Once the two were inside the winter gates, there was snow everywhere. There was nothing in sight but snow and there were not many who lived in the cold that was able to ascend to the spirit realm or any other realm, thus they were rare to come by.
There is only a handful of beasts that are capable enough to make it too far in their cultivation and not stray far from being demons since that was the easier way but if they want to go to the nine-heaven they must follow a set of rules in their cultivation.
This time there was said to be a great beast that was able to ascend to the spirit realm on their own willpower and that was the beast Hou Yu; a pure white snow tiger.
She was a wild beast from the start and even after she ascended, she was still just as wild towards the others that live in the spirit realm. Bai Jue was able to tame the beast, but since he already had a spirit bond, Bai Jue just had her become one of his students.
Bai Jue stood outside of Hou Yu's lair, the beast had taken on human form but had yet to live like a human or a goddess and instead liked to live life as she had before.
"Hou Yu." Bai Jue said as he stood outside of the cave and within minutes a giant beast came out from the cave.
When Hou Chi saw the beast she was amazed, he had loved animals since she could remember but the winter palace had no animal other than the winter fairies. She thought about how fluffy and soft the beast would be if she were able to run her hand through the beast's thick fur.
"Who?" the beast asked him and Bai Jue smile
"This is the winter goddess, pay your respect." Bai Jue said to the beast and she turned into a human, in the form of a young girl that looked like a 17-year-old girl from the mortal world.
"My name is Hou Yu." the young girl said to her and she smiled
"I came with a request for you." Hou Chi said to her and she ignored her, waiting for Bai Jue
"Do not be rude to the goddess, A'Yu." Bai Ju said to her and the young girl looked at the young goddess.
"Is she someone important to you master?" Hou Yu asked him
"No, we're nothing more than strangers." Hou Chi said to her
"If you and master are strangers, why must I help you?" Hou Yu asked her
"She may think of me as nothing more than a stranger but I feel that she is not a stranger to me. Please listen to her request first." Bai Jue demanded from the spirit beast
"If that is what you want, I shall listen." Hou Yu said to him
"Let's go in first before anything else." Bai Jue said and the three of them made their way inside the cave. Unlike what Hou Chi expected; the cave was well decorated and even furniture as well.
The young girl sat down at her bed that was in the middle of the cave, while Bai Jue took a seat across from her on a chair, leaving Hou Chi no other choice but to sit beside Bai Jue.
"What is it that you want?" the young girl asked Hou Chi but before she could get a chance to say anything to the young girl Bai Jue cut in.
"Hou Chi came to look for a spirit bond in the winter realm, are you willing to be her spirit bond?" Bai Jue asked
"A spirit bond? Me?" the young girl asked her and she nodded
"I've been looking for a spirit bond, all of my sisters of the season palace have spirit bonds of their elements but I've yet to come across any winter beasts. Shang Gu, the first-season goddess told me that there have been a few spirit beasts who were able to ascend into the spirit realm in the past thousand years." Hou Chi said to her and Hou Yu nodded
"Then have you asked the others?" Hou Yu asked her and she shook her head
"So you're just asking the first one that you've met?" Hou Yu asked her and she smiles
"I brought her to you, I think that you will be a great bond for her." Bai Jue said to her and Hou Yu thought of it for a long time and she finally nodded
"I shall take you up on your offer and be your bond." Hou Yu said to her and Hou Chi smile
"That's great!" Huo Chi said and she quickly conjured up the spirit bond contract, Hou Yu signed it without reading it or asking anything, and just like that it was over and Hou Chi gained her spirit bond.
Hou Chi was so happy that she wanted to jump but she remembered that she had to maintain her high goddess dignity.
"Than shall we head to the nine-heaven?" Hou Chi asked her and Hou Yu nodded
Bai Jue wanted to do nothing more than to follow her back to the nine heaven but all that he could do was walk her out of the spirit realm. He used the excuse that he wanted to send his student off to also walk her to the spirit gates and send her along with Hou Yu to the nine-heaven realm.
Hou Chi and Hou Yu returned to the nine-heaven for over five thousand years before Bai Jue was able to come back to the nine-heaven realm but by then Hou Chi has mainly forgotten the man that she had encountered in the spirit realm and since she has never seen the true god, she just thought that he was just another high level god in the heaven-realm.