With the Snow Empress's firm answer, Lu Yi's mind eased.
The hardest step in creating Soul Spirits was essentially solved. With the Snow Empress, who held sway in the Far North, finding a few Soul Beasts suitable for him should not be difficult.
More importantly, with the Snow Empress there to vouch for him, the Soul Beasts would be more likely to agree of their own free will.
Lu Yi had previously asked Electrolux whether certain mental techniques could alter part of a Soul Beast's mind and make it willing.
As expected, Electrolux's answer had been no.
Even if a Soul Beast was controlled into muddling through the Soul Spirit Ritual while alive, its soul would wake up the moment it became a Soul Spirit.
A master-servant contract would prevent it from harming its master, but it would almost certainly drag its feet.
No Summoning mage would tolerate a disobedient summon, least of all one bound to the mage's very essence like a Soul Spirit.
After Electrolux laid out the risks, Lu Yi promptly abandoned the fanciful idea and waited to take the Snow Empress back to the Far North.
Soul Spirits were destined to spread, and that could not happen without the Ferocious Beasts who truly held sway among Soul Beasts.
He had no way to approach those in the Star Dou Great Forest for now, but forming a connection with the Snow Empress was just as good.
Their positions differed, but he believed the Snow Empress would waver the moment a Soul Spirit was born.
Lu Yi still remembered that, in the original story, the Snow Empress had been closely tied to the birth of Soul Spirits. She had also been the world's first Soul Spirit.
Huo Yuhao had later tried to use Soul Spirits to ease relations