A Visitor from Ten Thousand Years Ago

The boundless sky was wrapped in thick darkness.

Beneath the pitch-black sky stretched an endless polar night.

This was the Far North.

It was also the northernmost, bitterest land on the Douluo Continent.

At the deepest point of the Far North stood an enormous cavern.

Inside it, a magnificent Ice Palace had been built from ice crystal.

Before the Ice Palace, a figure sat cross-legged.

As the illusory power faded, her eyes quietly opened.

Confusion appeared first in those eyes, calm as still water. Then came puzzlement, before she abruptly came to her senses.

She sprang to her feet. The woman had long snow-white hair and ice-blue eyes.

She wore a formal white outfit, her gaze gentle and calm.

As clarity returned to her eyes, she let out a soft breath. "I really did escape the fate set for me and arrive in this era."

"So the Replacement Plan from ten thousand years ago was real. His clone truly went to the Divine Realm in Huo Yuhao's place."

The woman sighed softly.

She glanced back at the vast Ice Palace, then raised a hand. Extreme Cold Power gathered in her palm.

Behind her appeared a figure identical to her.

But that figure stood several times taller than she did.

The giant figure's hands shifted through a series of seals, and the Ice Palace began to crumble inch by inch.

Beneath the palace, a huge Ice Coffin lay undisturbed.

The Ice Coffin was pure blue throughout, pale ice-blue at the surface and deep blue within.

It had been made from Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow.

She and the Ice Empress had spent countless years gathering that Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow.

They had used all of it, together with the Laws known as Fantasy.

Only then had the boy remained hidden in this world for ten thousand years, unseen and undetected by anyone.

Even those so-called exalted God Kings had been utterly unable to find him.

In the era the boy had come from, they had no choice but to let him stay hidden.

They had let his clone take Huo Yuhao's place, attain the rank of a First-Level God, and go to the Divine Realm.

Now, as she looked at the enormous Ice Coffin, the woman raised her slender hand.

She pressed Extreme Cold Power gently against it.

Driven by the formidable power of ice and snow, the layer coating the Ice Coffin broke apart inch by inch.

The coffin beneath, made of Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow, was exposed. Its lid slid to the ground.

With a thunderous crash, the young boy lying inside the Ice Coffin came into view. He was astonishingly handsome.

He looked barely over ten years old. As the Ice Coffin opened, the Ice Seal sustained by the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow faded.

His eyes slowly opened.

Compared with other people's eyes and long hair in every color imaginable, the boy looked strikingly different.

Both his eyes and his long hair were pure black.

His eyes open, he slowly sat up, his face calm and detached.

The boy glanced at the woman, a hint of a smile flashing in his eyes. "Since your unknowable state has ended, I suppose my plan succeeded."

His tone was matter-of-fact. The woman fell silent for a moment. "Yes. You succeeded."

"Bingbing went to the Divine Realm with your clone. By now, she should have vanished along with the Divine Realm."

The woman sighed softly as she spoke.

She and the boy had been sealed here for ten thousand years.

Her closest friend, meanwhile, had ascended to the Divine Realm long ago.

Both of them had known what would happen and made that choice in advance.

Even so, she still felt a hollow ache.

Seeing her expression, the boy stood and lifted his hand slightly.

A single pure-white Soul Ring appeared above his palm.

The Soul Ring was so pure that its white looked almost faint.

At the sight of that pale Soul Ring, the Snow Empress's eyes flickered.

She fixed her gaze on the boy, and he looked back at her. "It works like my clone's ability, only mine is stronger."

"Come, Snow Empress. Become my Second Martial Soul."

"And I'll lead you to a new life in this godless age."

The boy spoke softly, with a rare warmth in his voice.

The Snow Empress stared at him, stunned.

Then she silently knelt on one knee and raised her hand. "I, the Snow Empress, am willing to become Li Qingxun's Soul Spirit."

"I will help him Restore Glory in this era. I will never abandon him or give up. My loyalty to him will be absolute."

The Snow Empress's voice was soft. As her words ended, their fingertips met, and her body transformed into a streak of light like swirling snow.

In an instant, that light surged into the boy.

His long black hair danced in the wind as formidable power gathered within him.

Behind him, the enormous, magnificent Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul slowly took shape.

A strange tremor ran through everything around him, including the cavern, until the entire cave began to collapse.

In a dazzling world that stretched beyond sight, a figure stood quietly.

Beside him was a woman with long pink-and-blue hair.

She held the man's arm, sweetness filling her eyes. "Qingxun, that bastard Tang San came looking for me again. He says I'm his daughter."

"But who would treat his own daughter this way?"

"When can we leave the Divine Realm? I really don't want to live in the same place as them."

"He keeps using his position on the God Realm Committee to push us around." As she spoke, hurt showed on her face.

The black-haired, black-eyed young man beside her stood in silence.

Hearing her words, he showed little emotion. He merely smiled.

"Don't worry, Dong'er. He's a God King, and so am I. Why should we fear him?"

"If he hadn't kept claiming the Judgment Committee didn't have enough members, I'd be its sixth commissioner by now."

"You don't need to fear him so much."

"He wants his daughter brought back to life, but you aren't his daughter. You're my Dong'er, and mine alone."

The young man reached out and stroked her smooth cheek.

She buried her head against his chest and answered softly.

As he breathed in her faint fragrance, something flickered in his eyes.

Then he looked toward a place impossibly far away and faintly curled his lips. My true body has finally awakened and crossed into this era.

The limits imposed by this world's Laws kept my Fantasy Dragon Martial Soul from fully awakening.

I had no choice but to follow this world's ordinary path.

But now the entire Divine Realm has left this world, and it's all over. No one can interfere with me anymore.

At last, I can develop in peace in a world where no one will disturb me.

Tang San, Tang San, do you really think the Douluo World is your private garden?

Or do you truly think the backup plan you left behind can rival my true body?

His eyes flickered as he thought of his true body and cast a scornful glance toward the Divine Realm Core.

There stood the palace where the so-called Sea God lived.