Journey to the Far North Icefield, Heavenly Snow Woman Snow Empress Appears!

Far North.

The Body Sect, dozens strong, marched into it in grand procession.

The nearby soul beasts trembled in terror, afraid that if they hid too slowly, they would die without a whole corpse.

"All Body Sect members, spread out and search for a Mirror Shadow Beast, at least seventy thousand years old."

Du Busi announced to everyone.

That was right. The soul beast they were seeking for Ye Chen was a Mirror Shadow Beast.

With the Mirror Shadow Beast's traits, Ye Chen could replicate other people's soul skills and enhance the combat strength of his Eye of Nihility Martial Soul.

For instance, Ye Chen could replicate Du Busi's Body Martial Soul to make up for his lack of close-range combat ability.

He could even replicate and use Qian Renxue's Angel Martial Soul.

"Yes, Sect Master."

Everyone scattered in unison.

This trip was not only to find a soul ring for Ye Chen, but also to find two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

If there were none suitable in the Far North, they would simply head for the sea. After all, the ocean had plenty of soul beasts.

"Little Chen, let's head deeper into the Far North."

Du Busi took Ye Chen alone and headed toward the depths of the Far North.

With Ye Chen in tow, he could move freely through the Far North without worrying about being stopped by fierce beasts such as Snow Empress.

Snow Empress's strength in the Far North was absolutely enough to fight Di Tian, which also meant that she could fight Du Busi.

"Teacher, I suddenly had an idea."

"Snow Empress probably only has ten thousand years left to live. Why not have her sacrifice herself to me?"

Ye Chen intended to steal Huo Yuhao's opportunity.

Although he was not ice-attributed, his time-attributed Nine-Hearted Begonia could still absorb Snow Empress's soul ring.

After all, Snow Empress's soul skills mainly froze matter, while Ye Chen's Time Begonia controlled time itself—a form of freezing on the level of laws.

"Persuading Snow Empress? That might be rather difficult."

Du Busi felt that it was worth trying.

With his current strength, he should be able to make Snow Empress sit down and speak with Ye Chen peacefully.

When they had encountered the Spacetime Turbulence, Snow Empress had still been living peacefully in the Far North without any abnormalities. The gods must have told Ye Chen these things.

"No matter. I'm confident."

Ye Chen wanted to see what kind of sparks the two could create.

At present, there truly were not many soul beasts on Douluo Continent suited to the law of time. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger counted as one.

He was more inclined to use God-Given Soul Rings to obtain the most suitable soul skills for his second martial soul.

"Then let's go find Snow Empress."

Du Busi grabbed Ye Chen and soared into the air.

Immediately afterward, Du Busi released the aura of a Rank 99 Ultimate Douluo without any restraint.

The terrifying pressure swept through the core region of the Far North, startling every soul beast there.

At that moment, deep within the Far North, the blizzard suddenly stopped.

The entire world fell silent in an instant. Countless snowflakes hung motionless in midair, as though someone had pressed pause on time.

Then, a single snowflake fell.

Its path was perfectly straight, passing through the frozen curtain of snow before landing on the ground at the center of the icefield.

The instant it landed, icy-blue cracks appeared across the entire icefield, spreading outward from the point of impact.

The cracks only stopped after spreading more than a hundred zhang, like a massive spiderweb covering the entire core region of the Far North.

Then, a cracking sound came from deep beneath the icefield, as though something inside the ice had forced its way out.

A peerlessly beautiful figure rose from the shattered ice layer, hovering unhurriedly half a zhang above the frozen surface.

"Humans, leave the Far North immediately!"

Snow Empress had the appearance of a human. Her long, pure-white hair cascaded from behind her head all the way to her feet, while her sky-blue eyes were ethereal and clear, as though they could see through everything in the world.

Her slender, exquisite body was flawless. Her white dress bore no decorations whatsoever, yet it made her seem so pure and peerless.

"Ruler of the Far North, Snow Empress!"

Du Busi's soul rings emerged one after another.

Two yellow, two purple, two black, and three red soul rings slowly rose from beneath his feet.

The pressure he unleashed at full strength was several times greater than before, making even Snow Empress frown.

"Humans, what business do you have here?"

Snow Empress glanced at Ye Chen beside Du Busi.

Since Du Busi had already reached the peak of the continent, the purpose of his visit could only be the child beside him.

At such a young age, Ye Chen's Soul Power had already reached Rank 60. He had likely come here for his sixth soul ring.

"Snow Empress, you and Ice Empress only have ten thousand years left to live. Are you interested in following me to become gods?"

Ye Chen lightly brushed his forehead.

A geometric divine mark appeared between his brows.

Once he absorbed his sixth soul ring, he would be able to complete the first of the Nine Space Trials and conveniently raise both his Soul Power and soul ring ages.

"A divine inheritor?"

Snow Empress's gaze grew even more solemn.

She had once searched throughout the Far North for the Ice God's inheritance, but in the end, her efforts had been in vain.

"Snow Empress, rather than withering away ten thousand years from now, why not help me become a god along with Ice Empress?"

Ye Chen's greatest advantage came from ten thousand years in the future.

No matter how much he spoke of the future timeline, no one could verify it. If he said Ice Empress and Snow Empress would not survive beyond ten thousand years, then that was the only outcome they could accept.

"Who exactly are you?"

Snow Empress's expression grew colder and colder.

Even the fierce beasts of the Far North did not know that she and Ice Empress had only ten thousand years remaining.

Had this human learned the secret from a god, or from somewhere else?

"We are from the Body Sect, one of the three top powers ten thousand years in the future."

"Unfortunately, due to several factors, including my awakening of the Spacetime Martial Soul and the God of Space bestowing an inheritance, our Body Sect was drawn into the Spacetime Turbulence and arrived ten thousand years in the past."

Ye Chen's expression did not change.

Even with Snow Empress's senses, she detected nothing unusual. He was speaking the truth.

No wonder the Far North was a forbidden zone for human life. Almost no one knew of Snow Empress's existence, yet Du Busi had recognized her immediately.

"With this old man's strength, if I wish to hunt the soul beasts of the Far North, you cannot stop me."

The three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings beneath Du Busi's feet were the finest proof.

From Rank 70 onward, he had possessed his first Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. His overall strength was certainly greater than that of an ordinary Ultimate Douluo.

Most importantly, Snow Empress sensed a Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core within Du Busi's body—the same configuration Di Tian possessed.

"You want the soul rings of Ice Empress and me?"

Snow Empress remained utterly calm.

In this era, there had yet to be any precedent for soul beasts becoming gods as followers, so Snow Empress naturally had her doubts.

"Don't put it so harshly. I can use the power of time to preserve your consciousness, then revive the two of you after I become a god."

"If God-Given Soul Rings were not so limited, I would not have chosen you two fierce beasts as soul rings for my Time Martial Soul."

Ye Chen felt that the soul skills of the Ice and Snow Empresses could undergo beneficial mutations after fusing with his Time Martial Soul.

Even so, they certainly could not compare to God-Given Soul Rings. God-Given Soul Rings were the most suitable choice.

For a martial soul with such a special attribute as Ye Chen's, every soul ring should be God-Given in order to maximize its attribute effects.

Other than that, the high age of fierce-beast soul rings could barely make up for the shortcomings of their soul skills.

He just did not know whether absorbing the soul rings of the Ice and Snow Empresses would bring him any surprises.