"S-Snow Empress! She's awake!"
Skydream snapped out of his daze and called out excitedly.
After all, in his heart, although he refuses to admit it out loud, there was one person that he could rely on in a battle.
She was the former ruler of the Extreme North, 1st of the Three Heavenly Kings, the one who can rival Beast God Di Tian, and someone who stood at the peak of Snow and Ice.
Snow Empress!
"So that's Snow Empress," Jianxin whispered, a hint of awe
"Looks like the information was indeed correct. The snow woman of the Extreme North stands with the Child of Destiny." Er Ming grunted, his expression fierce and a look of disdain flashed across his eyes.
"I hear you're ranked 3rd of the Top Ten Great Beasts, even standing equal to Di Tian in terms of leadership and strength."
"Ha! Let me see if those rumors have any merit!"
"Take this fist of mine!"
Boom!
As he punched out, space shattered.
The air compressed violently before exploding outward, forming a massive, invisible shockwave that tore through everything in its path!
It was pure overwhelming force.
It was power obtained from not just Er Ming's bloodline and training, but from his own experiences and understanding.
To understand devastation, to know destruction, to be the extremity of absolute strength through one fist!
Snow Empress's expression didn't change.
"Open the formation."
"Huh? That—" Jianxin was stunned.
"Just do what I say."
Jianxin frowned and glanced at Skydream. He nodded at her with a calm expression.
"Do it."
She sighed and opened up a portion of the formation that was facing the intruders.
Due to the nature of the formation, and Jianxin's mechanisms, time had distorted within and some degree out of its area so the Er Ming's fist hadn't struck the barrier yet.
Her icy blue eyes reflected the incoming phantom punch that carried the Ultimate aura of strength.
She was calm and indifferent.
She raised her hand and made a palm towards the oncoming phantom fist.
The entire world seemed to shift with her.
An endless blizzard erupted behind her, the phantom of a boundless snowfield descending upon the phantom fist that was heading towards them.
"Empress' Palm."
The endless snowfield behind Snow Empress surged forward with an overwhelming, suffocating stillness.
Where it passed, everything froze.
Er Ming's phantom fist, filled with boundless strength and heavenly might, slowed the moment it entered that domain of absolute snow and exploded.
Jianxin quickly closed up the barrier.
"Well, I'll be damned," Er Ming whistled as he shook his arm, fragments of ice fell from his forearm, shattering into fine frost before they could even touch the ground.
He flexed his fingers slightly, feeling the lingering cold that had seeped deeper than the surface.
He looked back at her and grinned, "That was a pretty good palm technique."
"If I'm not mistaken, that technique of yours concentrates all the ice and snow in the area into your hand. And considering the abundance of ice, snow, and water elements due to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, the amplification is pretty huge."
"Pretty good use of the spring."
Snow Empress quietly looked at him.
"So it's true what they say."
"Hm? About what?"
Er Ming raised an eyebrow. He wondered if she heard the details of his and Da Ming's fight with Di Tian.
"That Monkeys are smart. Just a tiny bit though." Snow Empress emphasized with her thumb and index finger.
"Pfft!" Skydream snorted from the side and couldn't hold back from laughing.
Jianxin's lips curled into an amused smile.
"You..." Er Ming looked furious, veins throbbing and his muscles bulging.
As a muscle head, he never had that much of a patience and cool-headedness!
"Ooooooh!" Letting out a loud ape war cry as he beast his chest with his fists, Er Ming quickly transformed into his true form.
While this was all happening, there was a discussion between the Immortal Herbs.
"Hey, You You. Is it just me or is that man beside that monkey...?" Ah Jiao asked hesitantly, the other immortal herbs also chimed in curiously.
"..." You You didn't respond. He went stiff like a bamboo, his 'eyes' stared intently at the mysterious man beside Er Ming.
'C-Could that be...?'
At that moment, the situation turned turbulent!
"Break!"
Er Ming roared as he started raining punches on the formation barrier, Ultimate Strength exuding greatly from him and his domain seemingly dissipated from view.
But in truth, its power had compressed into energy that flowed into his arms to amplify his arm strength by a hundred times over! And it wasn't over, as a yellowish-earthly glow appeared around him that exploded with an overwhelming pressure over Snow Empress, Jianxin, Skydream, and the others in the garden.
Gravity Domain - Activated!
Er Ming wasn't pulling any lunches at all, using two domains at the same time alongside Ultimate Strength, this sort of move could instantly pulverize any Transcendent Douluo and even putting average Limit Douluos to near death.
Right as his punches were about to reach the barrier, it unravel once more and an elegant snow woman appeared.
Snow Empress faced the barrage of fists with cold indifference and took a step forward.
She then spoke.
"In life, I have never known defeat."
"In death, I experienced emotions I thought I had lost."
"And with my rebirth, I shall walk upon the path that was obstructed by the heavens!"
"Domain Expansion - Snowy Dance of Ultimate Frost!"
The sky turned blank white, a blinding, absolute expanse that erased depth, sound, and warmth in an instant.
