I Knew It! She Really Does Care About Me!

"I feel like there are fewer beasts chasing me... Is it just my imagination?"

Somewhere in the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest, cracks suddenly spread across the ground. Faint white-gold light shimmered through them.

As the cracks appeared, a chill began to spread. A round body struggled to crawl out from within.

It was a huge, translucent white jade-colored worm, more than seven meters long. Light shimmered across its body, and a pair of little golden eyes atop its head made it look especially lecherous.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm—the first Million-Year Soul Beast in history to reach that age simply by sleeping.

After finally escaping Di Tian's clutches, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had begun a life on the run, hiding here and there. Every day, it had to watch anxiously as those terrifying creatures in the Life's Core searched relentlessly for its whereabouts.

It knew that, to them, it was nothing more than a walking, super-sized blood bag. There was no way they would let it go easily.

But what it hadn't expected was that there seemed to be... fewer beasts searching for it today?

"Is it just my imagination? Or is this some kind of trick to throw me off?"

As it spoke, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wriggled and laboriously crawled back into the crack.

"Whatever the case, there's no harm in being careful. All I need to do now is patiently wait for a Soul Master with a Mental Attribute. Then I can begin my grand plan!"

"The God Creation Plan!"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's shifty little eyes rolled around, filled with longing.

With a Million-Year Soul Beast like me as a Wisdom Soul Ring, plus the bonus Second Martial Soul, becoming a god will be a piece of cake!

After crawling into the crack, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm carefully went over its plan. At last, it nodded with satisfaction.

"Exactly. In my plan, the only tricky part is Bingbing. As long as I can convince her, becoming a god won't be a dream! Bingbing~ We'll be together forever very soon~ Hehehe~"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm started daydreaming again, grinning foolishly to itself.

Whenever the Ice Empress came to mind, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm turned into a lovesick fool, its thoughts running wild without end.

But the next moment, its plump body shuddered instinctively.

"Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling? Th-this doesn't seem right. There shouldn't be any flaws in my plan, should there? Why do I suddenly feel so uneasy?"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hid its body completely, its little eyes filled with confusion.

"Could Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and those other guys still be searching for me? No, no... I really can't sense them anymore. Besides, I've already escaped. There's no way they can catch me again."

"Then what could it be?"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm couldn't figure it out. In the end, it stopped thinking about it. The crack in the ground gradually closed, vanishing completely as if it had never been there.

The Far North.

In the great hall, the aura surrounding the Snow Empress had just faded. Yet Bing'er, standing beside her, showed no hint of alarm. Instead, she looked a little pleased.

Was Xue'er angry because of what was written in that Diary?

I knew it! Xue'er cares about me!

She's angry on my behalf!

A little sweetness rose in Bing'er's heart, and even the anger she'd felt after reading the Diary faded considerably.

But the Snow Empress mistook Bing'er's silence for worry over what the Diary said. Without hesitation, she spoke up to reassure her.

"For the next little while, I'll stay by your side."

Then the Snow Empress's voice suddenly turned cold. "If that damned worm dares set foot in the Far North, I'll grind him to dust!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a notification chimed.

[Today's diary entry has ended. System calculations in progress...]

[Congratulations, Ice Empress appeared in the Diary the most times and has received a reward: ten thousand years of cultivation, overcoming the Heaven's Tribulation. Issuing reward... Reward issued.]

[Today's group chat activity was insufficient, so no Water Spraying Dragon King was produced. All group members, please keep trying.]

The system notification rang out without warning, catching the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress completely off guard.

Before they could react, a surge of pure energy flooded into the Ice Empress's body.

This pure energy... was ten thousand years of cultivation!

"What..."

The Ice Empress didn't even have time to speak before the energy quickly transformed into cultivation. With the boost of those ten thousand years, her cultivation reached four hundred thousand years.

The four-hundred-thousand-year Heaven's Tribulation descended in an instant!

The sky above the already snowbound Far North darkened further. Huge masses of tribulation clouds surged together, shrouding the entire Far North in shadow. Lightning flickered within them.

Seeing this, a look of worry appeared on the Snow Empress's face.

She knew that even with Bing'er's help, the Ice Empress probably wouldn't survive a four-hundred-thousand-year Heaven's Tribulation. More importantly, both the ten thousand years of cultivation and the tribulation had come too suddenly. They hadn't had any time to prepare!

And this Heaven's Tribulation was a trial the Ice Empress was destined to face. There was nothing the Snow Empress could do to help.

Thunder rumbled in the sky, as if a terrifying punishment might descend at any moment. The dreadful thunderclaps sent every Soul Beast in the Far North except the Three Great Heavenly Kings trembling in fear. Even Ice Bear King Xiao Bai had to lower his head, only daring to look up now and then as he watched the terrifying tribulation clouds in trepidation.

The Ice Empress, targeted by the Heaven's Tribulation, bore all the pressure.

There were nine waves of lightning. With her strength, she probably wouldn't even make it halfway!

These ten thousand years of cultivation had come at the worst possible time!

The Ice Empress couldn't help cursing inwardly.

But what she found strange was that, although the clouds and rolling thunder continued overhead, the lightning never struck. It was almost as if... as if the tribulation had lost its target.

After a long while, a bolt of lightning finally descended from the sky.

But its target wasn't the Ice Empress in the Ice Palace. It struck an open stretch of frozen ground instead.

The lightning bolt seemed to be lashing out in frustration.

Immediately afterward, the thunder in the sky vanished, and the surging tribulation clouds slowly dispersed.

In no time, the shadow over the Far North disappeared completely.

Was that... it?

The Ice Empress stared blankly with her emerald-green eyes. The panic in her heart gradually faded, replaced by a surge of joy.

She really had broken through to four hundred thousand years of cultivation!

She really had endured the Heaven's Tribulation!

"Xue'er... I really broke through! That miraculous Diary really can help us overcome the Heaven's Tribulation!"