Douluo Dalu: Transforming Soul Rings into Soul Veins

The flying snow tornado on the ice plain had already stopped. The sky that had been covered gradually revealed its azure base color.

The others also reunited with Lin Feng. Qian Renxue gave Lin Feng a "thorough" check for a good while. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, only then did she snort at the Snow Empress.

Her gaze was slightly unfriendly. You can't do anything while guarding the Ice God Sword, so why be so persistent... She carefully sized up the Snow Empress and Gu Yuena back and forth. Another white-haired one. So annoying.

"You approve of him?"

Gu Yuena said quietly. The Snow Empress nodded. "Thank you for your understanding. If there is any punishment, I can accept it."

Lin Feng shook his head. "No matter. It involves your faith. A test is only natural. What's more, the level of a Titled Douluo can't harm me at all."

"Sorry," the Snow Empress paused. "I'll take you there."

The few of them flew at high speed and arrived at a hidden ice lake.

"Ten thousand meters down is the grotto where the Ice God Sword is hidden. Since I first found it, I don't know how many tens of thousands of years have passed. The cold within, even a human Super Douluo would find it hard to withstand. This Qian Renxue?"

"My martial soul has a holy fire. In addition, I have long been unafraid of water or fire."

"That's good," the Snow Empress nodded. "Let's go together."

The few of them transformed into streams of light and in a flash, dived under the deep and unfathomable ice lake. As the depth increased, the surrounding light was gradually swallowed by the ice layer. Only the faint light emanating from their bodies guided the direction in the pitch black. The cold qi became more and more bone-piercing.

Lin Feng circulated the thick True Qi in his body, forming an invisible protective shield that isolated the extreme cold from the outside. The protective shield also protected Qian Renxue within.

But he hadn't expected Qian Renxue to shake her head and part her vermilion lips. "I already said I'm not afraid." Circles of holy light overflowed from within her body. The light contained a scorching holy fire.

Finally, they arrived at the entrance of the grotto. It was a crack covered by a thick layer of ice, as if it were a work of art carved by the joint efforts of natural forces and the vicissitudes of time.

The Snow Empress gently waved her right hand. A majestic cold qi condensed into a sharp ice blade, breaking open the ice layer at the entrance. With the ice shards flying, an ancient grotto was revealed before everyone's eyes.

It was only about the size of half a basketball court.

Although it was at the bottom of a lake, in the grotto, there was no sign of lake water intrusion. Although it was still cold, with frozen earth and ice crystals, it was on the contrary like an ancient holy temple forgotten by time.

The top of the grotto was inlaid with ice crystals that emitted a faint light, dotting this space like stars, making this place not like the darkness outside, but instead flowing with brilliant colors.

Huge ice crystal pillars stood on the surface of the ground. They arched towards the center of this grotto. In the center was a patch of frozen earth, with a longsword that was entirely transparent and emitted a faint blue light stuck in it.

On the body of the sword, it was as if tens of thousands of ice flowers were slowly blooming, and as if a cold wind were blowing past, carrying a kind of coldness and pride that transcended the secular world.

It was just that for some reason, Lin Feng saw a loneliness in this sword, a desolation like that of being forgotten by the world.

"That is the Ice God Sword. If you can take it away, then I have no reason to stop you," the Snow Empress said softly.

Lin Feng slowly walked towards the Ice God Sword. Every step seemed to have landed on the vein of time. The surrounding cold qi seemed to be making way for him. He gazed at the sword, an indescribable throbbing welling up in his heart.

This was not just a sword. It carried the will and power of the Ice God, the crystallization of the faith of countless living beings in the Land of the Extreme North.

He stretched out his hand and slowly approached the Ice God Sword. The moment his fingers touched the hilt of the sword, the temperature in the entire grotto seemed to plummet again. Fine cracks began to spread on the ice crystal pillars. Even the space could not withstand the fluctuation of this power.

Lin Feng's entire right hand was enveloped by the cold qi. The cold pierced into his bone marrow, making Lin Feng frown deeply. He, with his True Qi, had long been able to ignore the severe cold. But this time, he had truly felt a coldness from the depths of his soul.

This coldness was not ordinary cold, but the ten-thousand-year ice soul qi contained within the Ice God Sword. It was trying to erode Lin Feng's mind.

It was not related to the physical body. This was a test of spiritual power. This severe cold permeated the heart and mind, all the way to the spiritual sea.

The Innate Treasure Pearl in Lin Feng's spiritual sea, its chaotic qi was dense. As if sensing the challenge from the outside world, the chaotic qi on the surface of the treasure pearl began to churn violently. In just a flash, the ice soul qi was completely gone from Lin Feng's spiritual sea.

The body of the divine sword trembled!

"It... it moved!" Tianmeng shouted out loud, the Snow Empress's gaze moving slightly.

The divine sword had shed all its ice soul power and was just rooted in the frozen earth. Lin Feng was stunned. Why does it feel like this fellow doesn't want to move?

