Early the next morning, amid Soul Power fluctuations of varying intensity, the girls emerged from their rooms looking refreshed and energized.
The last to emerge was naturally Shen Liuyu, who had begun breaking through to the Soul Emperor realm. She took over two hours longer than the others, but fortunately, her breakthrough succeeded without incident. She was now a level-sixty quasi-Soul Emperor.
Shui Bing'er's breakthrough also went extremely smoothly. Her room, however, suffered terribly—Soul Power she accidentally released during her breakthrough had directly frozen it into an "icy world." Restoring it to normal anytime soon was probably unrealistic.
Some of the other girls had broken through major realms and needed to hunt Soul Beasts to absorb Soul Rings, while others had gained two levels of Soul Power but had yet to reach the point where they needed to absorb a Soul Ring.
Shen Hanyu and the Snow Empress had been waiting for quite some time. Shen Hanyu sighed and pinched Shen Liuyu's cheek, saying helplessly,
"I really don't know what you're thinking. What, just because you have an Older Brother, you think you don't need to work hard anymore? If I stop looking after you one day, let's see what you'll do..."
Shen Liuyu stuck out her tongue and replied playfully,
"Do you really think that's possible?"
Shen Hanyu was left a little speechless. To be honest, he had retained quite a bit of his Sister Complex tendencies. He had always regarded his only biological younger sister as immensely important.
Shen Liuyu smiled smugly, then stepped forward and hooked her arm through the Snow Empress's as she continued to act spoiled. Over the past two years, she had indeed grown much bolder, partly because the Snow Empress's attitude had become increasingly gentle.
Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er stepped forward to