The Snow Empress's origin power, cultivated over nearly seven hundred thousand years, surged unchecked through the Sea God Pavilion.
The extreme cold even encased the entire space in a three-foot-thick layer of ice.
"How dare you!"
Mu En roared, unleashing the full force of his rank-99 soul power to contend with the Snow Empress's origin power.
The two currents of soul power, golden and icy blue, collided within the space. But this was origin energy accumulated over nearly seven hundred thousand years.
The Snow Empress's origin energy instantly overwhelmed Mu En, whose brows drew tightly together.
The next moment, the entire Sea God Pavilion actually began to tremble slightly.
An almost endless torrent of light energy poured from the icebound floor, walls, and ceiling.
All of that energy flowed into Mu En's body.
In an instant, Mu En's aura soared, and the phantom of a Radiant Sacred Dragon behind him nearly solidified.
His immense soul power swept toward the Snow Empress's origin energy like a raging flood.
The two violent auras whipped up terrifying waves of energy within the space.
Empowered by the Golden Ancient Tree, Mu En's white hair streamed wildly, and even his hunched body straightened. It was as though the one confronting the Snow Empress was no longer that stooped old man, but the Dragon God Douluo who had once swept across the continent.
The Radiant Sacred Dragon threw back its head and roared, displaying its dragon might in full.
Under that pressure, the seal Mu En had originally established collapsed with a thunderous crash.
A boundless blizzard instantly spread outward, turning all of Shrek City into a world of pure white snow in the blink of an eye.
An aura of ultimate ice and snow spread from the Sea God Pavilion toward the Inner Court and Outer Court. At that moment, every student and teacher within Shrek Academy distinctly felt that chill, brimming with fury and hatred.
Xuan Zi, Song Yunzhi, Zhuang Yusen, Lin Huiqun, Yan Shaozhe, Cai Mei'er, Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo...
The instant they sensed that terrifying chill, every expert in the academy at the Titled Douluo level or above rushed toward the Sea God Pavilion at their utmost speed.
The Snow Empress's vast origin energy continued leaking into the Sea God Pavilion, like a gas leak that needed only a spark to ignite.
But Mu En held it back relentlessly, leaving the Snow Empress in immense distress.
With the Golden Ancient Tree's support, Mu En unquestionably possessed Limit Douluo-level combat strength. He could even fight the Snow Empress in the Far North with the odds split sixty-forty.
After all, the Snow Empress had been injured when she failed to condense yin-yang complementary dual soul cores, then sealed away for a time. Mu En, meanwhile, was a genuine Limit Douluo with dual soul cores.
The next moment, eight figures appeared inside the Sea God Pavilion in an instant. They were Xuan Zi and the others who had rushed over.
Seeing the Snow Empress freed from her confinement and revealing her true form, they all froze.
At this, Chen Tianyuan hurriedly shouted, "Stop the Snow Empress! She's going to self-destruct!"
None of them dared hesitate after hearing that. If she truly exploded, everyone present would probably die.
Under Xuan Zi's lead, they all channeled their soul power into Mu En. In these circumstances, no one dared launch a rash attack, lest they ignite the Snow Empress's origin energy filling the space.
Bolstered by everyone's soul power, Mu En's condition rose yet again. His vast soul power spread outward from him, enveloping all of Heart Lake Island.
At that moment, Heart Lake Island was completely cut off from the outside world, and the snow-filled sky returned to calm.
The Snow Empress was nearly mad with frenzy. Mu En's soul power flowed without end, surrounding her origin energy like a vast ocean.
An immense surge of spiritual power emanated from Mu En. Rather than forming a domain, it acted directly upon the Snow Empress. This was his self-created combat technique, Sovereign's Descent.
But the Snow Empress had, after all, lived for nearly seventy years. Although her spiritual power was not as vast as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's, it was certainly no weaker than Mu En's.
Just as Mu En's spiritual power collided with the Snow Empress's, Electrolux, who had been watching the battle from within Chen Tianyuan's Sea of Consciousness, made his move.
Electrolux was now only a fragment of divine sense, but however weakened he was, the level of his spiritual power still surpassed that of both Mu En and the Snow Empress.
Electrolux smoothly took control of Chen Tianyuan's body. Nourished by the gold of life, this fragment of his divine sense had grown considerably stronger than it had been several months earlier.
Gray light shone in "Chen Tianyuan's" eyes. He raised his arm and pointed at the Snow Empress from afar.
A thread of gray spiritual power as fine as a hair effortlessly pierced all of the Snow Empress's spiritual defenses at a speed the naked eye could not follow.
That spiritual power invaded the Snow Empress's Sea of Consciousness without meeting any resistance. By the time she reacted, it was already too late.
The spiritual power ravaged the Snow Empress's Sea of Consciousness without restraint. Agonizing pain struck her, and her body began to sway as though she had lost her balance.
"Ah!"
The Snow Empress let out an agonized wail. She could clearly feel her Sea of Consciousness being steadily torn apart, yet she had no means of defending against this attack.
Seeing this, Xuan Zi and the others could not understand what was happening, but they dared not stop channeling their soul power.
The Snow Empress no longer had the strength to contend with Mu En.
Mu En easily restrained her body, and she immediately stopped releasing her origin power.
But her life force was draining away at a furious pace. At this rate, her body would disintegrate in less than a minute, and her origin would return to heaven and earth.
Electrolux recited an intricate incantation, continuously releasing gray spiritual power that poured into the Snow Empress's Sea of Consciousness.
The origin power the Snow Empress had released into the Sea God Pavilion began flowing backward, returning to her body.
All light faded from the Snow Empress's eyes, while her life force remained at an extremely low level.
The next moment, the Snow Empress moved again, but her expression had changed. Gone were her earlier fury and hatred, replaced by bewilderment and helpless confusion.
Then, before everyone's eyes, the Snow Empress's origin poured outward again. This time, however, it did not drift aimlessly, but flowed straight into Chen Tianyuan's body.
Chen Tianyuan regained control of his body, but instantly felt every meridian swelling. The sensation was exactly the same as what he had experienced earlier in the Golden Ancient Tree's Quiet Chamber, except that all his meridians were icy cold, as though frozen solid.
A silvery-white sheen lit up Chen Tianyuan's skin as he released his body martial soul.
The Snow Empress's body dissolved bit by bit like melting snow, merging entirely into her origin power and entering Chen Tianyuan's body along with it.
Within his Sea of Consciousness, a white ball of light slowly coalesced, finally forming an exquisitely delicate little girl of five or six. On closer inspection, her features closely resembled the Snow Empress's.
Electrolux's voice rang out in Chen Tianyuan's mind.
"This is an entirely new life. She has inherited everything the Snow Empress mastered, and she will gradually grow stronger as your strength increases. Her life depends on yours. If you die, she cannot survive either. But I have not completely erased her memories as the Snow Empress. Perhaps she will regain them in the future, but you need not worry. I have planted a soul brand within her. She cannot defy your commands."
"I have sealed all of the Snow Empress's origin power, accumulated over nearly seven hundred thousand years, within her body. She can provide four soul rings for your second martial soul."
"She is now an existence similar to me, though she can manifest outside in physical form. I call her a soul spirit."
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