Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han angered the Empress after she caught him staring at her, and the Princess intervened to stop her mother from punishing him. The Princess led Xiao Han out of the hall to improve his mood before he treated her eyes, while the Empress warned that she would kill him if he failed.

• The Empress ordered her maids to drag Xiao Han away, but he retorted that he would leave rather than accept her treatment of him.
• Xiao Han's insults enraged the Empress, whose cold qi began freezing the great hall as he prepared to escape with the Divine Concealment Cloak.
• The Princess entered and asked her mother to spare Xiao Han, causing the Empress to withdraw the cold and dismiss the maids.
• The Empress asked whether Xiao Han could cure the Princess's eye disease, but he refused to begin treatment while he was in a bad mood.
• The Princess took Xiao Han by the hand and led him out of the hall, while the Empress warned that she would kill him if he could not cure her daughter.

Xiao Han reassured Bing Qing'er that he could cure her blindness and treated her eyes with Clear Sight Powder. As he promised to return daily while her eyes healed, the Empress confronted him with a threat if the treatment failed.

• Bing Qing'er warned Xiao Han to leave the Imperial Palace, but he insisted on curing her eyes.
• Bing Qing'er introduced herself and led Xiao Han to her palace, where he praised her beauty and restored a little of her hope.
• Xiao Han used Clear Sight Powder from the System Store to treat Bing Qing'er's eyes and said they would heal within a month.
• The Empress appeared behind Xiao Han and threatened him if Bing Qing'er's eyes did not improve within a month.

Xiao Han visited the Tantai Family and rescued Dantai Yuyan from Tantai Jiao before taking her to tour the Imperial Palace. After half a month of treating Bing Qing'er, he removed her bandages on a moonlit night, and she regained her sight.

• The Empress gave Xiao Han an Imperial Palace pass token, and Bing Qing'er defended him after he called the Empress fierce.
• Xiao Han found Tantai Jiao forcing Dantai Yuyan to wash clothes and threw Tantai Jiao into a pool before taking Dantai Yuyan to the Imperial Palace.
• For half a month, Xiao Han treated Bing Qing'er and showed Dantai Yuyan around the Imperial Palace.
• Bing Qing'er noticed light at the corner of her eyes, and Xiao Han carefully removed her bandages.
• Bing Qing'er opened her eyes and told Xiao Han that she could see him.

After Xiao Han cured Bing Qing'er’s blindness, she saw the world for the first time and asked him to watch the moon with her. The Empress rewarded Xiao Han by allowing him to visit the Imperial Mausoleum, while Bing Qing'er adopted Dantai Yuyan as her younger sister; Xiao Han left with the Empress, joking that she was “so fierce.”

• Bing Qing'er opened her eyes and thanked Xiao Han for curing her, then asked him to watch the moon with her all night.
• News of Bing Qing'er's recovery spread through the City of Ice and Snow, and the Empress ordered a citywide amnesty to celebrate.
• Xiao Han asked the Empress to protect Dantai Yuyan, and Bing Qing'er made Dantai Yuyan her adopted younger sister.
• Xiao Han reminded the Empress of her promise to let him visit the Imperial Mausoleum, and she took him with her.
• Xiao Han praised the Empress for caring about Bing Qing'er and keeping her promises, then called her “so fierce” after she threatened to castrate him.

The Empress brought Xiao Han into the Ice and Snow Imperial Family’s mausoleum, where she revealed the history of the Saint Empress and the treasures hidden within the statues. After hearing that the Saint Empress had loved a man surnamed Xiao, Xiao Han set his sights on her statue.

• Xiao Han flattered the Empress, who led him deeper into the Ice Palace.
• The Empress opened a Spatial Tunnel in an ancient tree, and Xiao Han followed her into the imperial mausoleum.
• Xiao Han saw hundreds of statues of past Empresses, including the central statue of the Saint Empress, who had once stood near the peak of the Dou Qi Continent.
• The Empress told Xiao Han that the Saint Empress had fallen in love with a man surnamed Xiao, and that both had mysteriously fallen.
• The Empress explained that each statue contained treasures left by its Empress and departed, leaving Xiao Han to search alone.
• Xiao Han decided to seek the treasures inside the Saint Empress Statue.

Xiao Han searched the Saint Empress’s palaces and discovered the Thunder Divine Ice, one of the Six Great Divine Ices. He began its trial to subdue it, but after a month of climbing in place, the test escalated to bolts of Purple Lightning and soul-piercing cold.

