Chapter 1860: Return! The Dust Rock Sovereign Arrives!

Well, I'll head to the teleportation gate first.

The Frost Crown Sovereign's cold voice echoed within the Divine Kingdom Palace.

Her ice-blue long robe fluttered lightly with the turning motion, outlining an infinitely beautiful figure.

As one of the Twelve Primeval Source Realms, the Thunder Realm naturally has fixed entrances and exits.

The exit is located near the Ninth Thunder Sea, still hundreds of millions of kilometers away from here.

Even flying at Sovereign-rank speed would take some time.

Upon hearing this, Xu Jingming smiled: "No need for all that trouble."

As the words fell, his mind stirred slightly, and golden Taiyi Divine Lightning around his body twitched faintly.

Only then did one see the empty space at the palace center ripple like water.

Immediately, an oval teleportation gate entirely constructed of brilliant golden lightning slowly condensed into form!

Light and shadow flowed within the gate, faintly revealing the vast starry sky of the outside world.

"This is...?"

A hint of surprise flashed across the Frost Crown Sovereign's ice-blue eyes:

"Opening a teleportation gate directly? You've only just mastered the Thunder Realm, and you can already do this?"

"This is one of the abilities gained after mastering the Thunder Realm."

Xu Jingming explained with a smile: "One can directly open a teleportation gate to any point within the realm leading to specified external coordinates, saving time and effort."

He paused, then added:

"Of course, this ability relies on the realm itself.

It can only send from within the realm to the outside; it cannot send directly from the outside back into the realm.

However, since my Divine Kingdom is established here, I can always sense and return to it."

"Your abilities as Realm Lord are even more comprehensive than I imagined."

The Frost Crown Sovereign nodded slightly, a flash of realization and admiration in her eyes.

"Alright, let's go."

She hesitated not at all, striding forward with her straight, long legs, leading the way toward the lightning teleportation gate.

Xu Jingming followed closely behind.

His gaze lingered for a moment on his teacher's perfect back, then he stepped into the teleportation gate.

As for the safety of the Divine Kingdom? He felt not the slightest worry.

The Divine Kingdom lies at the core of the Thunder Realm, nourished and protected by the realm's endless thunderous primordial source.

Even if a Supreme Sovereign personally arrived, attempting to forcefully breach it would be no easy task.

Moreover, should the Divine Kingdom ever be attacked, he would instantly sense it and teleport back.

Within this realm, he is the king!

"Voom——"

Lightning light flashed, and the two figures vanished from within the palace.

Near Jupiter, in the deep cosmic void.

Space twisted slightly, and a golden lightning gate appeared out of nowhere.

Immediately after, the Frost Crown Sovereign and Xu Jingming stepped out, one after the other.

The teleportation gate behind them instantly dissipated into specks of electric dust.

"Directly returned to near Jupiter—how convenient."

After surveying her surroundings and confirming their position, the Frost Crown Sovereign's cold voice rang out:

"Come, let us re-enter the Primeval Source Realm and head to the Water Realm."

As the two prepared to move, a sudden anomaly arose!

"Shush-shush-shush......"

Without warning, flower petals began to drift down in the void.

These petals were not ordinary flowers, but condensed from pure ice-origin essence.

Their entire bodies were ice-blue and translucent, with edges flowing with a faint silver-white halo.

Each petal was exquisite as an artwork, refracting dreamlike radiance under the starlight.

"This is...?" Xu Jingming raised his sword eyebrows slightly.

"Flowers condensed from ice-origin essence? How could they appear here?"

The Frost Crown Sovereign was also somewhat surprised.

As one who cultivates the Ice Extreme, she knew full well this could not be a natural phenomenon.

"Shush-shush-shush~~~"

The petals grew more and more numerous.

At first only scattered, in the blink of an eye they turned into a flower sea like falling snow across the sky!

Countless ice-blue petals swirled and danced in the void, tracing splendid trajectories.

Eventually coalescing into a giant ice-crystal flower over ten thousand meters in diameter!

