Wicked Chance Encounter, God Stealing Soul Sealing, Snow lady (1)

Shen Wushang was lost in thought as he lowered his face into the large windbreaker collar of his tall black coat. His steps were slowly but firm in the snow that was slowly rising. The temperature had risen drastically from what it was a few hours ago. It wasn't exactly easy on the legs. The snow wasn't quick thick yet but in combination with The wind they made it their mission to put up a fierce resistance against his stride. Eventually it got to The point where he felt he walking in the sea with The water up to his chest. It was stifling.

The days had gone by which he trod and trod and trod, woefully ignoring all that grabbed his attention as he was In slightly a rush. He couldn't afford to stop and tickle his fancy. The bleak atmosphere and the chilly weather and environment stirred his emotions.

"Am I rushing things?"

That thought couldn't help but repeat in his mind as this was far too different from the original path of huo yuhao. This was originally an event meant for the end of the year, but now it had begun in the first month. He was only human, He too could lose his composure , as he already had, the thought of getting his second rings was just too enticing, he rushed eating the pill.

'No wonder people are so addicted to the martial path in all those novels. Just a taste had me thirsty for more sigh. Calm down. Silent heart.' He attempted to calm himself down to get ready for any unforeseen changes. Who knows if he inherited huo yuhao's plot armor. Like all mc's without it he'd be dead in one hundred or so chapters. He had no way of knowing. The real question was What should he use to gauge his luck? Or was it like a disease he had but was better off not knowing, instead of spending his days in sorrow waiting for that day.

A strong gale rushed passed him, with his body ramrod straight , only the lower section if his coat fluttered violently desperately chasing behind the snow that wind had brought along its current.

"I suppose, this is MY story."

So it was alright if the original trajectory that was to be his path was altered, he was a different person than huo yuhao. The chilly wind caressed his smooth white forehead while violently throwing about his long hair chaotically in the wintry wind.

At this moment his steps halted, the temperature hadn't stopped falling since he started walking in this region of the Extreme North of the continent. It was obvious enough that even he noticed it, he wasn't experienced enough to gauge his environment to that detail. A minute change would go over his head but even He wouldn't miss one this big. His air passages felt like they were coated with frost.

He communicated with the main protagonist of this arc that was in his mind, "Aren't you going to do something about the Cold oh wise million year beast."

To which a high pitched hmph! was his initial response, the voice then continued gloatingly," Freeze to death for all I care."

Evidently, Skydream was displeased with the current state of things, in his view this should be a teacher student relationship but somehow he who was obviously the elder in the relationship was being constantly looked down on! How could he give up the opportunity to put Shen Wushang in his place.

Shen Wushang was unperturbed by his words and simply turned around to walk back from whence he came. Skydream was undersigned and didn't get off his high horse, "Hmph, let's see who can hold out longer."

A half an hour later.

"Fine fine you win, let's go back to heading north alright?"

The victor was decided quickly and they continued on their journey, Shen Wushang took of his clothes to be bashed by the wind violently turning his skin a lobster like red. His expression remained unchanged as he waited.

"You crazy bastard!", At the sound of that voice, his surroundings suddenly transformed as a layer of pale gold light slowly spread out from his head. As the golden light dispersed, it expelled the cold from his body. Immediately, a warm feeling began to spread throughout his entire body.

A immensely pleasurable feeling comparable to that peak moment between a man and woman, permeates his entire body, with his life experiences and high self control, he managed to prevent himself from moaning in pleasure.

Afterwards, a gentle lump of white light suddenly shot out from his chest. The lump of light seemed to be more like a lump of flesh that had grown from his chest. The light began to quickly expand in midair, until it had become as large as himself. Afterwards, it slowly began to spread itself over his body.

As the white light slowly glued itself to Shen Wushang's body, he felt as if a layer of film had been applied to his skin. The white light gradually vanished along with the warm feeling. However, the frigid cold he'd felt didn't come back despite the disappearance of the warm feeling. As the bitingly cold wind swirled around him, it seemed to simply glide past him. Though he still felt the impact of the wind hitting his body, it didn't feel cold in the slightest.

He put on his clothes while inwardly admiring the usefulness of Skydream's skin that had insulating properties suitable for this condition of his homeland.

At this moment, the Skydream Iceworm suddenly spoke with an extremely serious tone, "Shen Wushang, you have to listen to my commands at all times from now on. You can't make any careless mistakes. If you don't listen to me, not only will you have to stay in the Extreme North forever, you'll cause me to get into trouble as well."

"No, I'll judge where I go you annoying worm and of course you'll be the guide I'm not all knowing. I don't care if you get into trouble either." Shen Wushang calmly rebutted Skydream causing his silk smooth body to turn red with with anger in his spiritual sea. Of course, he was just being argumentative. As the amateur he would obviously listen to the expert advice but letting the worm know that directly was begging to be abused.

