Chapter 1488: 0356 When everything is settled, the storm calms, and the Heaven Crystal Dragon Ant is finally in hand! (Major Chapter, asking for monthly tickets and subscriptions)_3
The Ice Mountain Empress looked at Isa and asked,
"Did your father send you here?"
Isa nodded obediently and said,
"Predecessor, my father asked me to borrow the Ice Sea Pearl from you..."
With a jerk of her fishing rod, the Ice Mountain Empress hauled a hundred-meter-long fish radiating immense power from the ocean, which leapt up and opened its enormous maw to devour her.
She extended a fist as smooth as polished jade from beneath her sleeves, covered in layers of ice crystal.
Boom!
She punched out, and the giant fish was instantly frozen, immobilized.
She held an ice-blue bead in her hand, within which one could faintly see a blue ocean and miniature icebergs.
This was the Ice Sea Pearl, as well as the home of the Ice Mountain Empress.
The Ice Sea Plane.
This plane was originally a small one, which only reached the standard of a medium-sized plane after the hard work of the Ice Crystal Clan, and she, as the Plane Sovereign, advanced to level 6.
But before she could enjoy the good days, her sweet dream was shattered by a level 6 malevolent being passing by.
In her effort to protect her homeland, she fought valiantly, but the fragile Ice Sea Plane was left scarred and battered from their battle.
The newly promoted level 6 Ice Mountain Empress was no match for the invader, and at the critical moment, an ancient tower spanning the Land of Darkness descended.
She, the invader, and the entire Ice Sea Plane were drawn into it by a tremendous suction force.
Upon awakening, the malevolent existence died on the spot, she was gravely injured, and parts of the Ice Sea Planeâs fragments, along with its plane will, inexplicably turned into this level 6 treasure in her handsâthe Ice Sea Pearl.
Inside this bead was a dying, shattered plane, its boundaries collapsing all the time.
As the Plane Sovereign, she could feel its plane will weakening continuously.
No matter how hard the Ice Mountain Empress tried, she couldnât avert the inevitable.
The path of a Plane Sovereign had the benefits of a long lifespan and relatively easier breakthroughs.
But the price was that the Plane Sovereign would be bound completely to the plane, sharing in its prosperity and ruin.
In fact, besides becoming a Plane Sovereign, many weak planes and warriors from alien races had no excellent transcendent paths to choose from like a wizard.
Thus, the total collapse of the plane would also be the moment of her downfall.
From the current state of the Ice Sea Pearl, she would fall along with the Pearl in no more than two hundred years.
This secret was known only to her.
So hearing Isaâs request to borrow the Ice Sea Pearl, the Ice Mountain Empress hesitated.
After a moment, she let go of her attachments and sighed,
"Take it... My life, too, was given by your father. Take good care of this object and keep it as a memento."
Isa, not knowing that the Ice Mountain Empress was her mother, felt inexplicably sad upon hearing such melancholic words.
"Thank you, predecessor. We will return it once weâre done!"
Isa had not expected that her mission would go so smoothly, and she quickly left, flying toward Heaven Horn City.
The Ice Mountain Empressâs gaze was complex.
This child of Isa, half Ice Crystal and half barbarian, might be the last of the Ice Crystal Clan in the Multidimensional Plane.
...
On the wasteland.
Levi learned that Isa had successfully obtained the Ice Sea Pearl and was heading for Heaven Horn City.
"That smoothly... Is the Ice Sea Empress really that amenable?" he murmured.
"No matter what, itâs time to see how the various parties will make their entrance, isnât it?"
...
Heaven Horn City.
Beneath the city, a thousand feet underground,
a vast space opened up, resembling the square of a temple.
In the center, there was a blue Dragon Ant a hundred meters long with dragonâs horns on its head.
Around the Dragon Ant, chilly air surged, making the place an underground ice cavern with every breath it took.
This was a sacred place for the barbarian tribes, where only the Heaven Horn Barbarian King could enter.
And today, Isa was there too.
The Dragon Antâs breathing gradually came to a halt, finally falling silent as if it had died.
Isa asked in confusion,
"Father... Isnât the Ant Ancestor supposed to shed its shell in ten more days?"
The Heaven Horn Barbarian King gently stroked the dragonâs horns of the Ant Ancestor and said sorrowfully,
"Isa, that was a smokescreen released by your father. I was worried that someone close might be bought by the Winged Tiger Barbarian King, so I deliberately spread false information to probe around... Sure enough, our Heaven Horn Tribe indeed has a mole inside.
In fact, the Ant Ancestor is to start shedding its shell today. I sent you to get the Ice Sea Pearl so we could pack up the Ant Ancestor and take it away quietly. I wanted you to find the Ice Mountain Empress because a decisive battle of life and death between our Heaven Horn Tribe and the Winged Tiger Tribe is inevitable.
Either the Winged Tiger Barbarian King or I will be left alive, itâs either his death or my demise...
Although you possess peak level 5 power, youâre still far from a Barbarian King. If your father dies, the Winged Tiger Barbarian King wonât spare you either."
Isaâs expression changed as she replied,
"Father, you wonât die, you are the mighty Heaven Horn Barbarian King..."
The Heaven Horn Barbarian King said,
"Take the Ant Ancestor and stay away from the conflict for the time being. Itâs best to find the Ice Mountain Empress... because she is your mother."
Isaâs expression was complex.
The Heaven Horn Barbarian King smiled bitterly and continued,
"You werenât picked up by your father. The reason your innate physique is frail and unlike that of a barbarian, and it isnât a curse... is because you are only half barbarian. The rest, you will understand once you find your mother."
Isaâs eyes glistened with moisture as she said,
"Father, why donât you leave with the Ant Ancestor? Letâs leave the Northern Territory and fly far away."
The Heaven Horn Barbarian King took Isaâs hand, gently sliced her fingertip, and let a drop of blood fall on the Ice Sea Pearl.