The Forsaken Heir's Ascension-Chapter 163: Origin of the Eternal Frost: A Mythic Love Story

Far away in the ancient past, long after Earth had been abandoned, mythical creatures ruled the world.

In the frozen northern lands, a lone creature soared — the Ice Phoenix, a mythical being who avoided contact with others of her kind.She landed atop a frozen mountain, her breath misting in the icy air.

Why am I here? Where is this place?Inside the Phoenix, Selene’s thoughts spiralled. Panic surged.

Anxiety clawed at her mind.

She couldn’t move. She couldn’t speak.She could only think.

A passenger trapped within the divine beast.

The Ice Phoenix suddenly took flight again, her massive sapphire wings spreading across the sky in a single breathtaking motion.

As she soared, her frost-like eyes locked onto something below — a man lying alone on the snow-covered ground, blood pooling beneath him.The Phoenix descended gently, her presence freezing the air itself.She moved close and, with a touch of her wing, sealed his wounds in frost, halting the bleeding.The man, with silver hair matted in blood and ice, slowly opened his eyes.Light brown and weary, they met the Phoenix’s pale blue gaze — and for a moment, time seemed to stop.In his eyes, he didn’t see a mythical creature but an angel.

And with that one look, he fell in love. frёewebnoѵēl.com

After a few days, as the Ice Phoenix roamed the endless frozen lands, she noticed something strange—The man she had saved on a whim... was still following her.The same man, with silver hair and gentle brown eyes.She had paid him no mind at first, thinking his presence a fleeting consequence of her mercy.Yet every time she flew, he was there—chasing her across icy plains, trudging through snowstorms, always just beneath her shadow.She ignored him.

She was a creature of myth, born of frost and sky.He was only a mortal.

But the man was persistent.No matter how vast the tundra, how brutal the wind, he followed.And she began to notice...Every time she soared above, her eyes would instinctively search the ground—for him.And there he was. Always following.

Something began to shift in her chest.A strange warmth blooming inside her frozen heart.

The man became a constant in her world.A figure that never touched her, yet never left her side.They were like sky and earth—forever apart, yet bound in quiet harmony.

And in that bond, the Ice Phoenix found something she’d never known: companionship.

Selene watched it all unfold, deep within.

She felt strange familiarity yet. They were Memories...But not mine.

Then one day, everything changed.The Ice Phoenix soared into the sky once more, her wings carving winds through the frozen heavens.But when she looked down—He wasn’t there.She circled again.And again.Her frost-tinted eyes searched the snowy landscape... but it was empty.She waited.Each day, she followed the same flight path—soaring through the frozen skies, eyes scanning the white earth below.But the man never came.A pang echoed in her heart—a hollow ache she had never known.

And then... a resolve bloomed.She would find him.For days she searched, gliding across storm-lashed plains, through valleys buried in snow, and over frozen rivers that shimmered under the moonlight.

Finally, she found him.Slumped in a cave, hidden beneath the cliffs of a shattered glacier.He lay on his back atop the frozen ground, barely moving.His breath was shallow—barely visible in the cold air.Ragged clothes hung from his frail frame, and his hands and feet were blotched deep blue with frostbite.The Ice Phoenix landed silently at the mouth of the cave.And then.

Her claws melted into feet.

Feathers dissolved into pale arms.

Her beak softened into lips, and her radiant form reshaped into that of a woman—ethereal and divine.

Her hair shimmered like frozen starlight—long and blue, cascading down her back like flowing feathers.Her skin glowed with the purity of ice, smooth and pale as moonlit frost.A blue, shimmering lehenga, sleek and flowing with Indo-Western elegance, adorned her body—its threads glinting like crystal snow.Her ample chest was gently held by a feathered blue bra, woven from frost and light.She crouched beside him, eyes glistening with tears, and gently lifted his frail body into her lap.His eyelids fluttered open, just barely.

A faint, cracked whisper escaped his lips:"So... you finally came. Now I can die peacefully."

