The Undead Demiplane, central region.
A Bone Dragon King vast enough to blot out the sky wheeled through the air, ice-blue flames pouring from its eyes as it breathed icy fire. A black-and-gold figure stood ramrod straight atop its head, its eternally burning golden eyes seeming to look down upon all creation.
How powerful must a being be to make such a terrifying Bone Dragon King bow its head in submission? That needed no explanation.
Under the intimidating presence of this fearsome Bone Dragon and the mysterious powerhouse, the figures gathered below in the central region all trembled.
Among them were Soul Beasts, Soul Masters, and Soul Engineers, including no shortage of Titled Douluos and powerful Level 9 Soul Engineers.
At the center of the region, two ice-blue spheres of light floated before Huo Yuhao.
One was an ice-blue cocoon of light. The other was an ethereal, flickering current of air. Within that current lay a tiny, adorable baby, her skin rosy and soft. An ice-and-snow-shaped chain hung around her neck, its gemstone glittering.
The aura of the ice cocoon grew stronger every moment. Huo Xingling had received the Snow Empress's sacrifice. Although someone had forcibly interrupted it halfway through, the Soul Power produced by the Snow Empress's six-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring had still brought about a qualitative transformation in her body. Her Soul Power, Martial Soul, and constitution were all evolving at a furious pace.
The baby beside her, however, was at the opposite extreme.
The baby's aura was incredibly weak, as though she might die at any moment.
Every Soul Beast from the Far North present watched the baby and Huo Yuhao's reaction. They knew that the man before them would decide this being's life or death.
In other words, the Snow Empress's life or death.
At that moment,