Ice Empress and Snow Empress Enraged

That afternoon, Lin Ye lounged lazily against the back of his chair, his fingertips absently tapping the armrest as his gaze swept over the bustling street outside the window.

With a thought, his consciousness settled on the Diary, and lines of writing slowly emerged along with his thoughts.

By the Lake of Life in the core region of the Star Dou Forest.

A golden glow blanketed the entire meadow. The Emperor Auspicious Beast, Three-Eyed Golden Lion, lay sprawled across the soft grass, her three golden vertical pupils filled with shock and complicated emotions that refused to settle.

As the embodiment of the Star Dou Forest's—indeed, all of Douluo Continent's Soul Beast Clan's—fortune, she had been born carrying the blessings of heaven and earth. Wherever she went, vegetation flourished wildly, and Soul Beasts cultivated at twice the speed. She had always been treasured by all Soul Beasts.

Yet the words in her mind kept replaying, all detailing the experiences of that human boy named Huo Yuhao.

She could not help flicking her fluffy tail, disbelief filling her golden eyes.

Was this how a Child of Destiny was treated? This was absurd beyond measure.

She had lived for so long and seen countless extraordinarily gifted Soul Beasts. Even the Ferocious Beast lords sleeping beneath the lake had encountered far fewer opportunities in their youth than that human boy.

Even as the Child of Destiny of the Soul Beast Clan, she had never enjoyed such heaven-defying fortunes. He could pick up a Million-Year Soul Ring just by stepping outside, casually stumble upon top-tier cultivation techniques, turn calamity into fortune even in desperate situations, and breeze through life in an outrageously smooth ascent.

All she could say was that it truly lived up to being the result of Sea God Tang San's personal interference from behind the scenes.

At the thought of that lofty Sea God mentioned in the Diary, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's body involuntarily tensed slightly.

That invisible hand had practically manipulated the course of all Douluo Continent. That boy named Huo Yuhao was nothing more than a pawn he had chosen.

And there was also that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

A trace of coldness flashed through the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's vertical pupils.

He possessed a million years of cultivation yet lacked even the slightest combat ability. He had actually been willing to become a human boy's dependent and had even come up with some God-Making Plan. It was simply a disgrace to the Soul Beast Clan.

She could not help entertaining the thought that it would be wonderful if she could control that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

But then she could not help feeling discouraged. Even without combat ability, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's million-year-level Spirit Power was not something she could contend with. She certainly could not manage it alone.

Could she only seek out the Ferocious Beast lords beneath the lake?

But that gave her another headache. Everything had come from this mysterious Diary. How was she supposed to explain it to those lords?

She could not exactly say that there was a Diary in her head and that she had foreseen the future, could she?

Those lords probably would not believe her at all. They might even think something had gone wrong with her.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion irritably pawed at the grass beneath her feet. Just as she was wracking her brains, the Golden Diary in her mind, which had been quiet for a moment, suddenly radiated dazzling golden light. New words slowly began appearing line by line.

Deep within the core of the Far North, inside a palace forged from ten-thousand-year ice, frigid energy churned, yet it could not approach the two young women at the center of the cavern.

The Ice Jade Empress, Ice Empress, wore a fitted ice-blue gown, her ice-blue hair hanging to her waist. Her breathtaking face was filled with unconcealed worry.

She looked at Snow Empress, who stood atop an icy platform and had just completed her transformation into human form. Her lips moved several times, but in the end, she swallowed the words that had reached her mouth, hesitating to speak.

Snow Empress wore white garments pure as snow, her silver-white hair fluttering lightly in the wind. Her features held the unique coldness and majesty of the ruler of the Far North, but a trace of concealed gravity also lay within her ice-blue eyes.

Naturally, she knew what Ice Empress was worried about.

Because the same mysterious Golden Diary Copy existed in both of their minds.

From the God-Making Plan surrounding that human boy named Huo Yuhao to Sea God Tang San's manipulation behind it, every matter described within was terrifyingly clear.

Looking at Snow Empress's cold profile, Ice Empress felt her heart tighten even more.

The Diary had already stated that she would follow the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in the future and become Huo Yuhao's Soul Ring. But she had never expected that even Snow Empress, whom she respected most, would not escape.

It was not just them. In a dormitory at Shrek Academy, Ma Xiaotao leaned against the headboard, her fingers tightly clutching the blanket as she looked at the Diary in her mind and could not help drawing in a sharp breath.

Xiao Xiao sat at her desk, the pen in her hand having long since stopped. Her eyes were filled with shock.

Even Tang Ya, far away in the Heaven Dou Empire, stopped what she was doing. Her mind was filled with the Diary's contents as she murmured, "Child of Destiny... this is far too ridiculous..."

Just as everyone was immersed in the previous contents, their emotions still unsettled, the Golden Diaries in all their minds simultaneously lit up with blinding golden light. New content appeared before them all without warning.

