You Said Di Tian Was There Too?

Ice Empress hovered in midair, her emerald-green eyes still carrying a lofty, scrutinizing gaze.

"Ten minutes." Ice Empress's voice was cold and devoid of emotion. "Convince me! Otherwise, you won't even have the chance to become fertilizer."

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm took a deep breath. His enormous spiritual projection trembled faintly in the wind. He knew that every word to follow concerned both his and Yuhao's lives.

"Ice Ice, do you know the sorrow of us soul beasts?" Tianmeng tried to move her with his classic god-making theory. "No matter how powerful we become, in the end, we must face those heavenly tribulations like divine punishment. Your four-hundred-thousand-year limit is approaching. Are you... confident?"

At the words heavenly tribulation, the indifference in Ice Empress's eyes wavered slightly.

It was the biggest thorn in her heart.

She had no confidence. One could even say that she knew perfectly well that she was highly likely to die in her next heavenly tribulation.

"That's why I found you a path!" Tianmeng pointed at Huo Yuhao beside him, his tone impassioned. "Become his martial soul! We're going to carry out an unprecedented god-making plan! As long as he becomes a god, we can gain eternal life!"

Huo Yuhao straightened his back and cooperatively released his faint spiritual fluctuations, honed in Resident Evil.

Yet after hearing this, Ice Empress let out a mocking sneer.

"Heh... this is your plan?" Ice Empress looked at Tianmeng as though she were looking at an idiot.

"Abandon my physical body? Abandon the cultivation I accumulated over four hundred thousand years? Become some illusory soul ring and reside within this weak human?"

"Then hand my fate over to an ant that could die young at any time?"

Killing intent gathered in Ice Empress's eyes once more. "Tianmeng, are you insulting my intelligence? If this is the kind of eternal life where I merely cling to existence... I would rather die beneath heavenly tribulation. Even if I am crushed to pieces, at least I would die with dignity!"

Tianmeng was dumbfounded.

This pitch had clearly worked so well in the original story! Why wasn't it working now?

He had forgotten that the Ice Empress now faced a Huo Yuhao carrying a hunter's aura. Moreover, as the proud ruler of the Far North, she instinctively rejected the idea of losing her physical body.

Just as the negotiations were about to collapse, Ice Empress's tail hook, gleaming with cold light, rose into the air.

"Wait!" Huo Yuhao suddenly spoke, stepping forward to shield Tianmeng.

"Senior Ice Empress, Brother Tianmeng's god-making theory is indeed extremely risky." Huo Yuhao met Ice Empress's gaze, his tone calm. "If I were you, I wouldn't believe it either."

"Oh?" Ice Empress paused. "It seems you have more self-awareness than this bug. Then are you ready to die?"

"No." Huo Yuhao shook his head. "I don't intend to fool you with becoming a god, because that is too far away."

Huo Yuhao took a black card from his clothes. It was the backup plan Lu Yuan had given him to save his life—a temporary invitation to Origin Internet Cafe.

"I want to invite you somewhere." Huo Yuhao's voice carried a strange allure. "It belongs neither to the Divine Realm nor the mortal world. There, you can see a world broader than the Far North and experience pleasures you have never experienced in your four hundred thousand years."

"Even..." Huo Yuhao paused, then threw out his true trump card. "Even the Beast God Di Tian is there right now."

The scornful Ice Empress's pupils shrank to pinpoints at the name Di Tian.

"Who did you say?" Ice Empress's voice abruptly rose, and the surrounding ice and snow instantly exploded. "Di Tian? That black dragon?"

Though the Far North was remote, as one of the top powerhouses among soul beasts, she naturally knew of the ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Beast God Di Tian: eight hundred thousand years of cultivation, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, the soul beast sovereign universally acknowledged across the continent. He was even prouder and more arrogant than she was.

"You dare use the Beast God's name to deceive me?" The chill erupting from Ice Empress nearly froze space itself. "Di Tian is so proud. How could he associate with humans?"

"Ice Ice! It's true! I'm not lying to you!" Tianmeng hurriedly added. "I saw it with my own eyes! That Di Tian is in Origin Internet Cafe right now! And..."

