"I actually failed again..."
"And this time, Qin Xiao didn't even lift a finger against me..."
In the dark room, Long Aotian ground his molar teeth until they were almost shattered.
The setback this time was huge for him.
He had thought that the gap between him and Qin Xiao was already very small, but it had gotten even wider.
This caused a great disparity in his feelings.
"Could it be that I'll never be able to fight him in this lifetime?"
On the way back, Long Aotian asked himself this question more than once.
But no matter how hard he wracked his brain, he couldn't find any possibility of regaining his dignity.
I really can't reconcile with this.
However, if you asked him to resort to underhanded schemes, he couldn't do that either.
A real man must act openly and uprightly!
"Can a battle between Soul Masters be called a battle if there's no victory or defeat?
It's normal to have wins and losses. You lost today, so go back and train hard, and you can defeat him tomorrow, can't you?
Without competition, there can be no progress. I hope you understand this by tomorrow."
Just then, such a voice sounded from behind Long Aotian.
He hastily turned around, only to see a familiar figure.
"Sect Master!"
Indeed.
The person in front of him wore a green robe, baldheaded with long hair, it was Poison Not Dead, the Sect Master of the Body Sect.
After Qin Xiao left, he came to find Long Aotian.
To his surprise, he had somewhat overestimated Long Aotian's psychological resilience.
The guy was on the verge of giving up on himself.
Fortunately, he arrived just in time, preventing such a change from happening.
"Sect Master, Qin Xiao is really too strong. I'm afraid I will never surpass him in this life."
He shook his head bitterly.
Before, he still had the spirit, but after seeing Vina surpassing him, Long Aotian's spirit had been almost completely crushed.
"What are you talking about?"
Poison Not Dead frowned slightly, "Can't you handle even this bit of setback? Honestly, if you're defeated just like that, I would be somewhat disappointed in you. The reason why I came here is to help you..."
"Really?"
Long Aotian's eyes brightened, as if he saw hope, as if clutching at the last straw.
"Do you really think I can defeat Qin Xiao, Sect Master?"
"Of course. I've found you a very good teacher. Go learn from him tomorrow. I believe you can certainly gain some insights."
"What?"
Long Aotian was at first stunned and then became excited.
Someone that the Sect Master spoke so highly of must be extraordinary.
"May I know who the teacher you found for me is, Sect Master?" he asked eagerly, wanting to know who it was.
"Hehe, don't rush, you'll find out tomorrow. However, I can give you a heads-up. You know this person. You can prepare yourself mentally in advance, so you won't be too surprised."
Poison Not Dead said with a chuckle.
He believed that if Long Aotian knew that the teacher he had arranged was Qin Xiao, he would indeed be very shocked.
But he was not wrong, Qin Xiao could indeed bring great help to Long Aotian.
Knowing the enemy and knowing yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles.
Although, the words he had said before had been somewhat encouraging, and he didn't necessarily believe Long Aotian truly had a day when he'd defeat Qin Xiao.
If he gained understanding, it was possible to defeat Vina.
And after defeating Vina, wouldn't that mean he could face Qin Xiao in battle again?
That was a considerable improvement, wasn't it?
"Okay, tomorrow morning, I will definitely arrive on time... By the way, Sect Master, where should I assemble?"
"You can meet at the Sect Main Hall tomorrow morning, but I also have a task for you."
"Please tell me, Sect Master, you also want to bring Gu Tong, Chen Lv, Wang Yanfeng, and the others here. The opportunity is rare, and I hope they can learn with you."
These fellows are the hope of the Body Sect, Poison Not Dead is aware of this.
Now that the opportunity had arisen, he naturally wanted to give them a hand.
"Alright, I'll go right now!"
Long Aotian nodded heavily.
...
Elsewhere.
Qin Xiao had also returned to his residence.
He took out the Divine Seal Altar.
Holding the Divine Seal Altar, he felt as if he was dragging a chunk of millennia-old ice in his hand, bone-chillingly cold.
"Open!"
This time, he directly chose to use Soul Power to activate the Divine Seal Altar.
In the next moment, an icy female voice filled with endless rage rang in his ears, "Despicable humans, die, all of you die."
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Qin Xiao only felt that everything in front of him turned white, it was the howling cold current, ice-cold to the bone.
Keep in mind, he possessed the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, and even if he stripped naked and rolled about on the ice fields of the far northern lands, he wouldn't feel cold, but here, he truly felt cold.
This wasn't just a physical sensation, his soul seemed to have frozen in that instant as well, and he felt time stagnating.
"Eh, such an aura, so familiar…"
Suddenly, a voice filled with extreme shock resounded within Qin Xiao's Spirit Sea.
Because the Snow Emperor was proud.
