Seeing the little girl glare at him so fiercely, Ma Hongjun felt quite helpless.
Snow Empress stepped half a pace forward to shield Ice Empress. Though the man before them was unlikely to strike Ice Empress dead, she still did not dare overestimate human decency. It was never wrong to be careful.
At that moment, Ma Hongjun had no mind to spare for the little movements between the two women.
In his mind, the notification of the completed God Trial had already sounded.
"God of Calmness's Eightieth Trial: Bring calm to the Far North—completed."
"Reward: cultivation increased by one level."
"Reward: one Myriad Soul Ring."
Ma Hongjun's eyes nearly popped out. He was already Level 99. If he broke through one more level, then wouldn't that mean...
Trapped in his information cocoon, Ma Hongjun was overwhelmed with ecstasy. All he wanted now was to find a safe place and absorb that Myriad Soul Ring.
"Ladies, sorry for the offense. My trial is complete, so I'll be leaving first!"
With that, without waiting for either woman to answer, he spread his wings and flew straight back the way he had come.
Leaving Ice Empress alone in sorrow.
"Xue'er, no one else is going to come beat me up in the future, right?"
"How could there be so many gods?"
Snow Empress smiled bitterly and shook her head. They stood at the pinnacle of the world's strength, yet she watched others attain enlightenment one after another while she herself could never see a path forward. Only she knew the bitterness in her heart.
Compared to her, Ice Empress still had plenty of room to improve her cultivation, so she naturally could not understand how Snow Empress felt.
"Ice God, where should your people go from here?"
"If I gave you a path