Bing'er, you wouldn't want the Snow Empress to leave you, would you?

"What do you mean?"

Ice Empress froze for a moment. A bad feeling rose in her heart, yet she still looked at Jiang Yi in disbelief.

"Compared to staying with me, perhaps the Far North suits you better! Take that Mystic Ice Marrow with you as well!"

Jiang Yi looked at Ice Empress with a smile, his eyes filled with encouragement—and a trace of reluctance so subtle that only Ice Empress happened to notice it.

"Take her with you too..."

He pointed at the unconscious Snow Empress beside them and extended his hand. An ice-blue Master Ball appeared in his palm.

It was Ice Empress's Master Ball.

"This..."

Ice Empress stood there dumbfounded.

She had never imagined that Jiang Yi would ask her and Xue'er to return to the Far North, but that was not what she meant!

"Bing'er, compared to keeping you by my side, I would rather see you happy. I don't want you sisters to be left with regrets because of me."

Jiang Yi forced a relaxed smile and placed the Master Ball in her hand.

Ice Empress's heart trembled. Looking at the Master Ball in her hand, her mind went completely blank.

She felt not the slightest joy at regaining her freedom. Instead, her heart felt empty, as though something had been torn away from her.

Just then, a cold voice sounded from the side.

"No! If she leaves, you'll be short one soul ring forever! What about the future? Becoming a god will be even more hopeless—"

Tian Meng stood beside Jiang Yi with his arms crossed, glaring coldly at Ice Empress without the slightest regard for their past friendship.

Ice Empress felt even more miserable upon hearing that. She immediately threw her arms around Jiang Yi's leg, her voice carrying a sob.

"No! I