Tian Meng's Big-Sister Form! A Mysterious Green-Haired Little Girl?!

Two days later, in the Far North Core Area.

"Finally! I'm exhausted."

Tian Meng floated in midair and stretched mightily, her tiny hands and feet waving with pleasure.

"You're a spirit. How can you be tired?"

Tang Qi teased her. His breath condensed into a white cloud before him.

"Hehe, nothing beats loafing around in the Sea of Consciousness." Tian Meng stuck out her tongue and grinned.

Tang Qi shook his head and looked ahead.

A towering ice mountain rose from the snowfield, its peak piercing the clouds and vanishing into the gray-white sky.

The entire mountain was crystal clear. It glittered in the sunlight like a lighthouse at sea.

It was the home of the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan.

"Should I build a bridge across with Blue Silver Wood?"

Tang Qi rubbed his chin, eyeing the enormous fissure in the ice before them—a frozen version of the Great Rift Valley.

"Let's not."

Tian Meng shook her little head like a rattle drum.

Safety aside, the mountain only looked close. It was a mirage, seemingly within reach yet far beyond the horizon.

"Let Bingbing come out and welcome us herself."

Tian Meng folded her arms, wearing the air of someone who expected a grand reception.

"..."

"Well? Call her."

When Tian Meng made no move, Tang Qi and Huo Yutong both looked at her in confusion.

"Ahem..."

Tian Meng edged up to Tang Qi and lowered her voice, suddenly looking less sure of herself.

"Tang Qi, did that uncle of yours come with us?"

Tang Qi paused, then looked up at the sky. Apart from a pale sun, nothing seemed to be there.

"Uncle Er Ming, are you there?"

He called out tentatively.

The moment he finished speaking—

"I am. I've been here all along."

A deep voice descended from