Chapter 132: Possessing a New Mission
After the arrangements were made Qi Tian was temporarily free to do nothing.
His most pressing task now was to cultivate his soul power and comprehend the experience of twin spirits that Bibi Dong had passed on to him.
He still had a long way to go before he could use two spirits at the same time.
Late at night Qi Tian and Zhu Zhuqing warmed up her house—which she hadn't lived in for a long time—with their own body heat before falling asleep.
At midnight the system—which had been silent for a long time—finally resurfaced.
The person he possessed this time was no longer in a dormant state.
When Qi Tian's divided soul awoke he found himself in a snowy icy place—a vast expanse of white stretching as far as the eye could see.
In such an environment the night was as bright as day.
"What kind of hellish place is this?" Qi Tian was taken aback.
The Star Luo Empire was located in the south where snow was rare—and the Heaven Dou Empire did not seem to have such a polar environment either.
"Could it be the far north?" Qi Tian wondered.
He immediately looked inward to sense the location of his own spirit—wanting to know what kind of spirit the person possessing him possessed had.
Once he knew about the spirit he could use that information to roughly guess the person's identity.
However after Qi Tian sensed it he discovered that he did not have a spirit.
"Could it be that I'm possessing an ordinary person?"
"No—ordinary people also have spirits. Now is the era of Spirit Hall—and ordinary people can awaken their spirits."
"So the body I possess isn't human?" Qi Tian wondered.
Qi Tian stretched out his hand to look at it—only to find that what he was extending were two large claws each over a metre long.
Both large claws were also covered with hexagonal diamond-like protrusions—but only the foremost pincers and mouthparts were silvery-white with a mirror-like sheen.
Through the mirror-like surface of his foreclaw Qi Tian saw his current appearance.
It had silvery breath—hexagonal eyes—and a bright green five-segmented scorpion tail with silvery barbs.
"Damn—I'm not human anymore but a soul beast from the far north—the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion?" Qi Tian was extremely shocked.
"No wonder my divided soul spent those days in slumber; it turns out it possessed a soul beast."
It was normal for a soul beast to fall into a deep sleep—and Qi Tian understood that perfectly.
Just then the soul of this body finally reacted.
"Who are you? Why have you taken over my body!" A voice echoed in Qi Tian's mind.
"It still has such a clear consciousness. Could this Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion be the Ice Emperor?" Qi Tian silently analysed.
Most ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts only possessed the intelligence of a human child—while only a small number of soul beasts over fifty thousand years old were no different from ordinary people.
Some soul beasts that were over 100,000 years old possessed intelligence that even surpassed that of many humans.
The four layers of this body represented her nearly 400,000 years of cultivation—making her undoubtedly the Ice Emperor.
"Why won't you speak? Get out of my body!" Hyotei's soul roared.
When she first realised she couldn't control her body she thought she was being immobilised by some kind of control skill.
But when she actually lifted the two large claws she realised that something was controlling her and had taken control of her body.
The fact that the other party could seize the body of a 390,000-year-old soul beast made her feel uneasy.
At this moment Qi Tian finally spoke.
"I am a human—and you are the Ice Emperor of the far north?" Qi Tian asked.
"Humans? Are human soul skills these days so bizarre? They can actually take over my body?" Hyotei was startled.
If someone were to control her body to perform a sacrifice—wouldn't she be doomed?
"Don't panic. I can't control this ability that possesses your body either. You'll be able to get your body back tomorrow!"
Qi Tian sensed a hint of panic in Bing Di and quickly comforted her.
Upon hearing this Bing Di was somewhat skeptical—but she discovered that her powerful soul was unable to drive away Qi Tian—so she could only accept her fate.
"Damn it—why didn't you use this skill sooner or later? My prey is about to escape!" Hyotei said.
"Prey? What prey?" Qi Tian asked.
"That's a fat ice silkworm with nearly a million years of cultivation. Eating it will be of great benefit to me!"
Ice Empress explained to Qi Tian that she had been cultivating in her sleep when she suddenly sensed a powerful energy fluctuation—which was why she was awakened.
Upon exiting it was discovered that the creature was an ice silkworm that had devoured countless ice marrows and broken through to a cultivation level of over 900,000 years.
Its birth caused energy fluctuations and also awakened the sleeping Hyotei.
"Tianmeng Ice Silkworm?" Upon hearing about nearly a million years of cultivation Qi Tian thought of Tianmeng.
The Ice Silkworm Clan seemed to have always been food for the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Clan. He didn't know why Tianmeng would fall in love with the Ice Emperor.
Tianmeng's love for Bing Di was like a mouse falling in love with a cat. Although they were powerful and no different from humans—it was still a fantasy.
Did it have Stockholm syndrome and just like its natural enemies?
Upon hearing this Hyotei immediately replied, "Yes—yes—its name is Tianmeng. It just emerged from the Ice Abyss. How do you know it?"
Qi Tian didn't answer her question but instead asked, "Which direction did it run in?"
In order to devour that fat worm Hyotei immediately pointed out the way for Qi Tian.
Qi Tian chased after it in the southwest direction. It seemed that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had escaped from the sea and finally entered Star Dou Great Forest.
"No—we can't miss out on the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. I have to think of a way."
Just then the system finally spoke up.
[Current Mission: Change the fate of Hyotei.]
[Stage Reward: Cultivating using Hyotei's body allows soul power to be fed back to the original body.]
[Final Reward: The Method of Soul Core Condensation. This method includes the Soul Core Condensation Method—the Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core Method—etc.—and can condense up to three soul cores.]
[Mission Details: 1. Capture the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm to gain the potential to survive the 400,000-year Heavenly Tribulation; 2. Conquer the Snow Empress.]
Qi Tian looked at the system task that suddenly appeared and felt somewhat powerless.
Let alone capturing the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm—just helping the Ice Emperor win over the Snow Empress would be far too difficult.
Xue Di's personality was truly cold—unlike Zhu Zhuqing who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside. It would be extremely difficult to win her over.
Not to mention that Hyotei was a female scorpion and had no redeeming qualities that would attract Xue Di.
"It would be more like it would be me in my true form!" Qi Tian retorted.
Although the Snow Empress was cold—he knew that the snow spirit born of nature loved the warmth and life of the human world.
As long as you let Xue Di feel the warmth of humanity—you could win her heart.
But Hyotei couldn't do these things.
"Forget it—let's take it one step at a time. For now let's capture the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm first!" Qi Tian thought to himself.
He desperately wanted that method for condensing soul cores.
This secret method was very important to him and to those around him.
Qi Tian even suspected that the Soul Core Technique might play a significant role in making it easier for Soul Masters to break through to the Titled stage ten thousand years later.
BookRecommendations:
1: Demon Slayer: My Breathing Technique Is Actually Haki?
2: Naruto: Rise From Hidden Sand Village
Loving Book So Far? Check Out 30+ Advanced Chapters At PA Treon
patreon.com/FictionOP
[end of the chapter]