A Conversation

On the snowy plains of the Far North, an Ice Bear ambled along at an unhurried pace. Xiao Bai had left Snow Empress and was wandering aimlessly across the snowfield. He had no idea how to convince the others he hadn't been lying. As he racked his brain for a way to prove it, he finally thought of finding the others and asking them to back him up. Comparing their situation now to their conversations back in the Divine Realm, he figured Tian Meng was trapped in Star Dou Forest, Evil Lord was on the Sun Moon Continent, and Octagonal might not have even grown yet. That left Li Ya, who was in the Ocean, as the one most likely to meet him.

With that in mind, Xiao Bai raced toward the edge of the Far North. At the boundary between the ice field and the Ocean, he stared at the vast, boundless waters, unsure how to find Li Ya. He could only lie on the ice and recall his memories of the Divine Realm. He remembered that Li Ya liked to sing and had even composed a song there. Xiao Bai got to his feet and thought back to its melody, hoping to find out whether Li Ya still remembered it. If she did, then she would definitely come.

After that, an Ice Bear could be found on the icy plains of the Far North, standing nearby and calling out to the Ocean in his rough voice. One day, two days, a week-the Ice Bear never stopped for even a single day. Half a month later, the Ice Bear was singing to the Ocean as usual when a beautiful young woman emerged from the water. The moment she saw the Ice Bear, she swam toward him.

"Xiao Bai, stop singing! Do you know that the whole Ocean is talking about how there's an Ice Bear in the Far North who's gone crazy and yells at the Ocean every day? It's driving everyone mad."

"Li Ya, you still remember me. You remember what happened in the Divine Realm too." Xiao Bai was overjoyed to see Li Ya arrive.

"Of course I remember what happened in the Divine Realm. I just don't know how we ended up back here after entering the Space-Time Turbulence." Li Ya smiled as she spoke. She was very happy to see Xiao Bai too.

"Then come with me to see Snow Empress. Ice Empress and Snow Empress don't remember either. They say I'm talking nonsense."

"It's pretty much the same with me. I told my mom everything, and guess what she said? 'Ah, ten thousand years from now, humans will capture you and torment you. Then a human will save you, and you'll become his Soul Spirit. After that, you'll follow him and ascend to godhood. That human will even be the God of Emotion.' Just listen to the nonsense you're spouting! First of all, humans can't even get far out into the Ocean. And even over by Sea God Island, no one's ever heard of such a thing. Don't even get me started on Soul Spirits. If you'd said Soul Rings and Soul Bones, I might've believed you. And you went to the Divine Realm with the God of Emotion? Why not say you went with the Sea God? I've never even heard of the God of Emotion. Go back and calm down. Stop talking nonsense here." Li Ya imitated her mother as she repeated what she had said to Xiao Bai.

"Then what should I do?"

"Don't worry. There's still ten thousand years to go. Here, take this. When Yuhao comes to the Far North ten thousand years from now, blow this to let me know. Then we'll go find him. By then, no one will doubt you." As she spoke, Li Ya took out a conch shell and handed it to Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai took it in his bear paw. "What are you going to do after this?"

"Cultivate, then sleep a few times. Ten thousand years will pass pretty quickly. And whatever you do, don't sing again. You're practically famous throughout the Ocean now. I don't want my song being passed around like this."

Xiao Bai nodded in agreement. After chatting with Li Ya for a while, he watched her dive back into the water, then turned and headed back.

The scene returned to Huo Yuhao, far away in Star Luo City. When she saw the phantom of Snow Empress as her Second Martial Soul, Huo Yuhao had hoped she could get in touch with Snow Empress, but there was no response at all. After that, Huo Yuhao activated the Holy Necromancer Martial Soul. That gray Soul Ring appeared beside Huo Yuhao just as before. Feeling that he could still use Necromancy but couldn't connect to the Undead Demiplane, Huo Yuhao wasn't disappointed. Instead, a possibility came to mind. So she used her necromantic power to try to bring her teacher back, but there was no response.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao didn't lose heart. Instead, she was filled with hope. Huo Yuhao thought, There must still be hope. Then she left the Martial Soul Possession state, preparing to return to Star Luo City.

