Su Ling traveled with the Ice Empress. Although the journey lasted only two days, spending time alone together raised her affection considerably.
By the time Su Ling finished touring the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpions' territory and left, the Ice Empress's affection had reached eighty-five points, only four points shy of the Special Goddess maximum of eighty-nine.
Overall, the Ice Empress's affection was easier to win than the Snow Empress's.
Especially after he gained the Ice Empress's approval, her trust gradually grew, and her affection rose simply through their everyday interactions.
Her affection had risen to eighty-three points on the road. After spending two days in her territory, Su Ling successfully raised it by another two points.
Su Ling had been in the Far North wasteland for over a month, and his gains had been quite good.
He flew back toward Wind Snow City at top speed. Seeing that it was already rather late and the sky was growing dark, he decided not to return to the city and went to the Ice Flame Cave instead.
Upon entering the Ice Flame Cave, Su Ling headed straight for the place where Xue Muyan was cultivating in seclusion.
But as soon as he walked in, he discovered intense fluctuations of soul power coming from her. Her soul power seemed to be increasing.
"Is she about to break through?"
Su Ling was somewhat puzzled. He had visited just over a month ago, and Xue Muyan had shown no signs of an impending breakthrough then. He had never expected her to break through so soon.
When Su Ling left a few years ago, Xue Muyan's soul power had reached level 97. Even gifted Titled Douluos needed decades of accumulation to break through from level 97 to level 98.
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