[Speaking of it, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's so-called God-Making Plan cannot avoid mentioning Ice Empress. But once Ice Empress is mentioned, Snow Empress absolutely cannot be left out.]

[As the foremost of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, there is no need to elaborate on Snow Empress's strength and status. Yet even a hegemon like her still failed to escape Tang Buddha's grasp.]

[This was so coincidental that it felt like a scripted play. It was so absurd that when I first read it, I could not help rolling my eyes.

At that time, Snow Empress was stuck at the threshold of six hundred and ninety thousand years, with no confidence at all that she could withstand the seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation. That was already difficult enough, yet at precisely that moment, she discovered a hundred-thousand-year Ice Snow Lotus.]

[It was because of that snow lotus that Snow Empress decided to transform into human form, choosing to do so at such a critical juncture.

But what happened? At the most crucial and weakest moment of her transformation, a Titled Douluo happened to arrive with a Level Nine Soul Guidance Device, the God Sealing Platform, and precisely found his way into the deepest core of the Far North, directly sealing the newly transformed Snow Empress inside the God Sealing Platform.]

[Think about it. This string of coincidences was so precise that it was as if someone had measured out every step with a ruler. If there was not a hand manipulating things behind the scenes, I would not believe it even if you beat me to death.]

[Seriously, who was Snow Empress? The absolute ruler of the Far North. Even if she intended to transform into human form, she would definitely choose her safest and most secluded nest, setting up airtight defenses.

Even if it was a Titled Douluo, and even a Level-Nine Soul Engineer, could he really sneak into the deepest reaches of the Far North without making a sound? And happen to appear at the most critical moment of her transformation? How could there be such a coincidence?]

[If Tang San had not planned and schemed behind all this, I would not believe it even if you beat me to death.

Not to mention the final result. After going around in circles, Snow Empress still became the Soul Spirit in Huo Gua's hands. Together with Ice Empress, the two great heavenly kings of the Far North neatly gathered at Huo Yuhao's side and became stepping stones on his path to godhood.]

[All I can say is that Tang San, the Great Buddha, was far too formidable in his planning. All of Douluo Continent was merely on his chessboard.]

When the final line froze in their minds, the entire ice cavern instantly fell into dead silence.

Ice Empress's whole body trembled. Her ice-blue pupils suddenly contracted, and her face filled with utter horror. She abruptly turned toward Snow Empress, her voice carrying an imperceptible tremor. "Xue'er..."

Not only would she herself suffer such a fate, but even Snow Empress would too!

She would be sealed at the critical moment of her transformation and ultimately become that Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit as well.

Ice Empress was both anxious and furious, with an undisguised lingering fear in her heart.

If everything in the Diary was true, then Snow Empress was about to face that deadly crisis! She had to find a way to stop it!

Standing atop the icy platform, Snow Empress could not stop the cold energy around her from churning slightly. Even those ice-blue eyes, usually so calm and placid, now surged with turbulent waves.

She stared at the Golden Diary in her mind, reading every word again and again as she sank into prolonged contemplation.

Coincidence?

Having lived for nearly seven hundred thousand years, she had never believed in coincidence.

The timing of the transformation, the appearance of the Ice Snow Lotus, the Titled Douluo carrying the God Sealing Platform—every link had fallen perfectly into place. Had there been even the slightest deviation, the final outcome would not have been what it was.

Someone was controlling things from behind the scenes.

That thought surfaced in her mind with incomparable clarity.

That Sea God Tang San mentioned in the Diary was the mastermind behind it all.

And she, Ice Empress, even the entire Far North, were nothing more than pieces on his chessboard, used to fulfill that Child of Destiny called Huo Yuhao.

Snow Empress's fingertips slowly clenched, and the cold energy around her instantly became several degrees sharper.

She was the ruler of the Far North. She had never been a pawn for others to manipulate.

Ice Empress looked at Snow Empress and opened her mouth, but in the end, she said nothing more.

The two stood in the cavern where frigid energy churned, facing each other in silence. Only the gravity and turmoil in their eyes silently converged.

In the Star Dou Forest, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked at the new Diary content, understanding filling her three vertical pupils.

So it was not only Huo Yuhao. Even Snow Empress of the Far North had been plotted against by that Sea God. The course of the entire continent truly lay within that invisible hand's control.

She flicked her tail, and much of her previous hesitation instantly vanished. She had to inform the Ferocious Beast lords as soon as possible. This was no longer her concern alone; it concerned the future of the entire Soul Beast Clan.

At that moment, the Golden Diary in the minds of Ice Empress and Snow Empress within the palace, which had only just quieted down, suddenly emitted an even more dazzling golden light than before. New writing had already begun to slowly emerge.

Both of them froze. The emotions still churning within them instantly stilled as their gazes were firmly drawn toward it.