The Underworld's Announcement Shakes the World, Xiao Wu's Transformation Begins a New Journey

The thunderous crash echoed across Spirit Mountain. The instant the dark purple lightning collided with the ice-crystal spear, the sky seemed to split in two, countless sparks and shards of ice scattering like a meteor shower.

The Ice Empress felt a world-annihilating force surge through her spear. Her arms went numb in an instant, and blood streamed from the corners of her mouth. Yet she gritted her teeth and poured every last trace of soul power into the spear, forcibly tearing the annihilation lightning tribulation apart from its center, inch by inch.

When the last trace of the heavenly tribulation's power dissipated into the air, the clouds overhead gradually dispersed, and warm sunlight once again bathed Spirit Mountain's summit.

The Ice Empress hovered in midair, her body swaying, but she did not fall-a faint golden glow began to shine around her. The aura of a four-hundred-thousand-year soul beast spread outward like a tide, several times stronger than before her tribulation. Even the ice crystals clinging to her ice-blue hair now gleamed with the translucent luster of glazed crystal.

"She did it! Bingbing succeeded!"

Tian Meng jumped excitedly on Qian Daoliu's shoulder, his little claws patting Qian Daoliu's robes nonstop, his voice brimming with joy.

A pleased smile appeared on Qian Daoliu's face. He raised his hand and withdrew the Holy Spirit Guardian Light Array, its pale golden web of light receding like a tide.

"Come, let's help her down."

By the time everyone gathered around her, the Ice Empress had slowly landed. Though her face remained pale, her eyes were filled with the joy and relief of having survived the ordeal.

She looked at Qian Daoliu and bowed solemnly.

"Thank you, Great Enshrined, for bestowing the ten-thousand-year ice jade marrow upon me. Without it tempering my foundation, I could never