Ice Empress Slaps Sky Dream Repeatedly

Snow Emperor's expression turned somewhat serious, her ice-blue eyes fixed tightly on Ling Xiao.

"Ling Xiao."

"Did you bathe?"

Snow Emperor's tone brooked no doubt. "If you didn't bathe, don't even think about sleeping with Mommy."

Ling Xiao smiled helplessly.

"Mommy, I already did. Otherwise, I wouldn't even have been allowed through the door."

Snow Emperor glanced at Ling Xiao, then withdrew her hand and smiled faintly.

"Mm, then come over."

Ling Xiao walked to the bedside with a smile.

However, just as he was about to lie down—

At that moment, all three of them sensed a familiar presence.

That presence came from the depths of the Far North, unfamiliar yet carrying a faint, unpleasant sense of familiarity.

Ice Empress's smile vanished instantly, while Snow Emperor's ice-blue eyes narrowed slightly.

Ling Xiao's expression also grew grave, because that presence belonged to Sky Dream Iceworm.

"A rat has sneaked in."

Ling Xiao's voice was calm as water, but it carried an undisguised trace of killing intent.

Upon the vast white ice plains, a thin figure seemed as insignificant as an ant.

Huo Yuhao.

Wrapped in Sky Dream Iceworm's shed skin, he curled up in the freezing wind, shivering violently.

His head hung very low, his lips had frozen purple, and his hands and feet had nearly lost all feeling.

"Sky... Brother Sky Dream..."

Huo Yuhao said in a trembling voice,

"Will they really come? It's already been so long."

Huo Yuhao felt somewhat uneasy.

He had stood on the ice plains for quite some time, yet there was nothing around him but endless white.

There were no traces of soul beasts, no signs of life—only the boundless cold wind and loneliness.

Sky Dream Iceworm answered calmly,

"Yuhao, don't worry. When has your Brother Sky Dream ever lied to you?"

Sky Dream Iceworm sounded extremely confident, as though everything were under its control.

However, the instant it finished speaking, Sky Dream Iceworm's tone suddenly changed.

"She's here."

Sky Dream Iceworm's voice carried excitement it could not suppress.

Huo Yuhao abruptly raised his head.

Far above the horizon, a jade-green figure was flying toward them at an astonishing speed.

The figure streaked across the sky before slowly descending from above and landing in front of them.

Ice Empress.

Her jade-green hair fluttered in the cold wind, while the twin ponytails behind her head swayed gently.

She stared coldly at Huo Yuhao as Sky Dream Iceworm emerged from the sea of consciousness.

The aura Ice Empress emitted pressed directly down upon Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream.

The suffocating pressure made Huo Yuhao's body tremble uncontrollably.

Fear—deep, profound fear.

The aura of the Ice Empress before him was more terrifying than that of any being he had ever encountered.

As for Ling Xiao and Snow Emperor, they were currently hiding nearby and observing in secret.

Because Ice Empress had been searching for Sky Dream for a long time, she decided to vent the anger in her heart first.

Snow Emperor formed a barrier around them, completely concealing their auras and figures.

Ling Xiao watched ahead coldly, his gaze falling directly upon Sky Dream Iceworm.

Sky Dream Iceworm.

A million-year soul beast.

The power bank of the soul beast world.

A cold smile curled across Ling Xiao's lips.

"Perfect timing."

When Sky Dream saw Ice Empress arrive, the fat fleshy worm's eyes immediately lit up.

Sky Dream Iceworm began wriggling wildly, releasing an incomparably fawning aura.

Sky Dream abandoned all restraint and openly acted lovesick toward Ice Empress.

"Bingbing~!"

Sky Dream's voice spread outward through spiritual power, allowing everyone present to hear it clearly.

"Bingbing, you finally came! Do you know how long I've missed you?"

Sky Dream's tone was nauseatingly sweet, like a simp catching sight of his beloved goddess.

Ice Empress's expression instantly turned cold.

"Shut up!"

Ice Empress's voice was like ten-thousand-year ice, every word carrying bone-piercing chill.

"Are you worthy of calling me Bingbing?"

Ice Empress's disgust was unmistakable.

That damned worm before her had devoured all the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow in the Far North back then.

If not for Sky Dream Iceworm, both she and Snow Emperor would have long since reached an even higher level of cultivation.

If not for Sky Dream Iceworm, they would not have been so passive in the face of their heavenly tribulations.

Therefore, the worm before her was the thing Ice Empress loathed most in her life.

However...

Even after Ice Empress said that, Sky Dream Iceworm remained shamelessly persistent.

"Bingbing, don't say that. We've known each other for so many years..."

Slap~!

Ice Empress's tone remained icy.

"Sky Dream Iceworm, you damned worm, you actually dared to come back?"

That slap from Ice Empress sent Sky Dream Iceworm flying directly into a snowdrift.

Sky Dream immediately crawled out of the snowdrift, then shamelessly moved close again.

Sky Dream said in an affected voice, "Bingbing, don't be so angry..."

Slap~!

Another loud slap.

"Bingbing, don't..."

Slap~!

Another slap.

"Bingbing, I was wrong..."

Slap~!

Ice Empress slapped it again.

"Bingbing, listen to me..."

Slap~!

By now, Sky Dream Iceworm's face had already been slapped swollen into a pig's head by Ice Empress.

Its nose and mouth were crooked, and the entire worm could barely even speak properly.

"I... Ice Empress!"

Sky Dream Iceworm finally used the right form of address, and only then did Ice Empress stop slapping it.

Because Ice Empress had shown no mercy, Sky Dream Iceworm had already been beaten into a pig's head.

Sky Dream's face was swollen beyond recognition, covered in lumps and bumps.

Sky Dream had been thoroughly beaten into submission and honestly explained why it had come.

"It's like this, Ice Empress..."

"I intend to carry out a plan called the God-Making Project."

Sky Dream's voice trembled, terrified that one wrong word would earn it another slap.

"I intend to nurture Huo Yuhao and let him ascend to godhood like countless other humans."

"You can become his second martial soul. Once he becomes a god, we can ascend along with him."

Sky Dream laid out the entire plan: Ice Empress would become the second martial soul, Huo Yuhao would be nurtured into a god, and in the end, they would all ascend alongside him.

Its voice carried a note of self-satisfaction, as though it were undertaking an incredibly great cause.

However...

Ice Empress merely gave a disdainful laugh.

"The God-Making Project?"

"You want a ruler of the Far North to become the second martial soul of a human brat?"

Her voice was filled with contempt. "Sky Dream Iceworm, are you insane or stupid?"

Seeing that Ice Empress was unmoved, Sky Dream Iceworm hurriedly tried to persuade her.

"Ice Empress, you've misunderstood. I'm doing all this for your sake!"

"Think about your heavenly tribulation! With your current condition, there's no way you can survive it!"

"If you become Huo Yuhao's martial soul, you can avoid the punishment of the heavenly tribulation."

"The heavenly tribulation targets soul beasts, not humans. As long as you transform into a martial soul, the heavenly tribulation will no longer come for you!"

Sky Dream stammered, "Ice Empress! This is your only option now."

Sky Dream Iceworm spoke with tears and emotion, as though it truly cared deeply for Ice Empress.