On the outskirts of the Far North.
Huo Yuhao and Su Tong emerged from a spatial vortex.
Before them lay a lush, verdant forest. Tall trees stretched their branches freely, their annual rings expanding with time.
The dense green leaves were as large as a palm, each vein clearly visible under the direct sunlight, showcasing the pulse of life and radiating a vibrant green glow.
Huo Yuhao closed his silkworm molt and reached out to sense the surrounding temperature—a long-lost warmth of nature.
"There are places like this in the Far North?"
"The temperature is already twenty degrees!"
In the Far North, at the very edge of the world, a forest maintaining a temperature of twenty degrees Celsius truly astonished Huo Yuhao.
Su Tong also widened her icy blue eyes, her small mouth slightly agape. Judging from her expression, she had never been to this forest before.
"This is the North Wind Forest."
"Underground here lies a Crimson Spirit Warm Jade vein, and numerous Fire Crystal Iron mines."
"At the very bottom, there's even a lava river, inhabited by many fire-attribute soul beasts, and even a few Beast Kings."
"These factors maintain a warm climate year-round, but the soul beasts of the far north don't particularly like this place; we prefer lower temperatures."
"Therefore, this is generally a place where visiting soul beasts settle."
The Snow Empress's aloof voice resonated throughout the spiritual sea, carefully explaining this magnificent forest.
Huo Yuhao and Su Tong touched the branches of the trees, then walked through the forest, heading towards the far northern plateau.
"This forest is so small, yet there are Beast Kings here?"
In Huo Yuhao's spiritual perception, this forest was estimated to be only one-sixth the size of the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest.
How could such a place nurture Beast Kings? The poor, vast Tianzai Mountain System doesn't even have a single Beast King.
The Snow Empress continued,
"There are indeed two Beast Kings."
"One is the 150,000-year-old Crimson Ice Toad, a rather peculiar soul beast. It's a top-tier ice-attribute soul beast, but its eyes are fire-attribute."
"The combination of ice and fire creates a special cold poison, whose potency ranks among the top three in the far north!"
"The other is the Howling Wind Wolf King, a 100,000-year-old soul beast."
"It's an alien soul beast. It was severely injured in its early years and I healed it, after which it stayed in the North Wind Forest."
"Both of these Beast Kings are willing to obey my commands."
Huo Yuhao nodded thoughtfully, then asked the Snow Empress,
"It seems you have a high degree of control over the far north!"
"I always thought you could only influence the core area of the far north."
A hint of pride flashed in Xue Di's azure eyes. As the Queen of the Far North, her control over the Far North far surpassed that of Di Tian by hundreds of miles.
"Don't worry about that. The entire Far North, from the outer perimeter to the core, obeys my commands."
"In terms of control over the territory, I am only stronger than Di Tian!"
During their conversation with Xue Di, Huo Yuhao and Su Tong left the North Wind Forest.
With the Far North's ruler personally guiding them, they took the shortest route, which wouldn't take long at all.
"Ahead is the Far North Plateau, a mixed zone of the Far North. It's a vast area inhabited by many soul beast races."
"Use your spatial soul skill to go directly to the core area. When I issue a summons, they will naturally come to pay homage."
Xue Di instructed Huo Yuhao to use his divine power to cross the mixed zone and head to the Far North's core area.
Huo Yuhao glanced at Su Tong beside him and said,
"We won't go any further. We'll teleport directly to the Far North's core area."
Su Tong put on her white fur hat and nodded slightly.
"Hmm."
As the diamond-shaped pattern on their right eyes began to rotate, the two disappeared into thin air, leaving only the swirling snowflakes falling freely.
In her spiritual sea, the Snow Empress used the spiritual power of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm to mark a location, directing Huo Yuhao there.
Soon, the two successfully arrived at a towering mountain peak in the core area of the far north.
This mountain peak was entirely composed of ice, its shape resembling a giant throne.
"Yuhao, this is the Throne of the Ice God."
"It's the core of the far north core."
"Legend has it that the Ice God ascended to godhood here, although I haven't found any trace of the god here."
"It might just be a legend."
"However, this Throne of the Ice God is still considered a symbol of the King of the Far North, and I will now proclaim this to the far north!"
As the core of the far north core, the temperature here is already close to the extreme of ice.
Fortunately, Huo Yuhao and Su Tong both possessed the Extreme Ice Martial Soul, so they were unaffected by the low temperature; on the contrary, their Martial Souls were even emitting joyful emotions, autonomously absorbing the surrounding (heaven and earth energy).
"So, what should you do next?"
Xue Di looked at Tianmeng Ice Silkworm in her spiritual sea and said,
"My entire essence is in my soul bone, which I cannot access right now. I need to borrow your spiritual essence to make myself visible in the outside world."
Upon hearing that she needed to use her spiritual essence, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm smiled awkwardly, scratched her head, and looked a little embarrassed.
"Well, I definitely don't mind, but your spiritual essence isn't under my control."
"It was stolen by that Spirit Eye projection in the sky during the fusion process with Yuhao."
