Taking the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North as Disciples, Opening a Path to Godhood!

"Dad?"

Seeing that he hadn't answered for Jiujiu, Tang San couldn't help but call out again.

Tang Hao then took the medicine bowl, took a sip, and said calmly, "Xiao San, you go out and rest first. I need to talk to Xiao Wu about something."

Tang San paused, glanced at his father, and then looked at Xiao Wu.

The girl nodded gently at him.

"Brother, you go first."

Only when the footsteps outside the cave gradually faded into the distance did Tang Hao place the medicine bowl beside him, his gaze lingering on Xiao Wu's face, and he spoke:

"There's something the Xiao San doesn't know yet."

Xiao Wu subconsciously sat up straighter.

"His mother Ah Yin, and she is the human form of a 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu suddenly raised her head and exclaimed in surprise:

"Is your mother also Soul Beast?"

Tang Hao nodded slowly, his right hand stroking the fabric on his knee. After a moment of silence, he began to recount those old stories.

In his youth, he traveled with his elder brother and met Ah Yin along the way. The three traveled together and later developed feelings for each other. Tang Xiao chose to withdraw, and only then did he learn the secret Ah Yin had been hiding in her heart.

"I was genuinely surprised when she told me her identity," Tang Hao said, his voice lowering as he looked out of the cave. "But at that time, I had already decided to spend my life with her."

Xiao Wu's grip on her clothes gradually loosened, and a hint of emotion appeared in her eyes. Hadn't she and Tang San experienced similar anxieties?

Tang Hao continued talking about the Spirit Hall's pursuit and those years when he couldn't live in peace. When he mentioned the day Tang San was born, his usually steady voice finally became a little hoarse.

"She had just given birth to her Xiao San and hadn't even recovered. Yet Qian Xunji surrounded us with his men."

"I tried my best, but I still couldn't get them out of there."

Looking at his empty sleeves, Xiao Wu suddenly remembered the figure in the Sunset Forest who had protected her and Tang San behind him.

What happened next?

"Ah Yin handed the child to me, sacrificing herself to me to prevent the Spirit Hall from obtaining her Soul Rings and Soul Bones."

The cave fell silent immediately.

Tang Hao lowered his head and continued after a long while:

"Only after I obtained her Soul Ring did I have the power to survive with the Xiao San. But when I reached out again, I could no longer hold her."

Xiao Wu's eyes reddened.

As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, she naturally knew what those words meant. 100,000 years of cultivation, the life she had finally gained after transforming into human form, and she was just giving it all up like that.

All so that the two people behind me could live.

Tears streamed down the girl's cheeks; she raised her hand to wipe them away, her voice still trembling.

"Ah Yin... must love you very much."

Tang Hao did not answer.

The pain in his eyes when he thought of his wife was genuine. But seeing the girl's tears, he didn't end the conversation there.

"Xiao San a mistress sets her mind on someone, it's very difficult for her to turn back."

"You saw it too, even after knowing who you are, he still stood in front of you."

Xiao Wu lowered her eyes and nodded gently.

Tang Hao looked at her, paused for a moment, and then slowly asked, "Xiao Wu, if one day, Xiao San also encounters an inescapable danger, would you save him like his mother did?"

The girl's hand gripping the strip of cloth tightened suddenly.

She understood.

Tang Hao didn't urge them, but waited quietly. The sound of firewood breaking came from outside the cave. Xiao Wu knew that Tang San was adding firewood for them.

The person who always said they would protect her was right outside. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she finally raised her head.

"Uncle, I also want to stay with my brother forever."

"But if it really comes to that, as long as he can live... I'd be willing to do what Aunt Ah Yin did."

By the end, she was choked up and could barely continue.

Tang Hao looked at her, his tense expression finally easing, and said in a deep voice, "Xiao San mistress was right about you."

After receiving this recognition, Xiao Wu lowered her head and wiped away her tears, feeling a bittersweet sense of finally being accepted by Tang San's family.

