Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 169 Snow Empress: I gave birth to myself?

Within Zhu Ziyang's spiritual sea, Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux stood before a snow-white jade bead, which was the soul of the Snow Emperor.

"Teacher, wake her up," Zhu Ziyang said.

"Alright." Electrolux nodded, then waved his hand gently over Snow Empress's soul bead. Instantly, the snow-white jade bead began to tremble. Seeing this, Electrolux said calmly, "No need to pretend anymore. Now that you've awakened, come out."

The jade bead trembled more violently, and under Zhu Ziyang's gaze, it slowly shattered, transforming into a stunningly beautiful woman. The woman wore a long dress, her hair reached her feet, her gaze was indifferent, and her expression was slightly cold. She quietly watched Zhu Ziyang and Ilex. Without a doubt, she was the Snow Empress.

Zhu Ziyang was surprised. He had expected Xue Di to cause a huge scene after waking up, but she was surprisingly calm. This saved him a lot of trouble, at least he didn't need to teach her a lesson first. It seemed she had realized that her situation didn't allow her to act recklessly.

"Shameless humans, what do you want?" Although she had resigned herself to her fate, her proud nature made Xue Di still stubborn. She said, "You have already stolen my cultivation and imprisoned my soul, what more do you want?"

"Snow Empress, hello. As your future partner, I think it's necessary to introduce myself first." Zhu Ziyang didn't care about Snow Empress's attitude and said with a smile, "My name is Zhu Ziyang, I am fifteen years old, and I am an unparalleled genius with ultimate light and ultimate ice. This is my teacher, an unparalleled powerhouse from another world, the Necromancer Saint God, Ilex."

"God?!" The Snow Empress's expression changed slightly. Clearly, she was shocked by Ilex's identity. She chose to give up her soul beast body and become human, wasn't it all for the sake of becoming a god?

"The soul spirit, which is your current state, is a contract developed by my teacher that allows soul beasts and soul masters to coexist. I believe you can sense it," Zhu Ziyang continued. "This means that as long as I become a god, you will follow me and enter the realm of gods. Isn't that what you've been hoping for?"

Zhu Ziyang's words were half true and half false, because he himself didn't know if he could eventually become a god, after all, the divine position was too ethereal and unattainable. However, it was the only thing he could use as a bargaining chip, since the Snow Empress's cultivation was as high as 700,000 years. If the world's rules weren't too harsh on the soul beast race, she wouldn't need to transform into a human at all. And the result she sought after transforming into a human was none other than becoming a god, wasn't it?

Now, Zhu Ziyang tells her that as long as he becomes a god, she will also become a god without needing any cultivation. Zhu Ziyang doesn't believe that Xue Di would be unmoved by such a temptation!

"How can I believe you?" Sure enough, the Snow Empress's expression softened, showing a hint of attraction, and she said, "How can I believe you can become a god? Although this world favors humans, transcending to godhood is not as simple as just talking about it!"

"I have great confidence in myself!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile. He wanted to say that he had already received the favor of a god, but he couldn't, so he could only start with his own talent, saying, "Have you ever seen a human who possesses two extreme attributes at the same time? And I'm only fifteen years old this year. I'm confident that I will reach the Title Douluo level before I'm thirty. I have enough time to search for the footsteps of a god!"

"Your talent is indeed extraordinary." The Snow Empress paused for a moment, then said, "But that's not enough to convince me, because there are too many talented humans, but throughout history, only a handful from ten thousand years ago have become gods. I need other guarantees!"

Snow Empress's gaze fell upon Electrolux. Undoubtedly, she needed Electrolux's assurance. She said, "You are very strong. To be able to research something like Soul Spirits, which can change the rules of the world, makes you the strongest human I have ever seen!"

"Heh, this little girl is quite clever!" Electrox chuckled lightly. "What you're worried about is that Ziyang will ultimately fail to gain the favor of the gods of this world. You don't need to worry about that at all. Because in my plan, if Ziyang cannot obtain a divine position before the age of fifty, then I will require him to create his own!"

"!" Electrolux's extremely arrogant words made Zhu Ziyang and Xue Di's eyes widen. It was the first time Zhu Ziyang had heard Electrolux's expectations of him. While he was moved, he couldn't help but feel a little unconvinced. His teacher was worrying too much. If it weren't for the warning from that strange god, he would definitely have opened his eyes!

