Soul Emperor Martial God

"Do you gentlemen have business with me?"

Xiao Yi looked at the crowd gathering around him, his brow slightly furrowed.

"I just want to ask if the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale Emperor has been captured by you," Mu Bing said in a deep voice.

Before Xiao Yi could speak,

Han Cang preempted him, "Kid, don't even think about lying. Both Mu Bing and I saw it with our own eyes."

"The Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale Emperor, has been captured by you."

"And then what?" Xiao Yi asked in a deep voice.

"It's nothing." Mu Bing shook his head slightly, his expression cold. "Just needed confirmation."

With that, Mu Bing turned and left.

Han Cang angrily said, "Mu Bing, what do you mean by 'it's nothing'?"

Mu Bing did not answer, as he had already gone far away.

Han Cang turned his gaze to Xiao Yi, saying, "Kid, the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale Emperor was pursued by the three of us together."

"How can you alone monopolize it."

"If you know what's good for you..."

Han Cang had not yet finished speaking.

Suddenly, a sharp and chilling Divine Sword appeared out of nowhere.

"So what?" Xiao Yi, holding the Frost Sword, asked coldly.

Han Cang's meaning was, in fact, quite clear.

Xiao Yi certainly would not be polite towards him.

"What, you want to fight with this young master?" Han Cang's face turned colder.

"Do you really think your Sky-splitting Sword Sect can count for anything in the Extreme Cold Land?"

The nine Ice Palace Elders rushed to intervene, standing between Xiao Yi and Han Cang.

"Both of you, please, calm down," the Ice Palace Great Elder said gravely.

"The first round of the Ice Edge Conference, Ice Sea Fate, has ended."

"This matter can perhaps be discussed further once we return to Evernight City."

"There's no need to fight here on the Extreme Cold Ice Sea and cause unnecessary ripples."

Upon hearing this, Han Cang furrowed his brow, pondered for a moment, and said in a cold voice, "Kid, I will settle the account with you later."

With that, he vanished with a flash.

"Hmph." Xiao Yi snorted coldly.

He clearly saw a flush of red on Han Cang's face and noted that he was suppressing his injuries.

During the recent pursuit of the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale Emperor, Han Cang had sustained considerable injuries.

Moreover, that powerful Secret Technique had also caused him quite a bit of backlash.

As one of the most renowned talents in the Extreme Cold Land, it was not surprising for Han Cang to execute such Secret Techniques.

But for him to have only the strength of the Heavenly Origin First Layer, yet burst forth with the combat power comparable to peak fighters like Mu Qingyun, was truly astonishing.

This was thanks to the extremely terrifying Cold Ice Aura deep within the Extreme Cold Ice Sea, which significantly enhanced the power of his Secret Techniques.

The degree of that Cold Ice Aura was such that even Xiao Yi, with his combat power, dared not claim to dive indefinitely within it or stay there for a long time.

Thus, one can only imagine its terror, probably even more fearsome than the Extreme Cold Gang Wind high in the sky.

Han Cang's Secret Technique was similar to the 'Absorption Palm.' He absorbed that Cold Ice Aura, which greatly increased his strength.

However, he also suffered not a light backlash from it.

This was the reason why he chose to stop and leave now.

But back to the main point.

Xiao Yi nodded towards the nine Ice Palace Elders as a form of greeting.

Then, with a flash, he returned to the shore of the Ice Sea.

"Xiao Yi, are you alright?" Bai Bingxue and the others had been waiting at the edge of the Ice Sea.

"I'm fine," Xiao Yi shook his head and smiled faintly.

"That's good," Ye Ming breathed a sigh of relief, clearly worried about Xiao Yi's venture into the deep sea to chase the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale Emperor.

Beside him, Zhong Wuyou pursed his lips and maintained a cold face, silent.

Ling Yu's face also revealed slight concern, although she tried to hide it well, but Xiao Yi still noticed it.

Xiao Yi smiled and said, "Let's head back to Evernight City first."

...

Inside Evernight City, Xiao Yi and his group returned to the inn.

The first round of the Ice Edge Conference had ended.

The deacons of the Ice Palace would organize the recorded scores.

In two days, they would announce the results and rankings.

After that, the competitors would have three days to rest and prepare for the second round.

This meant that the second round of the Ice Edge Conference would be held in five days' time.

Inside the inn, in Xiao Yi's room,

the group of five was taking inventory of their gains from this time.

