"Ice Empress!"
"What is it, Yuhao?"
"I have a way to stop the Snow Empress inside. Can you trust me?"
The Ice Empress pressed her scorpion face against Huo Yuhao. "Do you have a way to help Xue'er?"
Huo Yuhao nodded. "I do, but I'll need your cooperation. You have to shield me from the Snow Empress's rampaging ice and snow power."
"I can only save her if I get close. I need you to trust me. If you do, take me inside!"
The Ice Empress gritted her teeth. "We might as well let you try. It's better than letting Xue'er go on like this."
"Thank you for trusting me," Huo Yuhao said.
"Don't thank me. If you can save the Snow Empress, I'll do anything."
"If you have a way, then let's not waste time."
The Ice Empress swung her slender scorpion tail and set Huo Yuhao back on her back.
"Yuhao, there's still a gap between my cultivation and the Snow Empress's."
"The ice and snow power at Xue'er's core can only let me hold out for a few minutes at most. You'll have to be quick."
Huo Yuhao said gravely, "No problem!"
The Ice Empress opened the door separating her from the Snow Empress, and the rampaging ice and snow power poured out at once.
To keep anyone outside from noticing anything amiss, the Ice Empress quickly shut the door.
"Xue'er, I'm coming!"
The Ice Empress gathered all her strength and formed a thin, blue-green shield around herself. She pressed toward the Snow Empress, facing the out-of-control ice and snow power.
The closer she got to the Snow Empress, the slower the Ice Empress moved.
Fortunately, Huo Yuhao could tell that the Ice Empress beneath him had found her rhythm.
Nothing went wrong along the way, and the two reached the Snow Empress safely.
"Elder Yi, sorry for the trouble!"
"Leave it to me!"
Huo Yuhao's closed eyes opened. His mismatched eyes now held a strange gray glimmer.
Electrolux took control of Huo Yuhao's body and brought out the Life Carver from within him.
The third eye on Huo Yuhao's body opened—the Eye of Destiny.
A faint golden glow settled over the jade-green Life Carver.
A flash of green-gold light, and the Life Carver, carrying the Power of Destiny, pierced the Snow Empress between the brows.
"Ah!"
The Snow Empress, who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground, let out a soft cry before collapsing limply.
"Snow Empress!"
Seeing that the Snow Empress had been successfully saved, the Ice Empress glanced gratefully at Huo Yuhao and set him down.
Her scorpion form turned into a streak of emerald light and appeared before the Snow Empress.
As the light faded, a petite figure appeared, holding the Snow Empress. She had a lovely face and dark green hair tied into two ponytails.
Her skin was translucent and snowy white. White ankle boots decorated with green crystals covered her feet, and a carefully woven golden crown rested on her head.
She wore a white dress decorated in emerald green.
"Xue'er, Xue'er!"
The Ice Empress had taken human form. Her eyes were red as she drew the Snow Empress into her arms, murmuring softly and tenderly.
"I'll heal you now."
The Ice Empress pressed her forehead against the Snow Empress's. Through that point of contact, she slowly channeled pure ice-attribute Soul Power into the Snow Empress's weakened body.
"Uuuu!"
The Ice Empress and the Snow Empress were both peerless beauties in human form.
Huo Yuhao was admiring the tender scene as they healed when he heard someone crying nearby.
He turned his head and saw Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shedding tears. Curious, he asked,
"Sister Tianmeng, why are you crying?"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wiped the tears from her eyes. "Bingbing has never been this gentle with me. She's never healed me like this, either."
"I'm so jealous of the Snow Empress!"
Huo Yuhao's face went blank. "All right, the Ice Empress is healing the Snow Empress. Keep it down a little. If the Snow Empress wakes up—"
"If the Ice Empress blames you for disturbing her while she's healing, won't you be even sadder?"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said nothing and ran back into Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.
"Waaah, Yuhao, you're bullying me! You weren't like this when we first met."
"You always used to comfort me. Men really are all good-for-nothings."
"You've got someone new, so you've forgotten the one who was here first. Before we came to find the Ice Empress, you always coddled me."
"Now someone new has joined us, and you've forgotten me, the old one. Waaah!"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm bawled her eyes out. Just then, a large hand rested on her head. It was Huo Yuhao's.
"All right, Sister Tianmeng. How could I neglect you just because of them?"
After a long bout of coaxing and sweet-talking, Huo Yuhao finally cheered Sky Dream Ice Silkworm up, and she left the Sea of Consciousness happily.
When Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged from the Sea of Consciousness, the Snow Empress woke up.
"Ice... Bing'er, why are you crying? Who made our... Bing'er unhappy?"
A smile barely touched the Snow Empress's pale, peerlessly beautiful face. She gently brushed Ice Empress's cheek with her fair hand.
Feeling the Snow Empress's steady breathing, the Ice Empress's small, snowy nose twitched.
"No one made me unhappy. If anyone dares to, I'll freeze them—or whatever it is—into an ice sculpture on the spot."
"I'm just happy you finally woke up." Two tears of joy slid from the Ice Empress's eyes.
The Snow Empress gently wiped away the tears. "Don't cry. If our adorable Bing'er cries, she won't... be pretty anymore."
"Xue'er!" This was the first time the Ice Empress had seen the Snow Empress like this.
The Ice Empress's gaze gradually turned dreamy. Xue'er was still as beautiful as ever.
The Snow Empress had the appearance of a human, with a cascade of snowy-white hair reaching her ankles, perhaps even longer.
Her face was like plum blossoms blooming in the depths of winter. Her sky-blue eyes were clear and limpid, untouched by worldly concerns.
Her thin, snow-white dress was as light as a cicada's wing and completely unadorned, showing off her elegant, perfect figure to the fullest.
An air of cold pride surrounded her, like a snow lotus atop a mountain—fresh, otherworldly, as lovely as a painting or poem.
As the Snow Empress looked at the Ice Empress, her feelings changed after surviving that brush with death.
"Well... give her a kiss."
A wave of mental reassurance echoed beside the Ice Empress and Snow Empress's ears.
Then Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's world came crashing down. No!!!
Snowflakes drifted, the north wind howled...!
Huo Yuhao, the culprit, quickly save this! It'll be useful to him!
Huo Yuhao pulled a special soul stone capable of recording images from his Storage Belt.
With this, Huo Yuhao would have a much better chance of persuading the Snow Empress.
Meanwhile, the Ice and Snow Empresses regained their composure.
Once her emotions had settled, the Snow Empress noticed Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
"Humans... and what's that other thing? Why are you here?"
The Snow Empress sprang to her feet, and extreme ice and snow surged around them.
"Emperor Cold Heaven: Snow Dance Shining Sun!"
The Snow Empress waved her hand, sending a massive, violent wave of ice and snow toward Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
"Xue'er, wait!"
A blue-green shield of light appeared and blocked the attack for Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
The Snow Empress furrowed her lovely brows. "Bing'er? Why are you protecting these two humans?"
The Ice Empress looked a little awkward. She'd forgotten that Yuhao and the others were still there.
"Xue'er, the reason they're here is..."
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