245: A new king is born

The black hole Su Lei conjured instantly began to madly devour the ownerless Soul Origin!

Boom!

Su Lei felt his Divine Soul completely explode!

It was a torrent of memories and Laws powerful enough to instantly reduce any Mortal to an idiot!

Countless cracks appeared on the surface of his golden Divine Soul, threatening to shatter at any moment.

"Hold on!"

Just as his consciousness was about to be overwhelmed, the Queen's will transformed into a clear spring and poured in: "This is your spoils of war, and also your tribulation!"

"Hold onto it, and you will step into a new Realm! Fail, and you and I will suffer eternal damnation!"

Su Lei endured the excruciating pain, as if being cut by a thousand knives, and frantically circulated the Star Pivot Divine Prohibition Art. His Soul Core erupted with unprecedented gravity, being repeatedly overwhelmed and repeatedly reforming.

After an unknown amount of time, his Divine Soul, which had been on the verge of collapse, finally calmed down.

He slowly opened his eyes. Before him, the dark nebula had disappeared, replaced by a diamond-shaped Soul imprint emanating a faint starlight.

He reached out to touch it, and Venerable Tianhe's memories flashed by like a movie.

He saw the human hero's apprehension, saw him personally set the curse, and also saw the subtle, almost imperceptible guilt in his eyes as he turned to leave.

It turned out that the core of this curse was not Possession, but assimilation.

Venerable Tianhe wanted to use ten thousand years to transform the Queen into humanity's strongest ally.

A grand and selfish plan.

Unfortunately, he underestimated the Queen's will and overestimated the imprint he left behind.

During ten thousand years of resistance, this imprint developed an independent will, shifting from assimilation to devouring.

Su Lei slowly withdrew his hand, the imprint in his palm as docile as a cat.

He could erase it at any time, granting the Queen a freedom delayed by ten thousand years.

He looked up at the Ice Crystal Phoenix, which, though weak, had regained its radiance.

"Now, you can make your choice."

The Ice Crystal Phoenix looked at him deeply, its gaze incredibly complex.

After a long while, a clear, cold female voice echoed in his consciousness: "I, Astrea, the last Queen of the Valkyrie."

"In the name of my clan, I offer you the highest respect. Speak your conditions, newcomer."

Su Lei shook his head: "I don't want a reward. I came here for only one thing."

His will transformed into a scene: an endless dark sea, where a terrifying giant whale devouring stars was awakening.

The Queen's voice for the first time carried a hint of solemnity: "Abyssal Demon Whale. It seems the great cleansing of this epoch is about to begin."

"I need the crown of wisdom."

Su Lei spoke directly: "Use it to secure a glimmer of hope for my civilization."

The Queen was silent for a moment.

"The crown of wisdom is not here."

This answer made Su Lei's heart sink.

"It is the last spark of the previous epoch's civilization, long since sent to a safe place whose coordinates even I do not know."

The Queen's will transformed into a soft light, falling upon Su Lei.

"And I, along with this City of Frozen Ice, exist solely as one of the seven keys to open that safe place."

"I am the guardian of the crown of wisdom."

"And now..."

Her voice carried an unprecedented solemnity: "I hand over this duty of guardianship to you."

"You have passed my trial."

"Now, you are worthy to become its new master."

Queen Astrea's voice, rather than an affirmation, was more like a sigh, a sigh of relief.

The moment that voice dissipated in Su Lei's Divine Soul, an imprint of a crown, constructed of pure Law and emanating an eternal ice-blue light, fell like a meteor, searingly branded onto the core of his Divine Soul.

Boom!

The instant the imprint completely merged with his Divine Soul, an unprecedented sense of control surged through him.

Su Lei felt that his will was no longer limited by his physical body, but instantly spread to every corner of the entire City of Frozen Ice.

The White Tower beneath his feet, the distant city walls, the frozen frost on the streets, and even the ten-thousand-year-old Profound Ice Coffin, and the Queen's body that had slept for ten thousand years within it—everything seemed to become an extension of his limbs, breathing with his thoughts, pulsating with his will.

At this moment, he became the sole King of this ten-thousand-year-silent Ice Empire.

"Now, it's time for those traitors to pay the price."

Su Lei's consciousness, following the sacrificial energy channel, silently returned to his body like a receding tide.

Inside the temple at the top of the White Tower, the air was filled with an anxious atmosphere mixed with fanaticism and greed.

The sacrificial ritual was still ongoing.

On the altar, Yelena's corpse, used as a sacrifice, had long since lost its last trace of life, her skin a pale blue-white, characteristic of the dead.

Below the altar, Elder Hera of the Gravekeepers and the Bishop of the Forgotten Ones Sect could clearly feel pure life force being continuously extracted, gathered, and finally injected into the ten-thousand-year-sleeping ice coffin deep beneath the temple, through the intricate blood-colored patterns on the altar.

Everything was proceeding incredibly smoothly, so smoothly that they were intoxicated.

"The Queen's aura, I feel it, she is reviving!"

Elder Hera's wrinkled face for the first time showed an almost pathological flush.

She could clearly feel the vast will that had been dormant for ten thousand years, awakening and rising deep underground at an unprecedented speed!

"We succeeded! We succeeded!"

"Your Majesty the Queen, she is finally coming back!"

The Gravekeepers present were all overjoyed, their eyes streaming with tears of excitement. Ten thousand years of waiting and sacrifice seemed to finally be rewarded at this moment.

The Bishop of the Forgotten Ones Sect, on the other hand, fixed his eyes, which gleamed with greed and calculation, on the door constructed of the Law, leading deeper into the temple.

The Queen's return was certainly joyful, but what he cared about more was the agreement.

Just then.

The blood-red light flickering on the altar, which should have been continuously drawing life force, suddenly dimmed without warning.

The energy channel connecting Yelena and the ice coffin, the pillar of light composed of life force, inexplicably broke and dissipated into nothingness.

"What's going on?"

The Bishop was the first to notice something amiss, his greed instantly replaced by vigilance.

"The sacrifice, the sacrifice's life force, seems to have been exhausted."

Although Elder Hera was also somewhat puzzled, she was quickly overwhelmed by the impending ecstasy.

"It doesn't matter! This little bit of life force is enough! Enough to awaken the great Queen!"

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