# Chapter 978: Dragon Queen Divine Maiden?
"Speaking of which... could the Great Realm King be a very terrifying person?" As this thought crossed Yun Che's mind, the words slipped out unconsciously.
He muttered that Mu Hanyi was "terrifying," which earned him a scolding from Mu Xiaolan, but when it came to the Great Realm King, Mu Xiaolan blinked her eyes and said cautiously, "Well... I guess she's a little terrifying. I was fortunate enough to see the Great Realm King once. Even though it was a very, very short time, my whole body felt like it was being pressed down by something incredibly heavy, and I could barely breathe. That feeling was a bit terrifying. For many days afterward, I still hadn't recovered."
Yun Che: "..."
"And, I heard that when the Great Realm King gets angry, it's absolutely horrifying. Several thousand years ago, the Great Realm King was angered once, and she froze nearly one-tenth of Yin Xue Realm's territory, instantly annihilating several nations. A thousand years ago, during the time when Master's life or death was unknown, the Great Realm King severely wounded all three Sect Masters on Yan Shen Realm's territory and destroyed all thirteen small star realms under Yan Shen Realm's control... If not for the fact that Master later regained her memories and power and returned, the consequences would have certainly been even more terrifying."
"Sss..." Yun Che inhaled a sharp breath of cold air. Holy crap! This isn't just terrifying—it's beyond that! Freezing one-tenth of Yin Xue Realm's territory is already appalling, but destroying thirteen small star realms... What the hell...
Killing people like weeds is already the extreme of brutality, but getting unhappy and destroying an entire star realm... killing people would be as easy and casual as blowing air.
A ten-thousand-year-old old virgin... truly a terrifying creature to the extreme, absolutely twisted in soul and psychopathic!
A woman who had worn mourning clothes for a hundred years already had a somewhat extreme personality... Ten thousand years—there was simply no way to imagine it!
"Ah! I-I-I... It sounds like I'm speaking ill of the Great Realm King!" Mu Xiaolan startled herself, then frantically shook her head and quickly changed the subject, "The Great Realm King isn't terrifying; it's... it's a kind of dignity she ought to have. Moreover, the Great Realm King is an incredible person. Our Yin Xue Realm has existed for nearly nine hundred thousand years now, and the Great Realm King is the only person in those nine hundred thousand years to reach the Divine Lord Realm. It's also because of the Great Realm King that our Yin Xue Realm's status in the God Realm has risen so, so much, and none of the surrounding star realms have dared to offend us in these past ten thousand years."
Divine Lord Realm... Yun Che involuntarily looked up, sighing inwardly. The highest realm of the Divine Xuan Seven Realms. As Mu Bingyun had said back then, this was the supreme realm capable of dominating heaven and earth.
But for Yun Che, for whom even the Divine Tribulation Realm was a luxury, that realm was far too distant and ethereal. He couldn't even imagine how powerful a person would be if they reached such a realm... Perhaps they truly would be gods among humans, able to shift stars and moons and destroy heaven and earth with a casual wave of the hand.
And Mo Li, as a Star God, her complete state was likewise such a dreamlike realm.
On the Lan Ji Star, he had stood at the pinnacle of his era. But upon arriving in the God Realm, he discovered that he was as insignificant as a speck of dust, while Mo Li remained an existence at the very summit.
He had actually been with a Mo Li like this day and night for a full seven years. Looking back now, every single moment with Mo Li during those seven years felt like an illusory dream.
"Moreover, the Great Realm King is also a famous beauty in the God Realm." Mu Xiaolan's eyes sparkled, filled with deep admiration.
"Huh? A beauty?" Yun Che was a bit surprised at this.
"Of course." A hint of dreamy enchantment actually appeared on Mu Xiaolan's cheeks as she whispered, "Before, I thought that Senior Sister Feixue was the most beautiful person I had ever seen in my life. Later, because of Master, I was fortunate enough to see the Great Realm King, and I realized that there really are people who can be beautiful like... hmm, like a dream. Although I've never seen the legendary Dragon Queen Divine Maiden, I believe the Great Realm King definitely wouldn't be inferior to them."
"Dragon Queen Divine Maiden? What's that?" A certain someone who was basically completely ignorant about the God Realm asked.
