You insignificant, weak human!

Hearing Snow Empress's words, Ice Empress looked at Qian Qizhou displeasedly, her eyes instantly erupting with undisguised hostility and ferocity.

This human! Why is he so close to Xue'er?

"Human!" A sharp, ear-piercing mental roar, filled with anger and disgust, directly assaulted Qian Qizhou's mind!

The next moment, Ice Empress's massive scorpion tail, without any warning, stabbed towards Qian Qizhou's chest.

"Be careful!" Snow Empress cried out in alarm, not expecting Ice Empress to suddenly lash out.

Qian Qizhou's pupils contracted sharply, and an intense sense of mortal danger instantly enveloped his entire body.

Engulfing Lightning instantly appeared in his hand. He poured all his strength into it without hesitation, holding the blade horizontally before him to block Ice Empress's attack.

"Clang--!!!!!"

The tip of the emerald scorpion tail fiercely struck the blade of Engulfing Lightning!

"Boom--!!!!!"

A deafening clash of metal rang out, followed by a terrifying energy surge that exploded like a tsunami.

Qian Qizhou felt an unimaginable force mixed with terrifying coldness strike him.

"Pfft!"

A sweet sensation rose in his throat, the tiger's mouth of his gripping hand instantly split open, and his entire body was hit as if by an ice mountain. He couldn't resist at all and was sent flying backward uncontrollably.

"Xiao Zhou!" Snow Empress's expression changed, and she instantly appeared in Qian Qizhou's flight path, a soft ice-blue halo supporting him.

Although it helped to dissipate some of the force, Qian Qizhou's face remained deathly pale, his aura weak, clearly suffering from no light internal injuries.

Chen Xin and Gu Rong also had drastic changes in their expressions, their Martial Souls instantly manifesting, ready to attack.

"Bing'er!" Snow Empress stood in front of Qian Qizhou and shouted sternly at Ice Empress, her ice-blue eyes even carrying anger.

Upon hearing this, Ice Empress's massive body paused slightly, her scorpion tail retracting. However, the ferocity and hostility in her eyes did not diminish. Instead, she looked at Snow Empress with a hint of confusion and grievance.

Qian Qizhou, clutching his chest, finally managed to stabilize himself with Snow Empress's help, a wry smile on his face.

This is truly an undeserved disaster. Just as my old wounds healed, I got new ones from this sudden tail whip.

Seeing the blood constantly seeping from the corner of Qian Qizhou's mouth and his weak aura, Snow Empress's anger intensified.

She abruptly turned her head to look at Ice Empress, unleashing the terrifying pressure of her seventy thousand years of cultivation without reservation, pressing down hard on Ice Empress!

"Bing'er! You are too willful!"

Ice Empress's massive body trembled violently. Under the pressure far exceeding her own, she instinctively felt fear.

Although she was also a overlord of the Far North, facing Snow Empress, who had higher cultivation and a nobler bloodline, she was powerless to resist.

"Hiss..." Ice Empress let out a wronged and fearful low hum. Her massive pincers and scorpion tail both retracted slightly, daring not to make any further moves.

But Snow Empress did not let it go easily. Her figure flashed, and she instantly appeared before Ice Empress's massive head. She lightly raised her jade hand and delivered a seemingly casual palm strike.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound echoed, and Ice Empress's enormous body was sent tumbling by this palm strike, crashing heavily into a distant mountain.

She let out a pained hiss but dared not resist, obediently lying prostrate on the ground.

Snow Empress then snorted coldly and retracted some of her pressure, "Stop being willful."

Ice Empress lowered her head aggrievedly, completely subdued.

She finally understood that the human held an extraordinary position in Xue'er's heart.

Snow Empress turned back to Qian Qizhou's side and, looking at his pale face, a hint of apology flashed in her eyes.

She raised her hand and transferred a stream of soul power to help him stabilize his injuries, then said to Chen Xin and Gu Rong, "It was a misunderstanding. I will keep her in check."

Ice Empress's massive body writhed, and in a flash of emerald light, it rapidly shrank, obediently landing behind Snow Empress.

After returning to the Pure Land of the King, Qian Qizhou once again began his arduous life of recuperating.

Snow Empress also continued to personally prepare meals for him...

Fortunately, with her pure soul power continuously healing him, his injuries were recovering steadily.

And within the Pure Land, there was a new resident: Ice Empress.

Ice Empress spent most of her time quietly lying beside Snow Empress.

However, whenever Snow Empress was not nearby, Ice Empress's gaze towards Qian Qizhou was filled with undisguised vigilance, scrutiny, and a hint of... disdain?

It was as if she were saying, Why is this weak human worthy of Xue'er's favor and care?

Qian Qizhou was also helpless about this.

He had tried to show goodwill, such as sharing a portion of his porridge with her, attempting to share hardships.

As a result, Ice Empress merely flicked it away with her scorpion tail in disdain, her gaze looking at him as if he were a fool trying to poison her.

Qian Qizhou finally understood. This scorpion was a complete fan of Snow Empress and harbored deep-seated prejudice and hostility towards the human race.

"Hey, human." Ice Empress's voice, carrying obvious impatience and a hint of arrogance, suddenly sounded in Qian Qizhou's mind.

"How much longer are you going to stay here recovering? Xue'er expends her soul power for you every day, and you have the nerve to be at ease about it."

Qian Qizhou didn't even lift his eyelids, continuing to circulate his soul power as he calmly retorted, "Firstly, I have a name, and it's Qian Qizhou."

"Secondly, do you have any idea who I have to thank for needing to recover?"

The Ice Emperor's scorpion tail paused abruptly, then, somewhat in a fit of pique, it was raised: "Hmph! Who told you to get so close at that time!"

"Weak human, how dare you get so close to Xue'er when you saw this Emperor! You deserve to be injured!"

"Oh?" Qian Qizhou opened his eyes and looked at her playfully, "So the dignified, four-hundred-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion is jealous?"

Hearing this, the Ice Emperor's face flushed with anger: "You! Humble and weak human! If Xue'er weren't protecting you, I would have already..."

"Already what?" Qian Qizhou interrupted her, speaking slowly, "Hit me with your tail again? And then wait to be beaten by Sister Snow again?"

"Insolent! How dare you mock me?!"

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare," Qian Qizhou waved his hand helplessly, "I'm merely stating facts."

"Also, a reminder, the sofa you're currently lying on originally belonged to me."

"According to your logic, as something used by me, a humble and weak human, shouldn't you, the noble Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, find it distasteful?"

The Ice Emperor: "..."

She suddenly lowered her head to look at the soft sofa beneath her, then looked up at Qian Qizhou's half-smile, and was instantly choked.

Discard it? She was reluctant.

After all, the Far North was all ice, and there was no place as comfortable as this to lie down.

Continue lying on it? It felt like she was losing face.

"Hmph! This Emperor won't stoop to the level of a sharp-tongued human like you!"

In the end, she could only angrily turn her head away, coil her tail, and pretend to be resting with her eyes closed.