Chapter 58: Ice Phoenix (Please Keep Reading!)

"King, we don't call this place the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm; we call it the Cold Frost Divine Realm, because the entire Great Snow Mountain, including the inner world, is the divine realm of the Cold Frost God, Lord Ice Phoenix."

The Snowstep Fox leader spoke slowly.

Hearing that, Chen Mo was startled for a moment.

He was not surprised by the existence of deities.

Since the spiritual Qi has revived, the presence of deities is not surprising.

He just hadn't expected that the entire Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm was a deity's cultivation ground.

Or perhaps—all secret realms are deities' cultivation grounds? "Was it Ice Phoenix who sealed you until now?"

Chen Mo asked again.

Keeping so many beings alive in a near‑hibernation for such a long time can probably only be done by a deity's great power.

The Snowstep Fox leader nodded.

"Yes, Lord Ice Phoenix granted us rebirth, allowing us to awaken in this era of revived spiritual Qi. This is my first time feeling such abundant Qi!"

The Snowstep Fox spoke with considerable emotion.

Hearing that, Chen Mo couldn't help feeling puzzled.

The Snowstep Fox leader's words imply they lived in an era without spiritual power!? Yet if extraordinary beings could be born, there should have been spiritual power.

"Did the era you lived in lack spiritual Qi?"

The Snowstep Fox nodded.

"King, in our era the spiritual Qi has already dried up; when I was born, the Qi density in the Cold Frost Divine Realm was perhaps only one‑hundredth of what it is now, or even lower, and it continues to decline."

"But now the Qi density of Great Snow Mountain is far higher than the surrounding areas; isn't that the revival brought by the secret realm?"

"King, no. The revival of Qi is a change of the Blue Star itself."

The Snowstep Fox leader said confidently.

"As for why the current spiritual power density in the Cold Frost Divine Realm is high, I guess it's because the realm can swiftly gather and collect Qi from surrounding areas and transform it into ice‑type power."

Bing Li's reason for this speculation is that—

in its era.

Outside the divine realm, Qi has been completely cut off.

Only within the divine realm does a faint Qi remain.

Chen Mo digested this information.

He originally thought the Qi revival on Blue Star was brought by these ancient secret realms, but didn't expect that the revival attracted the arrival of those ancient realms!

These ancient secret realms are more like raiders from the previous era; their own time had already entered its twilight, but unwilling to fade, they sealed themselves and reawakened in the era of Qi revival.

Chen Mo conversed with Snowstep Fox leader Bing Li for about two hours, gaining a great deal of information.

He now has a deeper understanding of the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm.

Of course, many doubts also arose in his mind.

"Bing Li, after locating the regional spirit of the Giant Python Snow Mountain, return to the snow mountain where you previously lived!"

Before severing the frozen silkworm threads, Chen Mo spoke again.

Given the current number of the Extraordinary Lion Pack, there's no need to spread across three snow mountains; better to entrust the original Snow Fox Mountain to the Snowstep Fox clan for habitation and management.

Embroidering a brocade is not as good as sending charcoal in a whip.

Originally, Chen Mo only intended to conquer the Snowstep Fox tribe and make them serve the Ice Lion Clan.

But the battle the day before yesterday made Chen Mo truly acknowledge them, regarding them as part of the Ice Lion Pack.

"Ying!" (King, thank you for your generosity and mercy!) The Snowstep Fox leader Bing Li's eyes glittered, a bit incredulous, then bowed his head in gratitude.

What the Ice Lion King bestowed already exceeds its imagination.

It is glad it bet correctly.

Of course, it also understands that the Snowstep Fox tribe has only initially gained the Lion King's trust; to truly integrate into the Ice Lion Clan, a long road remains.

But the good news is they now have a place to belong.

In the upcoming wave of Qi revival, they have secured a foothold.

After the Snowstep Fox leader left.

Chen Mo produced the heirloom beast skin of the Xuan Ice Claw and reactivated it.

This time, guided by mysterious forces, he successfully released the Xuan Ice Claw.

The power is terrifying! Attack speed is faster, and its destructive force exceeds that of directly attaching spiritual power to the claws by more than fivefold! Yet when Chen Mo tried to outline the three runes with ice‑type spiritual power, he failed again and again.

The release method is much like writing, but harder.

Using spiritual power as a "pen", each stroke of a rune requires precise control.

If the amount of spiritual power, drawing speed, rhythm, or any aspect errs, the rune will instantly shatter.

No wonder Bing Li said that even if the Lord Realm exists, it still requires extensive practice to master a technique.

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【Lion Teaching】 Challenge Day 4.

The entire Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm has become a chaotic mess.

Attracted by extremely dense ice‑type spiritual power, the awakened extraordinary beings on the grassland all swarmed toward the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm.

Then they broke into the "indigenous" territory.

Most of these extraordinary beings do not understand the existence of regional spirits, but who wouldn't like staying in a place rich with ice‑type spiritual Qi!

The frantic influx of "Foreign Beasts" forced the "indigenous" who were originally seeking regional spirits to divert a large portion of their effort to deal with these alien extraordinary beings.

They either expel, contain, or directly kill them to make reserve food.

Although these "Foreign Beasts" are generally weak, they are numerous.

It made life miserable for many "indigenous" tribes.

The first to suffer were the territories at the very edge of the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm, but later, after they carried out a series of operations such as expulsion, they drove these "refugee" extraordinary creatures deeper into the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm.

The Ice Lion clan did not have this trouble; the extraordinary creatures in the surrounding area had already been hunted down in large numbers by the lion prides, and very few extraordinary creatures entered the mountains from this direction.

There were also over a dozen extraordinary Ice Lions squatting at the foot of the snow mountain "waiting by a tree stump for a hare," just waiting for other extraordinary creatures to deliver themselves! To them, this was no different from eating at a buffet.

By noon, the regional spirit within the Ice Crystal Python's territory was also found; after refining it, Chen Mo occupied three connected snow mountains.

"Roar?" (King, should we go conquer other snow mountains?) Xiongba asked Chen Mo with some excitement.

As an "ambitious lion," he very much enjoyed the feeling of conquering and expanding territory.

Chen Mo did not speak.

He had to admit, Xiongba's proposal tempted him greatly.

Or rather, that was exactly what he had in mind.

As his strength continuously increased, Chen Mo's ambition was also growing day by day.

Taking advantage of the fact that the second-tier divine medicine had not yet appeared, his current combat power was at its strongest—forcibly subjugating other races and occupying their territories.

It would be best to turn the entire Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm into his own territory! Establish a Lion Kingdom! Then gradually expand his territory outward until he occupied all of Africa! (End of this chapter)