"Huh? You don't even know who the Dragon Queen Divine Maiden is?" As soon as she turned her eyes, Mu Xiaolan reacted, "Oh! I almost forgot you're just a country bumpkin who just arrived in the God Realm."
Yun Che: "..."
"As your senior sister, I'll tell you then. The Dragon Queen Divine Maiden refers to two peerless divine maidens known to everyone in the God Realm. Regarding them, a saying has always circulated in the God Realm: if heaven bestows ten parts of favor upon the world, then six of those parts are given to the Dragon Queen and the Divine Maiden."
"That exaggerated?" Although Yun Che wasn't impressed, he was still quite curious.
"The Divine Maiden is in our Dong Shen Domain," Mu Xiaolan said with some pride. "She is the daughter of the Realm King of Fan Di God Realm, which is the foremost of the four king realms of the Dong Shen Domain. The world calls her 'Fandi Shennü.' Legend says she has golden hair and pupils, and an immortal countenance that no language in the God Realm can describe. Wherever she goes, even the starlight in the sky becomes dim and timid before her. There are so many men—and extremely powerful ones at that—who would willingly die for her, and die without regret."
"Hmph." Yun Che curled his lips inwardly, secretly despising these men who had "never seen the world." He had seen plenty of beauties. His wives were all peerless beauties. Although this was the God Realm... no matter how beautiful a woman's appearance was, it could never surpass his Xue'er and Caiyi.
"Not only that, she also possesses the strongest talent in the million-year history of Fan Di God Realm. At just nine years old, she completed the inheritance ceremony, with the most perfect compatibility and completion rate in history. By now, in Fan Di God Realm, Fandi Shennü's prestige has almost surpassed that of the Brahma Emperor Realm King. It's even said that her cultivation level is not far from the Brahma Emperor Realm King's. She is simply a miracle bestowed by heaven upon the Dong Shen Domain."
"As for the Dragon Queen, she is from the Xi Shen Domain, the most..." "Ah! Master!"
Without realizing it, the two had already returned to the Ice Phoenix Palace. In front of the main gate of the Thirty-Six Palaces, Mu Bingyun stood silently in the snow, her ice-skinned immortal body like a snow immortal from myth, so holy and dreamily beautiful that one almost dared not defile it with their gaze.
"Master, when did you come back?" Mu Xiaolan stopped her explanation and quickly walked up to Mu Bingyun, not forgetting to tattle: "Master, Junior Brother Yun Che made a huge mess again just now! If I hadn't happened to run into Senior Brother Hanyi, I wouldn't have known what to do."
"I know." Mu Bingyun nodded slightly. "I've been watching from the side the whole time."
"Ah?" Mu Xiaolan's lips formed a wide 'O'.
"Otherwise, why do you think I dared to strong-arm Mu Yizhou? I'm not the kind of person who doesn't value his own life," Yun Che said matter-of-factly. "Without Mu Hanyi, Master would have stepped in too. And if Master had shown up, it would have been a hundred times better than Mu Hanyi."
"Huh?" Mu Xiaolan was completely dumbfounded. "Master, Junior Brother Yun Che, you two..."
"Yun Che hadn't left the Ice Phoenix Palace for three months. Earlier, I sensed his aura suddenly and hastily leave, heading in the direction of Cold Snow Hall, so I assumed it must be something important, and I followed to observe." Mu Bingyun's snow-white eyes lightly glanced at Yun Che, her gaze carrying deep meaning.
"..." Mu Xiaolan's lips took a long time to close, and then she mumbled quietly, "Master, you're really good to him."
"Yun Che, come here," Mu Bingyun said.
"Yes." Yun Che responded and approached, coming to stand before Mu Bingyun.
Mu Bingyun stretched out her snow-white hand, and her jade-like fingers gently pressed against his chest. After a moment, she withdrew them, a hint of deep, hidden surprise flashing in the depths of her eyes. Then she said, "Xiaolan, Yun Che, for the next seven days, you will remain in the cultivation room. Do not cultivate, but rather calm your minds and regulate your Qi, so that after seven days, your profound force and soul force will both be in their most perfect state."
Yun Che didn't understand, but Mu Xiaolan exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be..."