Petals layered upon layers, crystalline and translucent, with faintly visible flowing law runes at the center.

And just as the ice-crystal flower fully formed—

A figure slowly stepped out from the flower's stamen.

It was a man wearing a moon-white long robe, appearing about thirty years old.

His features were handsome, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and the corner of his mouth held a hint of a gentle smile.

He stood tall and slender, a head of silver hair draped casually over his shoulders.

A few stray locks fell across his brow, making that face appear all the more handsome and refined.

Most arresting were his eyes.

His pupils were pale gold, their depths seemingly holding revolving stars, profound and captivating.

He walked amid the petals just like that, and with every step he took,

a ring of pale gold ripples blossomed in the void, as if lotuses bloomed with each step.

"Frost Crown."

The man spoke, his voice gentle and warm like jade, "Long time no see, you've become even more beautiful."

As he spoke, those pale gold eyes of his swept unabashedly over the Frost Crown Ruler.

His gaze traveled from her stunningly beautiful countenance, sliding past her fair neck.

It paused slightly on the full, proud curves wrapped beneath that ice-blue battle armor.

Then downward to a waist slender as a willow, and those straight, long, shapely legs.

Every detail was taken in by his eyes.

His gaze grew increasingly scorching.

"Chen Yan?"

The Frost Crown Ruler's willow brows furrowed slightly, her clear cold voice carrying a hint of chill, "How come you're here?"

She had indeed learned from the Venerable Xiyue that Chen Yan was about to return.

But only a little over three months had passed, and he had actually shown up at her door this quickly?

"I heard you came to the Primordial Source Realm, so I made a special trip."

The Chen Yan Ruler smiled faintly, raising his right hand lightly.

"Hum—"

The ice-blue petals dancing through the sky suddenly converged.

Condensing in his palm into an exquisite ice-crystal flower the size of a palm.

This flower was even more condensed and solid than that previous ten-thousand-meter giant flower.

Each petal seemed carved from million-year profound ice, its surface flowing with law patterns of the water ultimate boundary.

"This is the 'Ice Soul Exquisite Flower'.

I spent three thousand years searching for this treasure in the depths of the Eternal Ice Abyss.

Though it doesn't count as a supreme treasure, wearing it long-term has a marvelous effect on nurturing the ice-origin source and stabilizing the soul."

The Chen Yan Ruler extended the ice-crystal flower toward the Frost Crown Ruler, his tone gentle:

"A gift for you, consider it a reunion present after long separation."

This scene

immediately drew the attention of some Ruler-level powerhouses nearby who had not yet entered the Primordial Source Realm, or had just emerged from it.

"It's the Chen Yan Ruler! That one from the God-Slaying Martial Hall! He actually returned from the external battlefield?"

"Tsk tsk, his very first move produces something like the 'Ice Soul Exquisite Flower'! This gesture rivals a high-grade supreme treasure, doesn't it?"

"Tsk tsk, to pursue the Frost Crown Ruler, Chen Yan is really sparing no expense!"

"Indeed, he truly remains devoted to the Frost Crown Ruler — it's been several hundred thousand years, hasn't it?"

"..."

Divine thoughts intertwined, faint discussions drifting over.

Rulers are people too, naturally possessing curiosity and a desire for gossip.

The past between Chen Yan and Frost Crown was known to many, and they looked forward even more to how things would develop.

The Frost Crown Ruler didn't even spare a glance at that ice-crystal flower.

Her ice-blue eyes stared coldly at Chen Yan, faint ice crystals condensing around her, the temperature plummeting:

"I don't need it, take it back."

A flat-out refusal, clean and decisive, without the slightest leeway.

The smile on the Chen Yan Ruler's face stiffened slightly.

A flash of displeasure crossed his pale gold eyes, but was quickly covered by deeper amusement.

He raised a brow, his tone still gentle yet now carrying a few notes of insistence:

"Frost Crown, this took no small effort on my part to obtain.

If you don't accept it, I'm afraid that'll be a bit difficult."