After giving Snow Empress several dozen Ice Extremity Divine Crystals that radiated extreme cold, Lei Chen said nothing more.
Forging a natal Divine Artifact was not something that could be accomplished overnight. Especially for a first-timer like Snow Empress, it required long years of nurturing and adjustment. All he could provide were the finest materials; the rest would depend on Snow Empress's own understanding and exploration.
Just as Snow Empress carefully put away the Ice Extremity Divine Crystals and was about to thank him again, a jade-green streak of light shot through the sky with a piercing whistle. In an instant, it landed before the Ice Palace, revealing Ice Empress's crystalline scorpion body.
"Snow Empress! Are you all right? That Heavenly Tribulation..."
Ice Empress spoke anxiously. Her diamond-like eyes first swept nervously over Snow Empress, and only after confirming that her aura was steady, vast, and far stronger than before did she sigh in relief. She then turned to Lei Chen, hurriedly lowered her head, and said respectfully, "Greetings, my lord! I sensed the Heavenly Tribulation descending earlier and was worried about Snow Empress, so I rushed here."
Lei Chen nodded slightly in response. His gaze fell upon Ice Empress as he said calmly, "You arrived at the right time. Snow Empress has safely passed the Eight-Hundred-Thousand-Year Heavenly Tribulation, and her cultivation has greatly advanced. Since you have already reached the peak of four hundred and ninety thousand years and are only one step from the five-hundred-thousand-year bottleneck, there is no need to suppress yourself any longer."
As he spoke, light flashed at his fingertips, and a piece of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow floated toward Ice Empress.
"Consume it and break through here. Your five-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation will be useful to me as well."
Ice Empress was stunned at first,