Night before finals arrived. All Shrek monsters celebrated victory, but quiet gloom hung over them. Leng Xue lay weak, every inhalation painful. Yan cried beside him. Tang San sat too, refusing move.
In haze, he whispered faint, "Don't despair. Frost not for glory. Frost only to preserve. If I end… know frost still with you." Tang San gripped hand fiercely. "No! You will stand tomorrow."
Leng Xue smiled faintly anyway. "If wall shatters, let root entwine. Continent… knows frost now."
Next day finals arena brimmed with hearts pounding. Nobles, emperors, spirits masters crowding. Shrek walked out, Tang San and others radiant. Leng Xue walked too, pale as snow, steps trembling but eyes firm. Gasps echoed—he shouldn't stand. Yet there he was, frost veil faint but steady.
Flag dropped. Rival academy stormed—continent's most powerful prodigies. Mubai, Hongjun, Tang San roared. Rongrong boosted. Oscar scrambled.
And Leng Xue—Leng Xue raised final barrier, larger than ever, towering fortress. With Tang San's vines already woven throughout, it became invincible fortress of green and blue. Blades, flames, lightning, light crashed every second. Spectators screamed hysteria.
Shrek's monsters counterattacked with divine synergy. Within hour, prodigies collapsed. Underdog declared champion.
Arena thundered deafening. Thousands screamed: "Frost never falls!"
Leng Xue smiled faint, body collapsing inward. Tang San caught him tears streaking, audience falling silent as frost boy coughed blood one last time.
Inside, Eternal Tome glowed brilliant: Second Life Completed. Grade B Frost Legacy Established. Rebirth Trigger—Innate Soul Power 5.
His consciousness slipped away, final whisper escaping lips: "Clan eternal… frost never falls."
And then, darkness.