Snow Empress and Ice Empress Join Forces to Hunt Treasure in the Star Dou Forest?

The next day,

Chu Yuan glanced at Zi JI lying beside him. Her face could not hide her exhaustion.

The Golden Dragon King's body was extraordinarily powerful. He had barely slept at all the previous night.

Chu Yuan got out of bed, feeling no discomfort in his waist.

"This body truly deserves to be called the Golden Dragon King's."

After sighing, Chu Yuan strode outside. Once he left the temporary little thatched hut, he summoned Di Tian.

"My lord."

Di Tian stepped out of the fractured space before him and dropped to one knee.

"Di Tian, how much do you know about the Ice-and-Snow Emperors of the Extreme North?"

Di Tian raised his head in surprise.

"My lord, I am not particularly familiar with the Ice-and-Snow Emperors."

He was somewhat puzzled, unable to understand why his lord had suddenly brought up the Ice-and-Snow Emperors.

Then he recalled Chu Yuan's idea from yesterday about unifying the soul beasts.

"My lord, do you intend to bring the Ice-and-Snow Emperors, as well as the soul beasts of the Extreme North, under your command?"

Chu Yuan nodded. Di Tian was quite sharp.

"Yes, that is indeed what I intend. The soul beast clan is far too scattered now. There are no fewer than three large soul beast forests alone."

At this, an uneasy expression appeared on Di Tian's face.

"My lord, that will be too difficult. The overlords of those soul beast forests reign supreme in their own territories. Getting them to submit to us will be nearly impossible."

The words "soul beast" often represented savagery and brutality. Even after ten-thousand-year soul beasts developed intelligence, they still followed the most primitive laws of slaughter.

Yet likewise, once these soul beasts known for their savagery and brutality were brought under control and made to act in coordination, the power they could unleash would be nothing short of catastrophic.

Chu Yuan smiled at Di Tian's words.

"Di Tian, do you think Xiong Jun was easy to subdue?"

Di Tian considered it carefully.

That foolish bear, Xiong Jun, had appeared rather courteous toward him in the past, but in truth, there were times when even Di Tian could not order him around.

He had even constantly wanted to challenge Di Tian for the position of Beast God.

"Not easy to subdue."

Di Tian shook his head. This was the conclusion he had reached after careful consideration.

"Then how is he now?"

Di Tian fell into thought at those words.

Although Xiong Jun had not yet made any overt gesture of submission to Chu Yuan,

the absolute reverence and willingness to submit in Xiong Jun's gaze toward Chu Yuan yesterday had been unmistakable.

At the very least, Di Tian had never seen that look in Xiong Jun's eyes before.

"He submits to you willingly."

"So, you need not worry about whether those soul beasts will willingly submit to us."

Xiong Jun had submitted because Chu Yuan possessed strength that utterly crushed him.

Naturally, there were ways to deal with the other soul beasts as well.

For example, the heavenly tribulations soon awaiting the Ice-and-Snow Emperors.

Snow Empress's seven-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation and Ice Empress's four-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation.

Of course, heavenly tribulations alone would not be enough to make the Ice-and-Snow Emperors truly obey Chu Yuan.

But if the entire Extreme North were added to the equation, along with the Godhood Realm that soul beasts could only dream of encountering, then it might be another matter.

"My lord, are we leaving for the Extreme North now?" Di Tian asked.

Chu Yuan nodded. He had far too many things to do now. After dealing with the Extreme North, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well would be waiting for him as well.

At the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's spring waters lay the remains of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.

In addition, the Soul Power there was abundant, and those immortal herbs could also slightly increase the strength of these Ferocious Beasts in a short time.

Beyond that, he needed to find the freely drifting small world known as the Dragon Tomb and retrieve the Dragon God Core within it.

Originally, with his identity as the Golden Dragon King, sensing the Dragon Tomb would not have been difficult. However, the Dragon Tomb was a small world that drifted freely.

That made finding the Dragon Tomb far more difficult.

"Yes, my lord. Then we shall depart now."

After speaking, Di Tian rose and tore open a spatial passage before himself and Chu Yuan.

Only after they entered did the spatial passage gradually dissipate.

Meanwhile, the human world had already erupted into an uproar.

"What is going on?!"

"What exactly happened to the soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest? Yesterday, I took my students there to hunt soul beasts. The moment we entered the outer region, we were besieged by three ten-thousand-year soul beasts. If I hadn't left my students behind to cover my retreat, I wouldn't have made it back!"

"Yeah, me too. But it is strange—they won't chase us out. Yet the moment we step even one foot into the outer region, they go mad and charge at us without regard for their lives."

All kinds of wildly distorted information rapidly spread.

"Have you heard? A great treasure has appeared in the Star Dou Forest!"

"Really?!"

"Could it be fake? Those ten-thousand-year soul beasts that could normally only be found in the mixed region and core region have all flooded into the outer region!"

"And I heard from my uncle's son's daughter's husband's younger brother that a large group of powerful experts are planning to enter the Star Dou Forest next week to seize the treasure!"

"Really? Then I should make some preparations too. Maybe I can get my hands on some treasure those powerful experts don't care for!"

Chu Yuan knew nothing of the rumors spreading wildly outside. At this moment, he and Di Tian had already arrived at the Extreme North.

Looking at the Extreme North before him, where there was nothing but snow as far as the eye could see, Chu Yuan slowly raised his hand. Behind him,

a golden dragon emerged, its entire body covered in golden scales, a pair of golden wings growing from its back. More than three thousand meters long, it radiated ferocity and violence from every inch of its body.

That was Chu Yuan's true form, the Golden Dragon King.

Roar!

A dragon's roar rang out, carrying the Golden Dragon King's most violent aura.

Fortunately, Chu Yuan only wished to draw out Ice Empress and Snow Empress, so this dragon roar caused no destruction.

"Who are you, and why have you trespassed into my Extreme North for no reason?"

An ethereal female voice sounded from the horizon.

The next moment, countless snowflakes across the Extreme North abruptly gathered toward the source of the voice, quickly forming an ice-blue lotus.

The lotus bloomed, revealing a pair of petite, fair feet and an ice-blue long dress that fell to her calves.

Her snow-white hair streamed behind her. Her mature, beautiful face, enough to drive countless men mad, was filled with gravity.

The Heavenly Snow Woman, Snow Empress!

Beside Snow Empress stood a petite and adorable little girl with green hair.

One of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North, Ice Empress.

"Di Tian? It's actually you?"

Although Di Tian and Snow Empress were not particularly familiar with one another, they knew each other.

"Snow Empress, I did not come looking for you this time. My lord did."

After speaking, Di Tian gestured for Snow Empress to turn her gaze toward Chu Yuan beside him.

"My lord?"

Snow Empress furrowed her brows. She truly had not expected someone with Di Tian's strength to have a lord.

Snow Empress looked toward Chu Yuan beside Di Tian. One look only deepened her confusion.

"His cultivation is only a hundred thousand years, so why does he give me an innate feeling of suppression?"

When lower-ranked soul beasts faced soul beasts with higher cultivation, they would naturally feel suppressed.

Unless the lower-ranked soul beast possessed a bloodline far superior to that of the higher-cultivated soul beast, it would have no choice but to be suppressed.

"Snow Empress, won't you invite us to sit in your Ice Palace?" Chu Yuan asked with a smile.

His identity was not something that could be explained clearly in just a few words.

"Please, both of you."

Although she knew little about Chu Yuan and did not understand why he was Di Tian's lord,

even a fool could tell that someone who could make Di Tian, with over eight hundred thousand years of cultivation, willingly follow behind him possessed true strength that could not be judged by cultivation alone.