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Chapter 396 The Fall of a God, the Birth of a Venerable One! [Please Subscribe! Please Vote!]

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The blizzard outside intensified, and the snowstorm that blanketed the entire Ice God Mountain Range seemed to cause the temperature to drop several degrees again without anyone noticing.

Outside the Ice God Ruins beneath the glacial fissures, in the dim light emanating only from the millennia-old ice marrow, the Ice Emperor and the Ice Jade Scorpion King had been silently observing the two humanoid creatures, their bodies covered in frost, inside the ruins of the Ice God Ruins for two whole days.

The rest of the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan were diligently mining the millennium-old and ten-thousand-year-old ice marrow in the glacial crevasses. With the Ice Emperor and the Ice Jade Scorpion King in charge, no other soul beast clans in the far north dared to approach this place.

"The Emperor and the others are going to die." In the darkness, the Ice Jade Scorpion King silently spoke with his mental power.

"I understand." The Ice Emperor, now a snow-white-haired girl with twin ponytails, took a bite of the shimmering, ten-thousand-year-old ice marrow in her hand and looked at the interior of the Ice God Ruins with a satisfied expression.

This time, the Ice Jade Scorpion clan was very lucky, harvesting a lot of thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old ice marrow, which will allow the clan to produce a few more ten-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Scorpions. At the same time, it will also allow the Ice Emperor, who just withstood 400,000 lightning tribulations, to recover his energy.

"They... are considered geniuses among human soul masters. Could they be in trouble?" As a 100,000-year-old soul beast, the Ice Jade Scorpion King has sufficient intellectual potential. However, due to spending its entire life in the icy and snowy world, its cognitive understanding is limited, and its thinking is somewhat sluggish.

This is why, compared to humans, the 100,000-year-old soul beasts, who are said to possess human intelligence, always emphasize a "foolishness".

"A Title Douluo? A mere Title Douluo? I can destroy him with a single hand." The Ice Emperor hesitated for a moment, then said confidently.

For Ice Emperor, even if a Limit Douluo from this world came, they wouldn't be a match for her in the extreme northern environment. (The combat power of Douluos in Douluo Continent I is generally much weaker than that in Douluo Continent II).

Throughout her long life, she had also fought against the Limit Douluo of ancient times. Humans were weak, and if she hadn't wanted to avoid trouble, she, with only 300,000 years of cultivation at the time, could have even killed them directly in the frigid environment of the far north! (The forces behind Limit Douluo were far too powerful.)

Of course, she later encountered Limit Douluo who could fight her to a draw in the far north, who seemed to be an elder of the Spirit Hall. However, in the end, the two sides reached a tacit agreement: if the ferocious beasts of the far north would not cause trouble on the Douluo Continent, then the Spirit Hall would silently protect the peace and tranquility of the far north.

However, she is not the same person she used to be. She is now... no, she is a super ferocious beast at the 400,000-level! Even if the former Limit Douluo of the Spirit Hall were to challenge her again, he would be no match for her!

For tens of thousands of years, the upper limit of human soul masters' combat power at the Limit Douluo level seems to have been slowly increasing, but Ice Emperor is not to be underestimated either, and her strength is also steadily improving!

A mere Title Douluo, a minor Limit Douluo, she, the Ice Emperor of the North, can twist their heads off with one hand and kick them like balls!

"However, the soul power fluctuations within these two human soul masters are quite rare. They can be made into eternal ice sculptures and become my collection." But then the Ice Emperor suddenly changed his style, leaping down from the head of the Ice Jade Scorpion King. His delicate pink feet lightly touched the cold air, seemingly feeling no cold at all. He stepped over the faint barrier surrounding the Ice God Ruins and entered easily and effortlessly.

"Although humans are incredibly weak, their societies still have quite a few fun little gadgets."

"Ah, Your Majesty... This isn't..." The Ice Jade Scorpion King was somewhat dazed as he watched the Ice Emperor walk into the barrier so easily.

"It's just a layer of oppressive barrier. Soul beasts with a cultivation level of 100,000 years or more will not be affected by this barrier." Ice Emperor explained quietly, then tiptoed silently into the Ice God Ruins, where almost no trace of architecture could be seen. Finally, she slowly stopped in front of a still towering ice pillar with runes. Her beautiful icy blue eyes quietly looked at the marks on the ice pillar, her gaze flickering uncertainly.

The Ice God Ruins, which were gradually destroyed during the glacier's migration, are now only vaguely remembered by the Hyotei.

At that time, she had just broken through the 100,000-year realm and become one of the few Ice Jade Scorpion Kings in the Ice Jade Scorpion clan.

Yes, she wasn't the first 100,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion in the Ice Jade Scorpion clan, nor was she the first Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. She was simply lucky; she escaped the 'Transformation Era' and avoided the 'Dark Age,' ultimately surviving to this day in the far north.

If the memories from ancient times are correct, then the runes on the rune-covered ice pillar in front of her seem to record the birth of a legend.

Although many of the runes on the ice pillar, formed from the purest ice, were incomplete, the Ice Emperor could still vaguely discern the image depicted within. It seemed to be recording the fall of a god: above, the starry sky shattered, glaciers collapsed, and crimson snow fell from the heavens; to the left and right were the protective runes of the Ice Jade Scorpion and the Titan Snow Demon; below were the worship of countless descendants of ice and snow, drawn with simple symbols. In the very center, however, was an incredibly profound circular rune, appearing as an embryonic form at the very center of the runic image.

That was the fall of a god.

It was also the birth of a legendary venerable one.

This icicle stands silently deep within the dark glacial crevice, silently telling the story of the end of an era amidst the raging blizzard.

Some vague ancient memories resurfaced in Hyotei's mind, making her feel incredibly heavy-hearted and her expression somewhat dazed.

She was incredibly lucky. She gained sentience at the end of the ancient era and, due to her weak strength, managed to survive the Dark Ages, eventually arriving at the Soul Master era. At an extremely critical juncture, she was an ancient soul beast who had lived through three eras. Anyone whose strength and realm were inferior to hers was basically unable to witness the evolution of these three eras.

The history is unknown even to human soul masters themselves, but for Hyotei, it was a fragment of her long life.

Take the Soul Guidance Device civilization, for example. It was a legendary civilization that emerged at the end of the ancient era. However, at that time, people preferred to call it "rune" or "soul rune," which eventually evolved into "soul guide."

"I thought you were destined to activate the restrictions here, but in the end, you all silently passed away in the icy cold."

Hyotei shifted his gaze from the rune-inscribed ice pillars, then looked down into the depths of the ruins. Before a rune-inscribed wall stood the man who held the girl with the faint flame of life force. At this moment, his aura was obscure, and his fierce sword intent had vanished.

(End of this chapter)