After another short period of time, Kong Mingan stood up and put on a complete set of clothes.
Behind him, the Snow Empress had also taken off the shirt belonging to Kong Mingan, changed back into her usual white dress, and recovered her former coldness.
The Snow Empress walked closer, naturally took Kong Mingan's hand, and the two left the ice cave together.
The ice wall that had once separated the inside from the outside had already silently melted away. Aside from a few remaining fragments of ice, the ground was so clean that it seemed as if nothing had ever happened.
Not long after walking out of the ice cave, the aura around the Snow Empress stirred slightly. An invisible aura carrying supreme majesty centered on her, instantly spreading throughout the core region of the Extreme North Land.
However, in the next moment, dozens of powerful auras appeared from all directions, approaching rapidly like streaks of meteors from the horizon, quickly descending.
Without a word, the numerous Spirit Beasts moved in perfect unison, kneeling down respectfully.
This was the absolute prestige belonging solely to the Snow Empress in the Extreme North Land.
Facing her, all living beings in the Extreme North Land held only the purest respect and submission in their hearts.
This was the Emperor of the Extreme North Land.
Kong Mingan watched, and he had to admit that this scene was extremely intimidating.
The number of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts in the Extreme North Land far exceeded imagination, and judging from their auras, most of them had solid Foundations, formidable strength, and were generally of higher caliber than the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts he had encountered elsewhere.
However, upon careful reflection, it was quite reasonable. After all, to achieve a Breakthrough past the hundred-thousand-year limit in a place like the Extreme North Land, there couldn't be any mediocrity among them.
Tiangmeng was the exception; that one relied too much on luck.
At a certain moment, a stream of emerald green spirit power lightly descended, and a girl dressed in a white and green skirt revealed her figure, arriving late.
She crossed her arms, her delicate small face was cold and aloof, presenting a standoffish appearance, which was exactly the same as usual.
Kong Mingan's gaze fell upon the Ice Empress, but the moment their eyes met, the Ice Empress's expression visibly stiffened, and she quickly turned her head away.
But soon, as if she had thought of something, she abruptly turned back, lifted her small face, and tried hard to put on a provocative "What are you looking at?" expression.
Kong Mingan chuckled softly and returned a gentle smile.
The Ice Empress's expression unnaturally froze again. Once more, she turned her head away, a barely noticeable hint of red appearing on the back of her ears.
Hmm. This was the Ice Empress—low attack, low defense, just looking very easy to bully.
The many Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts that had gathered did not stay long, as the Snow Empress's purpose for summoning them was very simple, consisting of two goals: one overt and one hidden.
The overt goal was to announce that she had successfully achieved a Breakthrough. She understood her significance to the Extreme North Land; her Breakthrough was equivalent to increasing the confidence of the Extreme North Land, and it also proved that she had not chosen the wrong path.
The hidden goal was to incidentally announce Kong Mingan's identity to them. This counted as a small personal desire of the Snow Empress, which was why she had not let go of Kong Mingan's hand from the moment they left the ice cave until now.
The gazes of many Spirit Beasts lingered on Kong Mingan, carrying a mix of scrutiny and curiosity, eventually settling on his and the Snow Empress's continuously clasped hands. They exchanged knowing glances, then respectfully retreated.
If they had only been suspicious before, now it was confirmation.
The Extreme North Land had an Empress Consort!
The Spirit Beasts slowly departed. A moment later, besides Kong Mingan and the Snow Empress, only the Ice Empress and another Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast whose true form was an Ice Butterfly remained.
Compared to other Spirit Beasts, the Ice Butterfly clan was naturally intelligent. Because they fed on Ice Spirit Flowers in the core region of the Extreme North Land, they naturally received the protection of the Snow Empress, who resided there.
To repay the Snow Empress, the Ice Butterfly clan became her subordinates, responsible for helping relay her commands.
And because the Snow Empress focused on Cultivation year-round, the Ice Butterfly clan gradually assumed a butler-like role, handling various affairs of the Extreme North Land.
As for why the Ice Empress wasn't asked to handle it—making her deal with such trivial matters would truly be difficult for her.
The Ice Empress glanced at Kong Mingan, who was looking at the Ice Butterfly, said nothing, and went straight to the Snow Empress's side.
Her movement was very fast, almost like she was running away.
The Ice Butterfly stepped forward a few paces, first respectfully bowing to each of the people present, and then looked at Kong Mingan, speaking solemnly.
"Empress Consort."
Kong Mingan paused and chuckled softly. He did not refute the slightly strange title, only saying gently:
"Give me the documents."
The Ice Butterfly nodded, then directly sent several documents to Kong Mingan via the "Spiritual Pivot."
As Kong Mingan gradually upgraded the "Spiritual Pivot," many Spirit Beasts in the Extreme North Land had already become users of the "Spiritual Pivot."
Incidentally, Kong Mingan also compiled a set of teaching materials for them, the content of which was generally common knowledge about human society, intended to help them familiarize themselves with human society in advance.
Kong Mingan quickly skimmed through them.
The first was a phase achievement report for the plan named "Enlightenment."
The plan centered on the Enlightenment Formation specially created by Elder Yi for Spirit Beasts, helping the Spirit Beasts of the Extreme North Land awaken their intelligence faster, thus allowing them to transform into human form earlier and accelerate their Cultivation using the human physique.
This was one of the solutions for dealing with the conflict between humans and Spirit Beasts. Because he had to consider the thoughts of the plane will, his methods for handling the Spirit Beasts were relatively gentle, such as:
Directly letting Spirit Beasts transform into humans, thereby instantly eliminating the conflict between Spirit Beasts and humans.
After all, if they were all human, then naturally there would be no conflict between Spirit Beasts and humans; and even if conflict arose later, it would only be between people.
And once his upgrade of the "Spiritual Pivot" was successful, an ideal social structure built upon "Order" and "Judgment" would naturally emerge.
And in order to prevent the buildup of conflict, the attention of the many living beings on the Douluo Plane would eventually be directed outside the Plane.
Of course, since this experiment was being implemented in the Extreme North Land, he had first consulted the Snow Empress about her thoughts before starting.
The Snow Empress did not have many objections to this. She did not care about Spirit Beasts in other places; she only cared about the citizens of the Extreme North Land.
Regardless of how the form of the Spirit Beasts in the Extreme North Land changed, to the Snow Empress, they would always be the citizens of the Extreme North Land, and she would continue to grant them protection.
Thus, this plan was able to be implemented.
Besides "Enlightenment," he also had research data on the adaptability of the "Spell Cultivator" and "Body Cultivator" systems among the Spirit Beasts of the Extreme North Land, as well as some other related knowledge compilations.
Kong Mingan was mainly responsible for the promotion of these Cultivation systems and the issues encountered during their implementation.
As for other documents concerning complex matters like the specific construction and resource allocation of the Extreme North Land, they were not closely related to him.
Those were handled by Ju Zi; she was the professional in that area.
Amidst the biting cold wind of the ice plain, Kong Mingan and the Ice Butterfly quickly handled these affairs in a question-and-answer manner.
In the distance, the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress sat quietly on a large ice rock nearby, silently observing.
(End of Chapter)
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