Four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings

Inside the Sea God Pavilion, everyone stared at the scene with wide eyes.

The Snow Empress, who had been about to self-destruct just moments earlier, had actually initiated a sacrifice to Chen Tianyuan as though she had lost her mind-and succeeded.

Something they knew nothing about must have happened.

Xuan Zi and the others turned their eyes toward Mu En. He had lain back down in his chair, once again becoming a stooped old man in the twilight of his life. Rich light element soul power still lingered around him, but he seemed utterly drained of strength, giving off an overwhelming sense of exhaustion.

Fortunately, this battle with the Snow Empress had not damaged his life essence. Otherwise, with what little lifespan he had left, he would probably have passed away shortly after the fight.

Calming the surging fluctuations of soul power within him, Mu En looked at everyone and said slowly, "None of you are to breathe a word of what happened today."

"Go on. Tianyuan needs a quiet environment to merge with the Snow Empress Origin."

Looking at the wreckage strewn across the floor, Yan Shaozhe hesitated to speak. In the end, he could only turn and leave.

Xian Lin'er, however, stepped forward and asked, "Mu En, what about the God-Sealing Platform?"

Mu En glanced sideways at the long table nearby. During the confrontation with the Snow Empress, it had first suffered the ravages of ultimate ice and snow, then been steadily worn down by the collision of the two forces of soul power. Now, it had broken in two.

This table had been made from the wood of the Golden Ancient Tree when the Sea God Pavilion was first established. Its hardness rivaled even that of certain metals.

The God-Sealing Platform, the Level 9 Soul Tool that had sealed the Snow Empress, now lay quietly on the floor. The core soul tool array on its surface, however, had already been completely destroyed in the battle.

Xian Lin'er sighed and picked it up. Now, it was worth no more than a piece of rare alloy, having completely lost its original value as a reference for study.

Chen Tianyuan sat cross-legged on the floor, having actually entered a meditative state.

Seeing this, Mu En gently lifted him with a soft current of soul power, then slowly carried him into a quiet chamber within the Golden Ancient Tree.

Inside the Sea of Consciousness, the Snow Girl floated quietly in the air. Her eyes were tightly closed and her body curled up as she continuously absorbed the vitality radiating from the gold of life.

Nourished by that vitality, the Snow Girl's aura gradually stabilized. When she had first been born, her life force had been extremely faint, like that of a newborn infant. Now, however, she brimmed with life. The reason was simple: her life had already merged with Chen Tianyuan's.

Before this, the Snow Empress had already chosen to take human form and cultivate anew, giving rise to a spark of life within her. Electrolux had indeed destroyed her Sea of Consciousness, but he had preserved that spark and sent it into Chen Tianyuan's Sea of Consciousness. Nurtured by the vitality of the gold of life, it had become the Snow Girl before him.

The Snow Girl could be said to be the Snow Empress herself. Whether she could regain her memories as the Snow Empress, however, depended entirely on how far she could grow.

Electrolux had sealed all of the Snow Empress's nearly seven hundred thousand years of origin within Chen Tianyuan's Sea of Consciousness. The infusion of this immense origin had even expanded his Sea of Consciousness considerably.

His once emerald-green Sea of Consciousness now displayed two entirely different scenes. The upper half remained a green expanse filled with vitality, while the lower half had transformed into a pure white snowfield under the influence of the Snow Empress Origin.

Between heaven and earth hung a massive white sphere of light, gleaming with a piercing chill.

It was none other than the Snow Empress Origin, sealed by Electrolux. At that moment, it was continuously releasing waves of extreme cold.

Inside the quiet chamber, Chen Tianyuan's entire body took on a silvery sheen. A silver phantom bearing his likeness appeared behind him, while an aura of extreme cold identical to that of the Snow Empress Origin radiated from within him.

As Chen Tianyuan continued absorbing the Snow Empress Origin, his body underwent tremendous changes. His height increased from a little over 1.6 meters to over 1.7 meters. His medium-length black hair began to grow, only stopping when it reached the middle of his back, and its ends took on an icy-blue tint.

His rank 45 soul power also began to rise slowly.

46, 47, 48...

Only when it reached rank 49 did his soul power stop growing.

The next second, the dimly lit chamber was suddenly flooded with a terrifying blood-red glow.

Red, red, red, red.

Four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, scarlet as fresh blood, circled Chen Tianyuan, continually ringing with a metallic clang.

Normally, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring could grant a Soul Master two soul skills. Although all four of Chen Tianyuan's soul rings were at the hundred-thousand-year level, they had given him only four soul skills.

They were the Ice and Snow Goddess's Sigh, Emperor's Palm—Great Snow Without Cold, Emperor Sword—Peerless Ice Extreme, and Emperor's Cold Heaven—Xue Wu Radiant Sun.

Of these four soul skills, the domain skill Emperor's Cold Heaven was undoubtedly the strongest, followed by the Ice and Snow Goddess's Sigh. The latter was a spiritual attack that summoned a phantom of the Snow Girl to release an extremely cold ice mist. Within that mist, the target's soul power circulation would be frozen, and they would be dragged into an illusion of ice and snow. Those with weak spiritual power might never wake again.

Along with Emperor's Cold Heaven, Emperor's Palm and Emperor Sword made up the Snow Empress's Three Absolutes, so they were naturally extremely powerful as well. Of these, Emperor Sword interested Chen Tianyuan the most.

From the Snow Empress's origin, he had gained her memories of cultivating the sword, including her insights into swordsmanship, the way of the sword, sword intent, and sword aura.

Chen Tianyuan had now absorbed only four hundred thousand years' worth of the Snow Empress's origin power. The remaining two hundred and ninety thousand years would not become soul rings for his second martial soul. Instead, it would gradually be unsealed as his body grew stronger, increasing the ages of the soul rings of his first martial soul.

The next moment, Chen Tianyuan abruptly opened his eyes, a cold gleam flashing through his brown pupils.

The four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings withdrew into his body. He let out a heavy breath, but the air he exhaled actually condensed into an icy mist.

The Snow Empress's origin energy had not granted him the attribute of ultimate ice and snow, yet he could wield its power. Ultimately, this was because of the Snow Girl's existence.

With a thought from Chen Tianyuan, the Snow Girl appeared inside the quiet chamber.

The Snow Girl floated in the air with her body curled up. Sensing the change in her surroundings, she slowly opened her eyes and rubbed them with her chubby little hands.

Looking at the adorable little one before him, Chen Tianyuan actually laughed aloud.

The Snow Girl stared at him without blinking. Seeing this, Chen Tianyuan reached out a finger and gently stroked her snow-white cheek.

The Snow Girl neither dodged nor shied away from his touch. Instead, she leaned into it of her own accord.

"Daddy."

The Snow Girl spoke so suddenly that she caught him off guard.

Then she actually began circling Chen Tianyuan before finally settling on top of his head.

The Snow Girl looked harmless to man and beast alike, yet she too commanded the Snow Empress's Three Absolutes, and their power in her hands was unquestionably greater than in Chen Tianyuan's.

Although the Snow Girl could fight alongside him, however, the soul power she consumed still came from Chen Tianyuan.

Unfortunately, the Snow Empress's cultivation anew had been forcibly interrupted midway, so she had not produced a soul bone.