Absorbing the Snow Empress was on an entirely different level from absorbing the Holy Light Skyfeather Orchid. As the foremost of the Three Heavenly Kings, she possessed nearly six hundred thousand years of formidable cultivation. Even after Holy Light had reshaped his body, Mu Feng would struggle to bear such crushing pressure.
It would not crush his body outright, but the weight of her Soul Power would still affect his ability to fight. Mu Feng therefore needed Electrolux to divide the Snow Empress's power in two: one part for him to absorb when they formed the contract, and the rest to store away as a boost for his breakthrough to Soul Sage.
Mu Feng flew to the top of the ice pillar. The moment he sat down, a chill surged into his body. Even though he had consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, he could not help shivering.
The Snow Empress explained, "This is the heart of the Snowfield, where the power of extreme cold gathers. Even a human Titled Douluo would freeze into an ice sculpture within three minutes of sitting here. Only because you've absorbed the Immortal Herb's power can you keep the cold from entering."
The Immortal Herb had indeed made Mu Feng impervious to ice and fire, but the Snow Empress did not know that after his second passage along the Divine Ascent and the complete reshaping of his bones, the Meridians throughout his body now glimmered faintly with gold, a sign of light as radiant as the sun. Even if the cold entered his body, it could not harm his Meridians in the slightest.
Thus, throughout the process of forming a contract with the Snow Empress, Mu Feng felt nothing beyond a slight chill. He closed his eyes and sensed the surging ice-cold Soul Power