"Haha, of course, I'm just listing the worst-case scenario," Electrox laughed, "Unless all the gods in this world are blind, with Ziyang's talent, he can't possibly be confined to the mortal realm. If those gods really are blind, what's wrong with us creating our own divine positions? A mere divine position is utterly insignificant to me, the Necromancer Saint! At that time, what if we even conquer the realm of gods?"

Electrolux was truly arrogant, even making the self-proclaimed proud Snow Empress look at him with newfound respect. Zhu Ziyang was even more thrilled, and couldn't help but think of Electrolux's opening verse when they first met: "Holding the sun and moon in my hands, plucking stars from the sky, there is no one like me in this world!" It was so fitting!

"I admit, you've convinced me!" The Snow Empress finally lowered her proud head and said, "I'm willing to become Zhu Ziyang's soul, but if the future Zhu Ziyang fails to lead me into the realm of gods, or if he becomes addicted to the pleasures of the mortal world and loses his motivation, then I will not hesitate to destroy myself!"

This was both a threat and an impetus, and Zhu Ziyang could only immediately reply, "You can rest assured, that day will absolutely not come!"

After saying that, he glanced helplessly at Electrolux, and Electrolux also glanced helplessly at him. Neither of them expected that the Snow Empress would discover the secret door to the Soul Spirit System so quickly.

Although the Soul Spirit system was constructed according to Electrolux's plan, it is ultimately a part of the world's rules. From the moment it was established, it was no longer under Electrolux's control and consciously made improvements and limitations. The stronger a Soul Beast is, the greater its autonomy after becoming a Soul Spirit. Like Xue Di, whose cultivation level was as high as 700,000 in her lifetime, she retained most of her strength after becoming a Soul Spirit, and also gained the same level of control over her Soul Rings as Zhu Ziyang.

This autonomy is reflected in the spirit rings. Specifically, the four crimson-gold spirit rings can be seen as either Zhu Ziyang's spirit rings or Xue Di's spirit rings.

Normally, Zhu Ziyang takes the lead, but when the relationship between Xue Di and Zhu Ziyang breaks down, this autonomy comes into play, allowing Xue Di to self-destruct her spirit rings. This could result in Zhu Ziyang losing four spirit ring slots. The best outcome of losing spirit ring slots is a drop in cultivation level of four major realms.

This is a patch from the world's will for the Soul Spirit system, and an adjustment to the relationship between Soul Masters and Soul Spirits. It may be further improved in the future, but for now, it can only maintain this level, something neither Zhu Ziyang nor Electrolux anticipated.

"I believe you!" Xue Di looked deeply at Zhu Ziyang, then said, "Release my body, let Xue Di's spirit truly manifest in the world!"

"Good!" Zhu Ziyang smiled brightly and immediately summoned the soul spirit embryo from the crimson-gold soul ring.

The moment the Soul Embryo appeared in the Sea of ​​Spirit, Xue Di felt a strong attraction and affinity. This Soul Embryo was truly a complicated matter for her.

It could be considered her new body, since she was about to merge with it and possessed most of her cultivation; or it could be considered her child, since it was born from her bloodline and origin. However, if we look at it that way, wouldn't that mean I gave birth to myself...?

Xue Di's face flushed slightly, and then she threw herself into the soul embryo without hesitation.

As Xue Di's soul entered the Soul Embryo, the final step in the birth of the Soul was completed. The round Soul Embryo immediately emitted a faint glow of wisdom, and amidst Zhu Ziyang and Ilex's anticipation, it gradually changed. A layer of eggshell slowly appeared on the surface of the embryo, and the entire embryo transformed into a snow-white egg.

"This..." Zhu Ziyang was dumbfounded, staring blankly at the egg, speechless.

"Haha, looks like we'll have to wait a while!" Electrox was quite happy, laughing heartily as he said, "That's fine, at least that way there won't be any loopholes."

"Sigh!" Zhu Ziyang sighed. He thought he would get the Snow Empress's soul spirit immediately, but he didn't expect to have to wait. It was so torturous. Hopefully, this was just a special treatment for the first soul spirit. If all future soul spirits were like this, then the soul spirit system still needed further optimization!

"Ahem, I've been thinking too much." Zhu Ziyang placed the Soul Egg on the Spirit Island in the Sea of ​​Spirit, next to the Silver Dragon Wolf Soul Crystal. His gaze fell on the silver-white crystal as he pondered.

Once the Silver Dragon Wolf awakens, will I be able to possess a second soul spirit?

(End of this chapter)