Xue Qing's request to enter the Cold Abyss Imperial Palace to visit you had just arrived when the Snow Emperor guessed the little calculations in Xue Que's heart. Yet she had no need to expose them, and even personally led Xue Qing to your side.
At that time, you were still "unconscious." Sure enough, once Xue Qing came to your side, her lingering goodwill toward you immediately made her feel comfortable all over. The Immortal Essence within her flowed more smoothly, and even the cold-aspect Immortal Essence around her felt more intimate.
After all manner of tests, Xue Qing finally had no choice but to admit that the changes appearing on your body were no different from the traits possessed by one who had been crowned.
Having verified the truth, Xue Qing's emotions were exceedingly complicated. Before you appeared, she had not regarded Xue Yun as a worthy rival at all. It could be said that, in her heart, Xue Qing had long considered herself the next Snow Emperor, and that belief had lasted her entire life.
And it was not only Xue Qing herself. Many members of the Cold Abyss Snow Spirit clan treated her the same way, believing that none but she could become the next Snow Emperor. Even when cultivation resources were distributed, Xue Qing received preferential treatment, nearly equal to the allocation given to the sole imperial candidate.
The Snow Emperor knew all this, yet had never stopped it. Perhaps she had thought the same back then, just as she herself had received such preferential treatment when she had once been an imperial candidate.
Until you appeared. Ever since you condensed your Dao Fruit, Xue Qing could sense that although the attitudes of clan members at the True Immortal Realm and below had not changed, many