Seventh on the Golden Ranking, the World in Uproar!

The Snow Empress did not argue.

She raised her pale blue eyes to the Golden Ranking stretching across the sky.

"Our lord should make the ranking."

The Ice Empress fell silent for a moment.

She gave the Snow Empress a helpless look.

"Sister Snow Empress, you've said that many times already."

"I know our lord is strong."

"But judging by the rankings so far, even if he makes the list, he won't appear in seventh place."

The Snow Empress turned toward her.

"Where do you think our lord will rank?"

The Ice Empress thought it over seriously.

"Top three."

"Only top three?"

The Snow Empress's brows drew together slightly.

The Ice Empress had no idea how to answer.

As she saw it, the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking was listing the ten strongest beings on Douluo Continent.

Long Yao had the power to subdue the Far North, but the ranking's origins were mysterious. No one knew what kind of beings might appear near the top.

Putting him in the top three was already a lofty judgment.

But from the Snow Empress's expression, she clearly was not satisfied.

The Ice Empress raised both pincers.

"Then first place."

Only then did the Snow Empress look away.

"Our lord deserves first place."

The Ice Empress looked at her, utterly at a loss.

Ever since Long Yao had appeared in the Far North, the Snow Empress's reverence for him had never waned.

Especially after he had shattered Absolute Zero in two steps, then raised a hand and subdued the entire icefield.

The Snow Empress had become convinced that nothing in the world could surpass Long Yao.

The Ice Empress turned back to the sky.

"Let's see who takes seventh first."

"Once the Golden Ranking continues, our lord's name will appear."

The Snow Empress nodded lightly.

The two stood side by side before the ice platform.

Snowflakes fell from high above.

Deep in the Far North, powerful Soul Beasts emerged from ice caves and snowy mountains.

They looked up at the Golden Ranking.

The Evil Emperor had taken eighth place.

It was the first time a Soul Beast had appeared on the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking.

To the Soul Beasts of the Far North, his inclusion proved that they, too, were eligible for its rewards.

Now seventh place was about to be announced.

Many Soul Beasts began to hope.

"Could it be another Soul Beast?"

"The Evil Emperor has cultivated for 780,000 years. He can even fight Di Tian."

"Any Soul Beast ranked above him would need at least 800,000 years of cultivation, wouldn't it?"

"The Far North has its own powerful beings."

"Perhaps the Snow Empress will make the ranking."

At those words, nearby Soul Beasts turned toward the ice platform.

The Snow Empress ruled the Far North.

She had cultivated for 700,000 years and was the purest Heavenly Snow Woman in existence.

No Soul Beast in the Far North could compare to her.

But the Evil Emperor had cultivated for 780,000 years.

Judged by years of cultivation alone, the Snow Empress was still behind him.

An ice-attributed Soul Beast shook its head.

"The Snow Empress is powerful, but she hasn't cultivated as long as the Evil Emperor."

"Since the Golden Ranking placed him eighth, she'll probably have a hard time taking seventh."

Another Soul Beast spoke up. "Years of cultivation aren't everything."

"The Snow Empress possesses Ultimate Ice."

"And this is the Far North."

"If the Evil Emperor came here, he might not be able to defeat her."

The Soul Beasts kept debating.

The Ice Empress heard their voices in the distance and looked at the Snow Empress.

"Sister Snow, do you think you'll make the ranking?"

The Snow Empress did not answer at once.

She watched the golden patterns shifting across the sky.

In the past, she had only 700,000 years of cultivation.

Against the Evil Emperor and his 780,000 years, she truly could not have been certain of victory.

His Spiritual Origin was immensely powerful.

The Light of Time and Space and Light of Destruction were also formidable innate abilities.

But things were different now.

Long Yao had bestowed several God Level Soul Skills upon her.

Absolute Zero could even freeze space and seal time.

The Snow Empress had already mastered its full use.

Below the gods, almost no living being could break free of Absolute Zero.

Even with the Evil God Crown, the Evil Emperor might not withstand that extreme cold.

The Snow Empress gathered her thoughts.

"I don't know."

The Ice Empress blinked.

She had expected the Snow Empress to deny it outright.