Tang Hao picked up the medicine bowl again and slowly drank the rest of the medicine. At least for now, he didn't need to rush to decide what to do with her.

The world of comics, the Far North.

As the snowstorm subsided, the Snow Empress gazed at Li Qingshan's still-graceful golden right arm and took a step forward.

"I apologize for my offensive words earlier."

Having witnessed the Dragon God Claw firsthand and felt the oppressive power of that bloodline, she no longer regarded the person before her as an ordinary human.

A moment later, she straightened her clothes and slowly knelt down.

"Snow Empress, greetings to your teacher."

Ice Empress then retracted its pincers and lowered its body, Titan Snow Demon King also knelt on one knee on the ice and solemnly bowed its head.

"Disciple greets Master!"

In the distance, Xiao Bai opened its mouth, seemingly still not used to what was happening.

Xiong Jun grinned. Snow Empress, who had just been beating him up, had now become his teacher's disciple, and even his junior sister.

Li Qingshan raised his hand, using his Soul Power to lift the three objects, and said:

"Now that you've entered the door, let bygones be bygones. Don't feel pressured."

The series of notifications about accepting apprentices filled him with joy. However, he still had other matters to attend to, so he didn't immediately check the rewards.

After Snow Empress stood up, she glanced at Xiong Jun and finally asked, "Teacher, what is the purpose of your trip to the Far North?"

"I'm looking for you."

Li Qingshan answered very decisively.

Ice Empress was slightly taken aback.

"You were planning to take us as your apprentices all along?"

Li Qingshan nodded, then raised his right arm, and the thick golden scales slowly closed in the sunlight.

"There are some things you should know. My true form is still sealed in the Divine Realm."

As soon as he finished speaking, even the smile on Xiong Jun's face disappeared.

Snow Empress's gaze sharpened.

"So now you..."

"What I referred to earlier as reincarnation and rebirth was a wisp of soul carrying a small amount of bloodline to the lower realm. The body before you cannot yet bear the true power of the Golden Dragon King."

Li Qingshan remained calm.

The fact that the Golden Dragon King was sealed in the Divine Realm is true. He connected this matter with the changes in his own bloodline, making it difficult for the Ferocious Beasts in front of him to find any flaws.

Ice Empress subconsciously glanced at the Dragon Arm. So that formidable power was only a portion that was gradually recovering?

Li Qingshan didn't give her much time to think. His gaze returned to Snow Empress, and he asked, "How many Heavenly Tribulations have you survived since you began your cultivation? And how many of your kin have you witnessed dying under those Heavenly Tribulations?"

Snow Empress did not answer immediately.

She knew better than anyone that after each breakthrough, another life-or-death ordeal awaited. "Humans can become gods, but we can never find that path."

Li Qingshan nodded slightly and said:

"After the Dragon God's fall, the restrictions placed on beasts by the Divine Realm have remained in place. What you lack is far more than just tens of thousands of years of cultivation."

Titan Snow Demon King clenched his fists, and Ice Empress's expression gradually darkened. If these words had come from someone else, they might not have believed them.

But standing before them was the Golden Dragon King, who had just Dragon God Claw, a power they couldn't withstand even when they joined forces.

"Teacher, do you have a solution?"

The Snow Empress's question this time was completely different from before.

Li Qingshan looked at her and slowly said, "I've come to take you as my disciples because I want to start with you and try to change the current situation of Soul Beasts."

"However, what we need to do right now is to help you improve your cultivation and successfully overcome the Heavenly Tribulation, and then lead you to open up a new path to godhood!"

He paused here, his voice growing deeper.

"If the end of cultivation is only one Heavenly Tribulation after another, each more unbearable than the last, then what can one change even if one lives for another hundred thousand years?"

For a moment, no one spoke on the icy plain.

The Snow Empress raised his head and looked at the snow-capped mountains he had protected for countless years in the distance.

After a long while, she turned around again and bowed her head solemnly.

"Please teach us, teacher."