After a round of verbal war.

"Continue heading northwards. We'll talk once you reach the central area of the Extreme North. Did you make sure to bring enough food? I reckon that we'll have to stay here for over ten days, as this place doesn't have any water or food for you to eat or drink."

Shen Wushang patted the newly obtained Twenty Four Moonlit Bridges bought from his hush money,on his waist and replied, "Of course." Since the cold had disappeared, he was able to keep himself in peak condition. He also cried silent tears: 'this isn't even the centre yet it was so tortuous '. Without Skydream 's help he'd be dead in an instant. He had been to the North pole in his past life and honestly where he was right now matched those levels of cold and he wasn't even in the coldest place!

Shen Wushang set out once again, headed towards the north. Though the biting cold wind no longer posed a threat to him, the frost that had gradually accumulated on his body still managed to slow him down. As he continued to travel northwards, the advantage that his Spiritual Detection gave him became more and more pronounced: Whenever he encountered an unfamiliar area, he could simply use his Spiritual Detection to continue travelling and avoid any possible dangers.

Skydream also told him when to change directions by using his own spiritual detection. In the blink of an eye, two days had passed. By this time, Shen Wushang had already fully entered the desolate and uninhabited Extreme North. He'd encountered a few soul beasts, but due to the guidance of the Skydream Iceworm, he'd yet to meet an existence that actually posed a threat to him.

Skydream had also finally gone through his past life's memories, he was subjected to several rounds of questioning before he gave in and explained step by step his circumstances. Recalling the flabbergasted expression on the worm's face back then caused Shen Wushang to frequently burst out laughing.

As he continued onwards, the snow became thicker and thicker. Once it was higher than his knees, he had no choice but to take out the knee high beast skin fur that he had made with layers of warm smooth fabric inside and silky frictionless knee guards with the main culprit of his reluctance to wear it initially being revealed each time he took a step. There was a high heel on the bottom of each boot that gripped the snow firmly as he walked.

Two days later.

Even though he'd slowed down quite a bit, he was already 450 miles into the Extreme North. The frequency at which the Skydream Iceworm told him to change directions had become much higher as well.

"What's this!!...no this shouldn't be possible why is he here!!!", Skydream's panicked voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

"Quickly run Wusahng!! Hurry."

"Why are you so flustered what's the big deal?"

"We don't have much time so listen..'

"The Three Emperors of the Extreme North are equivalent to the kings in the Great Star Dou Forest. They're the rulers of the Extreme North, as well as the true consummate experts here. They're practically unparalleled existences in a cold environment such as this. In terms of overall strength, those fellas from the Great Star Dou Forest most likely wouldn't be able to beat the soul beasts of my Extreme North, even if they all happened to work together. Only, the Extreme North has too large of an area and range. This, combined with the few soul beasts present, makes it much harder for them to gather."

"The Extreme North has a large number of hundred thousand year soul beasts, so many in fact, that the amount exceeds the amount within the Great Star Dou Forest. After all, the environment here is extremely harsh, and very few humans dare to intrude. In addition to this, the Three Emperors all share a common characteristic—their cultivations all exceed a hundred thousand years."

"Moreover the leader of the emperors has a terrifying cultivation of over 600 000 years nearing the 700 000 year mark, other than myself it is the oldest spirit beast on the continent."

"Why are you suddenly breaking into a monologue didn't you sound in a rush before?" Shen Wushang closed his eyes and sighed upon his behaviour but his response was completely unexpected.

He was thinking to himself as he watched the oppressive aura that had literal form and thick malice. His heart skipped a beat. No , it skipped several. But he tried to calm himself internally, "It's cool. It's probably the Ice Devil Titan King and his pack. All I have to do is hide in the snow like yuhao.'

Ngg! As he made a nasal sound of agreement to himself , he coughed a few times from the remnants of his icicle meal.

Crackkk!!!!!!! Something in his mind shattered as his pupils dilated.

He was faster than huo yuhao by a large margin so logically he shouldn't meet the titan king as well right? So then....what the he'll is that fearful pressure that was causing even the snow and ice to tremble with the swirling stormy clouds above. It was like a slumbering God was about to open his eyes. A devil God. His head turned sharply as he turned to look at the source.

"You blithering idiot!!! The leader of the emperors is nearby, I sense her aura over there but she hasn't noticed us yet, hurry up and leave!!!"

"!!", Shen Wushang turned in that direction in shock, this wasn't supposed to happen, the original timeline wasn't like this, why did such a little difference like coming earlier have this drastic and effect. Anyway he had no time to think. Shen Wushang started running as fast as his legs could carry him.

