Although the Snow Empress condensed her Star Ring and stepped onto the Stairway to Godhood before her, it seemed natural for her to be stronger. However, in reality, the resources she now enjoyed were not much worse than what the Snow Empress had before she entered the Divine Domain. Yet, her Cultivation speed was visibly slower. This gap truly left her speechless for a moment. She was still trying to condense the fifth Star Ring, while the Snow Empress was almost finished with all nine. Moreover, according to that guy, with a "divine spark," the Snow Empress had incredibly strong control over her own power. The condensation of Star Rings almost had no Bottleneck issues; she only needed to accumulate them step by step.
What's with this feeling of being completely crushed?
A hint of unconcealable envy appeared on Ice Empress's face. The Snow Empress's gaze was calm. She gently extended her hand, then expressionlessly pinched Ice Empress's cheek, and softly said, "It's alright, you're already doing great."
Ice Empress: "————"
She didn't feel comforted at all!
The Snow Empress blinked, but didn't continue to comfort her. Instead, she leaned a little closer to Ice Empress and gently sniffed. The Snow Empress paused slightly, then smelled an unusual scent from Ice Empress's consciousness. Her ice-blue eyes fixed on Ice Empress, the Snow Empress asked in a very ordinary tone, "He ate you?"
"?!!!"
Ice Empress instantly froze. No, how did she figure that out?!
Ice Empress's gaze drifted, unconsciously looking in other directions, her heart filled with panic. Oh no! She was caught sneaking around! And it was when the Snow Empress wasn't around... Although it was mainly that guy's fault for actively bullying her, the problem was, she didn't resist at all.
If she remembered correctly, at the very beginning, she had even actively gone back and forth on her own.
Ice Empress didn't dare to say a word. She couldn't possibly admit to sneaking around while the Snow Empress was absent.
However, the Snow Empress remained calm. Not even a ripple appeared in her ice-blue eyes. She quietly looked at Ice Empress and directly said, "I'm not angry."
Ice Empress kept her mouth shut, not daring to make a sound, always feeling there was a trap behind this calmness. In response, the Snow Empress merely said, "Actually, I knew about the very first time you peeked from outside the ice wall."
"————?!"
No, wait!
Ice Empress suddenly turned her head, her eyes fixed on the Snow Empress, her voice rarely showing panic: "You knew?!"
The Snow Empress knew, then, then didn't that mean that when she was outside the ice wall, doing it herself... the Snow Empress saw everything?!
No, maybe not just the Snow Empress, that guy saw it too!!!
Ice Empress felt a rush of blood to her head, her mind in chaos, wishing she could immediately find a crack in the ground to crawl into, or freeze herself into an ice block for ten thousand years and never see anyone!
How could she have been seen?!
Ice Empress wailed inwardly, but then, an even more terrifying thought emerged. Ice Empress's throat moved. She looked up at the Snow Empress and asked with a trembling voice, "Then, what about those later times..."
The Snow Empress nodded expressionlessly: "Yes, he and I did it on purpose."
"————"
Ice Empress was silent. Her beautiful golden eyes were now devoid of any luster, losing their highlight, like a broken doll. She was tired, wanting to be destroyed, feeling like she couldn't live on the Douluo Continent anymore. Maybe she should just find a broken World and let herself perish... After wallowing in self-pity for a while, Ice Empress finally looked at the Snow Empress weakly and couldn't help but ask, "But... why?"
The Snow Empress blinked, reaching out to rub Ice Empress's somewhat round face, which looked a bit chubby from being sulky. She said lightly, "Because, Bing'er, you always say one thing but mean another, and you don't dare to admit your true feelings. So... naturally, we had to make you unable to resist, without any thoughts of escaping."
Ice Empress was stunned. So... this was intentionally luring her in? She seemed to understand a little, but, you two were inside, and I was outside... was this really not some strange play?
However, the Snow Empress was right about one thing: she really couldn't resist. Ever since she accidentally saw it that time, those images lingered in her mind, so effective that her frequency of changing clothes increased several times... If not for spirit power allowing her to quickly clean clothes, she felt that even a room full of clothes wouldn't be enough. It was too much!
However, Ice Empress still didn't quite understand: "You don't mind?"
The Snow Empress tilted her head slightly, a hint of genuine confusion on her face: "Why would I mind?"
She placed her hand on her chest, her expression very calm, and spoke with a sense of certainty: "Everything I have belongs to him. This is the relationship between him and me, but in a sense, it can also be said...
"I am an inseparable part of him. This connection is stronger than any other relationship. Why would I mind?"
Ice Empress was stunned. Whether it was an illusion or not, she saw a peculiar and dazzling radiance emanating from the Snow Empress. It was an absolute, unquestionable sense of belonging and recognition that almost made her unable to look directly, much less harbor any thought of resistance. In a trance, from her experience of reading three thousand storybooks, she found a fitting term to describe her current feeling, which was— "Main Wife's Generosity."
Ice Empress's throat was dry, speechless for a moment.
The Snow Empress calmly extended her illusory arm and gently embraced Ice Empress: "You'll accompany him during this time. After a while, when my Cultivation is complete, we'll be together."
"I..."
Ice Empress was speechless, her brain crashing once again. A certain worldview was collapsing, yet... she strangely couldn't refuse?
After all, if the Snow Empress was there, that guy probably wouldn't keep bullying just her, right?
With the Snow Empress there, she could at least get a break in between, catch a few more breaths?
It was the Snow Empress, after all, and Ice Empress didn't reject it. This was trust built over long years. No matter how powerful that guy was, he couldn't possibly bully both of them at once, could he? Then it would be her turn to bully that guy fiercely!
Thinking of this, Ice Empress felt a slight stir, inexplicably eager to try.
"Alright, you Cultivate well. I'll continue my Cultivation." The Snow Empress said softly. Her appearance was essentially due to sensing the two's auras and also noticing Ice Empress's change in attitude. It was precisely because of this that she had some conjectures, and then sent out a Clone to appear.
And now, with the conjectures confirmed and the matter resolved, she naturally had to devote herself wholeheartedly to Cultivation. The Snow Empress clearly understood that only by improving her strength could she handle various problems more calmly, such as... that Young Miss Dragon King, who, even in an injured state, possessed the power of a Tier 2 God.
Staring blankly as the Snow Empress's illusory figure slowly disappeared, Ice Empress only came back to her senses after a while. She was slightly dazed, looking at the spiritual pivot Clone beside her, her heart in turmoil, and she no longer had the thought of trying to condense the Star Ring again. After a brief struggle, Ice Empress closed her eyes, and her consciousness left the Divine Kingdom of Order.
(End of Chapter)
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