Douluo Continent: My name is Lu Mingfei, and my martial soul is Lu Mingze.

After absorbing all four soul bones, Lu Mingfei stretched his body.

There was no pain, no tearing sensation, no discomfort, but the benefits were truly enormous.

First came the changes brought about by his torso bones. A pair of faint, emerald-green ice crystal patterns appeared on his back, shaped like the outline of an ice scorpion, and he gained the Realm of Eternal Freeze and the Sting of the Ice Emperor.

The Eternal Freeze Domain is a domain-type skill that unfolds a 100-meter-diameter extreme cold domain centered on the user. The temperature within the domain plummets to below 100 degrees Celsius, significantly reducing the enemy's movement speed, attack speed, and soul power circulation.

He receives half the ice-attribute damage within the domain, and the domain will automatically draw ice elements from the environment to replenish his soul power.

Ice Emperor's Sting is a melee skill. His fists can be covered with a layer of emerald green ice crystal shell, hard enough to shatter soul tools. Each punch carries penetrating damage from extreme ice, and the hit parts will develop frostbite that cannot be treated by ordinary means for a period of time.

Then there's the external soul bone attached to the head—the will of Hyotei.

This soul bone is shaped like a crown formed from emerald green ice crystals, resembling a crown coiled with the hook of an emerald scorpion's tail. It comes with two skills: Ice Blast and Extreme Cold Perception.

Ice Blast goes without saying.

Extreme Cold Perception allows his mental power to cover the distribution of all ice and water elements within a radius of several thousand meters, accurately perceiving the location, movement trajectory, and soul power fluctuations of enemies outside his field of vision.

The Snow Emperor's external left arm bone is called Frost Bone, and its passive skill is Silent Conversion—any offensive soul power that comes into contact with the frost-covered area of ​​his left arm will be forcibly converted into pure cold the moment it touches the area.

There are two active skills. Compensation can actively transfer non-instant-death damage that teammates or oneself are taking to a damage storage pool made of extreme ice. The storage pool has an upper limit, and he needs to withstand continuous low temperature and soul power consumption.

Frost Burial releases all the damage stored in the pool, transforming it into an absolute zero impact.

The bone in his right arm is called Snow Marrow. Its passive skill is Snow Realm Perception, which enhances his ability to perceive temperature flow. He can see through illusions, discover hidden enemies, and predict the timing of an opponent's soul power burst.

The active skills are Snow Draw and Meridian Sealing. Snow Draw can implant a snow seed into the enemy's body, continuously absorbing the enemy's overflowing soul power and heat, and detonating at any time to cause forced interruption and stun.

Sealing the meridians involves injecting the ultimate power of ice and snow into the enemy's body, directly affecting their soul meridians and freezing the flow of soul power.

Lu Mingfei opened his eyes, feeling a surge of power coursing through his body.

He exhaled, and the water vapor in the air condensed directly into ice crystals, which fell to the ground with a soft rustling sound.

"Lu Mingze, have you ever seen anything like this before?" he asked in his mind.

"Never seen it before." Lu Mingze's voice was unusually serious for once.

"Absorbing four 400,000-year-old soul bones at once without any pain is something that has never been recorded in the entire history of soul masters, even in the history books I secretly read from Shrek Academy."

"What happened?"

Lu Mingze was silent for a few seconds, then said, "The only explanation is that you are now the master of the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor. The soul bones naturally detached from them, not forcibly removed."

"As for the soul bones themselves, you are not forcibly absorbing them, but rather they are actively integrating into you."

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that these four soul bones see you as an extension of the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor. You are the master, and they are the followers. The soul bones recognizing you as their master is the same as recognizing them as their master. Therefore, they will not cause you any harmful rejection reaction."

Lu Mingfei thought about it and it seemed to make some sense.

He opened his eyes and almost jumped up.

Hyotei and Yuki-tei returned at some point, and the two of them crowded in front of his face, so close that he could count Yuki-tei's eyelashes.

Hyotei's emerald green eyes stared at him, unblinking. Yuki-tei's expression remained indifferent, but a hint of curiosity was clearly visible in her deep blue eyes.

"When did you get back?" Lu Mingfei shrank back.

"Just now." Hyotei straightened up, crossing his arms over his chest.

"I was so engrossed in watching you absorb the soul bone that I didn't notice."

Xue Di also stood up and said in a calm tone, "It is indeed rare to see four soul bones being absorbed at the same time without any reaction."

Lu Mingfei scratched his head and chuckled.

He suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction.

The two strongest soul beasts in the far north, the 400,000-year-old Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and the 700,000-year-old Snow Maiden, now stood before him, concerned about his soul bone absorption.

Moreover, they were his followers, and he was their lord.

How to describe this feeling? It's like someone who's always been at the bottom of the class suddenly getting the top score, and all the classmates gather around to ask you how you did it.

Although the analogy is not quite right, Lu Mingfei did feel a strange sense of satisfaction.

"What are you laughing at?" Hyotei's cold voice shattered his reverie.

"No, no, no, I didn't laugh at anything." Lu Mingfei quickly composed himself and sat up straight.

Hyotei snorted and flicked her tail hook behind her. She was in human form now, but the emerald green tail hook was still there, protruding from under her skirt, segment by segment, with the silvery-white hook tip at the end gleaming coldly.

"So, where are you going next?" Hyotei asked.

"Back to Shrek Academy," Lu Mingfei said matter-of-factly.

"I am a student of Shrek Academy. I was tricked by Lu Mingze into coming to the far north to obtain my second spirit ring. I haven't gotten the spirit ring yet, but I have obtained four spirit bones. It's time for me to go back."

Hyotei and Yuki-tei exchanged a glance.

"Then what do we do? Walk back to Shrek with you?" Hyotei pointed to herself with her tail hook, then to Yuki.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment.

Right, he hadn't thought about that at all before.

Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor are spirit beasts, not humans.

If they were to follow him out of the far north and into the human world in such a swaggering manner, the scene would be incredibly exciting. Two ferocious beasts that have existed for hundreds of thousands of years appearing in a human city would probably cause an uproar among all the soul masters in the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Although most people can't see through their disguise, it's still best to be cautious.

"Well..." Lu Mingfei scratched his head, "How about you stay in the far north? I'll summon you when I need you?"

"No." Xue Di's voice was indifferent.

"Although the positional connection can be sensed over long distances, we have just completed the investiture, and the connection is still unstable. If the distance is too great, the connection may be lost."

"What should we do then?"

The three people looked at each other in bewilderment.

At this moment, a golden light emerged from Lu Mingfei's body, and Lu Mingze's figure appeared out of thin air in the cave.

Today he was wearing a black suit, holding a wine glass in his hand, his hair was neatly combed, and he exuded a mature air about him.

"This is a very simple question," Lu Mingze said with a smile, taking a sip of red wine.

"Why don't we just let my two older sisters live in my spiritual sea?"

Lu Mingfei blinked: "That works too?"

"That's right. Your spiritual sea is completely empty right now, there's nothing there except me. Let Hyotei and Yuki-tei live there, they won't be discovered, they can stay in touch at any time, and they can provide you with power support when you're fighting."

"Moreover," Lu Mingze turned to look at Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor, his smile deepening.

"After the two older sisters move in, they can also experience the outside world through their older brother's senses. They've been in the far north for hundreds of thousands of years; it's time for them to go out and see the world, isn't it?"