In the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's calculations, the Ice Empress's terrifying pressure was enough to ensure that no Spirit Beast in the Extreme North Land would dare approach this place, let alone disturb his plan.
There was only one exception.
That was the Snow Empress.
Only the Snow Empress would ignore the Ice Empress's terrifying pressure; she might even appear here because of it. After all, rumors had long circulated in the Extreme North Land that the Ice Empress once liked the Snow Empress...
But the problem was, the location he had chosen was extremely far from the Snow Empress's territory. Logically speaking, it should have been impossible for the Snow Empress to appear here!
Thinking of this, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm finally realized an issue he had been ignoring.
Everything seemed to match his expectations except for the Ice Bear King—even if the Ice Bear King had fallen asleep, the terrifying pressure the Ice Empress emitted upon her arrival should have been enough to startle him awake and cause him to flee immediately.
But the Ice Bear King still lay on the snow like a corpse, showing no reaction at all.
This was fucking abnormal!
The Ice Empress's Breakthrough to the four-hundred-thousand-year cultivation level, the Ice Bear King's sudden pursuit of Yu Hao, his sudden slumber here without waking even under the Ice Empress's pressure, and now the Snow Empress's arrival.
Connecting these three events, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm finally reacted with hindsight.
He felt as if he and Yu Hao were caught in a massive whirlpool; more terrifyingly, they were already deep within it and couldn't pull themselves out!
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm simply couldn't understand what the Ice Empress was trying to do.
The Ice Empress's current actions were definitely replacing Huo Yuhao's original bones with her own Spirit Bone. This meant she had already accepted his rhetoric and decided to become Huo Yuhao's second spirit.
But why the Snow Empress's sudden arrival?
Was it to stop the Ice Empress... or to join in?
If she were here to stop the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress should have acted long ago; there wouldn't be any 'entrance animation.' But if she were joining in... how was that possible?
These various anomalies gave the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm an unprecedented sense of fragmentation.
It couldn't be that the Ice Empress and Snow Empress had learned of his plan in advance and decided to Sacrifice themselves to Yu Hao together, becoming Yu Hao's wisdom spirit rings, right?
Actually, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had indeed heard rumors that the Snow Empress's limit was also approaching, but rumors were just rumors, and he had never believed them.
But now... the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm seemed to believe it a little.
But this still didn't make sense!
How could the Ice Empress and Snow Empress have known about his plan in advance and made preparations?
"Arghhh!!"
Under the Ice Empress's deliberate control, Huo Yuhao felt an unprecedented pain. Although he was mentally prepared, this agony far exceeded his expectations.
Even though his body had become somewhat numb in the extreme cold, it still instantly robbed him of his ability to breathe.
Seeing this, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's expression changed abruptly. He had no time to wonder why, nor could he spare any attention for the Snow Empress who had appeared. He had to act to alleviate Huo Yuhao's pain.
A speck of golden light suddenly lit up at the center of Huo Yuhao's brow. The soft golden glow instantly covered his head, and his spiritual sea turned back into a brilliant gold.
That golden light rhythmically and gently protected Huo Yuhao's violently fluctuating spiritual sea, like a mother's hand softly soothing his Soul, which was in extreme agony.
However, doing this also occupied the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's entire focus; he had no time to be distracted by other matters.
At that moment, the Snow Empress moved quietly.
She landed beside the Ice Empress, exchanged a glance with her as she was replacing Huo Yuhao's bones with her Spirit Bone, and then reached out, gently opening her hands.
In the center of that fair, flawless palm, a tiny insect only a few centimeters long was slowly crawling. From a distance, it looked like a flake of dandruff, completely inconspicuous.
At the thought that such a Spirit Beast was about to become Huo Yuhao's Spirit, the Ice Empress couldn't help but want to laugh.
The Snow Empress also revealed a faint smile.
This Frost Velvet Ice Mite was a gift she had carefully selected for Huo Yuhao—it was an extremely rare hundred-year Frost Velvet Ice Mite, comparable to an Ice Silkworm with over ten years of cultivation!
Next, what the Snow Empress needed to do was send the Frost Velvet Ice Mite into Huo Yuhao's body, forcing it to Sacrifice itself to him in a semi-voluntary, semi-forced manner to become Huo Yuhao's second spirit.
To be precise, it wasn't exactly a Sacrifice.
Sacrifice usually refers to an action taken by a ten-thousand-year or hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast toward a human. To achieve a Sacrifice, the Spirit Beast must possess self-awareness and emotions, be able to actively choose to Sacrifice itself, and its own power must be sufficient to support the Sacrifice ritual.
The Frost Velvet Ice Mite clearly did not meet these conditions.
But with the Snow Empress's assistance, the Frost Velvet Ice Mite would be able to accomplish it.
The Snow Empress tapped her toes lightly and came before Huo Yuhao.
Looking at Huo Yuhao's youthful face and thin body, it was hard for the Snow Empress to imagine that she would establish such a close connection with this human in the future.
However, after today, everything would be over.
The Snow Empress reached out the hand holding the Frost Velvet Ice Mite and gently placed it on Huo Yuhao.
In an instant, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's expression shifted.
The Snow Empress had indeed made a move, but... what exactly was she trying to do?
In front of the Snow Empress, the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm didn't dare make any unusual moves, and Huo Yuhao's current state didn't allow him to do anything else anyway. He could only watch the Snow Empress's actions and see what she would do next.
Soon, with the Snow Empress's assistance, the Frost Velvet Ice Mite entered Huo Yuhao's body.
Huo Yuhao felt nothing regarding this. He only felt that the bone-chilling cold he was experiencing seemed to ease significantly in an instant; a surge of power suddenly appeared in his body, helping him dispel the Ice Empress's terrifying chill.
However, the intense pain from his body still remained.
Huo Yuhao really wanted to open his eyes to see what was happening, but remembering the Ice Empress's warning, he suppressed his curiosity and continued to battle the intense pain in his body.
But the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm sensed something was wrong.
Although he felt the Snow Empress's power entering Huo Yuhao's body... along with it came an extremely weak aura!
The source of this aura...
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was dumbfounded.
Wait, why was he sensing the aura of a Frost Velvet Ice Mite, which was even weaker and more trash than his own Ice Silkworm clan!?