58: Ice Phoenix
"King, we do not call this place the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm, but instead refer to it as the Frost Divine Domain. Because the entire Great Snow Mountain, including the Inner World, is the divine domain of the Frost Goddess, Lord Ice Phoenix."
The Snow Treading Fox Leader said slowly.
Hearing this, Chen Mo was stunned for a moment.
He was not surprised by the existence of gods.
With the Spiritual Qi Revival, it was not strange for gods to exist.
He just hadn't expected the entire Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm to be a god's Dao Field.
Or rather—could it be that all Secret Realms are actually Dao Fields of gods?
"Was it the Ice Phoenix who kept you frozen until now?"
Chen Mo asked again.
To allow so many living beings to survive for such a long time in a state of near-hibernation, perhaps only a god would possess such mighty power.
The Snow Treading Fox Leader nodded.
"Yes, Lord Ice Phoenix granted us a new life, allowing us to awaken in this era of Spiritual Qi Revival. This is the first time I have felt such abundant Spiritual Qi!"
The Snow Treading Fox's tone was filled with emotion.
Hearing this, Chen Mo couldn't help but feel puzzled.
The Snow Treading Fox Leader's words implied that they lived in an era without spiritual power!?
But since Extraordinary Creatures could be born, spiritual power should have existed.
"Was there no Spiritual Qi in the era you lived in?"
The Snow Treading Fox nodded.
"King, in the era we lived in, Spiritual Qi had already fallen into depletion. When I was born, the concentration of Spiritual Qi in the Frost Divine Domain was likely only one-hundredth of what it is now, or even lower, and it was continuing to decay."
"But the Spiritual Qi concentration in the Great Snow Mountain is much higher than in the surrounding areas now. Is the Spiritual Qi Revival not brought about by the Secret Realm?"
"King, it is not. The Spiritual Qi Revival is a change within the Blue Star itself."
The Snow Treading Fox Leader said with certainty.
"As for the high spiritual power concentration in the Frost Divine Domain now, I suspect it is because the Frost Divine Domain has the ability to rapidly gather and collect Spiritual Qi from the surrounding areas and transform it into ice-attributed power."
The reason Bing Li made this guess was because—
In the era she lived in.
In regions outside the Divine Domain, Spiritual Qi had been completely cut off.
Only within the Divine Domain did a faint amount of Spiritual Qi still exist.
Chen Mo digested this information.
He had originally thought that the Spiritual Qi Revival on the Blue Star was brought about by these Ancient Secret Realms, but he hadn't expected that the Spiritual Qi Revival was what attracted the Descent of these Ancient Secret Realms!
These Ancient Secret Realms were more like predators from a previous era; their own era had reached its end, but unwilling to fade away, they sealed themselves away to awaken once more in the era of spiritual power revival.
Chen Mo spoke with the Snow Treading Fox Leader, Bing Li, for about two hours and gained a lot of information.
He gained a deeper understanding of the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm.
Of course, many doubts also arose in his heart.
"Bing Li, after we find the spirit of the region of the Giant Python Snow Mountain, you should return to the snow mountain where you previously lived!"
Before disconnecting the Ice Silkworm Silk, Chen Mo spoke again.
With the current size of the Extraordinary Lion Pride, there was no need to be scattered across three snow mountains. It would be better to hand over the original Snow Fox Mountain to the Snow Treading Fox Clan for residence and management.
Providing timely assistance is far more valuable than merely adding to someone's success.
Originally, Chen Mo only intended to conquer the Snow Treading Fox Clan and have them serve the Ice Lion Clan.
But the battle the day before yesterday had made Chen Mo truly recognize them and view them as a part of the Ice Lion Pride.
"Ying!" (King, thank you for your generosity and kindness!)
The Snow Treading Fox Leader Bing Li's eyes flickered with disbelief, and then she bowed her head in gratitude.
What the Ice Lion King had granted exceeded its imagination.
It was glad it had made the right gamble.
Of course, she also understood that the Snow Treading Fox Clan had only initially gained the Lion King's trust; there was still a long way to go to truly integrate into the Ice Lion Clan.
But fortunately, they now had a place where they belonged.
In the upcoming wave of Spiritual Qi Revival, they finally had a foothold.
After the Snow Treading Fox Leader left.
Chen Mo took out the [Mystic Ice Claw] Legacy hide and activated it once more.
This time, under the guidance of the mysterious power, he successfully unleashed the Mystic Ice Claw.
Its power was terrifying!
The attack speed was faster, and the destructive power was more than five times higher than simply attaching spiritual power to his claws!
However, when Chen Mo tried to outline these three Runes using Ice-Type Spiritual Energy himself, he failed time and time again.
The process of casting a technique was similar to writing, but much more difficult.
Using spiritual power as a "pen," every stroke of each rune required precise control.
If an error occurred in the amount of spiritual power, the speed of outlining, or the rhythm, the rune would instantly shatter.
No wonder Bing Li said that even a Lord Realm existence would need a great deal of practice to master a single technique.
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Day 4 of the [Lion Teacher] challenge.
The entire Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm had already become a chaotic mess.
Attracted by the extremely dense Ice-Type Spiritual Energy, all the awakened Extraordinary Creatures on the grasslands swarmed toward the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm.
Then, they broke into the territories of the "Natives."
Most of these Extraordinary Creatures did not understand the existence of the spirit of the region, but who wouldn't want to stay in a place with dense Ice-Type Spiritual Qi?
The frantic influx of "Outlander Beasts" forced the "Natives," who were originally searching for the spirits of the region, to divert a large portion of their energy to deal with these foreign Extraordinary Creatures.
They were either driven away, taken in, or killed outright to be made into food reserves.
Although the strength of these "Outlander Beasts" was generally not high, their numbers were vast.
This made many "native" clans suffer immensely.
The territories at the very edge of the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm were the first to suffer, but later, after a series of actions like expulsions, these "refugee" Extraordinary Creatures were driven deeper into the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm.
The Ice Lion Clan, however, did not encounter such troubles. Many Extraordinary Creatures in the nearby area had already been hunted by the Lion Pride, so very few entered the mountain from that direction.
There were also over a dozen Extraordinary Ice Lions waiting at the foot of the snow mountain to catch prey that fell into their laps, just waiting for other Extraordinary Creatures to deliver themselves!
To them, this was no different from eating at a buffet.
At noon, the spirit of the region within the Ice Crystal Giant Python's territory was also found. After refining it, Chen Mo occupied three connected snow mountains.
"Roar?" (King, should we go and conquer other snow mountains?)
Xiong Ba asked Chen Mo with some excitement.
As an "ambitious lion," he loved the feeling of conquering and expanding territory.
Chen Mo did not speak.
It had to be said that he was very tempted by Xiong Ba's suggestion.
Or rather, that was exactly what he intended in his heart.
As his strength continued to improve, Chen Mo's ambition was also growing day by day.
While the second-tier divine medicine had not yet appeared, his combat strength was at its peak; he could forcibly subjugate other races and occupy their territories.
Ideally, he would turn the entire Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm into his own territory! Establish a Kingdom of Lions!
Then gradually expand the territory to the surrounding areas until the entire Africa is occupied!