Luo Yiyi reached out and gently patted her shoulder.
"Don't say that."
"You've watched over him day and night this whole year. You've put more heart into it than any of us."
"If he were awake, he certainly wouldn't want to hear you talk about yourself like that."
Su Qingyuan sniffled and forced a smile.
"Mm."
She raised her head again and looked at the figure inside the ice coffin, determination returning to her eyes.
Even if her cultivation was low, she could still watch over him.
Until he woke up.
The chamber fell silent again.
The three women stood guard beside the ice coffin, one on either side and one before it.
The shouts of battle and explosions outside drifted faintly in, yet seemed worlds away.
Yet inside the ice coffin...
Su Ming's consciousness had long since broken free of the Ice Seal's restraints.
He felt as though he were floating in warm water, or falling into an endless sea of clouds and mist.
Everything around him was gray and hazy. He could neither see the sky nor touch the ground.
"I... am still alive?"
Su Ming tried to move, only to discover that he had no physical form. All that remained was a drifting wisp of consciousness.
His last memory was of Great Emperor Envy's terrified face and the Void Power exploding across the sky.
After that came bone-piercing cold and an endless darkness.
Su Ming had a vague sense of something.
He seemed to have slept for a very, very long time.
"What exactly is this place?"
His consciousness drifted about, but could find no boundary.
There was only endless gray mist around him, along with a familiar aura that brought all things to silence.
It was the aura of Void Power.
Yet it was far