A Startling Change!

"Alright." Snow Empress nodded decisively. "Little Xuan used an ice sword to save his life just now. He should still have two left. I can use the ice swords to lock onto his location. Let's go now."

After Lin Xuan appeared and used pills to heal the hidden injuries of Ice Empress and Snow Empress, allowing them to pass their Heavenly Tribulations smoothly, the two women's attitude toward him underwent a drastic change.

Not only had Ice Empress safely survived the Four Hundred Thousand Year Tribulation, but Snow Empress had also successfully condensed a second Soul Core with complementary yin and yang, passing the Seven Hundred Thousand Year Tribulation and greatly increasing her strength. All of this was thanks to Lin Xuan.

For that very reason, the two of them spoiled Lin Xuan to the core. In the Extreme North, he was practically a little tyrant.

Yet now, one of the three ice swords they had left him for protection had actually been triggered.

At the thought that he might be in danger, the two sisters' hearts leaped into their throats, their worry plain for all to see.

Having made their decision, the two women said no more. Their figures abruptly turned into two streaks of light and shot toward Lin Xuan's location.

In the deepest reaches of the Evil Demon Forest, within the territory of the Evil Eye Clan.

Suddenly, a blood-red eye hundreds of zhang tall opened and looked in Lin Xuan's direction.

"Are those Ice Empress and Snow Empress's auras? Why would they come to my Evil Demon Forest?" Evil Emperor muttered in confusion.

"Never mind. As long as they don't come disturb my clan, it's fine."

Evil Emperor slowly closed its massive eye. It was currently troubled by the impending Eight Hundred Thousand Year Tribulation. Since Ice Empress and Snow Empress had not deliberately provoked it, it had no reason or intention to act.

Clearly, Evil Emperor had mistaken the powerful frost energy from before as the work of Ice Empress and Snow Empress.

After all, those three little ice swords had been condensed jointly by the two women. It was only natural for it to make that mistake.

In truth, if Evil Emperor had sensed only Ice Empress's aura, it might actually have acted.

After all, if it devoured Ice Empress, its chances of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation would rise another level.

But it had clearly sensed both Ice Empress and Snow Empress's auras at once.

As the wielder of ultimate ice, Snow Empress was not only unfathomably powerful, but also possessed a terrifying fusion skill with Ice Empress. If it attacked rashly, it was not confident it could take both of them down at the same time.

Since that was the case, Evil Emperor simply chose to ignore them. As long as those two did not disturb the Evil Eye Clan, whatever happened outside had nothing to do with it.

In a corner of the Evil Demon Forest near Mingdu, a large number of people bustled about above ground, while beneath them stood a palace.

This complex covered more than a thousand mu. It was all built from solid granite, and every arrangement within it was lavish to the extreme.

This palace had an imposing name—the Holy Spirit Cult!

This Holy Spirit Cult was the largest evil soul master organization during the era of Peerless Tang Sect.

Suddenly, all the evil soul master elders raised their heads, staring in astonishment toward the area south of the Evil Demon Forest's core region.

As powerhouses with cultivation at or above the Titled Douluo level, all of them possessed formidable perception. The terrifying chill that suddenly came from south of the Evil Demon Forest's core region made them freeze slightly. They felt bone-piercing cold, and even the circulation of their Soul Power became much more sluggish.

"Activate the Defensive Soul Tools!"

The recovered Holy Spirit Cult elders immediately gave the order. A layer of light instantly rose, enveloping all the evil soul masters.

At the very instant the Defensive Soul Tools activated, three figures appeared high above the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters like Gui Mei.

"Hm? That's the aura of a Limit Douluo? And a Limit Douluo with an ultimate attribute?" The speaker was a woman who appeared to be only around thirty. Her skin was as fair as a young girl's, while all ten nails on her pale fingers were dark red, as though she had painted them.

This person was Death God Douluo Ye Xishui, one of the only three remaining Limit Douluos on the Douluo Continent, and the sole person on the Douluo Continent unaffected by the Love Continent. One had to know that under the Love Continent's buff, even the lofty Silver Dragon King, the co-ruler of soul beasts, could only obediently give herself away for free.

Not only was Ye Xishui unaffected by the Love Continent's buff, but she had also toyed with Mu En and Long Xiaoyao, two Limit Douluos, in the palm of her hand. That was pretty damn impressive.

To Ye Xishui's right stood a tall old man. His silver hair was combed impeccably, his complexion ruddy as a baby's, and his long eyebrows of longevity hung down on either side of his cheeks. His hands rested leisurely behind his back.

Anyone capable of standing so calmly at Ye Xishui's side needed no introduction.

He was the Dragon Emperor Douluo, Long Xiaoyao, who had been entangled with her for an entire lifetime.

To Ye Xishui's left stood a man with short silver hair.

His hair was dense and stiff, every strand standing erect like a steel needle. He had bright eyes, strong brows, a straight nose, and square lips, making him exceptionally handsome. Yet within those deep-purple eyes lurked a chilling depth and darkness.

This man was the child she had borne with the former sect leader, Zhongli Laogui—the current Holy Spirit Cult leader, Zhongli Wu.

Ye Xishui narrowed her pitch-black eyes slightly, her gaze fixed tightly in Lin Xuan's direction. She then turned to Long Xiaoyao and Zhongli Wu and instructed, "Wu'er, go back and calm the Holy Spirit Cult's members. Xiaoyao and I will go investigate."

Only after the dust completely settled did Lin Xuan take Wang Qiu'er's hand and slowly descend into the center of the explosion.

Lin Xuan looked up and saw a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, crimson as blood, quietly floating in the air. Other than that, there was nothing else.

As far as the eye could see, an area spanning a thousand li in every direction was covered in frigid frost. This showed just how terrifying the power of Ice Empress and Snow Empress's combined strike had been.

"Woohoo? There's only a soul ring left? Where's the Soul Bone? Nani?!" Lin Xuan's face was full of disbelief. He immediately released powerful spiritual power to search the surrounding area.

Yet the result left him utterly dumbfounded. Within a thousand li, there truly was nothing left. Only the lone Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring before him remained.

"Let's go, Qiu'er. We don't want this soul ring." Lin Xuan looked at the blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, then decisively made his choice.

Lin Xuan had still underestimated the commotion caused by Ice Empress and Snow Empress's combined strike. He was worried it would draw Evil Emperor from the depths of the Evil Demon Forest, as well as the two Limit Douluos of the Holy Spirit Cult.

And he only had two ice swords left. If he truly drew those three over, things would become troublesome. After all, these two ice swords could at most severely wound Limit Douluos like Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao. Killing them in one blow would probably still be rather difficult.