Chapter 113

A few more days passed in the blink of an eye.

The wind and snow of the Far North had not ceased, nor had life in the Ice Palace changed.

Xue Lingyun still sat cross-legged on the Ice Platform every day, reading the Medicine Chapter and Poison Chapter of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, chewing jerky and candied fruit, occasionally looking up at the Icy Plains outside the window.

The glow from the dome slid from east to west, then back from west to east, repeating several times.

He had done all sorts of things these past few days.

He regulated his Soul Power and consolidated his level 44 foundation; practiced his Clone, making the energy body's movements smoother and more natural; and pondered new moves, adjusting the rhythm of suppression and release until it felt more comfortable.

The Dark Demon Core slowly rotated in his chest, becoming a little more solid than when it had first formed.

The spiritual forms of Ice Empress and Youyou floated in midair, one emerald green and the other pinkish-purple, quietly remaining beneath the Ice Palace's halo of light.

Their spiritual forms could not stray too far from him, but floating and spinning around posed no problem.

Xiao Bai lay by the main entrance, its huge head resting on its forepaws, its dark-blue eyes half-open.

It had not gone out to run around or play much these days either. Since Xue Lingyun had not gone outside, it could not be bothered to.

But it had found a new toy—a ball of ice it had dug out from somewhere, even bigger than the one Xue Lingyun had played with as a child.

It batted the ice ball away with its paw. Once it rolled into the distance, it lumbered after it, nudged it back with