• Xiao Han searched every palace in the Saint Empress Statue and found nothing until he reached the final palace, where snow fell around an Ice Throne and a strange piece of ice.
• Xiao Rou identified the ice as Thunder Divine Ice, one of the Six Great Divine Ices, and explained that an ancient expert had mastered all six and become the Ice Emperor.
• Xiao Han decided to subdue the Thunder Divine Ice, and Xiao Rou told him he could earn five hundred thousand points for doing so.
• Xiao Han tried to climb the platform but remained stuck on its first step, so Xiao Rou explained that the Divine Ice was testing him.
• Xiao Han persisted for a month, after which the trial intensified as Purple Lightning struck him and freezing cold pierced his soul.

Xiao Han endured five months in the Divine Ice Secret Realm before reaching the Ice Throne and subduing the divine ice. His return appeared in a light screen before the Empress, Bing Qing'er, and the citizens of the City of Ice and Snow, leaving him enthroned amid ice and Purple Lightning.

• Xiao Han stubbornly endured the lightning and freezing torment as he continued toward the high platform in the Divine Ice Secret Realm.
• Bing Qing'er asked the Empress whether Xiao Han could leave the secret realm, and insisted she felt he was still alive.
• The ancient tree that served as the imperial mausoleum's entrance shook violently and collapsed, drawing the Empress, Bing Qing'er, and the imperial clan to the scene.
• A light screen revealed the secret realm, where an Ice Throne formed above Xiao Han and ice steps extended down to him.
• Xiao Han climbed the steps and sat on the Ice Throne as Purple Lightning surged and the hundreds of Ice Empress Statues collapsed.

Xiao Han subdued the Thunder Divine Ice, broke through to Dou Ling, and destroyed the Ice Snow Imperial Mausoleum. Unaware that the city could see and hear his live projection, he insulted the Empress and threatened to make her warm his bed, then emerged to find her waiting for him in fury.

• Xiao Han mastered the Thunder Divine Ice and advanced from Da Dou Shi to Dou Ling after five months of training.
• Xiao Han saw the shattered Empress statues and worried that the Empress would punish him for destroying the imperial mausoleum.
• Xiao Han unknowingly broadcast his insults about the Empress to the city and declared that he would make her warm his bed once he grew stronger.
• Bing Qing'er and Dantai Yuyan worried for Xiao Han while the Empress listened in cold silence.
• Xiao Han left the mausoleum, saw his image on the light screen, and realized the projection had carried sound as the Empress confronted him.

After Xiao Han's remarks about the Empress were broadcast, she punished him for destroying the imperial mausoleum and taking the Thunder Divine Ice, then demanded that he marry Bing Qing'er. Xiao Han refused because he already loved someone else, and the Empress gave him three days to reconsider before executing him.

• The Empress cleared the square and struck Xiao Han, while Bing Qing'er begged her not to kill him and threatened to die first.
• The Empress demanded an explanation for Xiao Han destroying the imperial mausoleum and taking the Thunder Divine Ice.
• The Empress proposed that Xiao Han marry Bing Qing'er and rule the City of Ice and Snow with her; Bing Qing'er left the decision to her mother.
• Xiao Han refused the marriage, saying he already loved someone, and the Empress gave him three days to accept or face execution.
• The Empress ordered two maids to take Xiao Han away and keep him under strict guard.

Bing Qing'er secretly freed Xiao Han from the Imperial Palace of Ice and Snow, and he returned to Heavenly Mountain after completing two years of training. With the Three-Year Pact approaching, Xiao Han headed for the Misty Cloud Sect to rescue Xiao Yan, while the Empress set out to pursue him.

• Bing Qing'er sent away the guards and opened Xiao Han's cell, allowing him to escape the prison.
• Xiao Han reflected on his training, reconsidered his views about Nalan Yanran's engagement breakup, and decided not to interfere in the Three-Year Pact.
• Xiao Rou rewarded Xiao Han with one hundred thousand points and told him about a million-point mission to rescue Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Han left Heavenly Mountain on his sword for the Misty Cloud Sect, planning to visit Xue Qin at Jia Nan Academy afterward.
• The Empress left the Imperial Palace of Ice and Snow to pursue Xiao Han.