The True Qi in Lin Feng's body surged crazily. He tried to establish a connection with this sword. The True Qi irrigated out, enveloping the entire sword within. Lin Feng's heart hardened, and the energy source-tracing unique to True Qi was directly activated!

Want to play dead and lie flat? Impossible! Get up and get back to work!

The divine sword trembled again, very much like an author being urged to get to work.

"Huh?"

Just at this time, a distant and ancient chanting sound suddenly sounded in the grotto. It was the remnant thought left by the Ice God, the final call issued when it sensed someone trying to touch her inheritance.

One after another of pictures flashed through Lin Feng's mind. It was the glorious years of the Ice God dancing with heaven and earth, with ice and snow as her companions, creating the Land of the Extreme North.

As the chanting sound grew stronger, Lin Feng felt a warm power rise from the bottom of his heart, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding cold qi.

"Buzz—"

Suddenly, the Ice God Sword let out a crisp ring. The blue light on the sword's body shone greatly, as if countless ice flowers were blooming around the sword's body, and then instantly condensed into ice crystals, circling around Lin Feng.

At this moment, Lin Feng was as if one with the Ice God Sword. He could feel the majestic power contained within the sword, as well as the loneliness and tenacity that had been sealed by the years.

"Rise!"

Lin Feng let out a low shout, his two hands tightly gripping the sword hilt, and fiercely pulled. Accompanied by a roaring sound, the Ice God Sword finally broke free from the frozen earth. The cold qi on the sword's body instantly erupted, enveloping the entire grotto in a sheet of ice-blue.

However, Lin Feng was as if in a warm embrace. The cold qi from the Ice God Sword was no longer a threat to him, but a source of power. A faint ice-blue sword pattern quietly appeared on his left hand.

"He pulled it out!" The Ice Empress looked at this scene in shock. The Snow Empress let out a light sigh, it's unknown what she was sighing about. As a spirit of the Land of the Extreme North, she had actually received some of the Ice God's grace here, but it was a pity that the divine sword had not acknowledged her. The disappointment in her eyes quickly receded, replaced by a look of expectation.

Lin Feng held the divine sword before his eyes. The sword's body was about three chi long, entirely transparent like crystal. The spine of the sword was carved with complex and ancient runes, emitting a faint blue light, with ice flowers circling around its body.

This was a true divine weapon! A divine weapon from a first-level god!

Lin Feng looked at the Snow Empress. "Does it have a name?" The Snow Empress shook her head.

"Invisible to the eye, its movement unknown to the touch, disappearing into boundlessness, passing through things without them noticing. From now on, at my place, I will call it Hanguang."

"Hanguang? A very good name."

A voice full of a mature woman's charm suddenly sounded. Gu Yuena frowned, quickly pulling Lin Feng to her side, protecting everyone behind her.

In the original frozen earth of the divine sword, with a flash of blue light, a phantom slowly appeared. It was a peerlessly beautiful woman wearing a long ice-blue robe and an ice crown on her head. Her two eyes seemed to contain the eternal cold ice, yet they also revealed an endless gentleness and sorrow.

This was the final will left by the Ice God. Her remnant thought manifested at this moment, gazing at the Lin Feng before her.

The Ice God's voice was distant and ethereal, as if it had crossed the barrier of time and space, directly resounding in Lin Feng's heart. "You... are you the successor I have been waiting for for a long time? A pity, the Ice God's god-seat has already been shattered. There is no longer this god-seat in the Divine Realm. You have come too late."

She looked around and smiled slightly at the Snow Empress. This was the Ice Heaven Snow Woman who had broken into this place a long time ago. In fact, she had the strength and foundation to inherit the Ice God.

It was a pity that she was of soul beast origin and was not tolerated by the current Divine Realm. She also did not have any extra power to give the Snow Empress the possibility of subsequent growth. What's more, the god-seat was no more.

The Ice Empress and Tianmeng were so shocked they couldn't speak.

The Snow Empress pursed her vermilion lips. "You... are you Lord Ice God?"

The phantom looked at its own form. "I am, and I am not. I am just a wisp of her spiritual consciousness from her dying moments. Originally, I had long since fallen into a deep sleep, with no possibility of waking up again."

"But that golden power of his is very unusual. And the power in his spiritual sea has allowed me to revive. This is the last ember of my soul."

She cast her gaze towards Gu Yuena and looked at her deeply. "You are... the Silver Dragon King?"

"I am."

The Ice God smiled and sighed. "The ways of the world are unpredictable. After the great calamity of the Dragon God back then, the God-King ordered the liquidation of the gods with soul beast origins. Because the Land of the Extreme North was mostly soul beasts, the Ice Phoenix was also on the list, and for many other reasons, I rebelled and descended to the lower realm, but was liquidated and fell here. I also failed to protect the last bloodline of the Ice Phoenix."

Gu Yuena opened her mouth, a look of guilt in her eyes. "In that case, I... owe you a karmic debt."

The Ice God shook her head, her figure gradually fading. "No matter. This was my own choice. The Land of the Extreme North..."

