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--- Chapter 465 ---
Heaviness hung over the field as Han Yuan and Ye Ziyun breathed out in anticipation. Their gazes locked onto the illusory, snowy figure in the air, shining with an icy-blue light.
They had done it. They had created a brand-new, ultimate race of Spirit Beasts: the Heavenly Snow Women!
The Heavenly Snow Women were not just pure elemental spirits of ice and snow, but also the darlings of the Extreme North, because Han Yuan had drawn the luck of the entire region and Glory City to them. Calling them artificial Auspicious Beasts wouldn't be wrong.
Of course, since the Heavenly Snow Women had just been born into this world, they were currently blank canvases.
Even the one who was supposed to be Ye Ziyun's future self, or rather, the Snow Empress, was currently just a newborn child.
Ye Ziyun felt a very faint hollowness in her chest because the divine force consumption of the Ice God's Heart was more depleting than she had expected.
Still, looking at the closed-eyed Heavenly Snow Woman, she couldn't help but smile.
"Did we... make it, Lord Han?" She asked, gazing at the handsome man with a hopeful look.
Han Yuan smiled in return. "It was a great success."
"Your Ice God's Seal fully cemented the existence of the Heavenly Snow Women in the Extreme North, making them not only its darlings but also its guardians."
"While the Ice God's position was technically Hanlong Nuji's, she doesn't want it, and her lineage isn't moving forward."
"With this, you have created your own path..."
"Even so, I didn't expect to encounter such a surprise."
"What surprise?" Ye Ziyun blinked, feeling somewhat anxious and nervous for the Snow Empress and her sisters.
Han Yuan gazed at the sleeping Snow Empress and answered, "The luck I drew out for them is much stronger than I expected, but this won't affect the timeline correction."
"I don't know how much this will affect the Snow Empress and her fellow Heavenly Snow Women in the future, but they will surely have a smoother path in cultivation now."
"The Heavenly Tribulations might not be a problem for them."
"Is that so..." Ye Ziyun sighed in relief. She had truly thought it was going to be something bad.
"Don't be so assured yet," Han Yuan shook his head gently. "Having too much luck isn't necessarily a good thing."
"Luck is not an invincible thing, and it can be a curse to some people."
"Far into the future, the Snow Empress still gets abducted by a young spirit master and becomes his spirit ring, though it was voluntary... or maybe not."
"What?!" Ye Ziyun was shocked. "Who is this spirit master?"
Han Yuan smiled as he answered, "Huo Yuhao."
Upon hearing this name, Ye Ziyun couldn't help but find it rather familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before. Then, something clicked, and she drew a sharp, heavy breath.
"Isn't Huo Yuhao... the man in Xu Deming's story?"
"The one who trampled the Sun and Moon Empire and then ascended as the God of his era?"
"The Spirit Ice Douluo."
"But how..." She clenched her hand in displeasure.
Han Yuan answered calmly, "Because he was the chosen one. The Douluo Plane chose him as the Son of Destiny to pacify the era he lived in, but unfortunately, Tang San got his hands on him first."
"And no matter how much luck I drew for the Snow Empress, compared to the luck of the Son of Destiny, it was like comparing a spark to a giant, immortal fire."
"Not only did the sparks get swallowed by the giant fire, but she also lost herself in the process..."
"Huo Yuhao... Tang San..." Initially, Ye Ziyun couldn't understand why Xu Deming hated these people so much. However, knowing these people had schemed against her future self was enough to set her cold heart on fire with anger.
Han Yuan reached for Ye Ziyun's trembling shoulder and patted it gently, reassuring her, "Calm down... That future hasn't even happened yet."
"They are merely an illusion for now."
"Of course, to make sure that event doesn't happen, we have to take precautions first."
"The Ice God's Seal inside the Snow Empress and the other Heavenly Snow Women, I will help you restrict them."
"That way, anyone who dares to interfere with their destiny, mainly their luck and existence, will suffer terribly."
"Lord Han, please..." Ye Ziyun heaved a sigh and then looked up with firm determination.
Han Yuan pulled his hand back. "Alright, follow my instructions."
Under Han Yuan's guidance, Ye Ziyun placed a hidden restriction within the Ice God's Seal inside the Heavenly Snow Women, not as an inborn punishment, but as protection for them.
After all, as the darlings of the Extreme North, the birth of the Heavenly Snow Women was precious.
They not only carried the 'fortune' of the Extreme North but embodied it in physical form, meaning the more Heavenly Snow Women there were in the Extreme North, the stronger the region would become.
Strangely, Han Yuan was a bit astonished to discover that Ye Ziyun was quite talented in the Law of Souls. Then again, it was an extension of the Ice God's Heart, and she was merely following his instructions.
"And it is done... Is this alright?" Ye Ziyun asked while retracting her hand from the Heavenly Snow Women. She felt like her heart was hanging on fragile ice.
Han Yuan gave her a calm nod. "It's perfect... Now, no one can steal the Heavenly Snow Women's spirit rings, spirit bones, or luck, nor can evil hands manipulate their souls anymore."
"Well, besides us... I guess."
"Also, if spirit masters want to perform a Soul Contract on the Heavenly Snow Women, it must be an equal contract that is agreed upon by themselves first."
"This... Lord Han, don't you think we went too far..." Ye Ziyun felt like they were being overly protective parents.
This thought actually made her heart race, because if she really thought about it, it was exactly like that.
Han Yuan shook his head helplessly. "You don't understand, Ziyun... The fate of the Spirit Beast Race is very bleak, not just because we humans advance too quickly, but because they themselves are too stubborn."
"On top of that, the leading figure of the Spirit Beast Race is quite a mind-boggling individual."
"Having her lead the Spirit Beast Race is almost a mistake."
"Uh..." Ye Ziyun was speechless. She felt Han Yuan was dissing the leader of the Spirit Beast Race, and it felt very weird because of how carefree he sounded.
It was as if Han Yuan wasn't criticizing a divine-level powerhouse, but a mindless teenage girl. And that couldn't be closer to the truth if Ye Ziyun had known about the future.
She had only heard snippets from Xu Deming's story and didn't know how much worse it truly was for spirit beasts living in that era.
Han Yuan gave her a wry smile, "Let's not talk about this..."
"The Heavenly Snow Women are currently still in their slumbering stage, and awakening their intellect will take time."
"However, you can still leave behind your legacy in their souls."
"I understand." Ye Ziyun knew how crucial this was and immediately went to work, crystallizing the most suitable legacy, mainly the Three Ultimate Techniques of Snow she knew, along with her combat experiences and a few other things, imprinting them deep into the Heavenly Snow Women's souls.
After that, Han Yuan awakened Ye Ziyun's friends, telling them to stay put while placing a very strong sealing barrier over the area and arranging the sleeping Heavenly Snow Women into seated positions.
"Seal..." He mumbled, using his barrier-making arts to create a confined space that still allowed the purest energy of heaven and earth to enter, nourishing the newly born spirits.
If Alpha were here right now, he would recognize these positions as the ritual platform where the Snow Empress had led him to meet the other Heavenly Snow Women and triggered the time-jumping.
Everything has finally come full circle now.