"What? You weren't thinking of going back on your word, were you?" Ice Empress eyed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion suspiciously.
"No, it's just... this is the first time I've known something this delicious, and it'll probably be the last. It's so, so, so delicious! None of the ice I've eaten before can compare. It was all garbage."
The Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion looked troubled.
What would she do if she could never eat this stuff again?
Ice Empress curled her lip. "Of course. What did you think Xiaoyang's Void Mysterious Ice was? With the amplification of five rings, its purity has already reached twelve and a half times. It's incomparably delicious. At five times purity, even Ten-thousand-year Mysterious Ice Marrow couldn't compare in flavor."
That only made the Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion drool even harder, saliva dripping from her mouth.
"Clan leader... I... I... I... will I be able to eat it again in the future?"
Seeing her wavering resolve, Ice Empress continued to coax her. "Believe me, with Xiaoyang's talent, he will definitely become a god in the future!"
"Become a god..." The Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion's eyes flickered.
"That's right. As long as I become a god, I can revive you. Once you're revived, you'll become a god as well." Beiming Lieyang nodded earnestly.
"Exactly. Then you'll become a god too. Once you gain immortality, you can use your physical body to carefully, slowly, bite by bite, truly savor Xiaoyang's God-tier Void Mysterious Ice! And compared to the time it takes Xiaoyang to become a god, it'll be no more than a single nap for us."
Ice Empress spoke in a gently persuasive tone. Paired with another piece of Void Mysterious Ice that appeared in her hand at just the right moment and was placed before the Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion as bait, she looked exactly like the leader of some evil cult.
Tempting a believer into offering herself as a sacrifice to worship a god.
Though that really was rather fitting.
"God, god, God-tier!!!"
The Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion did not think anything was wrong with this at all. She was completely exhilarated by the idea.
Her entire body trembled violently!
The young master's Void Mysterious Ice at five rings was already this delicious. Eating it made her soul shudder, as though she were about to ascend to heaven!
What about after he reached level one hundred and became a god!?
Not to mention that the clan leader and young master had promised to revive Xiaoxie after becoming gods!
After being revived, she could become a god!
And there was also that God-tier Void Mysterious Ice!!
"Waaah! Young Master! I'll sacrifice myself right now, I'll sacrifice myself right now! Xiaobi would die ten thousand deaths without regret!!!"
The Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion's mind had already been filled with becoming a god, eternal life, and God-tier Void Mysterious Ice.
She hurriedly prepared to offer herself as a sacrifice.
"Wait. Don't be in such a rush. Finish all the Void Mysterious Ice first," Beiming Lieyang said.
"Okay, okay, okay!"
The Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion hurriedly suppressed her urge to sacrifice herself immediately, then blissfully and swiftly devoured all the Void Mysterious Ice.
She discovered that consuming this Void Mysterious Ice also increased her cultivation.
Void Mysterious Ice at merely five rings was already this delicious and packed with this much energy. What would it be like at the God-tier?
Xiaobai and Titan Snow Demon King Atai, standing nearby, looked on with envy in their eyes.
Atai swallowed. "Young Master, how about I... I offer myself as a sacrifice to you too?"
His eyes were wide as saucers. Such a huge piece of Void Mysterious Ice, and it had been compressed and condensed from all the young master's Soul Power—how delicious must it be!
His words immediately stunned everyone present.
Ice Bear King Xiaobai also looked at him eagerly.
"Little brother, I want a taste too. I'll sacrifice myself to you as well. It's only like taking a nap anyway."
He also desperately wanted to taste God-tier Void Mysterious Ice.
Not because he could become a god after being revived.
He simply really wanted to taste God-tier Void Mysterious Ice.
Beiming Lieyang patiently said, "Uncle Tai, Brother Xiaobai, continue cultivating. When the time comes, I naturally have ways to make you gods. Besides, the clan still needs you to hold the fort. We cannot lack our top-tier fighting strength."
He possessed Star of the Galaxy, left behind by the Creator God Odin. He certainly would not inherit a divine position like others or become a god through faith.
He guessed that he would still walk the path of the Star Gods in the future.
Solar Star God Apollo represented the sun.
Later, he would only need to communicate with the sun.
But that was still far in the future. For now, improving his strength was what mattered.
After hearing this, Xiaobai and Atai felt disappointed, but they were also invigorated.
Gods.
Soul Beasts faced a Heavenly Tribulation every hundred thousand years, with survival hanging by a thread.
If Beiming Lieyang had not appeared, Snow Empress and Ice Empress would still be worrying over the Lightning Tribulations of seven hundred thousand and four hundred thousand years.
The two women exchanged glances, looking at that confident back with eyes full of pride and tenderness.
This was the child they had raised.
"Young Master, I've finished eating. Allow me to offer you my final trace of strength..."
Before the Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion could finish speaking, her body had already ignited with the light of sacrifice. Then, she actually set her Spiritual Sea ablaze as well!
"No, how could an ordinary sacrifice possibly be worthy of the young master? It must be the highest form of soul sacrifice! Leave not a shred behind! Burn everything!"
"Become a god! When I wake up next time, this big sister will be the Ice Jade Scorpion God! Even the clan leader won't be my match, hehehehahaha!! And I'll get to taste God-tier Void Mysterious Ice too!!!"
The light of sacrifice burned across her body, erasing her flesh bit by bit. Moreover, she was using the most tyrannical soul sacrifice, even burning her soul along with it.
Yet instead of feeling pain, she laughed madly.
"Young Master! You don't understand! I may not have eaten Ten-thousand-year Mysterious Ice Marrow, but it exists in my bloodline memories! Compared to your Void Mysterious Ice..."
"Its functions, effects, flavor..."
"None of it is even worthy of carrying your shoes!! Hah..."
As she spoke, she drooled one final drop.
"The bright moon and a crawling worm, worlds apart! Let me offer you my final loyalty!!!"
For some reason, she thought of a book she had obtained from humans in the past, and inspiration struck.
She threw back her head and laughed. Her soul burned to its limit as she chanted her final words:
"Ten thousand years of northern ice, less fragrant than one instant of Void Mysterious Ice."
"Today I burn soul and bone to ash, next life I'll taste God-tier ice again!"
"Young Master, I'm going!!"
Boom!
The light of sacrifice shot into the sky. Her body and soul transformed into the purest energy and surged into Beiming Lieyang's body.
Everyone present was speechless at the Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion's current crazed state.
She was clearly performing a soul sacrifice, burning her soul in agony.
But why did everything she said sound so fired up?
It almost made them want to perform a soul sacrifice too.
And anyone who did not know better would think she was becoming a god right now.
Most strangely, why was a Soul Beast chanting poetry like a human??
But then again, somehow it felt incredibly domineering and stylish.
Ice Empress: "..."
Wait, had some other meaning been slipped into those words just now?
Ice Empress thought back for a moment, and her eyes widened.
Fine, Xiaobi. You actually dared slander your clan leader, saying I wouldn't be your match!!!
Just you wait!
However, compared to everyone else present, Beiming Lieyang was the one who truly could not hold it together.
No!
He knew that Soul Beasts developed intelligence after ten thousand years, and that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were no less intelligent than humans.
But...
Were you sure you hadn't come from the Gu world?
No chanting poetry, no becoming a venerable!
Good grief. Once I become a god, the first thing I'll do is revive you.
Then I'll give you a venerable title.
It'll be... Ice-Devouring Demonic Venerable!
You were already chanting poems and songs.
You'd better become a god!
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