203: Chapter 203 The Second Soul, Searching for the Frost Dragon Soul in the Ice Plains

[Heavenly Court - First Generation] 47 hours since jumping from the Ziwei Star Field.

On the holographic star map, a pure white Star Domain is rapidly approaching. That is the northernmost edge of the Big Dipper Star Field—a permanently frozen star sector, where even the light of stars freezes into pale blue ice crystals here.

[Arctic Ice Plains · Big Dipper Star Field Zone No. 7]

[Coordinates: Big Dipper Star Field · N-87, W-173]

[Danger Rank: ★★★★]

[Core Threat: Frost Dragon Soul Guardian · Frost Giant King (Rank 82 Elite)]

[Hidden Threat: The sleeping place of the Frost Dragon beneath the ten-thousand-zhang ice layer]

— — —

Lin Ye stands in the center of the command cabin.

He looks at that pure white Star Domain.

3 seconds.

He speaks.

"Su Qingyue," he says.

— — —

Su Qingyue walks to his side.

Her left hand grips his hand.

3 seconds.

Release.

— — —

"Your Vast Cold Spirit Body," Lin Ye says.

"Here, it will have a bonus."

— — —

Su Qingyue does not speak.

But the look in her eyes as she watches the ice plains on the holographic star map is brighter than ever.

— — —

17th minute.

[Heavenly Court - First Generation] passes through the ice crystal clouds on the periphery of the ice plains.

Those ice crystals are not ordinary ice.

They are "Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice".

Temperature: -170°C.

Thickness: 17 kilometers.

The hull surface condenses a layer of ice 3 centimeters thick while passing through the clouds.

[Energy Shield: 100% → 89% (De-icing consumption)]

— — —

[System Prompt: You have arrived at the "Arctic Ice Plains"]

[Current Coordinates: Edge of Ice Plains · Glacier No. 7]

[Environmental Parameters:]

[Gravity: 1.1 G]

[Temperature: -87°C (Surface) / -270°C (Deep Ice Layer)]

[Spiritual Qi Concentration: Big Dipper Star Field Standard × 50% (Ice Attribute + 300%)]

[Ice Attribute Resistance Requirement: ≥ 70% (Recommended)]

[Current Team Average Ice Resistance: 31% (Su Qingyue) + 17% (Lin Ye) + 7% (Shi Potian)...]

[Su Qingyue · Vast Cold Spirit Body Bonus: Ice Resistance + 50%, Ice-type Damage + 100%]

[Current Su Qingyue Ice Resistance: 81%]

— — —

The cabin door opens.

Biting cold wind rushes into the ship cabin.

That wind is not ordinary wind.

It is "Profound Ice Gale".

Temperature: -170°C.

Wind speed: 170 meters per second.

Any creature without ice resistance will freeze into an ice sculpture within 3 seconds.

— — —

Su Qingyue steps out of the cabin door first.

[Ice Resistance: 81%]

[Environmental Damage: 0 points]

— — —

She stands on the edge of the glacier.

Beneath her feet is a boundless white ice plain.

The surface of the ice plain is not flat.

It is "waves".

Those ice waves, hundreds of meters high, were frozen hundreds of thousands of years ago—that is the eternal posture of the ocean when it surged for the last time before being instantly frozen.

— — —

[Arctic Ice Plains · Structure]

[Ice Layer Thickness: approx. 17 kilometers]

[Layers:]

[1. Surface Layer (0-3 km): Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Layer, Temperature -170°C, Ice-type Damage 1,700 points per second]

[2. Middle Layer (3-10 km): Ancient Ice Layer, Temperature -220°C, Ice-type Damage 3,700 points per second, Frost Giants patrolling]

[3. Deep Layer (10-17 km): Frost Dragon Sleeping Layer, Temperature -270°C, Ice-type Damage 5,700 points per second, Frost Dragon Soul Guardian entrenched]

[4. Core (Below 17 km): ??? (Frost Dragon True Body sleeping)]

— — —

Lin Ye stands beside Su Qingyue.

He looks at the line "Frost Dragon True Body sleeping".

3 seconds.

He speaks.

"Same as the Flame Dragon," he says.

"Below, there is another Saint-Grade."

— — —

Su Qingyue nods.

"But the Frost Dragon," she says.

"Has resonance with my Physique..."

— — —

Lin Ye looks at her.

— — —

"I can feel it," Su Qingyue continues.

"It is calling me."

— — —

Lin Ye's pupils contract slightly.

— — —

1st minute.

Lin Ye and Su Qingyue begin to descend.

Not jumping.

"Walking".

Su Qingyue walks in front.

When her footsteps land on the ice surface, those Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice automatically "give way" to create a path.

Not melting.

"Giving way".

As if the ice layer itself is welcoming her.

— — —

[Su Qingyue · Vast Cold Spirit Body · Ice Plains Affinity]

[Effect: In ice plain environments, Movement Speed + 300%, Ice-type Damage + 200%, Ice Resistance + 50%]

[Current Status: Activated]

— — —

3rd minute.

