Then, a graceful figure slowly appeared behind him.
She wore a long, ice-blue gown, its hem blossoming like frost-covered flowers and glimmering with a soft, cold light. On her head rested an exquisite crown of ice, set with seven crystal gems that shone like the North Star.
Her figure was graceful, her curves exquisite, and every inch of her skin was as fair as snow and as smooth as jade.
Her beauty was peerless, her features like a painting. Her ice-blue eyes were clear and deep, as if they could see through every illusion in the world.
Pure and natural, lively and lucid, cool and aloof, fierce and domineering.
The kingly authority and feminine grace on her blended perfectly, becoming one.
Unparalleled in grace, flawless and immaculate.
Su Chen stared at her without the slightest attempt to hide his gaze.
He admitted it: he was a lecher.
He liked beautiful women. So what?
If Tang Ya was the charming girl next door, and Jiang Nannan the bewitching, mature upperclasswoman, then the Snow Empress was... a celestial maiden. She didn't belong to the mortal world and shouldn't have appeared among humans.
"Ahem."
The Snow Empress coughed softly, then glanced at Su Chen with a hint of reproach in her ice-blue eyes.
Her gaze clearly said, Had you looked long enough?
Only then did Su Chen look away, though a lingering smile still tugged at his lips.
But when his eyes dropped to the ground beneath his feet—
He froze.
Three Soul Rings were slowly pulsing.
They weren't purple, black, red, or even the golden hue of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm—
They were a brilliant orange-gold!
Blue light rippled across the orange-gold Soul Rings, crystalline and translucent, like the aurora frozen in place. Each Soul Ring emanated a terrifying energy that