Of course, the gains referred to the Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish and the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale.

At first, everyone was catching them while absorbing the pure energy contained within.

But in the last two days,

the number of Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish that appeared was too many, too dense.

Virtually as soon as one group was captured, another group was attracted.

There seemed to be no end in sight.

Therefore, everyone naturally had no time to waste absorbing them and kept catching instead.

And the captured Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish and Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales were temporarily stored in the Universe Rings and Qiankun Bags.

A Universe Ring was almost standard issue for the heavenly talents of the major forces.

Among the five people, except for Ye Ming who didn't have a Universe Ring, the rest had one each.

Furthermore, Universe Rings and Qiankun Bags couldn't store living objects.

But the Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish were just a kind of magical object formed from pure energy.

Their existence was probably akin to the Star Fire that went berserk in the Medicine Tower last time.

They possessed a certain spiritual intelligence, but they were essentially just a form of energy.

But I digress.

In the first few days of the Ice Sea Fate, after everyone absorbed a large amount of Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish and a Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale,

their Cultivation had greatly increased.

Bai Bingxue, broke through to the Earth Origin Eighth Layer.

Ling Yu and Zhong Wuyou peaked at the Earth Origin Eighth Layer.

Ye Ming, broke through to the Earth Element First Layer.

And then in the following two days, everyone had absorbed a large amount of Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish and several Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales.

Their strength had increased substantially again.

Now.

Ling Yu, Zhong Wuyou, and Bai Bingxue, all possessed the nine-layered Cultivation of the Earth Origin Ninth Layer.

Ye Ming also reached the Earth Element Fourth Stage Cultivation.

The only one whose Cultivation had not changed was Xiao Yi alone.

"Hahahaha," Zhong Wuyou laughed arrogantly.

"Xiao Yi, I've heard that your Qi Spring is incredibly vast, measuring seven or eight hundred zhang."

"Such a large Qi Spring has given you far greater combat power than other Martial Artists of the same realm."

"But it has also made it difficult for you to break through your Cultivation."

"For Martial Artists, Cultivation is of utmost importance."

"It seems that before long, I will be able to trample you underfoot."

As he spoke, Zhong Wuyou shook his head, "It's going to be less interesting to have one less opponent."

Xiao Yi replied with a faint smile, "Alright, I'll be waiting for you."

At this moment, in everyone's Universe Rings and Qiankun Bags, there was a large number of Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish, needless to say.

And of the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales, they each had about 15 left.

As for the Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale King, each had one.

After taking stock, everyone left one after another.

Only Xiao Yi remained in the room.

Xiao Yi sighed, his gains were the same as everyone else's.

The numbers of Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish and Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales in his Universe Ring were the same too.

But these gains were enough for people like Bai Bingxue to greatly increase their Cultivation.

For him, Xiao Yi, they were still insufficient.

After some introspection, that Qi Spring measuring three thousand three hundred and thirty-three zhang was truly astonishing.

Next to the Qi Spring, there was a Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale Emperor.

However, this Ice Whale Emperor had already shrunk by more than seventy or eighty percent.

The Ice Phoenix Sword had absorbed the entire Swallowing Spirit Ice Whale Emperor to repair its own fissures.

But during this process, a trace of power would continually transform into Primordial Power at the same time, augmenting one's Cultivation.

Just when the Ice Phoenix Sword had absorbed seven or eight tenths of the Power of the Ice Whale Emperor,

all the gaseous Elemental Power within the Qi Spring transformed into liquid Elemental Power.

At this time, Xiao Yi was on the verge of breaking through to the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Yet at this moment, Xiao Yi chose to temporarily suppress this remaining essence of pure energy, not absorbing it immediately, preserving it in his Small World.

He did not plan on breaking through to the Heavenly Origin Realm right now.

He was waiting.

...

Two days passed by in a flash.

Today was the day to announce the first round of rankings.

Bai Bingxue and the others came out of their rooms one after another.

All the Swallowing Spirit Ice Fish and Swallowing Spirit Ice Whales had been absorbed by them, resulting in a substantial increase in their Cultivation.

And just at this time, an Ice Palace Elder came to the inn to find Xiao Yi and the others.

"Heavenly talents of the Sword Sect, our Palace Master of the Everday Ice Palace invites you," spoke the Ice Palace Elder politely.

...

The first release.