Passing through the surface layer.

Arriving at the middle layer.

[Middle Layer · Ancient Ice Layer]

[Temperature: -220°C]

[Ice-type Damage per second: 3,700 points (Su Qingyue 81% Ice Resistance = 703 points; Lin Ye 17% Ice Resistance = 3,071 points)]

— — —

Lin Ye's HP begins to drop.

[100% → 97% → 94% → 91%]

3,071 points per second.

Can hold on for 30 seconds at most.

— — —

Su Qingyue stops.

She turns around.

Looks at him.

3 seconds.

She reaches out her hand.

Grips his hand.

— — —

[Vast Cold Spiritual Power · Sharing]

[Cost: Su Qingyue 5% Divine Power per second]

[Effect: Temporarily share own "Ice Resistance" to the target]

[Current Lin Ye Ice Resistance: 17% + 81% = 98%]

[Lin Ye Damage per second: 3,700 points → 74 points]

— — —

Lin Ye's HP stops dropping.

He looks at Su Qingyue.

— — —

She does not speak.

Just holds his hand.

Continues walking.

— — —

7th minute.

They pass through the middle layer.

Arrive at the deep layer.

[Deep Layer · Frost Dragon Sleeping Layer]

[Temperature: -270°C]

[Ice-type Damage per second: 5,700 points (Su Qingyue 81% Ice Resistance = 1,083 points; Lin Ye 98% Ice Resistance = 114 points)]

[Environment: Completely dark]

— — —

There is no light here.

Any light source will be frozen here.

But Su Qingyue's body is glowing.

Not actively glowing.

It is her Vast Cold Spirit Body resonating with the "Origin" of this ice plain.

That light is faint.

So faint it is almost imperceptible.

But in this eternal darkness, it is the only guide.

— — —

13th minute.

They stand at the bottom of the Frost Dragon Sleeping Layer.

There, there is a giant beast.

[Frost Giant King · Rank 82 Elite]

[Height: 47 meters]

[HP: 570,000]

[Attack Power: 17,300-21,700]

[Characteristics:]

[1. Frost Body: Immune to Ice-type damage, 50% chance to trigger "Frost Backlash" when receiving physical damage, freezing the attacker for 0.3 seconds]

[2. Giant King's Heart: Restore 15% Max HP every 30 seconds]

[3. Frost Breath: Deals 17,000 Ice-type damage per second, lasts 5 seconds, cooldown 30 seconds]

[4. Giant Summon: Summon 3 Rank 77 Frost Giants every 60 seconds]

[Weaknesses:]

[1. The "Frost Core" in the center of the chest is a fatal weakness, Defense - 70%]

[2. Fire-type damage + 100%]

— — —

It stands there.

Guarding an unfathomably deep ice fissure behind it.

Deep in the ice fissure, there is a cluster of pale blue light.

That light pulses at a frequency of 1.7 seconds/time.

Synchronized with Su Qingyue's heartbeat.

— — —

That is the Frost Dragon Soul.

— — —

Lin Ye releases Su Qingyue's hand.

He takes a step forward.

— — —

Su Qingyue pulls him back.

— — —

"I'll do it," she says.

— — —

Lin Ye looks at her.

— — —

"It knows me," Su Qingyue says.

"It... is waiting for me."

— — —

Lin Ye is silent.

3 seconds.

He nods.

— — —

Su Qingyue walks toward the Frost Giant King.

Her footsteps are very light.

Each step leaves a pale blue ice lotus on the ice surface.

That ice lotus only exists for 0.1 seconds.

Then it merges into the ice layer.

— — —

The Frost Giant King lowers its head.

Looks at this human female only as tall as its knee.

Its eyes—those two clusters of ice-blue flames—appear... confused for the first time.

— — —

"You..." its voice comes from deep in the ice layer.

"Who... are you?"

— — —

Su Qingyue does not answer.

She just raises her left hand.

Palm facing up.

There, an ice lotus 3 centimeters in diameter condenses.

That ice lotus is exactly the same as the one she condensed in the Mother Empress Hall, the one she condensed at the Prodigy Arena, and the one she condensed in countless battles.

But this time.

It has a trace of "aura".

An ancient aura that does not belong to her, but to this ice plain.

— — —

The Frost Giant King's body begins to tremble.

Not fear.

It is "submission".

Its knees—those two ice pillars thicker than mountains—slowly bend.

Kneeling down.

— — —

"Frost Dragon... My Lord," it murmurs.

"You... you have finally awakened."

— — —

Su Qingyue does not speak.

She just looks at that ice lotus.

3 seconds.

She speaks.

"Not awakened," she says.

"It's... coming home."

— — —

The cluster of pale blue light deep in the ice fissure.

Moves.

It rises from the ice fissure.

Slowly floats toward Su Qingyue.

