The court session is adjourned.
The officials assigned tasks went to the side hall to discuss and expedite the results the prince desired. As the saying goes, small matters are discussed in large meetings, and big matters in small meetings. Those who participated were all high-ranking Empire officials. Kong Deming went along, and to his surprise, Xu Tianzhen did not leave with True Hongchen as he had usually seen before his seclusion; instead, he followed them to the side hall.
"Great-grandfather, great-grandfather." Xu Tianzhen looked at Kong Deming with eyes full of curiosity.
"What does a level 10 Spirit Tool look like?"
At that time, Xu Tianzhen, who was sitting on the throne, could only see the silvery moonlight covering the ground outside the palace.
"Your Majesty, please look." Kong Deming smiled kindly, reached out, and a silvery moon-like light shield appeared in his hand, which he then handed to Xu Tianzhen's small hand.
"Wow." Xu Tianzhen's bright eyes curiously examined the pinnacle of soul-guided technology ever created in his hands.
It feels very strange.
It was as if they were holding a silver moon.
But that's all.
After all, Xu Tianzhen isn't even a Level 1 Soul Guide.
"How is Your Majesty doing lately?" Kong Deming asked with concern. He felt that Xu Tianzhen's aura seemed somewhat different from what he had seen before his seclusion; it was stronger and better.
He used to dote on this former little princess.
But fate is so unpredictable.
Although she was called an empress, she was in reality a puppet.
As an elder, Kong Deming was powerless to change anything. Even now that he had become a Level 10 Soul Master, the contract still held his life in its hands. He didn't ask the child to wield power; he only hoped that the child could live a peaceful and uneventful life.
"It's alright," Xu Tianzhen said, a charming blush spreading across her chubby face as if she had thought of something.
An old man and a young boy walked at the very back, while the people in front seemed to consciously quicken their pace.
Xu Tianzhen reflected on her recent daily life.
I woke up in that bad man's arms in the morning.
Take a morning exercise with your little feet.
Wash up.
Attending court.
Three meals a day.
The remaining time is at your own discretion.
We sleep together at night, and there's that embarrassing pre-sleep exercise.
That bad man gave her more freedom and the power to participate in politics. Xu Tianzhen felt quite comfortable every day, but it would be even better if it were just her and that bad man at night.
"It's because that guy fed me something that my cultivation speed has slowed down a lot." Xu Tianzhen stretched out her fair hand, and a ball of fiery red flame appeared out of thin air in her hand, its intense energy incredibly violent. Although she was later fed something called Immortal Herb by that guy, which increased her cultivation speed, and that magical World, it still felt so much slower than before. However, her strength had indeed increased significantly.
Happy little troubles.
"Extreme Fire?" Kong Deming was taken aback. His second Spirit was the sun, and after Xu Tianzhen used spirit power, he naturally sensed that the attribute was even more powerful than his sun Spirit.
"Once Your Majesty reaches level seventy, you won't be troubled by your cultivation speed anymore. With the power of a Spirit Saint comparable to Titled Douluo's ultimate attributes, Your Majesty will surely become a powerful Spirit Master in the future. Your Highness's cultivation is extraordinary; Your Majesty should listen to you more in this regard," Kong Deming comforted softly, with a hint of wry amusement. The ultimate attributes that so many Spirit Masters dream of seem rather unappealing to this girl.
But if that's the case, then His Majesty is doing quite well now. That puts his mind at ease.
...
Mingde Hall, the meditation room in An Zhen's room.
The first is Spirit Ability, which reflects.
As the bright yellow spirit ring lit up, a surge of spirit power emanated from An Zhen's body, creating ripples in the air.
"Level 60!" An Zhen's eyes revealed a hint of joy.
A magnificent orange-gold spirit ring appeared and lit up, revealing the figure of a beautiful white-haired girl before An Zhen. Snow Empress's sky-blue eyes shone with joy as she looked at her lover, her fair arm linking with An Zhen's. "Level 60. Summon me, shall we begin absorbing the spirit ring now?"
As the two emperors of ice and snow, both Soul Spirits, they naturally had some awareness of An Zhen's cultivation level.
"What does Xue'er think?" An Zhen, who was about to begin absorbing the spirit ring, stopped and looked at the Snow Empress in front of him, at her beautiful and alluring curves.
An Zhen suddenly remembered something.
He hasn't tasted the energy bodies Bing'er and Xue'er yet.
A look of helplessness flashed across Snow Empress's face.
She could clearly feel a burning gaze scrutinizing her body.
