

The Ice God thought it over. Asura wouldn't do something like that, so only the Sea God remained. He had known the Sea God before his fall and understood that old fellow's lack of bottom line.

What an accurate guess. Jiang Bai's mouth twitched as he recalled what the Sea God had done in the first part of Douluo Continent. It truly wasn't something an ordinary god could do.

"I won't say which god it is. Since Senior can completely control the Divine Position, please help me with something."

Then Jiang Bai transmitted what he needed through his consciousness to the Ice God.

"Ice God's Eight Trials, starting from Soul Saint—that won't be a problem. I can handle the first seven trials normally, but this eighth trial... fulfilling regrets? I won't ask."

"But this backup measure of yours is excessive."

The Ice God frowned. Jiang Bai had left a safeguard within it: if the inheritor failed to complete the eighth trial, the Divine Position would disperse into heaven and earth, while a portion of the inheritor's cultivation would be stripped away.

"And this requirement of yours: the inheritor can choose to abandon the Divine Position inheritance once and set the Divine Position aside, but they'll have one chance to take up the inheritance again and restore their original trial progress."

"Who are you trying to screw over?"

The Ice God could accomplish both of these functions, but it felt like Jiang Bai was setting someone up.

"Please help me, Senior."

Jiang Bai spoke respectfully. If the Ice God was willing to help, it would save him a great deal of effort.

"Mm, I can help, but you have to answer one question for me."

"Please ask, Senior. If it concerns certain special circumstances, I can't answer."

Jiang Bai replied that he wouldn't answer if it involved special circumstances, such as gods.

"It's fine. It has nothing to do with gods."

The Ice God shook his head. What he wanted to ask had nothing to do with gods, but with soul beasts.

"Do you know the Heavenly Snow Woman?"

"No."

"No, you do."

The Ice God narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Jiang Bai. Jiang Bai definitely knew.

"Bring her here sometime in the future. Agree to that, and I'll help you."

In the end, the Ice God gave up. Given his current state, he couldn't negotiate much of a deal. As long as he lived, they would meet eventually.

"Fine."

Jiang Bai nodded. That was acceptable. Once Snow Empress became a Soul Spirit in the future, he could have Huo Yuhao come here again and see whether Snow Empress could be separated out.

That way, he could also avoid the Clear Sky Sect's crisis where misfortune turned into blessing.

"Then it's settled. When will the inheritor you mentioned arrive?"

The Ice God asked. He was now curious what kind of person Jiang Bai would find to inherit his Divine Position.

"Not much longer."

Jiang Bai calculated the time. It shouldn't be long now. Huo Yuhao should be about ready to set off. After the Ice Empress's sacrifice, the Ice God only needed to guide Huo Yuhao into the Ice God Hall.

"Mm. Then go back. I'll stay alone for a while."

The Ice God waved his hand, and Jiang Bai felt a force beginning to repel him.

The next second, when he opened his eyes, Jiang Bai had returned to the cave dwelling.

He continued condensing his Soul Ring...

Closing his eyes, Jiang Bai resumed condensing his Soul Ring.

The days passed one by one. As his Soul Power increased, Jiang Bai's Soul Ring condensation gradually neared completion.

Fifteen days later, a pure white Soul Ring appeared around Jiang Bai, without the slightest impurity.

Jiang Bai continuously injected power into the Soul Ring. The originally pure white ring turned pale yellow... pure yellow... deep yellow... pale purple... pure purple... deep purple.

At the same time, Jiang Bai's Soul Power Level broke through to level thirty-one, officially entering the Soul Elder realm.

"Huff..."

He exhaled a breath of frost, feeling his Soul Elder strength while also sensing that Soul Power cultivation had become extremely difficult.

So this was the level-thirty threshold of an ultimate attribute? His cultivation speed had slowed considerably.

After stabilizing his cultivation, Jiang Bai sat up and stretched. The bones throughout his body crackled loudly.

What an energetic day~~~

He just didn't know when he could cultivate to level forty.

Just as Jiang Bai lay on the bed thinking, an extremely powerful and pure force, difficult to detect, surged from the depths of the Far North.

"Is it here?"

At this moment, farther within the Far North, the Ice God also sensed that aura.

"A sacrifice? The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion? The inheritor?"

The Ice God looked into the distance and simultaneously received the message Jiang Bai had sent him.