Xiao Yan destroyed much of the Misty Cloud Sect and killed Yun Ling, then became trapped inside the sect’s great array as Yun Shan pursued him. As Yao Lao prepared to burn his soul to save Xiao Yan, Xiao Han’s voice suddenly rang out.

• Xiao Yan killed Yun Ling after accusing him of slaughtering Xiao Clan members and driving Xiao Zhan away.
• Xiao Yan fled as Yun Shan activated the Cloud Mist Covering Sun Array, trapping him and his allies.
• Hai Bodong and Ling Ying stood between Xiao Yan and Yun Shan while Xiao Yan tried and failed to break the array.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan he could not break the array and began burning his Soul Power to give his disciple a chance to survive.
• Xiao Han laughed and asked Xiao Yan why he had stirred up trouble without calling his brother.

Xiao Han arrived to stand with Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect, broke its protective array with a powerful sword strike, and left the sect’s forces badly injured. When Yun Shan summoned the sect’s Supreme Elder, Xiao Han revealed that Queen Medusa had joined their side.

• Xiao Han flew to the Misty Cloud Sect and told Xiao Yan he would face the danger alongside him.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Yan drank together across the Energy Shield, then prepared to fight.
• Xiao Han infused the Heavenly Emperor Sword with lightning and ice and shattered the Cloud Mist Covering Sun Array, injuring the Misty Cloud Sect’s elders and disciples.
• Yun Shan summoned the Misty Cloud Sect’s Supreme Elder, a second Dou Zong, to confront Xiao Han and his allies.
• Xiao Han said they had a Dou Zong of their own, and Queen Medusa appeared before Xiao Yan.

Medusa arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect after Xiao Han summoned her, shielding him as Yun Shan and the others confronted him. Xiao Han blamed Xiao Yan for scamming Gu He and the others, leaving Xiao Yan stuck with the reputation of a Pit King.

• Medusa appeared at the Misty Cloud Sect, startling the gathered crowd and frightening Hai Bodong.
• A burly Dou Emperor, Gu He, and Yun Yun recognized Xiao Han as the youth who had scammed them in the desert.
• Xiao Han claimed Xiao Yan had scammed Yun Yun and the others, then urged his brother to scam people less often.
• Medusa drove back the burly man and threatened to kill anyone who harmed Xiao Han.
• Yun Shan asked whether Medusa planned to interfere, and she warned that she would kill anyone who touched Xiao Han.

Medusa vowed to protect Xiao Han as Yun Shan summoned two more Dou Zong elders, leaving their side badly outnumbered. Xiao Han assigned the opponents, then exchanged his points for ten minutes of Dou Huang strength as three battles began.

• Medusa threatened to kill anyone who harmed Xiao Han, but Yun Shan refused to let the group leave and summoned two Black-robed Dou Zong elders.
• Xiao Han divided the opponents among his allies, sending Xiao Yan and the others against Yun Shan, Medusa against the two Black-robed Dou Zong, and himself against the White-robed Dou Zong.
• Xiao Han asked Xiao Rou how long his points could grant him Dou Zong or Dou Huang strength, then chose to exchange them for ten minutes as a seven-star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Han charged into battle against the White-robed Dou Zong while Medusa and the others blocked their assigned opponents.

Xiao Han fought the White-robed Dou Zong, whose body healed from devastating wounds, while Medusa was overwhelmed by two Black-robed Dou Zong. After catching and treating the badly injured Medusa, Xiao Han called for Xiao Yan to bring up the Buddha's Fury Lotus Cannon so they could destroy the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Han revealed his Seven-star Dou Huang strength and struck the White-robed Dou Zong with the Heavenly Emperor Sword, but the opponent healed from the throat wound and crushed the sword before it re-formed.
• Xiao Han poured Thunder Divine Ice into the Heavenly Emperor Sword and split the White-robed Dou Zong in two, but the Dou Zong healed and struck Xiao Han, sending him flying.
• The two Black-robed Dou Zong overwhelmed Medusa, who transformed into a Seven-colored Heaven Swallowing Python before being blasted back into human form, gravely wounded.
• Xiao Han took another blow from the White-robed Dou Zong as he rushed to catch Medusa, then gave her medicinal pills and set her aside to rest.
• Xiao Han demanded that Xiao Yan bring up his Buddha's Fury Lotus Cannon, declaring that he would blow the Misty Cloud Sect flat.