Snow Empress stepped into the void, her snow-white arms embracing An Zhen. Her cool lips pressed against An Zhen's, kissing him. When the kiss ended, her sky-blue eyes, as pure and flawless as a clear, icy spring in the northernmost part of the world, were now filled with tenderness. "Let Xue'er serve her husband."
Snow Empress placed a snow-white hand on An Zhen's shoulder, leaning against him, her cool cherry lips uttering words that seemed to burn with passion, "Should we invite Bing'er to come along?"
"Of course," An Zhen replied without hesitation.
One plus one.
This could unleash a force greater than two.
With a thought from An Zhen, a petite figure in emerald green appeared.
"What's going on here?" Hyotei asked, looking at the situation before him.
Although I just sensed An Zhen's breakthrough, and the Snow Maiden's appearance was probably to help him condense a spirit ring, such intimate behavior doesn't seem like something one would do to condense a spirit ring.
"Bing'er." An Zhen gently waved.
"Honestly," Hyotei said coquettishly, " You're so restless even when you're trying to condense your spirit ring."
Despite saying that, Hyotei's figure had already pounced into An Zhen's arms, her magical white silk legs wrapped around An Zhen's thighs, and the forest green twin-tailed legal loli skillfully found a comfortable position in An Zhen's arms.
Compared to complex humans, the Spirit Beasts, who are less cunning, have a simple, passionate, and honest love.
...
Hyotei Soul Spirit sat in a chair, one small, delicate white silk foot raised, her orange-gold eyes intently gazing at An Zhen, who sat cross-legged before her. A phantom image of a beautiful white-haired girl appeared behind An Zhen, the two seemingly about to merge. At the same time, an extremely cold aura surged from An Zhen's body, striking the walls beside her. The temperature in the meditation room plummeted rapidly; even the equipped temperature-regulating spirit tool was of no use. The walls and floor were covered in a layer of ice and snow— Pole Ice.
As the Snow Empress's figure became increasingly ethereal, the energy fluctuations around An Zhen grew more intense. Finally, the Snow Empress's figure dissipated into countless blue-white specks of light, merging into An Zhen's body, and a resplendent orange-gold spirit ring slowly condensed.
"Alright." A figure appeared beside Hyotei; it was Snow Empress.
"Let's take advantage of this opportunity to condense the spirit ring and let An Zhen absorb some of the sealed power."
Time passed by, second by second.
The temperature in the room is getting lower and lower.
The ice and snow are getting thicker and thicker.
After an unknown amount of time, An Zhen, who was meditating cross-legged, quietly opened his eyes.
A strange, divine light flashed in An Zhen's eyes.
That is the white that gives birth to everything.
That was a blackness that devoured everything.
After the chaos dissipated, black and white appeared in the world. The turbidity descended and the pure air rose, and thus the world was born.
"I see." An Zhen suddenly exclaimed.
The authority unlocked by the sixth spirit ring was not absent; it was present from the beginning, only its powers were not fully unlocked.
"What? What?" Hyotei looked at An Zhen curiously. "What? I see."
"My sixth spirit rings's Spirit Ability," An Zhen said.
An Zhen reached out, and a milky-white ball of spirit power appeared in his hand.
"Can Bing'er tell?"
"What?" Hyotei was taken aback, looking at the somewhat familiar color, her face flushed, "Didn't we just do that?"
An Zhen:...
"Bing'er!" Snow Empress helplessly reached out and gently tapped Ice Emperor's forehead.
"It's not my fault." Hyotei covered her forehead with her two small hands. "It's all An Zhen's fault. He's always doing those kinds of things and has led me astray."
"Then why do I remember it was always Bing'er who was so engrossed in the moment?" Snow Empress smiled slightly. That girl, every time that happened, she would repeat whatever An Zhen taught her.
As if remembering something, Snow Empress's fair neck suddenly flushed pink. She seemed to be the same way, even more insane.
"The sixth spirit ring differs from the previous five in that it contains two spirit abilities: domination and control over all things. In a sense, it can also be considered one, because the carrier of both is my power, that is, my own spirit power," An Zhen revealed the answer.
To rule or govern.
Just like the name of this authority suggests. He uses his spirit power to forcibly assimilate creatures or objects, taking control of them. The assimilation of his Spirit Bone is precisely because of this authority's existence. He gradually devours others, until they become his own.
Everything.
That is, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things. Everything in the world originates from one, and all things are interconnected. The power of this authority is to connect all things and unite them into one. Simply put, it is a medium capable of unifying all things. His previous fusion with An Qiuer was precisely because of the existence of this authority.
One black and one white.
Black can absorb other colors while still maintaining its own identity.
White can blend with other colors while retaining the original color.