The temperature within ten thousand miles dropped down drastically. Frost bloomed across the air itself, heavy white snow fell upon the land beneath.
"Snowflakes?" The mysterious man furrowed his brows, extending a hand to catch one.
His expression changed.
In an instant his entire arm was frozen solid, and not just flesh, bone, and blood.
"It freezes down to the soul itself?! Absolute zero? Her attainment in ice has reached such a terrifying level. And her near peak Spirit Domain amplifies that further. No wonder she's confident taking on Er Ming." His deep blue eyes flickered, turning into a deep purple color.
"Hm? Not just spiritual power I see. Some hints of reincarnation intent is mixed in as well." His lips curled up, his body completely freezing into an ice statue.
Yet, he remained unaffected and continued on thinking.
'She's a monster. As a living being formed by the purest ice-type origin energy of heaven and earth within the Extreme North's core region, her comprehension towards the Ice element could likely even rival the Ice God. But in exchange, her understanding towards others elements and paths are completely crippled.'
'So to comprehend even another path, albeit slightly, but one as mysterious and ambiguous as reincarnation? Truly astounding.'
'Snow Empress, you would serve well as my daughter's handmaiden(slave).'
Er Ming realized the danger of her domain and tried to put up defenses against it.
At that moment, the world had already begun to shift.
The sky no longer resembled a sky. It was a blank canvas of white, endless and oppressive, swallowing light itself.
The falling snow did not drift aimlessly, but moved in a rhythmic flow.
Snow Empress had begun to dance.
Her figure glided across the frozen expanse, sleeves and hair flowing like streams of pale starlight.
Each step she took left behind blooming frost patterns, intricate and absolute, spreading outward like a living painting.
With every turn, the temperature dropped further.
With every step, the pressure multiplied.
She was like an immortal fairy, descending upon the mortal world with cold indifference.
Each motion of her dance carried a quiet finality, as though the world itself had already accepted its end and was simply following her lead. Her sleeves fluttered like drifting snowclouds, her steps light, yet every imprint she left behind froze deeper than the last.
"Aaaah!"
Er Ming's muscles tensed, dark-brown light erupting around him as he forced his blood to circulate, resisting the creeping frost that sought to invade his sould.
*Craaack*
A thin layer of ice shattered off his arms as he roared, forcing his strength outward.
"I won't be suppressed this easily! Ooh! Ooh!"
Indestructible Vajra Body!
His Giant Ape form was instantly covered by a layer of golden light, immediately breaking off the ice covering his body and melting away the snow that was in a 100 diameter around him.
It was a defensive-type soul skill stronger than an Invincible Barrier, a powerful ability that was fused with his bloodline.
Ten Thousand Beast Domain + Gravity Control Domain + Ultimate Strength
Titan King's Firmament Breaker!
A glowing yellow orb of light appeared on his huge fists.
It was Er Ming's strongest attack. Using gravity control to instantly compress the air and space into terrifying energy, bestowing an attack launched with the full strength of the Titan Giant Ape. Amplified with Ultimate Strength and Indestructible Vahra Bodym. Added with the mental attack of the ten thousand beast domain.
This was a power that could shake the heavens!
"Die!"
"How utterly barbaric." Snow Empress remained emotionless and continued on dancing across the air.
As she turned her body, the her domain surged with intense energies of ice and snow.
Skydream's eyes widened.
"There was a famous saying in the Extreme North," he muttered, catching Jianxin's attention. "About the unrivaled prowess of Snow Empress, of her Three Ultimate Techniques."
"It entails: Sword and Palm sends the sky into a Chill, The Empress' Sword, Palm, and Chill. We've witnessed her "Palm" and "Chill". Now, comes her sword!"
Snow Empress raised her hand, and the heavens rumbled.
The sky parted, and from that opening, a colossal sword of ice appeared.
A blade forged from absolute frost, spanning across hundreds of meters. Its edge shimmered with a pale blue radiance, layers of compressed ice so dense it distorted the space around it. Snow and ice gathered toward it like tides pulled by a moon.
It was a sword condensed from the combined power of her domain and the icy-Yin waters of the well.
Every element of ice and snow in the area converged into that single strike.
Empress' Sword!
"Perish."
Snow Empress stood beneath it, one hand raised, her eyes gleaming with killing intent.
Then, she brought her hand down.
And the sword descended.
Er Ming's eyes widened, but there was no backing down.
"COME!!"
His fists surged forward, the glowing orb of condensed peak strength roaring to meet the descending blade.
Gravity twisted, space bent, and his full power erupted upward.
The two forces collided.
Strength and Snow.
*Boom!*
A deafening crack tore through the world as fist met blade.
The sky shattered like glass, shockwaves ripping across the frozen domain, sending entire layers of ice exploding outward.
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AN: I started rewatching a bit of BTTH donghua, and I ended up disappointed. It was one thing to rehash fight scenes but to censor the relationship that Xiao Yan has with Cai Lin and Xiao Xiao? It's implied but it just feels so lame.