When Su Chen stepped through the gates of Shrek Academy, night had completely shrouded the magnificent city.
The dense forests of the Star Dou Great Forest, the glaciers of the Far North, those heart-pounding experiences—all still seemed vivid before his eyes. But now, the familiar stone-paved road and the faint outlines of the teaching buildings in the distance reminded him: he was back.
The little ice-blue bundle in his arms stirred.
Snow Empress opened her sleepy eyes and gazed around in a daze. Instead of the glaciers and snowfields of the Far North, she saw a human city with only a few scattered lights.
"Is this... Shrek City?" Her tiny, babyish voice was still thick with sleep, soft and sweet enough to make anyone want to pinch her cheek.
Su Chen looked down at her. "Mm. We're here."
Snow Empress fell silent for a moment, seeming to adjust to the reality of it.
She had left the Far North, the home where she had lived for seven hundred thousand years, and come to the human world.
From now on, she was Su Chen's Martial Soul.
No, more precisely, she was Su Chen's "Soul Spirit"—that was what that old coot Electrolux called her.
Snow Empress raised her chubby little hands and rubbed her eyes. The gesture was so natural, with the innocent charm unique to babies, that Su Chen's mouth twitched.
This little bundle was still Snow Empress, yet in this body, she just looked...
Adorable.
Way too adorable.
Snow Empress seemed to notice him watching. She set her little face in a stern expression, doing her best to look imposing. But with her current appearance—
Her chubby little cheeks, big ice-blue eyes, and pudgy little hands—
There was nothing imposing about her.
If anything, she was even cuter.
"What are