Snowy Ice City, the Snow Empress's Peril

Hearing this, Ye Fan stopped taking his time. The flying soul tool behind him increased its output, speeding toward the direction Ice Empress indicated.

The closer he got to Ice God's Palace, where the Snow Empress lived, the more soul beasts he found that had died gruesome deaths along the way.

Seeing this, Ye Fan could not help growing suspicious and began stopping to examine the dead soul beasts.

One look was enough to startle him.

Ye Fan keenly sensed an evil aura emanating from these soul beasts.

It made him deeply uncomfortable, as someone who possessed an angel martial soul.

At the same time, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress were already arguing furiously within Ye Fan's spiritual sea.

"Ice Empress, Ye Fan is only a mere Soul Elder. We can't let him risk facing an enemy even the Snow Empress couldn't handle."

"I know, I know, but Snow Empress, she...!"

Ice Empress knew she had no grounds to argue, so she could only keep pleading with reddened eyes.

Dark Demon Ape watched the two soul beasts argue quietly from the side. It merely observed and did not speak.

It had always waited only for Ye Fan's final decision.

Ye Fan was still thinking at this moment. This is very likely the scheme directed at the Snow Empress.

Should I take the risk and give it a try?

If I win, I'll have a villa by the sea. If I lose, I still have the Undead Demiplane.

Not long before the God of Destruction fell asleep, he had already passed the method of summoning the Undead Demiplane on to Ye Fan.

"Let's do it."

In the end, Ye Fan spoke to the soul beasts at once. "Don't worry, everyone!"

"I have a soul skill called Stealth."

"It can let me slip into Ice God's Palace without anyone noticing and check on the Snow Empress's condition."

As he spoke, Ye Fan summoned the spirits of the three great soul beasts. Before them, he released his Death Angel Martial Soul. Then, his first platinum soul ring lit up, and his first soul skill—Stealth—activated simultaneously.

The three soul beasts watched as Ye Fan's figure quickly turned illusory and vanished without a trace. No matter how they used spiritual detection, they could not discover Ye Fan's whereabouts.

At last, Ye Fan silently appeared behind the three soul beasts before revealing himself.

"Everyone, I'm here."

Tianmeng, Ice Empress, and Dark Demon Ape were all badly startled by Ye Fan's sudden appearance.

At the same time, the three soul beasts understood the terror of Ye Fan's soul skill. It was practically a skill made for assassination.

"Ye Fan, since you possess such a soul skill, I won't try to dissuade you anymore."

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was the first to speak in support of Ye Fan.

Ice Empress followed closely behind. "Ye Fan, thank you."

It was clear that Ice Empress was truly grateful to Ye Fan.

Ye Fan was quite pleased by this. That should count as Ice Empress's favorability going up by one. I wonder if I can straighten out her preferences someday.

Dark Demon Ape was the last to state his position. He merely nodded at Ye Fan. "I'm fine with anything."

With one man and three soul beasts in agreement, Ye Fan withdrew the spirits of the three great soul beasts, lit up his first soul ring once more, and used his first soul skill—Stealth.

He vanished into the snowy land.

Following Ice Empress's spiritual guidance, Ye Fan headed toward the Snow Empress's residence—Ice God's Palace.

Using Stealth's concealment effect, Ye Fan raced across the snow and arrived before Ice God's Palace in an instant.

The once holy and icy crystal palace gates were now shrouded layer upon layer by pitch-black evil energy. Dozens of black-robed figures stood silently guard before them, their bodies radiating chilling and bizarre auras.

Ye Fan's brow furrowed slightly. His angel martial soul instinctively recoiled, instantly seeing through their true nature. A cold gleam flashed through his eyes as he thought, Evil soul masters!

Killing intent surged within him, and he could barely resist revealing himself and attacking.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm hurriedly stopped him from within his spiritual sea. "Ye Fan, find out what's going on first."

Ice Empress, meanwhile, completely lost control of her emotions and nearly broke through the spiritual sea. Tianmeng immediately stopped her with a stern expression.

