The Snow Empress awakened: I'm the only mommy (5k)

Sun Moon Empire Royal Academy

Inside the college dormitory.

Lu Cheng lay leisurely in Nana's arms, while she sat quietly on the bed, her slender fingers stroking Lu Cheng's short black hair. Her fair hands cupped Lu Cheng's face, a look of infatuation flashing across her pretty face, her beautiful eyes seeing only this handsome man.

He was able to rescue her from dire straits and free her parents. She could never repay his kindness and could only follow him, even if it meant being his "shadow." The girl had no complaints whatsoever.

Lu Cheng leisurely enjoyed the soft leg pillow, flipping through some secret manuals from the Illustrious Virtue Hall. These were all taken from the core base of the Illustrious Virtue Hall a few days ago. There were no outsiders around, so he could openly take them out to look at them.

Meanwhile, Meng Hongchen sat on the other side, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, somewhat absentmindedly leaning on the table, her hand caressing a crimson ring, a coming-of-age gift from Jing Hongchen.

The entire Sun Moon Empire has been in an uproar these past few days.

News of the devastating bombing of the Illustrious Virtue Hall quickly spread throughout Mingdu. With some people stirring up trouble and fanning the flames, most of the uninformed public and the powerful vented their anger on Jing Hongchen, with many even threatening to execute him.

This situation is also particularly evident within the Sun Moon Empire Royal Academy.

Many unsuspecting students directed their anger at Meng Hongchen. Fortunately, Jing Hongchen still wielded considerable influence, and veterans like Lin Jiayi hadn't been dismissed by their superiors and still had connections, so they didn't dare go too far. However, when they saw Meng Hongchen, many still looked at her with disdain.

This isolation was real; if Lu Cheng hadn't been there to comfort her, she probably would have become depressed.

Lu Cheng didn't offer any advice; can you blame the many academies for being clueless?

No way, this was all the old emperor's doing from beginning to end. He might be using this as an excuse to make some big move... like executing loyal officials with tears in his eyes. He knows that old man's petty nature all too well.

"Don't worry, before I leave, I'll press his head down and make him apologize to Grandpa," Lu Cheng said, glancing at the sullen Meng Hongchen.

"Who?" Meng Hongchen blinked her big eyes, somewhat surprised.

"The Sun Moon Emperor," Lu Cheng said casually.

"..." Meng Hongchen's eyes twitched wildly. This was very "Lu Cheng". According to the other party's personality, three years ago, he dared to openly betray Shrek in the Continental Soul Master Tournament, making Super Douluo Yan Shaozhe so angry that he almost vomited blood, causing a huge uproar. He could probably really do something like forcing the Sun Moon Emperor to apologize to his grandfather.

But the problem is, how can one get close to him while he's heavily protected by the elite forces of the Sun Moon Empire?

Could it be...?

Meng Hongchen's mouth gaped open, staring at Lu Cheng in astonishment. "The people from the Body Sect... didn't leave?!"

"Hmm, otherwise what would I use to break him out of prison?" Lu Cheng leisurely flipped through a book and said, "I can't possibly let our grandfather get into a deadly situation. This is my betrothal... cough cough, sincerity."

Although he set this up...

Lu Cheng is somewhat shameless.

But under the filter of her romantic infatuation, Meng Hongchen bit her lip, her eyes gradually becoming serious. "Lu Cheng, don't worry, after we meet Grandpa, I will definitely help you persuade him. If he doesn't agree, I'll fight to the death! And my brother... he admires you a lot. He has a strong talent in the Soul Tool Department and can help you a lot."

"Cough cough cough..."

Lu Cheng was taken aback, and even with his thick skin, he felt a little embarrassed.

She simply focused on reading, while Meng Hongchen's beautiful eyes would occasionally drift over, staring at Lu Cheng's profile, wiping her lips from time to time, as if afraid that drool would involuntarily drip down.

Lu Cheng without his disguise... he's so handsome.

Lu Cheng closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, but in reality, he entered the Sea of Consciousness.

The entire spiritual world has been continuously expanding in recent years. With the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, a super-powerful energy bank, and several Ferocious Beast that have entered one after another, the Sea of Consciousness is now magnificent. However, it has also been divided into several distinct "territories".