Xiao Yan formed a Buddha's Fury Lotus Cannon from two Heavenly Flames, but Xiao Han took it and fused it with Divine Ice. The resulting purple lotus left everyone terrified as Xiao Han prepared to launch it at Yun Shan and the others.

• Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong and Ling Ying to stall the enemy while he combined the Green Lotus Core Flame and Bone Chilling Flame into a Buddha's Fury Lotus Cannon.
• Yun Shan ordered the three Dou Zong to stop Xiao Yan, while the watching forces fled far from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan completed the fire lotus, and Xiao Han took it while revealing a purple-lightning-wrapped block of Divine Ice.
• Xiao Han used the Emperor Cleansing Art to fuse the Divine Ice with the fire lotus, forming a purple lotus charged with flame, ice, and lightning.
• Xiao Han aimed the Buddha's Wrath Ice Flame Lotus at Yun Shan and the others and shouted for it to blast them.

Xiao Han's fire lotus left Yun Shan and the other three Dou Zong severely weakened, but Protector Wu appeared and moved to capture Xiao Han and Xiao Yan. Just as black chains were about to bind them, an unknown woman intervened, calling Xiao Han her son-in-law.

• Xiao Han detonated his Buddha's Wrath Ice Flame Lotus and overwhelmed Yun Shan and the three Dou Zong with its combined thunder, ice, and flames.
• Medusa supported the exhausted Xiao Han as he and Xiao Yan prepared to leave, but Yun Shan called out Protector Wu from Soul Hall.
• Protector Wu revealed that Soul Hall had captured Xiao Zhan and demanded that Xiao Han and Xiao Yan come with him.
• Protector Wu knocked Medusa, Hai Dongpo, and Ling Ying aside and sent black chains toward Xiao Han and Xiao Yan.
• The chains halted just before reaching them as an unknown woman declared Xiao Han her son-in-law and challenged anyone to take him away.

The Ice and Snow Empress arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect and rescued Xiao Han and Xiao Yan from Protector Wu. Xiao Han and Xiao Yan escaped in separate directions, while Yun Shan ordered the sect to hunt them down.

• The Ice and Snow Empress froze Protector Wu’s chains and appeared, revealing that Xiao Han was her son-in-law.
• The Ice and Snow Empress confronted Protector Wu and told Xiao Han to flee with his allies while she held him off.
• Xiao Han thanked the empress, then carried the injured Medusa into the mountain forest.
• Xiao Yan condemned Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect, exchanged a troubled glance with Yun Yun, and fled in the opposite direction.
• Yun Shan ordered the Misty Cloud Sect’s elders and disciples to hunt Xiao Han and Xiao Yan, dead or alive.

Xiao Han escaped the Misty Cloud Sect’s pursuit after sending Medusa away with the Divine Concealment Cloak, then cultivated in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and mastered a new movement technique. After a month, he emerged from the forest and set out to find Xue Qin.

• Xiao Han treated Medusa’s wounds, explained his history with the Ice and Snow Empress, and promised Medusa he would return in two or three years.
• Xiao Han used the Divine Concealment Cloak to send Medusa away, then fled deeper into the forest as Misty Cloud Sect members pursued him.
• Xiao Han reached the Magical Beast Mountain Range, received one million points for rescuing Xiao Yan, and used the points to obtain a method for simulating a powerful magical beast’s aura.
• Xiao Han learned that the Ice and Snow Empress had escaped safely and drew the movement Dou Technique Emperor Flashing Art, which he cultivated for a month.
• Xiao Han emerged from the Magical Beast Mountain Range and declared that he had come to find Xue Qin.

Xiao Han traveled into the Black-Corner Region, where he killed the bandits who targeted him and attended Black Seal City’s auction to scout its treasures. After Elder Qing won the two Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pills and the factions clashed over their spoils, Xiao Han appeared in disguise as the eccentric Daoist Keng Da Xian.

• Xiao Han entered the Black-Corner Region and killed the townspeople who tried to rob him.
• Xiao Han reached Black Seal City and decided to steal the two Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pills from the auction.
• Xiao Han observed the auction and noted that Elder Qing of the Heavenly Snake Mansion won both pills.
• The Blood Sect, Black Skeleton Tomb, and Heavenly Snake Mansion fought in the forest outside Black Seal City over the auction items.
• Xiao Han appeared above the battle as a Daoist, first saying “Amitabha” and then introducing himself as Keng Da Xian.