Chapter 376: Ice Emperor Inheritance

One year later.

Dou Qi Continent, Black-Corner Region, Jia Nan Academy.

On the Yi Huo Guang Chang, Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, and others watched eagerly as Xiao Yan stood before the Ancient Emperor Stone Statue, at a loss for what to do.

"Ancestor, what should this junior do?" At this moment, Xiao Yan was no longer the Six-Star Dou Sheng he had been when he first emerged from the Demon Fire Space; under the vigorous cultivation of the Xiao Clan and many elders, he had already advanced to a Seven-Star Dou Saint and attained an Emperor Realm Soul.

Such an achievement truly made his peers of the same generation envious, and he had become the "child of someone else" in the eyes of other factions.

Even so, facing the legendary Tuoshe Ancient Emperor, Xiao Yan felt somewhat at a loss, even though the other party was merely a statue.

Before Xiao Yan's question could be answered by Xiao Xuan, Fire Spirit Xiao Yin, who was within his body, suddenly crawled out from inside him, its eyes filled with deep confusion, which then grew complex, with various emotions intertwined.

This display by the other party made the other powerhouses quite curious, followed immediately by intense surprise.

Simply because...

"I can open the stone statue..." Xiao Yin suddenly whispered.

Good heavens! Xiao Yin, who usually only said "Yin-wa Yin-wa," had actually spoken! Xiao Yan's heart was shaken to the core.

Then, under some actions by Xiao Yin, the Ancient Emperor statue successfully began to move, and finally...

"Did you know about the abnormality of the Ancient Emperor statue, which is why you deliberately stayed so far away?" On a mountain peak a considerable distance from the Yi Huo Guang Chang, Yi Huang asked with a charming smile.

Watching the "spectacular" scene where all the powerhouses of the various clans, including several Nine-Star Dou Sheng elders, were kneeling on the ground—with the exception of Xiao Yan—Yi Huang felt it was extremely novel.

However, to Yi Huang's questioning, Xiao Han retorted with a straight face: "Do not slander me!"

"Xiao Han has never been to the Black-Corner Region; he has been staying perfectly fine at the Langya Pavilion."

Whatever wicked deeds the Ice Saint did, what does that have to do with me, Xiao Han!

"Fine, fine, you haven't been here." Yi Huang rolled her eyes at Xiao Han, not saying anything more. After all, if the several seniors knew that Xiao Han had deliberately set them up, they would inevitably give him a sound beating.

"I won't be going back this time; there is something in the Extreme North that requires me to make a trip," Xiao Han said suddenly.

"The Extreme North?" Yi Huang was puzzled. "Is there anything special about that place?"

The Extreme North is not small, but it is certainly not large—at least, it is much more vast than the Northwest Continent.

However, for Yi Huang, who had spent nearly a year and walked almost every corner of the Extreme North, that silver-clad world of snow seemed to have no secrets to speak of.

Xiao Han nodded without a word.

Three days ago.

"Yo, what wind blew the two Elders over here?" Xiao Han saw the two Guest Elders, Jing Tian Lin Jing and Yun Lei Jing Ling, arrive together for the first time in a long while.

At the same time, he pondered the reason why these two Guest Elders, who usually ignored the world outside their windows, would take the initiative to seek him out.

However, contrary to Xiao Han's expectations, the two were straightforward in their actions; he saw Yun Lei Jing Ling cleanly and decisively toss out a Scroll.

"This is..." Xiao Han took it, opened it, and glanced at it, discovering it was a map of the Dou Qi Continent with some red dots marked on it.

"According to our mutual deduction, this is the final location of the Great Emperor Inheritance." The tone remained as indifferent as ever.

"The final..."

"Inheritance?"

Xiao Han felt a chill in his heart; it could be said that more than half of his current standing was owed to that person's inheritance, and even today, with his strength standing at the pinnacle of the continent, he still relied on many methods obtained from that original inheritance.

He had thought that was all there was, never expecting there to be a so-called final inheritance?

"But..."

Xiao Han tapped his right index finger lightly on the table and asked in confusion: "Could you explain in detail?"

"If my guess is correct, you two only just found out about this not long ago, right?"

Although his relationship with the two was not particularly close, they were, after all, comrades in the same trench, having an innate connection, and the latter had no need or motive to harm him.

According to Xiao Han's estimation, if this final inheritance were true, the most appropriate time would have been before that great battle; since they had not brought out this so-called inheritance when he was in such urgent need of strength, this scroll must have appeared in the days that followed.

Yun Lei Jing Ling nodded indifferently. "Correct, this map was just completed a month ago."

"Completed?" Xiao Han was slightly stunned.

"Did you not notice that this scroll is brand new?" Yun Lei Jing Ling asked in return.

Xiao Han laughed sheepishly; who goes around verifying the age of a scroll for no reason!

"Forget it, let me show you something first," Yun Lei Jing Ling said, shaking his head.

Subsequently, under Xiao Han's shocked gaze, the power in Yun Lei Jing Ling's palm changed repeatedly: flashing, continuous lightning, ghostly and sinister red patterns, a two-headed dragon beast with vitality and death energy intertwined...

"Yun Lei Jing Ling, Forbidden Prison Cold Crystal, Life and Death Heavenly Crystal, Ten Thousand Transformations Ice Soul..." Xiao Han counted silently in his heart the many powers Yun Lei Jing Ling displayed; finally, including his own abilities, there were actually six of them.

When Xiao Han's gaze turned to Jing Tian Lin Jing, the latter shrugged indifferently and said casually: "I admit that the other four powers, besides the two of yours, are all within me; I won't display them one by one."

"So..."

"What is going on?" Xiao Han was bewildered; although he knew that controlling everything was impossible, the current situation of the two was simply challenging his worldview.

The power of different Heavenly Ice fusing into one's own body was absolutely no less than Xiao Yan's control over Exotic Fire after practicing the Burning Mantra.

"Not sure!" However, the two, Yun Lei Jing Ling and Jing Tian Lin Jing, shook their heads in unison; it was not that they were hiding it, but that they were also completely confused.

"Our powers were both awakened one after another; we truly know nothing about the rest." Xiao Han heard the inseparable confusion in Yun Lei Jing Ling's indifferent voice.

"Along with the awakening of the power came some memories..."

"The Ice Emperor Inheritance and other sealed memories!"

As Yun Lei Jing Ling's voice fell, Xiao Han's expression immediately became solemn.

"This should be the method of that Great Emperor from back then, right?" After a long while, Xiao Han sighed.

Yun Lei Jing Ling did not refute this; after all, their deduction was consistent with it. Although they shared the same origin, it was already difficult enough for Heavenly Ice to sense each other's aura; if their abilities and memories could also be shared, that would be heaven-defying.

"This map shows the locations of the other seals; as for what comes after, I think you should be able to understand," Yun Lei Jing Ling said, looking at Xiao Han meaningfully.

Stepping onto the Extreme North once again, Xiao Han's thoughts raced.

After he carefully studied the map, he finally understood why that "riddler" Yun Leijingling had said it that way back then.

If those eleven seals were completely marked out, one would discover a massive array hidden across the entire Dou Qi Continent, and it was an enlarged version almost identical to the Cold Ice Seal recorded in the Ice Emperor Canon.

With the Cold Ice Seal etched into his mind, Xiao Han naturally knew that the Array Eye was missing from this array, so the location of the final inheritance was clear at a glance and obvious.

According to his calculations and analysis, the specific location of the inheritance was somewhere on the edge of the Extreme North.

"I simply can't stay idle!" Xiao Han sighed helplessly.