After advancing to the Integrated Body Realm, Dongxue's body underwent wondrous changes that overturned heaven and earth, transforming her down to her very bones. Her skin was as crystalline and translucent as ice and snow, and wisps of intensely frigid energy streamed endlessly from within her.
She stood facing the wind, her robes fluttering around her graceful figure, like a snow fairy descended into the mortal world-peerless in her cold beauty, yet still alluring and enchanting.
When Liu Changxu saw that his wife had successfully weathered her tribulation, joy surged through his heart like towering waves, engulfing everything in an instant.
In a flash, he became a streak of lightning, appearing before Dongxue with thunderous speed. Then he spread his strong arms and gathered his wife tightly into his embrace, saying tenderly:
"Congratulations, my wife! After all those dangers and hardships, you finally survived your tribulation!"
"Thank you for doing everything you could to protect me, my husband! Without you watching over me, I could never have broken through."
Like a little bird, Dongxue curled up in her husband's broad, warm embrace and spoke softly:
"Why didn't Bo'er come? Did his tribulation go smoothly? Did he succeed?"
Dongxue's beautiful eyes swept around, but she could not find her son Liu Fubo. A trace of doubt rose in her heart, and she could not help asking.
When his wife asked about their son Liu Fubo, Liu Changxu's expression grew painfully complicated, his face alternating between pale and ashen. He hesitated, turning it over in his mind, but ultimately decided to tell her the cruel truth:
"During his Void Refinement tribulation, Bo'er couldn't withstand the rolling heavenly lightning. He... perished beneath it."
"What! Is that true?"
The words struck Dongxue like a thunderbolt. Her eyes widened, disbelief covering her face as she