Chapter 264: The Snow Empress Submits
Level 71.
Level 72.
The immense energy of the Snow Empress poured directly into Ye Chen's body, surging through his meridians and pushing his cultivation to level 72 in a single breath.
It wasn't that the Snow Empress was weak—it was that Ye Chen's power was already too high. Though technically still a Soul Sage, the quality of his soul power was nearly on par with a Title Douluo's. As a result, the leap wasn't large in number but immense in density.
Having stepped fully into the Soul Sage realm, Ye Chen could already feel it—once he consolidated his strength, he might even begin forming his soul core.
Huo Yuhao had condensed his at this stage. Ye Chen knew he could, too.
Hum—
Seven soul rings floated behind him in perfect harmony.
The seventh—deep red—flickered with six golden patterns, emitting an awe-inspiring, crushing power.
Inside his spiritual sea, however, the scene was very different.
"Let me go, Ice Empress! I'll kill him!!" roared the Snow Empress, her face twisted in fury.
The Ice Empress, clinging tightly around her waist, pleaded desperately, "Snow Empress—stop! Please, just stop! Ye Chen is strong! You're his soul spirit now. If you go out there, he'll only hit you again…"
"Damn that deceitful human!"
The Snow Empress was shaking with rage.
"And you!!" she snapped, whipping around toward the Ice Empress, her expression blazing. "You knew he had something like that scroll! Why didn't you tell me sooner? Why didn't you warn me?!"
The betrayal hit harder than ice.
She felt her fury rise like a tidal wave.
Helping Ye Chen persuade her was one thing—but deceiving her?
Allowing her to walk straight into his trap without any warning? Unforgivable!
"I told you it wouldn't matter!" the Ice Empress said, clutching the hem of her dress guiltily. "When he captured me the first time, I was hundreds of kilometers away—and I couldn't fight back at all…"
It wasn't that she didn't want to warn her; she knew it would change nothing.
Ye Chen was simply too strong—his methods far too strange.
Besides, she was already his. And deep down, she had wanted the Snow Empress to join them.
That way, they could stay together forever, once Ye Chen ascended to godhood.
"…You…"
The Snow Empress clenched her fists, breathing hard. For one who had lived hundreds of thousands of years, she had never felt such humiliation.
Then—
Whsh!
A shadow formed in the air, Ye Chen's astral projection appearing within their domain.
He had already absorbed the Snow Empress's energy and now came to settle the matter directly.
"Human! What did you do to me!?"
The Snow Empress's expression burned with hatred, her teeth grinding.
She had existed for millennia, untouchable and supreme—never had she been reduced to this!
Calm as ever, Ye Chen replied, "I merely turned you into my soul spirit. You are now my seventh soul ring, bound inseparably to me—our fates linked as one."
The Snow Empress's eyes blazed. "I'll kill you!!"
But when she tried to move, nothing happened.
Her essence—only a fragment of soul consciousness within Ye Chen's mind—could no longer command her power.
On top of that, Ye Chen's will pressed down on her like an invisible mountain.
A terrifying force rooted her completely in place.
Ye Chen stepped closer, expression cold but steady, his presence towering.
Reaching out, he tilted her face upward and said flatly, "You're my soul spirit now. The only thing left for you to do— is submit."
His voice carried a quiet, imperious dominance.
Even the Ice Empress, standing nearby, flinched and instinctively shrank behind the furious Snow Empress.
"You—"
The Snow Empress blushed from anger, struggling to move, but her body wouldn't obey.
For the first time, she felt powerless.
And as she met Ye Chen's forceful, unyielding gaze, a strange feeling trembled through her heart—fear, laced with a tiny flicker of awe.
"Think about it," Ye Chen said calmly, his tone softening. "You feel humiliated, but this might be your greatest opportunity."
He patted her shoulder lightly before his image faded from the spiritual sea.
With someone as proud and stubborn as the Snow Empress, only overwhelming dominance would work. To tame a queen, one had to act like a king.
He hadn't needed to be that firm with the Ice Empress—she'd been far easier to sway. A little coaxing, a few treats… she was his without a fight.
But the Snow Empress was far too intelligent. Persuasion failed.
That left only Plan B—crushing command and total control.
And judging by her silence afterward, it had been effective.
When Ye Chen's spiritual form vanished, the Snow Empress slowly regained movement.
She stood in silence, digesting the reality of her situation. The fury inside her subsided—slightly—replaced by grim contemplation.
"Snow Empress… are you okay?"
The Ice Empress peered up nervously, tugging at her sleeve like a child waiting for permission to speak.
Truthfully, she found this quiet, unreadable Snow Empress far more terrifying than the raging one.
Mostly, she was scared the Snow Empress wouldn't forgive her.
"Ice Empress… I want to know everything. Every detail about you and him."
The Snow Empress turned, her tone icy but composed.
"Er… well, we haven't been together that long…"
Flushed, the Ice Empress began recounting—how she met Ye Chen, how she became his spirit, and… well, eventually, everything else, step by step.
When she finished, the Snow Empress just stared at her in disbelief.
"You mean—you just gave yourself to him?! Willingly?!"
She had suspected their closeness, but this… this was beyond words.
The Ice Empress puffed her cheeks, her face burning scarlet. "We're both willing, okay? Don't make it sound bad! He treats me really well, and I… I like him…"
"You… sigh…"
The Snow Empress exhaled deeply, the weight of it settling into her heart.
Now she understood why Bing'er had taken his side.
Because Bing'er wasn't just loyal—she belonged to him.
And as strange as it felt, the Snow Empress also knew resistance would change nothing.
Even together, neither of them could match the sheer, incomprehensible methods of that human boy.
A level-seventy Soul Emperor, binding her—a seven-hundred-thousand-year primordial beast—without apparent cost…
It defied everything she knew about the laws of the world.
For the first time in hundreds of millennia, the Snow Empress found herself uncertain.
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