Snow Empress: Then We'll Die Together! Ice Empress: ...

"What?!"

The air around Snow Empress instantly calmed down. "You don't even know who he is, yet you dare to infiltrate this God-Sealing Platform with his Spiritual Power?"

"Xue'er, none of that matters!" Ice Empress, disregarding her own bizarre experience of being forcibly swapped, looked at her anxiously.

"Tell me first, what exactly do you plan to do now? The seal on this Soul Tool is constantly eroding your life force. If this continues, you will die!"

The Snow Empress withdrew her gaze, her expression returning to the indifference and decisiveness befitting the ruler of the Far North.

"Wait."

She coldly uttered a single word:

"When those greedy humans outside break the seal and prepare to absorb my Soul Ring and Soul Bone, I will detonate the Origin Source within my body along with the Embryo at the last moment."

A ruthless glint flashed in the Snow Empress's eyes. "If you want to take my power as a stepping stone, then all of you will stay and perish with me!"

"Don't do that!"

Ice Empress was so anxious she almost jumped up, pressing her two enormous claws firmly against the phantom image:

"Xue'er, have you gone mad?!"

"Self-destruct your Origin Source! We finally reunited in this godforsaken place, can't you stay and keep me company?!"

The Snow Empress stared intently at her. "Stay? How? Do you want me to do what you did, sacrificing my seven hundred thousand years of cultivation to that human outside?!"

Ice Empress lowered their head somewhat guiltily, but still gritted their teeth and nodded.

"Boom!"

The previously solidified, extremely cold power within the God-Sealing Platform suddenly surged.

"You've utterly disgraced the pride of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion clan!" Snow Empress shouted fiercely, her long hair whipping wildly.

"Did that human outside use evil magic to control your mind?! How dare he use you as a decoy to trick me into walking into his trap?!"

The raging Wind Blade nearly tore Ice Empress's recently recovered Soul Body apart again, but Ice Empress did not retreat an inch.

She braved the Froststorm and crashed headlong into the Snow Empress, her emerald green compound eyes glistening with tears, and her voice even carrying a hint of barely concealed sobs:

"No! Nobody's controlling me! Xue'er, can't you let me finish what I have to say?!"

Ice Empress tilted their heads back, looking at the phantom figure almost pleadingly:

"I just want you to live! For tens of thousands of years, you've been the only person in this world who truly understands me! I don't want to have just found you here, only to have to watch helplessly as your Divine Soul self-destructs and you die before my very eyes!"

The raging storm stopped at that moment.

Ice crystals, swirling in the air, hovered in the void. The Snow Empress watched the Ice Empress, who was almost out of control, and the rage in her eyes gradually faded, replaced by an incredibly complex expression.

Ice Empress wiped her face, and while she calmed down, she quickly revealed Gu Mingyuan and Electrolux's entire scheme.

Snow Empress's eyes flickered slightly, but the wariness in them did not lessen in the slightest. "Perhaps Reshape the Physical Body? You believe the words of an old human?"

Ice Empress hesitated for a moment, but recalling what they had just witnessed, they nodded seriously.

"I saw the Half-Plane that the old man created himself. It's a self-contained system where the Undead live on. And when I woke up just now, it was that old man who used Formation to stabilize my injuries."

Ice Empress closed the distance between himself and Snow Empress, and whispered:

"Xue'er, let's hear his plan first, okay? Even if we can't reach an agreement in the end, the God-Sealing Platform is still there, and you can detonate your Origin Source at any time. But if there is truly hope of retaining your intelligence, or even walking in the world again... then you won't need to die."

As Snow Empress looked into Ice Empress's eyes, a tiny crack finally appeared in the will to die within her.

After a long while, the Snow Empress gathered the icy aura emanating from her body and looked at the Ice Empress again.

"Let him in." Snow Empress's expression was cold and hard.

Ice Empress breathed a long sigh of relief, a great weight lifted from his shoulders. "Alright! I'll call him in right away!"

However, before the Ice Empress could turn around and leave the God-Sealing Platform, the Snow Empress's voice rang out behind her again.

"Let me make this clear from the outset: I, the Emperor, despise those who harm living beings more than anything else in my life."

"If he's the kind of person who'll stop at nothing for power, I'd rather detonate my Origin Source along with you than let him lay a finger on me!"

Ice Empress: "..."

Mingde Hall, just as Xuan Zi was about to rush towards the Warehouse exit, Zhongli Wu blocked his way.

The Bone Dragon King opened its massive maw, unleashing a torrent of dragon breath. Xuan Zi raised his palm and shattered it, roaring:

"Zhongli Wu, get out of my way!"

Zhongli Wu glanced at Yan Shaozhe and the two teenagers below and sneered:

"What's the rush? You want to take him away before we've even properly investigated him?"

Xuan Zi was too lazy to argue with him anymore. He unleashed his earth-yellow Soul Power and pounced on him.

Zhongli Wu also stopped smiling, and the Bone Dragon King charged towards the Godly Taotie Bull. The two exchanged blows, Xuan Zi tried to break free several times, but Zhongli Wu entangled him again each time.

On the other hand, the situation of those Du Busi is even more difficult.

He knocked Jing Hongchen back with a palm strike, but before he could pursue, Kong Deming's attack landed at his side. Du Busi turned to defend, but Ye Yulin's Soul Power fluctuations came from above his head. The other three Level 9 Soul Engineer adjusted their positions at the same time, blocking his retreat.

The six men took turns attacking, never giving him a chance to catch his breath.

Du Busi broke through two layers of defense in succession, and a third shield rose up in front of him, while the Soul Guidance Ray from the side also approached. He was forced to stop and retreated, with a charred wound on his shoulder.

Jing Hongchen wiped the blood from his mouth. Seeing that the Du Busi was finally under control, he immediately shouted:

"Don't let him get any closer! Keep pressing!"

Du Busi glanced at the six people surrounding him, his expression growing increasingly grim.

If he were to break through alone, he could still give it his all, but the two elders below were still trapped near the Warehouse and couldn't keep up with his speed at all.

Yan Shaozhe protected Tang San and Huo Yuhao, stopping them at the main exit, but they were also unable to leave.

The outer Soul Engineer kept a close eye on the three of them. Just as he took off with the two teenagers, several Soul Guidance Beams shot towards them, forcing them to retreat back into the ruins.

The situation developed this way starting about fifteen minutes ago.

At that time, Imperial Family reinforcements arrived one after another, and the parties temporarily stopped fighting under the threat.

Kong Deming personally inspected the damaged and twisted Transport Platform. After listening to Jing Hongchen's report, he coldly surveyed the entire room and issued an order in front of everyone:

"Everyone below the Titled Douluo who entered the Warehouse District tonight will undergo Soul Search. The same applies to members of the Mingde Hall."

In a corner of the ruins, a Soul Engineer who was bandaging his severed arm looked up, his face turning deathly pale.

Xuan Zi's face immediately darkened, and his Level 98 Soul Power erupted:

"Soul Search? Kong Deming, who are you planning to search?!"

Kong Deming said indifferently, "Xuan Zi, since you are all Titled Douluo, there's no need for that."

"But!"

His gaze pierced through Yan Shaozhe's protective aura and landed directly on the two boys protecting him from behind:

"They were among them."