Over the time that followed, Wu Rou told Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming about her experiences after her death, along with the wonders of the Far North. She also explained just how terrifying an existence Tian Meng had once been, and why the Ice Empress and Snow Empress now had only the strength of Soul Kings.
Xuanwu used personal experience to explain the benefits of being a mere tool like this, while Ah Yin used her own painful experiences to teach Xiao Wu about the harm of growing too attached to humans. Although she did not reveal that she was Tang San's mother and spoke through allusions instead, everything she said expressed her strong disapproval of Xiao Wu developing deep feelings for a human of the opposite sex. Wu Rou was equally firm on this point.
Their grave attitudes were clearly directed at one person: Tang San.
Xiao Wu did not quite understand love yet, and Leng Xiyue had spoiled the last few incidents that might have brought them closer. Now that she had returned to the family of Soul Beasts who had taken human form, she no longer cared all that much about Tang San. After all, she had called him her brother before because she had been lonely. Now she had found her mother, and her mother did not like her spending time with Tang San, so the choice was already quite clear.
"So you're all that certain this human can pull our future-which is as still as an ancient well, and could even be called doomed to misery-onto another, brighter road?"
After hearing everyone's explanations, Da Ming finally understood, but he still found it somewhat hard to believe. An existence like the Snow Empress was practically of his grandmother's generation, while the Ice Empress was