To make the Snow Emperor submit and merge with him, Qin Xiao knew that the Ice Emperor was an indispensable factor, so after returning to his room, he lifted the seal control over his Spirit Sea, allowing the Skydream Ice Silkworm, Ice Emperor, and Electrolux to see everything in the outside world.
And at this moment, the one who uttered the shocked voice was the Ice Emperor.
"Ice, what's the matter?"
The Skydream Ice Silkworm asked urgently.
Inside Qin Xiao's Spirit Sea, he looked at the Ice Emperor with concern, nervously asking.
However.
The Ice Emperor ignored the Skydream Ice Silkworm and kept muttering to herself, "It's really her, how is this possible? How can this be possible?"
Qin Xiao knew that this process was quite normal; the Ice Emperor needed to calm down.
At the same time, he felt a cool stream of air being released from the Icy Jade Emperor Scorpion's trunk soul bone, absorbing the external chill and rapidly returning his frozen blood to normal.
This was the benefit of a soul bone and Martial Soul.
It allowed him to be immune to any ice element that wasn't Ultimate Ice, and even partially immune to Ultimate Ice.
Keep in mind, this was Qin Xiao. If it had been a Soul Emperor or Soul Sage, they would have been frozen to death under the icy breath released by the Snow Emperor.
Even a Douluo Strong Warrior, if caught off guard by such a cold current, would likely be seriously injured, if not killed.
In comparison, Qin Xiao's body was only slightly frozen stiff, which was incredibly impressive.
Of course.
If Qin Xiao used the protective body of destructive power, this bit of icy force wouldn't amount to much.
However, using the destructive power was a heavy burden on Qin Xiao, and currently, it could only be used as a trump card.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
The howling cold current instantly filled the entire room.
Qin Xiao looked around and saw that the entire room was filled with a layer of ice crystals about a foot thick.
Tables, chairs, stools, even the lighting soul tools on the dome were completely encased in ice, like crystal-clear works of art.
In front of Qin Xiao, there appeared a humanoid figure of a young girl.
She had long, pure white hair that fell from behind her head down to her feet, and her sky-blue eyes were ethereal and transparent as if they could see through everything in the world.
Her slender and delicate body was flawless, and although her white dress was unadorned, it made her look so pure and noble.
There she stood, like a solitary winter plum in the frost, outstanding and proud, defying the snow and frost.
No one needed to introduce her; Qin Xiao already knew who the woman before him was.
Snow Emperor!
It was the one who wielded the Emperor Sword, Emperor Cold Heaven, the Snow Emperor.
"I've said it before, I will kill all humans!"
The Snow Emperor's gaze was ice-cold as she looked at Qin Xiao as though he was already a dead man.
She slowly raised her hand, and cold air condensed into a transparent longsword, pointed directly at Qin Xiao from afar.
However.
Qin Xiao remained calm.
After all, the Snow Emperor couldn't harm him, so what was there to be afraid of?
"Snow Lady, Snow Lady, is it really you!?"
"Listen to me, don't be impulsive, alright?"
Just then, Ice Emperor called out urgently.
A look of surprise emerged on the Snow Emperor's face, and the raised icicle longsword did not fall as expected.
"Bing'er, is that you?"
The Snow Emperor was silent for a moment before she started to ask cautiously.
She stared blankly at Qin Xiao, uncertain.
"It's me, without a doubt!"
The response from Ice Emperor was affirmative, "Snow Lady, listen to me, don't be rash. And definitely don't think about detonating your core essence. I'll find a way to get out and see you as soon as I can."
The Ice Emperor could sense that the Snow Emperor's body was like a volcano on the verge of eruption, the culmination of her hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation.
She was planning a do-or-die struggle.
But that was to be expected.
As a Soul Beast Overlord, they were proud creatures with their own dignity and boundaries. In their eyes, humans were nothing more than despicable, shameless ants.
If she were to fall into the hands of humans, it would be an extreme insult to herself, and she couldn't tolerate becoming a human's Soul Ring or Soul Bone. Not just the Snow Emperor, even Ice Emperor herself would do the same if she encountered such a desperate situation.
Better to be a shattered jade than an intact tile.
"How can I not be impulsive?"
The Snow Emperor said tragically, "I don't even have my physical body anymore, just some essential power remaining. Because I have no physical body, I'm like rootless water. Over time, my core power will dissipate sooner or later...
Rather than waiting to die, I'd rather fight those damned humans fiercely. Killing one would settle the score, killing two would gain me one, the more I kill, the less I lose.
I want to let these damned humans know the dignity of the kings of the far northern lands is not to be trampled upon. Even the mightiest among humans must pay the price!"
The Snow Emperor, who had barely calmed down, became agitated again with these words.
"Wait! Snow Lady!"
At this moment, Ice Emperor also projected a phantom figure from within Qin Xiao's Spirit Sea, appearing in the outside world.
Her situation was similar to that of the Snow Emperor, both being condensed from spiritual power.