Tian Meng is a pale gold color, occupying about a quarter of the total Sea of Consciousness. Snow Empress is pale blue, with extremely cold waters within, much like the Far North, occupying a third of the sea. The remaining quarter is a lava-like landscape, where Jiaojiao sleeps at the bottom of the lake. The last sixth, which is also the smallest territory, is Scarlet King resides.

As for Electrolux, he had long since moved to Lu Cheng's Eye of Life and settled there, or perhaps in the Half Undead Plane...

"Hehe, this girl is so infatuated, and you just ignore her?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chuckled as she surfaced from the water.

"Brother Sky Dream," Lu Cheng raised an eyebrow, "Have you absorbed all the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow I gave you?"

Ever since he obtained those Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow from the cave of the Earth Dragon Sect, not only the Ice Empress and the Titan Snow Demon King benefited, but also Tian Meng and the Snow Empress. There was no way around it; there was just too much Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow in that cave, enough to rival the cave that Tian Meng had fallen into before, and there was still a little left over.

Tian Meng, strictly speaking, is Soul Spirit that was gradually standardized after ten thousand years. Therefore, although she was sacrificed, she is still an independent individual who can eat, drink Snow Empress, sleep, and even fight for Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng summoned the Snow Empress in the previous competition, which appeared in the form of Soul Spirit. At that time, the Snow Empress's combat power was at least comparable to that of an ordinary Soul Douluo. After absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and undergoing two years of slumber, she had already advanced to the level of a titled combatant. As for the Scarlet King, Jiaojiao was slightly inferior, roughly at the level of Soul Douluo.

In other words, relying solely on these Soul Spirit abilities, Lu Cheng could easily defeat an ordinary Titled Douluo.

This is also why his Sea of Consciousness has been unusually quiet in the past two years. Snow Empress and Tian Meng, who have absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, have been sleeping most of the time, only coming out to get some fresh air very rarely. Scarlet King, on the other hand, often transforms into a small dog and goes out for a stroll.

"Hehe, who is Brother Sky Dream?" Tian Meng said smugly, transforming into a huge, plump Ice Silkworm and swaying in front of Tian Meng Lu Cheng. "With my current Spiritual Power, I have recovered about one-tenth of my peak strength."

This is still quite impressive, after all, Tian Meng's peak period was a genuine million years, and the Spiritual Power he relied on to become famous was truly as vast as the "sea". Even if he only "recovered" to one-tenth, it was enough to rival Super Douluo who was good at Mental Attribute. What's more... this was not the state he had reached by borrowing the power of origin, which is a consumable resource.

Rather, it is a stable state of being, equivalent to shedding one's skin and being reborn.

"Not bad, little bug..."

Below, in the Sea of Consciousness, the azure ocean surged with waves, accompanied by a lazy yet cold female voice, and the graceful figure of the Snow Empress appeared before Lu Cheng.

Compared to two years ago, the Soul Spirit's form is more solidified and possesses an added, unfathomable "divinity."

Tian Meng saw it clearly. It had cultivated for millions of years and had vaguely touched that barrier before, but it was firmly bound. Perhaps it was because of its bloodline origin that even after millions of years, it had not developed a trace of divinity.

The Snow Empress, who was only a little over 700,000 years old, absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow. Even though she was just Lu Cheng's Soul Spirit, she unknowingly gave birth to a wisp of extremely precious divinity. That was the threshold for her future advancement to godhood. Even just a Sisi was enough to make Tian Meng envious.

More importantly, the presence of this wisp of divinity means that Snow Empress's soul has essentially taken a step toward becoming the "Divine Soul" of Electrolux. If she truly reaches the level of Divine Consciousness, she will be immortal and indestructible. Even if Lu Cheng dies, Snow Empress can leave peacefully, condense a physical body, or find a new vessel.

"Snow Empress... you've awakened too?"

Lu Cheng's eyes were filled with complex emotions. The scene he witnessed upon seeing this woman, whom he had once called "Mama," felt both familiar and strange to him.

"Yes, if he doesn't come out soon, my Xiao Cheng might be snatched away by some other bad woman..." Snow Empress's eyes were gentle as she straightened Lu Cheng's clothes, her eyes full of satisfaction. Her fair hand lightly stroked Lu Cheng's cheek. "He's grown up."

Lu Cheng: "..."

The Snow Empress has such a powerful aura.

