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Huo Qiuer was stunned for a moment.
The Snow Queen looked at her calmly: "I have no control over the sea soul beasts, but our Far North will not obey the orders of the Soul Beast Lord."
There was a hint of cold arrogance in Danmo's tone, which caught Huo Qiuer off guard.
Her eyes widened slightly, having never expected that Xue Di would say such outrageous words.
That is the Soul Beast Lord. As a soul beast, would Snow Queen want to disobey the Soul Beast Lord?
Bingdi at the side couldn't believe it either: "Xue'er, you..."
"Are you surprised?"
Snow Queen narrowed her eyes and gave Huo Qiu'er a kind smile: "Rather, I want to know, the people of the Far North have worshipped the Ice God instead of the Dragon God for generations, so why do we in the Far North need to obey the orders of the Soul Beast Lord?"
An invisible chill rose up from all around, making Huo Qiuer's scalp tingle.
The ferocious beasts on the ferocious beast list must be more aware of the significance of the soul beast co-master, but now, there is an exception.
Not only does the Snow Queen not show any reverence for her as the auspicious imperial beast, but now she even ignores the Soul Beast Leader.
Is this meant to represent the Far North's self-reliance in military power?
Huo Qiuer leaned back subconsciously. She had been feeling uncomfortable since the first time she saw Xue Di, and now she felt even more uncomfortable.
"The Dragon God has never brought any protection to the Far North, and we have never cared about the blood of the dragon clan. It was like this in the past, and it will be like this in the future."
Xue Di continued, with a hint of threat in her smiling tone.
"Of course, you can tell Di Tian that if we also threaten his rule, then the Far North will always be waiting for him."
Chapter 413 The Secret of the Far North
Huo Qiuer stared at Xue Di in a daze. This news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for her. She was sure that if Di Tian heard it, he would be furious.
But although she was shocked, she was not very surprised, as if it was reasonable for Xue Di to make such a choice on behalf of the Far North.
Huo Qiuer quickly calmed down and shook her head in self-mockery.
There is indeed no reason for people in the Far North to believe in the Dragon God.
"Has the Ice God you believe in...ever ever given any oracle?" Huo Qiuer asked.
After gods ascend to the divine realm, even if they cannot descend to the mortal world at will, they can leave oracles in the human world to inform believers of the gods' intentions.
The Snow Emperor replied in a deep voice: "No, we have never seen the Ice God pass down any oracle. For millions of years, the creatures in the Far North have been calling out to the Ice God, but the Ice God has never appeared to look at his people."
Bingdi and Tianmeng listened quietly.
The Ice God is a common belief in the Far North. Both the weak Ice Silkworm and the powerful Ice Scorpion have the utmost respect for him.
Xue Di's eyes sternly said in a cold voice: "But, Bing'er, Tianmeng, I have an uneasy guess that there may not be an Ice God in the God Realm."
When these words came out, Bingdi and Tianmeng were both stunned, and then exclaimed: "How is it possible?"
When they find out that the object they have believed in for hundreds of thousands or millions of years does not exist at all, they naturally cannot accept it.
The Snow Queen smiled calmly and said slowly: "There are many legends about the origin of the Far North. One of them is that the Far North was formed after the fall of the ancient Ice God. His flesh and blood have been completely integrated into the ice, snow and cold wind of the Far North. Only the extremely lucky ice and snow races can be recognized by the Ice God and obtain the Ice God's bloodline."
"The fact that there are no auspicious beasts in the Far North is proof."
"Of course, in other versions, the Ice God still exists in the God Realm. Although he has never issued any oracle, every time the long night falls, the brilliant aurora that spreads thousands of miles across the sky is a miracle from the Ice God."
At this point, Xue Di frowned slightly and said calmly: "Bing'er, Tian Meng, do you remember that I mentioned to you before that a million-year-old soul beast once appeared in the Far North?"
Bingdi glanced at Tianmeng and nodded: "Remember, you once said that it was a genuine million-year soul beast that was completely different from Tianmeng. It happened in the distant past, and I was not even born at that time."
The Snow Queen said calmly, "I should be the only creature in the Far North who has experienced this period of history. Its race is very strange, and there is no trace of any spirit beast. Its body is made entirely of pure ice and snow.
"It has no fixed posture. It can transform into an ordinary snowball or a frost giant."
"Like me, it is also a unique creature born from the energy of heaven and earth. It is the only one in its species."
"It has existed for a full million years. It is the undisputed strongest being in the Far North, and may be almost the same as the current Emperor Tian."
When talking about this experience, Xue Di couldn't help but sound a little emotional.
This period of history was too long ago. At that time, she was not even a fierce beast, and was far from being as powerful as she is now. She took the initiative to pour out this memory that had been buried for hundreds of thousands of years to outsiders, but it seemed like it happened yesterday.
Tian Meng asked weakly: "Uh... Sister Xue'er, how come I didn't know there was such a thing in the Far North..."
Logically speaking, she is a more senior person in the Far North than Snow Empress. It doesn't make sense that Snow Empress is the only one who knows the secret past of the Far North and she doesn't know.
Bingdi snorted coldly: "You were busy sleeping underground at the time, how could you know? Xue'er, what happened later?"
Listening to the elders talk about the past is a very curious activity. Not only Tianmeng and Bingdi, but even Huo Qiuer was listening quietly, looking forward to the next story.
The Snow Queen continued, "Finally one day, it encountered its own great catastrophe that lasted a million years. I remember very clearly that it stood alone in the core area of the Far North. Its body made of ice and snow was a hundred times taller than the Titan Snow Demon Chief at that time."
