Snow Empress's icy cocoon slowly shattered amid the light, and a powerful, holy aura spread outward. The surrounding ice and snow seemed to cheer, welcoming the ice queen's transformation.
She wore a white robe that seemed woven from moonlight.
Her white hair flowed like the Milky Way cascading from the heavens, every strand shimmering with crystalline light as it fell smoothly over her flawless shoulders.
Snow Empress's face was now perfection itself, her skin even lovelier than before. Bathed in the glow of ice and snow, it shone with a soft radiance, as though it could give off a power that soothed the soul.
Her eyes were like deep, frozen lakes, clear and dark blue, seemingly holding endless mysteries of ice and snow. A single glance could draw someone into their depths, never to escape.
Her nose was straight and delicate, her lips like the most exquisite rose petals, tinged with a faint pink.
Such beauty lost nothing even when compared with Gu Yuena.
Gu Yuena possessed an innate nobility and majesty, like a silver dragon descended into the world, inspiring awe.
Snow Empress, meanwhile, was now a fairy born of ice and snow, cool and breathtakingly beautiful, holy and inviolable. Each had her own splendor.
Snow Empress slowly opened her eyes, her gaze settling on Tian Chen and Ice Empress. Noticing the subtle atmosphere between them, she raised an eyebrow with exquisite grace, like the most lively spirit amid the ice and snow, and asked, "What's going on with you two?"
Almost instinctively, Tian Chen stepped forward. Ignoring the icy mist that had yet to fully disperse around her and the faint trace of holy pressure, he wrapped his arms around Snow Empress and pulled her into his embrace.
When his palm touched her moonlight-like robe, he felt a