The Goddess of Life's Little Trick, Master-Servant Contract

Inside the castle blanketed in ice and snow.

Bai Luo looked at the smiling Ice Empress before him and frowned.

"Ice Empress, I don't need to obtain soul rings through soul beasts, nor have I reached the realm where I need my next soul ring."

"I know."

A smile lingered on Ice Empress's lips as she nodded slightly.

"To be honest, I have no idea how Tian Meng managed that method of his."

"But it doesn't matter. I have another way."

"Don't worry. It will only benefit you and do you no harm."

Just as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had said, Ice Empress could not possibly make a move against Bai Luo.

With a god protecting Bai Luo, she was clearly no match for him.

However, what she intended to do did not require harming Bai Luo.

It would even bring Bai Luo nothing but benefits, with no harm whatsoever.

Bai Luo instinctively wanted to refuse, but Ice Empress gave him no such chance.

She raised a slender, pale finger.

She lightly tapped her fingertip.

A drop of essence blood flew out and hovered in the air.

Bai Luo's pupils contracted.

"What are you doing?"

Ice Empress said nothing. Her answer was an icy palm pressing against his chest.

The instant they touched, Bai Luo felt bone-piercing cold invade his body.

He instinctively resisted, but the gap in their cultivation was simply too great. Though his resistance had some effect, Ice Empress still suppressed him.

Ice Empress's eyes filled with even greater satisfaction when she sensed it all.

A Soul Emperor close to becoming a Soul Saint actually possessed some ability to resist her power!

This completely overturned Ice Empress's understanding of Soul Emperors.

As expected of someone from the Divine Realm!

"Don't move."

Ice Empress spoke softly.

"I bear you no ill will. I merely wish to form a contract."

She raised her other hand and gripped Bai Luo's chin, forcing him to open his mouth.

She then used Soul Power to send that drop of essence blood into his mouth.

"Swallow it."

The icy blue blood slid down his throat like a mouthful of liquid absolute cold.

Bai Luo's entire body shook violently. Ice crystals spread from his throat, racing through his blood vessels.

The Ancient Tree of Life imprint on the back of his hand faintly emitted a jade-green glow.

Ice Empress watched the scene, a faint smile curling her lips.

Behind her, the phantom of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion silently emerged.

A strand of the hundred-thousand-year soul beast's origin separated and burrowed into Bai Luo's heart like an ice serpent.

An ancient contract formation spread beneath their feet.

The runes flowed like living creatures, one half carving itself into Ice Empress's brow and the other branding itself into Bai Luo's soul.

This was the method Ice Empress had found within those ruins.

A Blood Contract!

Through a contract, two individuals could be completely bound together.

The Divine Realm.

The Goddess of Life, who was watering flowers in the Life Forest, suddenly paused.

She sensed feedback from the Life Imprint.

Had something happened to Xiao Luo?

A trace of anxiety appeared on the Goddess of Life's exquisitely beautiful face.

She hurriedly sensed the Life Imprint she had left on Bai Luo.

Only after seeing the specific changes occurring to Bai Luo did the anxiety on the Goddess of Life's face vanish completely.

It was replaced by a sly smile.

"Forming a Blood Contract?"

"I didn't expect someone in this lower realm to know such a method."

"However..."

"Contracting with my little brother cannot be done the original way~"

The Goddess of Life raised her hand and lightly tapped the space before her.

A streak of jade-green light flew out.

The lower realm.

Inside the castle forged from ice and snow.

The ritual had reached its final stage.

"Blood Contract!"

Ice Empress raised her hand over Bai Luo's head, and the Soul Power in her palm crashed down.

"Contract, complete for me!"

As her words fell, an icy blue pillar of light shot from Bai Luo's body into the sky.

His body was encased in ice, while crimson and icy blue light intertwined and collided within him.

His bloodline was enduring the infusion of Ice Empress's origin.

Ice Empress stood to the side. Feeling the ritual proceed smoothly, the smile on her somewhat pale face due to having severed her origin grew ever brighter.

She wanted to form an equal Blood Contract with Bai Luo!

That way, her soul and Bai Luo's soul would be bound together.

When Bai Luo attained godhood and ascended to the Divine Realm in the future, she would naturally be able to follow him and achieve the sublimation of her soul.

She would attain the same result and gain eternal life!

However, an abrupt change occurred!

A dazzling green light suddenly flashed from Bai Luo's body!

Vast life energy erupted from within him.

A graceful figure slowly emerged behind him.

It was unmistakably the projection of the Goddess of Life!

The Goddess of Life looked at Ice Empress, her forest-green beautiful eyes seeming to encompass everything.

Was this the god standing behind Bai Luo?

Ice Empress looked at the suddenly appearing phantom. Sensing the pressure of the laws of heaven and earth, she vaguely guessed her identity.

The Goddess of Life chuckled.

"Little scorpion, are you binding your soul to my Xiao Luo in pursuit of a chance at eternal life in the future?"

With a single glance, the Goddess of Life had seen through Ice Empress's thoughts completely.

"Not a bad scheme."

Cold sweat streamed down Ice Empress's back.

Though it was only a phantom, she could sense it.

If the woman before her wished it, she could kill her here with ease!

Fortunately, the Goddess of Life showed no killing intent toward her.

"Scheming against my little brother should, by all rights, be punishable by death."

"However, since you harbor no ill will toward Xiao Luo and merely played a few clever tricks, I shall spare your life, little scorpion."

Before Ice Empress could breathe a sigh of relief, the Goddess of Life's voice continued.

"However, scheming against my little brother must come at a price."

"I am somewhat dissatisfied with the contents of this Blood Contract. Let us revise it."

The Goddess of Life raised her hand.

The Blood Contract, which had nearly taken shape, changed once more!

Ice Empress's pupils suddenly contracted!

She realized the Goddess of Life's intentions!

She instinctively wanted to resist.

But the difference between her and the Goddess of Life was far greater than the difference between her and Bai Luo!

She had no ability to resist at all.

She could only allow the Goddess of Life to alter the Blood Contract's contents and endure it by force.

"Done!"

The Goddess of Life stopped what she was doing and smiled smugly.

"Continue the ritual."

After leaving those words behind, her figure gradually faded away.

If she stayed any longer, Tang San would use this as an excuse to make trouble.

Ice Empress and Bai Luo stood together at the center of the formation, undergoing strange transformations.

A long while later.

The formation's light gradually faded.

Bai Luo staggered a step. An icy blue scorpion mark appeared on his palm, echoing the contract brand on his chest from afar.

He sensed a faint connection.

At his side, Ice Empress slowly opened her eyes.

However, the smug smile she had worn earlier was gone, replaced by an exceedingly ugly expression.

She looked at Bai Luo and blurted out instinctively.

"Master."

Ice Empress hurriedly covered her mouth, her pretty face flushing red with humiliation and anger.

That was the Goddess of Life's handiwork!

Ice Empress had originally planned to form an equal Blood Contract with Bai Luo.

But through the Goddess of Life's intervention, that equal Blood Contract had become a Master-Servant Contract.

That was precisely why Ice Empress's expression was so awful.

The mighty ruler of the Extreme North had actually become a human's servant!

Though she would still be able to ascend to the Divine Realm with Bai Luo in the future.

This was completely different from what she had planned!