Chapter 622

After entering the Ice God Temple, Wang Dong'er and Ma Xiaotao walked deeper into the temple. Their steps were light, but their eyes kept taking in the magnificent temple.

Ma Xiaotao looked around and sighed, "Although the temples these gods built for themselves are different in style, they all follow the same pattern: large and magnificent, and they all look very grand. The Ice God Temple is like that, and so is my Vermilion Bird Temple."

Wang Dong'er chuckled softly, her gaze falling on the top of the Ice God Temple, where layers of ice crystals refracted dazzling light. She explained, "After all, besides being a symbol of the gods, the most important function of a temple is to collect the Power of Faith. If it were just any random place, how could it demonstrate divine power, and how could it be convenient to collect faith?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaotao curled her lip and said with a slightly disdainful tone, "That's why those guys who become gods through faith are so troublesome. They're bound by their faith in everything, afraid that one day their faith will run out and they'll fall from their pedestal. Fortunately, the Vermilion Bird God I inherited doesn't rely on faith to become a god, otherwise I'd have too many things to worry about."

Upon hearing this, Wang Dong'er's eyes flickered slightly, and a sly smile appeared on her lips, "Sister Xiaotao Tao is surprisingly averse to trouble. You wouldn't be planning to be kept by Brother Xingyu for the rest of your life, would you?"

Ma Xiaotao's face flushed instantly, and she said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense! Besides—" She paused, coughed lightly, and said, "Aren't we all basically being kept by Xingyu?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Dong'er put her hands on her hips and said smugly, "Hmph, unlike Sister Xiaotao only knows how to fight, I'm the woman who can be Brother Xingyu's support. Not only can I fight, but I can also assist him with all sorts of things."

Ma Xiaotao rolled her eyes and retorted without holding back, "Even so, isn't logistics and management still handled by Nannan and Jiujiu?"

Wang Dong'er pouted unhappily and muttered under her breath, "There's nothing I can do, what can I do when Brother Xingyu is such a womanizer? --- But I'm already very happy to be with him."

Just as the two were bickering, a clear, cold, and helpless voice came from ahead, "Please, this is my temple, can't you be a little more ladylike? If other people see this, they'll think you're lowering the standards of our Ice God Temple."

The two stopped arguing at the same time and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a tall and slender figure slowly walking out.

She possessed long, snow-white hair, blue eyes, and a figure comparable to Ma Xiaotao's. A white cheongsam accentuated her elegant curves, making her resemble a pristine snow lotus, exuding a cold and noble aura. She was none other than the new Ice God.

Once one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, the Snow Empress, a Ferocious Beast of 700,000 years, is now Xu Yanxue, and also Xu Xingyu's sworn sister.

Beside her stood a girl with emerald green twin tails and golden eyes. Her tails seemed to be carved from ice crystals, shimmering with diamond-like brilliance. She was none other than the Ice God High Priest, the Ice Empress who once ranked second among the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North.

Looking to the side, there was a girl dressed in a white dress, her long, ice-blue hair falling casually, and her ice-blue eyes sparkling with a hint of liveliness. She was Bai Xiuxiu, the little princess of the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan.

Finally, there was a young girl dressed in a purple-blue dress, her purple-blue eyes deep and mysterious, her whole being exuding the aura of the ocean. She was the former Deep Sea Demonic Whale King — Lan Fozi.

Wang Dong'er's gaze unconsciously fell on Xu Yanxue, and she muttered to herself, "She's clearly younger than me, but her figure is about the same as mine—" She had put in a lot of effort to catch up with Ma Xiaotao, but Xu Yanxue was just as good, which was really annoying.

However, she quickly composed herself, a smile spreading across her face, and congratulated Xu Yanxue: "Congratulations on successfully becoming the Ice God."

Xu Yanxue smiled slightly and said modestly, "Not at all, my speed of becoming a god is not as fast as yours."

Indeed, in terms of progress towards godhood, apart from Gu Yuena, who is already God Level powerhouse, and Gu Qiuxi, who needs to leave a law imprint, everyone else's God Examination relies on the divine test provided by Xu Xingyu.

Initially, Ma Xiaotao, who had the highest cultivation level, made the fastest progress. She had even completed the seventh trial by the time of the second Soul Master Tournament. However, after the unification of Douluo Continent, Wang Dong'er not only caught up with the progress but also completed the Ninth Trial ahead of others, becoming the Sea God.

Following closely behind was Ma Xiaotao, with Xu Yanxue in the next place. As for Jiang Nannan and Xu Jiujiu, one was busy with the finances of the Spirit Contract Pagoda, and the other was in charge of various government affairs after the unification of Douluo. Although their cultivation had reached the Super Douluo, they had not yet begun the Ninth Trial, simply because they had too many affairs to attend to.

Then the group started chatting about various topics, such as, "Ice Empress, shouldn't you have been sacrificed? How come you're still alive?" Ma Xiaotao asked in confusion.

Ice Empress snorted and said unhappily, "Of course I sacrificed myself, but Snow Empress had Soul Spirit contract with me. After I sacrificed my power, my soul just slumbered in her body. I only awoke again after she became a god."

However—the price was that the difficulty of her Ninth Trial of the Ice God Nine Trials was greatly increased.

The topic shifted, and everyone started talking about Bai Xiuxiu and Lan Fozi's cultivation progress.

Bai Xiuxiu is undergoing the Ice Dragon King Examination, while Lan Fozi receives special care from Wang Dong'er because her mother became Wang Dong'er's Soul Ring.

However, what everyone was most concerned about was news about Xu Xingyu.

Wang Dong'er, Xu Yanxue, and Ma Xiaotao were all filled with worry. He clearly started the final test of the Dragon God Nine Trials a year ago, so why was there still no news?

Bai Xiuxiu comforted him, "Senior brother will definitely be alright."

Ice Empress gave a haughty snort, "That guy's got a tough life, he can't possibly die so quickly."

Although Lan Fozi wasn't very familiar with Xu Xingyu, she could sense the atmosphere around her and simply stood silently to the side.

Just then -

A familiar and gentle voice suddenly came from the air. "So you all missed me this much?"

In an instant, a look of surprise flashed in the eyes of the three women.

They knew that voice all too well!

"Xingyu!!!"

The three women shouted in unison, their eyes all turning towards the direction from which the sound came.

Three figures slowly emerged from the air, the one in the lead being none other than Xu Xingyu!

He still looked the same as before, his short silver-gray hair swaying slightly under the flow of Divine Power, his golden pupils as deep as stars, and his whole body exuding an aura of transcendence. Although he appeared to be unharmed, the aura emanating from him seemed even stronger than before. On his left and right sides stood a woman with silver hair and purple eyes, her figure like an immortal, her temperament cold and noble—it was Gu Yuena.

The other woman had blonde hair and red eyes, a hot figure, and a heroic beauty in her expression—it was none other than Gu Qiuxi!

The two women stood beside Xu Xingyu, each radiating unique Divine Power, as if gods had descended.

Wang Dong'er, Xu Yanxue, and Ma Xiaotao instantly became excited, and they rushed towards Xu Xingyu without caring about their image.

Xu Xingyu smiled slightly, opened her arms, and welcomed their embrace.