"Correct," Mu Bingyun said, a faint smile lifting the corners of her lips. "The Sect Master has finally decided that seven days from now, disciples of the Ice Phoenix Palace may also enter Minghan Heavenly Lake. By now, all the Ice Phoenix Palaces should have received the news."
"Wonderful!" Mu Xiaolan jumped up like a little rabbit, her little face blooming with excitement like a flower. "When Master said this three months ago, I still couldn't believe it. I never thought... it would actually be true."
"Minghan Heavenly Lake... what is that?" The country bumpkin from the lower realm asked humbly.
"Yun Che, do you still remember the Burial God Fire Prison I told you about before?" Mu Bingyun said.
Yun Che nodded. "I remember. Inside, there's an ancient flood dragon with a lifespan of at least several hundred thousand years, and beneath it, there's a flame vein left over from the Age of Gods..."
As he spoke, Yun Che seemed to realize something. "Could it be that beneath Minghan Heavenly Lake..."
"Correct." Mu Bingyun lightly nodded her head. "Our Yin Xue Realm also possesses a divine vein left over from the Age of Gods—a cold vein opposite to Yan Shen Realm's flame vein. The existence of this cold vein created Yin Xue Realm's climate, and over the long years, it gave birth to Minghan Heavenly Lake."
"The first ancestor of Yin Xue Realm derived her power from this cold vein. According to records left in the ancestor's memories, this cold vein is very likely left behind by the ancient divine spirit, the Ice Phoenix, and Minghan Heavenly Lake was the Ice Phoenix's dwelling place during the Age of Gods. If all this is true, then this Yin Xue Realm should have been the territory of the Ice Phoenix Divine Spirit during the Age of Gods."
"I see." Yun Che looked thoughtful.
"But, compared to Yan Shen Realm's million-mile Burial God Fire Prison, our Yin Xue Realm's Minghan Heavenly Lake is much smaller—only thirty miles, not even one ten-thousandth of the Burial God Fire Prison. Correspondingly, the cold vein is also much more fragile. If Minghan Heavenly Lake's waters are polluted or the cold energy is absorbed, purification and recovery take a very long time. Therefore, Minghan Heavenly Lake is rarely opened. Even elders and palace masters are only permitted to enter when facing a breakthrough."
"For disciples, it has always been only the most elite disciples of the Divine Palace who are occasionally granted special permission to enter. This is almost the greatest reward in the sect. As for allowing Ice Phoenix Palace disciples to enter, this is unprecedented. Moreover, each palace may select one hundred outstanding disciples to enter." A hint of complexity flickered across Mu Bingyun's expression.
Their Thirty-Six Palaces only had two disciples, Yun Che and Mu Xiaolan, so there was no need for selection.
"Oh." Yun Che nodded. No wonder Mu Xiaolan was so excited. "Why is this time granting Ice Phoenix Palace disciples permission to enter... and in such large numbers?"
"I'm curious too," Mu Xiaolan chimed in.
But Mu Bingyun looked at him. "You probably have some vague guesses in your mind, right?"
"Because of the Zhou Tian Divine Voice from that day?" Yun Che replied.
"An elder who is over ten thousand years old won't improve much even after cultivating for another thousand years. But a top-tier profound practitioner under the age of one Jiazi cultivating for a thousand years within the Zhou Tian Pearl will undoubtedly see an improvement of several levels, adding a thousand peerless experts to the Dong Shen Domain. The Zhou Tian Realm, which rarely allows outsiders to so much as touch the Zhou Tian Pearl, is sparing no effort with the Zhou Tian Pearl's power to cultivate external profound practitioners. Our Yin Xue Realm... naturally must also spare no effort with Minghan Heavenly Lake's power. Although we don't yet know what lies hidden behind all this, if we don't prepare early, by the time it really comes, it might be too late."
Yun Che: "..."
"It was also because of the Zhou Tian Divine Voice three months ago that the Sect Master greatly advanced the timing for selecting his personal disciple. Opening Minghan Heavenly Lake seven days from now, the core purpose is to choose that personal disciple. However, this has nothing to do with the two of you. Your task is to waste not a single moment within Minghan Heavenly Lake. Such an opportunity should not come a second time."
(End of Chapter)