With Jianlong's encouragement and companionship, Xu Zimo gradually became bolder.

His legs stopped trembling, and his hands stopped shaking. Instead, he quietly gazed at the distant scenery.

The Stegosaurus pointed into the distance and said, "Look, the entire landscape unfolds before our eyes, isn't it beautiful?"

Xu Ziming looked into the distance and down at the ground and said, "It is indeed beautiful! If I hadn't had this opportunity, I probably would never have been able to see such a sight in my entire life!"

A white cloud drifted by.

Xu Zimo rode a hot air balloon through the clouds.

He looked at the Stegosaurus with delight and said, "Does this count as riding the clouds?"

Jianlong smiled and nodded, saying, "You could say that!"

Xu Ziming: "I wonder how Qiuqiu and the others are doing."

A gust of wind whistled past.

Xu Ziming was gazing intently into the distance when suddenly he felt the hot air balloon sway.

Chiu Chiu patted Xu Ziming and said, "Uncle, did you miss me?"

Xu Ziming jumped in fright again, clutching his heart and saying, "Do you all fly around like this?"

Could you please give me a heads-up next time so I can be prepared?

Everyone chuckled.

Chiu Chiu said, "I never imagined my uncle would be such a coward!"

Xu Ziming: "Uncle is not a coward at all! Uncle goes into battle and fights without fear in the face of danger. He is not a coward at all! Uncle is just a little afraid of heights."

Chiu Chiu: "Okay, if you're afraid of heights, then you're afraid of heights."

Xiao Feng asked Jianlong, "Jianlong, how's it going? Have you finished rescuing the surrounding countries?"

Jianlong nodded and said, "Don't worry. All those who responded to His Majesty's message have been rescued. Mission accomplished, let's return!"

Chirp: "Returning home? Great! Time to go home!"

The chill in the air slowly dissipated.

This calamity that befell humanity was thus successfully averted by Chiu Chiu.

As the earth slowly recovers, some of the frozen animals gradually regain their vitality.

A ray of sunset hung in the sky.

After the snow cleared, the sky looked like an overturned palette of colors.

The colorful sunset filled the sky, like a vibrant oil painting, it was absolutely beautiful.

Chirping waved to the sun: "Hello, three-legged golden crow! Thank you!"

Xu Ziming looked ahead in surprise and thought: A three-legged golden crow? Where is a three-legged golden crow? I don't see it.

Chirp continued waving: "Three-legged Golden Crow, I'll bring you more delicious food, I remember! Don't worry!"

Xu Ziming: Qiuqiu is so popular, she even knows the Three-Legged Golden Crow. It's just a pity we didn't get a chance to meet her today.

Outside in the backyard of Chiu Chiu's house, a package was thrown out.

Subsequently, Xiao Zhenzhen and her family were also thrown out like objects.

A roar came from inside: "Get out—the snow has melted, and you're still here eating and drinking for free? Aren't you ashamed?"

Several burly men came out with their hands on their hips, glaring fiercely at Xiao Zhenzhen's family.

Xiao Zhenzhen had no choice but to back down and said, "Brothers, let's go! Can't we just leave now?"

"Get out of here! If it weren't for Young Master Qi bringing you here, I would have killed you all long ago! Get out—"

Xiao Zhenzhen, carrying her luggage, left with her family in a dejected manner.

As she walked, she muttered, "I'm just worried because the snowstorm isn't over yet. Why are you being so fierce? Honestly!"

Qi Jiating caught the melting snow dripping from the eaves with his hands and said, "It should be alright now."

Having averted the disaster, the Emperor was so pleased that he rewarded Qiuqiu with a large sum of gold.

Qiuqiu refused, saying that the disaster had just passed and everything needed to be rebuilt, so it was better to leave the money for the people.

The Emperor praised Qiuqiu for her profound sense of righteousness.

After such a big event, Qiuqiu should have consumed a lot of spiritual energy. She should be exhausted and need to sleep or eat a lot for a few days to replenish it.

But now that she felt warm all over, she felt that her spiritual energy had not decreased, but rather increased significantly.

Moreover, she seemed to hear the conversations of birds, beasts, flowers, and plants at the slightest sound.

A flock of birds flew across the sky, chirping and chattering as they discussed something.

"I flew in from the north and saw a large army heading this way. Could it be that another war is about to break out?"

"I flew in from the south and saw the same formation; it looks like they're from another country. What are they doing here?"

"Who cares about them? It's none of our business anyway. We'll just be content being little birds."

Chiu Chiu looked at Xiao Feng with some disbelief.

What's going on? How can I understand what they're saying? And what's with this large group of people coming from? What's going on?

Xiao Feng understood immediately and said to Qiu Qiu, "It must be because you did a great deed this time, Master. Your divine power is slowly returning, so you can understand their conversation. As for the large group of people, I will go and find out. Master, you can stay home and wait for my news."

Chirp said, "Okay! Go and come back quickly!"

Before Xiaofeng could finish speaking, she vanished like a bolt of lightning.

[When did this girl's spiritual power become so strong? But it's a good thing she's strong. It's better than being weak and getting bullied.]

In the palace, the first court session after the snow disaster.

A eunuch rushed over to deliver the message.

"Report—"

Usually, such urgency indicates a border conflict.

The emperor's heart skipped a beat.

Unexpectedly, after hearing the eunuch's report, the emperor began to smile broadly.

The ministers were getting impatient and asked one after another, "Your Majesty, what has happened? Is the situation at the border critical?"

The emperor shook his head and said, "No!"

"All nations paying tribute?"

Chiu Chiu was eating when she heard Xiao Feng's news and excitedly stood up.

[All nations are paying tribute! That's a good thing! With such a grand display, I thought war was about to break out.]

The court officials were also very excited when the emperor announced the news that all nations had come to pay tribute.

"All nations are paying tribute! This is incredibly exciting news!"

"Your Majesty is truly wise. This is the first time in hundreds of years that all nations have come to pay tribute to our dynasty!"

The emperor listened with great interest to the ministers' flattery from his dragon throne, and at that moment he didn't find it noisy at all.

For hundreds of years, the Dragon Kingdom's position has been precarious among the surrounding countries.

Powerful countries bully them, while ordinary countries ostracize them.

Most of the time, no country will take them seriously.

Every year, the emperor would send people to deliver gifts to neighboring countries in order to seek peace on the borders between the two countries.

Now, these countries that had previously ostracized and exploited them are now traveling great distances to present heavy gifts to the Dragon Kingdom in an effort to curry favor.

How could this not be exciting?

The large entourages from various countries were approaching the palace gates, and the wealthiest of them, the Northern Kingdom, sent an envoy to make a request to the Emperor.

This time, their emperor came in person, and the person he most wanted to see was...

The Emperor wondered to himself: See someone? The Dragon Kingdom and the Northern Kingdom have no connection or dealings whatsoever. Who do they want to see, and what do they want to do?