"At that time, the sky above the entire Far North was filled with gorgeous auroras. The rest of us could see them clearly even if we retreated a hundred miles from the core area."
"As the aurora in the sky changes, its momentum continues to rise. You should also remember that feeling. It is very similar to the scene ten thousand years ago."
Bingdi understood what she meant: "You mean... to become a god?"
Ten thousand years ago, several humans on the continent entered the realm of gods, and the sky and the earth changed color.
Xue Di nodded: "The scene when it passed the tribulation was exactly the same as the scene ten thousand years ago. That was also the first time I felt the breath of God. If it succeeds in passing the tribulation, it will surely become a new Ice God."
Her words became more and more fascinating, making people eager to know what happened next.
"Then...did it succeed?" Tian Meng asked curiously.
After she said this, the other three looked at her as if she were an idiot.
Huo Qiuer looked at Xue Di: "From your tone, it seems like you have failed, right?"
Xue Di nodded calmly and admitted, "Yes, it failed. The aurora was the light of its great calamity. Its momentum was rising with the aurora at the beginning, but it soon encountered a violent fluctuation, and soon it took a sharp turn downward."
"Finally, under the illumination of the aurora, its body of ice and snow scattered and forever became part of the Far North. Its soul also ceased to exist."
She paused and said four words indifferently.
“Totally destroyed.”
The process of failing to survive the tribulation and disappearing was briefly mentioned by Xue Di, which provided a regrettable and unsatisfactory ending to the previous elaborate preparations.
A powerful being who had the potential to become a god met his end so casually.
"After that, the entire Far North was terrified. Some soul beasts said that a million years was destined to be an obstacle that soul beasts could not overcome."
"A soul beast said that it failed the test of the Ice God, so it could not obtain the Ice God's inheritance."
“Some soul beasts also said that it was because it attempted to achieve the status of Ice God privately, which angered the true Ice God of the God Realm, and that’s why it brought down such a horrible divine punishment.”
Having said that, Xue Di paused and sighed deeply.
"It is also possible that there is no throne for the Ice God in the God Realm, so it is doomed to fail in creating a new Ice God."
"As for the real reason, I don't know. I only know that the soul beasts that witnessed all this are no longer around, and the creatures in the Far North still believe in the Ice God."
"But I am the only one who still remembers that there was such a powerful being in the world. Now he has turned into ice and snow in the far north."
Xue Di's story finally ended, and her eyes were rarely sad.
The ones who could empathize the most were naturally Bingdi and Tianmeng. After listening to the history of the Far North, they were both extremely melancholy.
No matter how long a soul beast lives or how powerful it is, God will eventually take it away.
Hyotei suddenly asked, "What happens if it succeeds?"
"If it can really become the Ice God, the Far North will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes and receive great blessings."
Snow Queen narrowed her eyes, shifted her gaze to Huo Qiu'er, and said calmly: "At that time, the Far North will definitely have its own auspicious beast, and will also have blessed places like the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire and the Lake of Life. With the protection of a real Ice God, the Far North will definitely be more powerful than it is now."
She did not try to hide the slight disappointment in her tone.
Huo Qiuer's heart sank, and she felt a sense of pressure and fear rising from nowhere.
The million-year-old soul beast that failed to survive the tribulation in the Far North, the Ice God, the Dragon God, the Soul Beast Master… these seemingly unrelated yet subtly related nouns seemed to be strung together by an invisible thread.
The power of destiny vaguely told her that if the clues here were unraveled, there would be very serious consequences, and even Di Tian, the strongest person on the continent, would not be able to cope with it.
Huo Qiuer asked in a deep voice: "Is it okay to mention this to an outsider like me?"
"I've told you before, you can just tell Di Tian." Xue Di said nonchalantly.
Huo Qiuer was silent for a moment, then whispered, "I won't tell him."
Tian Meng fiddled with a fairy grass beside him with lifeless eyes and murmured, "Sister Xue'er, is it possible that the Ice God... doesn't exist?"
Xue Di was silent for a long time. Even she was not willing to face this question.
She could only answer calmly: "If the Ice God exists, the Far North will still fear him, but why has he never appeared and never sent down an oracle? If he really does not exist..."
Having said this, Xue Di's originally stern gaze actually had a hint of fiery feeling.
"Then let's build one."
She slowly turned her head and looked in the distance at Huo Yuhao by the lake.
Bingdi was stunned: "Xue'er, you mean..."
Xue Di suddenly laughed: "Bing'er, isn't this one of the reasons why you asked me to join you? The possibility of soul beasts wanting to break through to become gods is very small. Only humans have such potential."
"Before I met you, I believed that I would be able to do it after I became an adult again, but unfortunately there is no chance now, so I can only place my hope on Yuhao."
"This is my only request. If Yuhao can become the Ice God, in addition to bringing us eternal life, he must also bless the entire Far North."
Huo Qiuer looked at Xue Di's resolute attitude and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Only now did she understand that the words "creating gods" seemed to have a deeper meaning.
When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven.
The three soul beasts from the Far North placed their hopes on Huo Yuhao. This was a huge gamble, but if they won, they would reap immeasurable rewards.
Huo Qiuer looked at Huo Yuhao in the distance again and thought further.
By the two-color spring.
In front of Huo Yuhao was a simple multifunctional experimental table, on which were displayed a variety of different metals, the Sun Needle left by Cai Tou, and a round spherical soul guide.
This is exactly the high-temperature soul guide that Huo Yuhao developed, used to replicate the Sun Martial Soul.
To imitate the color and function of the Sun Martial Spirit, it does not require complicated technology. It only requires continuously increasing the output of energy until it approaches the temperature of the ultimate fire.