Going back a little in time.
Tang Chen and Bo Saixi were recovering from injuries in the Star Luo Empire, while the extremely confident Tang San set off on his journey to hunt for soul rings.
He didn't dare go to the Star Dou Great Forest. Others might not understand the dangers there, but how could Tang God King not know?
Last time, he had gone to see Xiao Wu, bringing along the Limit Douluo Bo Saixi and Tang Chen, plus his previous self who considered it safe—truly a situation where he could advance or retreat as needed.
As long as he didn't go too far, the bunch of cowards in the Star Dou Great Forest probably wouldn't come out.
But in the end, this world's Tang San was crossed over by him, Tang God King, and Xiao Wu came along as well.
This time, Tang San, possessing tens of thousands of years of experience and having fused his past and future selves while standing in the past, had to be extremely cautious.
The Star Dou Great Forest was far too dangerous—he couldn't afford to act recklessly.
The ocean environment was complicated and made it hard to hunt high-level soul beasts.
Only the Far North met his standards.
As the planner of the ten-thousand-year scheme, no one understood the Far North better than he did.
Not only was there the Ice God's seal there, but also a passage connecting to the Abyss plane.
But those weren't the main point. The key was that among the soul beasts of the Far North, the only ones he had to be wary of were Bing Di and Xue Di.
Unlike the Star Dou Great Forest, where there were plenty that could fight, heal, and serve as meat shields.
So Tang San decided to come to the Far North to try his luck.
And then, by such a coincidence, he ran into what seemed to be the aura of the Far North's seal leaking.
For Tang God King, great fortune comes with great risk.
If the seal was leaking, wasn't that perfect?
No one knew the seal better than he did—it was absolutely impossible for it to erupt now. But Xue Di and Bing Di would definitely go to check on the seal. In that case, wouldn't the Far North become his, Tang San's, domain?
After hunting three soul beasts around eighty to ninety thousand years old, Tang San's strength reached rank 90.
With his twin martial souls, he began planning for a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and also intended to attach a ninth soul ring to the Blue Silver Emperor.
Following a familiar path, Tang San found the Ice Bear King Xiao Bai, who had a cultivation of two hundred thousand years.
How could a mere two-hundred-thousand-year soul beast possibly be his match? With Bo Saixi's Sea God Trident in hand, after an intense battle, he successfully took it down.
But just as the killing blow was about to land, someone arrived.
It was actually Bing Di.
The 390,000-year Bing Di was equivalent to a rank 97 Title Douluo. With the attribute of Ultimate Ice and the home-field advantage, even a rank 98 might not necessarily be able to take her down.
"Damn it, I was so close to succeeding." Tang San felt somewhat annoyed.
When killing those eighty- to ninety-thousand-year soul beasts, he didn't know if it was because of the seal leaking, but their strength had been greatly weakened. Some even showed signs of fear in battle.
He, Tang San, had easily obtained three soul rings extremely close to a hundred thousand years.
However, the process of hunting the Ice Bear King hadn't been easy at all.
A hundred-thousand-year soul beast truly deserved its heavenly favor—it had actually held out until Bing Di arrived.
"Human, who gave you permission to kill a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in the Far North? Don't you know the Ice Bear King is my, Bing Di's, friend?"
Bing Di was talking nonsense. While she spoke, she secretly checked the Ice Bear King's injuries and saw they weren't too serious—just some damage. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief and told it to leave.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know about this." Tang San spoke. "I'll leave right now."
There might be a chance to kill Bing Di, but Bing Di and Xue Di were basically inseparable. The current Tang San had no confidence in killing Xue Di.
"Hmph, you beat up my subordinate and now you want to leave?" Bing Di's voice turned cold.
"What do you want? I was just passing through, and this soul beast attacked me first. I was only acting in self-defense." Tang San slowly rose into the air as the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul gradually manifested.
Purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red.
This extremely unscientific configuration of soul ring colors appeared.
"If I want to leave, you may not be able to stop me. Leave a way out for others so we can meet again in the future."
"Rank 90 Soul Douluo." Bing Di's voice became cautious.
"That's right." The Sea God Trident appeared in Tang San's hand. "I am the inheritor of the Sea God, destined to become a god. Bing Di, if you can't take me down, do you know the consequences?"
"You're threatening me!?" Bing Di's expression darkened.
"It's not a threat. I'm just stating facts and speaking reason." Tang San spoke earnestly. "I need soul rings, but I don't want to make an enemy of the Far North."
"Heh, has anyone ever told you your skin is thick?" Bing Di was so angry she actually laughed. "Coming to the Far North to hunt soul beasts, even planning to hunt hundred-thousand-year soul beasts—do you really think I can't see through it?"
"What? Are you going to kill me along with them too, human!" Bing Di took a deep breath. "I don't want to waste words with you. Leave one arm behind, and I'll let you go."
"You…" Tang San said angrily, "Ice Emerald Emperor Scorpion, don't go too far."
"I'm going too far? Then I'll let you know what going too far really means!"
A chilling aura rose around them.
These past few days, Bing Di had been extremely stifled. A dignified rank 97 Title Douluo hadn't even had the right to fight.
Today, no matter what, she had to give this Sea God inheritor a beating—as if beating the Sea God himself—to vent her anger.
The surrounding environment, within a hundred meters, a thousand meters…
The temperature plummeted rapidly.
"Ice Emperor's Fury"
Countless mists of water condensed into ice arrows, attacking Tang San from all directions.
"Do you really think I'm afraid of you?" Tang San raised an eyebrow. He had originally thought his concession would make Bing Di back off, but instead she pressed even harder.
If not for the sake of Huo Yuhao from the parallel world, Bing Di would already have sealed her fate.
No, this Bing Di wasn't Huo Yuhao's, so…
"Hmph!"
Tang San let out a cold snort. Blood-red soul power ripples rose from his body.
An extremely evil aura began spreading outward.
"Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track"
Tang San turned into afterimages, swiftly dodging the incoming ice arrows before raising his hand.
The originally frozen ground cracked with a "sizzle sizzle sizzle." Countless vines burst out from below and shot toward Bing Di at an unbelievable speed.
"Take this!"
"Blue Silver Bind"
Bing Di also noticed the soul power fluctuations beneath her feet. That extremely evil and chilling aura was impossible to ignore.
Bing Di quickly retreated, trying to avoid the thorny vines reaching for her.
Countless frost attached itself to the vines.
"Useless!"
Tang San's voice rang out, as if issuing a command.
The Blue Silver Emperor vines that had been frozen once again broke through the ice seal and surged toward Bing Di.
"This thing is absorbing my soul power." Bing Di kept dodging and finally realized what was happening. She stomped hard and flew into the sky.
"Human, don't underestimate me."
Bing Di let out a cold snort. An extremely profound aura began affecting the surrounding environment.
In an instant, it was as if time had frozen.
"Domain—Domain of Eternal Freeze"
No skill was truly invincible—it was just that the core hadn't been found yet.
Under the coverage of the Domain of Eternal Freeze, she directly seized the foundational point of Blue Silver Bind, freezing the point where soul power was channeled and breaking the terrifying Blue Silver Bind.
"You got careless, Bing Di."
At some point, a voice sounded right beside Bing Di's ear. A long trident carrying a water-blue aura swept toward her from behind.
"Damn it! That's the Sea God's divine artifact."
Bing Di was greatly shocked. She couldn't understand how the other party had evaded her perception—she was clearly inside her own domain.
"Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless."
(End of chapter)