Xiao Wu: The Snow Empress is my mom? How is that possible?

"BOOM--!!!"

"Ruler of the Far North! Heavenly Snow Woman! Snow Empress!!!"

These words struck like heavy hammers, slamming deep into the soul of Xiao Wu!

As a Soul Beast who had lived for one hundred thousand years, how could Xiao Wu have never heard of this thunderous name that shook the entire Soul Beast world of the Douluo Continent?!

That was the legendary peerless fierce beast, with a cultivation base reaching seven hundred thousand years and strength so unfathomable that even the most terrifying existences in the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest had to fear her by three points!

"I... I..."

Xiao Wu was completely terrified, standing frozen in place with her brain entirely shut down, unable to even utter a complete sentence.

Watching Xiao Wu's dazed, wooden expression, Xue Bingchen, standing to the side, sighed helplessly.

He stepped forward, reached out, and unceremoniously grabbed the two furry rabbit ears on Xiao Wu's head, giving them a gentle tug.

"Hey, wake up, come back to your senses," Xue Bingchen said with annoyance.

"Ouch!"

The sensation in her ears finally pulled Xiao Wu back from her extreme shock.

She shuddered violently and nodded frantically like a chick pecking at rice. Her eyes, fixed on the Snow Empress, were filled with undisguised awe and fear as she stammered:

"I... I have heard of you! You... you are that legendary supreme ruler who has lived for seven hundred thousand years and commands the entire Far North..."

Seeing Xiao Wu's awe-struck appearance, a faint, stunning smile finally appeared on the Snow Empress's eternally frozen, icy face.

"Very well. Since you know my identity, our conversation will be much simpler."

The Snow Empress retracted her smile, her gaze turning profound once more as she asked directly:

"Now, tell me, why would a Soft Bone Rabbit who has just stepped across the threshold of one hundred thousand years leave the safety of the forest and risk a nine-in-ten chance of death to choose to transform and recultivate?"

Hearing the Snow Empress's question, Xiao Wu did not answer immediately.

She turned her head hesitantly and snuck a glance at Xue Bingchen, who was standing beside the Snow Empress.

Although Xiao Wu was naive, she was not stupid. Her perception as a one-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast told her very clearly:

This big brother with white hair who had just tugged her ears did not have a shred of Soul Beast aura on him!

He was absolutely a pure human Soul Master!

"And besides..."

Xiao Wu's mind raced with wild theories:

"This terrifying Lady Snow Empress just emerged from this human Soul Master's body! What kind of relationship do they have?"

"Could it be... that Lady Snow Empress has been enslaved by this human? Or did they reach some kind of evil deal?"

"Wuwuwu... is Lady Snow Empress trying to curry favor with this human by capturing me, intending to kill me and offer my spirit ring and spirit bone to this human Soul Master?!"

At the thought of this terrifying possibility, Xiao Wu's heart was filled with tears, and she felt so wronged she was on the verge of crying.

Watching Xiao Wu's eyes darting around, clearly lost in wild fantasies, Xue Bingchen couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Stop looking around. My mom is asking you a question, so just answer honestly, understand?"

Xue Bingchen crossed his arms, striking a pose like a "wicked young master" to intentionally scare her.

"Mom... Mom?!"

Hearing this form of address, Xiao Wu was stunned once again!

She stared blankly at the tall, handsome, pure-blooded human Xue Bingchen, then turned her head to look at the noble, cold, and glamorous Snow Empress, whose true form was a seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Snow Woman.

"This... how is this possible?!"

Xiao Wu felt her worldview collapsing:

"A human Soul Master calling a seven-hundred-thousand-year fierce beast 'Mom'?! This cross-species family connection is too outrageous! Could it be... could this big brother be the illegitimate son of Lady Snow Empress and some human powerhouse?!"

In Xiao Wu's small head, a tragic, cross-species romance spanning hundreds of thousands of words instantly took shape.

Seeing the increasingly strange look in Xiao Wu's eyes, the Snow Empress frowned slightly, seemingly guessing what kind of nonsense this little rabbit was thinking.

"Enough, put away your boring speculations."

The Snow Empress spoke in a flat tone to explain:

"Just answer directly. Chen'er is a child I adopted from a young age. Although he is a human Soul Master, he is also the young master of my Far North; he is one of my people."

Having said this, the Snow Empress gave Xiao Wu a sense of reassurance:

"Since I still have questions for you, at the very least, he will not kill you for your ring right now."

Hearing the Snow Empress personally acknowledge this relationship, Xue Bingchen nodded in agreement from the side.

"There, Mom has personally spoken to protect you. Do you really think I would slaughter you in front of her to make spicy rabbit head or roasted rabbit meat?"

Xue Bingchen thought to himself:

"Besides, I can tell that the Snow Empress is genuinely curious about why you chose to transform.

If you don't confess honestly, I doubt you'll be getting through today unscathed."

With the Snow Empress's guarantee, the heart that had been hanging in Xiao Wu's throat finally settled back into her chest.

She took a deep breath, her eyes rimmed with red, and finally spoke honestly about the reasons behind her choice to walk this path of no return.

"Actually... I didn't want to undergo human transformation either."

Xiao Wu's voice carried a hint of a sob as she recalled the past that had caused her such agonizing pain:

"Not long ago, an incredibly powerful human female Soul Master broke into the Star Dou Great Forest. She possessed an extremely wicked Evil Spider Martial Soul, and she was a Twin Martial Souls user. It was because my mother was ambushed by her that... sob..."

"She... she tracked us all the way to the territory of our Soft Bone Rabbit clan. To protect me, my mother fought to the death to hold that demon back..."

Xiao Wu's tears finally burst forth, streaming down her cheeks:

"In the end, my mother was cruelly hunted by that female demon! She... she became that female demon's Soul Ring!"

"I hate her! I hate her so much!"

Xiao Wu suddenly lifted her head, her eyes burning with bone-deep hatred:

"I want revenge! I want to kill that demon with my own hands and avenge my mother!"

"But..."

Xiao Wu's voice dropped again, filled with a sense of powerlessness:

"But Daming and Erming told me that the demon's strength was too great; even they were not confident they could defeat her."

"And me... my true form is merely a Soft Bone Rabbit with pitiful combat power.

If I didn't undergo human transformation to start my cultivation over, if I didn't integrate into the human world to find a way to become stronger, I fear that in this lifetime... in this lifetime, I would never have the chance to avenge my mother!"

"Therefore, ignoring Daming and Erming's desperate attempts to stop me, I resolutely chose to undergo human transformation!"

Xiao Wu wiped away her tears, looking stubbornly at the Snow Empress and Xue Bingchen:

"That is my reason! Even if the road ahead is filled with mortal danger, even if I die at the hands of a human Soul Master, I will never regret it!"