Tianmeng recalled the scenes he had just seen in Huo Yuhao's memories. Though he often slept, their memories were still shared. "He seems to be playing a game called The Elder Scrolls, running around picking up junk... Ah, no, collecting materials!"

"Not only that, he obeys the owner of that internet cafe completely! That owner possesses power beyond even gods!"

Ice Empress froze.

If it had only been this bug saying it, she would never have believed it.

But the bug's description was vivid, even describing Di Tian's subtle state of looking down on everything yet being forced to submit.

And she could sense that Huo Yuhao's spiritual fluctuations showed no sign of lying.

"Beast God Di Tian... in a human's shop?" The information was far too shocking for Ice Empress.

If even Di Tian, who was said to be able to cover the sky with one hand, had submitted, then what kind of terrifying existence was this so-called Origin Internet Cafe?

"Seeing is believing." Huo Yuhao raised the black card in his hand. Faint spatial law fluctuations flowed over it, fluctuations so profound that even Ice Empress could not see through them.

"Senior Ice Empress. Your limit is near. Either way, death awaits you. Since that is the case, why not go and see for yourself?"

Huo Yuhao looked at her sincerely. "If we are deceiving you, then with your strength, you can kill me whenever you wish. But if it is true... perhaps you will discover that, apart from sacrificing yourself to become a god or dying beneath heavenly tribulation, you have a third path."

Ice Empress fell silent.

Light flickered uncertainly in those beautiful emerald eyes—fear of death, wariness toward the unknown, and... intense curiosity over the fact that even Di Tian was there.

A place where that black dragon was... perhaps it truly held some great opportunity?

After a long while.

Ice Empress lowered the tail hook behind her, and the killing intent filling the sky vanished instantly. She returned to her aloof empress-like bearing and gave a cold snort. "Fine! I'll believe you once."

Ice Empress slowly descended before Huo Yuhao and looked down at him. "Lead the way! If I discover that you are playing tricks... I guarantee I will turn you into ice sculptures that will never melt in the Far North."

Huo Yuhao and Tianmeng exchanged a glance, both inwardly releasing a sigh of relief.

It worked! As long as they tricked her... no, invited her to the internet cafe, they could leave the rest to the all-powerful Boss Lu.

Huo Yuhao crushed the invitation in his hand.

A pillar of silver light shot into the sky, instantly enveloping Huo Yuhao and Ice Empress.

The next second, both figures vanished from where they stood.

Only the howling wind and snow remained, continuing to sweep across this eternally unchanging frozen wasteland.

Origin Internet Cafe, Main Hall

"Welcome."

The electronic greeting sounded.

Lu Yuan sat behind the counter with a Monster Hunter Guidebook in his hands. Sensing the spatial fluctuations, he slightly raised his head, an unsurprised smile curling at his lips.

"Oh? You're back?" Lu Yuan's gaze passed over the exhausted Huo Yuhao and settled on the emerald figure beside him. Even with her aura restrained, she was still breathtakingly beautiful.

"It seems..." Lu Yuan closed the book and smiled. "We have a heavyweight new customer."

Ice Empress was cautiously surveying her surroundings.

Bright lights, strange iron boxes, comfortable sofas, and a climate-control system in the air that made her feel exceptionally comfortable.

This... was the so-called land of miracles?

Just then.

Heavy footsteps came from the second-floor staircase.

A dignified middle-aged man in black was walking down, holding a bottle of soda in his hand.

Their eyes met, and the air suddenly froze.

Ice Empress's eyes widened as she stared at the familiar man in black and cried out in shock, "Di... Di Tian?! It really is you!"

Beast God Di Tian, who had been heading downstairs for snacks, was also stunned. He looked at the dazed Ice Jade Scorpion standing by the entrance and raised an eyebrow. "Hm? Ice Empress? Why are you here too?"

Di Tian then glanced at Huo Yuhao beside her and Lu Yuan behind the counter, instantly understanding what had happened. He revealed a smile of shared misery, tinged with a trace of gloating.

"Since you're here, make yourself at home. Since you've come..." Di Tian pointed at an empty computer station nearby. "Want to get on a computer first? The recently released The Elder Scrolls is pretty fun. I can show you the ropes."