While explaining the Heavenly Demon Eye, Frost also shared a lot of other cultivation-related knowledge with Su Mu. It was more or less the same as what he had learned from his master, and even a bit more comprehensive.
From Frost, he learned that the Snow Mountain Realm and the Haoran Realm have a huge impact on future progress, because the number of snow mountains and soul pillars directly affects your future growth potential.
For example, in the Snow Mountain Realm, if you have more than three snow mountains, you have the potential to break through to the Haoran Realm. If you have more than five, you have the potential to reach the Heavenly Realm. And if you want to go even higher, to the Demigod Realm, you need all seven mountains fully erected.
Another example is the Haoran Realm. Without any soul pillars, you’re just an ordinary Haoran Realm expert. But if you can condense the first pillar—the human soul, Youjing—you can master telekinesis. If you then condense the second pillar—the earth soul, Shuangling—you’ll have the potential to break through to the Heavenly Realm. Only when you’ve condensed all three pillars—Taiguang, Shuangling, and Youjing—do you have the chance to reach the Demigod Realm.
Qin Xun had mentioned some of this before, but since Su Mu hadn’t reached that level yet, he hadn’t gone into as much detail. Hearing it from Frost made everything click for Su Mu.
No wonder his master had stayed in the Haoran Realm for so long without breaking through. It was because he had only erected four snow mountains back in the Snow Mountain Realm. He probably knew that too, but had likely done his best at the time.
After all, not many people can condense five snow mountains. According to his master, excluding the new generation after the spiritual energy revival, the number of people in all of Xia with more than five snow mountains could be counted on both hands.
His sister had six, which was pretty much the ceiling, considering that even the Beidou Commander, Elder Nan Gong Xuan of the Tianxuan star, only had five.
As for other countries and their various traditions, even though they don’t have concepts like snow mountains or soul pillars, they probably have similar measures. All paths lead to the same destination, after all.
The only ones不受 these limits are the ability users who gain power through awakening—that’s just a matter of luck…
A few days after Su Mu learned the Heavenly Demon Eye, Hong just happened to finish her seclusion. When they met again, she had already reached the Heavenly Realm.
To be honest, Su Mu was still a bit worried. He was concerned that after she returned to Earth, she might harm humans. But after thinking it over, he decided to trust the Heavenly Demon Tribe. Cooperation always comes with risks, and besides, with the blood contract in place, they wouldn’t dare cause trouble on Earth.
“Greetings, King. Greetings, Prince Consort.”
Now Hong called Su Mu “Prince Consort” very naturally, without missing a beat.
“Now that you’ve both finished your seclusion, you can head to the ancestral land in three days. Remember to look after each other,” Frost reminded them in advance.
“Yes, I will definitely protect the Prince Consort,” Hong said, catching the implication and immediately obeying.
Su Mu also said, “We’re all on the same side. Of course we’ll help each other out.”
Putting aside everything else, the Heavenly Demon Tribe and Frost had been very good to him. So he wasn’t just saying this as a performance—he meant it.
Su Mu also had a vague feeling that Hong’s main purpose in going to Earth was to protect him. After all, he had already formed a contract with them. While it wasn’t impossible that she was going to Earth to find other solutions, it was far less important than before.
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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
During that time, Su Mu felt like he was under house arrest. He couldn’t go anywhere and had to stay in Frost’s palace. So he tried combining his newly learned Heavenly Demon Eye with the snow mountain representing the emotion of “desire”—Chou Fei—to see if he could erect his fifth snow mountain. But it turned out to be impossible.
However, he had stored a lot of desire power from the Heavenly Demon Stone in his snow mountain, so it wasn’t a total loss. At the very least, he could now use the Heavenly Demon Eye’s Soul Seizure technique proficiently.
From now on, he finally had a legitimate spiritual attack method.
Soul Seizure focuses mainly on control. As long as someone’s spiritual power is lower than his, they’ll be affected to some degree—and the bigger the gap, the greater the effect.
When he finished training, Frost was sitting nearby.
“Something on your mind?”
“Well…” Frost hesitated for a moment, then tried to sound calm as she asked, “You’re leaving tomorrow. Can you take a walk with me?”
Su Mu nodded.
