In an instant, the Snow Emperor and Snow Empress acted together. Two flashes of white light formed a transparent crystal sphere of ice inside Xue Linglong's
dantian. Its chilling aura trapped the Violet Pearl and the wisp of
Samadhi True Fire together inside.
Yue Qianchou suddenly felt cold beneath his palm. He realized at once that Xue Linglong had been frozen into a
block of ice and was startled. He opened his eyes and glanced at the couple, only to find them unmoved.
Knowing his worry had been unnecessary, he continued watching what was happening inside with his divine sense.
The Samadhi True Fire had been happily clinging to the Violet Pearl and drawing from it when the scene around it suddenly
changed. Its dancing flames abruptly stilled as it recognized the thing that had nearly beaten it into
nothingness so many times before. It panicked. Its flames shook violently as it darted this way and that, but
it could not break through the crystal sphere of ice.
We finally trapped the damned thing. The couple opened their eyes in excitement and looked at Yue Qianchou
with gratitude. The Snow Emperor asked, his voice trembling with excitement, "Sir, what do we do next?"
Yue Qianchou kept his eyes closed and gave a slight nod. "Just keep it trapped. Leave the rest
to me." The couple murmured their assent and closed their eyes together to observe what was happening inside their daughter.
The Violet Pearl in her dantian began to turn slowly. The Samadhi True Fire, which had been darting about and brushing
past it, suddenly recoiled as though it had seen a ghost. It huddled against the wall of ice, its flames trembling
as if in terror.
But the space sealed within the ice was only so large. It had