Her curled-up body suddenly spread open!
"Buzz—!!"
Invisible ripples of energy exploded outward from her, and wherever they passed, the ice surface froze thicker while the snowflakes in the air shattered into finer ice crystals.
Four hundred thousand years—breakthrough successful!
The Ice Jade Empress Scorpion raised her head and let out a clear, resounding cry, its waves filled with exhilaration and joy. Then, the jade light receded, and she returned to human form.
She was still a little girl in a long emerald-green dress.
"Xue'er! I did it! I really did it!"
Ice Empress's little face was flushed with excitement as she pounced toward Snow Empress like a gust of wind, wrapping her in a hug. Her voice shook with uncontrollable emotion. "No Heavenly Tribulation! Not even a little! We don't have to undergo that damned Heavenly Tribulation anymore! That's wonderful! This is so wonderful!"
Snow Empress was knocked half a step back by the impact. Feeling the aura around Ice Empress, far stronger than before, a gentle smile spread across her eyes.
She lightly patted Ice Empress's back and said softly, "I know. I felt it all. Congratulations, Bing'er."
Ice Empress rubbed against Snow Empress's embrace, taking quite some time to calm down. She finally let go and stepped aside, her jade eyes sparkling. "Your turn, Xue'er! I'll stand guard for you!"
Snow Empress nodded with a smile and walked to where Ice Empress had been sitting. She too sat down cross-legged.
She took out even more Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow. With cultivation nearing seven hundred thousand years, the energy she needed for a breakthrough was far beyond Ice Empress's.
Snow Empress closed her eyes and formed an intricate hand seal.
The Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow floated around her, their pure ice-element energy flowing continuously into her body like