"There's nothing left to regret. If I really had succeeded in recultivating into human form back then, we might never have ended up together like this."
The Snow Empress was remarkably resilient.
Now that she had ended up like this, she had instead become quite accepting.
"That's true."
For a moment, the Ice Empress genuinely did not know whether to be happy or sad.
And just as the Ice Empress had said, being together was already something well worth celebrating.
It was a blessing amid misfortune.
"Now that everything has been resolved, take your time catching up."
"Tian Meng, I need you to increase the age of both the soul ring I just obtained and my previous soul rings."
Qin Xiao gave his instructions.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm dared not delay in the slightest. He immediately nodded. "Yes."
Elsewhere.
Star Luo City.
The White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
Lanterns and festive decorations adorned the mansion today, because the eldest young master, Dai Yueheng, was returning from distant Shrek City.
"Madam! Madam! The eldest young master has reached the entrance!"
In the hall of the Duke's Mansion, a servant rushed up to the Duchess in a fluster, dropped to one knee, and spoke excitedly.
"Yueheng is back!"
The Duchess rose to her feet in excitement.
Ever since something had happened to her younger son, she had felt as though she had lost her pillar of support.
So she had sent word, hoping Dai Yueheng would return to the mansion. Though Dai Yueheng had been crippled, he was still the Duke's Mansion's sole remaining heir.
If anything happened to him, the Duke's Mansion would truly have no successor.
Of course...
Though that little vixen of a concubine had also borne the Duke a son, he was nothing but mud that could