Chapter 128 Ice God
Within the Snow Empress, the dormant Ice God bloodline was fully activated!
"Boom—!!!"
A towering, icy-blue pillar of light shot into the sky from the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Profound Ice Cave, piercing through the perpetual blizzards of the far north and soaring into the heavens!
The pillar was over five hundred miles in diameter, ten times thicker than the pillar of light when the Ice Empress ascended the rankings!
Within the pillar, the faint phantom of a magnificent temple entirely constructed of ice could be seen. In the center of the temple, a blurry female deity, wearing an ice crown and holding a scepter, slowly lowered her head, her gaze seemingly piercing through endless time and space, landing on the Snow Empress.
The Ice God Temple! The Ice God's Phantom!
Although it was merely an illusion created by the activation of the bloodline, it was still a projection of a God-King level being!
The entire Douluo Continent, the northern half of the sky, was dyed icy blue at this moment!
The temperature plummeted!
In the northern kingdoms closer to the far north, heavy snow began to fall, rivers froze, and vegetation was frozen. Some lower-level Soul Masters even felt their Soul Power circulation become sluggish!
"This...this is a hundred times more terrifying than what happened to the Ice Emperor!"
"A phantom of a temple! That's a projection of a god!"
"The far north...what exactly has awakened?!"
Countless powerful figures from various factions across the continent soared into the air, their faces filled with horror as they gazed at the towering pillar of light in the north.
In Martial Soul City, Bibi Dong had already emerged from her cultivation chamber and stood atop the Papal Palace.
Her dark golden eyes were fixed on the north, and for the first time, a hint of...greed appeared in them!
"The Ice God's bloodline...such pure divine essence..."
She could sense that the divinity contained within that icy blue pillar of light, while not as powerful as her current quasi-god level, was, in its essence, far more ancient and supreme than the divine power she had obtained through the Rakshasa God Trial!
That's the bloodline of a primordial deity, a manifestation of the fundamental laws that existed since the beginning of the universe!
If she could devour this bloodline… her divine power conversion rate would break through 90% in one fell swoop!
The Ultimate Domain would be completely perfected!
Even… there was hope of directly challenging for True Godhood!
"Snow Empress… Ice Goddess…"
Bibi Dong's lips curled into a cold smile.
"You've come… at just the right time."
In the deep sea, the Demon Emperor's eyes also flashed with greed, but even more so with apprehension.
"The Ice God bloodline… this legendary thing actually exists…"
"However, it's fine."
She licked her lips.
"After I devour Poseidon's Sea God power, I'll taste your Ice God bloodline… it will surely be delicious."
In the high seas, Poseidon's expression was extremely solemn.
"The Ice God bloodline has fully awakened… this means that the Ice God lineage has officially entered the fray."
"The situation… is becoming increasingly complex."
She knew very well what the awakening of a primordial deity's bloodline meant.
That not only signifies the birth of an unparalleled powerhouse, but also represents… the Ice God lineage may be beginning to pay attention to this continent again.
The power of the divine realm may use this as a pretext to truly intervene in the conflicts of the lower realms.
Meanwhile, in the far north, the Ice Emperor had arrived at the entrance to the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave. Just as she was about to step inside, she saw an ice-blue figure slowly emerge from the cave.
"Sister!" the Ice Emperor blurted out, her voice carrying an excitement she herself didn't realize, and… a hint of awe.
The Snow Empress's gaze fell upon the Ice Empress, a rare, faint ripple appearing in her icy blue eyes.
Within that ripple lay relief, concern, and… a complex scrutiny.
"Ice'er, you've grown up."
The Snow Empress's voice remained ethereal, yet warmed slightly.
She could sense that the Ice Empress's strength was far greater than when she last awakened, and a pure, extremely cold divine power flowed within her body, clearly indicating she had obtained a great opportunity.
"It's the 'Goddess Ranking'…" the Ice Empress hurriedly said, "Sister, did you feel it too? That ranking…"
"Yes." The Snow Empress nodded gently, looking up at the sky, "It's calling me."
The moment her words fell—
"Buzz—!!!"
Above the sky, the previously cloudless sky suddenly cracked open a fifth fissure!
This time, the crack was neither the Ice Empress's azure, nor the Demon Emperor's deep blue, nor Poseidon's gold, nor Bibi Dong's dark purple, but a… pure, icy white!
That icy white light seemed like the first ray of light at the dawn of creation, the last moment before all things froze, the ultimate color beneath absolute zero!
The crack rapidly expanded, transforming into a colossal pillar of light, over three hundred miles in diameter, flowing with icy white radiance. It descended from the endless heights, precisely enveloping the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Profound Ice Cave, enveloping the Snow Emperor!
Inside the pillar, countless ice crystal-like runes fell like snowflakes, each rune containing ancient laws of ice and snow, emanating a terrifying aura that could freeze all things and halt time.
Even more terrifying, at the center of the pillar, a blurry female figure could be vaguely seen.
That figure was ten thousand feet tall, wearing an ice crown and a snow robe, holding a scepter, her face indistinct yet radiating supreme majesty above all living beings.
Although it was only a projection, that aura… froze the souls of all sentient beings who sensed it!
The projection of the Ice God!
Clearer and more solid than when the bloodline was activated!
"The Goddess Ranking... it can actually attract the projection of the Ice God?!"
Poseidon's pupils shrank drastically.
Bibi Dong's eyes gleamed with even greater greed: "The Ice God's projection... this means that the concentration of bloodline within the Snow Empress is higher than imagined!"
The Demon Emperor's deep blue eyes flashed with apprehension: "The gods are directly paying attention... this is troublesome."
The Snow Empress herself looked up at the Ice God's projection, a hint of understanding flashing in her icy blue eyes.
She knelt on one knee, respectfully bowing to the projection.
"The Snow Empress, descendant of the Ice God, respectfully welcomes Your Majesty's arrival."
The Ice God's projection's gaze fell upon the Snow Empress, remaining silent for a moment.
A clear, ancient voice, seemingly from eternity ago, resounded directly within the Snow Empress's soul:
[Awakener of the Ice God's bloodline, you are qualified to ascend this ranking]
[Show your power, inherit my will]
[The glory of ice and snow shall reappear in the world]
As the voice faded, the Ice God's projection slowly raised its hand, pointing towards the Snow Empress.
A point of icy white light flew from the projection's fingertip, landing between the Snow Empress's brows.
The next moment, within the Snow Empress's body, the Ice God bloodline, which had initially only reached a 20% concentration, began to boil and surge wildly!
21%...22%...25%...30%!!!
When the bloodline concentration broke through the 30% mark, the Snow Empress's aura underwent a dramatic transformation!
Her body began to radiate an icy-white divine radiance, her skin became even more translucent, and the icy-blue divine patterns within evolved into more complex and ancient icy-white divine patterns.
Her long hair moved without wind, the starlight at the ends transforming into tangible ice crystals that drifted away.
Deep within her eyes, the complete laws of ice and snow were reflected—condensation, diffusion, freezing, sublimation, reincarnation…
(End of Chapter)