Within that light, there was not the slightest trace of slaughter or tyranny—only pure life energy and the power of creation.
"Is this enough?"
Both the Snow Empress and Ice Empress were stunned.
From that cluster of golden light, they sensed a warm vitality that made even their souls feel at ease.
This power was completely unlike the divine might he had displayed earlier—the power to rule the world and destroy all things.
It was simply unimaginable that the same person could possess both.
The Snow Empress fell silent.
She could sense that Tang Shuo was not lying.
He had come to seek the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow to save someone, not to satisfy his own selfish desires.
She closed her eyes, seeming to commune with this land.
A long while passed.
She opened her eyes again.
"Enough."
She nodded lightly.
"Come with me."
With that, she turned and flew toward the tallest snow mountain at the center of the battlefield.
The Ice Empress gave Tang Shuo a complicated look before following her.
Tang Shuo withdrew his aura and stepped after them.
The three arrived at the summit of the snow mountain.
At its peak lay a deep, bottomless freezing pool. Its waters were a strange icy blue, radiating an extreme chill capable of freezing souls.
This was the Ice Eye.
Standing by the pool, the Snow Empress formed an intricate hand seal.
"In my name, I command the spirits of the ice plains—open!"
She chanted softly.
The entire Ice Eye began to churn violently.
At the center of the pool, an icy-blue vortex slowly formed.
Then—
A fist-sized ice crystal, perfectly transparent and gleaming like the most flawless diamond in the world, slowly rose from the vortex.
The moment it appeared, the surrounding temperature plummeted to a terrifying degree.
Even