After killing Xuanji Douluo, Huo Yuhao and his two companions followed the Snow Empress to the Far North Core Region.
After thinking it over repeatedly, Bai Ming and Hong Yue had come to believe Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress's account.
In the end, it came down to one thing: the Snow Empress had no reason to deceive them.
Here, it would have been far too easy for the Snow Empress to kill them.
"Who would have thought that we, who once triggered a beast tide, would one day cooperate with Soul Beasts?"
Hong Yue transmitted her voice to Bai Ming.
"The Far North Abyss is where the authority of the Far North's sovereign resides. You cannot come along."
The Snow Empress gave Huo Yuhao a medicinal herb to restore his condition, then spoke to Bai Ming and Hong Yue.
Huo Yuhao had already sent her a voice transmission, saying that the Ice Empress had something to tell her.
For that reason, Bai Ming and Hong Yue absolutely could not accompany them.
Only then did Bai Ming and Hong Yue stop, filled with worry.
After settling Hong Yue and Bai Ming in, Huo Yuhao followed the Snow Empress to the Far North Abyss.
The Snow Empress was the sovereign of the Soul Beasts of the Far North.
This was not prestige she had been born with, but an exalted position won through relentless fighting.
The Far North was vast, yet scarce in resources.
For the Snow Empress to reach her current level, there was no telling how many life-and-death battles she had fought along the way.
Many times, she had even suffered grievous wounds and shed blood, facing the danger of death.
Growing up alone, without any kin, amid the Far North's harsh environment had shaped the Snow Empress's present