He tried to close his eyes, to surrender to the silence—But her trembling hand cupped his cheek.She shook her head, tears falling like melting snow."You’re not allowed to leave me alone," she whispered.He gave a weak smile, even in his fading state."I knew you were stubborn... but my life isn’t as stubborn as you."

She didn’t respond—only shook her head again, her glossy eyes locked onto his pale face.A soft blue aura began to rise around them, curling like mist.It wrapped around his limbs, driving away the frostbite, melting the ice that had crept into his veins.Cold... was giving warmth.

Then, with careful hands, she reached into her garment and pulled out a golden fruit—radiant, glowing like the sun.The Golden Fruit of the Mother Tree.

Inside, Selene gasped."The Mother Tree’s Golden Fruit!" she screamed.

But she was helpless—only a spectator to the memories playing out before her.

The Phoenix pressed the golden fruit gently to his lips.But he couldn’t bite.His eyes had shut again, breath shallow... fading.She looked at the fruit... then at him.And without hesitation, brought it to her own lips.Her crimson lips parted, and she took a bite—chewing slowly, softening the miraculous fruit.Then she leaned close.

Closer still.

Until her lips met his.

In a moment filled with stillness and magic, she passed the softened fruit into his mouth with her breath.

He swallowed.

Selene’s heart fluttered wildly.She had seen battles, despair, power... but nothing like this.The cold, proud Ice Phoenix—feeding a man with her own mouth.If Selene had hands, she would’ve hidden her face behind them due to embarrassment she was feeling.

The Ice Phoenix continued—Softly, gently—passing fragments of the golden fruit between their lips, her breath keeping him alive with every touch.

But with each moment of closeness...Something inside her began to shift.She felt it.In the stillness of that act, in the silence of the cave, she felt it.

A heartbeat.

Her own.

Every time their lips met, her chest fluttered. A strange warmth began to bloom—different from the warmth she gave him.It was peace.It was calmness.It was connection.Then, his brown eyes fluttered open, like a fragile miracle, and gazed at her face.His cracked lips curved into a smile.With strength slowly returning, he rose to his knees and cupped her cheeks with both hands—his palms warm against her cold skin.Then, slowly, he leaned in and kissed her. Mortal and divine kissed.

Their embrace lit the frozen cave with warmth, as if even the ice dared to melt in the presence of their love.When the kiss broke, his voice came soft, but resolute."I won’t leave you. Ever.

I’ll be with you—forever.

I’ll never let you feel loneliness again."

She smiled, eyes misted with tears.Then she kissed him back, not as a mythical being...But as a woman.

The world began to shimmer.The cave dissolved.And suddenly—Selene stood in a quiet room.Walls of shimmering blue ice surrounded her, glowing faintly with reflected light.Slowly, her body moved—but it wasn’t hers. It was the Ice Phoenix’s body that stirred. She felt it, yet she remained merely an observer, trapped within.

A woman with blue hair stood above the bed, her shimmering blue eyes brimming with tears.Her trembling voice echoed off the icy walls."You... promised... you wouldn’t leave me... that you wouldn’t let me be lonely again!"

But there was no reply from the man lying motionless on the bed.

His eyes were peacefully shut, his chest no longer rising.He looked so serene that one might think he was only asleep—But he wasn’t.He had quietly departed from the mortal world. Leaving her beloved alone.

Then a scream tore through the silence."YOU LIED! YOU LIED! YOU LEFT ME!"Ice Phoenix collapsed onto the floor—and cried.

And cried.

Tears flowed endlessly as anguish twisted her heart.

Clenching her fists, her voice trembled in broken mutters,"Why did you let me feel this loneliness again? Why?... It’s haunting me now... it’s suffocating."She looked up at his face, her eyes hollow, and whispered with a grim smile,"I wish I had never met you... never known what companionship felt like."Her scream shattered the silence, raw and piercing."I wasn’t happy in my loneliness before—but I was never this sad!"Then—

A cold flame slowly rose from her body.Colder than ice.Colder than the corpse that lay before her.It carried pride, but no warmth. Power, but no heart.

It was the Eternal Frost.

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