She instantly stood between Qin Xiao and the Snow Emperor.
Looking at the Icy Jade Emperor Scorpion condensed from spiritual power, the Snow Emperor slowly lowered her hand.
"Bing'er, who would have thought that when we would meet again, we would both be in such a half-dead state..."
Her voice was filled with melancholy.
Indeed.
The two great kings of the far northern lands, reduced to such a wretched state, it truly was a sorry sight.
Ice Emperor didn't care about all that, asking anxiously instead, "Snow Lady, what exactly happened? How did you become a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo? No wonder that when I first saw that Divine Seal Altar at some auction, I felt something familiar; it turns out it was you sealed within."
With a sigh, Snow Emperor said, "Aren't we in the same boat? If I remember correctly, you should have been facing another bottleneck these years. Before I chose to reincarnate as a human, I looked for you, hoping to help you out. But you had already disappeared, and not even your clan knew where you had gone."
Ice Emperor gave a wry smile and said, "Even if you had helped me, I wouldn't have been able to break through to become a four-hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
The potential of my body had reached its limit; external help would no longer be of much use.
So... I had to find another way to survive..."
"So this is what you called, finding another way?"
The Snow Emperor's gaze fell upon Qin Xiao, filled with scrutinizing intent.
This human, seemed utterly unremarkable to her...
Well...
Okay.
There was also some mystery.
But she still didn't understand why the Snow Emperor had chosen him.
"Snow Lady, I am very fortunate to have been favored by our lord, to be given a chance to exert my strength. Join us,
and let us together fulfill our lord's plans, and grow stronger together!"
The Ice Emperor looked at Qin Xiao with eyes brimming with devotion.
Her recent experiences had truly led her to heartfelt submission.
The supreme heights of the Divine Realm, that was a state of being she had never even dreamed of in her life.
Holding onto such a powerful patron, could she still worry about not being able to reshape her form?
"Bing'er, are you residing in this human's body? Why would you stoop so low, what exactly happened?"
The Ice Emperor was extremely proud, in her view, the Ice Emperor should never submit to anyone in her life.
But now...
In front of Qin Xiao, the Ice Emperor lowered her status greatly, which made her wonder what qualities this young human possessed.
The Snow Emperor frowned slightly, "You call him your lord? What abilities does he have that make you so convinced?"
"Bing'er, you must know that not a single one of those humans is good. If it had not been for those damned humans, I wouldn't have ended up like this.""
"Snow Lady, trust my judgment, it's definitely not wrong. Sometimes, what the eyes see is not the truth, and the lord is not as simple as you imagine...
If you trust me, then join us. Don't worry, I would never deceive you..."
The Ice Emperor entreated the Snow Emperor earnestly.
Qin Xiao also knew that at such a time he couldn't hold back and needed to exert his strength as well.
The next moment, he slowly reached out his finger, "You'll understand once you see for yourself."
The Ice Emperor hesitated.
As the ruler of the far northern lands, she had never been so close to a human before.
"Just try it, it's not like you're going to get pregnant."
"Who is spouting nonsense?"
The Snow Emperor's expression grew even colder.
"Ahem, Your Majesty the Snow Emperor, hello, do you remember me?" The somewhat embarrassed voice of the Skydream Ice Silkworm arose.
"Hmm?" The Snow Emperor was clearly taken aback for a moment, "There's a soul beast aura here? This aura feels familiar, an immense but not powerful spiritual force, what is it?" She obviously couldn't recall the Skydream Ice Silkworm.
The Ice Emperor said irritably, "It's that damn lucky ice silkworm that kept advancing in its sleep, breaking through one bottleneck after another, even surpassing us in overall Cultivation Level."
The Snow Emperor suddenly realized, "Oh, I remember now. Bing'er, I recall you once went to hunt it down. Didn't you say it disappeared? How come you're together now?"
Skydream chuckled, "Your Majesty the Snow Emperor, you sure worded that 'together' nicely!"
"Get lost. Shut your filthy mouth." The Ice Emperor roared in anger.
Skydream Ice Silkworm promptly shut his mouth sulkily.
When the world once again fell silent, the Ice Emperor slowly said, "Snow Lady, the truth is not what you imagine..."
She knew that the Snow Emperor, full of doubt and with a temper rising, couldn't be swayed by anyone. Only a clear explanation would do.
Then, she explained as simply as possible how she had encountered Qin Xiao and the Skydream Ice Silkworm and how she had become Qin Xiao's second Martial Soul.
"What?"
"Is that so?"
The emotions of the Snow Lady were obviously greatly stirred.
After hearing the whole story and understanding the priorities, she hadn't thought that the Ice Emperor, with three hundred and ninety-thousand years of Cultivation Level, and the Skydream Ice Silkworm with a million years, had both submitted to Qin Xiao?
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