Snow Empress Joins the Team

Jiang Ziya's voice had just faded when snowflakes in the sky condensed into a cluster before everyone. Finally, a tall, cool-expressioned white-haired regal woman standing over two meters tall appeared before them.

"Xue'er!"

Seeing the newcomer, Ice Empress in the cage suddenly cried out excitedly toward her.

"Bing'er, are you alright?"

Snow Empress observed the situation on the scene, a trace of gentleness flashing in her eyes as her gaze swept over Ice Empress. Immediately, she looked sharply at Tian Meng and the others.

"Snow Empress, why are you here?"

"Xue'er, don't do it!"

Tian Meng's exclamation and Ice Empress's stop reached Snow Empress's ears at the same time.

Snow Empress looked toward Ice Empress's direction with quite a bit of surprise, not expecting that Ice Empress would really be moved by Tian Meng and their plan.

"Bing'er, are you really planning to join their God-Making Plan?"

Ice Empress's pearly teeth lightly bit her red lips, and she said somewhat helplessly:

"Xue'er, you know. During my last Heavenly Tribulation, part of my Origin was damaged, and I have a huge chance of not surviving the next Heavenly Tribulation. Rather than waiting passively for death, I plan to take a gamble with Tian Meng and the others."

Snow Empress looked with a complex expression at the somewhat discouraged Ice Empress before her.

"Bing'er, I know. All these years I've been helping you search for some Heavenly Treasures that could help you. I've already found a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, you don't need to gamble with them."

Who knew that upon hearing Snow Empress's words, Ice Empress merely shook her head gently.

"Xue'er, I appreciate your kindness. But your next Heavenly Tribulation isn't far off either, you should keep that Snow Lotus for yourself!"

Seeing that Ice Empress had already decided to participate in Tian Meng's God-Making Plan, Snow Empress found it difficult to stop her further.

She had no choice but to turn her gaze toward Jiang Ziya on the side.

"Old sir, dare I ask if your chances of success are really as great as Tian Meng said?"

Jiang Ziya stroked his beard and said confidently: "If you are talking about becoming gods of your world, this old man has this certainty."

Upon receiving the promise of this otherworldly powerhouse before her, Snow Empress also let out a long breath. She and Ice Empress had accompanied each other for hundreds of thousands of years, and she truly did not want this close friend of hers to vanish from this world.

Right at that moment, Tian Meng suddenly interjected: "Snow Empress, why don't you join us too?"

Hearing Tian Meng's proposal, Snow Empress's pretty eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Join you?"

"Yeah! Look, Snow Empress, you and Bingbing are good friends, right?"

"Mm."

"Then do you want good friends to separate?"

(Shakes head)

"Then do you want to get through your Seventh Heavenly Tribulation?"

(Nods)

"That settles it!"

The more Tian Meng spoke, the more excited he became, and as he spoke, he once again pushed Huo Yuhao, who had been watching the show on the side, right in front of Snow Empress.

"Look at my Yuhao. His Martial Soul is an Auspicious Beast, and if you stay by his side, you'll be affected by him on ordinary days. Over time, the difficulty of your Heavenly Tribulation will decrease. Furthermore, even if you fail the tribulation, you can emulate me and Bingbing by sacrificing yourself to Yuhao, becoming Yuhao's Wisdom Spirit Ring and joining our God-Making Plan."

Looking at the endlessly eloquent Tian Meng, then lowering her head to look at Huo Yuhao, who only reached her chest height, Snow Empress continuously pondered the feasibility of Tian Meng's words.

Behind Snow Empress, Ice Empress—who had long since had her restrictions removed by Tian Meng—also came to Snow Empress's side, looking at Snow Empress with expectant eyes.

After pondering for a moment, Snow Empress finally made up her mind and reached out a hand toward Huo Yuhao in front of her.

Raising her head to look at Snow Empress, who was taller than him by almost two heads, Huo Yuhao felt a bit envious. You must have known that over the past two years, with the resources given by Xu Jiujiu, he was no longer the malnourished little child he used to be.

In two years, he had grown a full 20 centimeters taller, and his height had already reached 1.7 meters. Yet when facing Snow Empress, he was still short by nearly two heads.

Shaking his head to throw his stray thoughts out of his mind, Huo Yuhao likewise reached out a hand to grasp Snow Empress's hand. The moment he grasped it, Huo Yuhao felt that Snow Empress's hand was icy, cool, and very smooth.

"Happy cooperation!"

"Yay, Xue'er! We can finally continue to be together."

Seeing that Snow Empress also intended to go with them, Ice Empress happily hugged Snow Empress from behind.

"Alright, Bing'er. Since it's decided, let's start doing what needs to be done!"

It wasn't until Snow Empress gently stroked Ice Empress's head that she somewhat reluctantly got down from Snow Empress's body.

Ice Empress came before Huo Yuhao and likewise reached out her hand to shake his, her emerald-green eyes gazing at Huo Yuhao, who at only eight years old already showed a mature air.

"I hope you won't let us down. Tian Meng, I'm ready. I can sacrifice myself to Huo Yuhao at any time." The last sentence was spoken by Ice Empress to Tian Meng.

"Oh, right, coming."

Hearing this, Tian Meng hurriedly flashed and arrived in the middle of the two. Tian Meng looked at Huo Yuhao with a hitherto unseen, solemn tone: "Yuhao, this fusion is not like the last one. Last time, big brother was sucked by that bunch of animals in the Star Dou Great Forest for nearly ten thousand years, so when I met you, big brother's cultivation was left with only his Origin. Therefore, your fusion process was relatively easy."

Huo Yuhao understood the hidden message in Tian Meng's words.

"Big Brother Tian Meng, you mean?"

"Right! Although Bingbing's age isn't as high as mine, to be honest, Bingbing and their Ice Jade Scorpion race are inherently top-tier soul beasts, and absorbing their spirit ring is extremely difficult. Furthermore, Bingbing's cultivation has not been completely drained away. So this fusion of yours is likely to be very difficult."

As if afraid that Huo Yuhao had no concept of the difficulty, Tian Meng hurriedly added:

"Because Bingbing's Soul Power is full of aggressiveness, during the process of fusing the spirit ring, you will feel a piercing pain throughout your muscles and bones as if they were being shattered. Therefore, Yuhao, you must mentally prepare yourself."

Huo Yuhao raised his head and flashed a brilliant smile to the few people present.

"Big Brother Tian Meng, I'm ready. I'm not the pampered type either, I'm mentally prepared."

"Alright! Yuhao, you and Bingbing stand in this circle of light I've released."

As he spoke, a golden circle of light flickering with strange runes appeared within a radius of two meters centered on Tian Meng.

Huo Yuhao and Ice Empress followed Tian Meng's instructions and walked into the circle of light.

As for Jiang Ziya and Snow Empress, they stood not far from the two, acting as guardians for them.

"Bingbing, later when you sacrifice yourself, remember to follow the guidance of my power! You must not make the slightest mistake, otherwise sacrificing to become a Wisdom Spirit Ring will be extremely difficult."

Tian Meng used an extremely solemn tone, staring fixedly into Ice Empress's emerald-green eyes.

"I know! Stop nagging!"

Although Ice Empress still used that impatient tone to shout at Tian Meng, her emerald-green pupils were likewise filled with a solemn expression.

"We're ready, Tian Meng / Big Brother Tian Meng!"

Huo Yuhao and Ice Empress stood within the circle of light, took a deep breath simultaneously, and shouted toward Tian Meng.