"Why did you stop! We're not close to out of range yet! Hurry go!", Yes , a few moments afterwards Shen Wushang suddenly halted as he was rapidly calculating and thinking with his superior quality brain.

Someone sealed the leader of the emperors with a God sealing altar and put her up for auction, evidently this hasn't occurred yet. The main question was, Is this before she found the herb that could deal her origin energy ? was it when the was reincarnating to human ? or was it that moment she was sealed?

But what could an ignoramus like him do, he was just some cocky guy who got lucky. This was obviously an opportunity , but it was just as well a calamity. What could he do? It was like asking out his crush all over again, finally getting to be friends but having to risk the friendship for something greater. His heart beat madly then too. But this was worse. His mind was in turmoil with his heart.

'Shit shit shit, I'm not an mc how the he'll can I turn a calamity into a fortuitous encounter like a n mc would? I can't think straight right now.' He was lost in thought but Skydream hadn't stopped screaming. He was cussing rapidly like a machine gun: something about it he thought he Skydream was invincible. He cried reluctantly and accepted Shen Wushang's past insults saying despite being a million year spirit beast he was nothing but a bug in front of her. He was lost in thought thinking what to do when his annoying voice wouldn't stop.

"!!!!" Suddenly , an idea hit him. He couldn't do sh*t as he was both inexperienced and ignorant. But what about Skydream. He was technically still a million year spirit beast and making God was his idea so couldn't he find the path amidst all the madness? But that itself would bring questions.

'Shit no time to think. Grab into the opportunity before it slips away.'

Seeing this opportunity he couldn't just go, he patiently explained that due to some circumstances he knew the future and explained what happened with the snow lady, Skydream would definitely lean to believe him since he already saw his odd memories and the fact that he had a past life. It was impossible for Skydream to experience everything Shen Wushang had via his memories even with his astounding mental strength. He saw Shen Wushang's memories but he couldn't comprehend them all. It was like watching a movie once versus tens of times. Shen Wushang reading several novels and manhwa didn't help either so it was likely Skydream just glossed over those events.

".... so believe me when I say, That the snow lady is supposed to find a herb that allows her to reincarnate as a human but she's ambushed in the process and gets captured by humans. This is a golden opportunity daydream, we can have her as my second martial soul if we play our cards right!"

Skydream was overwhelmed by the sudden information after he had digested it a odd look was on his face that transformed into a reluctant one.

"But....I" Seeing his hesitation, Shen Wushang put two and two together.

"Don't worry, I swear on my life Tian meng, we'll save the ice emperor and get her to join us, with the snow lady as insurance we'll have a higher chance of convincing her without force. Come on Skydream. This is a chance to get her in our camp earlier! We can't miss this chance! We must to try even if we fail. We must! "

Shen Wushang's beautiful dark blue wide eyes stared in the distance determined to achieve greatness, these days with Skydream, even though they weren't inseparable on an emotional level, he'd come to accept Tian Meng as a part of him. He felt the need to show him his resolve, for others he couldn't be bothered as what people thought never bothered him unless they were a recurring element in his life.

The surroundings were white, not a clear deep white but a swirling cloud like current of white formed from miniature blizzards occurring everywhere, through all the waves and waves of white swirls you could make out a dark cloudy blue mixed with a tinge of darkness void of sunlight and warmth.

".....So What's your reason?", After a long pause, Skydream paused and showed his mature side.

"Opportunity, Danger, Thrill, Perfection it's many things but if we can fish in troubled waters then all the better. I might need you to use the power you were going to use to capture the Ice emperor, Hyotei.", In his reply Shen Wushang's eyes seemed to glimmer with a light of ambition that was similarly steady and focused. As a perfectionist how could he tolerate having ordinary soul rings! This was an opportunity to get the snow lady as his martial soul and soul ring, whether it was better than the prior set of events of the future past where huo yuhao made her a spirit soul, he'd never know. Since he walked a different path.

"I see, I have no choice but to believe you then, although I already did since I've come to get the gist of your personality, you're not the type to make serious jokes like this, you bringing up something I hadn't even mentioned only strengthens my confidence in you.. sigh...My bing bing, I must ask again, are you sure? Is it worth it? Can you truly still get bing bing?"

Shen Wushang nodded as he lowered his head in his collar once more to get some feeling in his lips, though he couldn't feel the cold through his skin, he could still sense it in a way, and the snow could still hit against his face not to mention the sharp winds carrying the snow.

"My word isn't cheap, I don't make promises I can't deliver, one, because they are like chains to me and two, nothing is ever certain in life, but I'll use my dying breath if I have to, that enough of a promise for you Skydream. And stay calm. If you'd think it through these two are a pair , getting one makes getting the other easier. We have no time to waste. Go analyze the specific situation! "

"..."

