Chapter 112

When Xue Lingyun returned from the Ice Cliff, Snow Empress was sitting on the Ice Crystal Chair in the Ice Palace Main Hall.

No lamps were lit in the hall. Fluorescence from the dome refracted through the ice walls, tinting her white dress with a faint blue hue.

Her eyes were closed, as if she were regulating her breathing, or perhaps thinking about something.

The Ice Palace remained below freezing all year round, but to a seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Snow Woman, this was not cold. It was home.

Xiao Bai lay at the entrance, its huge head resting on its forepaws. Its deep blue eyes were half-open, and its tail curled up slightly.

In that position, the Ice Bear King's true body looked especially enormous—four or five meters from shoulder to haunch, its snowy fur nearly blending into the floor of the Ice Palace.

Hearing footsteps, its ears twitched upright. It glanced sideways, saw that it was Xue Lingyun, then closed its eyes again.

Xue Lingyun walked to the Ice Platform and pulled out a bag of dried meat jerky and a jar of candied preserved fruits from his Storage Soul Tool. He unwrapped the oiled paper, stuffed a piece of jerky into his mouth, and sat cross-legged on the Ice Platform while chewing.

Snow Fox Fur covered the Ice Platform. Its long, soft fur made it pleasantly warm to sit upon.

He casually pulled out a book from beside him—the cover was blank and entirely white. It was the Medicine Chapter and Poison Chapter of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record he had obtained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The edges of the pages were faintly yellowed, though not with the yellow of age. Rather, they carried a mellow shade as though steeped in time. He opened to