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?
"Bing'er, I never expected you to choose such a path," the Snow Emperor said with a sigh after hearing the Ice Emperor's tale, her emotions becoming much calmer as a result.
The Ice Emperor gave a bitter smile and said, "I had no choice! If it wasn't the last resort, if there was even a sliver of a chance, I wouldn't have wanted to entrust my fate to someone else.
Luckily, I bet correctly.
To use Sky Dream's words, 'Hanging out with the big guy means eating nine meals a day, ascending to the Divine Realm and becoming a beast again is just a matter of time.'"
The Snow Emperor said, "Sky Dream."
"Hey, I'm here, I'm here," the Skydream Ice Silkworm hurriedly made another appearance.
The Snow Emperor said, "I didn't expect it, but you do have loyalty and righteousness, finding a potentially successful path and still remembering Bing'er."
In Qin Xiao's Spirit Space, the Skydream Ice Silkworm awkwardly tried to scratch the back of its head with its short limbs...
But embarrassingly missed.
"Snow Lady, come, join us!"
Once again, the Ice Emperor extended an invitation.
Yet the Snow Emperor shook her head.
"Snow Lady, do you really not wish to walk the same path as I?"
The Snow Emperor gave a bitter smile and said, "It's not that I'm unwilling, but that I cannot. Your situation and mine are different. I have chosen to be reborn as a human, my own strength suppressed within my original power. If I am successfully reborn, this strength will gradually be released with my human form and transformed back into my power. And right now, this part of my strength still exists, incredibly immense, even a Titled Douluo-level expert who tries to take it on would burst...
"Moreover, back then Sky Dream left an unclaimed Martial Soul for you to fuse with. But now, where is there a place for me? If I stay, I'll become a time bomb for this place.
My original power is in an extremely unstable state and could erupt at any moment. If it does, his current condition might not be able to withstand it..."
After hearing the Ice Emperor's explanation, the Snow Emperor actually felt tempted. She admitted that the path chosen by the Skydream Ice Silkworm was a decent opportunity for soul beasts like them who had reached the end of their road.
If Qin Xiao ascended to godhood, they would have a good chance of being freed. But the problem lay before her; her situation was not the same as the Ice Emperor's. There was no place for her here, and merging would spell death for everyone.
The Ice Emperor fell silent. Indeed!
He had lured the Snow Emperor here, but how could he help her? He could feel the volatility of the Snow Emperor's original power. It could be said that the Snow Emperor now had lost the power to control her original force. A single mistake would be disastrous!
"Sky Dream. What should we do? Think of something," the Ice Emperor couldn't help but plead with the Skydream Ice Silkworm.
"Me," the Skydream Ice Silkworm said with a bitter smile, "what can I do? Although in terms of cultivation level, I was higher than you. But in terms of actual ability, I'm far behind you."
The Ice Emperor pressed, "So there's not even a single solution?"
The voice of the Skydream Ice Silkworm, resigned, said, "I could think of some methods, but they are all highly impractical, almost indistinguishable from having no solution at all."
In Qin Xiao's Spirit Space, the Skydream Ice Silkworm sadly shook its head.
The Ice Emperor resolutely said, "What about this? I'll withdraw my strength and let the Snow Lady fuse with the Ice Martial Soul again, taking my place."
Sky Dream helplessly replied, "Do you think this is a game? Do you really think I can just hand it over like that? Your strength has fully fused with the Ice Martial Soul I created. Even if you could strip it out, there'd be only one outcome: the Ice Martial Soul shatters, and we all die together."
The voice of the Snow Emperor softened considerably, "Bing'er, don't be like this. Actually, we have lived in this world for hundreds of thousands of years, I've long since viewed life and death lightly; maybe this is just a new beginning.
Besides, if it were not for meeting you today, I would still die. Let's just pretend we never saw each other, okay?"
The Snow Emperor seemed quite resigned.
The Ice Emperor wanted to cry, but as a spirit, she simply couldn't.
She made a pleading sound, "Ice Emperor, don't be like this, there must still be a chance..."
The Snow Emperor sighed softly, "I must go now. I don't know how much longer I can suppress my original power; once it explodes, the devastation will be unimaginable.
By staying near you, I would only bring disaster."
"You don't need to leave."
Just at this moment of life-and-death separation, the aged voice rose, and Electrolux finally spoke up.
"Elder Electrolux," the Ice Emperor said as though he had grasped at a lifeline, "Elder Electrolux, please help Snow Lady. As long as you can help her to survive, I'll do anything."
Electrolux said, "Actually, you've all fallen into a misunderstanding, still using the thoughts of mortals to solve problems, which is a mistake itself. The situation with the Snow Emperor is a difficult problem for us.
However, for Qin Xiao, I think it's not much of a problem..."
Electrolux spoke because he could not stand it anymore.
He did not understand, what were those few cobblers even discussing?
In such a situation, did they not know whom to seek?
It was truly superfluous.
"Ah! Yes!"
Reminded by Electrolux, the Ice Emperor and the Skydream Ice Silkworm had sudden realizations.
The Snow Emperor also subconsciously turned her gaze towards Qin Xiao.
She noticed that Qin Xiao was still maintaining a posture of reaching out.
"I told you long ago, just try it yourself..."
Qin Xiao said helplessly.
About the problem of the Snow Emperor, indeed, it was a problem to others.
But to him, it was not such a big problem at all.
Even more so, he had already thought of a new arrangement for the Snow Emperor.
This time, the Snow Emperor hesitated, she did not firmly refuse Qin Xiao as before.
"Snow Emperor, just try it..."
At that moment, the Ice Emperor's voice rang out again, filled with encouragement.
"Exactly, Snow Emperor, we are waiting for you in Big Brother's Spirit Sea," said the Skydream Ice Silkworm's voice as well.
Sigh...
Eventually, after the Snow Emperor exhaled a breath of frost, she slowly stretched out her pure white, jade-like hand and gently held Qin Xiao's hand.
The next moment, she transformed into specks of light and entered Qin Xiao's body.
In actuality, there were many ways to merge as one, but Qin Xiao just felt this way was more dignified and sincere.
The Snow Emperor only felt a blur in front of her eyes, and then she arrived in a boundless, mysterious world.
How powerful was her spiritual power?
Yet, she could not find the boundaries of this world at all.
At this moment, she believed even more in the words of the Skydream Ice Silkworm and others.
"Snow Emperor, welcome to your arrival."
Just then, several figures suddenly appeared before the Snow Emperor.
Among them was the familiar Icy Jade Emperor Scorpion, the Ice Emperor. The Skydream Ice Silkworm was still in its form with ten golden Soul Rings shining bright, following by the Ice Emperor's side.
The figure of Electrolux emerged out of the void, his golden robe adorned with exquisite patterns, white hair, and white beard, ancient and profound amidst his aged features.
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