— — —

That is a crystal, transparent throughout, with a faint blue dragon-shaped shadow inside.

[Frost Dragon Soul]

[Type: five elements dragon soul Materials]

[Quality: Legendary Grade]

[Description: The dragon soul essence naturally nurtured during the Frost Dragon's hundred-thousand-year slumber. Contains 80% of the Frost Dragon's Origin power, has a natural affinity for Ice-type Physiques.]

— — —

It floats in front of Su Qingyue.

Stops above the ice lotus in her palm.

Then—merges.

— — —

[System Prompt: Su Qingyue obtains "Frost Dragon Soul" × 1]

[five elements dragon soul Task Progress: 2/5 (Frost Dragon Soul currently held by Su Qingyue)]

— — —

The ice lotus begins to change the moment the Frost Dragon Soul merges.

No longer pure ice blue.

It is "transparent".

Transparent ice.

Transparent lotus.

Transparent—light.

— — —

[System Prompt: Su Qingyue obtains "Frost Dragon Blessing"]

[Frost Dragon Blessing]

[Type: Special Status / Permanent Buff]

[Source: Active recognition of the Frost Dragon Soul]

[Effects:]

[1. Ice-type Damage + 50% (Permanent)]

[2. Ice-type Resistance + 50% (Permanent)]

[3. Unlock new skill "Frost Dragon Breath": Summon Frost Dragon shadow, deal 300% Ice-type damage to a fan-shaped area in front, cooldown 60 seconds]

[4. Unlock new skill "Frost Dragon Protection": Automatically generate an absolute freezing shield lasting 3 seconds when receiving fatal damage, cooldown 24 hours]

[5. Fusion with "Vast Cold Spirit Body": Vast Cold Descent duration + 50%, cooldown - 30%]

[6. Obtain "Frost Dragon Recognition": In ice plain environments, all Ice-type creatures' initial reputation toward you + 3 Ranks]

— — —

Su Qingyue stands on the spot.

The ice lotus in her hand has disappeared.

But around her body, a layer of extremely faint, pale blue light is circling.

That light pulses at a frequency of 1.7 seconds/time.

Synchronized with Lin Ye's heartbeat.

— — —

She turns around.

Looks at Lin Ye.

In those ice-blue eyes, there is now a trace of... indescribable emotion.

— — —

She walks to him.

Reaches out her hand.

Grips his hand.

— — —

This time, it is not 3 seconds.

It is 17 seconds.

— — —

[System Prompt: Detected resonance between "Frost Dragon Blessing" and "Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body"]

[Resonance Intensity: 17%]

[Effects:]

[1. When together, Cultivation speed + 30%]

[2. When together, Ice-type/Chaos-type skill effects + 20%]

[3. When together, synchronization rate increase speed + 10%]

[4. Unlock hidden status "Dragon Soul Blessing": When one party's HP reaches zero, the other can forcibly keep the other party at 1 HP at the cost of 50% of their own current HP (Stacks with "Life and Death Together")]

[Note: This resonance is actively triggered by the Frost Dragon Soul, implying a relationship that surpasses battle partners...]

— — —

Lin Ye looks at the line "implying a relationship that surpasses battle partners".

3 seconds.

He closes the panel.

— — —

He looks at Su Qingyue.

She also looks at him.

— — —

"Frost Dragon Blessing," Lin Ye says.

"How... do you feel?"

— — —

Su Qingyue does not speak.

She just looks at him.

In those ice-blue eyes, his figure is reflected.

— — —

3 seconds.

She smiles.

That smile is very light, very faint.

But this time, it has a trace of... temperature that has never existed before.

— — —

"Very good," she says.

— — —

Lin Ye does not speak.

He just grips her hand tighter.

— — —

17th minute.

They return to the surface layer of the ice plains.

9 people are waiting for them.

— — —

Shi Potian speaks first.

He looks at Su Qingyue.

Looks at that layer of pale blue light around her body.

Looks at that smile on her face that has never existed before.

3 seconds.

He raises his left fist to his chest.

"Sister-in-law," he says.

— — —

Su Qingyue's face blushes.

— — —

Lin Ye does not speak.

But he holds Su Qingyue's hand, not letting go.

— — —

[System Prompt: five elements dragon soul Task Progress]

[Fire Soul: Completed]

[Water Soul: ???]

[Gold Soul: ???]

[Wood Soul: ???]

[Earth Soul: ???]

[Remaining Time: 26 days]

— — —

Lin Ye closes that prompt line.

He looks at those three flashing dots on the holographic star map.

Dragon Clan Ancestral Land.

Eternal Star Domain Ancient Forest.

Big Dipper Star Field East Sea Secret Realm.

Hegemon Body Ancestral Star Earth Core Fissure.

— — —

"Next stop," Lin Ye says.

"Dragon Clan Ancestral Land."

"Gold Dragon Soul."

— — —

[Chapter 203 · End]