Chapter 1: In This Life, If I Do Not Become a God, I Quietly Await the Rise of Wind and Clouds!

The Extreme North.

The killing-intent-laden cold wind struck his body, yet the youth's gaze showed not the slightest change, his expression calm as he looked at the person before him.

She was a woman beautiful as a celestial maiden, long hair white as snow cascading from the crown of her head down to her ankles, an unadorned long gown setting off her flawless figure.

Such a snow-elf-like woman, yet her identity was enough to make Titled Douluo change color.

She was precisely the leader of the Extreme North's Three Heavenly Kings, the Snow Empress!

"Since it is Ice'er's own decision, I don't wish to say more—leave the Extreme North at once!"

The Snow Empress's ice-blue pupils stared at Huo Yuhao, suppressing her anger as she said:

"Otherwise, bear the consequences!"

The seventy-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation was approaching; the Snow Empress had no confidence in surviving it, so she could only choose human-shaped re-cultivation before the tribulation descended.

But she could not let go of the Extreme North, nor of the Ice Empress, who was about to undergo her four-hundred-thousand-year Lightning Tribulation.

So she had originally planned to help the Ice Empress before re-cultivating, assisting her in surviving the tribulation, and adding a foundation to the Extreme North.

Who would have thought that when she followed the Ice Empress's aura to find her, she saw instead a human!

A human who had absorbed the Ice Empress's soul ring and turned the Ice Empress into his second martial soul!

The Snow Empress looked at Huo Yuhao with an icy gaze.

Had it not been for Ice'er personally appearing to explain beforehand, and given that matters had come to this, killing Huo Yuhao was equivalent to slaying the Ice Empress—she would not have let him off!

Huo Yuhao's expression turned solemn.

Had it not been for the Ice Empress's presence, he would not have met the Snow Empress.

Having transmigrated to the Douluo Continent and become Huo Yuhao for thirteen years now, apart from gambling everything to enter the Star Dou Great Forest for the two opportunities of Tianmeng and Electrolux, he had always been very cautious.

He had joined neither Shrek Academy nor the Sun Moon Empire, merely observing everything from a corner of the continent, staying far from the centers of various conflicts.

But today, on the day he obtained the Ice Empress martial soul, he unusually cast his safety aside, not leaving after obtaining the Ice Empress, but instead deliberately releasing his aura to wait—for this very moment!

Nearby, the Snow Empress radiated killing intent; in the distance, faint sounds of ten thousand beasts galloping came, the Ice Empress's clansmen and other soul beasts coming by following the Ice Empress's aura.

Tianmeng Ice Worm and the Ice Empress within his Spiritual Sea kept chattering, urging him to leave.

But Huo Yuhao had no thought of leaving.

"Sorry, Tianmeng Ge, Ice Empress. I cannot leave now."

Huo Yuhao's determined whisper echoed in the Spiritual Sea, "This is my first step on a different path..."

Saying this, under the Snow Empress's astonished gaze, he stepped forward, standing two meters from the Snow Empress, and said: "Snow Empress, I wish to make a deal with you."

The Snow Empress's expression was cold: "What ability do you and Tianmeng have to make a deal with me? Or do you deludedly think I can join the Create a God Plan and become your soul ring?"

Previously, to prevent her from killing Huo Yuhao, the Ice Empress had spoken without reservation before her, so Tianmeng's Create a God Plan naturally fell into her ears.

Indeed, with one fierce beast plus one million-year soul beast assisting, and possessing powerful Twin Martial Souls, Huo Yuhao's future achievements would not be low, but compared to this obviously unreliable Create a God Plan, the Snow Empress trusted herself more.

A soul beast of nearly seven hundred thousand years undergoing human-shaped re-cultivation—could it not compare to a human cultivating for the first time?

So, the Snow Empress spoke plainly:

"Human, don't be greedy! If you don't leave, I'll turn you into an ice sculpture of the Extreme North and absorb the origin Tianmeng left within your body..."

"Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow." Huo Yuhao's whisper interrupted her harsh words: "I have a lead on Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow here!"

The Snow Empress, as well as the Ice Empress and Tianmeng within the Spiritual Sea, were all stunned.

