Far North, Core Zone.
Vast spiritual power flickered in and out of existence. It was both to carefully probe the surroundings and to boldly announce its presence, but events had already turned completely toward the outcome its owner did not wish to see.
Huo Yuhao touched the Silkworm Slough on his body, which insulated him from all cold, and curiously looked at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, frozen motionless like an ice sculpture within the Sea of Spirit.
Although he did not know what had happened or what Brother Sky Dream had discovered, Huo Yuhao could sense that Brother Sky Dream was deeply despondent, along with an indescribable pain.
Considering that he still needed to return to Shrek in time and that his food supplies were limited, Huo Yuhao hesitated repeatedly before finally asking, "Brother Sky Dream? What happened?"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm came back to its senses, its entire body collapsing like a lump of mud as its emotions surged and ebbed. A crystalline tear slid from the corner of its eye. "I... I can't find Bingbing's aura anymore. She didn't come looking for me either."
"Bingbing?" Huo Yuhao was utterly confused. Could she be an old acquaintance Brother Sky Dream had in the Far North? Not being able to find her aura meant she was dead, right? No wonder Brother Sky Dream's reaction was so extreme.
Just as Huo Yuhao was about to comfort the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and tell him to accept his loss and look ahead, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm continued:
"Bingbing, the Ice Empress as you humans call her, is one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North. She is an Ice Jade Empress Scorpion with three hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine years of cultivation, and she