Midnight, a private garden, one person.
Together, these three phrases carried an unusual implication.
What was he up to?
Lan shook his head, setting his suspicions aside for the moment.
There were more important things to focus on right now.
He turned and looked at Snow Empress, who was already sitting cross-legged.
"I wonder what changes Aunt Xue will undergo after absorbing it."
Lan murmured to himself, anticipation showing in his eyes.
Snow Empress held the Aromatic Silk Beauty in both hands.
She closed her eyes, and Soul Power slowly circulated around her.
The next moment, the golden Immortal Herb silently dissolved in her palms, transforming into a stream of pure, sacred golden light. As if alive, it crept up her arm and slowly burrowed into the space between her brows.
Bzz—
A faint hum, as if it came from the depths of the soul.
A sacred, noble aura suddenly spread out from Snow Empress.
Ice Empress's expression immediately turned grave. She released an even denser chill, firmly sealing the aura inside the main hall and preventing even a trace from leaking out.
A gigantic phantom slowly emerged behind Snow Empress.
It was a peerlessly beautiful woman clad in a gauzy dress of ice crystals. Her features bore a nine-tenths resemblance to Snow Empress. It was none other than her true form—the Heavenly Snow Woman.
But now, this Martial Soul, composed entirely of Ultimate Ice, was undergoing an astonishing transformation.
Glimmering strands of golden light began to spread through the Heavenly Snow Woman's body like threads of gold, winding around within her before finally merging into her completely.
The Martial Soul, once a pure icy blue, was now cloaked in a sacred golden radiance. It seemed to have transformed from a goddess of bitter cold into a deity who commanded