Essence and Soul

Yang Tian had soon passed the mark which Mu Xuanyin had set for Yang Tian to make her give him a chance at becoming her direct disciple.

Mu Xuanyin was waiting for him to come up, but he kept on going more in-depth. Soon enough, she had lost him…She couldn't sense him anymore.

Meanwhile, after a few minutes, Yang Tian had reached the bottom of the lake.

From a distance, he was able to see that the block of ice was shaped like a diamond. Having not yet reached three feet wide and ten feet long, it was positioned right in the centre of the heavenly lake's cold vein.

The illusory figure of a girl.

The girl's arms were wrapped around her knees, and her head was buried between her knees too, hugging herself into a ball. She was completely naked, exposing long, white legs and feet as delicate as lotuses.

Her long hair spread down her body, and every hair looked as white as ice, tinged with a tiny bit of light blue… It looked very similar to Mu Xuanyin. Every one of her hairs looked like they were enveloped in the cold light of ice and snow.

"How… How are you able to come here?" A voice rang inside Yang Tian's soul.

"Your powers as the Ice Phoenix is naturally very great… However, they do not exceed Evil God's elemental powers."

"Aahh… I see. Moreover… Not just that, you appear to have the Dragon God's Soul as well. Did you gain the acknowledgement of the Dragon God?" The voice was once again heard by Yang Tian in his soul, he could practically imagine her shocked look with that voice.

"C-can I look at your memories?" The Ice Phoenix was very polite while asking Yang Tian.

"No." Yang Tian replied neutrally…

Just as the Ice Phoenix was about to give up, Yang Tian said, "Not at my complete memories… I will show you the parts that I want to show you."

"That's acceptable."

With this…Yang Tian showed her the parts of the memories in which he received the legacies of the spirits on the Blue Pole Star and also some of Xisu's memories.

"Heavenly Wolf Star God… The Rage God… The Phoenix… the Dragon God… the Golden Crow… the Sky Poison Pearl… the Mirror of Samsara… Nine Profound Exquisite Body…Moon Slaughter Devil Sovereign…Evil Infant's Wheel of Myriad Tribulations… A fragment of the World-Defying Heaven Manual…" The Ice Phoenix continued to mutter, "It appears that you have come across many legacies throughout these years."

"Yes." Yang Tian said while staring at the Ice Phoenix.

"The Evil God's Power… That is your most precious power. But I believe you are aware of that, aren't you?" Ice Phoenix asked while observing Yang Tian from that block of ice.

"Naturally, I am. The Greatest among all the Gods… The man who has destroyed his chance to live longer just so that the universe doesn't fall into disaster…" Yang Tian said with a solemn look.

"Yes… That fateful day is close…"

"I know a bit about it as well, Ice Phoenix. The Heavenly Smitting Devil Emperor… She will be coming… That day is not very far…" Yang Tian said with a serious look. But internally, he resisted the urge to grin in glee. He naturally knew that Heavenly Smitting Devil Emperor wouldn't hurt him. In fact, her presence would only be better for himself.

A little surprised that Yang Tian knew about it, the Ice Phoenix muttered out in affirmation, "You are right about that. It appears that your soul truly is mysterious. Even I do not possess the capability to look beyond a specific limit of seeing your soul even if I tried. Maybe that is why you can peer into the future as well…"

Yang Tian shrugged and replied, "Well, you aren't too wrong about that."

"Anyway… It's a good thing that you have appeared here. It appears that I can still contribute to the Primal Chaos after all… If you had been even a year late… I wouldn't have been able to help you out with my weak vitality." Ice Phoenix sounded relieved as she said that.

"What do you mean?" Yang Tian sounded confused, and to some extent, he was indeed confused. This was a little different from the story… Was he going to receive another reward?

"I will give you a fragment of my main soul and fuse it with your soul. With the Dragon God's Soul, it would only make your soul stronger… Also, I will give you all the help I can to increase your cultivation base. The better prepared you, the better it would be for the entire Primal Chaos." Ice Phoenix spoke out, having made up her mind.

'A fragment of the true ice phoenix's soul? Isn't that just too op?'

Realising what he was probably thinking, the Ice Phoenix spoke up, "My soul is incredibly weak right now. It would fail to increase your cultivation base by a large degree… Also… Increasing your cultivation base too quickly would only be bad for you. I will suppress the energy to increase your cultivation base to the peak of the Divine Soul Realm."

"I understand that…"

'It really was too good to be true, I guess.'

"However, the benefits it will grant you will naturally be great… You will essentially become the Realm King of the Snow Song Realm with this."

"Realm King of the Snow Song Realm?" Even Yang Tian was taken aback for some seconds. Now that was truly surprising…

"Yes, You can use the Dragon God's Avatar… A skill with which you conjure up the Dragon God's Form with your soul and profound energy. Now, you would no longer need to use a high amount of soul energy and profound energy to maintain the Dragon God's Avatar. Moreover, my soul would fuse with yours so when you use the Dragon God's Avatar…You will gain the additional skill of giving it a freezing intent as well…" The Ice Phoenix spoke very calmly, appearing quite knowledgable about this.

"Also… Anyone who holds my bloodline would sense a feeling of familiarity from you and would never take action against you. If they do go against this feeling and take action against you… You would hold the powers to curse them and freeze their profound veins and blood. Also…" The Ice Phoenix didn't speak the last line. She left it hanging…

Yang Tian now understood what the Ice Phoenix meant when she said that he could become the Realm King of the Snow Song Realm. With this skill… Wasn't it akin to saying that not a single person in the Snow Song Realm could stand up against him?

"Please accept my soul and my essence…" Ice Phoenix said very gently.

Now that the Ice Phoenix had said so much, Yang Tian wasn't going to deny. He spoke with a smirk, "I accept this sacrifice from you, Ice Phoenix. I have another question to ask you, though. Can I extract the Origin Blood from your body?"

This was something he had planned to do from the very start. However, he had now asked her straight away, it was because the Ice Phoenix was giving him too many advantages. He would feel a bit guilty if he couldn't even honestly ask her this question.