Crimson Capital Seaside Concert Hall Aurora Aria
Snowflakes were still falling, landing on the stage carpet and quickly building into a thin layer.
Jing Liuli stood beneath the spotlight with her eyes closed, her singing continuing, though it now carried an added gentleness of divinity.
Ding!
A pale blue glimmer suddenly lit up behind her.
Then, the light grew brighter and brighter, gradually condensing into a colossal phantom.
The Dimensional Audience was no stranger to this phantom. It was the Frost God Phantom—the Ice Queen—who had appeared twice in the Movie Edition.
The Queen's ice-crystal skirt trailed to the ground, every shard reflecting the shadows of snowflakes.
Her silver hair fell to her waist, fine snowflakes drifting from its tips. Her gaze was gentle, yet it carried an unquestionable majesty.
As the phantom grew clearer and clearer, pale blue frost immediately spread outward from the Queen's phantom.
Yet strangely, this frost did not make anyone feel cold. Instead, it felt as though they were wrapped in a warm embrace. It was clearly worlds apart from her previous two appearances, as if it had been influenced by some sort of power.
At the same time, the audience below, immersed in dreams, had the smiles on their faces strangely grow even softer under the frost's influence.
"The ritual has begun."
Tiandao, who had awakened long ago, walked to Caroline's side. A Commemorative Silver Coin spun at his fingertips as his azure eyes fixed on the phantom overhead, a faint smile hanging on his lips.
There was no reverence for a god at all—only indescribable curiosity.
In response, Caroline's cat ears twitched lightly. She raised her head to look at Jing Liuli's back, a glimmer flashing through her green eyes.
"Mm. Now it depends on Liuli herself."
As Caroline spoke, the surrounding snowflakes