Two Ice Empresses

Seeing how much the Snow Empress trusted Lin Yu, the Ice Empress was bursting with jealousy. "Then let me see when that coward is coming back."

Just then, the whistle of the Starry Express rang out. It appeared, darting through the sky, and began descending.

The Snow Empress was astonished. "Why has Lin Yu come back again?"

He had practically just left, yet he had already returned.

In the Snow Empress's eyes, it was as though the Starry Express had come back without doing anything at all.

The Ice Empress sneered. "I take back what I said. He isn't a coward. He has some courage, at least. Unfortunately, it's the kind of courage that makes him seek death. He's clearly weak, yet he still dares to come back."

She was about to unleash a powerful ice attack, and the Snow Empress grew tense as well. She sent a telepathic message to Lin Yu inside the Starry Express. "Why have you come back?"

Lin Yu said, "Don't worry. The Ice Empress's attacks are useless against us now."

The Snow Empress was baffled. Meanwhile, the Ice Empress hovered in the air as the surrounding ice and snow surged violently upward, forming an enormous storm tornado that connected heaven and earth.

Ice crystals glittered within the tornado. Countless sharp shards of ice had clearly been swept into it, turning the storm tornado into something resembling a meat grinder.

Anything caught inside would be crushed to pieces.

The Starry Express came darting over, drawn in by the powerful suction and about to be uncontrollably dragged inside.

The Snow Empress could no longer stop it. Her strength had now fallen to only one or two layers of its former level, so how could she possibly hold back the Ice Empress, who possessed nearly four hundred thousand years of cultivation?

But at that moment, an incomparably imperious shout suddenly came from inside the Starry Express. "How dare you!"

For a moment, the Ice Empress's powerful ice attack seemed to have met its master. Its surging momentum rapidly declined, and its overwhelming power was completely drained away.

By the time the Starry Express was swept into the tornado, the ice crystals that had been hurled upward had already shattered into countless snowflake-like pieces. They drifted down beautifully, without the slightest offensive power.

The Ice Empress was utterly stunned. Why had her powerful ice attack failed?

"What is going on with that Starry Express? That familiar feeling... Is it my own origin power?"

A bizarre sensation filled the Ice Empress. Looking at the Starry Express was like looking at another version of herself. The storm tornado's attack had failed as though another self had canceled it out.

But at that moment, while the Ice Empress was distracted, the Starry Express came driving through the sky and charged toward the Snow Empress on the ground.

Lin Yu was standing at the carriage entrance, with one hand already extended.

When the Snow Empress saw this, she smiled and reached out her hand. "I knew you wouldn't run away."

Lin Yu said, "How could I run? The monk may run away, but the temple remains. Even if I'm gone in the future, the Starry Express will still become your Starry Express. As long as you call for it, it will definitely come pick you up."

Their hands clasped together, and Lin Yu pulled the Snow Empress into the carriage.

At that moment, seeing the Snow Empress being taken away, the Ice Empress revealed an expression of fury. The power of her nearly four hundred thousand years of cultivation erupted completely, turning half the sky a deep blue-green.

The wind and clouds churned violently, and a terrifying might swept over them.

However, this aura came as quickly as it vanished, because another cold and arrogant voice rang out from inside the Starry Express. "How dare you!"

The arrogant wind and clouds instantly shrank into a meek kitten, while all the surging power seemed to have been smashed into water. Before its might could even rise, it weakened.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Starry Express sounded its whistle and darted into spacetime, disappearing without a trace.

Only the Ice Empress's cry remained. "Snow Empress, don't!"

Meanwhile, after being pulled into the carriage by Lin Yu, the Snow Empress was shocked to discover that another Ice Empress was inside. "Another Ice Empress?"

Lin Yu laughed heartily. "That's right. Did you really think I hadn't done anything? I actually went to another timeline and contracted another Ice Empress, then brought her back with me. Otherwise, with only Level 30 Soul Power, how could I possibly make the Starry Express withstand the attacks of a soul beast with nearly four hundred thousand years of cultivation?"

Only then did the Snow Empress understand that the reason the Starry Express had repeatedly canceled out the Ice Empress's attacks was because another Ice Empress was inside it.

The two Ice Empresses possessed the same origin power. Naturally, attacks stirred up by that origin power could also be canceled out by it.

The Ice Empress inside the carriage became incredibly excited upon seeing the Snow Empress. "Lin Yu told me that you signed a contract too. This is wonderful! We can be together forever!"

In her excitement, she lunged forward to hug the Snow Empress.

The Snow Empress hurriedly pushed her away, an odd expression appearing on her face. "Ice Empress, you've actually gotten so close to Lin Yu? Weren't you threatening to kill him before?"

The Ice Empress from before hadn't shown Lin Yu the slightest bit of warmth, yet this Ice Empress had none of that hostility and seemed to have an excellent relationship with him.

The Snow Empress couldn't help wondering what Lin Yu had done on that other timeline.

The Ice Empress recounted how Lin Yu had contracted her.

The Snow Empress immediately understood. Looking at Lin Yu, she seemed somewhat excited. "You actually thought of such a method?"

Although the Ice Empress had described it from her own perspective and left out many details, the Snow Empress could deduce what Lin Yu had done.

Lin Yu had once again displayed his wisdom, avoiding the Historical Time Knot and making the Ice Empress take the initiative to form a contract. He had accomplished this feat without borrowing anyone else's strength, relying solely on himself.

There was no girl who didn't like a clever boy. The Snow Empress hadn't expected Lin Yu to secretly accomplish something so impressive behind her back. At that moment, her eyes were filled with admiration as she looked at him.

Lin Yu shrugged. "I was forced into it. If I relied on you two, we'd be finished. At the critical moment, I still had to depend on myself. You have no idea how many times I jumped through spacetime or how hard I worked."

The Snow Empress praised him. "It really was hard on you. Rest if you're tired. Come, sit on the sofa. I'll massage your shoulders."

The Ice Empress was dumbstruck. Seeing the Snow Empress she liked massaging Lin Yu's shoulders, even an idiot could tell that their relationship was far from ordinary.

Fortunately, Lin Yu quickly realized that there was another jealous person here.

He explained to the Ice Empress, "The Snow Empress is the adorable attendant of our Starry Express. You can invite her to massage your shoulders and help you relax too."

Ice Empress: ???

That was actually possible?

If the Snow Empress treated only one person this way, the Ice Empress would be jealous.

But if the Snow Empress treated everyone like this, the Ice Empress immediately felt that perhaps she could join in as well.

"Snow Empress, massage my shoulders too."

The Ice Empress eagerly waited. She had already sat down on the sofa automatically, sitting ramrod straight, her brows filled with anticipation for the Snow Empress.

Just imagining the Snow Empress's soft little fists massaging her shoulders while she gently asked, "Icy, is the pressure all right? Should I go lighter or harder?" gave the Ice Empress a secret thrill.

This was treatment she had never received even when she had been together with the Snow Empress before.

Thinking back, she had always been the one to massage the Snow Empress's shoulders.