Snow Empress's Upgrade Awakening

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--- Chapter 283 ---

After dinner, Huo Yuhao returned to his hotel. 

He crashed on the couch and pulled an hourglass-shaped device from his inventory. Lies within this device is the Spirit Embryo of a powerful spirit beast, the ruler of Extreme North. 

In fact, if this spirit beast didn't go through human transformation, no one could catch her. Unfortunately, some people found the Spirit Embryo in her worst moment. 

At last, she was lucky enough to end up in Huo Yuhao's hand. Even in the original story, this also happened. 

Huo Yuhao was about to check on the Spirit Embryo when a green figure appeared beside him. It was a green-haired girl in an icy-themed gothic loli dress.

"Bing Di." He called her out.

"This is snow." Bing Di ignored Huo Yuhao and stared at the green-white crystal inside the hourglass-shaped device. "There is no mistake, Yuhao." 

"This is my snow." 

"Who is your snow? Since this Spirit Embryo is a gift, it should be my snow." 

"Stop playing around!" She pouted and punched him a few times with no real power behind them. "You already knew this is Snow Empress when getting the gift from that shady guy(Jing Hongchen)." 

Huo Yuhao chuckled and returned, "Hey, don't be like that. I'm just trying to melt the ice. You're too stiff, Bing Di." 

"Hmph!" Bing Di knew Huo Yuhao was making puns with that reply. 

"Anyway, do you have a way to help Snow?" 

"Well... About that. I can help her with that." Huo Yuhao answered casually.

"However, she might need to undergo a different transformation than you, Bing Di." 

"You mean an alternative evolution with your mysterious power?" 

"Yes. Since you can evolve into a phoenix by fusing with Water Luan's essence and essentially go through a rebirth, I can't do the same to the Snow Empress because her Snow Element is too pure and abstract." 

"Do it, then." Bing Di shook her hands. "As long Snow can wake up, you can help her." 

"Listen to me first. I've helped many people by strengthening their best attributes, but those people were awake. I don't know what might happen if I tried to do the procedure on the unconscious Snow Empress." 

"Not to mention, Snow Emperor is in her Spirit Embryo state. Anything reckless would harm her." 

Huo Yuhao has grasped how powerful Upgrading Tickets can be. He used them on his loyal subordinates and upgraded their best attributes, which led to the fast development of Dragon Nest.

Yup, you heard that right. It is why Dragon Nest grew so fast and left people on the Douluo Continent to bite the dust. 

Upgrading everything is the base of Dragon Nest. 

However, Huo Yuhao has never tried upgrading someone when they are unconscious. It could lead to a complexity beyond his understanding. 

Bing Di frowned and took Huo Yuhao's words seriously. 

She had seen Huo Yuhao use his Upgrading Ticket, though don't know what it was, and understood it was a miraculous power above this world.

But if Bing Di had to make a bet, she'd rather bet it on Huo Yuhao. 

"Please, Yuhao. You're the God of Fortune." Bing Di grasped Huo Yuhao's hands and held them tightly. "You can easily prevent bad things from happening."

"Just this once..."

"Please." 

Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly and kissed Bing Di's forehead, "You don't have to beg. I would fulfill your wish." 

"I'm just asking for consent earlier." 

"Snow Empress must be very important to you." 

"Snow, she's like family to me. No, we are closer than that." Bing Di enjoyed Huo Yuhao's pampering. 

"I would be a bad lover if I can't help my lover's friend." Huo Yuhao joked casually.

"You can even add Snow into your harem." Bing Di said in return. "I think she would be fine with it." 

Huo Yuhao's eyelids twitched, "Do you think I'm searching for harem members left and right?" 

"You don't?" Bing Di tilted her head.

"Oh, right. Women are throwing themselves at you usually." 

'BUUUUURRRRN~!!' Tian Meng's voice suddenly echoed from the Spiritual World.

"..." Huo Yuhao.

'Boom! Papa, roasted~!' Helena's adorable laughs followed shortly after.

'Sorry, Yuhao. I was busy cultivating, and these two are bothering your time with Bing Di.' Even though Eluxia sounds sorry, there is a slight amusement in her tone.

Huo Yuhao facepalmed and sighed, "Am I that kind of person?" 

Bing Di reached for Huo Yuhao's head and patted him, "Even though you're harem hungry, I will always love you, Yuhao." 

"Is that supposed to be consolation?" 

"Huh, uh." Bing Di nodded like a proud chicken. I mean, phoenix.

Huo Yuhao hugged Bing Di gently and placed her on his lap while using his mental power to lift the hourglass-shaped object. He breathed in and applied the Divinity of Fortune to bless the Snow Emperor.

He even used his overpowered probability-altering skills like High Roller and Dice, which he never used on someone before. And it is to protect the Snow Emperor.

After thinking about it, Huo Yuhao decided to use the Black Gold Upgrading Ticket. 