"How did it go? Your Martial Soul has awakened too. What will you do next?"

"I'm planning to head north to the Far North. Evil Lord, why don't you come to the Far North too? We can meet there." As Huo Yuhao walked, she discussed their plans with Evil Lord.

"All right. What about all those Soul Bones you had?"

"Other than your Evil Eye External Soul Bone, all the rest are gone. But the Chaos Power has entered my bones." As she spoke, Huo Yuhao raised her right hand and tried to use the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's External Soul Bone, but, naturally, nothing happened. In fact, apart from the Evil Eye, none of her Soul Bones had been reborn with Huo Yuhao in this body.

"Forget it. It's no big deal. We'll meet in the Far North, then. We can see Snow Empress there too. Oh, and don't add any Soul Rings for now." After saying that, Evil Lord returned to his main body.

In Evil Demon Forest, Evil Lord watched Huo Yuhao awaken her Martial Soul and finally felt at ease. The plan to become a god could now be carried out. Next, Evil Lord moved on to his next step.

Evil Lord left the cave and went to the territory of the Evil Eye Clan. He summoned every Evil Eye with a Cultivation of ten thousand years or more and taught them some of his insights into cultivation. Then he arranged a few matters within the clan. "I'll be away for a while soon. You must cultivate diligently and keep a close watch over Evil Demon Forest," he said sternly. The Evil Eyes didn't know why Evil Lord was leaving, but they all obeyed his orders.

After watching his clan members leave, Evil Lord headed toward the Jingyang Mountain Range. The humans on the Sun Moon Continent hadn't yet developed Soul Tools as powerful as the ones from ten thousand years later. However, the two hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts on the Sun Moon Continent made Evil Lord feel he should seek them out ahead of time. Otherwise, who knew what those two would do while he was away? They hadn't made it through their next Heaven Tribulation anyway. Evil Lord planned to take them along: that would both ensure there were no Soul Beasts left to threaten his clan while he was gone and speed up his path to godhood.

A moment later, Evil Lord flew above the Jingyang Mountain Range and swept his powerful spiritual power over the land below.

In a cave in the central region of the Jingyang Mountain Range, a huge wolf with silver fur jolted awake from its sleep. It opened a pair of blood-red eyes, raised its head, and walked out of the cave. "Such a powerful surge of spiritual power. Which fellow is that, and what does he want?" The Silver Moon Wolf King didn't dwell on it. After all, the difference in strength was too great, and it couldn't win a fight. It was better to go out and see what was happening.

Seeing the wolf he had come to find emerge, Evil Lord motioned for it to come over. The Silver Moon Wolf King understood at once and hurried over.

"What have you come here for?" the Silver Moon Wolf King asked Evil Lord warily.

"Don't worry. I'm not here to take your cultivation resources, and I won't harm you. You have half an hour to arrange things for your clan. Then you'll come with me and leave for a hundred years," Evil Lord said calmly.

The Silver Moon Wolf King was already extremely tense. The idea of leaving with Evil Lord for a hundred years seemed utterly absurd. Ordinarily, if Evil Lord wanted to kill him, he would simply attack without wasting words. And if there were any benefits to be had, it was even less likely that he'd share them; Evil Lord would take everything for himself. There was no way the Wolf King would get a share. Most likely, Evil Lord wanted him to take the hit. But he couldn't refuse now. If he angered Evil Lord, he would surely be finished, and his whole clan would be dragged into it. Thinking about what might happen to him, the Silver Moon Wolf King could only turn back to make arrangements for what lay ahead.

Evil Lord watched the Wolf King go back. As for himself, he thought that the other fellow probably wouldn't be so willing to go with him.