She was also the only woman who even Lu Cheng found somewhat overwhelming. Her peerless beauty and frost-like demeanor, coupled with a hint of teasing as she looked at Lu Cheng, made him slightly dart away.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was somewhat numb. The Snow Empress, who once dominated the Far North and had now awakened her divinity first, was actually so close to a human. You should know that the Titan Snow Demon King, who had once expressed his feelings, had his bones crushed into dust and minced into meat paste. The Snow Empress seemed to have a cold and peaceful personality, neither happy nor sad, but in reality, she was extremely sensitive to certain bottom lines.

But when it came to Lu Cheng...

"It's been so long, we've all become strangers. Call me 'Mama' so I can hear it..." Snow Empress covered her mouth and chuckled, reaching out to pinch Lu Cheng's cheek. Her exquisite face made everything around her pale in comparison, leaving Sky Dream Ice Silkworm dumbfounded.

This... is this really Snow Empress?!

"Waaah..." Lu Cheng muttered in dissatisfaction as his face was being roughly pinched and squeezed.

"Honestly, naughty." The Snow Empress snorted lightly, glancing indifferently at Tian Meng, whose two small, dark eyes were wide open beside her. Her expression instantly returned to its usual indifference. "Tian Meng, is there anything good to see on my face?"

"No, no, I'm just suddenly feeling a bit sleepy. Xiao Cheng, you... good luck."

Tian Meng's enormous body trembled instantly, then curled up into a ball and burrowed into the water, refusing to come out again.

"Xiao Cheng ~"

When Snow Empress looked at Lu Cheng again, there was a hint of mockery in her beautiful icy blue eyes. She opened her arms and pulled Lu Cheng into her embrace. She was taller than Zhang Lexuan, and even though she was barefoot, with only her white and tender lotus feet exposed, Lu Cheng still had to look up to see her.

The car headlights were glaring and blinding, shining directly into Lu Cheng's face, utterly unreasonable.

His large chest embraced Lu Cheng, gently inhaling his scent.

Her icy blue eyes held a hint of resentment. "While I was asleep, you must have been sneaking a lot of food, hadn't you?"

"..."

Lu Cheng felt a little guilty.

"But it's alright, as long as she didn't acknowledge another mother." Snow Empress chuckled softly.

They're quite possessive of their food.

Lu Cheng made a comment.

However, he is indeed now a powerful force. Not to mention the Body Sect, he now only needs the Soul Saint and four Martial Soul (Sun-Shooting Bow, Double Pupils, Snow Empress, Fallen Angel) to fight against Titled Douluo of about Level 92 without being at a disadvantage. Moreover, Sun-Shooting and Double Pupils have each been filled with seven Soul Ring.

As for the Soul Bone... the seventh Soul Ring of the Double Pupils was a 100,000-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant. After killing it, a 100,000-year-old skull was also dropped, which was absorbed by Lu Cheng. Of course, after killing the Evil Eye Tyrant Dominator in the Evil Demon Forest, the Soul Bone can be fused together again and will not take up space.

Jiaojiao gave the torso bone, Snow Empress's left leg bone, and the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone containing the Ice Explosion Technique, which fused together. In addition, the arm bones that were absorbed the earliest, which were about 100,000 years old, are now the only empty bone, which is the right leg bone.

Of course, with the Soul Bone Synthesis Technique, his left and right arm bones would eventually be fused with stronger Soul Bone. In the early stages, ordinary 100,000-year Soul Bone were still very strong, but as time went on, the opponents Lu Cheng encountered became stronger and stronger, making them somewhat useless...

"And thank you for all the hard work you've done over the years."

Snow Empress gently stroked Lu Cheng's cheek, her eyes full of tenderness, and pulled Lu Cheng into her arms, her tone suddenly becoming gentle.

"From now on, I will walk with you through the rest of your life, no matter what you want to do... I will always be with you."

Even if her soul truly advances to the level of Divine Soul, she will not leave Lu Cheng; they are one and inseparable.

"Mmm..." Lu Cheng was enveloped by a gentle, enveloping feeling. He hesitated, then finally let out a soft hum, ceasing his struggle, as if sinking deeper and deeper into a pool of tenderness...

Heaven Dou City.

A horse-drawn carriage travels quietly on a continent paved with blue-tiled steps.

