Jiang Zhen slowly opened his eyes. The deep blue that had been formed by millennia of ice and the bottomless sea gradually faded, and his eyes regained their clarity. He carefully felt the new power flowing within his body.
The soul power level has stabilized at level forty-one.
This improvement was "tiny" compared to the immense energy he absorbed, which was almost the very origin of heaven and earth.
But he felt no disappointment; instead, he felt a surge of understanding and joy.
The vast majority of that energy did not violently increase his soul power level, but was used to reshape his foundation!
The most direct manifestation of this was that he could clearly feel that the suppression he felt between levels 30 and 70 had disappeared!
His cultivation speed will no longer be suppressed by his ultimate attribute, and he will have a smooth path from then on until he reaches a higher bottleneck.
"It's time to leave," Jiang Zhen thought to himself, suppressing his excitement.
The ultimate goal of this trip has been achieved beyond expectations, and we have even formed a mysterious connection with the dimensional consciousness of this world. The gains are immeasurable.
He turned around, his gaze sweeping over the unparalleled treasure cave filled with millennia-old ice marrow.
If any piece of these ice marrows were to fall into the outside world, it would be enough to cause a bloodbath in the world of soul masters.
He certainly wouldn't enter a treasure mountain only to return empty-handed.
The storage ring flashed slightly, and he began his "sweep".
With his current mastery of the ice element, he easily extracted the pieces of ancient ice marrow, each emitting a soft white light, embedded in the ice wall.
These ice marrows range in size from as thin as an arm to as large as an adult's waist; they are crystal clear and contain a breathtaking amount of powerful energy.
He wasn't greedy enough to try to empty the entire mine, as that would disrupt the balance of the area.
But he collected hundreds of pieces of ice marrow of excellent quality without any hesitation before stopping, still feeling unsatisfied.
These ice marrows will be invaluable for future cultivation, building up power, or trading treasures.
After doing all this, Jiang Zhen took one last look at the icy blue ball of light deep inside the cavity.
He cupped his hands in a respectful bow and made a deep gesture of thanks.
Then they turned back.
Along the way, Jiang Zhen saw his reflection on the ice wall.
The boy reflected in the ice wall was still handsome, but his temperament had gained a touch of icy coldness and mystery.
The most noticeable change is that a striking icy white strand of hair has quietly appeared in his long, flowing blue hair, sticking up from his forehead.
Intertwined with his light blue highlights, it resembled a frozen river.
Upon reaching the cave entrance, the blue-gold light on his right leg shone again, activating his flying soul bone skill. His body rose upwards, preparing to return to the unknown height of the ground along the original path.
However, just as he took off and left the bottom, something unexpected happened!
The calmly flowing ice elemental mist around him suddenly gathered silently, and a mysterious power that he could neither understand nor resist quietly descended.
This power was gentle yet immense, like a gentle touch of the will of the entire far north.
It transformed into a giant, almost invisible hand formed from pure ice mist, and gently, even with a hint of mockery, patted Jiang Zhen's buttocks as he flew upwards!
"Um?!"
Jiang Zhen felt an indescribable, immense force coming from below, and a strange, icy sensation on his buttocks. It wasn't an attack, but more like a... playful push?
He didn't even have time to react before the space around him instantly distorted and blurred!
Buzz—
A bright white light illuminated his vision, instantly engulfing his senses.
When visibility returned, the suffocating ice marrow veins and the deep ice fissures had all vanished.
A biting wind, carrying snowflakes, swept across my face. Before me stretched a vast, boundless, pale plain covered in ice and snow, and the sky remained an unchanging greyish-white.
In an instant, he was teleported directly from the deepest part of the earth to the surface of the far north!
Jiang Zhen staggered a step to his feet, a rare look of astonishment and confusion on his face.
He subconsciously looked back, only to find a flat ice field behind him, with no trace of the huge ice crevice.
It was as if that adventure deep into the earth's core was just a bizarre dream.
However, the surging level 41 soul power within him, the ice-blue soul ring behind him, the subtle connection between his soul and the far north, and the mountain of ten-thousand-year-old ice marrow in his storage ring all proved the reality of what had just happened.
"Is this a method of dimensional consciousness...?"
Jiang Zhen quickly calmed down and understood.
That final "slap" was clearly the host's way of sending off the guest in an almost joking manner, perhaps also helping him avoid any potential trouble on his way home.
He shook his head and chuckled, patted his clean robes, and then tried to find his way out.
However, the moment he lifted his foot, an extremely terrifying, bone-chilling, and overwhelmingly fierce pressure descended from the sky like an invisible iceberg, locking onto him firmly!
The surrounding blizzard seemed to freeze at that moment, and the air became as still as iron.
Jiang Zhen's muscles tensed instantly, and he looked up abruptly.
High in the sky, a petite, emerald-green figure was slowly descending.
She seemed like an ice and snow sprite fallen from the heavens, or a deity who ruled over winter descending to earth.
Her long, dark green hair danced wildly in the biting wind, yet it didn't appear disheveled at all; instead, it possessed an eerie beauty.
The four emerald green demonic patterns on either side of her fair and delicate face shimmered with a mysterious and dangerous luster under the grayish-white light of the sky.
A long, emerald-green dress clung to her delicate figure, and as the skirt swayed, it seemed as if countless ice crystals were being created and then vanishing.
What's most unsettling are her eyes—like two top-grade emeralds frozen for millennia, cold, clear, devoid of any human emotion, containing only pure curiosity and scrutiny…
Her landing was graceful and composed, as if she were standing not on a howling ice field, but on her royal throne.
Every snowflake that approached her seemed to instinctively swirl and dance around her, like subjects welcoming a queen in a royal procession.
Crack... Crack... Centered on her landing point, the ice beneath her feet could not withstand the invisible, extreme cold and pressure emanating from her.
Instantly, countless spiderweb-like cracks spread out and were quickly covered by a thick layer of shimmering green ice!
She landed silently just ten feet away from Jiang Zhen.
Those cold, green eyes, like the sharpest icicles, pierced straight at Jiang Zhen.
She looked him up and down, lingering for a moment on his wisp of icy white hair and the lingering, almost identical yet slightly different, extreme chill emanating from him.
Bing Di looked at the human who had suddenly appeared in the core area of her territory, sensing the strange and powerful aura emanating from him.
And that trace of... the primordial icy aura that even made her somewhat suspicious, finally spoke slowly, her voice clear yet so cold it could freeze the soul:
"Humans, why have you intruded?"
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