She visibly brightened up. “Come on, let’s go. I’ll show you the places I used to play when I was little.”
“I want to go too! I want to go too!” Xiao Xiao had rushed in at some point.
“Mommy, I want to go too,” she cheered excitedly.
Frost picked her up and coaxed her lovingly, “Of course. How could I leave out Xiao Xiao?”
A flicker of light passed through her gentle eyes, and Xiao Xiao suddenly lost her energy. She slowly slumped onto Frost’s shoulder, drowsy. “Mommy, why am I so sleepy all of a sudden?”
Frost shot Su Mu a sly look, then gently patted her daughter’s back. “If you’re sleepy, just sleep. Xiao Xiao is the best.”
After she had settled Xiao Xiao in, she grabbed Su Mu by the arm and pulled him out of the palace, then pouted and complained, “I should’ve waited to have a kid. Such a hassle.”
Su Mu’s mouth twitched. “Some mother you are—knocking out your own daughter and then complaining she’s annoying.”
Frost looked completely unbothered. “She’s just taking a nap. It’s not like it hurts her. Now hurry up—we still have to soothe her when we get back tonight.”
She dragged Su Mu out of the royal palace, and the tribespeople in the city started to stare.
“Why are you being so flashy?” Su Mu felt embarrassed with so many eyes on him.
“What’s flashy about it? I’d say it’s pretty modest—I didn’t gather everyone for a parade.”
Frost could clearly fly, or even teleport through space, but instead she made Su Mu walk with her for over an hour until they reached a small hill outside the city.
This spot just happened to be the border between the wasteland and the Heavenly Demon City’s territory. The scenery on the hill was like two different worlds, clearly divided.
On one side, white wildflowers shaped like full moons covered the entire field. A gentle breeze blew, and the white ocean rippled with wave after wave, refreshing the soul.
On the other side, everything was desolate, with the occasional two-meter-tall wild wolf howling at the sky.
Frost pointed at the sea of flowers, her mood soaring. “Believe me, if I shout, they’ll all answer me?”
Su Mu nodded.
“Idiot. You’re supposed to shake your head, and then I shout, and they answer. That’s how you build the moment, get it?” Frost rolled her eyes and muttered, “I really don’t get it. How does someone as dense as you even get girls to like you?”
She ran off into the sea of flowers alone, and when her face was no longer visible, she turned around and smiled brightly. “Su Mu, come here!”
Only when it was just the two of them did Frost call him by his name.
It should have been a somewhat romantic atmosphere, but in Su Mu’s mind, the face of a certain comedian he really liked popped up.
Uh…
Standing in the endless white sea of flowers, Su Mu felt his mood relax quite a bit. But when he looked at the distant figure, he felt a bit conflicted.
When Frost saw him walking over with a serious expression, she punched him lightly in annoyance. “What are you thinking about? Cheer up. Think of it as a goodbye—helping me, your pretty good friend, relax a little. Starting tomorrow, I won’t have as much free time as I do now. I’ll have to work my heart out for the survival of the Heavenly Demon Tribe.”
Then she put on a look of disbelief and said dramatically, “Oh my, you don’t think I brought you here because I like you, do you? Tsk tsk tsk, don’t flatter yourself. I was just messing with you. Why would I ever like a woman?”
Su Mu looked at the smile on her face, and his heart felt heavy.
Frost pretended to be upset and said, “Alright, cheer up. This is my favorite place, and I don’t want anyone ruining the mood here.”
When night fell, the sea of flowers actually began to glow. Each wildflower became a bright moon, decorating the hillside like a paradise on earth.
Frost called out to Su Mu, then tilted her chin up slightly, as if to say: Watch closely—I’m about to perform.
The air suddenly grew quiet. No wind, no insects chirping, no birds singing. Even the howling of wolves on the other side of the hill stopped abruptly, like the few seconds of silence before a great performance begins.
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“Su Mu, you idiot!”
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“Su Mu, you idiot!”
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“Su Mu, you idiot!”
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A mountain breeze swept through, and the calm sea of flowers rippled into layers of waves, carrying those six words to every corner of the hillside. Frost’s voice echoed everywhere, just as she had said: Shout once, and these flowers will answer.
