Ice Empress Bristled Instantly

At the same time.

Snow Emperor was looking at Ling Xiao's profile.

His sharply defined features, deep purple eyes, and short purple hair fluttering in the wind.

The little thing from her memories had grown up in the blink of an eye.

The corners of Snow Emperor's lips lifted slightly, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

A thought surfaced in her heart.

"The little thing from before has grown up. He really can protect Mommy now."

Snow Emperor was slightly lost in thought. "Perhaps... it's no longer appropriate to call him little thing."

As the two gradually descended.

Snow Emperor suddenly realized that she seemed to have stared at Ling Xiao for a little too long.

When she thought of this, the tips of her ears flushed with an almost imperceptible red.

She immediately turned her head aside, her gaze shifting away as she did not dare look at Ling Xiao again.

Her ice-blue hair drifted gently, just happening to conceal that trace of unusual color on her ears.

"..."

Snow Emperor said nothing.

The corners of her lips remained slightly raised.

She secretly let out a breath of relief. "Good thing the little thing didn't notice."

When they landed on the ice, Ling Xiao slowly set Snow Emperor down.

He carefully helped Snow Emperor steady herself, making sure she would not accidentally fall.

After Snow Emperor stood firmly on the ice field, she slightly calmed her breathing.

Before the two could say anything.

A jade-green figure swept over like a violent gust of wind.

"Xue'er! Little burden!"

Ice Empress's voice was hurried and rapid, carrying fear and worry that had been suppressed for far too long.

She plunged headfirst into Ice Empress's arms, tightly wrapping her arms around Snow Emperor's waist and pressing her face against Snow Emperor's shoulder. Her entire body trembled slightly.

She said excitedly, "Th-That's wonderful. You're both alright."

Ice Empress's voice sounded muffled, carrying a faint, almost undetectable sob.

A-Tai and Xiaobai also ran over, their voices equally filled with relief.

"It's wonderful that Snow Emperor is unharmed!"

"It's really wonderful that Mommy is alright!"

Seeing the two Ice and Snow Emperors embracing, a faint smile appeared on Ling Xiao's face.

He raised his head and looked toward the sky.

The tribulation clouds had completely dispersed.

Sunlight once again spilled across the ice field. It was time for them to prepare to set off again.

At the same time.

Great Star Dou Forest.

By the Lake of Life.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was lowering its head to drink from the lake when it seemed to sense something and suddenly raised its head.

Its third eye, that vertical golden pupil, lit up for some reason and emitted an eerie glow.

If it was not mistaken, it seemed to have sensed the aura of one of its own kind.

It was the beast of fortune of the Great Star Dou Forest, so it should have had nothing to do with the Extreme North.

However, fortune connected the fates of soul beasts, and fate could not be separated from the plane.

Therefore, what it sensed was not the fortune of a soul beast from the Extreme North, but the aura of its own kind.

It had sensed the aura of one of its own kind, and had also discovered that its fortune was surging.

And the source of that aura seemed to come from... the north of Douluo Continent.

"Di Tian."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's voice was cool and pleasant.

Upon hearing its call, Di Tian immediately tore through space and appeared above the waters of the Lake of Life.

"What is it, Auspicious Beast?"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion replied, "Di Tian, I think I sensed the aura of one of my kind."

"The aura of one of your kind?"

The moment those five words were spoken, Di Tian could no longer remain calm.

What else could the Emperor Auspicious Beast's kind be, other than other auspicious beasts?

Di Tian asked anxiously, "Auspicious Beast, can you sense which direction it is in?"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion nodded. "That direction... seems to be the north."

Di Tian slowly walked to the lakeshore, carefully pondering the direction the Auspicious Beast had mentioned.

The north?

Could it be the Extreme North?

What could possibly be there that would allow the Auspicious Beast to sense the aura of its own kind?

Could an auspicious beast have been born in the Extreme North as well?

"Myriad Demon King."

After pondering for a moment, Di Tian summoned Myriad Demon King.

"Beast God, what is it?"

Myriad Demon King's figure emerged from the void. He was a massive Demon-Eyed Devil Tree.

Countless eerie eyes blinked frantically across the branches and trunk of the Demon-Eyed Devil Tree.

"Myriad Demon King, the Auspicious Beast has sensed the aura of one of its kind. The general direction is north. Go investigate the north at once."

"Yes!"

After receiving his orders, Myriad Demon King's figure instantly vanished into the void.

As a plant-type soul beast, Myriad Demon King possessed top-tier spiritual attributes.

Over hundreds of thousands of years, he had spread his vast network of roots across more than a third of the outer regions of the Great Star Dou Forest.

This network of roots was not only his weapon, but also an enormous intelligence network.

As long as he went to the outskirts of the Extreme North and took root there, he could easily obtain information about the Extreme North.

That was why Di Tian had summoned him.

However, due to the Extreme North's heightened defenses recently, this trip was destined to be difficult.

Watching Myriad Demon King's departing figure, Di Tian could not help but feel a trace of anticipation rise in his heart.

The north.

The Extreme North.

What exactly had happened there?

Only after the information had been confirmed would Di Tian decide whether to negotiate with the Extreme North.

On the ice field of the Extreme North.

Sunlight fell upon five figures.

A-Tai and Xiaobai had both already taken human form. Unexpectedly, one was male and the other female.

Ling Xiao, Snow Emperor, and Ice Empress were not surprised that Xiaobai was a girl.

A-Tai was the most surprised of them all.

"Xiaobai, why are you a girl? Did you get your mimic transformation wrong?"

Xiaobai snapped back without mercy.

"A-Tai, what are you yelling about again? I've always been a girl, alright!"

The familiar exchange, the familiar attitude—A-Tai was sure this was Xiaobai.

Everyone smiled faintly at this.

At that moment, Ice Empress suddenly thought of something.

She slowly turned her head and looked up at Ling Xiao beside her.

The little burden whom she used to see just by bending over was now a full head taller than her.

Seeing this, Ice Empress felt an indescribable feeling rise in her heart.

"By the way, little burden. How many hundred thousand years has your cultivation reached?"

However, before answering her question, Ling Xiao reached out and rubbed her head.

Ling Xiao's gesture was natural and casual, just like how Snow Emperor usually rubbed his head.

Ling Xiao then smiled.

"Auntie, you're still calling me little burden? My cultivation has already reached four hundred and thirty thousand years."

Four hundred and thirty thousand years of cultivation.

Ling Xiao stated that familiar number calmly, but to Ice Empress, it was like a thunderbolt.

Four hundred and thirty thousand years.

She herself had only just passed four hundred thousand years, yet Ling Xiao had already begun to surpass her.

And after having her head rubbed by a junior like Ling Xiao, Ice Empress instantly bristled.

"Hmph!"

Ice Empress abruptly took a step back.

She tightly covered her head with both hands, while her twin ponytails swayed wildly behind her.

"Don't rub my head! Only Xue'er can rub my head!"

Ice Empress's voice suddenly rose, and a suspicious flush appeared on her fair cheeks.

She was angry!

She was absolutely angry!