In principle, only the Snow Empress could keep her in line.
But Beiming Yuan was now the equivalent of the "Ice God," so he could keep her in line too.
Besides, she and Beiming Yuan had spent so many years together that they surely shared genuine affection, each treating the other as family.
She would listen to the Snow Empress, and she would listen to Beiming Yuan too.
The Snow Empress shook her head helplessly, then looked at Beiming Yuan and handed him the crystal ball. "Xiao Yuan, test your innate Soul Power level."
"All right."
Beiming Yuan nodded and placed both hands on the crystal ball. Before long, it burst into a dazzling Soul Power glow.
Level ten, Innate Full Soul Power!
At the sight, both the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress smiled.
"Good. We'll take you to obtain your First Soul Ring right now." The Snow Empress smiled and nodded, her gaze falling on the Ice and Snow Fan Martial Soul. "Which path are you planning to take with the Ice and Snow Fan? Power Attack System or Control System?"
"Half Power Attack, half Control. That suits the Ice and Snow Fan's characteristics too," Beiming Yuan said.
"Hmm?" The Snow Empress caught the implication in his words and asked, "Xiao Yuan, is there something else special about the Ice and Snow Fan Martial Soul?"
Beiming Yuan nodded and explained, "The Ice and Snow Fan Martial Soul has three forms. The first is its closed form, which can be used as a blade, and it's quite powerful."
As he spoke, Beiming Yuan folded the Ice and Snow Fan shut. With a simple, gentle swing, it made a strange sound as it cut through the air, leaving a trail of shattered ice and snowflakes.
With the Snow Empress and Ice Empress's discerning eyes, they could naturally see how powerful the Ice and Snow Fan became when folded into the "Ice and Snow Blade." Its sharpness was in no way inferior to sword- or saber-type Martial Souls.
Most importantly, the Ice and Snow Fan also had the Ultimate Ice attribute, making it even more powerful.
"What about the other two forms?" the Ice Empress asked curiously.
"The Ice Fan and the Snow Fan."
Beiming Yuan opened the Ice and Snow Fan and smiled. "The Soul Skills activated through its two sides have different effects. As for exactly how they differ, I won't know until I've obtained some Soul Skills."
"This Martial Soul is very powerful." The Snow Empress nodded with a faint smile. "Three forms and two ways to activate Soul Skills. That's equivalent to one Soul Ring providing you with two Soul Skills, and..."
"And you have the Ice God Pearl to replenish your power, so you don't need to worry about Soul Power expenditure at all," the Ice Empress added.
The Snow Empress nodded. That was what she had meant too.
"Mm."
Beiming Yuan smiled and nodded.
Compared with the Ice and Snow Fan's multiple forms of attack, the Ice God Pearl's ability to provide an endless supply of Soul Power was more powerful. He barely needed to worry about consuming Soul Power.
"Come on. Bing'er and I will take you around the Far North and see which Soul Beasts would make a suitable First Soul Ring for you."
The Snow Empress reached out with a jade hand and picked Beiming Yuan up as though he were a little chick.
"..." The corner of Beiming Yuan's mouth twitched, but he said nothing. It would be more efficient to have the Ice and Snow Empresses take him to find a Soul Beast.
"Whoosh-"
The Snow Empress flew out of the palace carrying Beiming Yuan, with the Ice Empress following behind.
Protected by the Snow Empress's Soul Power, Beiming Yuan was safe from the wind, snow, and frost around them, giving him time to think.
After eating whale rubber for so many years, I should be able to withstand a First Soul Ring of over eight hundred years. It's a pity I couldn't break through to a thousand.
Still, a thousand-year second ring is certain.
Over the past six years, Beiming Yuan had enjoyed all kinds of heavenly treasures. Whale rubber was one of them, and it had greatly improved his physique.
Even now, whale rubber was one of his daily supplements.
It was good for his body anyway, and the Ice God Pearl constantly purified the impurities from his body, so he didn't need to worry about harmful side effects from eating too much.
If he really had to name any "drawbacks," there were two.
One was that Beiming Yuan's body was so healthy that he stood at attention every day. The other was that the whale rubber's effect on his physique was growing weaker and weaker.
I still need to get out more. The continent is full of opportunities, and I absolutely can't miss them.
Besides, bearing the destiny bestowed by the World Will is also a responsibility. It isn't much use now, but it will be greatly useful in the future.
Beiming Yuan thought to himself.
Besides blessing him with heaven and earth's favor, the World Will had also bestowed destiny upon him. To put it plainly, it had made him the child of destiny of the Douluo Plane, a position even above fortune.
Unfortunately, this "destiny" was a bit of a sorry sight at present. After all, the gods had plundered all kinds of fortune, leaving very little behind.
By entering the game and becoming the embodiment of destiny at this time, Beiming Yuan was to reclaim that fortune.
As for how he would reclaim it, he had to find those with great fortune and, through him, make those people suffer misfortune, seize back their fortune, and reshape destiny.
To put it bluntly, the more miserable the people of fortune born on the Douluo Plane under the Divine Realm's control became, the more powerful he, the child of destiny, would become.
He and the will of the Douluo Plane were on the same side.
Indeed, in a sense, he was the will of the Douluo Plane.
"Xiao Yuan, what are you thinking about?" Seeing that Beiming Yuan was somewhat distracted, the Ice Empress couldn't help asking.
"About the future."
"The future?"
"With power comes responsibility. Since I've inherited the Ice God's legacy, I must reshape the Ice God's divine position and become the next Ancient Ice God," Beiming Yuan said.
According to the information conveyed by the Ice God Pearl, the Ancient Ice God had been a First-Class God, and there had been eleven successors in all.
The eleventh was the most unfortunate. That previous Ice God's divine weapon, divine armor, and divine position had all shattered in a great battle, leaving less than a tenth of the legacy intact.
And he, Beiming Yuan, would be the twelfth Ice God.
Unlike his predecessor, he belonged neither to the Divine Realm's faction nor to the Soul Beast faction, but purely to the Douluo Continent's faction.
After all, the nearly vanished Ice God's divine position had been able to pass down a little of its legacy in part because he, the "World Will," had been pulling the strings.
"Bing'er and I will help you." The Snow Empress looked down at Beiming Yuan, her face solemn. "From this day on, you are the Ice God of the Far North."
"That's right! Xue'er and I will help you!"
The Ice Empress nodded, her gaze resolute.
The Ancient Ice God had already fallen, and almost none of the legacy remained. Having inherited the Ice God Pearl, Beiming Yuan was undoubtedly the new Ice God.
Although this "Ice God" was weak right now, they were willing to help him grow.
Because the Far North originated from the Ice God!
"All right."
Beiming Yuan smiled and nodded.
Although the Ancient Ice God had only been a First-Class God, he was the World Will and bore destiny. As long as he reclaimed the fortune, he too could ascend to the position of God King, or even reach a realm beyond a God King.
"Considering that you aren't strong yet, I'll keep your identity as the 'Ice God of the Far North' within a small circle. Only the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North and some Soul Beasts over a hundred thousand years old will know."
"As for hundred-year and thousand-year Soul Beasts, their intelligence isn't very high. As long as you reveal the Ice God Pearl's presence, they'll instinctively respect you."
"The Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts have intelligence and will respect you too, but without enough strength, it will be difficult for you to earn their wholehearted submission."
The Snow Empress had already planned everything out, determined to help Beiming Yuan become the Ice God.
If she was the Far North's "spokesperson for the Ice God," then Beiming Yuan was its "master." It was just that this "master" was still very weak and needed time to grow.