"What are you saying? Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow?"

After a moment, Tianmeng was the first to cry out in the Spiritual Sea: "Yuhao, do you really have news of it?"

He was the one lying in the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave absorbing Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, sleeping until he became a million-year soul beast power bank. No one knew the terror of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow better than him—it was a top-grade Heavenly Treasure capable of raising the Create a God Plan's success rate by dozens of percentage points!

If Yuhao could absorb Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, then their Create a God Plan... uh, wait, what did Yuhao just say?

He wanted to use news of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow to make a deal with the Snow Empress?

In the Spiritual Sea, under the Ice Empress's strange gaze, Tianmeng bowed his head in dejection.

"Yuhao, you little spendthrift, you're going to anger me to death!"

You had news of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow—why didn't you tell him earlier? Why use it to recruit the Snow Empress?

Now it's come to this: our group of old, weak, sick, and disabled can't compete with the Snow Empress, and we can only watch helplessly as this supreme treasure is snatched away.

The Snow Empress looked at Huo Yuhao in surprise, pondered for a moment, and asked:

"Was it Tianmeng who told you? Is this so-called deal also its plan?"

Huo Yuhao was merely a small Soul Elder; daring to come to the Extreme North was probably instigated by the Tianmeng Ice Worm, and now risking his life to trade with her—no matter how you looked at it, it was inseparable from the Tianmeng Ice Worm.

Moreover, Tianmeng inexplicably becoming a million-year soul beast had long been a suspicion puzzling many soul beasts of the Extreme North; now, she seemed to know the answer.

"Yes." Huo Yuhao nodded without changing expression, allowing the Snow Empress to misunderstand: "Tianmeng Ge said that you and the Ice Empress are both nearing the end of your natural lifespan, and Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow is useful for you to survive the Lightning Tribulation."

"..."

The Snow Empress was speechless for a moment, her beautiful brows tightly furrowed.

Seeing that the Snow Empress did not refuse immediately, Huo Yuhao relaxed.

As far as he knew, after failing to attempt Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Cores, the Snow Empress's origin was heavily injured; ordinary Heavenly Treasures could not make up for it, leaving her powerless to break through the seventy-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, which was why she made the decision to take human form.

But if she obtained enough Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow... let alone the seventy-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation, even the eight-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation the Snow Empress could challenge!

On the other side, after pondering for a moment, the Snow Empress secretly sighed.

This deal, she indeed could not refuse.

The Snow Empress withdrew her killing intent and gazed at Huo Yuhao: "Why do you want to make a deal with me? If you keep the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, the success rate of the Create a God Plan will rise further."

Huo Yuhao first gave a veiled glance at the snow-and-wind-filled sky, then directly answered the Snow Empress's question.

"Opportunity is prepared for the living; once a person dies, nothing remains. And in this world, there are things more terrible than death."

"I don't want to be manipulated by others forever, but I need time to truly grow, so I came to you. I hope to exchange Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow for your protection and the friendship of the Extreme North!"

Saying this, Huo Yuhao recalled his experiences after leaving the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

On the road looking for a cheat, he happened to meet Tang Sect disciples.

He went to join a small academy to learn necessary knowledge, but happened to meet a certain Young Master Wang on the street.

Studying at the academy, he accidentally discovered glorious records concerning the Tang Sect, then discovered that the academy was founded by a person of the Tang Sect...

Various signs indicated that even if his way of acting was already far from the original Huo Yuhao, and he had hidden from the core of the strife, Tang Dafa Zu still had not let him go!

Blue Silver Entanglement was still chasing him!

But what could discovering this change?

That one was a God King, and most other God Kings of the God Realm leaned toward him; only Destruction disagreed with him.

But would Destruction God King therefore help him, or give him the God Position?

Heh, delusion.

Let alone the Destruction God Position, if he did not pledge loyalty to Tang San, even the Emotion God Position could not be safely given to him.

Various realities were telling Huo Yuhao that becoming a god could not free him from constraints.

The only way out was to stay on Douluo Continent.

In this life, not ascend, quietly wait for the winds and clouds to rise!

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