Chapter 118

The wind and snow were shut out beyond the cave by thick ice walls. Only fine snowflakes drifted in through cracks at the entrance, melting the instant they touched the ground.

As Huo Yuhao's words, "I've made up my mind," fell, the cave sank into brief silence. The first to break it was Ice Empress, floating in midair.

Her emerald-green figure flickered, transforming from a scorpion into a human form.

She wore a short emerald-green martial outfit. Her skin was as white as the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice of the Far North, and her waist-length hair gleamed with the luster of Ice Crystal. Though she looked like a delicate young girl, her eyes held the majesty and cold arrogance of a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.

Without sparing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm another glance, she descended directly beside Xue Lingyun. Her bare toes lightly touched the moss-covered ground, yet she did not release even a trace of chill.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual projection instantly tensed.

It had lived for a million years, but it had never seen Ice Empress restrain her aura like this—much less imagined what she would do next.

Ice Empress raised a hand, her cool fingertips gently brushing over Xue Lingyun's cheek. Her fingers traced the curve of his jaw in a natural, intimate motion, as if she had done it thousands upon thousands of times.

Then she curled her fingers and gently tousled Xue Lingyun's hair. All the frostiness she had shown Tian Meng vanished, leaving only undisguised tenderness in her eyes.

She wanted Tian Meng to see it, to make this million-year Ice Silkworm give up completely.

The thought circled through her mind, and the pressure of her hand increased slightly.

"Tian Meng, you said just now that you wanted to help me survive my