"Ice Empress, calm down. Remember your current status."

The severe tone instantly calmed the agitated Ice Empress.

One man and three soul beasts fell into a brief silence.

Once Ye Fan had calmed himself, Tianmeng asked an awkward question. "Everyone, there are evil soul masters guarding the gates of Ice God's Palace."

"We can't enter from the front at all."

"And if we can't get inside, we won't know what's happening there."

"What should we do now?"

Just as Ye Fan was considering a solution, Ice Empress, having calmed down, spoke. "I know of a secret passage on the back mountain of Ice God's Palace. It's well hidden. The Snow Empress specifically made it for me so outsiders would not know about our relationship."

When she mentioned the relationship between the Snow Empress and herself, Ice Empress's voice grew much softer.

"Ice Empress...!"

"I never thought that kind of relationship between you and the Snow Empress was real."

Upon hearing this, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm no longer had his former sunny cheerfulness. His mouth was full of bitterness, and he seemed completely drained. "I'll never believe in love again. I'm going to become a god, become the God of Love, and make all lovers in the world finally...!"

Deep in his heart, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm silently made a grand vow to himself.

Ye Fan did not care about that. He continued, "Then, Ice Empress, lead the way. We'll head to that secret passage right now."

"Alright!"

And so, following Ice Empress's directions, Ye Fan arrived at the back mountain of Ice God's Palace. At the cliffside, he spread his angel wings and quietly slipped inside.

Following the hidden passage, Ye Fan silently infiltrated the palace. He eventually reached the Snow Empress's room, directly beneath the Snow Empress's ice bed.

Faced with an unknown environment, Ye Fan concealed every trace of his aura and quietly released his spiritual power to investigate the hall above.

As his spiritual sense spread out, he clearly detected four black-robed figures standing in the hall. Their auras were sinister and strange, completely unfamiliar to him.

Ye Fan could not identify them. He only sensed that their soul power was cold, overbearing, and utterly unlike that of ordinary evil soul masters.

The auras of two among them were especially peculiar, while the other two possessed deep foundations and imposing pressure.

Above a stone table on the raised platform, pitch-black ghostly energy churned. One person was controlling sinister soul power, working with the person beside him to slowly refine a fragile, translucent white soul.

The instant Ice Empress saw that wisp of soul through their spiritual sharing, she erupted in a furious roar within Ye Fan's spiritual sea, recognizing at once that it was the Snow Empress's soul.

Overwhelming grief, fury, and anxiety instantly crushed her reason. She desperately rammed against the spiritual sea, wanting to appear and save her.

Ye Fan immediately mobilized the spiritual power inherited from Tianmeng's million-year foundation, forcefully suppressing the agitated Ice Empress as he shouted in a low voice.

"Ice Empress, enough. Look carefully first."

Ye Fan's million-year spiritual power from Tianmeng was no joke. Although he still could not fully draw upon Tianmeng's complete spiritual power, as a soul beast sacrificed to him, Ice Empress was under his absolute suppression.

However, Ye Fan also learned from Ice Empress that the Snow Empress was currently undergoing a transformation process.

If he acted rashly, not only would he fail to save the Snow Empress, but he might also cause her soul to scatter completely and place himself in grave danger.

Therefore, Ye Fan decided to wait and see. Once the evil soul masters succeeded, he would try to rely on Stealth to quietly steal the Snow Empress's soul beast rebirth embryo.

Afterward, once his ring teacher awakened, he would use Undead Magic to revive the Snow Empress.

Thus, only after Ice Empress had finally calmed down did Ye Fan tell her his plan.

"Ye Fan, is what you said true? Can you really revive the Snow Empress?"

"Of course. Have you forgotten what an unparalleled genius my teacher is?"

"That's true. Your teacher, he is...!"

Before Ice Empress could finish, Tianmeng shifted his plump body and clamped a hand over her mouth, stopping her from mentioning that name.