Unfortunately, when Huo Yuhao tried to rouse White Dragon, she would not wake. She seemed to have fallen into some kind of unusual sleep.
Left with no choice, Huo Yuhao temporarily gave up on waking her to confirm the Dragon Tomb's coordinates.
Since Snow Empress was about to leave the Extreme North again, and Huo Yuhao could return directly to Shrek City through the Gate of Undead, she simply remained in the Extreme North for three days.
Huo Yuhao stayed with her.
The Titan Snow Demon King was already dead. The strongest soul beast in the Extreme North was now the Ice Bear King, Xiao Bai. Before the nearly one hundred thousand soul beasts Snow Empress had summoned, she named him the new ruler of the Extreme North Ice Plains. At the same time, she announced all her other orders as well.
Once everything had been settled, Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress returned to Shrek Academy.
The moment they emerged from the secret chamber where the Gate of Undead had been set up and arrived beside the Inner Court Teaching Building, Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress saw an unexpected sight.
The Inner Court had lost its usual quiet serenity. Instead, festive decorations hung everywhere, as lavish as a groom's newly decorated home on his wedding day.
Groups of students occasionally hurried past, carrying decorations and working away excitedly.
Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress instinctively exchanged glances, both puzzled and confused.
"Yuhao?"
A somewhat delighted voice came from behind them.
Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress turned around to see Beibei, Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and the others, who had somehow returned to the academy, looking at them with pleasant surprise.
"When did you get back?" Huo Yuhao was also happy to see his friends again.
Xu Sanshi chuckled. "Yesterday.