Hearing the boy's words, the Snow Empress froze for a moment, looking at him with a somewhat strange gaze.
She seemed not to have expected him to dare invoke the Dragon God's name.
As someone who had lived through countless ages, she had naturally heard of the Dragon God, the former supreme ruler and unsurpassed king of Soul Beasts.
She had never imagined that the boy before her would dare bring up the Dragon God.
That was not someone ordinary people could claim ties to, and the boy before her was clearly human.
What connection could he possibly have to the Dragon God?
Still, the Snow Empress merely glanced at him. Whatever sort of person the boy before her was, she ultimately had to rely on his power to evade her heavenly tribulation.
So naturally, she did not contradict him, merely giving a soft hum of assent.
Then the Snow Empress sprang up and entered the space without the slightest pause.
Watching the Snow Empress enter his Silver Dragon King space, Li Mu's expression eased slightly.
Putting the space away, he calmly retreated in the direction he had come from.
This time, however, as his power surged, the Snow Empress's power began extending its influence outward from his body.
As a shield of ice and snow emerged, the power of ice and snow that had previously exerted some pressure on him became like a cool, quiet breeze, leaving him feeling nothing at all.
Snow Mountain City, the Heaven Dou Empire's private holding closest to the Far North Snowfield, was quite rich in produce and resources.
Outside Snow Mountain City, the boy slowly lifted the hood wrapped around his head.
He gazed into Snow Mountain City, a trace of killing intent gathering in his eyes. "I'm finally back. I certainly couldn't beat you on my own, but with the Snow Empress here, it's your turn to die."
Li Mu's voice was very soft, his tone carrying a faint smile.
At the same time, the Snow Empress's voice sounded in his mind. "You want me to help you take revenge?"
"That isn't difficult for me. I can lend you my power."
"But once your body bears my power, it may affect you."
"And I don't dare appear carelessly. The moment I appear, I'll trigger my heavenly tribulation." There was hesitation in the Snow Empress's tone.
Li Mu did not mind her words, however. He knew that the Snow Empress could not trust him and even only wanted to use him to evade her heavenly tribulation.
But that did not matter. He had his own plans and his own ideas.
So he strode straight into Snow Mountain City.
Li Mu was very familiar with this city, because he had arrived here after transmigrating into this world.
Back then, he had been a baby, adopted by a poor couple.
The couple were merely ordinary laborers. The man was a fisherman who went out to sea to fish every day, while the woman supported the family by weaving things.
They had a daughter, and then him as their son. That girl was also his older sister, roughly five or six years older than him.
Both of their Martial Souls were trash, and his older sister's Martial Soul was only ordinary as well.
It was a Martial Soul resembling a fork, with no real combat power.
He had been adopted when he was one year old, and because he was a transmigrator,
he had possessed his complete memories from birth, rather than losing them as would normally happen.
So under those circumstances, he had watched himself grow up with his own eyes.
Then he had watched the local city lord set his sights on his older sister because of her beauty.
In the end, the local city lord had abducted her, and his parents, along with him, had nearly been killed as well.
The man had said he would let them go, but in the end, his parents had died, and only his sister had managed to save him.
For the next few years, when he was three or four, he had lived with his sister, until his Martial Soul Awakening at six.
He had awakened those terrifying twin dragon Martial Souls. Li Mu had possessed the bloodlines of both the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings from birth, and had even obtained Lan Xuanyu's template.
That was the little Dragon God, the biggest cheat-user in this world-or rather, in this universe.
And not only had Li Mu obtained his template, but he had also innately awakened silver Blue Silver Grass rather than Silver-patterned Blue Silver Grass.
This kind of Blue Silver Grass was even stronger, with even more terrifying control over the water and ice attributes.
Thus, not only had Li Mu possessed rank-ten Innate Soul Power, but he had also shared the little Dragon God's characteristic.
That was, once he reached seven rings, he would directly become a god.
Li Mu's combat strength could not be measured by normal standards, so his strength was also far beyond what ordinary people could imagine.
Under normal circumstances, these would all have been uniquely blessed advantages, but precisely because of them, someone had set their sights on him.
In the end, his older sister had been murdered, while he had hidden on the outskirts of the city for four years.
Only once he had grown to ten years old, and the Snow Empress had failed her tribulation,
had he gone to the Far North Snowfield and found the Snow Empress, thereby obtaining her power.
As he thought, Li Mu stepped into Snow Mountain City. The corners of his mouth curved slightly, but his eyes were as cold as ten-thousand-year-old ice.
He raised his palm, and a strand of silver Blue Silver Grass slowly emerged from his left arm.
As the Blue Silver Grass wound around his arm, silver power enveloped it in an instant.
Looking at the Silver Dragon Claw on his hand, the boy's expression remained as indifferent as ever.
But as the Silver Dragon Claw activated, the Silver Dragon King bloodline within him gradually began to boil.
Li Mu began drawing in and refining the Snow Empress's power without restraint.
The Snow Empress's endless, formidable Soul Power entered his body.
The Snow Empress could not act directly. She could only lend her power to the boy.
But once this power-or rather, this ultimate cold Qi-entered the boy's meridians, it would destroy them and cause irreversible effects on his body.
So normally, the less her power was used, the better.
But to Li Mu, this so-called power of extreme cold, this so-called Ultimate Ice, could be considered dispensable.
At most, this power was merely on par with the ice and water elements he already controlled.
It had no particular strengths, nor anything special about it. Its power was simply greater in intensity.
Li Mu clenched his left hand, and a spear formed of ice crystals appeared in it, easily held in his grasp.
At the boy's appearance, surprise filled many people's eyes, and several city guards quickly approached him.
Then, the very next second, the boy hurled the spear in his hand.
After leaving his hand, the spear split straight into three. In the end, three people's heads were pierced through, and their bodies toppled to the ground.
The boy's footsteps did not pause at all. He silently looked into the distance, toward the city lord's manor in the deepest part of the city.
He headed toward the city lord's manor.
Li Mu's gaze was as calm as water, but powerful killing intent erupted from his body.
Around him, ice crystals continually condensed.
Then they transformed into icy spears, hovering around him.
The boy's footsteps did not pause in the slightest as he continued walking farther in.
Whenever anyone dared block him, or whenever he encountered someone who had bullied him before, he hurled his ice spears without restraint, killing them outright.
He let the surrounding sobs, cries of agony, and wails ring out.