Douluo Continent: A Review of the Top Ten Martial Souls, Qian Renxue Breaks Through Defenses

Chapter 127 Southern Expedition
The high priest of the sea god slowly turned around and looked towards the northern horizon.

In those deep blue eyes, a scene invisible to ordinary people was reflected—

A towering, icy blue pillar of light shot into the sky from the far north of the continent. Within the pillar, a peerless figure draped in an ice-and-snow royal robe and wearing an ice crown could be vaguely seen, slowly opening his eyes that had been frozen for eternity.

"The Ice and Snow Maiden... the Snow Empress..."

Poseidon softly uttered the name that was listed as a "descendant of the primordial gods" in the ancient sea god scriptures.

"So...you're finally going to enter the mortal world too?"

At this moment, all the powerful figures from various forces across the continent who had reached the level of Title Douluo felt the terrifying pressure sweeping in from the north, a pressure that froze even their souls!
That wasn't an attack; it was just a natural sense of presence.

But it's enough to cause the temperature of the entire continent to drop by ten degrees Celsius in the blink of an eye!

“Again!”

"The far north! This time it's even more terrifying than the last one."

"After Hyotei... is there something even more terrifying?!"

In the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace, Emperor Xueye had just sat back on his throne with the help of his attendants, but now he almost collapsed again.

In the Star Luo Imperial Palace, Dai Tianfeng gripped the windowsill tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force: "Just how many of these monsters are there in the far north?!"

At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Sword Douluo Chen Xin stood with his hand on his sword, his sword intent spontaneously flowing in his eyes stimulated by the cold air.

"This oppressive aura... is no longer within the realm of soul beasts..."

Gu Rong, the Bone Douluo, said with a solemn expression: "Feng Zhi, I have a premonition... the world on the continent is about to change completely."

Ning Fengzhi looked north, his voice hoarse: "When Hyotei made the list, we thought that was the limit of the far north. Now it seems... that might just be the beginning."

But what is truly most awe-inspiring is the far north itself.

The core area, by the icy blue lake.

The Ice Emperor was originally sitting cross-legged by the lake, refining the extreme cold divine power bestowed by the "Goddess Ranking" and consolidating his newly broken-through cultivation of 850,000 years.

When that familiar yet strangely alien wave erupted from the deepest part of her inner circle—

Hyotei suddenly opened their eyes!
In his azure eyes, first flashed extreme shock, then unbelievable ecstasy, and finally transformed into an indescribable complexity.

"Sister...you...you've finally woken up?"

There was a tremor in her voice.

Hyotei slowly stood up and looked towards the deepest part of the inner circle—that absolute forbidden zone, which even she rarely set foot in and which was frozen forever.

Wanzai Xuanbing Cave.

The true core of the far north, the legendary site of the Ice God's legacy, is also the home of the Snow Empress—the Ice and Snow Maiden.

The true ruler of the far north, her nominal sister, and the actual creator and guardian—the land of her slumber.

Since that upheaval 100,000 years ago, the Snow Emperor has sealed herself in the depths of the Xuanbing Cave and rarely awakens.

Each awakening signifies... a dramatic change is about to occur in the far north.

"Is it because of the 'Goddess Ranking'? Or is it because of... the resonance of the Ice God's bloodline?"

Ice Emperor muttered to himself, his figure transforming into a streak of azure light as he sped toward the Eternal Ice Cave.

Whatever the reason, her sister woke up, and she had to get there as soon as possible.

At this moment, in the deepest part of the Myriad-Year-Old Ice Cave.

This is a place of breathtaking beauty that defies description.

The dome is thousands of feet high and is made of eternal, unmelting ice, with the light and shadow of stars from ancient times sealed within the ice crystals.

The ground was smooth, mirror-like ice, reflecting the magnificence of the dome.

Countless ice-blue specks of light floated in the air, like living ice and snow sprites.

In the center of this space, upon a throne sculpted entirely from millennia-old black ice—

A figure slowly opened its eyes.

What kind of eyes are those?
Ice-blue, yet deeper and purer than Hyotei's eyes. The depths of his pupils seemed to reflect the first snowfall since the beginning of time, containing the complete laws of ice and snow's birth, condensation, sublimation, and reincarnation.

As far as the eye can see, time seems to slow down, and space seems to freeze.

Her beauty defies description.

It was a perfection that transcended gender and race, as if it were formed from the very laws of ice and snow.

Her skin was crystal clear, with faintly visible icy blue patterns flowing within.

His features were exquisitely refined, yet he showed no expression, only an unchanging indifference and majesty.

Her long, icy blue hair cascaded down to her waist, the ends shimmering with starlight.

She wore an extremely simple ice-blue long dress, the hem of which moved without wind, and patterns such as snowflakes, ice crystals and aurora naturally appeared on it.

She sat quietly on the throne, yet she seemed to be the center of the entire far north, the absolute ruler worshipped by billions of ice and snow creatures.

Snow Emperor.

Ice and Snow Maiden.

Born of nature and nurtured by the earth, a spirit of the far north.

The ice and snow ruler who has survived for 840,000 years.

He is also... the inheritor of the Ice God's bloodline.

"How long have I been asleep?"

The Snow Emperor spoke, her voice ethereal and otherworldly, like the collision of ice and snow, or the flow of aurora borealis.

no answer.

Within this space, besides her, there is only eternal ice and snow.

She slowly raised her right hand, palm facing up.

With a slight thought, a crystal snowflake materialized out of thin air above my palm.

The snowflakes swirl slowly, each edge refracting a different image—

Hyotei made the list, freezing thousands of miles.

The Demon Emperor has made the list, and the deep sea is in an uproar.

Poseidon ascends to the list, and the sea god descends.

Bibi Dong makes the list, and the End Realm takes shape...

Finally, the image freezes on the "Goddess Ranking" itself—a mysterious list that stretches across the sky, revealing four top female powerhouses in succession.

"Goddess Ranking...selecting powerful women...granting them power...breaking the balance..."

Xue Di murmured to herself, a hint of understanding flashing in her icy blue eyes.

"I see."

"Bing'er's inclusion on the list has triggered the fortune of the far north and also awakened the dormant Ice God bloodline within me."

She could clearly feel that the supreme power within her, which originated from her innate nature but had been dormant for a long time, was slowly awakening.

That is the bloodline of the Ice God.

Although it is diluted, containing only 20% of the complete bloodline, it is still the bloodline of the God-King!
It is because of this bloodline that she was able to be born in the form of an innate being, the "Ice and Snow Maiden," to rule the far north for over 800,000 years, and to create the three ultimate techniques that touch upon the realm of gods: "Emperor's Palm," "Emperor's Sword," and "Emperor's Frost Heaven."

"The power of the rankings... is stirring my blood."

"It's calling me...to step onto that stage."

The Snow Emperor slowly rose from her throne.

With her movement, the entire Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Mysterious Ice Cave began to tremble violently!
Large swathes of ice crystals peeled off the dome, the ice on the ground cracked, and countless icy blue light spots converged wildly, surging into her body.

Her aura began to rise at an alarming rate!
850,000 years... 860,000 years... 870,000 years...

When the aura broke through the 900,000-year mark, a sudden change occurred!
(End of this chapter)