The soul spirit takes form
Amidst the wind and snow, Gu Mingyuan stepped out.
The white frost on his body fell off with each step, revealing the shimmering gold patterns on his skin.
"Regardless of how many tens of thousands of years you lived before, your Origin Source is still locked within the God-Sealing Platform. Without a physical body, you are merely a Soul Body."
"What a coincidence, I was attacking the soul!"
Gu Mingyuan slammed his right foot into the ground.
The [Jade-Shaking Force] erupted, blasting a crater in the ground.
Using this counterforce, Gu Mingyuan simultaneously activated the [Flash Space Ring] on his finger.
Space distortion.
Almost at the same instant the sound was uttered, Gu Mingyuan's figure had already traversed more than ten meters like Gui Mei, appearing directly in front of Snow Empress.
"You--!"
Just as Snow Empress was about to back away, Gu Mingyuan had already moved.
[The Hand of the Kingkiller] slammed a punch into the Snow Empress's abdomen.
"Bang!"
As the punch landed, the bleeding effect of [Hand of the Kingkiller] activated simultaneously.
Although Snow Empress had no blood to bleed, the wounds she had been struck with could not heal.
Within the Sea of Spirit, Ice Empress, whose voice was sealed, watched this scene with near madness.
She wailed and pounded on the ground with her enormous claws, but in the next instant, her claws bent, and she pleaded silently.
outside world.
Despite being battered by a storm of attacks, Snow Empress finally managed to seize a sliver of an opening thanks to her millennia-old fighting instincts.
She endured the excruciating pain and forcefully pulled the Long Spear from her hand!
Using the recoil, she desperately retreated more than ten meters, staring intently at Gu Mingyuan.
"How is that possible... How could a human who hasn't even reached the Soul King level possibly touch me! How could you possibly hurt me?!"
Gu Mingyuan stood still and raised his right hand. The [Golden Radiance] that Snow Empress had pulled out transformed into a stream of light in mid-air and flew back into his palm.
"Live on, and you'll naturally understand why."
"Either die or join us."
The next instant, a stream of emerald green light shot out from between Gu Mingyuan's eyebrows.
Electrolux broke the seal, and Ice Empress could no longer restrain themselves.
The streak of light landed, but instead of transforming into the enormous Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, it solidified within the light into a delicate human figure. A head of green twin ponytails hung down her back.
She rushed to Snow Empress's side, cupped Snow Empress's Palm that had been pierced by the Long Spear in her hands, and tears streamed down her face.
"Xue'er, please stop... please stop!" Ice Empress choked back tears.
"We're not fighting anymore..."
Looking at the Snow Empress, who had transformed into human form and was crying with tears streaming down her face, Ice Empress felt increasingly uneasy.
She raised her head, looked over Ice Empress's shoulder at Gu Mingyuan, who was a few steps away, and gritted her teeth, saying:
"Human, what exactly do you want?"
With a slight thought, Gu Mingyuan retracted his Martial Soul, and his Gloves and boots also turned into particles of light and dissipated.
"From the very beginning, I wanted to invite you to join us."
"It's just that you're blinded by human hatred; even if Ice Empress says everything she can, you won't listen."
"I can only demonstrate my strength to you, and incidentally, to calm you down. That way, we can continue our discussion on equal footing. After all, neither you, I, nor Ice Empress want you to end up as nothing more than a Soul Bone, right?"
As Snow Empress listened to these words, the tearing pain from her pierced right hand was still clear, but this intense pain did indeed bring her back to her senses.
Snow Empress fell silent.
She glanced at Ice Empress beside her, whose face was full of pleading, then looked up at the black sun overhead, before finally fixing her gaze on the boy in front of her.
After a long silence, she lowered her eyelids and said softly:
"Can."
Upon hearing those two words, a genuine smile finally appeared on Gu Mingyuan's face.
He stepped forward, walked up to Snow Empress, and extended his right hand.
"Welcome."
Snow Empress lay on the cold, black earth, looking at the hand extended in front of her, hesitating slightly. In the end, she extended her intact left hand and placed it on the hand.
The moment they made contact, Snow Empress's pupils contracted.
She didn't penetrate the illusory image. She clearly felt the warmth of the other person's palm.
"How are you able to touch me?" Snow Empress couldn't help but ask.
Gu Mingyuan used his wrist to pull her up from the ground, and casually replied:
"My constitution is somewhat special. I can touch all souls, even Divine Soul."
Despite her many doubts, Snow Empress did not press the matter further. Since she had already chosen to submit and join, there were many years to come, and she would eventually learn these secrets.
Gu Mingyuan released his grip, took half a step back, and nodded slightly to the void. "Elder Yi, thank you for your trouble."
"Um."
The figure of the Gray-Robed Elder appeared beside Gu Mingyuan. Electrolux raised his withered Palm and made a gesture from a distance, causing the heavy Consecration God-Sealing Platform to move directly between the two of them.
"Snow Empress." Electrolux's expression was solemn, and strands of pure gray light flowed from his fingertips, seeping into the metal patterns on the outside of the God-Sealing Platform layer by layer.
"Completely release the defenses of your spiritual consciousness. Follow my guidance for every step from now on."
Snow Empress hesitated for a moment, glanced at Ice Empress beside her, and finally closed her eyes, disarming her soul as instructed.
"Open your eyes, concentrate!" Electrolux commanded in a deep voice.
Gu Mingyuan's brow suddenly split open, and his [All-Seeing Heavenly Eye] opened, a solid purple-gold Spiritual Power extending out like a bridge. At the same time, he bit his tongue, forcing out three drops of dark red blood essence.
The blood essence did not fall, but hovered in front of him. Under the guidance of Electrolux 'Necromancy, the three drops of blood essence and pure gray light quickly intertwined and merged, outlining a complex golden contract rune in mid-air.
"Go!"
The rune split in two; one half transformed into a stream of light and entered Snow Empress's brow, while the other half was directly imprinted into Gu Mingyuan's Sea of Spirit.
Both of them jolted simultaneously.
Gu Mingyuan felt as if an iceberg was rising in his Sea of Spirit, and an indescribable chill instantly swept over his entire body.
Snow Empress also clearly sensed that her spiritual consciousness was establishing a close life bond with this human's soul and bloodline.
"Untie!"
With a flick of his withered finger, Electrolux caused the ninety-nine core restrictions of the God-Sealing Platform to crumble.
The unbound Embryo did not burst open, but under the guidance of the contract, it gradually dissipated into a stream of icy white energy.
The immense Life Force originally sealed within the Embryo and the Extreme Snow Origin frantically converged around the Snow Empress's soul.
Under Electrolux's control, the contract runes gradually stripped away Gu Mingyuan's essence and Spiritual Power, merging them into the Origin Source ice and snow.
A miracle unfolded in the Undead Half-Plane.
Under the reshaping effect of this energy, Snow Empress's soul began to solidify at a visible speed.
From slender, pale fingers to a snow-white dress, everything materialized. Her long, flowing white hair stretched freely in the cold air, radiating a vitality even purer than before.
The Soul Spirit takes shape!