37: Chapter 37 Bing'er, how could you be so foolish!

Mu Qingci's top had long since been shredded along with the shattering ice, revealing perfect, knife-carved muscle lines.

Even exposed in the core area of the Far North, he did not feel any cold.

On his left arm, a lifelike Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion pattern was imprinted, disappearing as Mu Qingci's thoughts shifted; that was the location of the Ice Emperor's left arm bone.

"I didn't expect that my consciousness would actually be preserved." The Ice Emperor, situated within Mu Qingci's spiritual sea, sighed with emotion.

"Human, now you must fulfill your promise. Take the ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow to find Xue'er, and I will guide you."

Mu Qingci nodded: "Rest assured, Senior Ice Emperor, I will keep my word."

After taking out a set of clothes he carried with him and getting dressed, Mu Qingci followed the Ice Emperor's guidance and headed toward the very core of the Far North.

Meanwhile, in the deepest part of the Far North, on a vast, boundless plain.

A palace built entirely of ice stood there.

In the center of the great hall sat a woman.

Her snow-white long hair cascaded past her waist like a waterfall.

Her ice-blue eyes paired with her stunning face looked surprisingly melancholy at this moment.

The Snow Empress sat on her throne, letting out a sigh from time to time.

"The seventh heavenly tribulation is approaching, and no matter what I do, I cannot overcome it. However, the Far North cannot be without me..."

Her eyelashes drooped slightly, and she felt dejected.

Looking down at the ice beneath her feet, it reflected the Snow Empress's stunning face.

She was a snow spirit born of heaven and earth, the darling of the Far North, but now she faced an impending disaster.

Looking at her face, which was no different from a human's, the Snow Empress felt a slight stir in her heart.

"If I were to transform into a human, could I pursue that ethereal chance of becoming a god, just like those few humans ten thousand years ago?"

The Snow Empress's voice was filled with confusion, and she couldn't make a decision for a long time.

"Xue'er."

The Snow Empress suddenly looked up; she heard her Bing'er calling her.

With a flash, she appeared outside the palace. In the vast snowy land, only a tall figure stood there.

Seeing the Snow Empress come out, Mu Qingci bowed slightly and saluted: "Junior Mu Qingci greets Senior Snow Empress."

As his voice fell, a terrifying pressure enveloped him, leaving him unable to move.

The Snow Empress's voice was as cold as the hardest ice of this Far North, and the killing intent in her eyes was undisguised: "Human, I sensed Bing'er's aura on you. I hope you give me an explanation, otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless!"

Her voice was beautiful, but at this moment it sounded full of chill.

Mu Qingci had long expected this situation.

However, he was not anxious, because just at this moment, the Ice Emperor's figure appeared beside him.

"Xue'er, stop, he is not a bad person."

After seeing the Ice Emperor, the Snow Empress subconsciously lifted the suppression on Mu Qingci.

But she suddenly realized that the Ice Emperor was in a soul state at this moment.

"Bing'er, what happened to you?" The Snow Empress asked anxiously.

A wry smile appeared on the Ice Emperor's face, and she shook her head without explaining the reason.

She looked at Mu Qingci, and Mu Qingci understood immediately and took out the twelve stalks of ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow.

"Senior Snow Empress, this is what Senior Ice Emperor asked me to give you. It happened like this..."

Mu Qingci recounted the whole story.

When he finished speaking, tears were already streaming down the Snow Empress's stunning face.

She reached out to touch the Ice Emperor's soul in front of her, but she couldn't touch it no matter what.

"Bing'er, why are you so foolish? You actually gave up your own life for me!"

Watching her former good sister turn into someone else's spirit ring for her sake, the Snow Empress was filled with mixed emotions.

She looked at Mu Qingci, her eyes filled with complex emotions: "Thank you, human, and please treat Bing'er well."

"Rest assured, Senior Snow Empress, this junior will definitely do my best to charge toward the legendary realm of gods and resurrect Senior Ice Emperor!"

Looking at Mu Qingci's confident appearance, the Snow Empress felt some comfort: "Perhaps it really is possible."

No god had appeared on this continent for ten thousand years, and the Snow Empress had a premonition that the young man in front of her might become the next human to touch the Domain of gods after these ten thousand years.

The Snow Empress picked up the twelve stalks of ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow and looked at the Ice Emperor: "Bing'er, I will not let your kindness go to waste."

Under the Snow Empress's arrangement, Mu Qingci entered her palace, while the Snow Empress herself remained in the ice and snow to absorb the ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow, restore her origin, and challenge the seventh heavenly tribulation.

In the vast snow, only the Snow Empress remained.

She circulated the Soul Power in her body and began to absorb the twelve stalks of ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow in front of her.

The twelve stalks of ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow floated up automatically and circled around her.

She stretched out her slender fingers and tapped lightly, and one of them turned into countless ice-blue light spots and poured into her body.

The injuries in the Snow Empress's body were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But the effect of one was obviously not enough, followed by the second, the third...

One after another, the ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow was absorbed, and the Snow Empress's aura began to soar suddenly.

The injuries that had been silent for many years began to gradually recover, reappearing in their former glory.

When the last two stalks of ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow were absorbed, a day and a night had passed.

At this moment, the aura emanating from the Snow Empress was even better than before.

She continued to refine the ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow in her body, and her cultivation was rising rapidly.

Originally, she was not far from 700,000 years of cultivation, and now with the impact of the ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow, this barrier shattered instantly.

Majestic Soul Power poured out from her body, and Spirit Beasts within a radius of a thousand miles felt it.

They prostrated themselves on the ground one after another to celebrate the rebirth of their king.

With the Snow Empress's breakthrough, the cloudless sky began to gather dark clouds, and lightning flashed between the clouds, as if a flood of beasts was about to pour down.

"The heavenly tribulation is here!" Mu Qingci thought to himself as he looked at this posture.

The Ice Emperor in his spiritual sea also broke into a cold sweat for the Snow Empress: "Xue'er, you must succeed!"

The Snow Empress stood up and faced the dark clouds in the sky, her stunning face full of determination, as if she were not afraid of the coming heavenly tribulation at all.

Soon, thunder rolled in the sky, and the first heavenly thunder struck down with peerless force.

Facing this heavenly thunder, the Snow Empress waved her hand, and a huge ice-blue energy shield blocked in front of her.

"Boom."

The powerful might of the seventh heavenly tribulation shattered the shield instantly.

Fortunately, the shield just happened to neutralize the power of the heavenly tribulation, and the Snow Empress was not injured.

But this was only the first heavenly thunder, and it already required the Snow Empress to go all out, so what about the second and third?

Before Mu Qingci could think too much, the second heavenly thunder fell.

This time it was more powerful than the last, falling with the momentum of breaking through bamboo.

The Snow Empress raised her hands, Soul Power surged between them, and an even larger ice-blue shield appeared in front of her, again blocking the heavenly thunder at the cost of being shattered.