Traveling alone gave Huo Yuhao far greater freedom of movement.
He meditated, cultivated, recovered, and teleported. Three days later, Huo Yuhao returned to the city closest to the Far North.
Huo Yuhao bought more local specialty supplies before flying toward the place where Snow Empress was undergoing her transformation.
Flying through the sky, Huo Yuhao spotted two nearly identical small mountains in the distance. They were Xiao Bai and Er Bai.
Er Bai noticed Huo Yuhao instantly as well. Stretching out a bear paw, he immediately caught Huo Yuhao.
Ice Empress stood atop Xiao Bai's head. Seeing Huo Yuhao return, she transformed into human form as well.
"Xue'er, how is she?" Huo Yuhao did not rashly enter the deep well. This was the critical stage of the inheritance; the slightest mistake could be fatal.
Ice Empress, now in human form, temporarily ignored what Huo Yuhao had called Snow Empress. "Still the same. Her aura is very calm." The fluctuations emitted by Snow Empress's transformation energy cocoon were extremely stable, and the aura it gave off was gentle. Even Ice Empress's own foundational cultivation had risen slightly along with it.
"That's good." Huo Yuhao sensed the energy aura Snow Empress was emitting with his spiritual sense. There truly was nothing unusual.
"You didn't come back just to check on Xue'er, did you?" Ice Empress crossed her arms and glanced at Huo Yuhao, looking him over from head to toe.
After only a few months apart, he had actually reached Rank 40. Such cultivation speed was terrifying, but considering that he was a god rebuilding his cultivation, it was only natural.
That was right. Ice Empress had already learned much about Huo Yuhao, including how he had become a god, how Tian Meng had dragged her into sacrificing herself to him, and