Inside the car, Xiao Hongchen's body was stiff, still unable to recover from the shadow of the past few days. He was eating hot pot and singing with exchange students from the Sun Moon Empire, Lin Xi, Ma Rulong, and others when they were robbed by the Body Sect. These guys were running rampant in the Shrek Academy, coming and going as they pleased, and they were also incredibly powerful and unreasonable. He had originally placed his hopes on the only Limit Douluo in the Shrek Academy, but he never expected that the old guy was so weak.

He could only watch helplessly as he was carried away and robbed, coughing up blood on the spot.

Run!

We absolutely have to get away!

Xiao Hongchen's throat bobbed. If he were truly taken to the enemy's lair, he might never have a chance to leave. Moreover, if his grandfather knew he had been kidnapped, he would definitely spare no effort to ransom him. In that case...

Sitting opposite him was a beautiful young woman in a pale yellow dress, dressed in luxurious attire, who was currently resting with her eyes closed.

"Hello, hello..."

Xiao Hongchen probed in a low voice.

The woman slowly opened her eyes, staring calmly at Xiao Hongchen, her eyes revealing a hint of inquiry.

"Were you also robbed?" Xiao Hongchen asked in a low voice.

The woman neither admitted nor denied it.

Xiao Hongchen took a deep breath. "Don't worry, we're in this together now. I won't betray you. But those guys from the Body Sect are incredibly ruthless. Once we return to their main camp, we probably won't have a chance to escape. Now that their main force has left, this is our only chance to leave!"

Vina's red lips parted slightly, her beautiful eyes showing a hint of playfulness.

"I am Princess Vina of the Heavenly Soul Empire." (The relationship between the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Body Sect in the early stages is little known.)

"They even dared to kidnap a princess?!" Xiao Hongchen's eyes widened, but considering the unreasonable strength of those guys, who could come and go freely even from the Shrek Academy, it wasn't surprising that they would also kidnap a princess from the Heavenly Soul Empire.

"Listen, if you help me, we have a chance to escape."

Xiao Hongchen took a deep breath and said earnestly.

"Now that all the powerful figures from the Body Sect have left, only Che Fu remains. Although we can't sense his aura or cultivation level, judging from his age, he's only in his thirties, so he should be a Soul Saint..."

"I'll go left, you go right. Let's retreat from both sides and scatter into the crowd. This is Heaven Dou City. As long as we can contact the powerful figures of the Heavenly Soul Empire, we'll be saved."

"..."

The scene was unusually quiet.

Vina remained silent throughout.

The carriage soon arrived at the city gate, and Xiao Hongchen couldn't resist peeking out the window through a corner of the curtain. Dense crowds were queuing to enter and exit the city gate. If it caused a riot, he might be able to escape in the chaos.

call...

Xiao Hongchen exhaled a breath of turbid air, his Soul Power surging, ready to make a move.

But then came the heavy thud of horses' hooves, followed by a deep, resonant voice from outside the carriage. "Your Highness, the Soul Tool brought back by the senior members of the Body Sect have all been stored in the warehouse, and some have been distributed to the palace guards. The funds have been settled..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongchen froze.

Snakes and rats in the same nest.

"Hmm." Vina ignored Xiao Hongchen and simply nodded slightly. The carriage rolled forward again, while Xiao Hongchen slumped in his seat inside, utterly dejected.

The sect leader and many elders obtained a lot of good things from the Illustrious Virtue Hall, especially tens of thousands of Soul Tool of various types. As the Holy Maiden, she naturally bought up a lot of them for the Heavenly Soul Empire at the average price. In fact, most Soul Tool are easy to use and have no threshold for operation. They are even more popular than the Tang Sect Hidden Weapons ten thousand years ago.

If the Heavenly Soul Empire's Soul Guidance Technology weren't so terrible and the production costs so high, everyone would have one of these by now.

"The young sect leader instructed me to treat you well." Vina parted her red lips slightly, glanced at the despairing Xiao Hongchen, and said with a light laugh.

"Being here feels just like being at home."

"Young Sect Master? Who?" Xiao Hongchen asked in surprise.

"Lu Cheng," Vina said softly.

"He's already become the young sect leader? No wonder he's someone I admire. Oh well..." Xiao Hongchen said helplessly, his complexion improving.

"Oh, and he also asked me to tell you, A Meng... he'll take good care of her, he won't let you down, and he'll be reunited with you soon," Vina said with a smile.

"..."

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

Xiao Hongchen's expression slowly froze on his face.

Seconds later, a hysterical roar came from inside the carriage.

"Lu Cheng, you son of a bitch!!"