Her gaze seemed to have pierced through the grotto and the lake water, looking at the endless ice plain, her eyes full of deep affection. "I'll leave it to you all. Lin Feng, Hanguang has acknowledged you as its master. I hope you can treat it well and use it to guard this land and the living beings here. Silver Dragon King, I hope that one day, you can lead the soul beast clan to find a future that belongs to you."

Her voice paused. "The Ice God's god-seat has already been shattered. The origin has been sealed by me in this divine sword. If you need it, feel free to take it and use it. In the future, if possible, let the Ice God's god-seat reappear in the world. This is my only request."

"In addition, this is actually my burial place. The place of my burial is in a region of the northern domain. You can go and have a look. There might be a surprise."

The coordinates of a location were transmitted into everyone's minds. With the dissipation of the Ice God's remnant thought, the atmosphere in the grotto became abnormally heavy. Lin Feng tightly gripped Hanguang. He could feel the sorrow and expectation transmitted from the sword. This weight made his own conviction even firmer.

"I will, Senior Ice God," Lin Feng promised in a low voice. Although his voice was light, it was full of firmness. "I will use my life to guard the Land of the Extreme North and not let any power harm anything here. Hanguang will also become the sharpest sword in my hand, cutting through all threats."

The five-element soul power circled in his hand, and the Yin Power surged, properly repairing this grotto.

With a thought, Hanguang disappeared from his hand, turning into a blue brilliance that merged into the sword pattern on his left hand.

"The place the Ice God spoke of, do you want to accompany me?"

The Snow Empress, Tianmeng, and the Ice Empress were silent. The faith they had always had had appeared before them, but it was already a candle in the wind, having burned the last of its soul in their eyes.

Regarding Lin Feng, as the one who had been entrusted, they did not have any other thoughts. It was just that the dissipation of the Ice God, and hearing with their own ears the matter of the Ice God's god-seat being shattered, made it difficult for their emotions to change for a while.

It was Tianmeng who was the first to speak. "We... want to stay here for a while." The Ice Empress looked at Tianmeng with surprise.

Lin Feng patted Tianmeng's shoulder. "Alright," he looked at the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress. "Since I have received the Ice God's grace, then I will accept this karmic debt. I will not be the Ice God, but I will find a way to let the Ice God reappear in the world."

"The Land of the Extreme North, I will also guard it well. If you have any request, I will do my utmost to grant it."

The Snow Empress nodded, her gaze moving slightly as she looked at Lin Feng. Soul Veins, True Qi...

"After we've made a trip to the place the Ice God spoke of, we will meet above the ice lake."

"Alright."

The Snow Empress's trio stayed in this grotto, while Lin Feng's trio went to that location.

Here was the northern domain of the Land of the Extreme North. The cold wind was biting, and the flying snow filled the sky. A vast expanse. Following the coordinates given by the Ice God's remnant thought, they arrived before a small hill completely covered in ice and snow.

"No unusual place..."

Gu Yuena pointed at the ground below her. "It's below. There's something... let's go down."

A silver light flashed in her hand, and the small hill before them shattered. Amidst a roaring sound, a clear spring was revealed in the deepest part. This clear spring was abnormally small. Compared to the hill, it was the difference between an elephant and an ant.

Gu Yuena brought Lin Feng and Qian Renxue, and the three of them went down to explore.

At a depth of about a hundred meters, there was another grotto. The temperature here was even colder than the location of the Ice God Sword. It was a true absolute zero!

"Lin Feng..."

Lin Feng nodded, and True Qi enveloped Qian Renxue. The cold could no longer invade her.

Gu Yuena broke the outer barrier, allowing the three to smoothly enter the interior of the grotto. Within the grotto, it was a sheet of azure-blue. The surrounding walls were condensed with a thick layer of ice, but within these ice layers, a strange light was faintly revealed.

The entire grotto was completely azure-blue, densely packed with deep-blue crystals, flowing with brilliant colors, sparkling in this deep grotto like the most brilliant stars in the night sky.

"Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Grotto."

Lin Feng said this name.

Perhaps here was precisely the grotto at the Dilongmen Secret Realm that Huo Yuhao and the others had found.

The Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Grotto, within which was contained an endless amount of ice-attribute worldly primordial energy, was one of the most precious cultivation treasure lands in the Land of the Extreme North.

More importantly, this place nurtured the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

This Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow was precisely the root of how the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had been able to transform from an ordinary ice silkworm into the current 990,000-year-old soul beast. It had great benefits for a soul beast's cultivation and a human's soul power growth.

Its birth was even more so a matter of ten thousand years. It would take tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of years to form this Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

No wonder the original work could have 45 pieces of Profound Ice Marrow. Besides the majesty of natural forces, I'm afraid the origin of this Ice God had played no small role here.

"Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Grotto? What is that?" Qian Renxue was somewhat puzzled.

Gu Yuena said softly, "You can think of it as the Lake of Life of the Land of the Extreme North. And the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow that is born with the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal within, you can understand it as the Gold of Life of the Land of the Extreme North."

"Lin Feng, Qian Renxue, your opportunity has come."