Thunderstorm Land

[Age: 390,000 years]

[Species: Ice Jade Scorpion]

[One of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North: Titan Snow Demon King]

[Age: 290,000 years]

[Ice Bear King]

[Age: 280,000 years]

[Species: Ice Bear]

[Ice Crystal Phoenix...]

"Hiss..."

As Su Yun ate at the Wanmin Restaurant, he heard the Soul Masters beside him draw sharp breaths.

Soul Beasts simply weren't united. If they were...

The Far North alone was terrifying enough.

And the Star Dou Forest hadn't even appeared on the rankings yet.

The Upper Three Sects, who had been wondering what could possibly fill the top five spots, froze.

How had they forgotten about Soul Beasts? Even Titled Douluo struggled against Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts of the same level.

Now the Far North alone had this many Soul Beasts. Worse, its lord was 690,000 years old. That age weighed on every sect until they could scarcely breathe.

[Sky Dream Ice Silkworm]

[Age: 990,000 years]

[Species: Ice Silkworm]

"????"

"Holy shit!"

No one could believe their eyes. What was that? Nine hundred and ninety thousand years?

Didn't that put him on par with a Level 99 Limit Douluo?

Since when had the Far North harbored a Ferocious Beast like that?

Humans and Soul Beasts alike were dumbstruck.

They stared blankly at the Sky Screen.

That was a 990,000-year-old Soul Beast!

And he wasn't even the Lord of the Far North?

In the Far North.

The Snow Empress suddenly looked at the Ice Empress with curiosity.

"Bing'er, hasn't Tian Meng come to bother you lately?"

The Ice Empress shook her head and said flatly,

"That guy has 990,000 years to his name, but he's weaker than an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

I hope he breaks through to the hundredth level this time and gets struck dead."

It was easy to imagine how furious his age made the Ice Empress.

He had gobbled up so much of Lord Ice God's Myriad-Year Ice Marrow for nothing. If she had eaten it, she would have surpassed Xue'er long ago!

As for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm they were talking about, he was currently being used as a battery.

Star Dou Forest, Lake of Life.

Xiong Jun poked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm with a claw.

"This guy's actually 990,000 years old. Once the Sky Screen hands out its rewards, won't that trigger his tribulation to become a god?"

Xiong Jun's words woke everyone up. Right. Once the reward arrived and his godhood tribulation descended, what good would their battery be?

Di Tian made a rough calculation:

"Judging by the rewards handed out so far, his Soul Power should rise by one level. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm is at 990,000 years now, so one level might mean..."

"We have to drain him down to at least 890,000 years."

Before, they had always drained him slowly for fear of killing him. Now they had no choice. If they didn't drain him, their battery would explode.

"We can't possibly do it fast enough. Let's ask the Supreme Lord."

Di Tian hurried to the Silver Dragon King and explained the situation with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

The Silver Dragon King, who had been half asleep, rose from her throne.

She had always resisted absorbing a Soul Beast to heal her injuries.

"Little worm, I have no choice. If I don't absorb your power, you may die."

A tribulation to become a god was no joke, especially while the curse barring Soul Beasts from godhood remained.

Gu Yuena's soul had split from the Dragon God, and she had inherited the spiritual power of a God King.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm happened to be a Psychic Soul Beast. Under the added suppression of Gu Yuena's bloodline, his age began plummeting.

At last, just before the Sky Screen issued its reward, she drained the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm back down to 890,000 years.

The sleeping Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt as though someone were drawing his blood.

He promptly passed out again.

On the Sky Screen, footage of the Snow Empress began to play.

She was a stunning, humanoid spirit nearly three meters tall, locked in battle with the Black-Robed Figure.

Like a spirit born of snow, the Snow Empress danced across the snowy ground.

[Emperor Sword!]

[Emperor's Palm!]

[Emperor's Cold Heaven!]

The appearance of the Snow Empress's Three Absolutes stunned everyone.

Was this the strength of a 690,000-year-old Soul Beast? She seemed nearly a match for Tang Chen, who had appeared on the rankings earlier.

And who was the person fighting her?

She was a terrifying 690,000-year-old Soul Beast! Someone could actually fight her in the Far North?

The world suddenly felt so strange they hardly recognized it.

Since when had so many hidden monsters appeared in the Soul Master World?

Meanwhile, in the Star Dou Forest, the Ferocious Beasts looked at Di Tian and asked in confusion,

"Boss, when did you go to the Far North to fight the Snow Empress?"

Di Tian's expression did not change.

"I was recruiting Soul Beasts for the Supreme Lord at the time. I happened to encounter her in the Far North."

"So the Snow Empress agreed?"

Xiong Jun asked eagerly. If she had, that would be wonderful. He had wanted a wife for ages.

Di Tian shook his head.

"In the Far North, even I would have to pay a price to subdue her."

His meaning was clear: Xiong Jun should abandon the idea. If even Di Tian would have to pay a price, what chance did Xiong Jun have?

Besides the Far North, Di Tian had visited the ocean to invite the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and another continent to invite the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Dominator.

The latter was even stronger than the Snow Empress. Without using the Dragon God Claw, Di Tian had been beaten severely enough to suffer grave injuries.

[TOP 7 review complete. Rewards are being issued.]

[All Soul Beasts of the Far North gain years of age. The Snow Empress, Lord of the Far North, is exempt from this Heavenly Tribulation.]

At the sight of the reward, Di Tian shot upright. Exemption from a Heavenly Tribulation! A faction leader's reward could actually grant that?

Didn't that mean the Snow Empress could increase her age without harm and bypass her seventh Heavenly Tribulation entirely?

If it worked now, could it work on a tribulation to become a god too?

Di Tian's pupils contracted sharply as he thought of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in the depths of the ocean.

He had undergone nine dragon transformations. Only one remained before he could become a god. Once the rewards were issued, with immunity to a Heavenly Tribulation on top of that...

Di Tian was not the only one shaken. Even Bo Saixi's eyes trembled with disbelief.

What rank of god would the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King reach if he attained godhood?

He would surely leap past Heavenly God Patrol and Divine Official. He would be a third-rank god at minimum, perhaps even second-rank.

If Lord Sea God did not descend in person, who could fight him?

Worse still, Sea God was the one who had blinded the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's eye.

Their only hope was for Bo Saixi to claim her reward when Sea God Island appeared on the rankings, then immediately head into the deep sea and kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Once she made her decision, she felt much lighter.

Strength before and after godhood could not be spoken of in the same breath.

Even if he had only just become a god, the 990,000-year-old Deep Sea Demonic Whale King would be no match for him.

In the Far North, the Snow Maiden looked at the reward with excitement.

She had actually been spared her seventh Heavenly Tribulation.

As the Sky Screen's reward flowed into her body, she clearly felt her strength rising.

Seven hundred thousand, seven hundred and ten thousand, seven hundred and twenty thousand... seven hundred and ninety thousand...

Seeing that age, the Snow Maiden nearly wept.

"I escaped the Seven Hundred Thousand Year Heavenly Tribulation, only to find an eight-hundred-thousand-year one waiting."

The Ice Empress had it even worse. Her Heavenly Tribulation was triggered outright.

In an instant, Heavenly Tribulations seemed to be holding a group gathering across the Far North. It became the Thunderstorm Land.