At first, he wanted to use Gold but thought it would be too low. 

Snow Emperor's race is Heavenly Snow Woman. She is a literal spirit of snow and winter. Using the Gold Upgrading Ticket would only upgrade her race slightly. 

Gold is the bare minimum.

And he couldn't use Platinum recklessly.

That left a Black Gold Upgrading Ticket!

[Ding! Do you want to use the Upgrading Ticket on the 'Spirit Embryo(Snow Empress)'?]

"Yes." Huo Yuhao's blue eyes glimmered with expectation. 

[Upgrading the 'Spirit Embryo(Snow Empress)' with a Black Gold Upgrading Ticket]

[Upgrading...]

The hourglass-shaped spirit guidance tool flashed in the air, releasing rapid beeping noises. The outer layers cracked because of Snow Empress's sudden burst of presence.

Intense cold escaped and immediately froze everything around the hourglass-shaped device.

Huo Yuhao snapped his finger and turned the whole bedroom into a mirror dimension, or the hotel he stayed in would get destroyed. As the room moved and rearranged itself, an audible heartbeat echoed.

Thud! 

Thud!

The crack on the hourglass-shaped device slowly spread, and the room temperature rapidly dropped. 

"Absolute Zero... And this is just excessive energy Snow released." Bing Di uttered when sensing the coldness in the air. "Yuhao, what kind of bizarre thing you did to her?" 

Huo Yuhao shook his head gently, "I already said the effect might exceed common sense."

CRACK! BOOM! BOOM!

Snowflakes started appearing in the mirror dimension. 

Huo Yuhao covered Bing Di with his coat and stared at the Spirit Embryo calmly, "At this point, she's going to become a Divine Beast. No, she will surpass it!"

As the possessor of countless bloodlines, Huo Yuhao could tell Snow Empress's origin as the Heavenly Snow Woman wasn't so simple. 

Divine can't describe her evolution. 

Eventually, the hourglass-shaped device couldn't handle Snow Empress's Spirit Embryo and shattered into crumbling ice crystals. If Jing Hongchen saw this, he'd be crying blood. 

Snow Empress's Spirit Embryo hovered in the air. Its white-green color slowly faded into pure white, oozing faint ice particles. 

These particles are like mortal dust that left a divine vessel. 

'Such a development.' Huo Yuhao couldn't help but praise. 

But then, he noticed something weird.

The Spirit Embryo becomes bigger and bigger each second.

The Snow Empress's Spirit Embryo grew from palm-sized into a canoe in just a few minutes. 

Kacha~!

A pleasant yet soft glass-breaking sound entered Huo Yuhao's ears.

Bing Di's eyes widened at the sight before her, 'I-Is that Snow?' 

Huo Yuhao swallowed his saliva, 'Beautiful.' 

A naked goddess with unrivaled beauty hovered in the air. She has long, silky white hair scattering to her perky butts and some strands over her voluptuous chest.

Her face is delicate, with a lovely button nose, pale pink lips, and white eyelashes.

However, there is one more thing that fascinated Huo Yuhao. 

As the goddess opened her eyes, Huo Yuhao saw a complex pair of ice-blue eyes that weren't inferior to his. And trust Huo Yuhao. There are not many eyes that could rival his. 

Huo Yuhao instinctively activated his Ancestral Eyes of Heavenly Daos.

The moment their eyes met, the time was 'instantly' frozen. They had every time in the world, which allowed them to appreciate each other.

"It is my defeat." The snow goddess uttered while lowering her head.

She stepped her fair feet on the snow-covered ground and kneeled her naked body down. 

"Master, may I know your name?" 

Huo Yuhao was in trance, "Yuhao. Huo Yuhao." 

"From now on, I swear my allegiance toward you." The snow goddess smiled beautifully like a blooming flower in the lone snowland. 

[Ding! You have upgraded Heavenly Snow Woman into the 'Primordial Snow Woman'!]

[Ding! The 'Snow Empress' has initiated a soul contract with you]

[Do you want to accept?]

[By accepting the soul contract, Snow Empress will become your eternal partner]

Huo Yuhao looked down on the naked goddess, "Yes, I agree." 

[Ding! The Throne of Beginning and End has absorbed a new Divine Ring: Primordial Snow Woman]

"Snow Empress, do you want a new name?" 

"Gladly, my dear lord." The Snow Empress sounded excited for a moment.

"Then, from now on..." 

"Your true name will be Anastasia." 

[Ding! You have granted Snow Empress a True Name, 'Anastasia']

[Ding! Anastasia's affection has risen rapidly]

"Rise." Huo Yuhao extended his hand to Anastasia, and the snow goddess caught his lead.

"Do you like your new name, Anastasia?" 

"I love it, my dear lord," Anastasia responded earnestly with a light nod.

And with that, Huo Yuhao made a contract with a powerful and beautiful spirit. An entity that shouldn't exist in this era.