Instead, she had given no answer.

The Ice Empress soon realized why.

"The Soul Skill our lord gave you?"

"Yes."

The Snow Empress raised her slender hand.

A snowflake landed in her palm.

The snowflake did not melt.

But the wind around them stopped at that instant.

The Ice Empress stared at it, her jade-green eyes narrowing slightly.

She could sense an immensely powerful force of law within the snowflake.

This was no ordinary snow or ice.

If that power erupted in full, even she would be frozen in an instant.

The Ice Empress looked up at the Snow Empress.

"Is this Absolute Zero?"

The Snow Empress closed her hand.

The wind and snow around them began to move again.

"Only a fraction of its power."

The Ice Empress fell silent.

The gap between her strength and the Snow Empress's had always been considerable, but it had never seemed impossible to close.

Now Long Yao had bestowed God Level Soul Skills on the Snow Empress.

The gap between them had widened beyond reach.

The Ice Empress sighed softly.

"It seems I should ask our lord to teach me Soul Skills too."

The Snow Empress glanced at her.

"When our lord returns, you can ask him yourself."

"Will he agree?"

"As long as you train diligently, he won't refuse."

The Ice Empress nodded.

She looked up at the Golden Ranking again.

By now, the golden light in the sky had reached its brightest.

Across Douluo Continent.

Countless Soul Masters and Soul Beasts stopped talking.

At Skywater Academy.

Before the True Dragon Tower.

Shui Yuerou, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er stood behind Long Yao.

All three looked up at the sky.

The Ice Phoenix Martial Soul within Shui Bing'er stirred gently.

As the Golden Ranking grew brighter, she could clearly feel ice elements rapidly gathering throughout the world.

Pale blue motes of light rose from the lake.

A thin layer of white frost formed around the True Dragon Tower.

Shui Bing'er held out her hand.

An ice crystal settled on her fingertip.

"The ice elements are growing more active."

Shui Yuerou sensed the change as well.

She looked at Long Yao.

"Dean, is seventh place connected to the Ice Attribute?"

Long Yao looked up at the sky.

The aura of the Far North was spreading across the continent through the Golden Ranking.

He already knew who was about to appear on it.

The result was hardly surprising.

The Snow Empress was a Heavenly Snow Woman born of heaven and earth.

She possessed pure Ultimate Ice.

Her 700,000 years of cultivation were enough to place her among the strongest of the Soul Beast Clan.

After receiving God Level Soul Skills from Long Yao, her combat strength had surpassed the Evil Emperor's.

Even with his new reward from the Golden Ranking, the Snow Empress would not necessarily be at a disadvantage.

Long Yao lowered his gaze.

"Seventh place comes from the Far North."

Shui Bing'er's expression shifted.

"The Far North?"

Shui Yue'er hurriedly asked, "Is it a Soul Beast too?"

"Yes."

Long Yao nodded lightly.

Shui Bing'er looked at the ice crystal on her fingertip.

She could feel her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul paying homage to the Far North.

It was a suppression that came from the very source of their attributes.

The being about to appear on the ranking possessed an Ice Attribute purer than the Ice Phoenix's.

Shui Bing'er raised her eyes.

"Could it be the ruler of the Far North?"

Long Yao glanced at her.

"That's right."

As he spoke, light burst across the Golden Ranking.

The entire sky vanished beneath a blizzard of white.

The once-dazzling golden ranking took on a pale blue glow.

A boundless ice field appeared across the heavens.

Snow-capped mountains stretched into the distance.

Bitter winds swept across the land.

Ancient glaciers rose at the edge of the earth.

At the center of the vision,

a white figure stood amid the snow and ice.

White hair fell to her waist.

Her pale blue eyes were clear and calm.

Her white dress billowed in the wind, tiny ice crystals gathering along its hem.

She stood barefoot on the ice.

Ice Lotuses bloomed beneath her feet.

An overwhelming chill enveloped the world.

Golden words slowly appeared.

[Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking: Seventh Place.]

[Foremost of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North.]

[Heavenly Snow Woman, the Snow Empress.]

[Cultivation: 700,000 years.]