Sensing his calm state of mind and his tranquil spiritual sea that seemed to contain a wild monster within, burning to come out: Skydream chuckled before saying 'as you wish'.

Shen Wushang headed to the direction of the aura with Skydream's assistance, the Skydream Iceworm's version of spiritual detection far outclassed his own, it felt like a true quasi-god scale power, with it he quickly found what he was looking for even though he didn't know the exact conditions.

Through the snow a terrifying aura was germinating, and seemed to be bubbling twisting and turning as if it was to come to life, the soulforce in the surroundings seemed to materialize and gather towards a certain point.

As he neared he could make out an odd zone amidst the storm of wind and snow, it was like the eye of a hurricane, calm but foreboding, the snow was completely still in that area, the wind avoided it and went around, the aura spreading from their even caused his spiritual sea to tremble along with his body, no matter what his goals and knowledge, his body was honest.

He was a weak human, his will hadn't been strengthened through hell-like hardships, his senses were in disarray as they sensed the presence of the furiously powerful soul force and disturbance in the heaven and earth yuan qi that was ceaselessly surging about, within the chaos was a still terrifying presence that caused his hair to stand on end.

The number one ruler of the emperors of this region, the glacial heaven snow lady. Despite her beautiful name, she was quite terrifying, she was said to be a special existence even among her clan, some say she wasn't even a true snow lady but a being born from nature itself.

Shen Wushang forced his body to clam down to no avail but he kept persisting while digging his hiding place within the snow a good distance away and sharing his the sight of the Skydream Iceworm, to observe the situation.

" What the Hell is that aura? It's soothing smooth enticing and powerful all at once, I can tell it's not from that existence but something else.", Skydream was in shock with the smooth watery icy gleam that shone even within the snow, it seemed to be slowly revolving as it gathered energy and then energy also seemed to pour from someplace else.

It was a spectacular scene of immense beauty but like a rose, it was thorny as well.

" It's a Snow lotus, it's our bait if you will, though the real hunter is the other fish probably watching nearby." He wasn't quite sure but he recalled this particular detail as it was odd that a soul beast of her level could reincarnate though she didn't succeed.

Ba dup! Ba dup!-

E ven now his heart was in a rollercoaster of emotions. Regret whom he closed the door on was banging frantically in the back of his mind making it's presence known. Telling him that it was still there.

"!!! A snow lotus, impossible that aura is impossible for a .... unless it's crossed that threshold and become a true treasure between the heaven and earth", It was understandable for Skydream to be shocked as such a treasure was merely a level or two beneath his own fortuitous encounter back then.

It almost created a miracle if not for its work being interrupted. Shen Wushang grew even more serious and couldn't help but sweat in nervousness as his nerves were on end, he let a slight smirk escape from his habits, he always smiled in danger or woe, it helped him stay calm as well as focus, why? should he cry instead? of course not.

He was driven when he made up his mind.

For a genuine god, other than the ability to destroy planets of course, immortality wasn't necessarily a necessity. In his humble opinion.

Shen Wushang turned to Skydream's spiritual projection, a golden haired adorable child dressed in a white coat with a phantom ghost like absent lower half.

"Listen closely, somewhere here is someone laying in wait to capture her and they will succeed unless we play our cards right, they are human and thus are quite powerful considering our environment and what they'll use to capture her, it's one of the peak grade weapons if this twilight era,s er a class 9 soul tool, we can't hope to stop him after he does it so there's a need to take care of him while simultaneously keeping our interests in check."

"I'm sure you already have a guess, we're going to have her as my second no third martial soul, the ice emperor would like this as well when she joins us as normally if it was her as the base we couldn't support the snow lady as a normal spirit ring, they have quite a close relationship. We have several options but I'll leave it to you to choose the one you can best carry out."

"First, in the crucial moment when he makes his move, stealthily notify her of his location while staying hidden and not letting out our presence.

Second, Mimic the aura of another king or king level beast focusing solely on him to scare him away.

Third, knock him out to be safe leaving enough energy as you estimate it'll take to control the snow lady to become my spirit ring and soul.

Fourth, have her willingly fuse with me with wit and cunning by disguising yourself as the ice emperor and using honeyed traps. I'd do it but I can't control your power nor am I familiar with auras nor do I have sufficient experience in controlling spiritual power.

Fifth,...", Skydream was astonished as he revealed seven different methods to deal with the present situation. It seemed he had truly thought it through. In actuality he was flustered but his mind was in overdrive earlier and suddenly a smooth feeling permeated his brain giving him a moment of clarity. He used his brain and rapidly calculated everything he could think of.

"These are just suggestions. You do what you think could work. You're best suited for this and you're the only one who can even act anyway.' He was happy it wasn't him as he still thought he'd screw up and die but thankfully he didn't have to make a move.