"You'll have to ask it."
"Haha! Cough."
The golden tortoise couldn't help but laugh out loud, but held it back under the dangerous gaze of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
"It's alright, Snow Empress, use it as you like. I've already given you permission with the Spirit Eye."
Huo Yuhao's voice echoed in his spiritual sea. As his natural martial soul, the Spirit Eye was originally a part of him, so he naturally had complete control over it.
The Spirit Eye projection in the sky emitted a faint light, and a starlight connected the spiritual essences of Snow Empress and Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
Only now did Snow Empress clearly realize how powerful the spiritual essence of a million-year-old soul beast was—it was almost three times her own.
At least in terms of quantity, she was truly far inferior.
"Thank you."
Snow Empress used this spiritual essence to begin letting her consciousness leave Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.
With the Spirit Eye intentionally opened, ten strands of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual essence transformed into small golden spheres that emerged from the Eye of Destiny.
Su Tong, watching from the side, saw ten dazzling golden spheres suddenly appear around her teacher's body.
The energy contained within those spheres was immense; even a slight sensory awareness of them caused Su Tong's spiritual sea to tremble!
Then, the ten golden spheres merged into one, and within the golden light that almost overwhelmed the entire sky of ice and snow, a graceful figure emerged.
It was a stunningly beautiful woman with long white hair and sky-blue eyes.
Su Tong clearly felt her martial soul rejoicing, uncontrollably and automatically possessing her, her waist-length black hair turning pure white.
Her icy blue eyes widened slightly; only the legendary Snow Empress could so captivate her martial soul.
Su Tong knew her teacher had a good relationship with the King of the Far North; she hadn't expected the king to be inside her teacher's body!
The Snow Empress glanced at Su Tong, a gentle smile appearing on her face. She softly stroked her head and said,
"I never thought humans could awaken the Ice and Snow Maiden."
"You're still his disciple. Perhaps this is fate. If you have any questions about cultivation in the future, you can ask him directly."
"If he can't answer, I can teach you."
"I'm now a part of him, and in a sense, you're my student too."
Su Tong didn't quite understand why older people liked to pat her head, although she quite liked it herself.
Hearing the Snow Empress's words, Su Tong realized that she seemed to have gained another teacher without her even knowing it.
Huo Yuhao was a little dissatisfied and said to the Snow Empress,
"Hey, hey, hey, Su Tong is my disciple. You can't poach someone like this in front of everyone."
Seeing Huo Yuhao's protective behavior, the Snow Empress's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile.
"Next, I'm going to issue the declaration!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the Snow Empress's gaze sharpened, and she began to release her power throughout the entire far north using the million-year spiritual essence of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
All the soul beasts in the far north knew what this aura emanating from the Ice God's Throne meant—it was the King of the Far North issuing a summons!
White ripples spread across the far north's polar day sky, expanding outwards from the Snow Empress!
The sky resembled a disturbed sea, with lower-level soul beasts bowing their heads and listening intently to the message. In the territory of the Ice
Jade Scorpion clan in the far north, a soul beast, 1.5 meters long with a body as beautiful and exquisite as a jade diamond, suddenly raised its yellow diamond-like eyes.
"Xue'er?!"
"This is a summons!?"
Without hesitation, the Ice Empress took to the air and headed towards the Ice God's Throne.
Then, three more 100,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpions flew into the sky, looking at each other, unsure what to do.
"Go!"
"The Lord of the Far North has issued a command; we will go with the Emperor!"
One of the Ice Jade Scorpions immediately followed the Ice Empress, with the other two following closely behind.
The Titan Snow Demon clan in the far north...
A majestic giant, 120 meters tall, sat atop a mountain range, suddenly raising his head and rising to his feet with a tremendous roar, pressing against the surrounding peaks.
"That's?!"
"A summons!"
He then looked at the surrounding Titan Snow Demons and roared,
"Titan Snow Demons, those over 50,000 years old, follow me to the Throne of the Ice God!"
The Titan Snow Demon King then strode across the frozen north, leading dozens of Titan Snow Demons toward the Throne of the Ice God.
These giants, all over 100 meters tall, caused the earth to groan with unbearable weight as they ran. From
the Ice Bear clan of the far north, a colossal Ice Bear King, 15 meters tall, rose to his feet amidst the trembling gazes of the surrounding Ice Bears.
"Snow Empress!"
Ignoring his own people, he charged toward the Throne of the Ice God with all his might, like a man carrying a great fortune.
In addition, countless Arctic Soul Beasts surged toward the Throne of the Ice God from the outer, mixed, and core of the Arctic.
This beast tide swept across the entire Arctic Plateau like a tidal wave!
According to Tang Jia San Shao's setting, the far north has more 100,000-year-old soul beasts than the Star Dou Great Forest. This is stated in the original text. The Titan Snow Demon clan, with over a hundred members exceeding 100 meters in height, appears in the original work, while the Titan Snow Demon King is only 120 meters tall—a figure written with feet.
Looking at it this way, the far north really does have quite a few high-level soul beasts.
(End of Chapter)
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