They are called authorities not only because they are both embodied in his spirit power, but also because they both rely on each other to demonstrate their abilities.
An Zhen then offered an explanation.
There's no need to hide anything from Bing'er (Xue'er).
Hyotei nodded slightly, seemingly understanding, and said, "In other words, one is the ability to take other people's things or even turn them into one's own. The other is the ability to combine several things together."
"Mm." An Zhen nodded.
"Spirit Ability is truly unreasonable," Snow Empress exclaimed.
"I think so too," An Zhen said.
These two Spirit Abilities don't seem to have any particularly strong offensive capabilities.
But the rules apply above attacks.
An Zhen is never short of offensive methods. Shrek Academy, Body Sect, Sun Moon Empire, Di Tian, Leaf Evening Water, and Dragon Xiaoyao —the number of skills in his skill pool is countless.
"Speaking of which," Hyotei suddenly said, her orange-gold eyes fixed on An Zhen, "isn't your Wu Hun Fusion Skill just the fusion of two Spirits with a fairly good compatibility?"
An Zhen smiled slightly, a bright smile. He understood what Hyotei meant. "This is exactly what I've been hoping for."
You should know that he had previously entered a state similar to the Wu Hun Fusion Skill with An Qiuer.
An Zhen reached out, activated his spirit power, and the thick ice and snow in the meditation room dissipated, turning into ice and snow energy, which he absorbed.
When An Zhen was condensing the Spirit Ring, he took the opportunity to absorb some of the power that had been sealed within him when the Ice Emperor Snow Empress transformed into his Soul Spirit. The ice and snow were some of the energy that had overflowed.
The two Ice and Snow Emperors returned to An Zhen's body.
An Zhen walked out of the meditation room.
I took a moment to assess my own condition.
This was quite a fruitful experience.
The two powers gave him a great surprise.
His spirit power level has also reached level 63.
The mental force has become stronger, but it still hasn't broken through the realm of tangible yet intangible, somewhat similar to the state of the Tianmeng Iceworm back then. Although the overall quantity of the mental force is large, its quality hasn't improved.
However, he had a vague feeling.
A breakthrough is not far off.
It seems we have reached the final stage of the transformation from a cocoon to a butterfly.
As for the Snow Empress's head, Spirit Bone, which is currently being assimilated.
An Zhen is now able to clearly understand the progress.
There are still several months to go, and he cannot actively use the newly unlocked authority to accelerate this process. It's unclear whether this is because the authority it fosters is very powerful, or because the position of the head is so important.
"Very good." An Zhen's lips curled into a pleasant smile.
Everything is progressing in a positive direction.
Breakthrough in cultivation level.
We should celebrate tonight.
...
Northern Mingdu.
A strategically important military location.
The official Sun Moon Empire advanced Soul Guide testing site for the Spirit Tool.
"Clear everyone else out. I need to experiment with some things," An Zhen said to the guarding official.
"Yes." The official bowed respectfully and quickly left.
Standing on the silvery-white metal ground, An Zhen looked ahead at the test target—a special metal that, after repeated refining, could withstand Titled Douluo attacks for a long time without being damaged.
"Wu Hun Fusion Skill," An Zhen murmured softly.
After mental force confirms that no one else is around.
Reflection.
Two illusory figures coalesced beside An Zhen.
The temperature around us dropped rapidly.
A beautiful, white-haired girl with an elfin charm, and a proud, queen-like twin-tailed loli.
Snow Empress and Hyotei.
"The energy fluctuation is at level 69."
The sixth Spirit Ability: all things.
A soft, milky-white light appeared on An Zhen's body, then spread to the projections of the Ice and Snow Emperors, linking the three figures together and merging them into one.
In an instant.
The power of heaven and earth seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, falling spontaneously. As An Zhen's black hair transformed into long, icy-white hair tinged with emerald green, True Hongchen's handsome face gained a touch of sovereign majesty. Within An Zhen's body, icy white and emerald green enveloped a layer of milky white, like a constantly rotating yin-yang symbol, merging into one. A terrifying chill rippled through the space with icy blue waves, dark clouds obscured the clear white sun, and a gale brought a sky full of ice and snow, surrounding the sovereign of ice and snow.
"What name should we choose?" A clear voice rang out, but unlike before, An Zhen's voice had two additional vocal timbres.
"The Pride of the Two Ice and Snow Emperors." An Zhen isn't very good at naming things.
A bloodless, snow-white finger extends. A point of extreme whiteness gathers at the fingertip, where the coldest intent in the world seems to solidify, as if even the molecules themselves have almost stopped moving.
That despicable thief.