Lin Ye sat cross-legged deep within the Ice Cave.
The ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow released a bone-piercing chill.
He circulated his soul power, gulping down energy like a whale swallowing the sea.
The Dragon God Set channeled and transformed the immense cold energy.
His soul power spun and compressed at high speed within his dantian.
At last, it condensed into a stable soul core.
His soul power bottleneck shattered in response.
Level eighty.
If he obtained another Soul Ring afterward, he could draw on the power stored within his soul core to raise his level several more times.
He slowly opened his eyes, brilliant light spilling from them.
Another half year had passed.
Lin Ye rose and stretched his limbs.
With a slight shift of his thoughts, he reached out to the power of the contract.
The Ice Empress was prowling beneath the ice in search of food.
Lin Ye's compulsory summons suddenly reached her mind.
Her entire body stiffened, and her scorpion tail slapped the ice in irritation.
"Damn it..."
The contract brand delivered an irresistible urging.
The Ice Empress could only turn around and race through the ice.
Lin Ye sensed the Ice Empress rapidly approaching.
The Ice Empress's enormous body burst through the ice and came to a thunderous halt.
She crouched before Lin Ye in a submissive posture.
Frost flowers cascaded from her carapace.
Lin Ye lightly leaped onto her broad backplate.
"Come on. Take me to the Snow Empress."
His voice was calm, yet carried a command.
The Ice Empress was unwilling in ten thousand ways.
"Yes, Master."
Still, she resigned herself to her fate and started forward.
The crystalline ice beneath her feet trembled.
The Far North Core was a land of perpetual wind and snow.
A towering mountain of ice